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Comes from change its course. Some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the i. C. U. A senior white house official warns that young people are equally it was saying many in europe are suffering Severe Health complications. Global stocks plummeted again despite massive stimulus plans oil prices dropped to the lowest level in nearly 20 years. The World Health Organization says its concerned some countries are still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of coronavirus globally more than 8700. 00 people are now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 italy has. Reported 475. 00 new deaths its the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year meanwhile in malaysia thought is a reason to track down potential carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to almost 800. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets as well as oil prices have plummeted again that in burma begins our coverage from london. As the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200000 the World Health Organization announced the 1st trial of a vaccine was on the way the start of a long battle this virus is presenting as we zone president to it but its also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity if the german city of 100 foot theyve been queuing to get a free test because 19 and theyre losing patience. With this is it so badly organized as the man behind me who waited for 6 hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed in a televised address to the nation chancellor merkel appealed to the public not to underestimate the crisis this is now. This is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification know since the 2nd world war which depend so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. In some parts of europe the Health Services just cant cope because of a surge in cases in eastern france 6 coronavirus patients had to be flown by military plane from bellews to the south of the country for treatment across france theres a big incentive not to be out in public if you dont have a certificate allowing you to leave home the police can find you up to 150. 00. In spain theyve already arrested dozens of people for going out since the lockdown started at the weekend but its not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting theyre demanding for Mccain Kwan Carlos to makes millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the Spanish Health system. In london it is quieter than usual but nobodys big told to go home to some of the british capital the incremental approach is right i think the steps have been put in place are very wise. Lets face once again try to avoid the panic if its a Government Entity for lockdown and ban things its going to be able to. Be a lot worse for peoples well being but in Parliament Prime minister Boris Johnson face demands to take a more proactive stance with one of the waiting so lonesome us testing and why our social distancing measures may be just suggestions on wednesday johnson did make one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for many peoples of the vast majority of pupils until further notice so different stages in the outbreak and different responses but the challenge for the medical world and for societies in general is immeasurable nadeem aljazeera. Well as we heard earlier it was reported the highest daily death toll since the outbreak began speaking. As a journalist is joining me via skype from italy thanks very much indeed for being with us hows italy trying to cope with this massive increase in numbers. Well at the moment they have 1st of all for the army to join in in the areas of it only where the outbreak has been at its worse so the army has set up a hospital camps and that was not seen before there is great worry among the italian officials because of 8. 3 percent of Health Care Practitioners have been tested positive to the virus so also theyre calling for stricter measures or alp care practitioners to protect themselves and of course the message to this day is theyll clean a stay at home is there any indication as to why the virus is spreading so quickly in italy. Well one of the factors that they have considered is that italy has a very. Population and so as you already know all the people are more. Threatened by the virus and can be more easily contains contagion also at the beginning of the outbreak italy was not as quick as calling in for a lockdown so many people that were living in lombardy and were actually from the south moved back to their homes in the south of italy and in fact today for the 1st time they have also recorded a rise in people affected by corona virus in the soudan regions of italy as you mentioned before you were now seeing soldiers in the military on the streets of some parts of italy who are italians reacting to that. Well actually they are glad because also on social media italians have been very aware of the situation have asked their fellow citizens to clean stay at home and respect the rules they have also called in the police when they would see people outside when they were not supposed to so. They actually do it would. Be up in this time of lockdown because there needs to be more control evidently especially today when we saw 475 dead which is a world record and so many people in the out care system getting sick as well so they actually do respond well to that of course theyre also asking for practical measures to help the economy and to help the italian to society after this lockdown is over which will be another battle we have. To thank you very much and thank. President donald trump says hes invoking legislation to ensure theres adequate supplies of mosques and ventilators in the u. S. Now it comes as the country is facing a shortage of medical supplies and as pandemic measures ramp up the u. S. And canada have agreed to temporarily close the border to nonessential travel our White House Correspondent Kelly Holcomb reports. Facing increasing shortages of medical supplies like masks and ventilators on wednesday u. S. President donald trump told reporters he was invoking the u. S. Defense production act right after im finished with this conference ill be signing it its prepared to go the 950 s. Wartime law allows the Trump Administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear necessary to prevent corona virus from spreading the 1st 1000000 masks will be available immediately u. S. Defense secretary marc as 1st says the military will also be deploying to floating hospital ships one near new york city the other on the west coast to increase Hospital Capacity as the number of corona virus cases is now in all 50 states the actions come as the u. S. And canada announced a closure of their border for all nonessential travel in the attempt to halt the spread of the virus nearly 200000. 