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Countrys leaders call for unity claiming the u. S. Sanctions for the Health Crisis. Would you love me for the other for. All of 3 years would be irrelevant just stay on message from doctors and nurses on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus and. Im alexia brown in the wet Sunday Islands the gateway to a strain is Great Barrier reef. And find out why some tourism operators psycho mining is putting the race and their livelihoods at risk and in sport despite mounting criticism japanese officials have welcomed the olympic flame to their country organizers say theyre determined to hold a safe and secure. The coronavirus pandemic continues to type its. On europe there is no side of the infection rate slowing with thousands more confirmed every day of the death toll is rising to just over 3400. 00 of people have died in italy thats more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of suppost 40000 the country is said to extend a nationwide lockdown as it tries to control the outbreak while in spain the death toll has now passed 1000 infections there have also risen to nearly 20000. 00 the government said that around half of those cases were in hospital and iran has announced another 149. 00 deaths bringing its total to more than 1400. 00 president Hassan Rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis meanwhile in the us the governor of the countrys most populous state california has told everyone to stay home 1000 infections of been reported that were reporting on the Health Crisis from across the world but they are both standing by for us and what assad is mike hanna is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go to our lawrence lee who is in our european new center in london so lawrence spain and italy reporting for the deaths what can other nations learn from their response to the pandemic. Who well how mean everyone is clearly learning as they go in alone but certainly one lesson is that its really mismanaged it right from the start allowed the viruses spread around the country didnt do anything like enough testing notice is now reaping the whirlwind with well over 400. 00 deaths a day in a completely overwhelms Health Service and obviously spain is following force behind this it more interesting and possibly positive news in other parts of the continent austria which is kept is not quite strict with people is saying it looks like things might be getting strongly better that but the very interesting country at the moment is germany where theres been a real big spike in cases but far fewer deaths and a lot of the thinking behind van. That as compared to italy where the death rate obviously is much higher is that theres a vast amount of testing going on in germany which backs up the World Health Organizations called a test test test and potentially that seems to be having some positive effects as well but of course in the main and while this massive drive to find some sort of vaccine that works as quick as possible is carrying on the main thing is that the main question is being asked is what should countries be there behind the curve where italy is now be doing whats the best practice to stop that excellence will rise in cases the u. K. Hasnt implemented the stringent measures that have been introduced elsewhere on the continent but it has published the Scientific Evidence that it is been basing its response upon. Yes and that just leads me to carry on from where left off the end of the 1st onset theres some absolutely fascinating stuff in this the governments been accused of a bit of a lack of transparency im going to try to get as quick as i can but just to show you a couple a couple of excerpts from this these grow these peaks here this black one no mitigation this is what you do if you just let the disease run riot through the population huge expansion right straight through the spring the blue in the face some mitigation but not soo much completely overwhelming everything but this is the really interesting one this queen want to name and they say specifically the point of what might happen they worry in hong kong down here at the moment hong kong seems of go on top of it through very very very strict measures but they say if you do that too early then you risk having the opposite say here nothing much of the start of the year but a huge peak then in the autumn. And their tails off in the next years at this is what theyre trying to get to this brown line which is basically a sort of staggered mitigation with which basically still overwhelms the Health Service to some extent but then peaks often and you get on top of it now just very quickly allied with that heres the rest of the thinking and they say quite out loud they agree theres a sense of good cause in this country case isolation household lation social distancing will not prevent Critical Care facilities from being overwhelmed that except is going to have when the Health Service in this country however they say if you do those things in combination they could control the epidemic in place when its kept in place for a long period that long period they say could be a year so this in the Boris Johnson said yes theyre getting rid of the virus and 12 weeks thats not what his scientific advisor saying or its been a thanks i was there as long as leigh and london lets head to washington d. C. Then mike hanna joins us live from there california has brought in measures to counter the spread of the virus like tell us more. Indeed yes 40000000 people in the u. S. Is most populous state and the significance of the spectacular issue is that it is mandated order for the 1st time this is not a recommendation for people to stay in their homes its actually a formal order by the governor of the state Gavin Newsome he says that Health Facilities in the state could be overwhelmed he will warns that some half of the states population could be infected within the next 2 months basically all of those who do not carry out essential Services Must remain in home they are allowed to go to pick up supplies pick up medical supplies go out for walks but generally this is the most stringent order given in any state and i stress once again this is a mandate through order it is a formal order it is not merely a recommendation a bit of a feeding the media feeding frenzy going on mike about reports that the republican chair of the Senate Intelligence committee has been selling off stocks. Well there have been reports about a number of senators having done so but in this particular case that would on the face of it be the most egregious this is the chair of the of the Intelligence Committee of the senate now he started selling off stocks according to his own records back in mid february in 33. 