Of the outbreak and italy reports 368 deaths in 24 hours the highest number of course of our state alison there in a single day so. Thank you for joining us the u. S. Federal reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic its cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near 0 the same rate in place during the 2008 financial crisis the virus is also causing major disruptions in the biggest cities the songes has not followed new york in ordering the closure of restaurants bars and nightclubs alan fisher has more from washington. From the president of the United States was comforting americans relax with doing great it all will pass. From the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes good for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the fa
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Medical treatment. And mexico demands urgent talks after President Trump says hes working to designate mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups. I know a curfew has been imposed in the iraqi city of najaf off to Anti Government protests as the iranian consulate and set fire to the building was believed stuff at the consulate were evacuated before the incident meanwhile Iraqi Security forces have denied reports that 2 protests as were killed in baghdad often live ammunition was used to disperse demonstrations there. Joins us on the phone from baghdad so why would why would protest us target to the iranian comes consternation this way. We learned there is a great anger here in the by by these thousands and our government demonstrators d that that very dog is far too beholden to store and powers that among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence the its country is the country which is their neighbor and that is the work extraordinary about what happened this evening is t
Sebastian cortes looks set to return to power after his Party Wins Parliamentary Elections but its unclear who will form a government with support for his former partner the far right Freedom Party has collapsed. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us and china celebrations are taking place to mark the 70th anniversary of communist rule the main celebrations are due to take place on tuesday with a huge military parade in Tiananmen Square but beijing fears that the anniversary could be overshadowed by the prodemocracy protests and unrest in hong kong. On the eve of the anniversary a ceremony to honor the creation of the communist state and the heroes of the civil war chinese president xi jinping paid his respects to the fallen. In the evening he attended a theatrical celebration that recalled chinas rise from a nation in despair to the worlds 2nd largest economy. October 1st 1949 maos a donkey cleared the founding of the peoples republic of china and transformed the country. Hi
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