In central milan this morning, an uneasy quiet. A quarter of italys population, some 16 Million People, including those living in the countrys second biggest city, now quarantine. Translation we are facing a national emergency. We have done so from the outside with exceptional precautionary measures, and we are facing it with great awareness, without underestimating the situation. But such a drastic measure is an admission that italy has so far failed to contain the virus, with around 6000 cases and more than 230 deaths. It is not a com plete more than 230 deaths. It is not a complete lockdown. Trains and planes will still run, but many travellers are choosing to stay home and police will be able to restrict the movements of people. Bars and cafe is can stay open but must ensure customers can sit one metre apart. Translation this customers can sit one metre apart. Translation this man, a Primary School teacher, has been making a video diary with his family. He has already been in quara
In your lives and set the example for some men who are not seeing it that same way. And click asks if ai can help fight coronavirus misinformation . Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Italian Government has announced a massive lockdown, affecting millions of people, in northern italy. Ski resorts, cinemas, gyms and nightclubs cant open in the region of lombardy. Restaurants and cafes can, but customers must sit a metre apart. And their Opening Hours will be restricted. Around 16 Million People across the north and east of the country are now in quarantine as part of the stringent new measures being introduced to tackle the spread of covid i9. All but emergency travel is prohibited to and from the entire region of lombardy, including the city of milan. In china, only 44 new cases were reported its the lowest number of new infections in one day since january. All new cases are in wuhan, where the outbreak started. Here, the governments an
Close friends with a Memorial Service planned for later this month. Tonight investigators are still pulling together the details of hoffmans death sunday from an apparent heroin overdose. Its already becoming clear that the former addict who had been clean for so long may have been on a downward spiral for some time. Jason carroll has the latest. Reporter investigators tonight are looking at surveillance tapes to help piece together what happened before hoffmans death. They are already reviewing one tape from here, the standard grill in new yorks trendy meat packing district, where hoffman had brunch late saturday morning, sitting at this table with two people. No security cameras at dagostinos supermarket up the street from one of hoffmans apartments in the west village. This is where a legislatorsment source says he withdrew 1200 from an atm. In six different transactions saturday night. A witness telling investigators he saw hoffman there around 8 00 p. M. While talking to two men w
Between President Trump and kim jong un. Im Rick Leventhal in for jon sc Melissa Melissa francis in just a few moments, secretary of state mike pompeo about to make reports at the organization of americas space. Of those remarks a little bit of a week before President Trump is it to sit down with kim jong un for landmark talks as defense secretary jim mattis just returned from singapore the side of that expected meeting. We can anticipate at best a bumpy road to the negotiation. As defense ministers, we must make payments from collaborative defensive stance so we enable our diplomats to negotiate from, position of strength in this critical time. Rick chief White House Correspondent john roberts is with us. What is the latest on that singapore summit . Good morning to you and im chuckling because james mattis is a multitasker of anything. Able to read a statement in in d pour himself a glass of water. Looks like things still on trac track. Three top military lders were removed from offi
A waste of time. Also coming up trump response to his former lawyers damning testimony Michael Cohen accused trump of committing crimes before and during his presidency trump says could and is lying. Plus pakistan extends an offer to ease the kashmir crisis this is a behind a pilot of india and indian war plane shot down over the disputed Northern Territory and hes speaking with parkinsons ambassador to germany joins me in the studio. And welcome im under that she my good to have their company. A dramatic turn of events in hanoi u. S. President dollar trump and north Korean Leader kim jong un have ended their highly anticipated summit in the vietnamese capital hung noyo with no agreement the talks were aimed at ending north Koreas Nuclear and missile programs in exchange for a lifting of sanctions just a short while ago President Trump had this to say about the outcome of that meeting basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldnt do that they were willing