A new york Court SentencesHarvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison 2 weeks after being convicted of rape and Sexual Assault at a teenage boy is killed when Israeli Forces try to break up Palestinian Protesters. Though the Coronavirus Crisis has been declared a pandemic making the declaration well Health Organization officials said the number of cases globally is just going to increase 118000 people have now been infected in 114 countries as the number of cases outside china increased 13 fold in the past 2 weeks challenge that begins our coverage. This is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing Patient Protection and distance all Good Measures that countries should practice according to the world Health Organization but not enough as a declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. Has been nicer seeing this outbreak around the clock and were deeply concerned by the alarming level of spread severity and by the a lot of mean the level is action. We have that for the med the our system and that that 19 can be contacted are used as a pandemic. What started in china has now spread to more than 100 countries and 90 percent of cases a spread over just 4 nations iran is one of them where more than 300 people have died south korea is another where efforts to stop the spread of the virus have so far failed it seems the world has missed the window of containment in italy the government is not ruling out further restrictions beyond the nationwide koren team to slow the spread of the disease this is a crisis not just for the countrys creaking Health System but also its economy and italys Prime MinisterJust Announced more efforts to prop it up. We decided to allocate the exceptional amount of 28300000000. 00 as we are aware of the difficulties the country is facing in this emergency there is fear too in france as the number of cases creep up children still in school are encouraged to wash their hands by the Health Minister himself but the virus has already reached the heart of the government the culture minister is infected and 5 others have been tested president avoided shaking hands as he prepares to move the country to phase 3 of its response closing more schools and risk transport across the continent classrooms are emptying spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions while italy greece romania and ukraine have sent home their entire student populations. As germany confirmed its death from the virus the governments message was that people must make sacrifices to their social lives to protect the elderly wanting covert 1000 will test Health Care Systems across europe in the us view will start this kind when the virus is out that the population has no immunity and author b. Exists and 60 to 70 percent of the population will be infected as long as this situation continues to exist in the u. K. A Health Minister has tested positive and is self isolating despite being in contact with her last week Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says he does not need to be tested his message its business as usual and to help the annual budget promised 39000000000. 00 to ward off a coronavirus recession. The w. H. O. Says countries still have the power to change the course of this pandemic but what is inevitable is that cases will continue to climb charlie angela. Turner is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security he welcomes the donation has moved to define the virus as a pandemic i think. Any ambiguity about. Situation this disease is spreading around the world it will continue to spread around the world every country will be affected and so i think this clears up any confusion. I think theyre saying to all governments you really need to get ready you really no kidding need to implement a measure is to slow the spread in your d own country and so some countries have. Been denying that their country the risk per se and they have no cases when thats probably not that not actually true so i think saying to them really you have to get ready pandemic literally names all people and but commonly with and Public Health we talked about a pandemic meaning an Infectious Disease that spreading person a person on multiple continents so thats been the case for several weeks so this disease seems to have a. 6 or 7 day doubling time that means twice as many cases each week so the most people are sick have a mild illness much like influenza and theyre not going to come to the attention Public Health authorities its not until you get hundreds of cases that theres any chance that a country would recognize that they have cases as probably not until there are thousands of cases there were it really did become quite obvious. Do anansi a bunny barker and even in terms of the practical response whats the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic what will it mean practically for governments have to deal with the earth or let me sort of break down the meaning of the words as well as the epi part of epidemic means on or near it relates to a virus thats contained within a given region or country as weve seen in the case of italy the pun part of pandemic means all meeting a virus that cant be contained that all countries around the world are now possibly exposed to it and the different responses given if its an epidemic or pandemic with the epidemic side of things the focus is basically on containment when it comes to a pandemic its about delaying the situation to allow for Health Services around the world to potentially avoid being under mounting strain on the containment side of things here in the u. K. People whove been attending football matches or parties or other events where people have tested positive for the corona virus have been told to watch their full potential symptoms themselves and self isolate if needed the realisation is that the corona virus is actually being transmitted between people within communities without actually having to go to countries like italy in china and actually pick up the viruses there so now the issue is on delay and what the w. H. O. Has been saying is that to mix and match all of these different potential stages take a robust approach and take this very seriously indeed 81 countries havent tested any case of the corona virus havent confirmed any cases but the message from the w. H. O. Is be prepared is coming your way and were going to have economic response weve had quite a concerted effort henry in our last