Nationwide as its death toll reaches 514. 00. In sport the English Premier League is suspended and may not be finished 2 to coronavirus none of the 6 Club Officials have met in london all games are all some slight least the start of i will. Follow the u. S. President has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic because the number of cases raises a cross the country donald trump described the next 8 weeks as critical to fighting the respiratory illness he said half a 1000000 coronavirus tests will be available as early as next week and urged every state to set up Emergency Centers to treat patients. To unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate 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. 00 of very importantly very important and a large about 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 im also asking every rule in this country to activate its Emergency Preparedness plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere well during the announcement trump raised his policy of banning all travelers from europe which the World Health Organization says is now the epicenter of the outbreak its warning that any country not moving to take tough measures against the coronavirus is making a deadly mistake and 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 across iran in the next 24 hours and more a 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 u. S. Markets rallied during President Trumps declaration if a National Emergency the dow jones closing up over 9 percent after historic falls on thursday lets bring in our White House Correspondent kelly halkett for more on trumps decision to declare a National Emergency so what does this practically mean now on the ground and for americans kimberly. Well what it means is that theres going to be a lot more money now to blunt the outbreak here in the United States we now have more than 1900 cases of chronic virus in at least 46 states with at least 41 deaths so there is a real interest of Public Health officials who spoke in the rose garden alongside the u. S. President to try and combat this outbreak and so theyre doing it in a number of ways not only by declaring a National Emergency which frees up tens of billions for the federal government to coordinate with the state and local governments but also we saw the president surrounded by at a number of key industry officials from the private sector and what the president has done is kind of taken his transactional approach to government which weve seen in the past and this is no exception bringing in Industry Leaders from from private Companies Like google for example even walmart setting up a website so that americans can easily on a smartphone access whether or not a they need a test and b. If they do where to get it setting up in parking lots around the United States different areas where people can go and get this test in a very american style in their cars theyll be drive through type swapping that will be taking place so this is something that the president is saying will take place by the end of this weekend in terms of the website being set up with the task some 500000 of them by the middle of the week now he also said that there may be up to 5000000 tests ultimately available saying in dismissing those that will need that many that could be something that could buy the president later on but for now he is continuing to take an optimistic and upbeat tone yeah and specifically on the tone can really what do we make of that because the president has faced criticism from some people saying that hes been slow and ineffective in his response to the crisis so far. Yeah theres no question about it in fact and i dont want it to sort of get ahead of my colleague kristen salumi i know we talk you at the Financial Markets but certainly was a key factor that led to a lot of anxiety in this country all across the board the fact that there seemed to be this feeling the president may have been even suppressing the availability of tasks through his government in order to artificially keep numbers down out of the outbreak in terms of coronavirus here in the United States now he was asked in that Rose Garden Press Conference do you take responsibility for that fact he said just the opposite and dont take responsibility for the lag in testing in fact he tried to blame the Previous Administration under barack obama saying it was an outdated system not equipped for this type of a pandemic theyve quickly adapted the system getting rid of a lot of regulations allowing for private labs to be involved in coordination with the federal government in order to try and combat this moving forward saying that we set up for success in the future i think it is a message that at least for now until the american see whether or not it actually works i think many will find reassuring kimberly thank you for that update from Washington Well you heard kimberly mentioning markets a moments ago and they did rally during President Trumps announcement the Dow Jones Industrial average closed up 9. 3 percent after trading around 3 percent up for most of the day thursday saw the greatest losses since the black monday crash of 1987 in london the footsie 100 initially surged 8 percent but again subsided enough to noon trading to close just 2. 