00 separate transactions he sold off some 1700000000. 00 worth of stocks mainly in the Hospitality Industry hotel chains as such a Hospitality Organization and then he carried on telling the public that the administration was well in control of the situation but as late as the end of february he was recorded telling a group of constituents that the situation was dire that a pandemic was looming and that this is like a virus that has never been seen before and yet he continued saying in public that the situation was under control the public must not panic so this is obviously the country on a number of levels 1st of all the whole question of doesnt constitute Insider Trading but secondly the fact that this public official continued to make profit essentially off a disaster that he refrain from giving the public any information about what is there as mike hanna reporting live from washington mike many thanks indeed to argentina has adopted one of the strictest measures taken yet by any last american nation people will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as a food shop or to go to the chemist thats had now to point to sa is the capital of argentina where we find risible tell us more about these measures tourism. Close streets are completely empty in one aside as people are staying home after the governments announced what is a preventive im compulsory lockdown in the whole country this is as you just said one of the strictest measures taking in this country people are only authorised to go to a pharmacy to a supermarket and if theyre going to be on the streets they need an authority stations this lockdown is going to be controlled by Security Forces there are some you know already some incidents of people that were trying to make it through some beach areas not far away from one of sightings that people from that town prevented people from actually going inside afraid afraid that this virus could spread in argentina argentinas government the president has got a fair amount as has already taken some drastic measures he has imposed compulsory isolations to those who arrive from countries that have been affected by corona by the words hes saying that those who do not respect it will be fined or could end up in prison argentina has so far 128 cases every day people watch local television at 8 oclock in the evening to see how many more people have been infected so theres definitely lots of potential here that this virus could increase if you put it into context on the amount of intensive care units that exist in argentina germany has 25080 has 5000 while argentina has 950 so this is a very big challenge for either one of the 5 members governments are serious that is about according life one aside as many thanks dieter is up as we reported earlier for a 2nd day no new domestic covert 19 cases have been reported in china but there is still concern about the possibility of infection coming in again from overseas the economic standstill has also reduced pollution levels the number of new coronavirus cases continues to drop in south korea but officials there arent taking any risks at the ball. Order tests on new arrivals of intensified theyve also joined a 3 way Video Conference with china japan to discuss the threat of imported cases as way hey reports. Diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now is south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the Chinese Government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the Foreign Ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link from you dont know what on a you do have im sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside china now the situation appears to be stabilizing and the number of new cases being recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing Stricter Border controls summer as of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from European Countries and especially for a long term stay people will be required to solve isolate or should be sent to an isolation facility for 14 days quarantine measures and border closures announced by governments around the world have meant Passenger Air travel has slumped at an unprecedented rate new Zealands National carrier warning it may need to cut a 3rd of its staff and the government giving it a 515000000. 00 loan to stay in the air we do have a responsibility obviously to move people around the country and we take that very seriously as we do with any repatriation efforts we can through the government and obviously cargo the International Air travel Association Says airlines will need as much as 200000000000. 00 in Financial Aid from governments in the coming months wayne hay aljazeera. Still to come here on the news are the difficulty for doctors and nurses in the philippines to get to walk as the country is on the lockdown plus. On poll recent stock car while hospitals were adopting military strategies borrowed from nato which is the big spike in coronavirus cases. And in support some football clubs are forced to stop paying salaries because of the suspension of leagues across europe probably here with that but the rest of the sporting little news. Irans Supreme Leader has said that the country will overcome the coronavirus and the economic fallout of his persian new year address maybe 20000 people in iran have been infected with the coronavirus and more than 1400 have died is also calling for an end to u. S. Sanctions so the country can receive much needed medical supplies aljazeera same bus ravi reports now from toronto. Its been a difficult one for iranians so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the countrys response despite the fact that many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they had to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the United States placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u. A. E. Accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales and now on tuesday just a few days earlier they placed sanctions on a handful of Iranian Nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u. A. E. Signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again weve seen the u. N. Help weve seen the United Nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i. M. F. Loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the International Monetary fund and said that we need 5000000000. 