A national shutdown. Welcome to the program governments around the world of stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus spain became the 2nd european country to impose a National Lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths has also doubles iran has and else more than 100 people have died there in the past 24 hours confirmed cases on nearing 14000 to iran says its fight is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions in the philippines the capital manila is sealed off 12000000. 00 people have been told they cant travel for a month schools are closed and large events banned and then in the United States there is this increased screening measure for people returning from europe and its caused chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on north american traveling americans traveling from European Countries and that has now been extended to include the u. K. And ireland so paul brennan is following all of this joins us live now 1st of all here in the u. K. Promise of Boris Johnson was going to be chairing a meeting and so were. Doing these new announcements around protection for the elderly and the vulnerable yes weve not heard from Boris Johnson yet but we have heard from the Health Minister the Health Secretary as they call him here in the u. K. Matt hancock laying out some the groundwork essentially because what theyre saying is there will be a bill put before parliament on thursday which could introduce some pretty strict restrictions on peoples freedom of movement the details will come out on tuesday ahead of thursday but doing the rounds of the Early Morning sunday political t. V. Programs what man might hancock was saying was that for example people over 70 could be instructed to self isolate for up to 4 months in their own homes and the police for example might be given the power to arrest and forcibly quarantine anybody known to be infected with covert 19 if theyre not willing to self isolate themselves weve also had some figures of the latest death tolls and theyre quite interesting for 14 new deaths reported take the total here in the u. K. To 35 but a ring around of the hospitals where the deaths have been reported show some interesting statistics gaza since almost a woman in the ninetys mid essex a woman in her ninetys knotting a man in his ninetys none of the new deaths are below the age of 60 its really impacting that Old Age Group and you can understand why the Health Secretary is looking at the older people as being particularly vulnerable we have already seen some very tough measures being implemented elsewhere spain for example and actually some new figures for spain showing a sharp rise in the number of infest. Opinion split amongst the experts as to what is the best approach to try to contact this combat this virus here in britain playing a long game expecting infections to occur but hoping that immunity will build up in spain and elsewhere the governments have decided to impose strict restrictions on a state or. Emergency has been declared in spain the Prime MinisterPetra Sanchez his own wife has been diagnosed positive for corona virus the restrictions that they put in place essentially restrict everybody apart from those people are going to pharmacies those people who are going to buy food bizarrely headdresses are allowed to stay open but its a totally open that the way of life of people right across the european continent all right thank you very much paul brennan i want to look at iran now because the death toll there has been rising as well the figure now stands at 724 with almost 14000 people in the country infected but many iranians have ignored official advice to stay at home a host of senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease iranian president Hassan Rouhani says u. S. Sanctions are severely impacting the countrys ability to stop the coronavirus was amos ravi joins us live from the capital tehran and of course iran was suffering from an economic crisis before that the outbreak of corona how much more pressure a people feeling now. Well certainly the sanctions of for many many months had a compound in fact even before this outbreak and really the cracks are beginning to show because the Public Health care sector is under a great deal of strain and iran simply doesnt have any extra money to throw at the problem so a great deal of pressure and the pressure could be getting worse tragically today yet another record setting day with the death toll spiking the number of cases spiking and remains the epicenter of the problem here in the country that are on provinces was the cop the capital city to ron this is where the bulk of the cases are but the government continues to say despite the fact that we were expecting the military to enforce controls of Mass Gatherings and other crowd control measures the government of president Hassan Rouhani continues to say that there will be no quarantine of the capital that they will try to maintain business as usual as much as possible they continue to advise people to stay at home but they say that shops and road closures that will not happen now they have announced a new phase that is coming up that they will begin temperature screening at the city limits of terror on for any car passengers that are coming in and out of the city now we did hear another bit of concerning information from the task force that has been assigned by the president to combat the coronavirus and that is that a handful of 15 percent of the deaths have happened among the people considered to be younger than this has been in the coronavirus has been killing most recently so what the health care official attached the Task Force Said specifically the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder inside iran suggesting that there is a more villian very very little and strain of the virus in this country of course it was already a concern for the aging population but this is a country where the majority of the population is considered young the median age is 31. 