Latest on the corona virus the virus continuing it spread around the world today brazil reporting its first case a man from sao paulo tested positive after spending time in italy. Pakistan algeria and greece or putting their first cases of the virus this wednesday now the death toll in iran has climbed to nineteen. But media watchdogs say the government is concealing information on the virus Kathy Clifford puts. This tehrans and buses against corona virus alone job being carried out in constant rotation. Meanwhile some residents are panic buying supplies as youll be killed in colombo some arent worried but others have taken it seriously under buying things like beans rice and tissues. Demand has gone up the best touch on with there just causing panic among. Theres no need for this subterranean president Hassan Rouhani said tehran has no immediate plans to quarantine cities though the government warned against nonessential travel to west hit areas in an online statement the president said corona vote should not be turned into. Enemies for shutting down business in the country after the first deaths and gently to two weeks to be announced suspicion remains of a cop. The whole city called. The Center Country outbreak one long. Accused official of lie about the death to. Insisting the number of fatalities could be than to the if for. After a day or trying to dump the whole. On june a top of in charge of Country First to go virus revealed he himself was infected the show my preliminary tests came back positive around midnight. Im slated since youve got to for the constand is mounting in the re. After cases to neighboring. Pakistan has closed official border crossings while afghanistan has suspended all travel to ram. Hearing France Health officials have confirmed the first french citizen has died after contracting the corona virus frances Health Minister spoke a short while ago and now seeing eighteen people are infected with the virus in france to glisten. Conference is continuing with its strategy to curb the spread of coronavirus. Faced with the risk of an epidemic. Ill say it again theres not currently an epidemic and friends who are still dealing with new cases with isolated patients whose illness can be explained by recent travels by contact with somebody already infected by the virus. To help us. Easily we need people the means to do we need to send messages. For more how french door attacked the coronavirus france twenty four was not mrc reporting. There is no need to panic that is the message from the french government today is franz confirms the eighteenth case of corona virus and the fast death. French national within its borders the french Health Minister speaking here from the Health Ministry saying there was no need to close a french borders there was no need to quarantine assassin towns islands. There is no need for most members of the public where a face mosque none the less but there are questions being raised tonight about us. National to die all the corona virus he was a sixty year old teacher from the paris and it remains. Unclear is that he the virus he doesnt have a job traveled to end they mage send this outbreak china in iran. I believe and his death. Rays concerns about how the name other i hear that within order to. Current affairs. All not tes by authority on the seven. Reporting there now three days of riots. Dan huh injuries indias Prime Minister finally broken his around remotely if for on. This off to india capital witnessed its worth religious clashes decking clashes string off the protest a disco citizen law que under a for more on this here will serve return reporting immediely. At least the hill remain those of what you to be over violent clashes out a new day thethink that area which is john old mostly was set on fire by a judge. Frenzy mob in fact he as we speak five are putting out the loss of the fumes now we were able to speak with Mohammad Naim who owned a few. Shops your about how he had been in the incident. I will going looked elegant i lied know who they were but they were chanting slow of the because run shiv a good time music i didnt recognize them they were so. Not local. And then i had to run away to save my life which i guess. This is been the worst die the daily has experienced in decades. Violence between both sides led to the loss of property and life in muslim and hindu neighborhoods. And the angle is palpable have you ever. Really between and will never be the same again only the government can do something now. Otherwise this sort of situation might erupt again. One of the muslims who attacks us we only defended ourselves is a billion of us if we attack we could finish them off entirely. What do you mean the fact however is that the majority of violence of code in weston dominated areas. This mosque was born into earlier this morning. Local c. Even the mom was killed during the ensuing violence. But you got it the police are on the side of the hindus what you got. Well known today. Do the same when mp try to call the daily chief for help no one in him as a result our mosque was burned down and people were beaten up but what i guess i can this Steven Center authorities have been severely criticized for not deploying enough troops to called ellen solely on however since last evening five forces that swung in the act. I managed to control. Violin reid. But even a. L. Him. In the book. So close to each other the atmosphere. To remain x. Tense. New delhi. Now from formerom Prime Minister has gone trial in to. Also if you dont use of public for to pay wife children workday never dated hes not any wrong to but probably shouldnt sell ended his part to the french by. Back in twenty seventeen once all if hes found guilty of fossil fuel faces. Ten years. Behind bars. He was the french conservatives the belated onstar to margaret thatcher. A politician he wanted to reform the countrys economy by slashing corporate taxes and keeping trade unions on a tight leash. Dogs from flooding another. Time the keys to the eighty six. Th a current. For three decades feel held cabinet positions on the birth center right and center left president. And eventually became Prime Minister and a Nicolas Sarkozy in two thousand and seven. A decade later said the man who was once called mr nobody. Pushed out favorite. And sarkozy debate on the republican nominee for the french press elections. You consummated in in of a non that man and a devout cath. Dot down to appear different weekly and again motion public a day on on january twenty fifth twenty seventeen reporting that his wife penelope feel received salaries for jobs she allegedly never had. The school the disease i am outraged by the disdain and the misogyny in this article does she not allowed. To work because shes my wife. The quality did his way. And made his political stance by has to this as more more. Of surfaced involving not just the medical field but also his children and public funds to the tune of one million year is. When started to ship the conservative candidate organize a huge gathering in paris to give his campaign a much needed boost. You want me to be alone. Are we alone. The event had a nicely on french investigators there he put him under formal investigation for abuse of public funds a couple of weeks later despite promising to step down if this ever happened the only stayed on until election day. In the first round of the twenty seventeen president ial vote the conservative came third not far behind a young and scandal free manual mackerel and far right nationalist marine le pen. After yeah under the spotlight from sophia left politics altogether. For more on this story we cannot speak to doctor david lee is lecturer in french studies at the university of warwick good evening thank you very much for joining us on the program today does the outcome of this case really matter for four pm politically speaking given that hes now working in the private sector the damage is already. Done what i think yeah yeah yeah. They must most folks look beyond. In terms of his own life ready more than politically. 