00 people cross the border each day trade wont be affected. Still the u. S. Auto industry is feeling the effects of the virus for General Motors and Ford Chrysler have announced theyre partially shutting down factories due to the pandemic the white house is lobbying congress to pass several legislative packages collectively amounting to more than a trillion dollars to flood the u. S. Economy with cash the Administration Says its hoping to ease the burden on businesses Like Airlines and individuals who are losing income but opposition democrats believe overall response is still too slow behind the 8 ball on tests. And were soon going to be behind the 8 ball and i see you bed beds in ventilators as more and more people get sick the administration didnt Pay Attention to tests and now were paying the price chinese virus but in the midst of the effort to combat corona virus trump is insisting on calling it the chinese virus even as reporters asked whether the president is being racist its not racist of the letter of it comes from china thats why its a posture trump insists is appropriate given he sees himself as in a sense a wartime president now leading the fight against what trunk calls americas increasingly virulent invisible enemy thank you over the kimberly how hip aljazeera Washington Well of course one of my kind is joining us for more on this from washington d. C. Mike as i understand it some more legislation is just being pos what more do we know about that. Well indeed yes the senate has now adopted remeasure that was passed by the house earlier a few days ago this is some 100000000000. 00 in terms of being a leaf released into the community it provides for better sing up the unemployment system it pays health care or and for some workers it also provides for free testing its part of a 2nd package that is now gone through congress the 1st one was some 8000000000 dollars about a week ago that was dealing directly with attempting to stop the flow of the virus through out the United States this one now put in place likely to be signed by the president in coming hours and then congress is still working on an even bigger plan and that involves some trillion dollars which would go towards perhaps even sending out checks to individual americans bolstering the industries that have suffered so badly during this crisis might how is this likely to affect the lives of ordinary americans i mean it sounds like an awful lot of money to begin with but of course theres a trickle down effect on the Big Companies are going to get a big slice of the i dont they. Indeed yes well this particular bill knowledge has just been passed by the senate for example provides it says for free its sick care well it doesnt to everybody the bill expressively excludes employers of companies that have more than 500. 00 employees it also allows those who have less than 50 employees to opt out of this particular legislation so the Biggest Companies are not are not. Required to provide paid sick careful the employees thats the walmarts the mcdonalds the wendys the really Major Companies then you have the issue where the senate bill passed and now provides for free testing for the virus however 2 issues here 1st of all they are still not enough test kits testing is still lagging behind because of the slow response of the trumpet ministration and secondly while the bull may provide payment for testing it does not provide payment for treatment that is something that could cost in the tens of thousands of dollars so although this bill will be welcomed by Many Americans it still does not to deeply address all the hardships that the countrys citizens are facing large for now thanks very much indeed all the head of the White House Coronavirus task force is one that some young people who contract the virus are becoming seriously ill their books and the infection rate may be higher in the millennial generation and as i asked them to act to protect themselves and others there are concerning reports coming out of france and italy that some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the i. C. U. And sound we cannot have these large gatherings that continue to occur throughout the country for people who are off work to then be socializing in large groups and spreading the virus you have the potential then to spread it to someone who does have a continuation that none of us knew about and cause them to have a disastrous outcome. Dr bob arnot some medical doctor and a former chief medical correspondent at n. B. C. News is joining us now on skype from stowe in vermont thanks very much indeed for being on this so just give us an indication of how great the risks are to young people because it them up to this point the world generally seems to have been accepting that it is older people and people with existing conditions that are at risk but this seems to open it much wider. So interesting rob you know when you look at the death rate roughly 15 percent over 87 percent over 70 but if you look at the overall chase rate 25 percent are going to be younger people and those theres a brand new paper in pediatrics said just this morning indicating that 10 percent of those over the age of 60 