00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronaVirus Outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the International Community will want to give them this aid but they are also very aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic one that the United States will try to do whatever it can to block iran from getting that money itself is the editor and chief of the nations he joins us now live via skype from tehran good to have you with us again sir so the countrys leaders calling for unity how is the morale of people in iran. Im in thanks for having me well as a matter of fact. People are feeling you know they they they feeling rejoins because of the new year some half of the population are on travel this 5 you know the very stretch that it poses to them iranian officials have been requesting them to avoid travels but you know this happens every year on the eve of the new year many people go on travel but this time we could say at least half of them half of the people have stayed home and the other half are on travels including 213 provinces are you know very badly hit by this cold with 1000 in new or Novel Coronavirus but still like anywhere else people are afraid but there is a major difference because ive been watching videos from around the globe where people as soon as they hear about this new of growing up iris they go to civil markets to stock up you know food water there or whatever they need but in iran this didnt happen except for the 1st few days so that they rushed to the pharmacies for facial masks and alcohol and so on so often it didnt happen with regard to supermarket items the countrys Health Service is on the enormous strain coop the countrys leaders that the saying that that sanctions need to be lifted in order to bring in medical supplies i mean just how badly hit is the Health Service in iraq. You know what that means that could be done with regard to this corner virus are divided into area of prevention as well as treatment when it comes to prevention well iran has mobilized all these private and Public Sector plans factories and thus are of capabilities to cope with the needs to facial masks to hygiene and Health Products to the testing kits that iran has been producing them in all several companies as well as that the Fence Ministry they have and theres an eis that this thing gets since 3 weeks ago and theyve been producing a man manufacturing them in large numbers but. They troubling area is with regard to treatment you know that Medical Center is on there much a strain. And because this corona virus is something new you know grown the virus was living on air for the past several 100 years it was discovered 7080 years ago but each time there was a mutation and it comes back in a new form with a new gene sequencing this time iran is called beef 1900 and mans knowledge is no more than a few months old about this cult with 19 it started in with china and built we do not know much about it i mean the whole world doesnt know about it now here there is a need for International Cooperation especially with regard to the latest results of Research Done on back sense as well or possible drugs and medications here it is a troubling area where the u. S. Sanctions the terror the imports the latest products medical products to iran and also some of the pharmaceutical needs that iran has they are in short supply because of the u. S. Sanctions as far as we know many more countries are demanding the u. S. And pressuring the u. S. To stop doing that you know it would backfire this is not something just those. Specific to iran any kind of pendant demick could ever very easily spread to all throughout the world as we see it all over a 107 nations are already grappling with this. Trouble problem and this could has their disputes threaten i mean the sanctions could threaten mans lives all throughout the planet this is not just something about iran mistah that we are going to have to undo the many thanks indeed was not a question that the editor in chief of the phones these agency and to frank you think there are no reports of the current virus reaching libya yet but fear of an outbreak that spot the panic buying in food shops the government is closed restaurants and cafes at night its banned large crowds and sealed its borders all while fighting continues in the countrys civil war at least 15 fighters and civilians have been killed in the latest battles near the capital on correspondent mahmoud up the west had reports from tripoli. Renewed fighting in this a bird was of southern tripoli explosions shock that daraa and salon had been neighborhoods forces loyal to the internationally recognized the government here in the capital say they repealed the latest offensive by fighters loyal to her leave her have had at the last about those forces took advantage of the public panic in tripoli you to kroner threat and launch a surprise attack but they havent achieved any progress on the ground have to those 11 months the battle to capture tripoli is once again taking its toll the latest is collation yet another blow to the fraud gyal seize fire broke out of the by turkey and the russia in january that im either here or on a side of the country that broke at this is far now in an embarrassing