Reaches 514. And its game over for the English Premier League for these the next 3 weeks because of the virus. Hello the World Health Organization has warned that any country not moving to take tough measures against corona virus is making a deadly mistake it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the world are announcing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuated buildings Security Forces are being deployed to clear the streets right across iran in the next 24 hours and more global sporting events have been hit with the English Premier League suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one race is called off well the markets in europe in the u. S. Rose earlier after historic falls on thursday but the gains that faded and asian markets closed in negative territory well italy has reported another huge rise in its death toll from the virus jumping 250 in one day to a total of 1266. 00 and another 2 and a half 1000 new cases were confirmed and a hayward begins our coverage with this report on the situation around europe. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid bombings restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only pharmacies and supermarkets will be open from saturday across spain a state of emergency. And as though there are emotional needs to mental than with a state of emergency is a legal tool recognized in our constitution to confront a crisis as extraordinary as that which now faces the entire world and our own country in italy where public life has come to a standstill an entire nation some 60000000 people remain under quarantine but the spirits are important or that is the desperation to not help us we must have hope we must be strong and white. Experts from china have arrived in italy to help bring in 30 tons of Vital Equipment from shanghai and experience on how they battle the outbreak. Europe has now become the epicenter of the panda make with more reported cases and is done the rest of the world combined apart from china across the rest of europe measures to stop the spread of corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universe is a nursery as well from monday in the u. K. Top flight football including the premier league has been suspended until the beginning of april after several players a manager has tested positive for corona virus or are in self isolation and in a continent which prides itself on being borderless some European UnionMember States and now imposing tight restrictions on one another introducing border checks all as in the case of the Czech Republic stopping power and travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from the spread of bias so lets look together at how we can do that and how we can do it most effectively. Certain controls may be justified but general travel bans are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization its no surprise then that businesses are already taking a hit the Airline British Airways is one stop jobs will go as it prepares to deal with fewer people traveling attempting to put the brakes on this piracy it seems is getting harder every day and he would aljazeera. Lets discuss this with me barker joining us here in the studio youre following this story very closely of course so 1st look at italy and significant news out of there with the death toll rising yet again in that country what do you know thats right well italy has seen its biggest jump in death toll since the 1st cases occur in a virus were 1st identified in the country is a jump of 250 deaths in a single day more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases of the virus being detected so in total it brings the death toll its lead to over 1200. 00 and this is despite a raft of measures that were introduced progressively over the course of the past few weeks a complete lockdown and lombardy the state of the north for the Financial Capital milan is space lockdowns also in venice the important Cultural Capital then a nation wide lockdown involving 60000000. 00 people including the capital rome and then more recently restrictions on the kind of shops that could be opened now only pharmacies essential food stores are allowed to remain open the case there will be reviewed in 2 weeks time and what about spain because we know that the country has now declared a state of emergency so what does that mean for any measures in restrictions taking place in the country with spain is currently the 2nd most affected country in the whole of europe in the number of cases has gone up quite significantly 4000 new cases in the last day or so which is whats prompted this state of emergency declared by the part Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez it basically gives the or thora ts the power to say the people have to stay at home to lock down parts of cities or districts we know that several towns in catalonia north of barcelona have been affected involving 60000 people concerns now growing for the capital madrid 2000 case of the coronavirus there many of them in care homes we know also that the military have been mobilized to help efforts the case there is progressive really looking quite severe unprecedented times barker thank you for that update. Well iran Security Forces will clear the streets of its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus there according to state Television Shop streets and roads will all be vacated iran is one of the countrys worst affected by the pandemic with the death toll of 514 and more than 11400 infections the country is struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment and has asked for an emergency 5000000000. 