maybe came from seriously ill and we read of course this tragic story yes banished football coach Francisco Garcia who died from chronic virus it just age 211 of the issues if i understand it is that the millennial is themselves are by nature as social individuals and therefore theyre more likely to be in places where they are getting together how difficult do you think its going to be to get the message across to them that actually social isolation is one of the key elements of dealing with this. I think its can be incredibly difficult i have 2 millennia as myself to malarial sons that are now down in florida where you see you know thousands of kids out through the beach and a couple of problems with that you know you have some very interesting question about the italianate why the older people there are dying and part of it is because its multigenerational you have you know the Younger Generation the millenniums who may go and visit their grandparents in the greater frequency than they do say here in the u. S. Whats happening is that beyond those who are getting very seriously ill there are a lot who may not have his temper brookss said no signs of disease at all and are silent carriers they get to completely prove that point but it appears to be there in the data so those silent carriers are a tremendous risk to their parents and their grandparents as they make socially now you know early on i thought there was a tremendous sort of fraud in terms of the advice you know wash your hands go prove that theres a single case so far transmitted by touching a surface could happen but the main treads mission is going to be through the air so why we were telling people to wash their hands they were what they were at subways and bars and buses and restaurants and they really should have been isolated you know its isolate isolate isolate thats going to be the virus if either of you know its interesting as we look at the chinese and chinese one you know by now they are going to be down to 0 cases and thats because they tested everybody they isolated everybody who tested positive even if they were true measures you know by a democratic societies but they want were not testing of a party were testing those individuals in the us who are Health Care Providers who are testing those elderly in very high risk for the rest of the population and not be tested triste and that according to the World Health Organization director general is the key to beating the epidemic were not delete it and englands not julia. Looking ahead to do you think that the this the shock that the world has had for want of a better phrase because of this this pandemic is going to change the way that people interact socially for a long time to come oh do you think that people by nature are just going to gravitate back together again. I think people get very suspicious for a while i mean what i know that you know are searching generally said you should use the elbow handshake which the World Health Organization called him out on because you want to be at least 6 feet away i counsel everybody to do a greeting like this or you can do a star wars for 80 or a surfer greedy. Anything but stay 6 more feet away theres a niche in a box for me even 12 or more feet than an individual suspected so i think youre right i think the people going to be very sort of where he of each other for a long time to come because this virus although when it is over i get a letter from china the other day from this young mother whos an American Teacher there and she says its just lovely the virus is in shanghai there arent spring and i think there will be great rejoicing in the streets and hopefully people will forget this but i think youre dead right that theres going to be a great deal of circumspection in terms of Human Behavior when this is said and done really good to get your thoughts on this dr bob arnot we appreciate your time thank you thank you very much Great Questions so to maybe in government says its reduced spending as a result of low oil prices during the corona Virus Outbreak crude Oil Prices Fall and because of concerns over the pandemic coupled with an existing price war between saudi arabia and russia the finance minister says theyve temporarily cut public spending by just under 5 percent thats 13000000000. 00 he said saudi arabias economy was still Strong Enough to resist any long term effects. Major stimulus plans by World Governments have failed to ease stock market concerns about the impact of the coronavirus the dow jones closed 6. 3 percent down earlier trading was suspended for the 4th sime in one month because of huge sell offs kristen salumi is in new york where the markets closed a short time ago. Markets did close down yet again despite washingtons efforts to move forward with a Coronavirus Relief package that does seem to be advancing but the markets still closed down substantially in fact theyve now wiped out the last 3 years of gains with the Dow Jones Industrial average closing below 20000 points for the 1st time since night 2017 just was a rough day across the board all sectors continue to see losses as they weigh the growing impact of the spread of the crown a virus and its impact on the Economy Energy sector was the worst today though its down some 30 percent as demand for Oil Continues to fall and that Oil Price War continues a price for west texas crude is now below 21. 