Harvey weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and Sexual Assault punishment praised by his accuser thats. U. S. President donald trump is suspending travel with europe for 30 days to combat the coronavirus pandemic the unprecedented restrictions wont apply to the United Kingdom and it wont affect the u. S. Citizens or permanent residents in his National Address he accused the e. U. Of not responding quickly enough to the virus a White House Correspondent can be held at reports. With the number of u. S. Corona virus infections continuing to rise President Donald Trump made out a Rare Oval Office address to announce new travel restrictions to blot the spread of the virus to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending. All travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days these restrictions will also not apply to the United Kingdom truck justified the strict measures by blaming european leaders now dealing with a mass outbreak of cases. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots with Financial Markets falling and a rising number of americans staying home from work trump also urged the u. S. Congress to put in place measures to provide Financial Relief if we are vigilant and we can reduce the chance of infection which we will we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus us corona virus infections now number more than a 1000 prompting local governments around the country to cancel large public gatherings closed schools and even ban fans from sporting events Late Wednesday the n. B. A. Suspended its season after a utah jazz player contracted the virus and in another stunning announcement hollywood superstar tom hanks and els t. V. And his wife also tested positive in recent weeks trungpa sought to calm public fears by downplaying the severity of the corona virus likening it to the common flu even as his own Public Health officials continue to say just the opposite i think if you count all the cases of minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic infection that probably brings the mortality rate down to somewhere around one percent which means it is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu despite this dire prediction trump stopped short of declaring a National Emergency a move that would free up more than 40000000000 in emergency funds to help local officials struggling to contain the virus last Week Congress approved just 8300000000 for treatment and supplies just after his address the white house announced President Trump is taking his own precautions canceling trips to the u. S. State of colorado and nevada kimberly health at aljazeera the white house. Its been another tough day for the markets even after Donald Trumps attempts to quell economic fears lets look at how the asian markets are doing now lets bring in robert bride who is live for us from seoul so rob weve had the longest bull market in history theres always been talk about what would make the change it looks like the coronavirus is done less than one now and bear market territory. Thats right if thursday is evidence of that thats what indeed what we have seen theres been a massive selloff across asian markets throughout this day morning if anything the rate of selling actually speeded up as President Trump was speaking from the white house everybody extremely concerned especially by this travel ban on all travel it seems between europe and the United States and the implications of that it really underscores just the severity of the situation also there are concerns here there is some relief for that a similar ban was not announced on air travel from south korea and also japan to the United States but there is i think a lingering concerns about what happens in the future as the corona virus continues to spread in the United States whether were going to see any measures taken on transport from this part of the world anyway all of this uneasiness has fed into sentiment and weve seen all of the markets heading in the same direction there has been a big selloff in japans nikkei of an eye watering 5 percent similar selloff in south koreas kaspi index that went down at one point by 5 percent both markets have recovered slightly not far behind them is the hang seng index in hong kong that is now down at 3 and a half a Percentage Points we have seen because of the amount of selling here in south korea a special safety mechanism that kicks in and suspend trading for 5 minutes we saw that being brought in just as a way of trying to stop computerized selling just to give the market a breather weve also had the governor of the bank of japan meeting with japanese Prime Minister shinzo r. V. This thursday to discuss what possible intervention could be taken by that central bank but there is very little that it can do at the moment because of course in japan Interest Rates are pretty much at 0 but there is concern just about the amount of damage that have been done to all of the markets joining this coronavirus over the previous weeks for example japans nikkei is down by nearly 25 percent and the kaspi index has lost nearly 20 percent of its value. So those are the markets then lets talk numbers now south korea specifically it had been one of the hotspots that would seen for the Virus Outbreak what are the numbers like there now it is almost the complete opposite the numbers for the number of new infections continues to look positive we still see these declining numbers of new cases in fact a province in china which is the epicenter there for the outbreak there you have recorded for the 1st time a single digit of new cases just 8 new cases we have across china 15 you cases some of those have been cases that have basically been imported so china continues to look at it introducing quarantine for all visitors in south korea we have a continuing for 114 you cases being reported thursday we had a small spike yesterday connected to a cluster of cases which are alarmingly was discovered at a call center in metropolitan seoul but the numbers have continued to decline again which weve seen this steady decline for the past more than a week now which is cause for some optimism here amongst Health Officials and just finally across in japan your shahid the chief cabinet secretary of japan has held a press briefing where