00 so this could have a compound in effect if it is verified and if it is not an anomaly thank you very much the same bus ravi and ron. Meanwhile in the philippines soldiers there have been cleared clearing the streets of the capital manila where a mandatory quarantine is in place several Asian Countries have seen a jump in new cases including malaysia which reported almost 200 new infections on sunday so it has more. The philippine capital manila has begun a months lockdown thousands of police sealing off the city by blocking major roads the quarantine means Domestic Travel in and out of manila this is suspended with a few exceptions one morning to them that theres so much traffic the containment measures are disruptive but its ok its for the good of our own health. From monday manilas 12000000. 00 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay at time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned was the philippines has taken some of the toughest measures yet in the region theres also been a jump in the number of coronavirus cases in malaysia most of them a link to a 4 day event that was held in february at a mosque near kuala lumpur among the 16000 attendees there were nearly 1500 foreigners who went back to their countries majority of cases found in neighboring brunei and now linked to that gathering in australia has strict travel measures are being implemented anyone arriving from abroad must self quarantine for 2 weeks cruise ships entering Australian Waters will soon be banned from docking 30 days. Prime minister Scott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and its called for an urgent meeting of the g 20. Promised. To organize. A link up between all the g 20 leaders i think thats i think thats a Commendable Initiative a struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be a further meaning of the g 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors this is a whole crisis but it has very serious Economic Impact in new zealand the number of people infected has gone up after a person traveled from australia despite having tested positive for corona virus itself isolation period of 2 weeks to travelers entering new zealand has come into force but those coming from small South Pacific island countries with no reported cases are exempt were going to step up there in force and things like spot checks to ensure people are self isolating and if you dont stand for isolate there are quarantine powers at baylor boto us and all new zealands east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akko to town are not allowed to disembark 3 people on board a quarantine with one showing symptoms Peoples Movement is being restricted if theres was hope it will prevent a bigger spread of the virus. Well now the Largest Airline in the United StatesAmerican Airlines is slashing its International Flights by 75 percent until may the cuts were announced hours after the u. S. Government restricted travel from more countries to include the United Kingdom an island as well and this is all as a precaution against the coronavirus they Say International airports across the u. S. Were already in chaos with incoming travelers forced to wait hours for medical screening before being allowed through customs well mike hanna joins us live now from washington we were just seeing mike images of queues u. S. Airports as european travelers scramble to get back home there must be some concern about this hastening the spread of the virus that this sort of thing is actually counterproductive. Well indeed yes this is the initial reaction obviously seeing those massive queues that airports people Standing Shoulder to shoulder for hours at a time this at a time when the administration is urging that people keep social distance the travel ban clearly creating what is by the administrations own advice a Massive Health threat given that people are being put closely together for long periods of time now critics contend that this is yet another example of a plan a strategy that was not thought through at knee jerk reaction to this ongoing fire is the Trump Administration announcing the initial travel ban at very short notice implementing it from night friday night and as you mentioned the situation could even deteriorate given that other countries the extended travel ban comes into effect at midnight on a monday in the United Kingdom an island to the list of countries from which travel is restricted and which essential screening processes have to happen President Trump himself has just tweeted within the last hour apologizing to a degree about these long lines at the airports but saying and continuing to insist that safety comes 1st thanks very much mike hanna in washington. He watching aljazeera life from london much more still to tell you about israels president says he is going to give Benjamin Netanyahu his rival benny gantz 1st option on forming a new government. And in spite of coronavirus restrictions special prayers are held in new zealand to remember those killed in the Christ Church mosque attack. Welcome back lets start by looking at weather conditions across the levant and middle east here in the Arabian Peninsula weather conditions are looking great 29 the high for doha on monday higher than in just 28 degrees but we are going to see an area of low pressure developing significantly over the following 24 hours this area of rain and snow over turkey is going to develop into a system across the mediterranean so we will see very strong winds developing along the coastline lebanon