00 a barrel its the lowest its been for 18 years so thats one area thats really suffering Airlines Hotels Hospitality Industry all continue to suffer. A lot as a result of this but again its really across the board youll find some bright spots out there but when you have headlines about the big 3 automakers suspending production until the end of the mond then more layoffs and so on the sentiment on the market is really volatile in fact the volatility index is again approaching record highs thats also known as the fear gauge so that suggests that maybe the worst isnt over yet lots of volatility and fear around the corner with more analysts predicting that a global recession is now pretty much inevitable. Chile has declared a state of National Emergency and as the number of corona virus infections increased by a 3rd in the past 24 hours theres 238 cases there the most in latin america chiles government has closed all borders and banned gatherings of more than 500 people to try to contain the spread of latin america editor this year newman has more from santiago. You know its already changing the way people do things the only thing thats not changing at least so far on the street protests today marks 5 months exactly since the social outburst began in this country there have been daily protests behind me you can see riot police where what has been ground 0 until now and there are about 300 people all around this area just a few minutes ago the riot police came out with tear gas water cannon pepper spray to disperse them the people have been coming back now what they will do after tomorrow though with the state of emergency goes into effect and the army can go out on the street is another matter altogether its not quite clear whether they will defy the government orders to stay off the streets right now and 200. 00 people is the maximum thats allowed to be out now but most likely the president will declare a curfew and he has already said that large groups of people will not be allowed in any number in Public Places to keep him from getting from catching the coronavirus or for which reading and there is a lot of fear so people are staying home people are known for being Close Shopping Centers have been closed discotheques restaurants the kind of the city has already spent countless already shutting down on its own even before the formal order is given presumably by the weekend to isolate the capital which has the largest number of cases. Malaysia has closed its borders after recording its 1st 2 deaths its also has 790. 00 corona virus infections in the 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to a 4 day event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people long slewing as this report. Hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to leave students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential i mean rushing in the lobby of. The event as. If. We should be more Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people dont obey the governments order to restrict their movements malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported a sudden spike in covert 19 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala lumpur 16000 people from malaysia and abroad were there the government says its managed to trace more than 8000. 00 of them so far but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to 6 of the Southeast Asian countries elsewhere astray as Prime Minister made an unprecedented announcement we are writing the travel ban on the strivings to level 4 for the entire world. That is the 1st time that has ever happened in australias history the travel advice to every stride in is do not travel abroad do not go on the says. They are straight in governments also banned all nonessential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people but from who bay province in china the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak more cause for optimism medical workers from other provinces whove been helping to cope with the crisis are going home as the number of new cases continues to fall south korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the 4th day in a row both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war albeit with different methods china by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing fluently. Irans government of reporting the largest daily increase in deaths since the crisis began there the total now stands at more than 1100. 00 and there are more than 17000. 00 infections irans president is defending the governments response and saying ministers acted without delay more than a quarter on all of them out of them on the coronavirus we spoke to people in an honest way to not Pay Attention to cyberspace and a group of people who i do not know what their intentions are dear people of iran on february 19th we learned about the corona Virus Outbreak test kits that have been sampled in corm were brought to to ron and were tested and proved to us that the samples were positive the following morning the government was informed about it and subsequently the people were formed to we had no delay not even for one day. Japanese media say an existing influenza drug has had some success against covert the 19 the drug known as the pit of it has reportedly produced encouraging results in trials in china cutting the average Recovery Time by more than 60 percent from 11 days to 4 meanwhile china has approved Clinical Trials for a covert 900. 00 vaccine although most world experts believe it will be several months at least before anything can be approved for safe public use the vaccine was developed at a military academy in one where the outbreak 1st began last year. Still ahead in all the 0 as both the u. S. And Chinese Governments blame each other for the outbreak beijing counsels the reporting prudentials of 3 american newspapers and whats next for Bernie Sanders after joe biden wins all 3 other tuesdays primaries. Hello it snowed in nevada its still cold in some parts of the u. S. Particularly the Northern Plains and thats the sort of boundary that is rather messy one so youd expect to find potentially big thunderstorms here well thats possibly true we certainly got big thunderstorms forecast for oklahoma and texas then moving up towards the appalachians and scored a big spread than that of the temp difference between minneapolis and kansas 7. 00 to 23. 