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This poisoning rivers and drying up farm us. With sports as calls for the european football championships to be postponed and the international indignity looks set to hold emergency talks about 2020. For the 1st time since the corona out corona Virus Outbreak began there are more deaths and confirmed cases outside of china than within across the world tougher restrictions are being rolled out to try to limit the spread the latest global death toll is 6500 daily 170000 cases lets take you through the latest developments 3 hours ago germany imposed border controls with 5 of its neighbors new checkpoints are in place a most travel is banned but good. And commuters are still able to cross its the latest country in the u. S borderless shang in the area to close its doors one of irans top Government Officials has died from the virus but they go with the capitals representative to the assembly of experts iran is one of the worst affected countries with nearly 14000 cases and the philippines is now older residents of its capital to stay home as part of expanded measures on the island of luzon Domestic Travel to and from manila is banned with the exception of workers and provisions lets take you live to london for the latest developments out of europe is there as lawrence lee is there tell us more about these border restrictions that germany has put into place lawrence. Yeah you see this is all but you know the great achievement as ive been saying of the European Union was was Free Movement of goods and people and of course the virus is now pushing that under under enormous strain because its one thing stopping people from flying into a country and bringing the virus in a plane but of course you can still do that in the car and thats really whats underwritten the german announcement its base as you said in your introduction unless its freights or youre across the border commuter borders israel stress which than france luxemburg in denmark now all closed to you 100000000 europeans now. In lockdown most most notably obviously and its only spain and increasingly in france as well and the impacts obviously is very much social what what are people supposed to do with that line but also how are they supposed to bali things and what youre seeing at the moment is is this push back against any source of response from Central Banks to lower Interest Rates to try to stimulate spending and and cut the cost of borrowing all the full the stock markets across europe are down maybe even more than they were an hour ago 67 percent now across the board because the markets just simply dont believe that the measures already taken by the banks to cut Interest Rates are going to make any difference at all to the lives of all the people who simply call and get to work and therefore calm in any money and its starting to lead to occasional very interesting responses for example in denmark were told the meeting between the government and the unions resulted in a scheme whereby the governments of denmark will now be a workers 3 quarters of their pay and employees only a quarter for the generation of this at least for the time being to make sure they have enough money to live on and in the in return employers have to promise not to make anybody redundant thats all very well obvious in the rich countries like denmark in scandinavia. Its not going to work in sindh in southern European Countries plainly like greece or italy which is still havent recovered properly from the banking crisis but this is going to become a thing is as that as the weeks go by the biggest problem what do people do not just sort of occupy their time when theyre in the lockdown but how on earth are they make any money to feed their families midmorning there in london across Central Europe what else can we expect to happen today well i mean certainly here in the u. K. Theres been an enormous amount of concern about what appears of the course of the last few weeks have been a very disjointed and luckless to get a response from the government you may remember as of last week age when we were talking about this plan of they had to introduce whats called herd immunity by allowing the virus slowly to spread through the population to build up some sort of immunity to it and a number of experts said that was very very dangerous gamble and over the weekends the Health Secretary here said no no were not in the herd immunity its all and consequently that talking about making sure that anybody over the 70 years old thats about 10000000 people in this country have to stay at home for a full 4 months and so gradually even countries like the u. K. Switzerland the other one in europe which of which of tried so bring in a much softer sort of approach to this and make sure theres some sort of individual freedoms for people and are gradually being forced into the same position as the rest of europe movements and peoples rights are increasingly going to be prohibited. On to serious lawrence lee reporting live from london lawrence many thanks indeed china has reported its lowest number of new infections but the pandemic is having a major impact on the countrys economy the worlds 2nd largest figures just out show that production in its factories fell by a record 13 other half percent in february economists warn that recovery may be slow as the outbreak is likely to hinder a rebound in imports one point brought a study by for us in the south Koreas Capital where infection rates are dropping but 1st lets go to beijing. Katrina you can tell us more about the Economic Situation there no surprise perhaps that coronaviruses had a huge impact on chinas economy. Thats right unprecedented weve seen some abysmal figures out today on monday as you mentioned factory output down by 13. 5 percent thats an unprecedented drop the biggest weve seen since records began 6 assett investment down 24. 5 it didnt even drop that much during the Global Financial crisis and thats very significant we tell consumption taking it another big hit 20. 5 percent and unemployment is also up above the 6 about 6. 2 percent from 5. 