beirut 17 parts of syria seen some wet weather developing during the course of the day likewise for israel so as you move across into northern and central parts of africa much as youd expect here if cool weather in recent days become a bit warmer for a trip through towards chinnis a few showers across ethiopia now beginning to develop a scattering of showers expected across the gulf of guinea regions through into west africa but generally few and far between is not looking too bad the main feature across southern portions of africa remains our Tropical Cyclone herald which continues to move away towards the southeast and look so it should move towards the northeast. Some are issues will miss the worst effects of this system which is giving a huge amount of rain across parts of south africa is looking fairly wet well you see some rain developing in johannesburg but capetown is expected to stay dry. Frank assessments the one thing about these bush bars is it really working out the. Climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate long bursts through school lawyers all of this argument is astonishingly patronize a indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware use of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera. The e. U. Welcome back the headlines now spain is in its 1st full day of lockdown the 2nd country to impose such strict measures its reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases and 152 deaths the number of people with the virus in iran is nearing 14000 with 113 people having died there in the past 24 hours to iran says u. S. Sanctions are severely hampering their ability to fight the virus in the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has extended its ban on normal americans traveling from europe to include the u. K. And ireland. Meanwhile in france the president emanuel has defended his decision to go ahead with local elections across the country government has issued guidelines to polling stations asking people to stand at least a meter apart from each other a partial lockdown is in place in france which has at least 4 and a half 1000 cases of the virus and a polling station in the capital paris. Well here at this paris polling station as in polling stations across the country people coming to photo have been told by the french government to take very particular precautions they have to stand a meter apart they have to use Hand Sanitizer when they go in and out to clean their hands where mosque where possible bring their own pen to sign the register and there of course the french government has put these regulations in place because all of the coronavirus epidemic in the country but really this policy is taking place in extraordinary context you have a country in virtual lockdown with nearly everything shut except for essential services but the french government has insisted that these elections must go ahead now while french people are voting for about half a 1000000 local councillors and those local councils will then elect there may as well for the people who did choose to come to vote they say that they felt that the risks were minimal largess of initial count i wasnt worried about coming here because we have to keep our distances we have to take precautions. It was normal to do it and i think if we take precautions its not a problem well a number of french political leaders and Health Experts had called over the past few days on the government to perspire in these elections saying it wasnt necessary at this particular time and to really put so many people would risk in the midst of a Health Crisis the french government those says that the risks of been minimized that care is being taken and they also say that it is important to continue with the democratic process while there is supposed to be a 2nd round in these municipal elections in one weeks time well have to wait and see if that goes ahead. Were seeing perhaps a different trend to unfolding in china with the number of cases coming down as the country celebrates thats been celebrated by the government as a major victory beijing had initially concealed the outbreak before putting millions of people under quarantine and as sarah clarke reports those lockdown restrictions came at a cost. On his 1st trip to the epicenter of the krajina Virus Outbreak chinese president xi jinping went on what commentators called a victory lap visiting members of the communist party and Health Workers on the front line he congratulated the people of one hand for defeating whats now a Global Pandemic the places he went to or was a very choreographed for everything was stepped in a way so that every night was on message so that it matched also the signaling in the newspapers t. V. All over tragedies media is partly winning the battle but partly its also signaling to people weve been through with the we know its a mass lockdown across here by province came into effect at the end of january as well as strict contain and travel restrictions across china 60000000 people were forced to stay at home including 11000000 from the city of the World Health Organization has raised by asians response but not everyone appreciated the robust can time it measures with infection numbers for the hashtag when will who buy blocked was read more than 100000000 times on chinas social media platform weibo the shutdown may have worked but some say that success could also come at a cost i didnt feel like i was like oh maybe. I sensed safeways the place was because well nobody can tell me what. I think people. When you. Look has been separated from her father since january hes in the city we had for work shes chosen to hide her identity in fear of a safety being associated with a resident at the center of the upright i could contact. Worried for his