00 thats your frontal system track 2 frontal systems to late winter storm another cold does push down and then well start to regenerate big storms in the Southern States once again once the winter takes over to east and count it does mean youll see some big temperature changes in kansas is a good focus 23 degrees as the rain goes for old says it then with that story maybe 7 but was subzero by night so again its a spring shock not unusual but notable the sign in the caribbean is quite a strong breeze blowing at the moment frequent showers and has been your report to recur in the dalton of the hour trons of the caribbean but the concentration of clouds and further rain in nicaragua lesser honduras down in costa rica for the next day or so quite a blue move blue there so i think rick crease in the showers and once again its going to be haiti and Dominican Republic where its wettest. For. The want of what do i overdosed. But my sister saved me. A lot more or less you sure were more from a little god the reality of addiction in the arab world im the struggle of recovery. It was just me and its a drug. Aljazeera wells goes inside a rehab clinic in the nile delta. Rehab egypt edge of addiction on aljazeera. Wonder joy tragedy and violence doesnt matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. And. Ive been covering all of latin america for most of my career. Like and its my job to shed light on how and why. The only. Room. Watching our jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization is concerned some countries still on doing enough testing to stem the spread of the warning comes as italy has reported 475. 00 new deaths the highest one day death toll in any nation so far. U. S. President donald trump says hes invoking legislation to ensure those adequate supplies are mosques and ventilators in the u. S. To fight. Since the u. S. And canada have agreed to temporarily close their border to non essential travel. Markets have continued to plummet despite governments around the world announcing major stimulus plans the dow jones closed at 6. 3 percent down oil prices have also plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic. Well as we heard earlier the u. S. Is facing a shortage of medical supplies amid the spreading outbreak john hendren is in chicago to see how one whole spittal is preparing for coronavirus patients. Its a dreary day in chicago and when it comes to the coronavirus that might be a good thing it might cut down on the number of people in the street and it might ultimately reduce the number of patients who come here to Rush University Medical Center and test positive for corona virus at least 20 patients have come here and tested positive so far and more are coming by each day i spoke to the chief executive officer here dr omar lee teeth he says there is ready as they can be theyve expanded the number of beds from 700 to more than 900 and they can expand it again but how the nations medical system is prepared for this virus and how theyll be able to handle all of the patients who are yet to come depends in large part on what the government and cities like chicago do to reduce the number of patients who ultimately make it to hospitals like this we are prepared to the extent that we can possibly be we reorganize our entire workflow weve changed our entire hospital iran to try to take care of a rising and scary epidemic and now International Pandemic but theres a point where regardless of where you are theres only a fixed number of hospital beds theres only a fixed number of staff to conserve those beds or supplies where that can be overwhelmed its always better to decrease the number of critically ill patients if you can. Sacrifice now spending more money now to prevent people being acutely ill later it will save this Health Care Structure valuable resources here in chicago hospitals have been preparing for weeks in some cases months for coronavirus to arrive in force here at Rush University Medical Center they have taken what used to be an entire ambulance bay and set up its series of tents so that new patients can come in and be evaluated for coronavirus if they test positive they will either be sent home to be isolated or will go inside and be treated in special florentine areas they have ventilators they have testing kits with the c. E. O. Here tells me that the entire nation needs more of those testing kits and whether this is them ultimately is overwhelmed or whether we have the resources to take care of all the coronavirus patients depends largely on how bad it gets. Sure lanka has announced an indefinite curfew in parts of the northwest where hundreds of people are thought to be evading quarantine as Mel Fernandez reports from colombo schools and universities have now been closed to try to contain the virus teaches at this Smaller School in colombo are ensuring this students do in full behind in this studies now that do is have closed that preventing packs full homestudy the government surprise stuff when its ordered all indication and institutions to close for 5 weeks to help stop the spread of cool the 19 this was critical. Basically because we didnt know why the sudden within 45 minutes we were told that schools are closing to the 20th of april its not like a corporation we can put a few files in the draw and say well come back to you these are children all schools in sri lanka and no closed as it braces for a rise in coronavirus numbers there are usually around 3000 students coming to this School Every Day but fears of the corona virus has kept them and more than 4000000 like them around the country at home the authorities hope the decision to close schools will help minimize the potential transmission of the virus among children. She loved his health chief says the sheer number of pupils interacting with each other within School Grounds would make it difficult to contain the virus not that much as to how to behave in a situation like this you know can you ask your kid do you know hands and he did this to send you an ad does great so if its not easy dr jasser his confident pupils will catch up on their studies when they return to school but the schools must engage with them while there we begin. A new teachers at Liberty Fleur brainstorming with parents on how best to use online tools for learning the technology is available the connectivity is available everything is old the infrastructure is ready the system of reporting person said to the set of Heads Together and making use of whats available to students and parents seem happy for now with what theyre offering homestudy packs and even term exams with detailed instructions i feel very happy now i have more free time but i also feel a surge because i dont get to go from my basketball practice he just hopes the virus will be contained and hell be back with his friends at school by the end of april enough and then theres aljazeera colomba turkeys president has told people to stay at home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus reserved the one also announced an Economic Relief package worth more than 50000000000 dollars confirmed its 1st death from the virus on tuesday and the number of cases in the country has doubled to 98. 