Director of the schoolcraft institute of internationalst here at the texas a m university. I would like to welcome our specialco event this evening wih kim ghattas who will speak on a recent book, black wave, saudi arabia, iran and the 40 year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading and did not quite get the right but cannot put it down because it wasnt so interesting. If you have not read it afterre this evening im sure you will try to get the book if you have not already but i would urge you to read at grade its absolutely fascinating and well written and well researched and a narrative flow to it anded its troublingi have to say but thats the purpose of the book. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in todays with ambassador dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to College Station and had and so hisergency lecture wednesday evening will be postponed
Deaths would. Listen carefully the whole country from today told midnight the entire country it would be in a complete lockdown in order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save yourself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be a total ban of venturing out of your home every state every every district every village every look at it is being put on lockdown. Elizabeth brought home as a new delhi with more. Since thursday evening is when he 1st addressed the nation and he asked everyone to this 14 hour voluntary curfew and since then that voluntary curfew was extended in 75 of the countrys districts that was 110th that happened on sunday halfway through the day yesterday on monday that was extended by the end of the day 3 quarters of the country was under some kind of a lockdown and the Prime Minister came out this evening and unsurprisingly is more and more of the country is under some kind of lock lock down whether its complete or partial he
Advisors including dr anthony found out she is now become a very well known face and have not given that kind of specific date of when the apex will occur. European leaders and Health Officials are warning their citizens that anti virus measures could stay in place for months more than 17 and a half 1000 people have died in italy and spain after catching the virus paul brennan reports. A steady procession of hearses bring the latest virus victims to the temporary morgue set up in madrids largest ice rink on sunday spain recorded another daily death toll of more than 830 people such a small increase on the previous day is seen as a glimmer of hope that the situation remains critical the choice does he get. It is very likely that the outbreak is evolving properly thanks to everyones efforts having nearly 20 percent of our cases recovering statistics but it is true that the number of people going into intensive care units is doing creasing and there are many regions operating at Maximum C
Available almost immediately as president is pressing regulators to fast track potential treatments. Traumatized by war now terrified of the virus well look at efforts to prevent an outbreak in the camps of Northern Syria. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll more than 3400 surpassed that reported by china where the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany chad more than 15000 cases worldwide according to Johns Hopkins university more than 242700 people have contracted the illness while over 85000. 00 of them have recovered a total deaths are approaching 10000. 00 the u. S. Death toll is now at 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track rhinovirus treatments including an antimalaria drug but his own officials later talked that down more on that in a moment 1st lets begin in italy paul brennan has our report. Its. The head of the World Health Organi
National it must be a European Response it has to be responsible we all role as one whether we are dutch spanish portuguese italian or german it has to be a European Response isnt it more on the situation in spain with malta hereto in madrid. Madrid still remains as the ground 0 of the whole and demick scene since the outbreak of the Coronavirus Crisis weve got in madrid a 50 percent of that the death toll has had at announced yesterday that he suspends nonessential work and Economic Activities for the next 2 weeks this means starting tomorrow monday 30th and april 9th this covers these eastern period of time where everyone here in spain goes out to the coast goes on holidays so they want to prevent people out breaking this lockdown weve seen this past weeks many people were taking the car going doing that weakens you know not being concerned but i must say that this past week and less people have gone out or have been arrested or have been fined because leaving their houses and so i t