A british soldier. The straightest high court delays a decision on Cardinal Pells last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. It is the worlds Biggest Health crisis of the decade the corona Virus Outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe countries around the world are working to limit the further spread including the u. S. Which is imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president onil trunk blamed the e. U. For the situation and downplayed warnings of a potential recession. Taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States than are now present in erupt. 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 india has also taken a drastic step suspending almost all visas to the country there are 62. 00 confirmed cases there it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries there are now more than 126000 cases across 6 continents Johns Hopkins university in the us is tracking the spread of the virus china has the most infections followed by italy iran and south korea more than 68000 people have recovered from the illness will have more on trumps im president of announcement shortly but 1st well turn our focus to asia where we have open pride standing by for us and so on to lizabeth poor autumn in new delhi elizabeth lets start with you talk us through the precautions then being taken by the Indian Government in the country. Unprecedented precautions adrian saw for the World Health Organization classified corner virus as a pandemic the Indian Government took the. Decision its never done this before to suspend all existing visas for all foreign nationals bar and just a few exceptions so as of 12 g. M. T. On friday and until april the 15th all of foreign nationals no foreign nationals will be allowed to enter. Diplomats for the United Nations a few International Organizations that have certain type of employment pieces and as you mentioned all incoming passengers including indians coming from anywhere and having been to china. South korea france germany and spain will be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days and the Indian Government is all indians whether here or abroad to avoid all nonessential travel saying they could be quarantined for 14 days upon their return there are 60 cases of the coronavirus in the country 16 of them are actually italian tourists for the past week here in the capital new delhi all primary schools have been shot there are 5 cases in delhi and indeed administered kashmir all educational institutions have been closed there is one case i believe in that part of the country and as well as those proportions the Indian Government has talked of the vacuity taking its citizens from iran there is Something Like 2000 there they brought 58 back a few days ago but they cant do this whether its in a italy where theyre also planning to send them to with medical teams they cant bring people back into the country until they send medical teams on board to make sure that they dont have coronavirus you talked about the closure of schools and education establishment what impact is all of this having on daily life when you do. Well its important to remember adrian that india. Already experiencing a the Indian Economy a massive slowdown and the Tourism Sector would of course be really hard hit its going to add to its woes it grew at its slowest pace in a decade last year the 2 indias 2 main stock indices thats the nifty and the sensex have have essentially crashed and its also having an impact on other Industries India is the worlds biggest supplier of generic drugs but most of the ingredients to make them come from china and since chinese imports stopped in february the production has dropped and that led to the Indian Government banning the export of 26. 00 pharmacy medicines. Including paracetamol to keep the whole market supplied and also things like you know you cant find Hand Sanitizer or face mosque its very difficult to find them here but the Indian Government has taken the the precautions that we spoke about earlier those big ones because in a country where they want to stop people with a corona virus who might have corona virus from coming into the country because once they do it is going to be very difficult to limit its spread in a country with 1300000000 people there is a before and im reporting live from new delhi liz many thanks indeed will Financial Markets tumble to get it asia in response to the economic threat posed by the virus lets go live now to seoul. Mcbride is there as youre begins its trading day rob how markets doing there right now. Weve seen selling right across the board throughout the day on all the markets here in asia soon as trade opened it took its cue from wall street overnight with selling and then it seemed to intensify as we got to President Trump speaking from the white house real concern here about this travel ban it seemed to take everybody by surprise a complete ban on travel and just what that entailed between europe and the United States even though later clarification that this wouldnt affect trade or cargo flights really didnt seem to settle nerves here lead to that kind of sentiment where people are thinking this is going to impact the Global Economy we saw it with the all of the trade going basically and they one direction the japans nikkei and the kaspi thats the korean stock stock index both of those plummeting by more than 5 percent at one point during the day recovering slightly at the end but closing down by around 44. 00 and a half percent the hang seng index from hong kong close behind it down 4 percent the shanghai composite down nearly 2 percent now these are the big markets in asia and it takes an awful lot of selling to create this kind of percentage swings on the big markets this kind of volatility lety with the smaller markets in asia wreaks absolute havoc for example in bangkok weve seen share prices tumbled by more the 9 percent in a single days trade so real real selloff on all of the markets and these are markets that are already depressed as asia has been handling the effects of this corona virus for example the nikkei index in japan almost down 25 percent on where it was just a few weeks ago similarly the cost be losing almost 20 percent of its value. To the spread of the virus itself whats the latest on the government response across the region. Well as the financial numbers have been polling this thursday the numbers of the corona virus that has actually caused it and continue to be encouraging the south korean officials here were asked at their Daily Briefing what difference it makes now that this Global Pandemic has been announced and they said well quite honestly very little because south korea has already been operating at its maximum alert level for nearly 3 weeks now ever since it got this mysterious cluster of cases down in the southeastern city of daegu that of that obviously became the massive outbreak and the continued efforts of this maximum alert level continue to be seen here again were seeing this gradual decline that weve had for well over a week now with the thursday figure of new cases down to 114 so were continuing to see a gradual decrease although officials