day a couple of days but particularly in the European Union all 27 Member States of the e. U. Have cases of the coronavirus obviously countries like italy france and germany are at the top of that list and there was a significant meeting on tuesday the leaders of the 27 held a Video Conference of very much a sign of the times to compare notes. Well you know this isnt just a Health Crisis its an economic crisis particularly affecting countries in the south of europe and the south east of europe theyre already teetering on the brink of recession those countries need to talk to each other other countries are taking a very different approach like the u. K. Thats putting science at the heart of its response it hasnt for instance stop people coming to the country hasnt done you know things like taking peoples temperatures when they arrive at the airport they believe that response is not the best way of dealing with things and in the short term the health of the economy matters as well as the health of the population thank you very much indeed for declaration of the stock markets christine to me is there in new york showing joins me live christine know what was the reaction. Lauren im watching the markets right now and the Dow Jones Industrial averages at session lows its now down more than 1600. 00 points thats nearly 7 percent if it hits 7 percent my understanding is that will trigger an automatic shutdown in trading it would be the 2nd one this week monday was also a bad day for the market recovered slightly on tuesday but today these ongoing concerns about the spread of coronavirus as investors are watching more people stay at home more people work from home big events being canceled travel being cut by business is the Economic Impact of this pandemic now described by the w. H. O. Is settling in for investors theyre seeing that this is going to have an impact on business that they can avoid and theyre worried and tuesday the market did recover a bit because President Trump signaled that the government would take steps to mitigate the damage to the economy but since then there have been few details forthcoming no agreement coming out of the administration or congress on exactly what steps to take a payroll tax cut was floated by the president theres been pushback from from democrats and republicans alike targeted relief for certain sectors of the economy the cruise Lines Airlines who are all seeing a huge reduction in business because people are afraid to travel. But again no specifics the Energy Sector thats also dragging on the markets and dragging on investors will prices at all time lows and that is a big concern as well so right now things are. Approaching one year low for the markets lots of uncertainty and looking for results and looking for some reassurance from washington recently we thank you very much. Of course not to a White House Correspondent committee how could the reaction mean that specifically being called a pandemic now. Well the reassurance that many have been looking for coming from washington as christine alluded to is likely not going to happen in the very near future there have been a lot of meetings taking place here in the white house as part of the Coronavirus Task force its not clear they have accomplished anything in fact just the opposite a tweet from the u. S. President just the last 10 minutes or so one of them says someone needs to tell the democrats in congress that provirus doesnt care what party youre in we all need to protect all americans i think what hes alluding to is the fight the battle thats going on between the white house and congress over just how much money to allocate in terms of helping local communities to sort of counter the spread of coronavirus in a majority of u. S. States now and we are hearing from top Public Health officials like anthony found she part of the Coronavirus Task force that things will get worse and that this is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu what the message is coming from Health Officials is that americans need to be prepared but when they look to their government theyre getting very murky messages now were hearing here on the white house campus that the Vice President has been meeting with hospital officials we also understand the president getting under way with a meeting involving wall street executives the they discuss how to help ordinary americans in terms of the economy but again not any sort of concrete message coming out of this white house many hoping that will change when there is a current virus briefing in the coming hours and committee has public sentiment changed towards them. Theres been a notable shift in the last one to 2 days. Many americans sort of equated the threat of corona virus and whether or not they could get it to kind of a Conspiracy Theory that was just for those sort of people they thought were a little nutty who were storing you know cans of food in their basements thats now everyone everyone is see into the sort of panic buying now that youre seeing that weve seen sort of you know all around the world its finally hit the United States i think what has really started to set in for ordinary americans is when they realize that as Christmas Louis has been talking about today the fact that there is now an unforced quarantine and a suburb of new york city thats when things really got real the fact that many people are no longer allowed to leave their homes that we know that there are government officials preparing for that in a number of u. S. Counties and states and this is something that people are starting to realize is sinking in initially it seemed this was something that was only in china and then oh maybe its only in europe now americans are realizing that its here too and they need to be ready communicate thank you very much indeed. Cutters ministry of Public Health has registered 238 new confirmed cases of corona virus infections were confirmed in Foreign Workers who live in one residential complex and who had been quarantined as a precautionary measure are to come into contact with 3 other people who had the virus cutter now has a total of 262 cases. Italian government is considering taking tougher measures to try to contain its outbreak as 827. 