Malaysia becomes the latest country to impose a travel ban and the lockdown has caused chaos at its border with singapore. And a boost for biden, as he wins the Florida Democratic primary. Three states have held votes, but others were postponed by the pandemic. Its 1am here in london, 9am in singapore and 9am in the evening in washington, where the Trump Administration is spearheading global efforts to help economies withstand the coronavirus pandemic. The us is preparing an aid package reported to be worth 850 billion. This has lifted spirits on wall street, with the dow jones closing up more than 5 . Itll include 50 billion for airlines, which have been hit hard by travel restrictions and a dropoff in demand. 250 billion will be for Small Business loans and possible cheques sent to americans in the next two weeks. In a parallel move, britain has announced what the finance minister here describes as an unprecedented package of measures to keep uk businesses afloat. Well have more on t
In from three more states. The Trump Administration is trying to agree with congress a massive economic stimulus, to help the us economy withstand the coronavirus pandemic. The aid package, reported to be worth about a trillion dollars, would include sending cheques to individual americans, and 50 billion for airlines, hard hit by travel restrictions and a dropoff in demand. The news seems to have lifted spirits on wall street, the dow jones closing up more than 5 . This from the bbcs rich preston. There are more coronavirus cases being announced in the us every day and more states encouraging businesses to close and people to stay at home. The government wants to reassure families and industry. American has cash now and the president wa nts has cash now and the president wants is now in the next two weeks. As well as personal checks, businesses and individuals will be able to delay paying tax for 90 days. We are now working with the senate to pass this legislation very quickly and the
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Coronavirus is first and foremost a Global Health crisis, but its impacts go so much further. The economic damage is deep and worldwide, political systems face profound challenges too. Ireland is a telling case study. Last months election left the country without a stable government. Eoin 0 broin is a leading figure in sinn fein, the party that won the most votes, but failed to form a government. Does Political Uncertainty now make ireland especially vulnerable . Eoin 0 broin in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, stephen. You hoped that by now your party would be forming a government, would be the government in ireland, but it has not worked out that way so you have to respond to what the, in essence, the caretaker government led by leo varadkar is doing. He has initiated a host of emergency measures to respond to coronavirus, do you support him . We are and in fact a number of weeks ago we p
In the key states of florida and illinois. Hello to you. The Trump Administration is trying to agree with congress a massive economic stimulus to help the us economy withstand the coronavirus pandemic. The aid package, reported to be worth about 1 trillion, would include sending cheques to individual americans, and 50 billion for airlines hard hit by travel restrictions and a dropoff in demand. The news seems to have lifted spirits on wall street, the dow jones closing up more than 5 . This from the bbcs rich preston. There are more coronavirus cases being announced in the us every day, and more states encouraging businesses to close and people to stay at home. The government wants to reassure families and industry. American has cash now and the president wants us to have cash now in the next two weeks. As well as personal cheques, businesses and individuals will be able to delay paying tax for 90 days. Were now working with the senate to pass this legislation very quickly and these wi
Fa ct any detail from the call and the fact that they put those pictures out is a, to show the country that the queen is in good health because a lot of people will be very worried following the news of prince charles, but also people would like to know that the queen has been through huge events in this countrys past. When she came out and she said that public message and urged everyone to follow the social distancing advice and to look after each other, its all part of trying to put some positive news out there so to put some positive news out there so people feel like theyre part of a collective effort to tackle this. 0k, a collective effort to tackle this. Ok, i think there was a claim once about the queen and all those audiences. Famously, no word ever seeps out about that but as you say, we now have a photo. Lets move on to the times. They decided to have an Archive Photo of the queen and prince charles. I think thats important because he met her most recently important because h