4 percent up it suffered its biggest weekly loss of more than 30 years and in asia markets plunged in morning trade but managed to call back initial losses in hong kong the hang seng index closed down 1 point one percent lets get an update from kristen salumi joining us from new york so how did the markets react to what president trying to say. It was really interesting during this press conference was timed shortly before the markets close less than an hour before markets closed President Trump made his remarks pushing all 3 of the major stock indices up over 9 percent regaining most of what they lost on thursday i think there were a couple things that the president did and said that investors found particularly reassuring the 1st was talking about increasing Testing Capacity in the United States that was a big concern. Across the board and in this country and with investors in particular and he did this surrounded by not only Health Officials but corporate c. E. O. s representing Companies Like walmart and google and walgreens talking about what was being done 6 to increase testing can pass it in showing that businesses are going to be part of that solution i think thats something that investors in particular will find very reassuring he also announced that the Energy Department would be buying up strategic would be buying up oil to top off the Strategic Oil reserves for the country that was also something that the markets found very reassuring oil prices which had been plummeting went up a bit today Energy Stocks which also had been suffering as a result of lower demand and a price war between the russians and the saudis they went up today as well so there was good news there for investors sharp contrast to earlier in the week when the president addressed the nation and announced a travel ban restricted travel from europe to the United States that sent the markets tumbling also he announced that there would be a relief package but it was very vague not a lot of details and they did not find that reassuring at all so the president took a more aggressive and specific tone in his remarks today surrounding himself with all of those professionals and it seemed to work you know its still not clear. Or whether or not congress and the white house will be able to get together and what theyre going to do in terms of a relief package per se what will be passed but for now definitely calming fears the volatility index for the markets which shows just how jittery investors are has been sky high in the last week and its down at the close of the markets today down 25 percent so thats a sign that at least for now investors are breathing a sigh of relief all right so chris and we thank you well italy has reported another huge rise in its the 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 word has more on the situation around europe. Closing for the foreseeable future spain is in the grip of the Coronavirus Crisis and didnt madrid restaurants and shops are being told theyll have to shot only pharmacies in supermarkets will be open today across a state of emergency. As though there are almost always 2 men talking with a state of emergency is illegal to 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 more than the desperation to not tell 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 pandemic which is 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 the corona virus are being ramped up a ban on public gatherings of more than 100 people is being introduced in france schools universes 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 foreign travel together of course we all want to protect our citizens from this friend 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 has stopped 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 talk about the situation in europe further with me barker is joining us here in the studio hi there need so we start by looking at the situation in spain because its declared a state of emergency what does that actually mean on the ground or what on the ground its a reaction to what has been a spike in the number of recorded cases in a single day 4000 in all a number that is going up steadily or essentially allows the government to do is to have a sweeping series of things that it can do tools at its disposal so for instance it can force people to stay at home it can force a lockdown of entire towns or districts we know that the military is be mobilized as well to help your thora cheese to be able to go through with this as well but already were starting to see effects on the ground so several towns 3 or 4 in total in catalonia have been put on lockdown affecting 60000. 00 people concerns are growing for the capital madrid where the cases are going up gradually now stands at around 2000 cases many of them in Nursing Homes so the theory is that by looking down these particular areas that it would eventually slow down the spread of the coronavirus people in spain a watching whats happening in italy very very closely and copied their most recent strategy of shutting down most stores apart form pharmacies and food stores but its a case of wait and see maybe a couple of weeks before we really start to see some figures and speaking of italy i mean despite the measures that italian officials have taken over in italy with sis cities being under lockdown. Were seeing an increase in the number of cases there you know the biggest jump so far since the 1st cases of coronavirus were spotted in the country 250 deaths are being reported in a single day more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases coronavirus the death toll currently stands more than 1200 this is on top of multiple restrictive decisions that were made by the government long body in the north of the country was shut down. We saw multiple towns on lockdown venice on lockdown obviously an important Cultural Center then the mation wide as well restricting the movement of people that affecting a population of 60000000 people and then more recently restrictions on businesses beating like spain pharmacies and food stores are the only stores there are allowed to be open at this current time the message from italy is that we will review this in 2 weeks time at last they just drifting from italy weve just heard also that poland denmark