A hit. Wanted for Drug Trafficking in the u. S. Charges venezuelas president with what it calls narco terrorism and offers a reward for his arrest. A surprise twist in Israels Parliament Opposition Leader benny gantz is elected speaker signaling a unity deal Benjamin Netanyahu. So then another spike in the number of new coronavirus cases in italy has taken the global total to more than half a 1000000 more than 6000 infections and 662 deaths have been reported in italy in the past 24 hours and this means 80000 people have the virus just 1000 behind chinas total another e. U. Country struggling to cope is spain 650 people have died bringing the toll that to morrow. Than 4000. 00 across the United States nearly 70000. 00 people have been infected and the death toll now exceeds 1000. 00 the senate has approved a 2 trillion dollars package to support the economy as a number of unemployment claims sause to a record 3200000. 00 and india has unveiled a 23000000000. 00 stimulus package to prov
News the u. S. Charges venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro would not terrorism. Hello the u. N. Secretary general has told leaders of the worlds 20 major industrialized countries that humanity is at war with the virus and were not winning and when you go terrorists called for a Global Response at an emergency virtual g. 20 summits support a way out of a crisis where a leader has vowed to do whatever it takes to combat it and he said the numbers of confirmed cases which have now passed half a 1000000 are only the tip of the iceberg the real number is believed to be many times higher well the number of new deaths has surged in spain and it remains high in italy where its feared deaths are now rising in the poorest south and as economists predict a deep global recession the u. S. Saw 3300000 people make new jobless claims last week its biggest ever jump the barker begins our coverage with this report on the situation across europe. This is how spains hoping to win the war on the Coronavir
Hopes infections have now reached their highest level. We are living in the peak of this epidemic. I believe in one weeks time, maximum ten days, we will see a drop, a significant drop of positive cases. Spain is to introduce even tighter limits on who can leave their homes, as it announces a new Record Number of deaths in the past 2a hours. And the worlds oldest man is celebrating his 112th birthday, but therell be no party due to self isolation. Now on bbc news, Victoria Derbyshire has the latest information and Health Advice on coronavirus including what the symptoms are and how to self isolate. Hello and welcome to this special programme. Im Victoria Derbyshire. Over the next half an hour, we are going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you that you can share the information with others. For the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how its affecting people in your community and your country. The main
Up france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown the president in what about call has ordered citizens to state and side those who do not obey will face heavy fines and as the virus spreads so does fake news about misinformation creates fear and hurts efforts to fight the pandemic so what are social Media Companies doing about it. Im serious i was gonna thank you for joining us germanys Disease Control agency has raised its coronavirus Risk Assessment to high at the agencys Daily Press Briefing a spokesman for the robert costa institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus citing the ongoing dynamic of the pandemic he said there were increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of seriously ill cases is increasing. All right lets bring in our Political Correspondent hans brown for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germany a center for Disease Control has raised the risk level now to high for this corona
League is the latest coronavirus casualty all games are off until april at the earliest. The us president has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and says likely he will soon likely be tested after possibly being exposed announcement for his a 50000000000. 00 to address this growing crisis that he has actually downplayed hours earlier the World Health Organization said the epicenter had moved from china to europe or italy has the highest number of infections and its spain a sickly are in an emergency as other e. U. Countries close their borders and in 2 hours from now u. S. Travel ban from most of europe will come into effect lets begin our coverage with alan fischer who is in washington d. C. So allan donald trump a spent weeks trying to say that this isnt that big of a deal hes used the term hoax hes tweeted a quick turnaround how effective might this be to really get things done. Well with more than 40 deaths with more than 2000 cases they cleared donald trum