situation because after refused to sign the cease fire neither moscow nor in berlin the decision is not in this hands but in the hands of egypt the u. A. E. France and saudi arabia as well as hearing the sounds of heavy explosions libyans in tripoli are worried about a possible i would break of covert 19. Food prices are again rising and the value of the libyan d. N. R. Is falling the government is advising everyone to stay at home borders are closed so are restaurants and cafes after 4 pm people are rushing to markets fearing some commodities might try now its hard foul you know youve got used to the war but what we fear the most is possible infection of coronavirus prices have doubled because some people have also started shopping for the holy month of fasting some shoppers are grateful that they can still find what they need but if the war comes closer to the city center they might not be able to shop at all would have to do i hate. Tripoli. Syria is yet to officially report a confirmed case of the coronavirus for the war ravaged country is taking steps to stop the spread in aleppo provinces kurdish region the location of 3 large camps for internally displaced People Health workers are conducting sanitizing operations and medical checks syria has already delayed elections its closed schools and suspended flights but human Rights Groups say the doctors there have detected the corona virus but have been ordered to stay quiet regional hospitals in sweden are implementing military systems borrowed from nato to prepare for a worst Case Scenario that coronaviruses linked to the deaths of 11 swedes while the country has nearly 1500 confirmed cases of zeroes for restrict force from stockholm. Building their defenses against the coronavirus as hospitals in sweden go into a war footing tents at the entrance to emergency wards will now separate patients who have coded 19 symptoms hopefully to protect those who dont. While in stockholm at the epicenter of the virus in sweden a rush hour without the rush reflects the caution of the people. As Health Authorities get ready for the worst doctors here are preparing themselves for a difficult few days in which they believe the number of coronavirus patients at this hospital could double while health care for the entire stockholm region has adopted a military crisis strategy from nato. Sweden isnt a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization but is making use of its expertise the 1st 10 to going up at the Karolinska University hospital as studies of the viruses progress in italy suggest resources could soon be stretched were using the socalled nato system structure how to work in time of crisis will be for crisis im the one who decides on things but those that were closest to me and are leading they work in this controlled system its a military hierarchy or. Sweden itself is not ruling with an iron fist during the corona crisis Prime Minister Stephan Levant has mainly laid down recommendations not rules with swedes expected to maintain that tradition of collective individual responsibility its an approach backed by the countrys chief experts on epidemics. I think all motion to take in all countries need to be very much reflecting your cutlass head or church and the way you usually do things we do a lot of things voluntarily in sweden and that works really very well i mean the 1st people coming back from china we see in other countries who look down here we all seem to go and stay home for 2 weeks work excellently we had no transmission whatsoever from those people coming back from china the guidelines are assisted by the swedish welfare state relaxed rules on sick pay and child care help people to stay away from work and its not all voluntary a gathering of more than 500 people can be punished by 6 months in jail but having so far a skate the worst swedes dont appear to be taking any chances paul reese aljazeera stockholm places of worship around the world the shutdown or restricted access in attempts to limit the spread of the virus mohamed vall reports. Until a few weeks ago this was how it looked when pope francis gave his weekly audience in the vatican. But on wednesday he used a video link to address the Roman Catholic faithful about the pandemic. Today we pray for the deceased for those who lost their lives because of the virus in a special way and like us to pray for the health of workers that are dead recently they donated their lives to serve the sick people. Told some of the catholic churches ancient rituals such as holding lent and Easter Services this year in empty churches. Other World Religions are adopting similar measures to limit the coronavirus risk at one of indias holiest shrines for the sikh religion there was more Health Related activity than religious prayer going on and fewer visitors to the Golden Temple of army staff could only. Only in order to spread awareness about coronavirus the Golden Temple has become a center we have thermometers to check temperatures from a distance all the voters coming here will be checked with these temples across south asia are also seeing a sharp decrease in the number of prayer goers so has islamist holiest mosque in mecca where they gather around small a pilgrimage of a man has been suspended for the 1st time in 40 years. But the most drastic measure was the total closure of all mosques not only in saudi arabia but the gulf region and most of the muslim world the grand mosque of there has also been shut down until further notice no congregational prayers have been held here or anywhere else across the country in 4 days an unprecedented situation for a muslim conservative community where upset think the 5 daily prayers in mosques is seen as one of islamic most fundamental rituals. The closure decision is sanctioned by a fatwa or ruling by islamic scholars citing the preservation of human life as a priority of a religious duty the decisions being cuddly debated throughout the muslim world. And work in a faso and other african countries where the virus has caused minimal impact so far keeping the most open argument still prevails. In senegal where a dozen or so infections