2 percent and that figure only takes into account people with permanent jobs so that unemployment figures likely to be much higher and thats really not a big surprise this corona Virus Outbreak of course started in china and it brought the entire country essentially to a halt for the month of february which was supposed to be a month of celebrating a month of spending because it is the Chinese New Year period and now the government says that the outbreak seems to have passed its peak in china its really in a hurry to get the economy back online from monday this week its saying that morris major cities much of their Factory Production should be online unless they have a very good reason about 80 percent of Factory Production around the world is back up but only about 6060 percent of all businesses across china or been so its been a very slow going indeed getting chinas economy back restarted by the Chinese Government still says its quite confident it can recover those numbers in the 2nd quarter but again many people are skeptical because of the unprecedented scale of the impact so far the number of new infections has slowed to a trickle in china authorities know concern about the virus being imported back into the country what sort of measures are they putting into place to deal with that. Thats right so single digit of new cases in kuwait province and the epicenter only 4 people recorded got the virus in the last 24 hours there but most cases have come from abroad and the Chinese Government has actually said that cases from abroad and now the major threat to chinas containment strategy 12 new cases from board in the last 24 hours and just last a few hours in beijing and of the 6 new cases from abroad for people bringing the virus from spain and to people coming from the u. K. Who are infected by the current virus and because of this the Chinese Government is really tightening restrictions on people coming into the countries especially those people coming from overseas for example have to undergo a 2 week compulsory quarantine period in the hotels or designate designated Government Centers and theyll have to foot their own bill for that and people coming into shanghai now its a bit more flexible there they can quarantine at home but they will be given a Police Escort or an official escort from the airport to make sure that theyre sent home and that the compound team or the compound management know that they have to be quarantined and they cannot leave the government is also introducing new rules and saying that people who are trying to circumvent these restrictions can Face Criminal Charges up to 6 years in jail and that includes people who get on a plane knowing that they have a fever and the paps try to take some sort of medicine to us racially or temporarily lower their fever to a scepter to escape monitoring from authorities or those people can face very big penalties indeed the government is keen to get the economy started because of this big impact and the last thing they want to see is those numbers go back up so theyre really tightening these measures when it comes to travel is coming inbound to china from overseas through your reporting live from beijing katrina many thanks indeed lets go to seoul them to ride with china their concerns in south korea robot infections coming now from outside what measures are south korean authorities taking to deal with the. Absolutely that seems to be a priority here in south korea now that finally at least it does seem as though the infections here and the rate of infections have been brought under control so they are looking at all of the points of entry of tightening up of the Health Screening on all new arrivals already in force for certain European Countries are much stricter screening of arrivals but these are going to be extended now toward european arrivals and depending on how things develop they may decide just to impose these tighter screening methods for everybody coming into south korea now interestingly unlike other countries that have gone for complete bans in some places or insisting upon quarantine south korea takes a more flexible some might say a smarter approach relying more on technology to keep the borders open at least so what happens here is that for some of these strict more contagious countries people are given the usual Health Screening but then they are they have to download an app on to their device which basically keeps track of their health over this all important 2 week incubation period so theyre allowed to be here in south korea walking in the streets cetera but they have to keep the off hours hes here informed on their health now south korea can do this of course because of their experience over the previous weeks they have a vast medical apparatus system set up especially when it comes to testing so if anybody does get symptoms they become sick they can be located very quickly tested and if need be isolated in treated before any more clusters start so this is all the way of trying to keep borders open at least the other development here in south korea as well as elsewhere in asia people have been watching with some trepidation what the markets are going to do last week of course it was a wild ride on all of the Financial Markets all extending very big. Losses people have been wondering what difference the u. S. Feds rate cut would make which is be matched by Central Banks here in asia and the answer is now that the markets of curl closed very little late it ended like last week very ugly everything in the red the nikkei index in japan down 2 and a half percent the cost be that south koreas index more than 3 percent off and then more than 4 percent losses on the hang seng index in hong kong so that is the seems as though the there has been from the markets at least a stream the underwhelmed response to these rate cuts at the start of what could be another volatile week of trading. Rob mcbride reporting live from seoul rapini thanks indeed the pandemic has already pushed the Global Economy into recession according to some of the worlds top and lists former economists of the International Monetary fund describe the outbreak as a wicked cocktail as more countries impose unprecedented measures the u. S. Federal reserve has dropped its Interest Rates 0 launched a 700000000000. 