Pounds protests against brazils president who continues to downplay the Coronavirus Crisis a crisis that is only one gas that is necessary if you think its a war against foreigners the u. N. Secretary general tells out just their war countries need immediate support as he appeals 2000000000. 00. We begin in the u. S. Where a historic 2 charlie and dollar coronavirus rescue package has passed its 1st hurdle after getting approval from the u. S. Senate as the money is for helping frontline medical workers in keeping the waltz biggest economy afloat the number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Is approaching 70000 and more than 1000 people have died my count every 4 some washington. After days of wrangling the senate votes on the bill. The political divide for once bridged as democrats and republicans support the package the senate is going to stand together act together and pass this stark relief package. Like all compromises this bill is far from perfect but we believe the legislation h
A sudden admission from the gunman who carried out the attack on 2 mosques in new zealand. And the worst humanitarian crisis the u. N. Calls for an immediate truce in yemen 5 years after a Saudi Led Coalition started the. Welcome to the program the french region worst hit by coronavirus the struggling to cope and has begun sending some of its sickest patients to other cities across borders the Eastern Region of alsace the bordering germany began airlifting patients to other countries on wednesday now its moving others by train to hospitals in other parts of france this is the main station in strasbourg 20 people 4 of them seriously ill have been transferred to a specially equipped high speed train now the region has reported more than 500. 00 that. So far 99 in just the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases in france has passed 25 and more than 1300 people have died but president manuel micron has called on the army to help even withdrawing troops from iraq to help well doctors i
Feel another media are a powerful way not only of communicating Important Health messages but of studying one of the most powerful medicines hope i thank you thank you got to take us now and that is the World Health Organization chief adopted ted ross. Calling on all countries who have introduced socalled lockdown measures to use this time to attack the virus to find every suspected case he said and the concern that some Health Care Systems may collapse particularly in poor countries lets cross to our diplomatic editor james bays whos also been listening in he joins us from the United Nations in new york and james worry of course is that when restrictions are eventually lifted the virus might come back says essential that these restrictions stem place. Yes passing on a message i think to leaders around the world dont open things up too early because you might get a 2nd wave i do somewhat wonder whether that message is in part directed to where i am the u. N. Headquarters of course is i
A scaled up response to the outbreak people are ordered to stay home and a constitutional referendum is delayed. And their concerns of the u. S. Could become the next major front in the coronavirus pandemic a growing with more news on the number of cases the governor of new york said they had been a leap of 5000 cases in just the past day or the states alone are recording more than 30000 in total the virus has claimed more lives there than in any other part of the country elsewhere spain now has the worlds 2nd highest number of deaths after more than 700 in the past 24 hours to the total to nearly 3 and a half 1000 thats half the total of italy but there was a glimmer of hope there as the hard hit number the region reported its smallest number of new deaths in 6. Days when in russia president putin has ordered the ministry to run drills testing troop readiness to deal with an outbreak as one of a number of emergency measures is implemented in the past couple of days while National Mome
Police turn to heavy handed measures. And russias president scales up the response to the outbreak people are ordered to stay at home and a constitutional referendum is delayed. Concerns that the u. S. Could become the next major front in the coronavirus pandemic a growing with more news on the number of cases the governor of new york said they had been a leap of 5000 cases in just the past day with the state alone now recording more than 30000 in total the virus has claimed more lives there than in any other part of the country elsewhere spain now has the worlds 2nd highest number of deaths after 700. 00 in the past 24 hours to a total today 3 and a half 1000 thats half the total of italy there was a glimmer of hope there as the hard hit nobody region reported its smallest number of new deaths in 6 days. When in russia president putin has ordered the military to run drills testing troop readiness to deal with an outbreak is one of a number of emergency measures is implemented in the p