have been registered some major annual sophie events have been suspended. For a while at modern history the question has been debated over whether to resort to god or rely on science in the form of medicine and hygiene are times of great calamities in the case of the existential threat of coronavirus there seems to be a growing consensus that prayer and science should be combined for maximum effect 100 via a disease. Some weather and some good news for once spring has sprung or it looks like in parts of europe it still is more spiritual existence and folks yeah absolutely ages the spring i cannot see of course the crater the sun is now just crossing the equator weve got the standing upright on its axis and weve got a cool night and day so summer is coming its the midpoint of course between winter and summer weve got a little bit of both situations going on down into the southeast this is in tbilisi in georgia we have a good covering of snow a little further north actually this is into word germany where weve seen some very very or warm weather this lovely stalk here at sunset enjoying the conditions temperatures here getting up around 20 degrees over the past couple days and maybe for another day more stops of course they mean prosperity and good luck might be out of luck over the next couple of days as this area cloud makes its way further south as because to the north of that thats where weve got our wintry weather in place i mean 9 celsius there for london look at the contrast in the us other channel paris getting up to around 16 degrees syracuse 80 were getting down into the twentys there into central and southern parts of a year or by the time we come to where saturday that cool air sinks further south was 10 celsius in paris so cooling off here was a cold front is it is makes its way further south a look at burke arrest touching 22 degrees celsius by the time we come to sas days but caresses a good case in point 22 on saturday 4 degrees on monday were going from summer like conditions to win 3 weather in 4 days 80. And there are so many thanks to a big hello to you if youre watching in the Southern Hemisphere where of course but nights drawing still to come. Well take you to the philippines which is put into place some of the strict measures to prevent the Coronavirus Spread in southeast maisha. Also ahead 4 men executed for a gang rape or murder that shocked india well tell you. And that is for the racing for the ones most famous value. For here with that for the rest of the sport a little later. Join the global conversation off the bubble people to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue with women in cambodia are in fact selling their hair we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be all right here in the we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfection on how does iraq. Think about these bushfires usage really. Climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate goes through school noise. d machine apart from time sync indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of the new iraq of the new conscious and aware struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on aljazeera. Who are. All. Oh. Hello again this is the news hour from aljazeera adrian for the getting in of the headlines italy will deploy the army to enforce a lockdown and lobby the region was hit by the corona Virus Outbreak more than 5000 people have died across europe and spain and germany have reported a surge in the number of cases. The 2nd successive day though no new domestic coated 900 cases have been reported in china any chinese though are still worried by the threat of infected foreigners flying in and bringing in the 2nd wave of the disease iran has recorded 149 for the deaths to 2 the coronavirus pretty its total to more than 1400 ready it leaders are calling for an end to u. S. Sanctions so the country can receive medical supplies. What on the situation in italy francesca body is a journalist in lombardo in the north she describes what life is like and the countrys worst hit region. Here we are somehow 2 weeks ahead compared to the rest of italy so while in the rest of italy intensive care beds. Go out here we have not any more so ill spit outside or you know theres no place the nearest hospital now if you call now these emergency number would be immediate on one hour and a half away from here like he wore at least you can see the wonted or the day the last time here you know relatives said no access a tour to all speed boats and basically you know you cant even when they have the sick person a tour they have to stay more than one metre away so when we arrive you know we dont deal and you see south breaking because you see in ma that a father or a son more often you know they cant even touch their relatives i mean they have to watch. By distance you know this kind of agony because its really hard going there when you know you cant breathe or you have no oxygen and you cant even touch you know your father or your mother its something ive never seen you knowing c. D. O. In iraq at least you can touch the dying and here you are really dying you know or a lawn in front of your family. Heres a closer look at how italy has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in europe the 1st 2 cases were reported at the end of january and they involved a chinese couple who were visiting from han the government immediately clear declared a 6 month state of emergency and banned all direct flights to and from china more than 2 weeks later on february the 18th the 1st Italian National went to hospital in the long body region 36 hours later the provincial government said that he tested positive for the virus but by then he didnt affect it 5 Health Workers one patient and his pregnant wife among others days later the Italian Government imposed restrictions in parts of the lone body and visa regions 50000 people were cut off in the same week 900 people were detected with the virus 21 people died on march 8th low body the business hard outlined of italy was placed under quarantine 2 days later on march 10th the whole of italy thats 60000000 