A deadly rocket attack on a coalition base the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. The escalating coronavirus emergency has sent stocks crashing to their worst losses in 30 years and bester has continued to bailout in the u. S. Europe asia and the middle east and the travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italys ramped up its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops all france norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities efforts to stop large gatherings to lead to severe restrictions on sporting events european football leagues and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those suspended it will begin our coverage with whats been a torrid day for Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent its worst losses since the black monday crash of 1907 and london the 100. 00 close down almost 11 percent all european markets together dropped 12
It is now much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in effect President Trump took the drastic measure saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the break of coronavirus hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of. Very importantly very important and large about of money for states and territories or look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease colombia has Just Announced it will turn away visitors whove recently been in europe and asia and its closing its border with venezuela a major crossing points of people trying to flee that countrys economic crisis while new zealand has taken the step of forcing nearly everyone e
A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron our top stories several countries declared an emergency on friday response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joined in neighboring european nations which are struggling with containment measures the u. S. Has limited travel from europe the restrictions also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon while donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level and response. To unleash the full power of the federal government the effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly for. A large amount of money for states and territories are loco that is in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the United Sta
A deadly rocket attack on a coalition banks the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. Asian markets have opened in freefall extending a global rahsaan fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic that follows a dire day for u. S. European and middle east and stocks invest as a bailing out amid travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its long down closing bods restaurants and shops while france norway and ireland among the latest countries to close schools and universities if its to stop large gatherings have led to severe restrictions on sporting events european football matches and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those canceled all. Pos phone postponed and the fallout is continuing on the Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent into worst losses since the black monday crash 987. 00 and london the footsie 100. 00 closed down almost 11
A quarantine. Volatility is gripping the worlds major stock markets is the crowd a virus pandemics and share values plummeting tokyos nikkei index closed friday down 6 percent thats after it plunged more than 10 percent opening along with markets in thailand and india it follows wall streets biggest drop since the black monday crash of 1987 theres another concern in the u. S. To delay in testing for the virus the Top Health Official says the Current Situation is failing but that more testing kits will be made available in the coming week meanwhile over in europe schools across much of the continent have been closed for towns and spain have gone into lockdown and the country is rolling out economic protection mischas lets take a look now at the Johns Hopkins university tracker for the global picture here it is these live numbers as you can see the total number of confirmed cases there has surpassed 128000 over here we have the total number of deaths at 4720 and the total number of peopl