health and because we dont know anything about. Whats happening how people are going. Into. The government in her. Province is now introducing a mobile Monitoring System with residents given a rating based on the health those considered low risk would be allowed to resume travel officials in other countries including italy are following chinas lead putting the country in lockdown hoping the spread of the virus can be slowed or even reversed as a result the outbreak now threatens Global Growth all eyes will be on china as it attempts to return to business as usual sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Now to some other news were following israeli president riven rivlin will ask the Opposition Leader benny gantz if he can form a new government ahead of current Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu rivlin has been meeting representatives of various smaller parties in an attempt to assess who they would support in any coalition 3 elections in the space of less than a year a failed to break the deadlock in israeli politics so i foresee it joins us live now from west jerusalem ganske gets the 1st try at forming a coalition what sort of obstacles is he likely to come up against. Well you know its certainly not a done deal by any stretch but he does have the raw numbers as things stand at the moment 61 recommendations from todays deliberations as opposed to just 58 for Benjamin Netanyahu one of the 120 knesset members a stain abstaining and so for benny gantz he has had a mandate before after the 2nd election he wasnt able to form a government at that time there are some within his own party who are opposed reportedly to forming a minority government with support from the outside from palestinian israeli politicians as would be the case however this is a very different situation this time he does have the numbers because of those 15 recommendations from the palestinian israeli largely palace in israeli joint list and also 7 recommendations from avigdor liebermans party israel to say that does give him least the chance is very much the high point of his political career so far there is the pressure still from the president riven rivlin and from elsewhere for an Emergency National unity government to be formed because of the current fight against the groan of virus. Right so does that mean that we we could see the netanyahu and dance possibly joining forces. Well that is what the president wants is what Benjamin Netanyahu myself has said that he wants although of course under his leadership his proposal is that either he leads a joint unity emergency government for 6 months until the groan a virus is presumably defeated and then they go reset back to 0 and allow the politics to continue or that they deal on a 4 year unity government he goes 1st for 2 years benny gantz would go 2nd but that would really presuppose that hes the man in pole position and after whats happened today benny gantz would feel that hes in bold positions so they would still appear to remain divided over who should lead any such government and began to these 1000 opportunity now to try to form a minority government something he is likely to explore in the coming days all right thank you from leicester salaam herefore set some news from syria now russia and turkey are holding joint military patrols in the country to monitor a cease fire in the stronghold of troops from both countries are patrolling the strategic m. 4 highway linking syrias east and west is despite its you countries backing opposing sides in the war which of course started in 2011 at the deal between turkey and russia was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks and crap so one can see only who has more from istanbul. Today it was for a child because of this blockade on the highway by the civilians the route was cut short are brought the because they didnt want to come face to face with the civilians thats why a much longer route was completed about in 3 kilometers Turkish Defense ministry we are delivered a statement saying that the 1st joint battle has been handled by the russians with the participation of the land and air forces but the russian Defense Ministry has a statement saying that they are expecting the turks to eliminate the what they call radical elements inside at them so this is again a very fragile process both for turkey and russia because the civilian seemed to be not happy about the cease fire deal that was signed but of course when it comes to the Syrian Opposition groups inside it the it turkey has a critical position because it has observation posts inside of the both down below them for highway and border and for highway this is going to be a tough process for to keep and so to wants to keep its ministry presence but if the Syrian Opposition groups be a mainly the is the group called. It continues to be against the ceasefire signed between turkey and russia turkey might need to be. Might need to make a choice between the Opposition Group and the russian side. Now to iraq the president is due to select a new Prime Minister on tuesday 4 months after mass protests forced from office but the Antigovernment Movement now appears to be losing momentum in light of everything going on simona fault in reports from the capital baghdad. Gone are the dense crowds from the early days of what few here still dare to call a revolution for 5 months protesters have demanded jobs and to corruption and sweeping political reform but the government has offered few concessions instead responding with what the u. N. Has called Excessive Force those who remain in the protest squares are young men from baghdads poorest neighborhoods with nothing to lose if you go i. Watch someone come to us and said youre young why dont you work where the jobs are they waiting for