00 Stimulus Program japans central bank has also announced emergency measures slashing Interest Rates and issuing loans to companies who are running out of cash shares opened sharply lower across europe above them in paris stock exchanges plunging as much as 7 to 9 percent of it up on is an economist of associate professor of International Business at thomas a Business School she joins us now via skype from bangkok good to have you with us do you agree with those experts are we headed for a global recession and if so how deep and long will it be. I think it is quite clear that the Economic Impact these coronavirus have on the Global Economy and that to estimate how deep and how long it also depends on how the climbers recover and how the world recover from death if we can recover weve been there but its part of the year perhaps impact might not be too bad but nobody knows that all depends on how the world recovers from this but i think that its quite clear that impact have been felt strongly in most economies particularly on countries that and a lot on on this so this industry. Is in bangkok and thailand is one of the country that has seen severe impact on its economy from the fall on the number up to resume and all the locked out other countries and i think we want to be on the concrete to see this china the worlds factory is slowly getting back to normal even if it does though with the rest of the world unable to purchase its products at the moment because many countries around the lockdown chinas economy isnt going to recover. Very quickly as it. I think it will take some time before all of the machine of the factories and off the Industrial Production goes back to normal. I think that what would happen also in the longer run is that companies who start to see that perhaps having all das apply say in concentrate in china is in fact and they the plan i see in disruption so perhaps even often china has recently who capacity for which there would be concern and probably company thinking of probably locating away from just china and that would be something that other countries in asia would have to look at will as opportunity of the last breath well what do you make of the various stimulus measures measures that have been announced are they enough. To Keep Companies from from going bust i think at the moment the stimulus package would be like a lifeline it would be difficult to make sure that everything really all the way down to the all the levels and i think companies that are most at risk at the moment are the small and medium and prices that do not have as much of a plane and. Resolve sense to use to see them sustain for the long run if that this is being disrupted pretty good store to provide any thanks they provide a part of the live from bangkok. A cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people of such dont can queue bow after being turned away from multiple ports in the caribbean there are 5 confirmed cases of corona virus aboard the m. S. Braemar nearly 40 passengers and crew showing symptoms have been isolated the british cruise ship been stuck at sea for more than a week trying to dock in the bahamas over the weekend but was denied entry at augusta and joins us now live from havana via skype ed good to have you with us why has have on a done this well this cruise ship has been at sea for over a week it was turned away from the minister of public because the government that didnt want to have the corona virus that were sent away to a small island of curacao the bahamas just on thursday the cuban government say theyre doing this because its the moment. The coronavirus victims on the ship they said in a statement earlier today need their help and according to the haitian government this is a moment and set of response and the moment humanity to come together in order to try to convey contain this undamaged. There are also. Potentially economic interests because they may in. Source of revenue. For the cuban government. Is medical services we dont have details yet about whether thats a financial and economic and its this deal but that is potentially. A factor here as well speaking of that well known for sending its medical experts talk to the nurses around the world. Medical staff doctors to italy i understand. It hasnt yet and no saturday the Italian Embassy here in the vatican found a memorandum of understanding between the governor spitzer lee and cuba saying that there was willingness on the part of both of them actually the medical personnel both doctors and nurses the sense that its in there to help the countrys hugely overwhelmed. Medical center that this is a cuban tradition over the last 60 years cuba has sent hundreds of thousands of doctors in the world currently there are 30000 in about 70 Different Countries and this is a time where there is i think a real desire to help with humanitarian grounds but also desperately needs the money its been really. Under the cosh with the trumpet ministration the last 2 years really strengthening sanctions against the island here in cuba authorities 2 months ago had to admit they dont even have money to import Hygiene Products so tampons the population need so many opportunities bring in much needed hard artsy will be something that the federal government is keen on at augusta reporting live from havana ed many thanks indeed. Well its only reported hundreds more deaths on sunday the countrys worst single day 368 people were added to the death toll taken that past 1800 its been a week since a nationwide lockdown of 60000000 people began restricting travel and banning public gatherings but its not just italy putting into place strict measures countries across the continent of closed businesses and urged people to stay at home as reports the latest tool in the fight against Coronavirus Police drones in madrid flying over public spaces urging people to stay home whenever possible. The countrys now under a 2 week state of emergency and as the death toll more than doubled even people are exercising ordered home. In france schools bars and restaurants are closed gatherings of more than 100 people are banned and people are being urged to