and cyprus of all announced that they will temporarily close their borders to all foreigners quite remarkable considering that all are members of the European Union freedom of movement goods and services is enshrined and will be a member of the is all about our rights in a burka thank you very much for that update and we can now speak to the mayor of florence darya nardella he is currently under a 2 week quarantine after meeting the head of the Democratic Party who tested positive for corona virus. Is joining us via skype thanks very much for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour now you as i understand it have so far tested negative for the corona virus yet you must quarantine yourself under Italian Health board rules tell us what the experience of quarantine has been like for you as mayor of florence. So good evening to everybody as she told us i am one of the 16000000 city talents in quite huntin because 10 days ago i met the secretary of the Democratic Party so i i had to stay at home for a so teen days and now i am in my science rule met with a separate to bathrooms so i can stay on fortunately with my family and have to stay here i cant go. Outside but. Now im working much more to the floor because thanks to technology i can do Conference Call with all my collaborator sensitive sense from here from my home and what can you tell us about the the state of the lockdown in florence itself. So nasty for a. Central tuscany now we have. A sorting busy 470 people infected. But the situation is under control is not serious as an old etonian but the only way to stop the contagion is to stay at home and not to move in fact the tuscan government and Italian Government promoted by state are told my ear and i stuck i like it and be banned and now we have betty as fuck used to to push people to to stay at home and told the school to allow. Everywhere. And no mayor and marys aria are these these measures working these sort of strict containment measures that italy has taken because just on friday we did see that at least confirmed another 2 and a half 1000 cases as well as a big jump in the number of deaths across the country so how do you explain that. Yes. Our experience is now how. Only way to to to contrast to start contagion to by state fact as you told us all by restaurant all shops are completely closed and many may use you need tell you decided to close all god dance and pots and all shops are closed except food market and paint and headstrong thats all he says 3 shopping so. As you know the schools are completely closed and now also also many Company Companies are deciding to close production and to to to to to stay tormato to to try to get employers to stay total. Well leave it there we thank you very much adare or nardella for speaking to us from florence thank you thank you to you now russia has started construction a fair new hospital in the capital moscow to help contain the spread of the corona virus there the facility will be able to treat up to 500 patients when its completed russia has so far recorded 45 infections and no deaths but the construction has raised concerns at the or thirtys are not reporting the true number of cases china built specialized hospitals for virus victims and han 2 months ago. Iran Security Forces will clear the streets if its major cities within the next 24 hours and a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus according to state Television Shop streets and roads will all be vacated iran as one of the countrys worst affected by the pandemic with the death toll of 514 and more than 11400 infections countries struggling with a lack of lifesaving equipment and as i asked for an emergency 5000000000. 00 loan from the International Monetary funds symbols are obvious in the capitals that run he says so far most people have ignored advice from the off thirtys 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 a grip on the spread of the coronavirus throughout iraq that in the next 24 hours the military will take to the streets to begin to try to force the governments guidance to limit movement of the population to parts of the country it is only to the rose the person there thats like Christmas Eve combined people are out of Shopping Centers they are out at bazaars people are out on the streets and largely especially in the capital most of the population has not been taking government guidance seriously now 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 hundreds of filipinos are trying to get out of the capital manila after president rodriguez the territory announced a travel ban on the city the territory approved a sweeping lockdown of the capitals 12000000 people on thursday in an effort to contain the virus the restrictions will start on sunday but the off already say it wont affect the delivery of goods and services the philippines has reported 52. 00 confirmed cases of the virus. The coronavirus pandemic is having a massive impact on sport across the globe with large gatherings considered a serious risk much of world sport is now in shutdown a so how moloch reports that now includes the worlds biggest football league. It was the Health Update from this premier League Manager that finally forced the worlds most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that the boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london its a very good decision weve got great League Management they made the right decision on the t. V. For you to look at it in you put it in the premier league. After they put the full none of the snow will see our ted who 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 one of the players contract this problem and unfortunately in the last 24 hours so. Cant see any alternative than to suspend 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 