A country that has been debilitated financially by american sanctions for years now and the 2nd consideration has been for the government a public that has lost patience with it a public that sees it as relatively speaking unpopular so really the president here d trying to strike a balance between addressing this Public Health crisis and maintaining the economic stability of the country Going Forward and maintaining the social political stability remember this is a country that has lost patience with its own government over a series of crises that the countrys experienced in the last few months and this is also a president who in one of his 1st appearances since the outbreak was announced in the country came on state television spoke to the iranian people and said that in his estimation the outbreak would be over in a matter of 3 days now that was weeks ago having said that the latest figures might suggest some reason for cautious optimism let me give you what the latest numbers are fr
Emerson have also significantly reduced operations meanwhile the International Olympic Committee Says its in talks with japan about postponing the tokyo games canada has announced its athletes would compete unless theres a delay and australians have been told to prepare for a 2021 a limp dicks. While the International Community is being severely affected in a negative way we hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that counseling them is not an option a toll on the decision not to be made by the committee is in line with what i just said but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing from sydney nicola gage has more on the growing International Pressure to postpone the games. Been a big question mark over the olympics and whether it will go ahead in tokyo in july for some time now with the coronavirus escalating right across the globe and a strike has made its
Yet with another nearly 800 deaths that could be more convoys like this needed spain now has the 3rd highest number of infections worldwide with around 25000 the death toll has passed 1300 now to help madrid and barcelona are converting Exhibition Centers into field hospitals for the sick germany has had a spike in confirmed cases up to more than 16 and a half 1000 and there are now temporary fences on its border with switzerland the German Government is considering whether to bring in a full nationwide ban on going outside. Where much of europe has already gone with its lockdown and social distancing measures the u. K. Is following economically culturally and socially this is a country that has been transformed in just a few days. By order of the governments the u. K. Is now pretty much closed pubs cafes restaurants gyms museums Nursery Schools and universities all shut for the foreseeable future the capitals buses and metro system are empty dont use them unless your job is critical p
Scuffles at the border between it was amal and mexico hundreds of vibrance are trying to head to the u. S. And we report from a poor Rural Community and afghanistan thats finding it harder and harder to cope with winter. We begin this hour in lebanon where police have faced off with protest as in beirut Security Forces fired water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in clashes that lasted several hours more than 200. 00 people were injured parties to say that target of waiting for the government to make the changes that would bring a resolution to the ongoing economic crisis so horrible its from beirut. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanons leadership that is now in its worst month fierce confrontations between antiriot police. And. Protesters turned downtown beirut into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began when demonstrators who want the
Violent in lebannon anger is rising as the economic and political crisis deepens. The war Rural Communities in afghanistan finding it ever hard it survived the bits in the cold winter. In sports are rich for its economy grego schools his 1st one in the cage in more than 3 years is devastating 42nd victory but now sets were remarks against the man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as the warring sides in libyas long running civil war are coming together in the german capital for a un backed peace conference chancellor Angela Merkel has invited leaders from 12 countries a spot of a month long diplomatic drive to stop the fighting but a number of countries have been left off the guest list including morocco qatar and libyas neighbor tenacious warlords highly for have taen launch an offensive in april to take tripoli from the internationally recognized government early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in moscow last week ahead