work from home public transport is still running but more measures are on their way as of stardom at this stage in urban areas we will maintain public transport to allow french people to commute for strictly necessary purposes and regarding Long Distance travel by train between major cities by bus or by plane this will be gradually reduced. In the u. K. The governments been accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the spread as people stocked up over the weekend almost emptying supermarkets in some areas hundreds of scientists queried the governments strategy the Health Minister now says water time style measures are coming hes asking british manufacturers to make more ventilators soon everyone over the age of 70 will be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months and this week should see new measures including a ban on large gatherings we will change the law so that we take the power to be able to close math class gatherings if we need to and and take other action that you just normally wouldnt but we might have to in order to respond to this to this virus italys record is another dramatic rise in the death toll and there have been more than 20000 coronavirus cases there in the vatican with some Peters Square empty pope francis delivered his weekly sunday present a live stream you know let me reach you know i want to renew my proximity to all the 2nd those who are nursing them and for the many volunteers helping people unable to leave their homes but everyone meeting the needs of the poorest and the homeless as of sunday night the czech republics borders with poland closed a move designed to slow the spread of the virus and in poland theyve shut the border with germany temporarily. This is a historic moment we have just restored an internal European Union border between poland and germany for the coming 10 days germany has confirmed its borders with austria switzerland and france will be closed for monday although commuters and goods vehicles are to be allowed through another sign of how europes turning inwards as the number of corona virus infections continues to grow the dean barber al jazeera. As we reported earlier a Senior Iranian Government Official has died after contracting the virus and now with almost 14000. 00 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm Health Facilities and the economy thats struggling under sanctions that have been more than 700 deaths in iran obviously resemble reports from tehran that the government wants young people to take the risk of infection seriously. The statements in the briefings that come from the Health Ministry from the Coronavirus Task force set up by president Hassan Rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the Health Official with the Task Force Said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous respiratory conditions or any other illnesses so certainly this could be an anomaly we dont have any verification for whether or not this is the case but this official suggested hes not the 1st one to do so that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder than cases that have been observed in other parts of the world so certainly a worrying trend the virus as you said was already a concern for irans aging population but this is a country with a very Large Youth Population the majority of the country is considered to be in the category of younger people the median age is 31 and for them this will certainly add to the woes that iran has been experiencing as the government tries to combat the spread of this virus south africas president has warned that the number of infections there is expected to rise there are 61 cases so far he also announced new travel restrictions for people from high risk countries and new screening measures at airports schools will be closed for at least 2 weeks. Kenya has banned all travel from countries with confirmed cases of the virus president a holder kenya says that kenyan citizens and residents will still be allowed in only if they isolate themselves for 2 weeks at home or in a government facility there are now 3 confirmed cases in the country. The United States is stepping up efforts to combat the spread of the virus and the Economic Impact of it some of the largest cities of already ordered the shut down of bars of restaurants of the Federal Reserve bank has stepped in to provide relief to businesses but the head of the Coronavirus Task force is warning that the worst is yet to come alan fischer reports from washington. From the president of the United States was aimed at comforting americans relax the doing great it will pass moments later from the man heading the dr against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yet ahead for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is changing at airports kiosk as the extended european travel ban kicks in here. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed the trumpet ministration for a lack of planning and foresight he didnt get the response he wanted well heres what i got i got a call at about 11 oclock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet the administration at its no Daily Briefing admitted mistakes were made the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago are unacceptable weve adjusted our processes we continue to surge personnel at the same briefing when asked how many ventilators the u. S. Had to help patients with breathing difficulties the government secretary in charge said this we dont disclose concrete numbers on particular items for National Security purposes but we have many ventilators thousands and thousands of ventilators a quick internet search reveals one study says the number is there and 160000 Americas Central Bank has also cut Interest Rates to almost 0 to try and protect the economy the most dramatic intervention since the Global Financial crisis in 2008 theres a clear warning that even when the medical recovery begins the financial shock will be felt for a very long time. The 2 leading contenders for the democratic president ial nomination faced off in washington in the latest debate a new audience and both men kept. Its feet apart neither convinced the trumpet