friday with the announcement that germanys been as legal as possible until early next month while frances league also announced a halt to their 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 paris thank you man fans gathered outside the stadium on wednesday for a european match in defiance of the order that game was in the Champions League which itself has now been suspended indefinitely europes governing body for will meet on tuesday to decide whats next for football across the continent so how malik aljazeera. For major sporting events have also been cancelled in australia after the government there advised against large public gatherings people are also being urged to avoid any non essential overseas travel as Health Officials say millions of people to become infected in the coming months nicola gage reports from sydney. Some had been waiting for hours before the decision was made that a strike is formula one would not go ahead it many are angry they would told. Early a mclaren pulled out after one of its team members tested positive for corona virus formula one champion Lewis Hamilton accused organizers of pushing money for health if the rice wasnt cancelled were terribly disappointed that the event cant go ahead the reasons for that. Spectators were banned from watching the one Day International cricket match in sydney between a stray in new zealand which meant an empty stadium and cash registers on thursday the government was still advised people to attend Public Events but in an effort to fight the virus and after pressure from Health Experts that quickly changed we will be advising against. Organized. Norm essential gatherings of 500 people. The Prime Minister also told not to travel overseas if it wasnt essential with financial pressure on the Aviation Industry travel agent Flight Center collapsed closing 100 Stores Across the country the number of job losses isnt clear and Virgin Australia is cutting flights to cope with the falling demond the number of coronavirus cases in a strike to new wing to rise and no surprise it is hitting the economy as well as the share market we have stocks plummeting the Australian Government has announced a 7 tane 1000000000. 00 stimulus package handing out 750. 00 payments to some to try and prevent a recession for the 1st time in 29 years. Among those industry. In hospitals with the Barossa HollywoodActor Tom Hanks and his wife rachel will soon as well as the nations Home Affairs Minister peter dutton who will no doubt now have to work from home for a while Nuclear Gauge aljazeera sydney. Lots more to come on the news hour including and as well as government stop the spread of coronavirus which threatens to overwhelm its struggling Health System. Ravaged by 9 years of war hospitals in syria is it live province warned theyre also struggling to treat even basic illnesses. Coming up in sports the olympic flame is snuffed out because too many people went to see it its. Head that winter is still very much around across northern sections of europe and we are expecting some more late winter snow to areas further to the east. 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 in moscow but its not a cold again 7 degrees celsius we also got 1. 00 to 2. 00 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 tons of snow into the mountains of the skull in the north 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 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 spy in a 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 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 rip at. The shocking treatment of disabled people in Eastern European state run caverns in these cages you cannot have access to toilets or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuse as people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europes recurring shame heart one on aljazeera joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 Hour Television news channels. Focused on and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state media reflects the. Climate change their editorial shows they dart believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on aljazeera. Or. Hello again the top stories on the aljazeera news our u. S. President all trying has occurred a National Emergency over the coronavirus states will have access to a pool of 50000000000 dollars to help fight the respiratory illness trump says half a 1000000 extra coronavirus tests should be available by next week. 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 was. Spain is the clear in a state of emergency from saturday in poland closing their borders to foreigners. And iran Security Forces are clearing the streets of its major cities in a renewed effort to fight the spread of the virus. Of the worst outbreaks of 540 people. All the 1st 2 cases of corona virus have been confirmed in venezuela there are women who recently traveled to the u. S. Italy and spain and a man who has just returned from spain the government has announced its suspending schools with immediate effect and as well as expected to be particularly vulnerable to the virus as its Health System is in poor shape following years of economic and political crises to get an update from tourism joining us live from argentinas capital sorry so what kind of measure is the venezuelan offer to take to curb the spread of the virus. Well earlier today Vice President says he that he has confirmed that 2 women have tested positive for coral in a virus they were coming from europe and the United States they requested that those passengers in the planes that were carrying them to be isolated for at least 2 weeks which is what its being done mostly here in latin america where the measures theyre taking they suspended school theyre asking people to wear