Every day. Welcome. Its good to have you with us the calm beauty of hong kongs famous skyline hides a city under siege residents who for months had been dealing with the fallout of prodemocracy protests contending with the onslaught of the Virus Outbreak the city has reported at least 102 people have died the disease has forced people to either. Walk from home on instructions or employer as we look at one family dealing with confinement at home so we have. Ours ready for a possible lockdown. You know. Theyre our family have been spending a lot of time indoors as the city battles to contain the coronavirus parents have a battle with boredom on their hands. With schools closed to the children digging into studies alone and with dereks company telling staff to work from home the Kitchen Table has become a coworking space hong kong is still free to go outside though the viruses of rival brought an abrupt end to large gatherings like the months of political protests that gripped this city in recent months. This if i was utter i thought it a good time you know where where and why we are where we are saudi fighter you know that a couple months ago i hope that you know this. Virus hopefully will bring us actually together again but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided families in the past before they can still like state as day old and then to avoid the like the corals with the family members but these days they have to stay at home and without any choices they they have to like the like this situation or somehow it will also create more tension within the family. The broader social impact of these measures it may take longer to emerge but for now the al family is coping fine with the confinement. The International Olympic committees executive board is meeting today with the top of that agenda at the moment the talks. All going ahead despite or off the sporting events already having been affected by the outbreak in japan theyre trying to carry on as normal as it prepare for the games. That countdown to the Olympic Games is still running at tokyos main train station despite the threat the coronavirus may pose to sports landmark event in the middle of the crisis various test events for the olympics are taking place last weekends tokyo marathon was one of the biggest with 38000 participants from across the world originally scheduled to compete but 2 weeks ago it was decided only around 200 elite athletes would be allowed to take part because of fears over the coronavirus. Even spectators had to keep their distance from the race the only way to watch the start was on a cell phone. Hits of the race did pass by the fans for a moment all the worries about the coronavirus were forgotten as top class sports came to tokyo. I wanted to join in the run but that wasnt allowed but of course im still here to cheer on the pros. At the end of the race japanese favorite so good to osaka had punched his ticket to the olympics and there was a new womens world record to celebrate and the marathon gave a taste of what to expect at the games. I cant believe it its so exciting im really looking forward to flying to supper for the olympic marathon on the field. On account of the virus the number of tourists here had already fallen drastically by the end of january when china issued an exit ban for large groups and theres little sign of the upcoming olympics. I had actually planned to display here completely with an article now wait until its certain that the game actually take place. The hope is that the situation will soon return to normal and excitement for the olympics can start to mount in earnest. 75 years ago today the philippines. Looked like this rubble and the result of a month long battle to. Japanese forces mostly u. S. And philippines troops fought a Brutal Campaign that ended with the liberation of the city but it came at the cost of more than 100000. 00 civilians dead the violence of the time. In the memories of those who are. You cannot. Talks about it the memories come back. Was among. Deadliest conflict outside of europe more than 100000 civilians lost their lives from february to march 1945 back then. Against the japanese. He is no 105 years old. Who made those bad things they did to us those things are hardest to bear. And more. Than all the sound of bombs. People got used to it. It was like watching a movie are no no no no. On february 3rd american troops marched into manila their aim was to enjoy pans 3 year long occupation of the philippines. When can see or fought alongside the u. S. Army cheering the bottle he witnessed a tall fighting to calm the citys residents people and distant. Even the snow in the sewers we had all of them to shine i wish i had a fight over how i looked at it see i was walking skeleton. Once defeat was in sight for japans troops they set fire to huge swathes of manila and they committed atrocities against the civilian population including mass murder and rape. They did bad things that were. Raping this. Really they were. On the last final days they were losing. Their last days they were given the order. And thats what they did to get them. Off the Philippine Islands were conquered by the germans on march 3rd the battle ended with a victory for the american and filipino forces but the city once known as the peril of the orient lay in ruins. The mornings would turn to rubble. At the base of the buildings you could see the holes. To see the foundations. I feel like shivering in fear. Oh it was so beautiful it was so beautiful. The loss of cultural and Architectural Heritage is today considered a national tragedy. Received a medal for supporting u. S. Troops during the war but he says he never got compensation the u. S. Initially promised. The same. The same thing after. They congress canceled it the numbers of 1st hand witnesses to the battle of manila is dwindling. Hopes his experiences can offer a warning. Be vigilant if you see something bad do something about it. Right there in the cut the flower while its not blooming before it becomes a tree. There are times when i remember because it brings back bad memories should never happen again. Every morning a flying carpet of green descends over a busy. City thousands of kids coming in for their daily meal on the home of. Joseph. The bird. The camera has been feeding on his rooftop for more than a decade now and its a routine that begins early in the day. Early morning in chennai i trace of 6 cars preparing another breakfast on the stairs. And these guests literally flock from far and wide to enjoy. This simple meal of so it dries chickpeas and grain is served to more than 8000 parakeets every day. After watching patiently from above the banquet can finally begin. To give me its. Beginning this has been going on for the past 25 years and actually birds like crows minus sparrows and pigeons used to come a parakeet started coming after the tsunami in 2004 so theyre not locals call in the good man a channel on a spotless comes at a cost of a 60. 00 day cages more then. All bets are more than 65 kilos of rice to these birds every day its cost me 2000 rupees or about 40 percent of my income or somebody offers me money or rice i accept it as a local. The daily feeding frenzy morning and evening has become a local attraction but for how much longer the owner of choice of sick House Building wants to tear it down and has given him an eviction notice. He may stand to lose his hard but the bad man of china says hes more worried about who feeds thousands of physics friends when hes gone. Thats a bit of a video with images of the adoption of indonesias most active volcano mount merapi be an option on java highlands for suppose it will send no one was this huge moral. Literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see as the kids find the strength growing up. My objective america is to share work and find beautiful. To do the books on you tube. I was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. It was hard i was fit. I even got white hair and. Learning the gym language didnt know about this gets me and quick help us maybe to interact with the site you want to know their story that spurred fighting and for a Little Information for margarets. World leaders say no need to panic but Health Officials warn if the coronavirus is not contained they could be acute shortage is a vital drugs Global Supply india curbs the exports. The Geneva Motor Show tries to break by life streaming the worlds biggest current spoke online. And a sad day for journalism down under a National NewsAgency Australian Associated press is to close after 85 years of business. I believe lets do business the coronavirus continues to cause economic caddick more warnings today over shortages of medicines india is the worlds main supplier of generic drugs the cheaper ones has just restricted the export of 26 pharmaceutical and gradients and drugs which contain them its also is most of those ingredients from china the source of the break while Indias Health minister was sitting down to report 2 more cases of coronavirus earlier this week elsewhere in the government plans are being made to protect the countrys drug supply on tuesday we saw the results of that indias director general of Foreign Trade published a long list of 26. 00 ingredients including paracetamol and numerous victim in b. Compounds and said they can no longer be exported