A lot in store for you on todays program so lets take a quick look at what we have coming up on the show today. Well hear how a national. Banks of the weather disaster. About an ingenious chemical free weights what i must keep those. Algo bony is taking measures to ensure that marines fish stocks remain healthy. A 1st report takes us to tell go like many places around the world and here in africa so goes about maybe as i expected to grow dramatically in the coming yes and that raises the question of how to feed the expanding population well some people and organizations are already thinking ahead and planting gardens in some rather on the expected places. This is boerma actually pickle west african vegetable it was grown in a former dump site like this one. Like many other african cities togos capital law may have several illegal landfills my bees are but i marrow and his start up found a way to breathe new life into these deteriorated areas. Right now were at one of the many illegal l
World Health Organization wants a pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. Also the u. S. Secretary of state makes a brief visit to afghanistan seeking to salvage a deal between washington and the taliban. Mozambiques army battles fighters in a northern town close to a 1000000000. 00 energy project. To italy has reached another grim milestone in the corona virus pandemic the number of dead now exceeds 6000 and that is almost double the number of deaths recorded in china where the virus originated another 602 people died in italy in the last 24 hours compared to 650 from the previous day the country has been reporting a smaller day to day increase for 2 days in a row nearly 64000 people there are now in. Acted hundreds more people have also died in spain or thora to report 460 new fatalities pushing the death toll to more than 2000 the state of emergency has been extended and foreigners are being banned from entry in the United States the number o
The pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria has now confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic women and children and people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price they also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from poor feed 19. 00. Lets not forget that in war ravaged countries now systems of collapse else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war if you see why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put Armed Conflict on
Positive signs from italy us. If you start to put Armed Conflict. And focus to gether on the to fight of all life. Was there when secretary general calls for an immediate cease fire around the world. And japans Prime Minister finally admits they may have no choice but to postpone the olympics. Follow in the last half hour the u. K. Prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus all 66000000. 00 residents will be required to stay at home for at least 3 weeks theyll only be allowed to leave the house to buy groceries go to the pharmacy exercise or go to work or is johnson says the restrictions will be enforced by police. No Prime Minister wants to enact measures like this i know the damage that this disruption is doing and will do to peoples lives to their businesses and to their jobs and thats why weve produced a huge and Unprecedented Program of support both for workers and for business and i can assure you that we will keep these restri
2000 but its really recalled another day with fewer deaths. The bun demick used accelerating. The World Health Organization walls a pandemic is getting worse but says theres still hope for its spread can become. Class pressure mounts on japan to cancel the 20 twentieths lympics because of the only going health crisis. But 1st the u. K. Has become the latest country to order the Restricted Movement of its citizens in a bid to slow the spread of the virus residents will be required to stay at home for 3 weeks there are a few exceptions though and they are for work for exercise and for shopping for groceries and all nonessential businesses will shout the new measures come in the World Health Organization says the spread of the pandemic is accelerating the w. H. O. Chief says it took 67 days before the world reached 100000 confirmed cases then it took 11 days to confirm 200000 cases around the world as a pandemic spread bot. The w. H. O. T. Says it has just taken 4 days for the number of k