This banished government has declared a state of emergency in madrid because of a rapid increase in corona virus cases the government overruled regional authorities in forcing a partial lockdown in the capital and the surrounding region the countrys Health Minister says the measures are necessary to prevent madrids high infection rate affecting the rest of spain. The United Nations World Food Program has one dis years Nobel Peace Prize for its effort to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. He provided assistance to almost 100000000 people and 88 countries last year the committee described the award as a call to the International Community not to underfund the program. This is deja vu news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or its at our website w dot com. Are european museums ready to give up on art looted from their former colonies some big developments there coming up on arts and culture and. Australian musician nick cave displays decades of creativity
We are satisfied. We have approved an ambitious plan appropriate for what we need right now. It will allow us to confront this crisis with strength and effectiveness. It is an historic moment for europe and italy. The vision we have been developing for months, and our determination to pursue it has been rewarded. Joined d in the ststudio byy our European Affairs ededitor. Wewe keep hearining the e word historic about this deal. It is his stork in the fact that there has never been joint eu borrowing on this scale. Members of money to states. You know Angela Merkel is not one for exaggeration, and she is calling it historic. Expressing traders their confidence in terms of the bond markets. The size of the fund is the norm us, but also this demonstration of solidarity and debt sharing. He was asked if he wanted to use the word historic. He said that is a term i would not use. He was very much isolated throughout the entire summit, Standing Firm against it, but obviously worn down at some
Optimism in china no new domestic cases of coded 19 and dangerous air pollution levels are coming down. Also ahead this half hour the execution of 4 men brings to an end a rape and murder case that shocked india plus. Im a mix you are brown in the wet Sunday Islands the gateway to australias Great Barrier reef. Find out why some tourism operators site commenting is putting the race and livelihoods at risk. The coronavirus is now led to the deaths of more people in italy than any place else in the world and at the moment theres no sign of the infection rate slowing just over 3400 people have died in italy suppressing the figure reported by china where the virus 1st emerged chinas death toll stands at more than 3200 but for a. 2nd consecutive day its reported no locally transmitted cases in the u. S. There are now more than 14000 confirmed cases and 205 deaths President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track of it 19 treatment including an anti malaria drug but his own of
Youre watching are 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program 1st the Russian Ministry of defense has confirmed that turkish troops were among the militants fired on by Syrian Government troops and it looked province on thursday also insists there were no airstrikes from the russian side and 33 turkish soldiers were killed in the province it responded by hitting Syrian Army Positions from the air for all the details were joined live in the studio by quarter now what has been happening talk us through it well jacki the Syrian Arab Army has been fighting for months now to defeat the last millett militant stronghold in the province of syria and now according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among a large scale offensive by terrorist groups in the province of idlib. On february 27th near the settlement of b. Whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the Syrian Army Fired at the
The royalteter for family. Coming up, saudi arabias state toed oil giant says it wants sell a stake in the company, valuable ipo most in history. Figuresnn will have the in the Business Update. Boost in Green Transportation on the way. First, our top story linine from paris. The standoff between police and protesters is inin i it second. Police have been firing rubber bullets and tear gas to keep the protesters inside. Dozens o of people dressed in regular clothes tried to make a run for it. Hong kong has been rocked by protest for the past five months. Lets go to oliver farry. I am just outside the security perimeter. Just behind us therere is a footbrbridge that is to polytechnic university. It is s used as an accecess poio get into the campus. Gathering here was peaceful until about 10 to 15 minutes ago. Many are in a particularly emotional state. They would not realize the use of live firearms. We did see the pictures from earlier today that seemed more violent. Has there been a wo