masks. In the metro of caracas also all of the police and the military have been distributing some masks thermal meters to for people to be tested out of the of the borders but just as you said whats extremely warning for many of the doctors i have spoken to today is the situation that venezuela is currently in it is considered to have one of the Worst Health Care systems in the world especially in this past years where hospitals around 80 percent of them do not have Running Water they do not have so they dont have Hand Sanitizer medicines are an exception in many of this hospitals and most many doctors have left the country they have emigrated because of the Economic Situation so its a very very dire situation in the country theres been ongoing protests for the past months by doctors outside hospitals asking for some of the basic items for them to be able to tend to people who are coming in there was one on thursday outside the most important hospital in caracas where people and doctors where requesting again and sanitizer soap water and things to remain the hospitals clean precedent saying that the current sanctions imposed by the United States in the country make the situation even worse that it prevents them from buying supplies medicine supplies in order to treat people there but even though the sanctions are having a very big impact in the country the humanitarian situation the Health Care System crisis has been ongoing for a while and as far as countries a regional countries go there is a how concerned are or. There are about the spread of the virus. Well authorities in the region are mostly trying to contain the virus nobody knows how to explain it but its summertime here and thats why the level of infections the amount of infections hasnt been very fine a large just yet some governments are taking already measures in order to try to contain and some have been extreme for example the president of a complete lockdown the country banning foreigners foreigners from entering the country other president s like president i got a call from this from argentina band traveling between europe and our argentina also canceled flights between the United States and argentina he also demanded math and mandatory isolation from those who had returned from europe among other things there was earlier today a rule or on going that president ial eat it might have tested positive for corona virus however the president ial palace and the president himself denied it on his dave spoke later today how what were seeing right now is that most governments aside from the deceased from the virus are also getting ready for the Economic Impact that this may have in the region this is a volatile region countries like brazil for example the bonds have seen an all time low in argentina of course suffering right now its going through an economic crisis with a very high inflation restructuring its sovereign debt this are nations that depend on trade with china and china is its 2nd trading partner so this whole situation the situation in europe also an important trading partner for argentina for brazil for many countries in the region is definitely going to have a very big impact on its economies right to risible thank you for that update from argentina. Now africa has so far escaped unscathed from the corona virus several countries have Just Announced their 1st cases including sudan where a man died on thursday welcome what is in nairobi where its 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 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 eiffel tower is now closed indefinitely because of the virus but francis local elections will still go ahead on sunday the Health Minister says the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket thats about the reports from paris. The karuna virus was clearly on focus minds in paris as an yes Bizarre Campaign to the city to become mayor the former french Health Minister is the candidate for french president emmanuel macro centrist Party Republic on the moon if some people say there are fewer people on the streets i think are easier as a being responsible as it is to use our replaced her partys 1st choice benjamin grieve over in february after he stepped down following a sex video scandal a late comer to the race opinion polls suggest trailing behind the front runners. One of the favorites is the incumbent socialist and you dont go is fighting for reelection promising to continue her battle against pollution in the city by making it greener. We are opening a new way to live in the city differently in a paris that respects nature specter and that year they lived for 6 years you dull goes round a city famous for its style but it has problems housing is expensive crime is on the rise and the streets are often dirty the main challenger is conservative candidate rashida daddy she promises to clean up the city and make it safe for a Justice Minister under Nicolas Sarkozy the former president is backing her campaign. And his preside isnt the only candidate from the president s party who seems to be struggling in the local elections there were nearly 35000 mayoral seats and roles but only a minority i expected to go back was way. The. Recent anger over macros Pension Reforms and months of yellow fest protests have damaged michaels poppy. And in turn his parties but those arent the only reasons because party was created to accompany his conquest of the presidency so that only 2 years ago and its a very young party that doesnt have any presence in the small towns in the in the municipal level and so they dont have their parties they dont have the roots of local politics and local politics is a very specific thing macross party was braced for the political consequences of the local elections but the covering of virus has shifted the focus people in france are closely watching the governments handling of the Health Emergency if deemed successful it may revive the partys fortunes and if a shadow what happens at the ballot box natasha aljazeera paris. To get some other news around the world and iraqs president has condemned retaliatory airstrikes conducted by the u. S. Iraq says 6 people were killed but the head of the u. S. Militarys Central Command has defended the strikes is targeting iranian backed fighters adding that the threat from to her son is still high the u. S. Says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans and the briton died when nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad Simona Fulton is in baghdad she says the u. S. Ambassador was summoned then protests and there are calls for further action against the u. S. And u. K. Over the. 