ministration is on top of the crisis firstly we have got to do whether or not im president thats the shot this president up right now because he is on the mining the doctors and the scientists who are trying to help the American People this is a crisis this is like we are being attacked from abroad this is something that is of great consequence this is like a war and in a war you do whatever is needed to be done to take care of your people you know this is no. It would not be a significant election issue alan fischer and al jazeera washington. Now if youre watching in pakistan or india or hello up north youre going to need a brawly in to tell us more kelly this has been a series of western disturbances last almost 2 days ago and the satellite picture picks out what went through and what is still to come and as you heard richard yesterday all know that weve had 20 odd this season should be 6 or 7 on an average year in delhi the result was both hail and flooding now theres been quite a lot of that again this season so see the other one lining up in the good signal in the immediate future we have beautiful weather a few showers further south india was used to open here in pakistan with temperatures in our twentys which surprisingly is around about the average or even a little bit on the side but hes of course nice slow rebuilding we expect this time for the next couple of months. The source of these questions to answer is its a different story altogether the blue represents subzero weather there is yet more snow falling now we are in the Eastern Mediterranean we are over turkey this tends to be the source of these developing lows then travel east across iran and end up in places Like Northern pakistan northern india and kashmir but this is the picture that we are on tuesday night the levant gets it to get a cold with the snow up in the mountains and of course the blue represents rain quite often sundry rain that will move fairly rapidly eastwards across iraq into iran next day or so and then of course it will keep going as a western disturbance adrian properly thanks indeed. Still to come here on the news hour Donald Trumps trade war the try to hurt u. S. Farmers but will it change how they vote in the 2020 alexion. The 1st person convicted by the International Criminal court is released from prison in the democratic republic of congo. And pitch protests from those who continue to play for 4 through the corona Virus Outbreak thats coming up a little later in sports with joe. It could be the biggest land grab in history. As powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean 21. 00 geologists are secretly plucky borders. As the struggle for resources intensifies some of the worlds most powerful scientists speak out. Oceans manakin on a 0. We know whats happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot i was just throwing tear gas by the police on purpose and as you pass the time and its programming to go on the young people to where another story that may not be mainstream is happening the fires instead on going on a trip. Every night and the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. All the way. Well again this is the news are from aljazeera adrian for getting here in doha the headlines new border restrictions a big road out of europe as it becomes the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic germany has imposed controls with 5 of its neighbors france and spain also reported to be considering closing the borders and the outbreak is having a major impact on chinas economy manufacturing in the past month has dropped to the lowest level in decades and retail spending is down by more than 20 percent. Restaurants and bars in new york and los angeles are being closed as the u. S. Steps up its efforts to curb the corona virus the centers for Disease Control is recommending against Mass Gatherings of 50 people. Now to other news israels president has asked Opposition Leader benny gantz to form a new government ahead of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hes been tasked with ending a year of political stalemate and to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic other gantz or Benjamin Netanyahu have managed to form a government after 3 elections in the last 12 months lets go live now to west jerusalem sorry for such odds a style via skype harry what obstacles are in dances way here can he do this can he forward government. Well hes got the 1st step taken care of now he got the most recommendations to be Prime Minister in the session on sunday where the newly elected members of the knesset each faction gave their recommendations in proportions the number of seats they have as you should be Prime Minister he won not against netanyahu 61 to 58 now as he was pretty much bound to do the president has given him the mandate to have surfaced crack at that the question remains does he try to go for a minority government which would require support from outside the immediate coalition of the 15 palestinian israeli members of the joint list grouping that would be a controversial thing in israeli politics to accept support from a group that has previously had no involvement in dont at all. And could find splinters when his own party as to whether that would work so would that get through the other option could be to try for a unity government that is the option that is preferred by the president a unity government between the 2 big parties and perhaps more between the code and blue and white the president ribbon rivlin said that even a temporary government might be required in the 1st instance given that the Coronavirus Response is still in its early stages here and indeed guns did put out an appeal to netanyahu said he was reaching out his elbow a reference to the greeting and nice times of coronavirus to netanyahu and all Party Leaders should put away the swords and come together as a tribe and Work Together but. Often coming through dance now that hes been given the mandate and wants to be Prime Minister from the author that netanyahu made a couple of days ago which would see him staying on as Prime Minister even through his upcoming corruption trial so will netanyahu really accede to any