a 4th mass school kidnapping since december. president joe biden holds the 1st ever leaders meeting of the quad a group seen as a counterweight to chinese influence. hello welcome to the program coronavirus restrictions have been ramped up across italy for monday 8 more regions including the capital rome and its financial center milan will become red zones puts most of the population under the country s most severe measures the government is scrambling now to contain a surge in cases believed to be driven by a variant 1st discovered in the u.k. residents in the red zones won t be allowed to leave their homes except for work exercise or emergencies schools nonessential shops and restaurants will all close with movement between towns also severely limited the government has also announced a 3 day nationwide lockdown of the easter weekend. springs events are still fresh in our minds and we will do everything we can to prevent them from happening again on the basis of santa s ok