00 loan from the International Monetary fund its service ravi is in the capital to run and he says most people there have so far ignored advice from the authorities to stay indoors if you tune into local Television Channels in the evening youll find that the shows are all dedicated to panels of experts and all of them say the same thing that the worst is yet to come that the peak of this outbreak in this country is going to happen in the next 2 weeks president Hassan Rouhani over the past week has been the target of criticism from people across the political spectrum who say he hasnt been able to get grip on the spread of the coronavirus throughout iran and that in the next 24 hours the military will take to the streets to begin its will to try to enforce the governments guidance to limit the movement of the population in parts of the country it is only to the rose the persian leader thats like christmas and new years combined people are out of Shopping Centers they are out at bazaars people are out on the streets and largely not special in the capital most of the population has not been taking government guidance seriously now the iranians can expect this to have become a Security Matter to address a civilian Public Health issue that simply the civilian government one wasnt able to get a grip of. Well markets have seen more volatile trading as investors weigh the measures World Leaders are taking and the impact of the pandemic the Dow Jones Industrial average is trading around 4 percent up to 30 thursdays trading saw the greatest losses since the black monday crash of 1987 in london the footsie 100. 00 initially surged 8 percent but again subsided enough to new trading to close just 2. 46 percent up its suffered its biggest weekly loss in more than 30 years and over and asia markets plunged in morning trade but managed to claw back initial losses in hong kong the hang seng index closed down more than one percent lets bring in chriss salumi for an update on the markets from new york kristen and you know the markets reflecting these extraordinary circumstances big losses on thursday hows it looking on friday. Well the markets have been creeping back up words today as u. S. And World Leaders attempt to move to bolster confidence in the economy we heard in the last hours from us speaker of the house nancy pelosi that congress is moving forward on a aid package to help with the situation were expecting to hear from President Trump any moment now. Oil prices have gone up a bit today a lot of the stocks are up as federal the Federal Reserve and Central Banks around the world have been taking measures as well to inject cash into the markets and cut Interest Rates and so on and so forth so there seems to be a bit more optimism today or at least some investors taking advantage of the low prices to scoop up some bargains but this remains on track to be one of the worst weeks in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial average one of the major it indices here for u. S. Markets we know what happened last time President Trump address the nation earlier this week and now its the travel ban from europe. And that sent markets plummeting theres still a lot of uncertainty a lot of unknowns out there as the full impact of the pandemic has yet to be felt but weve been seeing more and more localities cities like new york states like virginia declaring states of emergency more people staying home more trips being canceled and so on so what the president says in the next hour could have a real impact on markets that are as we said doing better today but still down below their highs and very skittish on what the final impact of all of this will be on the economy here and lets find out what the president is going to say and when he will say it christopher the time being thanks very much for that update from new york lets not cross over to washington and bring in can really help get donald trump criticized for a lack of a nationwide Testing Program kimberly and hes due to give a News Conference any time now so what are we expecting him to say. Were expecting him to declare some sort of a krone virus emergency whether thats a National Emergency a disaster emergency not yet clear but the president will have these powers under was sort of the stafford act what this is centrally does is free out tens of billions of dollars to allow for better coordination whether it is resources whether it is testing between the federal government and local municipalities even states that right now is really been struggling to deal with the spread out of coronavirus here in the United States were now up to 46 states and more than 900 people have now been infected 41 deaths that number is continuing to climb it as there is climbing and increasing panic in the United States increasingly ordinary americans looking to not only the white house but also the u. S. Congress for some action in terms of alleviating the anxiety that they know is also going to continue to grow so not only are we watching the president very carefully but in the last hour the House Speaker nancy pelosi unveiled what she says is another legislative package there was one passed last week putting in place 8300000000 dollars in resources now this is the next wave of that this will allow for paid leave for some workers to stay home others boosting Unemployment Insurance and even making sure that children who normally eat their meals at school will be fed so this is a legislative package said to be voted on in the u. S. Congress in order to continue to provide for ordinary americans but in the midst of all this all eyes on the rose garden of the white house we are behind schedule the president was scheduled to speak in the last 20 minutes we see that there still hasnt been