kind of a plan. That way we might see a parish and perhaps explain why. Im getting wind noise on here on your microphone there youre working from home today were out on your roof at the moment up entirely sensible coronavirus precautionary measures as you say the countrys plans are still in that early stages how is this this crisis that is impacting so heavily on the rest of the world affecting daily life that. Well its not a huge impact on daily life as of largely yesterday sunday at the floor that of course the airports were shut down but as of yesterday very major restrictions sweeping restrictions have been imposed on leisure activities restaurants cafes and the like and as well as that approval for the use of digital Surveillance Technology so people who use phones show that they were in contact with corona virus patients before they were diagnosed they can now be traced and notified that the Prime Minister except it had major Civil Liberties implications and there been some concerns raised as part of that and of course workers as well have been told to stay home and away from each other wherever possible so thats what were doing here thats actually aljazeera Office Building or at least we have our office in that building behind me there so this is the last time that any news that its and we believe that i cant get to the office in short notice in the future and so yeah im here and my colleagues need me the producer be dire and some you know were going to be the cameraman they are you know both feeding lines to me coming up with story ideas so me was in the office along with me for a little while yesterday to try and edit a piece where as are so many people here and of course all around the world trying to manage these very strange times in these very strict sense of regulations and recommendations the best we can you know what sort of impact is it having on Spiritual Life in in the city. A big one you just saw it on sunday the alexa mosque and the dome of the rock were both shut down to worship and now people are still allowed in the compound and theyre being told and encouraged to pray in the courtyards and in in the open now with recent mounts of space between them and synagogues have been shut as well and people is being told to pray at home and indeed of course schools more will shut down too i was on the streets morning digging up sometimes cooling equipment or materials. Receive very different feeling in the city the roads are much can tear. The went to a petrol station theres a certain guardedness about contacting you know each of his credit cards and. I mean its the same around the world but it here in in this country there have been extremely stringent restrictions imposed pretty early because it is possible to do so theres only one main route into this country the airports at bengurion some you know there are other crossings but theyre very minimal and so they have really imposed this this very severe set of restrictions while the numbers of code of hours cases are still relatively low in order to try and youve heard it many times before flatten the curve of cases and try and spread out this crisis over a few months rather than a massive spike in cases which would put a big strain on a system which already has a 30 look push and threats its kind of population and is under some strain that was one of the election issues that was raised in benny gantz his campaign and harry were almost out of time has a very brief answer if you wouldnt mind how are you getting groceries how people getting that their supplies. Well people are going to the shops netanyahu has made it clear in his address on saturday night that despite the fact that he saw people ending the sabbath and rushing and swoop storming the stores theres no need to do so he says stocks are very high that the supply lines remain open and people would be amazed when they saw the stocks resupplied on the shelves at say i went to the to do the shopping this morning and was confronted by nancy shows where what it really should be again that something will be replicated around the world all right harry many thanks indeed al jazeera as harry forces reporting live from home in appraising western risler many thanks. Despite a surging u. S. Economy midwest and states that were key to president total trumps 2016 election victory a lagging behind the rest of the nation trying made increasing jobs in those communities key to his 2016 campaign but the president s trade war with china is among challenges that hit the midwest hot as joe had reports. Rind the rural roads an hour south of chicago to john key from his farm and youll reach the results of a rough year incomes have been trending lower and the trade war definitely exacerbated the lower price for a lot of our commodities. Raising corn soybeans chickens and donkeys he has endured a trade war midwest floods swine flu and now a coronavirus that slashed exports to asia we had Mother Nature unleashed one of the worst year of the weather on us so you take most of the prime growing areas across the midwest we had trouble even getting a crop planted and in many areas we did in the swing states in the midwest and pennsylvania which depend largely on agriculture and farming President Trump narrowly won in 2016 on a promise to restore jobs but for his 2020 reelection bid there are economic warning signs farmers are not doing as well as they would like in the new factory. Employment levels in the midwest went up through the in the 1st few years of the Trump Administration but now the rate of growth in the new fashion has slowed from the midwest Population Centers to the plains with job growth has been anemic in the 1st 3 quarters or 2019 jobs grew at a rate of more than 9 percent in nevada in colorado and less than 2 percent in wisconsin ohio and michigan hardly the midwestern jobs boom the president promised. Amid the manufacturing and farming slowdown democratic activists note several key trump states switched parties in the 2800 midterms michigan wisconsin and they all tossed out the. In the governors chair and they and they put a democrat in and in november. That you can see the writing on the wall that hes a nice key states as