are warning against complacency also in china weve had something of a milestone down in a province the epicenter of this outbreak for the 1st time weve had an increase of new cases in Single Digits just 8 new cases in who 15 across china and finally from china from a couple of their ministries from the Health Commission they have confirmed what everybody has pretty much believed by now that where they seem to be past the worst and that they are past the peak of this outbreak. Reporting live from seoul rob many thanks indeed as we reported earlier the u. S. Is suspending travel to and from europe the e. U. Is warning that the move could cause economic disruption in a National AddressPresident Trump accuse the bloc of not responding quickly enough to the virus our White House Correspondent kimberly helka reports and with the number of u. S. Corona virus infections continuing to rise President Donald Trump made our Rare Oval Office address to an out. New travel restrictions to blunt the spread of the fire us 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 trump has 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 can really help at aljazeera the white house were going to weather a. We dont want this thing to spread more than possibles coping in quarantine how those in self isolation helping to reassure others. Taxing times will tell you what ignited fama anger in argentina. Was streaming into that western side of here just rolling in from the Atlantic City by as a cloud coming through here while the system after another tightly packed ice about all came wind are rolling through and theyll be some snow on the high ground pushing across scotland as you can say that and also into scandinavia that came when that will continue to dry those showers right the way through across northern parts of europe through the Baltic States that to the southeast keep close on that one some very Stormy Weather rolling away into that eastern side of the mediterranean over the next few days likely to cause some flooding for friday central parts not see bad bands of towns of maine they will start the way southward and east with bright skies to come back in behind you see the next system pushing into the northwest as we go on into friday down into the southwest 22 in madrid so lovely weather 22 in athens as well but said they saw a side of the med that does give course the concern as we go on through the next couple of days a lot of cloud showing up on the satellite picture just rather northeastern corner of europe pushing down so northeastern parts of africa pushing down into the northeast of africa lots of very heavy right chance of some flooding maybe 50 millimeters of rain there into the fall of the east and beat it. Join the global conversation. Expand their brains maybe have a different view there is a dialogue that women in cambodia are in fact telling their here we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a law right here in the state we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfection amount is iraq. And again this is not so much of the main news this out the us spends trouble for most of europe for 30 days the World Health Organization to close the coronavirus and make the e. U. Warns the move could cause economic disruption that india imposes stringent measures by temporarily counseling or tourist visas the government says that it will also quarantine travelers arriving from 7 virus hit countries in an attempt to contain the corona virus. Or pandemic has now affected 114 countries in the number of cases outside china has increased 13 fold in the past 2 weeks to 0 steve barco continues our coverage. 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 but around the clock and we are deeply 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 and restricting transport. Across the continent classrooms are empty in spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions italy greece romania and ukraine have sent home their entire student populations as germany confirmed its 3rd 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 us the start. 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 covert 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 promise 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 he barkha aljazeera hundreds of millions of people are in some form of isolation the World Health Organization says that its important for them to try to keep up daily routines and to stay connected to the outside world. Reports now on how some a coping. A small town in northern italy with 11000 residents number is on lockdown like the rest of the country its mayor under self quarantine after testing positive for corona virus proved a great joy to me and he can get up to it on good after 3 days of high temperatures and simply taking some feeble remedies i no longer have symptoms today im well and i have been well for 6 days so far and im working for my town as its mayor. The mayor says hell stay in isolation for 14 days his wife and son isolated elsewhere in the house. And we travel to milan for fashion week and when i arrived in barcelona i started noticing symptoms neil munro also tested positive for corona virus and was placed in quarantine in barcelona he passes the time by responding to questions on social media to reassure the public but. Im a young person and im healthy so the symptoms im having are like a normal cold like a flu i had a little bit of fever headache general discomfort but anyone would have thought it was just a cold. Corona virus affects people in different ways and most who test positive wont require medical attention denmarks 1st patient was shocked by his diagnosis his wife showed symptoms he did not he tested positive she did not after 6 days in self quarantine he says the symptoms were gone and he didnt need any medicine i dont want to be the one that makes other people sick so that was my greatest concern and i think that is the greatest concern for everybody is d that we dont we dont want this thing to spread more than possible so i prefer to stay home. A week or 2 more or even longer if i could prevent anybody from getting this is. Older people and those with chronic medical conditions can die from it that is clear isolation is intended to protect them from germs younger healthier people so easily spread for them the biggest gripe is probably boredom. The video sharing site ticktock has become a favorite for those in isolation including an American Teacher in will hon megan munro has provided daily updates from the chinese city at the center of the outbreak including the day she found her Apartment Building padlocked others are coming up with creative ways of passing time letting family and friends know theyre ok that theyre following the advice of doctors all refusing to be panicked by the new disease internship. Other news to americans and a british soldier have been killed by a barrel of rockets fired at a military base in iraq all the personnel of being treated for the injuries that count taji north of the capital baghdad no one has claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of attacks where Foreign Forces based our reporter some of the faulting