We must follow the evidence. There are short cuts and a warning from the World Health Organization over the use of untested medicines to treat the virus. Welcome to the program a sad page in history those are the words of italys president as the death toll from the virus continues to mount on friday its only reported the highest number of virus related deaths of any country after 919 people died in just 24 hours well the number of confirmed cases has increased as well there are now more than 86000 infections there meanwhile the Spanish Government has called on the European Union to provide urgent financial help more than 750. 00 people died there in the last 24 hours meanwhile in the United States President Trump has signed into law a 2. 00 trillion dollar stimulus package it will speed up government payments to americans and increase jobless benefits for millions out as it was rob reynolds begins our coverage. The u. S. Navy hospital ship mercy sailed into Los Angeles Harbor equipped
Heavy classes reported between saudi military and in the east of yemen. The death toll in chinas coronavirus has risen. It is now at1,789. 93 people have died in the last 24 hours, in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the epidemic. Over 1800 new cases were detected there on monday. The total number of infections 73260. De, beijing has taken drastic steps to contain the virus. It has deployed more medics from the military into hubei. For the first time in recent history, the ruling commonest party is considering delaying its annual congress, the years we political meeting. The World Health Organization says this china coronavirus, officially known as covid19 is less deadly than previous outbreaks like sars, even though it is more infectious. We start with this report from hong kong. Millions of chinese are returning to work. Some companies have reopened their factories as they try to get back to business as usual after being shut for weeks. 50 of our employees have returned to work, brin
Media services for sharing this meeting with the public and well start with a roll call. [roll call] full house. General Public Comments and this is for any comment not on the agenda. Seeing none. General Public Comment is closed. The next agenda item is number 2 which is approval of our minutes for january 21st, 2020. And i will ask that we have a motion to improve the minutes of january 21st, 2020. I move to approve. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the approval of our minutes. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. The minutes have been approved. The next agenda item is a report from our executive director. Thank you, president and good evening commissioners. We have a pretty brief agenda including my directors report, which is just a reminder to awful you that you are invited to an event that the Entertainment Commission is cohosting next week with the department of environment and 24 is an effort from senior annalist rice to put together this event so this is also for everyo
A century. The Palestinian Group Islamic Jihad says a cease fire has been agreed with israel in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting these are live pictures from gaza where calm appears to have been restored egypt has been mediating between the 2 sides there began after a Senior Leader of Islamic Jihad was killed in an israeli airstrike where rob matheson joins us on the phone now from west jerusalem rob so what more details have emerged about this cease fire. Well weve had no official confirmation daryn yet for here in israel that this is for a cease fire in place but it is being widely reported in the media it is expected to have gone in to have begun about all 530 local time this morning we have teams both in gaza 3 d the on board the Israeli Border with the team in gaza has been telling us that since that time theyve have had rockets d and explosions inside gaza the team on the Israeli Border with gaza has been saying that sirens have been sounding in areas which are close to
Dozens of people. And sleepless ific ocean corals that have adapted to warmer seas offering hope for reefs dying elsewhere in the world. Prodemocracy candidates in hong kong have won an unprecedented and symbolic victory in District Council elections voters turned out in record numbers after almost 6 months of protests of course the territories worst political crisis in decades beijing says hong kong is part of china no matter what happens in elections will be live with sarah clarke in hong kong shortly straight after this report from scott heiler. In a sweeping victory prodemocracy candidates made huge gains in hong kongs District Council elections gaining control from pro beijing parties. The voters sending a clear message of the 1st polling since the protest movement began. Even before the polls closed it was clear that this was an extraordinary election and a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever over 70 percent of registered voters cast their b