he has said the plans for the Tokyo Olympics the summer olympics due to start in july continue to go ahead despite this Global Pandemic being announced there is of course a big question mark over the olympics as far as the japanese are concerned planning for those games still going ahead thank you for that update there rob mcbride live from seoul. Now from london on the w. H. O. As pandemic announcement and gives us a picture out of europe. This is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing patients protection and distance all Good Measures that country should practice according to the World Health Organization but not enough as they declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. Has been nicer seeing this outbreak around the clock and were really concerned most may be alarming levels of spread and severity and maybe a lot of mean the level is in action. We have that for the med be our system and that 19 can be. Used as a pandemic was started in china has now spread to more than 100 countries but 90 percent of cases are 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 has imposed further restrictions closing all stores bar food shops and pharmacies this is a crisis not just for the countrys creaking Health System but also its economy. Italy will still remain a unique region and italy can find but now we also closing down all commercial activities except for Grocery Stores and pharmacies there is no need to run to buy food in supermarkets theres 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 government the culture minister is infected and 5 others are being tested president micron avoided shaking hands as he prepares to move the country to face 3 of its response closing more schools restricting transport. Across the continent classrooms are empty in spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions or italy greece remain here in 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 warning kovac 19 will test Health Care Systems across europe in the north you will start this we have to understand the virus is here theres no immunity from it 60 to 70 percent of the population could be infected if the situation continues in the u. K. A Health Minister has tested positive for cope with 19 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 is business as usual and to help the annual budget promised 39000000000 dollars 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 the parka which is era. Well as we mentioned earlier the biggest Basketball League in the world has been suspended and star player utahns says center really gambits has tested positive for corona virus the n. B. A. Will be out of action until further notice earlier some franchise owners suggested games be played behind closed doors without fans. Jamail hill is a sports journalist who writes for the atlantic she joins us via skype from los angeles really good to have you on the program so tell us i mean some sports are playing games without people in the stands the n. B. A. Is saying no were suspending until further notice how major a move is this from the n. B. A. It is a huge move and frankly its the only move that they can really make. You know once you start going down the rabbit hole really got there its just a positive in the end now you have to think about all the teams at the jets that play over the last 2 weeks i mean theyve been in 6 different cities so thats a lot of interaction with other League Personnel with all the players coaches teams and i think the n. B. A. Did the right thing and i think they probably need to go a step farther and go ahead and cancel the rest of the season because even though 2 they had earlier come to that conclusion that maybe they should just play without fans you know the truth is that you can only matter people so much you know all these coaches players those who would have been around a lot in the arena they all lead individual lives and you can account for what theyre going to day to day basis so it was only a matter of time for Something Like this happen and talk to me about this press conference from rudy go there i mean i want to play he was making a joke or talking about coronavirus during a press conference wasnt just days before this announcement. Yes he was he was joking with some reporters on monday as you said just a couple of days ago and unfortunately that represents a little bit of a prevalent attitude here in america i mean i know that d there is not from distance but 5 the reality is there a lot of people here and unfortunately some of it has to do with the American Leadership a lot of people here have not been seriously and the only Silver Lining thats come out in the fact that the n. B. A. Is shutting down temporarily there are other leagues that will be playing you know games now in front of fans and even to have celebrities tom hanks and rita wilson disclose that theyve tested positive for corona virus unfortunately its taken that much for people here in the states to actually take this problem seriously what do you make of Donald Trumps announcement in the past hour. About the straddle ban from europe and i guess what is your response to the authorities reaction in general in the u. S. To the coronavirus. I think that you know as i say as you replace leadership and has been you know frankly incompetent in terms of. Trying to get a handle on this problem i mean were just days away from what he called it a hoax and blame the Democratic Party for trying to basically fear monger as a way to get him out of office as many people know major president ial elections this year and for him to suggest that this was a whole can this whole system how thank you probably a lot of american my visitor is and not to mention you know 2 years ago former president d president barack obama he created a Pandemic Response team and one of the 1st actions as President Donald Trump fired that entire team and he also severely limited the centers for Disease Control their their outreach in terms of working with other countries to create Infectious Disease epidemics one of those countries that he cut the budget for it was china and so a lot of what were seeing the slow reaction in the states the fact that we still dont have mass testing is a reflection of frankly totally incompetent and unprepared leadership