00. We repackaged we call economic stability. 15400000000. 00. Sudan has only one confirmed deaths from corona virus but many people fear they wont be able to afford a doctor if they get infected governments announced a state of emergency and closed borders food prices are rising as shortages worsen in the more than. Coming from work empty handed has become the norm for. The daily makes little money and food prices have soared since the discovery of the coronavirus here. We dont have Health Insurance if someone in the family gets really sick we try to get them treatment but if we dont have the money we wait for the almost past we rarely eat nutritious food now with this new disease ive not even thought of stocking up because i barely have money for 1. 00 day fruit prices have tripled since the virus was found in sudan several government directives have been issued aimed at containing the spread including banning large crowds but over the past few weeks fuel and bread shortages have resulted in long queues and thats not the only challenge the guy behind me is selling at 50 pounds apiece thats equivalent of 1. 00 using the official Exchange Rate an entire box is worth 50. 00 Health Workers here say prior to the detection of the corona virus a box of masks was worth just 5. 00. Masks as well as Hand Sanitizers quickly disappeared from shelves in shops and pharmacies and are now sold in the streets with have of sudans 14000000 officially living in poverty there are a luxury many cant afford. Were talking about thousands of infectious potential infections i would say by reacting in the streets i would say its become more of a careless because i cannot afford that i would rather buy food. So that i can live with the virus will affect everyone so we should be working together to find and try to protect the country to make sure the virus doesnt spread the government has also prepared Isolation Centers but sudan has the for 20 years of International Sanctions and has less than 7 doctors for every 1000. 00 people visit equipments also in short supply america. The equipment for testing the places the doctors and the kits are very limited in number but we have to centralize it to make sure that the testing for this new virus is done safely and correctly there was a test that was negative and then a 2nd test that showed a positive this is common in many diseases and complicates matters so we have to do repeated tests and now were working to get the support for that. Says he has little hope of providing for his family with the needed to help protect them but he hopes that if the coroner virus does reach his family they get the medical support needed he does their own. U. S. Troops in iraq are being relocated to larger bases to be better protected from an increasing number of attacks and comes after the most recent series a rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad killing several Coalition Personnel retaliatory strikes by the u. S. Killed iraqi civilians so want to houlton reports from baghdad. The body of it is laid to rest the 23 year old was one of 6 People Killed in what the u. S. Called defensive persuasion strikes on the type hezbollah in southern iraq but family says he wasnt a fighter but a daily laborer working at the airport who had nothing to do with the iranian backed group. He worked inside the airport getting paid 8. 00 per day now that hes dead who is going to think about his kids his wife his mother wheres their guilt. Leaves behind a pregnant wife 2 children and a family consumed with grief like many other iraqis the family is angry at the u. S. And the iranian backed groups for settling scores on the iraqi soil this conflict is between iran and america its none of our business they should go out and fight it out between themselves. The u. S. Strikes followed a barrage of rockets fired at the Taji Military base north of baghdad on march 11th killing 2 american and one british soldier the pentagon described the u. S. Response as a success we assess that each location stored weapons that would enable lethal operations against u. S. And Coalition Forces in iraq we also assess that the destruction of these sites will degrade could teach his balls ability to conduct future strikes but the american reprisal was followed by a 2nd rocket attack on target just a day later raising doubts about the effectiveness of the u. S. Military action. A total of 9 people were killed and 16 wounded in the latest 3 tit for tat attacks most of the casualties were members of the Iraqi Security forces who work with both sides and. We dont accept being in the middle while the 2 sides to rate their weapons against each other this is caused a lot of damage for the iraqi army the Iraqi Joint Operations command denounced the u. S. And what it cautiously. Calls the other side for not respecting its authority as the highest military body and for not giving it a chance to manage the crisis that. There was no chance to finish the investigation into the 1st rocket attack the american side directly reacted with a strike on a rocky facilities that included the army bases and employees and also the other side started their attacks which only complicated the situation. But