any Movement Just yet but of course watching that very carefully its going to have a broad impact not just here in the United States but around the world you are right well cross back to you as and when we see the president speak for the time being carefully thank you well canada has suspended parliament and advised its citizens against nonessential travel in an effort to slow the spread of the virus Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau says he will be in isolation for 2 weeks after his wife tested positive i want to be clear i have 2 symptoms and im feeling good and Technology Allows me to work from home. Of course its an inconvenience somewhat frustrating we are all social beings after all we have to do this because we have to protect our neighbors and our friends especially our more vulnerable seniors and people with preexisting conditions coming up next on aljazeera chinas ambassador summoned over claims the coronavirus was brought to hand by the american military. And americas precision strikes missed their targets in iraq killing 6 people and increasing tensions with baghdad details coming up. Ahead of that winter is still very much around across northern sections of europe and were expecting some more late winter snow to areas further to the east. On the satellite in the last few hours and this is what i mean about the snow pushing its way through saturday further east away from baltics up into western russia maybe a few flurries moscow but its not a cold again 7 degrees celsius we also got one to 2 shallow just lying across the balkans again they could be heavy at times but really the bulk of the weather on saturday is coming from this system is pushing in across the u. K. Some heavy amounts of rain and this could also turn to snow into the mountains of the skull to know said they saw today across much of the southwest and western europe but that does tend to change as we head through sunday now 1st of all that system in that all that will push all that moisture across the tools no way some cold air in place so well see a fair amount of snow there and then look at this some rather heavy rain accumulating into these Northern Areas a spate of very widely scattered damage a little bit lower in madrid at 20 celsius not cold of course but not as warm as it was and all the unsubtle across the southeast just 19 degrees in athens a chance of showers and 20 an anchor this in the story now theyre very heavy rain across egypt that is cleared out of the picture by saturday maybe one or 2 shots on sunday including rep at. Corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. Theres this radical transformation. To me that if you want to shedding light on the remaining pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. On. The. Top stories on aljazeera the World Health Organization says europe is the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic its warned any country not taking tough measures is making a deadly mistake spain is the clear new state of emergency from saturday and poland and mark of the latest countries to close their borders to foreigners. Iran Security Forces are clearing the streets of its major cities within the next 24 hours in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus country seen one of the worst outbreaks with 514. 00 people confirmed dead. And markets in europe on the u. S. Rallied earlier after historic falls on thursday but those gains then faded and asian markets closed in negative territory. Africa has so far escaped largely unscathed from the corona virus but several countries have Just Announced their 1st cases including sudan where a man died on thursday markham was in nairobi where 27 year old kenyan woman has also tested positive after returning home from a trip to the u. S. And the u. K. Ethiopia has announced its 1st case who it says is a woman from japan guinea conakry has also announced its 1st case the ministry of health says its a belgian woman who arrived in the country a few days ago and shes now in an Isolation Unit that was actually built to try and contain west africas a bolo outbreak which started 7 years ago and here in kenya the minister of health has announced the countrys 1st case he said its a kenyan woman who travelled from the us through the u. K. And arrived here in kenya more than a week ago but only tested positive for corona virus on thursday so the ministry of health has since said that it started to try and contact all of the people that shes met travelling across the country over the last 8 days shes now in an Isolation Unit one of just over 130 beds that the government says it has prepared in case of an outbreak the ministry of health also said that people should take some great precautions to try and prevent further spread such as keeping one metre away from anyone who coughs and sneezes but thats just not possible for many kenyans who are travelling to and from work every day on crowded mini buses and also living in homes where several family members share a bedroom many people here depend on working for cash in hand just to be able to survive no work means no pay no pay means no food and a lot of the measures that are being talked about for prevention in europe and america simply wont be possible here such as working from home subsidising the incomes of people doing piecework and keeping distance to people here waiting to see how far and how fast the outbreak will spread not just in kenya but across subsaharan africa. Well the coronavirus pandemic is having a massive impact on sport across the globe with large gatherings an obvious risk much of world sport is now an shut down under severe moloch reports that now includes the worlds biggest football leagues. It was a Health Update from this premier League Manager that finally forced the worlds most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that after the boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london things are very good decision weve got great League Management they made the right decision on the d. V. D. To you before we see and when you look at it in a you put it in the premier league he. Added a pitiful none of us know will see our tete a wasnt the only case chelsea star Callum Hudson adored was the 2nd e. P. L. Star to announce he tested positive and like carter to teenager is currently in isolation as you may be a virus for the last couple of days which ive recovered from. Myself from everybody for a week. And a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if 1. 