starting with the president really good to get your take it there thank you for your time jamail hill there a sports journalist and writer for the atlantic thank you. Still to come here on aljazeera hes been dead for 8 years but the fight against his conviction for the lockerbie bombing 3 decades ago is still alive. And taxing times find out whats ignited farmers anger and argentina 7. Hell if the next day or so most of the rabid and instead will be quiet but look what is coming in over egypt that developing storm will be a pretty nasty things 1st of all its got a cold wind with it and then its got the potential to live 800150 minutes of rain in 24 hours that will produce flooding in maybe cairo alexandria anywhere really is a flash flood in north and egypt and it will spread its wings further east to 1st a few showers in jordan and northern saudi a strong southerly coming up so we normally means pretty nasty weather then expounds itself so it knows the saudis are iraq to live on generally with the miserable weather all the way up into Southern Turkey and the concentration right likely to be into was western iran come saturday to say to the sinus its mostly quiet still 35 in mecca but its sunday 35 in about 25 and a rather quiet adar. That was in some big showers recently developed in Lake Victoria one blooming interesting westwards its a good scotch and its around towns and theyre possibly rwanda the aussies certainly but this general area is seeing widespread share activity which is spreading north into south sudan and ethiopia anyway crissy flashed up from not. From the perception is validation we believe what he sees but in one life time we cannot see everything but we rely on experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. Of that testimony weve got you know very little. Witness documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour donald trump says travel from europe to the u. S. Will be suspended for 30 days the u. K. Is excluded from new restrictions as american citizens and permanent residents will not be affected. The World Health Organization has labeled the corona Virus Outbreak a pandemic the virus has now killed more than 4600 people worldwide. The biggest Basketball League in the world the n. B. A. Has been suspended over coronavirus concerts stopped center we did go there has tested positive for the virus. A rocket attack on a military base in iraq has killed 3 personnel 2 from the United States and one from the u. K. About 18 small rockets fired from the back of a truck hit camp taji which is 27 kilometers north of the capital baghdad doesnt Coalition Personnel are being treated for injuries as a former Republican Guard base which is being used by the u. S. Since its capture in 2003. The u. S. House of representatives has approved a war powers resolution to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war with iran the measure requires that trump get congressional approval before engaging in further military action amid rising tensions with tehran the resolution is a response to the president s decision to order the assassination of a rainy and general money in january. After 2 months and off iran has agreed to send the black boxes from a delta passenger jet to ukraine the head of irans delegation at the International CivilAviation Organization says other countries have also been invited to read the data the ukrainian passenger plane was shot down by the Iranian Military in early january killing all 176 people on board of dorothys admitted mistakenly shooting down the plane. Saying they were not responsible. Former u. S. Military Intelligence Analyst and whistleblower Chelsea Manning has tried to commit suicide 2 days before her hair and she was jailed in may last year for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating wiki leaks and served 7 years in a military prison for leaking secret documents to the web site her lawyers say shes recovering in hospital. Disgraced hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and Sexual Assault allegations that helps fog the global me to movement had a high levels. He was such an important movie producer that average people knew his name his power but now Harvey Weinstein will be known as a convicted rapist a criminal the 67 year old sentenced to 23 years in prison he was facing from 5 to 29 years on convictions for 3rd degree rape and a criminal sex act the prosecution argued for a tough sentence to send a message to the government to show the sun. Just like he saw. Any potential fingers going to. Church. So i clearly think the really weinsteins attorneys are promising to appeal that sentence that was just handed down by this court was obscene that number was a noxious there are murderers who will get out of court faster than Harvey Weinstein will that number spoke to the pressure of movements in the public before the sentence was announced weinstein said he found it very confusing arguing that men are being accused of things that none of us understood hes claimed it was consensual despite being accused by nearly 100 women for one accuser finally finding justice for the 1st time i can say i feel a sense of happiness i guess. Because this isnt a happy circumstance to be that were all here for. But i feel joyous actresses have taken to twitter marriage serve you know wrote that she cried tears of amazement from Rosanna Arquette prison time is not justice for rape survivors but its something thank you the publication of weinsteins assaults launched the me to movement millions of women took to social media to say. It happened to them too and it has to stop helping to show the scope of the problem and for now weinstein showing the world the potential consequences disgraced rejected and likely destined to die behind bars pedicle hain al jazeera. A 2nd day of hearings has begun in Australias High Court where former vatican treasurer george pell is fighting to overturn his sexual abuse conviction serving a 6 year sentence for sexually assaulting 2 choir boys in the mid one 990. 