the Iraqi Government has never attribute it blame nor has it published results of investigations for any of the 2 dozen rocket attacks the targeted the coalition over the past 6 months the Iraqi Government appears on the willing or able to stop the groups responsible for attacks on bases that house call this an personnel instead it has called for the implementation of the jan you risk problem entry decision to expel all foreign troops from iraq the coalition has begun withdrawing soldiers from smaller bases to consolidate them in fewer locations and although u. S. Officials say that this move is not related to the latest rocket attacks it could pave the way for a partial troop draw down over the next few months seen on a faulty aljazeera but that. The government in yemen have reportedly tried to storm the main port of the island of the fighting started when the u. A. E. Backed fighters attempted to seize a container of military equipment originally from the emirates and have been can confiscate it by local authorities 2 days ago u. S. Secretary of state my pump a. O. L. Has criticized chinas decision to expel more than a dozen american journalists beijing has revoked reporting credentials for 3 major american newspapers Chinas Foreign Ministry says its a Counter Measure against what it calls unreasonable oppression in the u. S. Training you reports from beijing. To see and hear whats happening in one of the worlds most powerful and an exotic countrys foreign media in china provide a window for the world that window has just been made smaller but the ousting of correspondents from 3 of americas best known newspapers the New York Times Washington Post and the wall street journal Chinas Foreign Ministry says the crackdown is in response to unfair treatment by the u. S. China is not want to start trouble but will not blink if trouble comes in that way at least 13 foreign journalists are affected their bad not only from reporting in Mainland China but in hong kong and macau as well u. S. Secretary of state mike compare is hoping beijing will reconsider the chinese will tell you that they want more information people to know more about the country yet they continue to take actions like the one you see today where they deny the world the capacity to know whats really going on inside other countries earlier this month the Us Government kept the number of chinese reporters working in the states for 5 state run outlets including c g t n China Global Television network or c g t n u. S. Based staff numbers but cut from 160 to 100 that followed the expulsion in february of 3 will street journal correspondence from beijing following an editorial titled china is the real sick man of asia that was seen as retaliation for the Trump Administrations decision to force Chinese Media firms to register as foreign entities in the u. S. Theres been a desire to get china to react to do something which will paint china in the International Eyes as the aggressor as a authoritarian government chinas Foreign Correspondents Club condemned the ban saying there are no winners in the use of journalists as diplomatic pawns journalists eliminate the world we live in china through this action is dimming itself. In the past 7 years the Chinese Government has revoked the these as of at least 9 foreign journalists but analysts say the expulsion happening now is the worst attack on press freedom says the days of nazi dolls the sound of courage china since coming to power president xi jinping has tightened his grip areas of Chinese Society Media Outlets local and international are no exception catrina aljazeera. Youre. Democratic president ial hopeful Bernie Sanders says hes reassessing his campaign after rival joe biden scored a hat trick in tuesdays primaries the former u. S. Vice president won by a large margins in illinois and florida giving him an almost unassailable lead ohios primary was postponed because of concerns over the coronavirus and the gallagher reports from miami. At polling stations in florida arizona and illinois wasnt just the democratic process officials were concerned about the rapid spread of the coronavirus saw low voter turnout furious cleaning and polling staff not manning the boobs over Health Concerns many voted early or by mail but those that turned out on tuesday were cautious so you know lets hear 6 say a way. Its the best you can do all you can do is just try to stay clean wash your hands limit any public action if you can i mean im going to go home after this im not going to be out hanging out with people. Officials in ohio declared a Health Emergency delaying their primary until june the states governor called it an Unprecedented Health crisis that left some voters disappointed i really want to vote you know i want to make sure my voice is heard especially you know for more years and theyre going to paris where we are you know africanamericans. Despite the confusion concerns and recommendations not together in large crowds the night belonged to joe biden the former Vice President now has the momentum delegate counts and is seen by many as best able to take on President Trump all this together. This is one for each of us to see and believe the best in everyone of us to look out for are unable to understand the fear and stress and so many are feeling biden now has an it in semantical lead over Bernie Sanders he didnt address his losses on tuesday instead appealing for more federal help for the pandemic we need to provide a direct emergency 2000. 