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News for you next yes has an a shes walking away for the sport at the age of thirty two the five time grand slam watching essay vanity and on her decision to retire for more on this story we can bring in our Sports EditorSimon Harding simon thanks. News for the world tennis id imagine very surprised that on it thanks to news operation ive been in the form of a life she had in plain good missed the last eight so but it has come surprised was not. He was a guy sign as you can see introduction is of course one of the most up most not base it is on the way. The last fifteen years since. Transplant two thousand i wimbledon as joe as she was just seven. And from there of course she went on and exploded into stardom five grand slams to name including wimbledon two thousand six us open two thousand and the australian open. And then she completed the career slam by winning the french open in two thousand and twelve. 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New nostro while it as it stands up to abuse the use stability and growth pact house closes flexibility that could apply in so called exceptional circumstances thanks for the question will be discussed over the next months with the affected countries bearing in mind the conditions under which these exceptional provisions issue can be discernible i said it what do you. Mmhm id look some lockdowns and travel restrictions as seen in china on it so they could impact the most important driving force in the current Global Economy i did today and Michael Hewson chief analyst at cmc markets in london explains this constantly for. Certainly corn seeds dont help because they restrict the movement of people to go out and spend money but i think Going Forward i think there is an expectation. That if you input if you place travel restrictions people wont will not travel and i think thats whats really i think playing out for the lost twelve to eighteen months. The consumer of the Global Consumer has really. Gone remains. The draw. A car. Economic growth you take that federal why you havent really got much left. Central banks can do certain things to mitigate some of the affects what Central Banks come to a stop the spread of the virus and stop. And make consumers start to spend again and i think thats what youre saying being priced at the moment were off the lows of the day at the moment but thats not saying this is over. Im calling the local government has pledged cash handouts of about twelve hundred euros the old permanent residents over eighteen to encourage. Amid slumping consumer activity due to the corona Virus Outbreak the plan which also includes tax breaks and businesses will run up a record budget deficits and is being met with a mixed reaction. Hey day in hong kong. Ten thousand hong kong dollars or twelve hundred euros in cash for every adult permanent right. A government handout aiming to jump start an economy in recession. The Asian Financial hub is reeling from the triple whammy the corona virus months of protests and the u. S. China trade war. L. A. Im sure you currently see went out on the street that many shops have closed in reaurants are suffering. So through the cash payout scheme our goal is to boost hong kongs economy together by increasing consumption amid the Virus Outbreak. And some public. Cap doubts tax break low interest business lns theyre all part of a massive fourteen billion euro relief package uniled in the annual budget. The stimulus will push government coffers into the red by a record sixteen billion euros representing nearly 5 of gdp. And marking the first budget deficit in fifteen years. But some residents are skeptical about the hand out. Chk out my mental almost ten thousand home come dollars doesnt mean much how long can you last on that its more important to fix employment and the economy. For the better than cash handouts im afraid will be dead before we can spend it. The Hong Kong Government has flagged budget deficits for the next five years but Officials Say its ample fiscal reserves should see the city through the process. That was kind of rush thank. French carmaker psa owner of peugeot citron has reported record profits for twenty nineteen define a slump in global car sales. Hi erin to stp models and cost cutting measures offset weak demand the result gives a boost to the group as it pushes ahead with a planned merger with fiat chrysler. The carmaker says it will pay a bonus of four thousand one hundred euros season please it represents two and a half months salary for those working on minimum wage. Is the companys ceo collison virus speaking idea. But does also teaches we are sharing this wealth with our employees since over the last six years we have multiplied by a factor of five the amount of performance and incentive bonuses paid to them. I see a new collaborative. Now the surprise management re shuffle in the magic kinom. Bob i go has stepped down as chief executive of disney after fifteen years in the role to be replaced by another disney veten above topic. I go remains in the company as executive chairman ariel conky takes a look. Youre an icon after delaying his retirement form times. Walt disneys bob eiger finally relinquishes the keys to the magic kingdom. I gern was expected to retire in twenty twenty one said his decision to step down early would allow him to focus on the in thinking about what i want. To accomplish before i leave the company at the end of twenty o getting everything right create would be my number one goal. I could not do that if i were running the company on a day to day basis. Walt disneys chief executive for fifteen years anger over solve some of the companys most successful endeavors. The Company Acquired pixar Marvel Star WarsProduction Company lucasfilm. And most recently the entertainment assets of twenty First Century fox. Underwriters leadership walt disney also expanded its activities in china. Opening a theme park in shanghai in partnership with the chinese government. His latest venture was the streaming giant netflix with the creation of disneys. Platform disney plus. Products for which she attended his tenure as chief executive. The demand exceeded expectations. The complications three months later the platform now has a comfortable twenty million subscribers following his announcement uyghur was immediately replaced by bob traffic was led disneys park service t. Fifteen floor near the high. And finally the business it could be a dream come true for budget travelers and use it and says its considering installing triple bunk beds in Economy Class for some of its long haul flights. The airline has s. Has filed patent and trademark trademark applications for what its cold lane the economy sky cast a structure that contains. Sleep that long on fifty eight centimeters wide. 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