We must follow the evidence. There are short cuts and a warning from the World Health Organization over the use of untested medicines to treat the virus. Welcome to the program a sad page in history those are the words of italys president as the death toll from the virus continues to mount on friday its only reported the highest number of virus related deaths of any country after 919 people died in just 24 hours well the number of confirmed cases has increased as well there are now more than 86000 infections there meanwhile the Spanish Government has called on the European Union to provide urgent financial help more than 750. 00 people died there in the last 24 hours meanwhile in the United States President Trump has signed into law a 2. 00 trillion dollar stimulus package it will speed up government payments to americans and increase jobless benefits for millions out as it was rob reynolds begins our coverage. The u. S. Navy hospital ship mercy sailed into Los Angeles Harbor equipped
nato carries out its biggest overhaul since the cold war colon rushes invasion of ukraine. a direct threat president vladimir putin promises a fitting response. ah, i m carry johnston. this is al jazeera alive from dough. also coming up, a french court sentences, the only surviving member of the group behind the 2015 paris attacks to life in jail. american music star r kelly is sentenced to 30 years in jail for using his celebrity to abuse children and women and japan swells is through the hottest day, yet of its worst eat, waived for almost a 150 years. ah, nato has announced plans to carry out their lights, his biggest overhaul since the cold war. at the end of a major summit leaders promised unwavering support for ukraine and designated russia as the most significant and direct threat. president joe biden announced a permanent army base in poland. the 1st full time u. s. deployment on nato s eastern fringes. the u. s. will also send 2 additional f . 35 squadrons to the u.