00 cash payment every household in america every month for the duration of the crisis to provide them with the assistance they need to pay their bills and take care of their families in his remote address to the nation joe biden spoke directly to sunda supporters telling them i hear you sound as movement is still a powerful force in bidens appeal is perhaps a sign of things to come the former Vice President wants to unite both the country and the party and to do that hell need those supporters on board and he gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Still ahead on aljazeera the heist of the century 13 years on a mystery still surrounds the worlds most intriguing cold case. A world sport may be on hold but japan is forging ahead with plans to host the Olympic Games which would you just saw it in 3 months the flight carrying the olympic flame from greece to japan has gone ahead as planned although the associated ceremony didnt take place without really in greece was also canceled but it will take place in japan in front of restrict to the crowds japans government is insisting the games will. But one International Olympic Committee Member has broken ranks for more winter olympian Hayley Wickenheiser says it would be insensitive and irresponsible to proceed with the games she says we dont know whats going to happen tomorrow that alone in the next few months Sports Correspondent lee wellings has more when you have it like surely concerned theyre trying to evoke was it more more so you actually picked imagery that they dont know whats happening with such simple things as their training and facilities that sindhis wrote what were seeing is the increasing number of cancellations of tournament dr marcus allen because of our until now getting the sense of the athletes that should be in tokyo qualified but that leaves a lot of events a lot of things to be decided of course is all mine times there is no fine sheeny as they try to get it right as part of the 4 year old. Little army looks lots of them to even say that might have to turn up in terms of every july underprepared it does seem unlikely that were going to get as insurance everything is our talent not was ok with the current bios prices so now were going to time plus we have changes over time as a nation ordering a closure of Training Camps today swimming boxing to womens conduct in the u. K. Diamond league meetings. Is being cancelled and to actually same whizzing by july that really does the height of what it is ac milan footballers not an able him of it is playing his part in tackling coronavirus he set up an online fundraiser to help raise a 1000000. 00 for hospitals in italy ever him of it has donated 100000. 00 and self and called on his fellow professional athletes to do the same. Together we can really help hospitals and doctors and nurses who selflessly work every day to save our lives because today we are the ones sharing for them. To get to keep the coronavirus away and win this match and remember if their wives dont go to slump and goes for the virus kevin durand one of the biggest stars in n. B. A. Basketball is among 4 Brooklyn Nets players with coronavirus the time time all stars in isolation has been taken care of by team doctors 3 of the players are showing no symptoms all major sports these including the n. B. A. Are suspended and the virus has even left its mark on the sport of chess plenty of Hand Sanitizer on show and no fans allowed as 8 of the worlds best players competed in russia tournament organizers say handshakes were optional. The Eurovision Song Contest and the u. K. S Glastonbury Music Festival are the latest major music events to be canceled because of the outbreak is written thing. Has like us singer songwriter john legend have now started Live Streaming from their homes its the 2nd in a series of daily events called together at home arranged in conjunction with the World Health Organization 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out whats been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art including several by the dutch master rembrandt which havent been seen since muslim jordan looks into one of the art worlds most intriguing cold cases at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions who bluffed their way into the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now. 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of 36 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth 500000000. 00 or more and pragmatically thats a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be solved they can never be replaced a few years ago the f. B. I. Thought this Surveillance Video could solve the case it shows an unidentified man walking through the museum after hours just one night before the heist but that and other clues just werent enough to help investigators another problem it turns out both suspected robbers died a year after the theft the message to the public if you know something its ok to come forward we acknowledge the fact that any or all of these pieces could be in the hands of individuals who had nothing to do with the original theft or may not even know that theyre stolen 30 years on the museums 10000000 dollar reward sits unclaimed while curators and Law Enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Thats it for me rob matheson for this news are going to be back in a moment with more of the days news on that. 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The grim consequences of mexicos bloody drug laws watch the people around you mr governor youve got people who are with the narco through the eyes of the journalists determined to report the truth your government is full of narco she said thats how the article should start 6 years on we revisit the reporters still risking their lives ladling this being another outbreak of violence of more of the worst rewind the deadliest beat on aljazeera. How much is the coronavirus of the stock market affecting the race to the white house looking to pry open sound to secure the democratic nomination awfully we can be down trying follow all the developments in the Us Election Campaign on al jazeera. The race for a vaccine to treat coronavirus steps up as italy reports nearly 500 deaths the highest number in a day. Or about a son this is al jazeera live from doha with the corona Virus Outbreak again dominating this bulletin including donald trump mobilize his military resources in the fight against corona virus but stirs contriver see again by calling it the chinese virus racist it never comes from change its core. Global stocks plummeted again due