00 or 2 a players contract this problem and unfortunately in the last 24 hours or so. Cant see any alternative than to suspend him and and see where we are in a few weeks the list of suspended competitions which already included the top divisions of spain and italy got even longer on saturday with the announcement that germanys blunders leader is until early next month while frances league and also announced a halt to the season. Training sessions will continue because we dont have a date yet know when the championship will resume but we have to continue training while taking precautions for the players and the people who are still here at the club. Games had been due to be played behind closed doors and from the problems with that policy were highlighted when parasite human fans gathered outside the stadium on wednesday for a european much in defiance of the order that game was in the Champions League which itself has now been suspended indefinitely europes governing body 4 will meet on tuesday to decide whats next for football across the continent so hell malik aljazeera. For the u. S. State department has held talks with the Chinese Ambassador over comments made by Chinas Foreign Ministry that the coronavirus might have originated in the us the Conspiracy Theory 1st circulated on the fringes of the internet and the Russian Media and is now increasingly becoming the official chinese line and has more. Controlling the narrative or changing it completely as president xi jinping visited this week for the 1st time since the beginning of the current Virus Outbreak his government went on the defensive aggressively responding to another message coming from washington this is the virus that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world as cases rise in the United States its officials are emphasizing that the pandemic was quote made in china this virus did not originate United States originated province in china it originated some time ago. Rather than using best practices this outbreak. Was covered up such comments by senior u. S. Officials have infuriated the Chinese Government its Foreign Ministry had this to say well maybe we urge that u. S. Official to respect objective facts and International Public opinion and spend time on preventing and controlling the epidemic and strengthening relevant cooperation rather than attacking slandering or complaining about others u. S. Officials have been pushing back against conspiracy theories floating around the internet and Chinese Media that the corona virus is an american bio weapon so we could have people in the United States dying for what appears to be influenza when in fact it could be the corona virus work over 90 some cases have been actually diagnosed that way in the United States today that testimony to congress by the director of the centers for Disease Control was insured by a chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman to support the theory that the virus may have originated in the United States. Beijing has also pushed the narrative that the virus was brought to china by the u. S. Military really 250 members of the u. S. Military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the World Military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media chinas new position. On the origins of the corona Virus Outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january to season and from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the Seafood Market with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesnt blame china for one of the Worst Health Crises in a decade enter schapelle aljazeera lets look at some other news now in iraqs president has condemned retaliatory airstrikes conducted by the u. S. Iraq 6 people were killed but the head of the u. S. Military command Central Command has defended the strikes as targeting iranian backed fighters adding that the threat from iran is still high well the u. S. Says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans and a briton died when nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdads Simona Fulton is in baghdad she says the u. S. Ambassador was summoned and protests and there are calls for further action against the u. S. And u. K. Over the attack. Well there has been a flurry of reaction in response to these strikes from a wide range of political and military institution condemning them as violation of iraqs sovereignty of course this stands in very stark contrast to what weve heard come out of depending on today where general kind of mckinsey called the strikes a success strikes against positions of uranium back groups that would help keep calling troops safe that would help deter their ability to conduct future air strikes weve heard condemnations come from the joint Operations Command here in iraq which governs all military activity and what has been particularly infuriated them is the fact