in baghdad says that theres concern this latest attack could lead to an escalation of violence. Well many people fear that this deadly attack could once again result in a series of tit for tat attacks and weve already seen a reaction not in iraq but in syria very close to the iraqi border there was a strike on positions of the Popular Mobilization forces very shortly after the attack on the party base now many of these iranian backed groups that operate both in syria and iraq so what is interesting is that we saw a reaction in syria the what remains to be seen whether the United States would actually strike in iraq this time around the same way it did following the deadly attack on the k one base in care of kirkuk back in december which is what set off this series of or tell you a retaliatory attacks in the 1st place now the situation has changed quite a bit since then 1st of all there was a serious escalation to very Dangerous Levels that many people did not really expect then traced fear is especially here in iraq of an outside war between the u. S. And iran there has also since been a vote in the Iraqi Parliament to demand the departure of foreign troops and those negotiations are still ongoing for all of this will affect the extent to which the u. S. Will respond to this deadly attack but of course we had u. S. Officials repeated on regular bases that they do reserve the right to defend its troops here especially if they feel that the Iraqi Government is not doing enough to do so strongly as high cost to lay the final verdict on appeal by the Roman CatholicCardinal George pell who is fighting to overturn his conviction for sexual abuse 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. The highest ranking Catholic Church official ever convicted of sex crimes nicola gauges outside the court in canberra and says a decision might not be made public for months. All of the arguments today have really been based around a questioning some of the issues that the defense yesterday at the defense really questioned the credibility and reliability of one of the former quiet boys who was sexually assaulted by hell the other one died in 24 chain of a Drug Overdose but the prosecution today told the court that theres no reason to not believe this witness he did come across this reliable and credible the jury sold that and theres no reason why the michael what should not believe him either now obviously these 2 days of hearing has come to an end now its been very a very significant case in this trial but this appeal process is very far from over thats because the justices decided to reserve in on making a decision on this case and that means that we may not see it back from them for months so essentially many things would happen here but getting to the crux of it 7 justices now need to decide over the coming months whether they will uphold the conviction or allow george pell to walk away a free man. Chelsea manning has attempted suicide 2 days before the former u. S. Military Intelligence Analyst was due in Court Lawyers say that manning is recovering in a hospital the whistleblower served 7 years in a military prison for giving secret u. S. Documents to wiki leaks and was again jailed last year for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating weekly. Farmers in argentina are on a 4 day strike in protest of the government raising taxes on one of the main exports soybeans the cash strapped government needs more revenue as it again threatens to default on its massive debts to foreign lenders as observers so theres a bow reports now from santa fe farmers walkouts merely adds to the economic crisis. Farmers are on strike in argentina hundreds of them gathered in this assembly to express their anger against the government of the finance minister the after he announced a 3 percent increase in exports taxes on one of argentinas main crops this. This is their. Lives in the province of something he says the government is making a mistake youll be able to ignore 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 the whole thing 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 business. 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 soya 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. Is 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. Are the ones who vowed to continue fighting against a measure a believe just. Argentina in chile riot police have battled the latest antigovernment demonstrations on the 30th anniversary of democratic. Protests which began in october gets higher metro fares upgraded to demands for Major Economic changes and president Sebastian Pinera us as a nation. It is terry with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. Has suspended all travel for most of europe for 30 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic the e. U. Has warned that the move could cause economic disruption that india has imposed stringent measures by temporarily canceling all tourist visas the government says also quarantine travelers arriving from 7 virus hit countries in attempts to contain the corona virus more now from aljazeera as Elizabeth Broderick is in new delhi. As of 12 g. M. T. On friday and on april 15th no foreign nationals can enter india apart from if their diplomats work for the United Nations or have. Employment as the Indian Government has also said that all incoming travelers including incoming travelers indians havent been to any destination coming from any destination but having been rather to china. Iran south korea france germany and spain will be quarantined for a minimum of 14 days and all indians whether they here or abroad to avoid. Essential travel to americans and a british soldier have been killed by rockets fired at a military base in iraq or the personnel of camp taji north of the capital baghdad are being treated for injuries no one has claimed responsibility for the latest in a series of attacks with 4 forces based Chelsea Manning the former u. S. Military Intelligence Analyst says tried to commit suicide in prison 2 days before a Court Hearing into leaking secret documents more to say that manning is recovering in hospital but whistleblower was jailed last may for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating wiki leaks. The story is high court has delayed a final verdict of appeal by Roman CatholicCardinal George pell whos fighting to oversee his conviction for sexual abuse a 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting to cooperate is the 1990 s. Well as the highest ranking Catholic Church official ever convicted of child sex crimes. Those the headlines of these continues here on out as they are after the stream next. 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 a flagging a corner me what is needed to pause involve way back from the brink you can send your thoughts through twitter as you change every part of todays conversation. There is little sign of an end to zimbabwes worst drought in years and now more than half of the countrys population is short of enough food about 5 and a half 1000000 people in rural parts involve way more than 2000000. 00 more in urban regions of face regular hunger in recent months and the