people came under an Unprecedented Nationwide Lockdown to try to slow what had become europes worst corona Virus Outbreak but it seems that it was too late on thursday its elisa past china with the highest number of deaths in the world dr Mary Louise Mclaws is a professor of epidemiology epidemiology at the university of New South Wales and says that stricter social distancing measures are required to slow down the spread of the virus. When they lock down the country and the long body area they should have actually put in place social distancing instead the community to go to restaurants coffee shops between 6 am and 6 pm what they should have done is lock it down and prevent anyone from going out socialising let them go to the bank and to get their food but thats it the numbers that we have in an epidemiological could. Usually 7 days late because the incubation period is about 5 to 7 days and in the last day italy has had 7840 odd cases thats 7000 nearly a 1000 so 7 days ago people were getting very very sick so while i dont think were going to see a decline yes we have to keep on aware honor is jew and china has done roic and 1st theyve had no new cases. Their current cases a 20 percent of italys case and they understand that they are very vulnerable to import cases and so theyre doing a lot of checks at the border allowing people to come into china and roam around in china so theyre doing temperature checking and asking people to put themselves in isolation but they understand theyre very vulnerable so i think we need to give them a lot of praise for what theyve done a time one has done a very good job but sadly theyre starting to have again some increases and i think this reminds us that the individual can play an enormous part in making breaking. The outbreak. And i think that we need to remind our citizens local citizens that what they are doing for their country they will be doing for the rest of the world as well and when they travel please dont travel outside their own country because 8 america is now finding imported cases. And we need to learn from this we put on a very Strong Border in a Straight Year and it strengthened today as well the philippines has reported another death linked to the corona virus 18 people have died 230 infections have been confirmed 60000000 filipinos have been told to stay at home thats more than half the population doctors and nurses on the frontline of the emergency a struggling to get to work as part of a low reports from the when they come home dr karen lamorna has had to send her child away from manila for fear she might have been exposed to the corona virus while at work she sterilizes when she arrives home from the hospital. She said. Her husband assumes he will catch the virus if his wife does know we will rape me. But i think you know i think its already exposed so hes trying you and us. Saying. They were trying to work from home. With a lockdown on the philippine capital as well as we age incident north and south of manila or public transport is paralyzed its become even more difficult for people with vital jobs to get to work some had to walk quite. Big this test is to get to their. Houses while local governments have stepped in with mobile kitchens and bike share schemes for instance National Government leaders say guidelines are changing new problems emerge. There may be missteps and misunderstandings confusion and conjecture frustration and fear we appeal for patience and calm as we and the whole world face an unprecedented crisis im in the middle of one of manilas financial districts and on a normal day right behind me there be a lot of people crossing the street but it is an empty district right now with only workers from the basic and Health Services sectors allowed in and out where it is busy however is the countrys main International Airport in manila or confusion over a flight restrictions tourists making a mad rush to leave us well as some of the millions of filipinos who Work Overseas so they dont lose their jobs. Aljazeera. And other news format have been hanged in india for the gang rape of a woman 8 years ago a shocking ordeal made headlines around the world and provoked a nationwide process for on a report from the capital new delhi. It was the moment many indians had been waiting for the 7 years and before dawn on thursday they counted down the seconds to the full context were hanged. No one in the country was more relieved than the parents of the victim because the law doesnt allow rape victim to be named the indian media calls her that means the fearless 1. 100 the crime that was committed against her is always going to cause me grief but i am proud that if she were alive today id be called a doctors mother and today i am proud that i brought her into this world and now i am known as no bias mother i couldnt save her life but for it to get her justice. At 7 years since nearby and a male friend on a bus journey in delhi the 23 year old physiotherapy student was gang raped by 6 men and her friend beaten before they were thrown out onto the side of a broad. The ordeal led to some of the biggest protests ever seen in india with widespread demands for justice not only for bya but better protection for all women. India has consistently ranked as one of the worst countries to be a woman. Such men arrested for the attack one of them was found hanged in jail and 2013 another who was 17 at the time of the attack was released after serving the maximum sentence of 3 years in a reform center. The 4 remaining convicts were hanged on thursday morning after they exhausted all of their mercy please. This is not just a day for but for all women of this country it is a day of justice and security. Since there by. As attack the government isnt. Against rape such as the death sentence in cases when the victim dies but Rights Group Said there was no evidence that the Death Penalty as a deterrent as a suicide and. All gays is being fixed on the gallows. The very many things which the state should have to keep women safe. And which the state. The number of reported rapes in india has increased by 34 percent since 2012 the gang rape and