that 5 members from the army and police were killed in these strikes these are Security Forces that used to partner with american troops in their fight against isis of course this is unintended and something that has enraged military actions here in iraq of also had a condemnation from the president s office the foreign minister has some letters from both the u. S. And the u. K. And weve also heard from some of this rain and bad groups who have used the casualties used as example of these strikes that have resulted in the deaths of 6 people to call for further action against u. S. Troops who are present here so the backlash from iraq is quite strong indeed all turkey and russia have agreed on the details of a cease fire in syria glib region that agreement was finalized after 4 days of talks in ankara under the agreement turkish and Russian Forces will carry out joint patrols along the m 4 highway that links syrias east and west starting on sunday this cease fire deal which was largely held since the 5th of march was reached after around 60 turkish troops were killed in the clashes in the region. At least 21. 00 people have died in egypt after 2 days of heavy rain caused major flooding 6 children are known to be among the dead with most of the victims in rural areas everything has stopped in major cities including the capital cairo as roads have turned into rivers cairos Water Authority had to cut off supplies after rising waters overwhelmed the sewage system a former chief minister of indian administered kashmir has been released after 7 months in custody for took up the law was arrested along with other local leaders when india revoke kashmir a special status in august he was charged with disturbing public order new delhi imposed in the majority muslim populated territory after withdrawing its autonomy. And inquiry into a scandal that led to the collapse of the Northern Ireland government has found examples of quote unacceptable behavior the inquiry into Renewable Heat Initiative found no evidence of corruption but ruled that the scheme should never have been adopted the cash for ash scandal was a u. K. Wide effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by switching from fossil fuels to renewable sources it began in 2012 and led to vast overspends in the collapse of the power sharing assembly in 2017 legislators finally agreed to sit again in january. The pilot of the plane that crashed killing a premier League Footballer wasnt licensed for that particular aircraft or for flying at nights thats according to an official investigation i mean the plane disappeared over the English Channel in january last year the air Accident Investigation Branch also concluded that pilot david bits and whose body was never found was probably affected by Carbon Monoxide from a leaking exhausts. We take you live to the white house when he was President Donald Trump is about to speak on the coronavirus lets listen and it will be in the rose garden appreciate everybody being here today id like to provide an update to the American People on several decisive new actions were taken in our very vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the corona virus virus. Who working very hard on this weve made tremendous progress when you compare what weve done to other areas of the world its. Its pretty incredible a lot of that had to do with the early designation and the closing of the borders. And as you know way europe was just as in nato and as the hot spot right down. We close that border while ago so there was luckier through talent or through luck call it whatever you want but through a very collective action and shared sacrifice National Determination we will overcome the threat of the virus i also announced wednesday night following the advice of our medical professionals who are doing a tremendous job we appreciate it very much that were suspending the entry of foreign nationals who have been to europe in the last 14 days from entering the United States citizens permit or residence in our families any of the families returning from europe will be subject to extra screening as well as self isolation for a period of 14 days as the World Health Organization confirmed today many of the things that what we said were 100 percent correct including our designation. Before them of europe. Like our earlier very aggressive actions with china this measure will save countless lives. I appreciate the number of the folks behind me a large number of the people behind me said that that saved a lot of lives that early to his ignition but it is only the beginning of what were really doing in now where in a different phase we had some very old and obsolete rules that we had to live with it worked under certain circumstances but not under mass circumstances they were there for a long time they were in place for a long time and were breaking them down now and theyre very usable for certain instances but not for this to unleash the full power of the federal government that the sefer today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of very importantly for important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately youre going to be hearing from some of the Largest Companies and greatest retailers and medical companies in the world is standing right behind me and that side of me im also asking every hospital in this country to activate its Emergency Preparedness plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged in new york and various other places are also very singh gauge i just spoke with Governor Cuomo we had a very good conversation and were working very strongly with many states including new york. 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