agriculture in the Auto Industry has struggled through the president s recent trade war with china some nice manufacturers like atlas to works in illinois still prosper industries that were in defense of Aerospace Work has been very busy with our best here in a 100 years and weve seen continued strong growth but here in the prairie states the president s voters can be a stubborn lot as not a true supporter of trump. Form but. It is voters like him who are the president s best hope of maintaining his fire wall in the american midwest john hendren chicago. An explosion near an oil pipeline in nigeria has killed at least 17 people it happened in lagos and injured more than 60 people and destroyed dozens of homes emergency workers say that it was caused by a truck that caught fire pipeline that have previously been targeted by oil thieves. The 1st man convicted by the International Criminal court has been released from prison supporters gathered outside the jail in the capital of the democratic republic of congo to greet Thomas Lubanga was found guilty of 2012 of recruiting child soldiers or their boards. To his supporters Thomas Lubanga left mcculloch prison and. The 2 others he was considered one of the most dangerous mood in whats now the democratic republic of congo. You know me better than these 3 International Criminal court judges who tried to present me as a devil i remain Thomas Lubanga who suffered with you in 20022003 during these conflicts and it turi i remain the same to you my people that it was not militia this young girl was among many who was taken from have family trained and forced to fight in the 2nd continents will the. Banga heads a militia called the union of congolese patriots all the u. P. C. One of 6 groups involved in fighting for control of the mineral rich region between 19092003. He was later found guilty of abducting children under the age of 15 and forcing him to fight he denied the charge. 10th of july 2012 and historic moment for the i. C. C. Its 1st ever case arrest and trial vanga armed group. Recruit train and use hundreds of Young Children to kill the latch and rape dissolute bangor is sentenced to a total period of 14 years in prison lubanga showed no emotion as a presiding judge read out the verdict a 14 year sentence the would be backdated to the time of his detention a few years later he was ordered to pay 10000000. 00 in compensation to the families affected a fine his lawyers say he could never afford. Aid groups estimate that around 5 and a half 1000000 people died as a result of the congolese war between 19082007 thats more than any other conflict since world war 2 no possibility of getting all sorted if we do believe that the release of Thomas Lubanga would result in some issues related to the current security situations and it tory because he was among people who were fighting for our peace and security and it would be a reason. To support his considering its release a sign of hope in an unstable region but after being found guilty of sanctioning masochism forcing children into war many others would not welcome his newfound freedom. Laura garza manly out is there are. Still to come on that is as professional sport shuts down fans for adventure. And self isolation details coming up a challenge. The. Hell are going to be illegal gold mining is threatening farmlands destroying the landscape and poisoning water sources leaving some communities struggling to find clean Drinking Water Treatment Plants of being shut down and rid of mohamed reports that a warning to the country may be forced to import water. The river proud southern ghana is contaminated with mercury and cyanide and vegetation is drying off and gone as heartlands of cocoa the main ingredient of chocolate. The river is also vital for fishing farming and into. The pollution is blamed on frozen of small scale gold mines working around the clock at this one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men what theyre doing is illegal many mines have been here for years despite a government crackdown to close them. They operate deep in the forest hidden from the police and the military task force attracted by the precious metal minus come from different parts of ghana and neighboring countries as well as china they say is their only source of income per goddess of the risks and injuries. And i was able to provide money and help my family in the volta region until the government decided to ban small scale and illegal mining now police harass us all the time some of us tried to run away and others fall into the money hits those who cant swim get injured or die. There joe had his hand cut off 2 years ago while mining he received no compensation if youre going to be granted there are no decent jobs for the an educated and poor young people. If we had training opportunities provided by the government it would be better. Makeshift pumping stations are used to divert rivers or. Bandits. To become good become very big on the state these 5 miners found just a few grams and sold it for 120. 00 u. S. Dollars shared between them ghana is one of africas leading gold export. President s none of joe has pledged to continue his fight against illegal mining his government regulates the industry or community mines. That is meant a lot more. In a community sense to get people in a community who want to get more money to be able to do. The will serve more up large and small scale mining but critics and environmental activists blame the lack of political will and corruption for government promises falling short of the Funding Sources have to be from my point if i dont have been from the top of the car and indifferent to say i need a reason why. In the government it has also been a difficult one environmental groups call for tighter regulations minus say they have no choice but to continue digging for their survival for him a moment ill just give it. Time for some sport what little of it there is is joe and some new sports will get to that but there are reports that the International Committee is going to hold emergency talks on tuesday about whether tokyo 2020 can feasibly go ahead with less than 5 months ago and with sports around the world being