murder of an. 18 and a 26 year old in hyderabad last year led to further the nationwide protests womens rights activists say they are fighting a patriarchal system that blames the government they urgently needs to do more stuff making public spaces. The Justice System rather than. Which they say dont work and deterring crimes. Just ahead. Paul. Business later is by no brass power. Again so here we are bobbing along at the bottom of the beautiful bright a sea side to say the Great Barrier reef has been damaged after one of australias hottest summers on record theyve started to fly over the reef to check on how much coral has been bleached by the warming oceans environmentalists blame the burning of fossil fuels such as coal for the climate crisis. Reports now from the word Sunday Islands tourism operators say that coal mining is putting the reef and their livelihoods at risk. And the deep blue Pacific Ocean off the coast of queensland lies a wonderland of coral fish and picture perfect beaches. The Great Barrier reef brings in billions of tourist dollars every year so if youve got gaza keeping. But its in danger scientists than environmentalists say from Climate Change caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal. Tony has been a dive instructor here for 40 years. Hes watched parts of the rain die and fish disappear with Climate Change Global Warming said the reef help is the tearing significantly and that is already affecting the Tourism Industry despite growing pressure to cut Carbon Emissions the government has approved what will be one of the biggest mines owned by the Indian Company adani. Critics say the World Heritage reef now lies under a cult shipping superhighway and the adani project could see many more lodge ships bringing coal dust and worsening Climate Change bleaching is under water equivalent of a bush far its caused by extreme climatic events spikes in temperature and its incredibly damaging to the corals the government and mining advocates say the mine will bring much needed jobs and money to the state of queensland while adani argues its taking steps to protect the environment the reef stretches more than 2000 kilometers up the coast and supports over 60000 jobs in the region many of them are in terrorism im look around me its not hard to say why people travel from around the world to get here. Is jason lloyd recently unveiled her life a sculpture which will be sunk in the islands for tourists to snorkel around the decision by the government to back the adani home on its a matter. And it will see the destruction of the beautiful wreath she says shes been harassed about her opposition to the mine and was told by organizes not to mention it at the event and i thought to myself oh my god thats a short speech im not going to do that not after everything and i being curious so i thought just stand your ground say what you want. The what sunday Regional Council told al jazeera in a statement it backs tourism agriculture and mining saying it believes that. Can coexist dive is like totally disagree if you have to maintain that hope so that you can get up each day and fight for the future health of the reef many here say a stray has tough choices to make about coal its future and what sort of country it wants to be. Bryan aljazeera and the what Sunday Islands astray are. Right lets get some sport his foreign ager in thank you so much in the face of mounting criticism japanese officials and welcome the olympic flame to their country one member of japans own Olympic Committee is now called for the games to be postponed flame arrived in japan for a low key a ceremony a 4 months torch relay around the country is still set to start next week the international Olympic Committee remain committed to starting the tokyo games as planned on july 21. For the 1st time in 56 years the olympic torch is heading to tokyo and i hope that it will illuminate the path of hope for many people towards the opening of the games in july i will work closely with the international Olympic Committee the japanese government and the World Health Organization to ensure a safe and secure games and despite warnings to stay away large crowds gathered for the start of the flame recovery tour in maquis about 500 people showed up on day one of the tour which will visit the areas most affected by the 20 a levon earthquake and tsunami and tokyo 2020 organizers havent prevented people from watching the events but have urged the public not to form crowds jools avoid office is the author of power games a political history of the olympics he believes the games should be canceled and that even a scaled down event would be difficult to pull off. Well even in a lympics life i would still have to grapple with all the challenges that a pandemic brings so youd still have folks in close proximity you still have folks coming from around the world and lets not forget that if you look at the 15 countries that have the highest rates of corona virus infection right now they comprise around a 3rd of the athletes from the rio games the last time that there was a summer olympics in fact if you talk to epidemiologists theyll tell you theres almost no better way to transmit the disease more widely and to have people come from around the world share space together be close to each other and then send them back off to their home countries postponement is something that folks have been floating but its quite tricky to postpone a massive event like this for starters you might have to move it into a space thats already has a lot of Sports Events in the calendar and so you will be competing for eyeballs and folks like n. B. C. Here in here from the United States the big broadcaster that has put billions into the olympics is not overly keen to go against any other properties let alone their own football Properties National Football League and a football 2nd these games are already way over budget as they are lets not forget that the original price tag was 7300000000. 00 but that a japanese audit recently from the government in japan said that it was more like 26000000000. 