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 the pentagon 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 is but 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 actors 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 turkey and russia have agreed on the details of a cease fire in syria as it liberally the greenman it was finalized after 4 days of talks in ankara under the agreement turkish and Russian Forces will curio joint patrols along the m 4 highway linking syrias east and west from sunday the ceasefire deal which was largely held since the 5th of march was reached after around 60 turkish troops were killed in clashes in the region. Well despite that cease fire the u. N. Is warning that hundreds of thousands of civilians in syrias lost rebel region are still facing dire conditions they say hospitals are overwhelmed and resources to treat even basic illnesses like the flu the World Food Program also says the number of people who are food insecure has risen 22 percent over the last year to 7900000 nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced since december after Syrian Government forces stepped up efforts to can take control of. Several countries have agreed to take more than 1600 Migrant Children from greece who are travelling without their parents there more than 42000 migrants living in overcrowded camps in the greek islands including more than 5500 unaccompanied minors finland france germany luxembourg and portugal have offered to take the Child Migrants the 1st of the children are likely to find homes in luxembourg as early as next week. 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 now the pilot of the plane that crashed killing a premier League Footballer was a license for that particular aircraft or for flying at nights thats according to an official investigation emiliano 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. Still ahead on the out just 0 our goal so the 1st major of the season has been postponed with the sports facing unprecedented level stories coming up in just a moment in sports. Business leaders want to buy no brush paul. Business leaders want to buy no brush paul. The earth. Hello again just a moment ago we were telling you about the warning from the u. N. That hundreds of thousands of civilians in there are still facing dire conditions despite a ceasefire there that was brokered by turkey and russia lets a speak to dr f. Son our hes a cardiologist at a hospital an adlib which is supported by the Charity Islamic relief is joining us via skype from there thanks very much for your time with us on aljazeera so now that the ceasefire is in place what can you tell us about the impact that is having on hospitals like yours and of the situation in the past few months was the impact so much horrible because many hospital here and many more care center where out of service more than. For you the poor hospital but no care center i mentioned but of that service because there were power to get to and nearly completely or bar shelly the major. And there would be displacement a huge amount of the placement people go into the org there are aware that there is no Health Care Centers who can manage to you may be correct care as. You hold the fire though will offer a some sort of. Reprieve for the humanitarian situation for people on the grounds. Of course now the situation is much better than before some people are starting to attempt that there are us when it seems to be more safe or safer than before as i mentioned. To also we see. Enjoy our is by not mine as it had been 4 days ago when a man came back to his village. And fortunately lost in lower limb by what would you know of the land mine and his lower left leg was amputated and during mr good he was in shock and his hearts cobs we do this you are for him and he was lucky to already tend to live to leave with just one lower limb how would how would you describe the state of hospitals and the medical infrastructure particularly in the after years of war. To have been struggling to make the. Hospital and care and the Health System better. When we lost so many hospitals and the nico a stop heal that they are enslaved to where in hospital they are all always and conscious and it makes it somehow difficult for us to wear in such circumstances and we. Will leave it there dr s. And i do we thank you very much for joining us on aljazeera and speaking to us thank you lets cross over to doha and to bring in andy with the sports news hi andy. Other daryn thanks so much the worlds most watched football competition the English Premier League has suspended all matches and so start of april and officials offering no guarantees that the season will ever be finished on thursday asked the manager make our tests are revealed he tested positive for corona virus he since issued a statement of our social media saying hes feeling better already a meeting of League Officials was held in london on friday