cancelled because the current Virus Outbreak there are serious questions hanging over the games in recent weeks tokyo 2020 organizers and the japanese government have repeatedly said that the olympics are going ahead as planned. Well our Sports Correspondent lee wellings joins us now by phone from london leigh lots of high level sports talks that are happening this week tell us about them. Or 2 major events weve been discussed on tuesday lets start with the real crisis though the one thats coming up which is youre a 2022 star in june in rome that is going to go around 12 countries now your wife and i need to take action quickly so theyve got a Video Conference call with a lot of people involved in the guy whether its the european cobbs Association European leagues the Players Association faith pro they only to have a say in this because the decisions around you are 2020 have a knock on effect on whether conceivably leagues can be finished if football were to resume by then which looks unlikely so i expect euro 2020 to be delayed it could be delayed by as much as a year. It doesnt seem any way that that tournament can take place the way things are and then its a case of what you eat for site of the leagues about getting them finished other weve had the Italian Football Association saying its fair its a finished their league they want to do it at a time that you wrote 2020 would have taken place that could almost be delusional football would be taking place by then weve also got the leader president have a tab as who is often very outspoken he said yes this league will finish well it may finish at some stage if they find a way to do it but these are things that are going to be discussed at the emergency meeting of all thats going on we will have the International Olympic committee talking to their stakeholders in the many sports governing bodies that are involved remember the i. O. C. Is the umbrella and they need to talk to them about the fact that the olympics to be taking place 5 months or less than 5 months time in tokyo whats going to happen with such things as qualifying tournament that are in disarray all these goings going to go ahead at the moment the i. O. C. Are saying that theyre discussing with the World Health Organization that constantly talking to stakeholders but there is a lot of pressure on them to start actually making it clearer about whether these going can go ahead because theyve been quite bullish that it can but it looks. The situation is out of control in terms of getting those guns ahead as planned we couldnt even see a cancellation which is an extraordinary situation an extraordinary time and they way you are in the u. K. Football is off but there are still sports taking place somewhere right well it is eyebrow raising to say the least that the cheltenham famous show in horseracing festival took place over 4 days last week crowds of over 60000. 00 and some of the days this was followed u. K. Government advice that was in place about large crowds but still people were asking how children could go ahead and now racing know that they have an issue other sports have closed down what can i do can they find a way to have racing behind closed doors is that as the saying goes its going to be very difficult because whats happening with all sports is if they find a way to control spectators and whos not coming in what about the people that are actually competing lots of livelihoods tied up in racing as with other sports and thats why those high school volatiles in the u. K. Are trying to find the why to go ahead with some racing weve also got an issue with rugby thats still being played by the union league we see the bumper union probably shipped in england having to talk about a suspension and that suspension is how long it will be and also rugby league has been being played in front of large crowds that would change that i feel that they can make it take place behind closed doors but that is looking unlikely in the way the situation is evolving quickly all right lee thank you everything very complicated for anyone involved in sport the moment of alliance a defender. Has revealed that hes one of 5 in his team to test positive for crying a virus from a man city player says hes feeling good and is self isolating at home on sundays teammate is the kilger i became the 1st leg up play it says positive for the virus along with 3 other players and coaches. So see on monday all domestic football in egypt is suspended for 2 weeks at least its going to have an impact on some local businesses in cairo but its not just the local games being called off the cancellation of big leagues worldwide is also a huge blow. Talk for this is affected as badly that despondent of european leagues the local Egyptian League and i have a dishonest games in particular because the cafe gets busy then we relied on customers coming to watch if they stop the african championships it will be a complete disaster i hope these times pass quickly the most important thing is a human beings Life Financial losses a secondary. Football in brazil is happening in empty stadiums at state level but a focal players are unhappy about continuing competitions they will masks in protest as they took to the pitch for their rio state championship game with andrew already brazils f. A. Has suspended tournaments they organize and states are expected to hold their torments later on monday. Who are professionals ford has been largely called off around the world those in self isolation of finding novel ways to keep amateur sports going is a new one for us window tennis and it is perhaps one of the most nail biting matches ive ever seen where we dont recommend you try this one at home unless youre on the ground floor and theres no excuse to skip out on the cardio either this video reportedly shows in a row because instructor conducting a course on the roof in the spanish city of seville for those who are self isolating their. All right that is a useful for now i have adrian. Many thanks indeed thats where the news out grabs to hold thanks for watching so robert here to update you in just a few moments ill see you again but for. 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