00 s. Pella who once helped elect popes is the highest ranking Catholic Church official ever convicted of child sex crimes. A posthumous appeal for the only man convicted of the lockerbie bombing is to go ahead former libyan Intelligence Officer. My god he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 for his involvement in the bombing of pan am flight 103 of the town of lockerbie in scotland is evolving ripples. Mcgraw his family have long pushed to prove his innocence now 8 years after his death and more than 30 years after the look of the tragedy but 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 dented 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 1988 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 to 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. For me this case is about 2 families mine and bassetts behind them they seem to lie the needs of 25. 00 other families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after the event itself we need the truth again i look grow he 1st appeared 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 believed there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after 290. 00 died when a u. S. Warship brought down on the radio a 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 regrow his family have always described him as 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 antigovernment protesters have battled police since chile marks 30 years of democracy while president Sebastian Pinera celebrated the occasion inside the president ial palace outside demonstrators demanded his resignation and they fired water cannon and tear gas at the crowds in the capital santiago what started in october as protests at the cost of transport broadened into a Wider Movement against inequality. So ive been farmers in argentina will begin a 4 day strike on monday to protest against a tax increase they say will cripple the industry the government says the measure is needed to help those struggling the most with an economic crisis it is a ball reports from san nicolas. Farmers are on strike in argentina hundreds of them gathered in this assembly to express their anger against the government of the fernandes the after he announced a 3 percent increase in exports taxes on one of argentinas main crops this. Leaves in the province of somebody he says the government is making a mistake youll be able to love your work i dont mind paying more taxes but the government wants more and more in argentina you work and work in the government takes away 70 percent of your income we cannot continue like this when the government says that this strike is an act of violence in a country that is currently struggling with a recession and is on the verge of defaulting on its sovereign debt but this farmer saying that they play a crucial role in argentinas economy that an increase in exports taxes is excessive i could force many of them out of recession. Argentina is one of the worlds top exporters of soya and or in the government wants to increase exports taxes on soya from 30 to 33 percent in what it describes as a solidarity move to help those who are suffering the most oh you have no doubt by take money away from us and cya they want to use it for those who are struggling but thats not true we already pay 35 percent of income taxes plus property tax in export texas. Base of Vegetable Producers went to the city to donate some of their harvest. Came here to give away our vegetables to support the governments redistribution mischas some soy produce is not thinking about the country theyre only thinking about their own income even believe that back in 2008 members of argentinas Agricultural Community clash with a former president Cristina Fernandez de kirchner who is now Vice President when she tried to increase taxes farmers held major. Will test that force the administration to back down but the situation is different now than it should have. Noticed this is a fight for survival for many producers much of the Crop Production happens on rented land and producers have to pay for rent on top of all the taxes also some have the added cost of transport as their farms are far away from the ports. Argentinas Farming Community is vast and while there are Large Companies running the business theres also small scale producers. They are the ones who have vowed to continue fighting against a measure that they believe is unjust it is have a. Last argentina. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories u. S. President donald trump is suspending travel with europe for 30 days to combat the coronavirus pandemic unprecedented restrictions want applied to the United Kingdom and it wont affect u. S. Citizens or pregnant residents and his National Address he accused the e. U. Of not responding quickly enough to the virus taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States than are now present in europe. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from europe Global Markets dropped again on wednesday of a quote a virus is new york style john is closed more than 1400 points lower tokyos nikkei index sank by more than 5 percent after trumps announcement. Italy has ordered all shops except food stores and pharmacies to close to stop the spread of corona virus this comes as the government ordered a National Lockdown restricting travel for the countrys 60000000 people. The biggest Basketball League in the world has been suspended since star player a utah jazz said to really go there has tested positive for corona virus the n. B. A. Will be out of action until further notice. A rocket attack on a military base in iraq is killed 3 personnel 2 from the United States and one from the u. K. About 800. 00 small rockets fired from the back of a truck hit camp taji which is 27 kilometers north of the capital baghdad a dozen Coalition Personnel are being treated for injuries hematology is a former Republican Guard base which has been used by the u. S. Since its capture in 2003 posthumous appeal for the only man convicted of the lockerbie bombing is to go ahead former libyan Intelligence Officer that he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 for his involvement in the bombing of pan am flight 103 of the town of lockerbie in scotland all 259 people on board the flight died those are the headlines stay with us here on aljazeera witnesses next. The consequence of. You served in the marine corps for mentioning. That just doesnt go away. But a little bit of trouble for the last couple years. In this home was. 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