all games often now the league might resume on april 4th. Is a very good decision weve got great League Management they made the right decision for the team very beautiful i think in there you look at it in a you put it in the penny lee he was a pitiful none of the snow will see. A chelsea winger can hudson a door has also confirmed hes tested positive for the virus what food man city bournemouth everton also checking on players with corona virus symptoms outs and i posted this message on social media as you may be aware of the virus d for the last couple of days which ive recovered from of following the Health Guidelines and selflessly in myself from everybody for the week. In the hope that you are going to pitch very soon to care for some Big Decisions being made across european football this friday european footballs governing body away for has suspended all of its competitions including the Champions League and Europa League the top 2 leagues in france also postponed the had been plans to play games behind closed doors and the German Bundesliga also holds it and so early april. If also holds from world governing body faith its asking for any International Game scheduled for march and april to be called off to say rules which normally applause comes to release flies for the national same one supply well cup qualifiers and by asia and south america live already being postponed. The australian formula one grown pretty hits a last minute red light the start of the f one season is now being pushed back and so may 300000 spectators have been due to its hand the 3 day events in melbourne a member of the mclaren seem to suppose if occur on a virus on thursday upcoming races in bahrain and vietnam also off i want to add our thoughts with those individuals that have been affected. By this. Also want to express our disappointment on behalf of the fans this is a race we always look forward to great fans here were sorry not to have it but its been a very fluid situation i think weve made the right decisions we work well with our partners what consolation came just as the 1st practice session was about its a place in melbourne we spoke to a foreign journalist phil duncan who explained why its so organized this sort of long some might call. The teams were told that the race was off but at the same time though the local promoters he was telling breakfast t. V. That the race was still going ahead and we were in a class with situation where hundreds of fans or thousands of fans potentially were queuing up outside the albert park gates to go in on the premise that the race was still going ahead so it was a bad sort of position for whom we want to be in their argument will be that these things take time. That they came together in the early hours of friday morning to since the sides months it seems the stakeholders of the governing body the f. A. A. Inform on itself the regs who no longer go ahead and they have to get all the bits and bobs together for that to take place and weve seen the chart the chinese going pretty counseled that was something that that was done over many days weeks and ultimately this situation was forced on for one after the mechanics from atlanta tested positive for corona virus and i think they felt they had to put all the procedures in place before they can officially say thats it were not going to race in it in on their defense and their defense is just too tight i think we are going against what happened is that in communicating very well there werent very many updates so we had a situation where we were going through through the night with no real official confirmation that race had been canceled and that was something that. Bosses and the f. A. A. Will be criticized over that for their handling of how long it actually did take for them to say look this race isnt going head. First major of the year the masters has been postponed it has been due to its he off on april the 9th all other tournament on north americas leading till theyve been called off in the meantime as well on thursday around one of the players championship in florida did say place organizes had intended to play the final 3 rounds without spectators but later changed their minds. It ultimately became a matter of when not if we would need a color the day. Our goal now is to focus on a plan for the near and long term and maintain the strength weve built through our organization over the past 51 years trying because test series against england has been called off the series was due to Begin Next Week some International Cricket is carrying on with australia playing a 31 Day Internationals against new zealand behind closed doors the Olympic Torch Relay has been snuffed out for now the flames a little the birthplace of the games in greece on thursday was due to its all the country before heading to japan but organizers said large crowds was still gathering to see the flame despite requests for them to stay away. Games i was still set to go ahead as planned and a sporting outlier in the United Kingdom this week has been horseracing chelton festival over 4 days more than 200000 fans have attended one of the countrys most popular sporting events that culminated with fridays gold cup organizers said they were following governments advice and did all they could see sky was saif. Ok that is how the sport is looking for now lets get back to daryn in london. Thank you very much for that well before we leave you for this hour the Coronavirus Crisis has people around the world understandably worried and the best advice for medical experts is to wash your hands often and for 20 seconds or are to the tune happy birthday twice but it doesnt have to be happy birthday. Gloria gaynor there with her tips on how to survive me and. 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