00 so if you extend and postpone the games youre actually going to add more cost as you have to maintain venues you have to keep staff on getting paid and so its complicated in that way as well. One of the other complications is that many olympic qualifying events are being canceled skateboarding is due to make it so in big debut in tokyo but this week an asian qualifying event in singapore was called off at the last minute international and the Committee Says it will come up with a revised qualification plan for all sports early next month. The Financial Impact of the coronavirus on domestic football is being felt by many clubs across europe 7 time french champions olympic li all have been forced to suspend players salaries. And the enter some of the other leading french clubs to take similar action French League has been suspended indefinitely. The upcoming round of qualifiers for the africa cup of nations has been postponed but sudans Football Team still met up for a Training Camp sudan were due to play gonna later this month x. Months african nations championship in cameroon has also been called off. Of the most famous race on the formula one calendar is now officially been canceled for the 1st time since 1954 the Monaco Grand Prix wont be happening when organizers are working on plans to reshape their calendar the opening for round of the season holds are. One has however found a way to get around the disruption caused to their season motor sports premier brand is launching a new virtual room 3 series they say will feature a number of current f one drivers the virtual bahrain g. P. Will be the 1st race it happens on sunday which of course was scheduled date for the actual event competition is currently set to run until may. Ok and that is all your sport for now adrian back to you for about a thanks dude now as im sure you have noticed social distancing is suddenly a thing or around the world but the pandemic message isnt getting through to everyone and thats a problem some dont just buses to get creative on social media of the serious regular home of reports. Distancing from other people is becoming a new way of life for billions world wide but not everyone is heeding the advice to help contain the corona virus which is adding pressure on hospital staff the spanish doctors are worried about too many patients turning up for tests. When i bring a patient here i have to go to a special room and change my clothes carefully then sanitize the ambulance this whole process takes 3 hours but they all that they will see guys it takes 3 hours for one patient to be moved around so please stay at home if you dont the Health System will collapse. Its prompted a concerned group of Health Care Workers to send a message on social media stay home to even. Which you will love me for the hell of. A lot for me is the deal of. The world is. This guy behind all the. Doctors and nurses in many countries from germany to malaysia india to spain and the United States have come together to send that message urging everyone to stay indoors even if they dont display symptoms of the virus that means of avoiding restaurants religious gatherings and large crowds in other parts of spain doctors are optimistic. For years on my way to the hospital roads and shops were empty now the emergency room is empty which means we can attend to patients who need urgent help this is because of all of us in here thank you for making it possible ashtray i stay home for my husband the same Tone Movement has triggered a widespread response from celebrities and many others all sharing their reasons for social distancing because the contact that you make with. Contact with someone else that may be makes some of these my grandpa away sick every one of us as. Someone who is worth staying home for my mom is elderly shes up in her seventys and i just want to make sure shes safe while nations close borders to foreigners some canadians and americans lets have their homes with Christmas Lights to bring chair and hope to their neighbors in isolation in northeast italy growing colors of the italian flag were displayed in tribute to everyone forced to stay confined but ask cause continued to grow louder for everyone to take the virus more seriously the threat of hospitals becoming overwhelmed remains for you know mohammed al jazeera. Thats the news hour well be taking you live to london and to washington d. C. At our next person here all aljazeera stung by a bedsit on the back in just. Full of struggles with one on one with no show me that i mean all along that i want to the bottom going to fall of pleasure barrowman on the getting where is it i dont know you but im not going to an intimate look at life in cuba today as it was young ones are gone forever yet they are no more than you know i got a bicycle to my cube on al jazeera. So me al jazeera london Brokaw Center 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal vitriol towards black people and theres no understanding of what systemic racism is unprompted uninterrupted success comes with opposition if youre not upsetting people youre not saying anything if one meets any oh because there is not a family in britain i believe has not been touched by empire studio b. Unscripted on aljazeera the costs of morale day is a magnet for the rich and famous it highlights the most beautiful beaches in all of europe but ive come here to investigate a dark aside sodomy took place hosts to some of the worlds most elaborate war games for decades just from explosions and the tests has right down on the towns in the grazing fields of the firing range exactly what was in them no one knows in nearly 2000 local doctors sorest spike in the number of unusual cancers in their patients in a country 90 days defense contracts are a source of income but also quite possibly the cause of untold misery after all the inquiries and with military brass now on trial for the people of this on land paradise there is a glimmer of hope but the truth might finally see the light of day. The on. The coronavirus death toll in europes passes 5000 germany and spain report a steep rise in the number of infections. Yeah. 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