00 people and are known to have died earlier we spoke to at least deputy Health Minister who said italy it still made appropriate preparations when we have the outbreaks either we had a lot of flare ups in the north and you know somebody was saying ok that they knew china and is spreading all over the viruses that thats not true because we know that probably the part of entry of this virus was not evil but maybe with germany i mean we would see these but see there are photographs of these all over in europe and now even in the United States you know with new cases there with no patient 0 saw the body with a trap how divide was arrived there i mean this is a worldwide problem so 2 things mean mainly 2 things to do 1st mediation closing things and the other thing be prepared with your ass people in i. C. U. With bats and machine and medical doctors and nurses and whatever be ready with these because d. S. Will stop the wave and on the other and we treat the patients even mild disease we know these i mean its a disease that in 8085 percent of the cases very mild but there is a 1015 percent that may require a very different. Still to come on aljazeera iran convicted of the lockerbie bombing is allowed an appeal bid 8 years after his death the us. Was almost well it will anger outside australias highest court as the popes treasurer fights his sexual is child Sexual Assault convictions. Hello the story continues with the atlantic still feeding cloud wind and rain across most of Northern Europe this too much says its cold enough for snow for the Scottish Highlands for passes sweden and norway but mostly talking rain that rains edging dancer germany thats true pound and better routes surface of it is an induced warming trend so the temperatures that are just whopper of it as a potential background on this red bloom here of the hungarian platys is quite extensively with 15 degrees above where it should be for this time of year however that disappears as that frontal system that cloud band goes south during friday giving us into really instead a bit of our principle for the telling us at least in the austrian alps but its not extraordinary for this time the it should be changeable weather this however is a little bit stronger you might like this developing storm system thats produced a cold northerly wind order and through libya and through egypt is extending its reach right into chad and sudan the tension of how to get 41 degrees so also a storm develops and produces not the weather really horrible weather for egypt and the levant so the culture spread away then draw attention to how to him for 41 time to 29 but this is the worst. Being a refugee means starting again. But building a new life in a new country is no easy task like your tribe that. Witnessed follows one of the last Refugee Families from syria to be granted an american visa. From their personal sacrifices to the familys trial. The syrians on aljazeera. Among the top stories here now jazeera the world Health Organization has declared the coronaVirus Outbreak to be a pandemic that class is it spreading globally not just an epidemic of smaller localized outbreaks officials said it wouldnt change the response but criticized alarming levels of inaction by governments. Italy has announced just under 30000000000. 00 of spending to fight the greater Virus Outbreak there is the largest outside china britains finance minister has pledged 38000000000. 00 in measures to support the countrys economy. Surge of new cases in south korea has reversed 4 consecutive days of decline discovery on wednesday of a large cluster of infections as dashed hopes the country had its outbreak under control its quite hard to report. 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 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 the replies 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 jenin joe collapsed on saturday killing at least 26 people the 24 year old survivor is in a stable condition in hospital scott heiler aljazeera from a hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and Sexual Assault on sting was convicted of the offenses by a new york court last month delegations helped spark the global need to movement and more than 100 women have the 67 year old Sexual Misconduct dating back several decades weinsteins consistent consistently denied any wrongdoing and is now a says he will appeal article haying is in washington d. C. She says activists have hailed the sentence as a victory for the me too movement. After the election of donald trump we saw the largest march in the history of this country throughout the country and through the world it was the womans march well then the next stage in this Movement Many people believe was when the new yorker and the New York Times published expose their investigative reporting into Harvey Weinstein there were very famous people who gave their name and said he sexually assaulted me they had dozens of allegations it also detailed the links you went to over decades to intimidate these women need a heart to hurt them and their family members their parents hiring and its just by firm to befriend the women to dig up dirt on them so this the news was shot it was earth shattering really because we saw people take to twitter and actresses say if youve been assaulted if youve been harassed retreat with me to it lit up social media it created a movement and there were a lot of questions how would this movement end well were seeing now one possibility hes probably going to die in prison Harvey Weinstein sense that we weinstein sentenced to 23 years who is facing between 5 at the low end which is what his lawyers wanted to 29. 00 he probably didnt buy himself any favors from the judge when he said that he was confused that this was wrong and he got it was all consensual and he said thousands of men are losing their due process im worried about this country of course Harvey Weinstein had due process he had a really really expensive last law firm representing him and he went to trial and he was convicted so a lot of people on social media especially the people who named him claiming this as a hands down victory for them today. A 15 year old palestinian boy has been shot and killed by Israeli Forces after they tried to break up a protest never city of nablus demonstrators have been trying to fend off illegal settlers who were eyeing the area as a future outpost you know abraham reports from the occupied west bank. Made wasnt even born when the fight over his village of starting. The 15 year old was killed defending his home. This video appears to show him being shot at the head by Israeli Forces with this is save a teenager was killed from close range. Another protester remains in a Critical Condition dozens of others were injured in the confrontation. Which im covered in the blood of a young man who was shot twice in the head i dont know if hes alive or not Palestinian Protesters gathered a jumble of army and mountain near the city of nablus early on wednesday protesters say Israeli Settlers are trying to seize control and build another illegal outpost up israeli media reported that right wing israeli archaeologists were planning to tour the area but the israeli army refused them permission 1st is say is really is used different ways to lay claim to the land and organizing tours is one of them they say the fight over judgment about me its back to the late 19 eighties illegal israeli settlements are usually built on health taught and it 190 meters general about them is one of the highest in the area. Postin is see its another way of projecting power and control over palestinian surroundings. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly promised to annex parts of the occupied west bank postilions say the only way to fight israeli expansion plans is by protesting them on the ground there every email says either the occupied west bank. The former libyan Intelligence Officer abdelbaset and mcgrath he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 visit involvement in the bombing of pan am flight one o 3 of the town of lockerbie in scotland all 259 people on board the flight from london to new york died as well as 11 people on the ground now a scottish review commission has referred the case to the high court but in barbara ports. Abdel baset tell mcgraw his family have long pushed to prove his innocence now 8 years after his death and more than 30 years after the lockerbie tragedy they got a chance the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had a dentist fight 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of nondisclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1908 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan Intelligence Officer abdul basset tell the girl he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction read out by his lawyer for me this case is about 2 families mine and bassetts behind their name are seen to lie the needs of 25 of the families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after the event itself we need the church. He 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotlands high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader Moammar Gadhafi accepted his countrys responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims families but all along some believe there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after 290. 00 died when a u. S. Warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. In 2009 al mcgraw he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described to us the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life nadine barber al jazeera. Australias highest court is hearing a final appeal from a disgraced Roman Catholic cardinal over his sex abuse conviction a 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. Because a gauge reports from camera. 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 to hear his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. Right emotions were running high and opinions divided and here. In georgetown the Catholic Church i hope approach the acquittal the fact an acquittal of a man of innocent man in late 20 a teen was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 19 ninetys he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. Lost in 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. Many survivors and victims. People could come. 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 thats moment may not be far away now gauge aljazeera camera. Crew and you can catch up any time on our website at the. Dot com. And one of the top stories on aljazeera the world Health Organization has declared the corona Virus Outbreak to be a pandemic that classs it is spreading globally not just an epidemic of smaller localized outbreaks officials said it wont change the response but criticized alarming levels of inaction by government organizations scientists said they expected the number of cases and deaths would rise further in the coming days and weeks because the blue jewel has been licensing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread severity and by the island to mean a level is actually. We have that for mad the our system and that 19 can be characterized as a pandemic. Under meat hes annoyed awarded to use lightly. Carelessly governments across the world are putting significant financial 5 power into their current virus crisis it to be says it will spend more than 23000000000. 00 fighting the outbreak there the largest outside china by more than 10000. 00 people have been infected meanwhile during his budget for the coming year britain is almost missed a page where the fair to 8000000000. 00 measure is to support the countrys economy from damage caused by the virus but fears remain that europe could slip into recession the german chancellor said the continent rescue night to fight the spread. An uptick in the number of cases recorded in south korea has dashed hopes that the country has its launch outbreak under control just under 100 employees of a call center and some members of their families were diagnosed with a disease in the capital so we want australia has lengthened the list of countries its banning travel from people from italy china south korea and japan will not be allowed in and australians returning from those countries will have to self isolate. Theres a top stories do stay with us on our toes or the stream is up next looking at hunger in zimbabwe and ill be back with more news straight after that thanks very much indeed for watching life and. Welcome to the stream im femi oke a millions of people in zimbabwe are short of food and clean water and is putting pressure on a government that is already battling to revive the flooding at qana me what is needed to pause involve way back from the brink you can send your thoughts through twitter and you change every part of todays conversation. There is little sign of an end to zimbabwes worst drought in years and now more than a half of the countrys population is short of enough food about 5 and a half 1000000 people in rural parts about way more than 2000000. 00 more than regions of face regular hunger in recent