us there are no jobs unless its humiliating work many of those who remain feel like theyve reached a point of no return they cant abandon the cause even if only out of fear for their own safety i started. My houses in the neighborhood the moment i leave here to go home kidnap me they followed me more than once and i hardly got away. The size of the protests is reduced but not the attacks against them antiriot police have recently begun to use hunting rifles to fire at protesters and medics this is what they are using at the moment the ammunition they used before was smaller when this is fired it explodes into shrapnel that hits your entire body we have a lot of medics who got injured even people from the red crescent. The injured are rushed to nearby medical tents where volunteers provide 1st aid before serious cases are taken to nearby hospitals in the our al jazeera was here we saw half a dozen gunshot injuries in just this one tent one person had shrapnel in his chest another in his eye. Those who recover a vow to keep going until the end whatever that may be iraqs protest movement appears to be struggling to stay alive and with the worlds attention elsewhere the radical changes protesters want seem increasingly distant iraqs president is due to nominate a new Prime Minister on march 17th but some analysts say that there is less pressure than ever on the political establishment to meet the demands of demonstrators. Aljazeera. Its been a year since a gunman opened fire on 2 mosques in new zealand killing 51. 00 worshipers special prize were held on friday but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of the main Memorial Services that were planned victoria case and the reports. Students in Christ Church were united in spirit. And. Together they came to the al no mosque where the 1st attack happened to remember the victims its more important to come. Today than being scared of. The al know and linwood mosques were targeted by a white extremist gunman one year ago 51 people were killed for those who survived this is a difficult day i cant explain what i feel this morning is. I was thinking and look at the top i said ok is 8 oclock now. Its. 5 hours later last year. Going to be injured with nonvolatile this wasnt her New Zealanders wanted to remember the victims but the corona Virus Outbreak forced the cancellation of the Main Memorial Service is. Leaking. Out since the attack the government has tightened its gun Laws Parliament quickly voted to ban military style semiautomatic weapons. But Muslim Leaders say much more work needs to be done to tackle prejudice what happened last year happened in large part because of the other ring of a community and how a particular individual saw muslims us talk sic in subway the author i think that was whoever the author is in any community in any way as long as other ring continues unless that changes then the healing called take place and australia man is charged with terrorism murder and attempted murder is jew to stand trial in june. Victoria gate and be aljazeera. Just a quick look at the headlines this hour now the spain is in its 1st full day of National Lockdown the 2nd country to impose such strict measures its reported more than 2000 new coronavirus cases and 152 deaths are now the official numbers and then in iran were seeing that the number of people there with the with the infection is nearing 14113 people have died in the past 24 hours to han is saying that u. S. Sanctions are severely hampering their fight against the coronavirus famous ravi has more on this now from toronto. Well irans government has said over and over again that part of the reason it is struggling to stop the spread of the virus throughout the country is because it doesnt have enough money to throw at the problem and doubt this is because of u. S. Sections unilateral and illegal u. S. Sanctions that they say are hampering efforts now that are having a compound in effect up this time when the country is going through a Public Health crisis and then in the u. S. Increase screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has extended its ban on non americans traveling from europe to include the u. K. And ireland. Well in all the stories were following russia and turkey are holding joint military patrols in syria to monitor a cease fire in the province troops from both countries are patrolling this m 4 highway linking syrias east and west despite the countrys backing opposing sides in the war the deal was finalized on friday after several days of talks in ankara. Israels president lost Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Ministerial rival benny gantz to try to form a government this after 3 elections netanyahu has not been able to win a majority and then of course on national his corruption trial that was due to begin on tuesday its been perspiring for at least 2 months because of concerns over the coronavirus 1st man to be convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison Thomas Lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of the jail in the democratic republic of congo capital kinshasa the bangle was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight the 2nd congo war that was in 20022003 was the headline inside story is next. Libya syria and yemen are bracing for a possible corona Virus Outbreak officials there have shut down schools and impose travel restrictions but how can this virus be contained in conflict zones and can developing nations cope with the pandemic this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im studying obligates from complete lockdowns of cities to building new hospitals rich countries appear to be better suited in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but covered 19 is straining Health Systems and some guy