Coping with the shutdown of schools during the pandemic. The number of countries imposing drastic new restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus is growing police and soldiers in the philippines are sealing off all entry points into the capital manila its 12000000 residents have been told to stay at home for a month with schools closed and Mass Gatherings brand australia has joined the countries imposing self isolation for arrivals as of midnight on sunday people entering the country must isolate themselves for 14 days and in the United States President Trump has expanded the european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland that comes into force on tuesday the restriction already includes 26. 00 other european nations so clark is live for us in hong kong so sara whats the latest out of manila. Well the latest is 12000000 people are about to go into lockdown for a month as you mentioned the night curfew starts the saving on sunday will be from 8 pm until 5 am in the morning
Im brian thomas very good to have you with us for the program today. Turkeys president erda one is set to hold talks today with his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the escalating conflict in Northern Syria that has displaced thousands of civilians this as a new migrant crisis looms on the external border of the European Union more than 12000 people are now encamped on the turkish side of the border with greece some are thought to be refugees from the fighting in syria but a lack of access to this border area is making any confirmation that difficult the e. U. For its part says it stands alongside athens with the political fallout from the miter crisis of 2015 still reverberating ws max sanders reports now from casa nice where there have been clashes in that area between migrants and border forces. Exhausted and with nowhere to turn to these young pakistani men managed to slip into greece in bashir says the Turkish Military force them to the border he tells us theyve been walking
Forces after more than 30 of its troops are killed in an air raid in northwestern syria u. N. Calls for an immediate cease fire. And the golden bear for helen mirren the british actress takes home the Lifetime Achievement award at the Berlin International film class. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us there are signs that the world could be heading for recession as fears grow over the spread of rapid spread of the coronavirus asian markets spiral downwards on friday with tokyo sydney seoul and bangkok each losing 3 percent those losses followed the previous days tumble in the us and european markets the dow stopped its worst one day drop in 9 years while london frankfurt and paris all posted losses of more than 3 percent. The markets reaction comes as the virus continues its advance 56. 00 countries or territories have now confirmed cases the World Health Organization is warning governments repair for a pandemic south korea has seen a spike in reported cases with another 25
Revenues exceed 100000000000 u. K. Airline collapses there are predictions more will follow as aviation pays the price from coronavirus and the ruling that will see the u. S. The taliban and the Afghan Government all investigated for suspected war crimes and im far as well have all the days sport news including misery for jos a marine it was time that this great crash out of the english. I dont see. Color film is starting in turkey this hour where the government is deploying a special police force to its northwestern border with greece thousands of people have tried to get into greece and gary in fact since turkey opened its side of the border last week the e. U. Says that the bid to pressure the bloc into supporting turkish me. Operations in syrias problems turkey though denies this and says the special forces are being deployed to stop people from being sent back he got sort of a goth from now on from the smalling there will be some special Security Forces on the border they will be
Forces have to more than 30 of its troops are killed in an air raid in northwestern syria the u. N. Calls for an immediate cease fire. Also coming up violent clashes erupt on several greek islands over plans for new migrant facilities thousands of Asylum Seekers already face squalid conditions in overcrowded camps and the indian capital delhi scar. After the worst. In years tensions remain over a controversial citizenship law. Hello im terry martin and welcome to the program governments around the world already picking up their response to the spread of the coronavirus with 56 countries or territories having now confirm. And cases the World Health Organization is warning governments to prepare for a pandemic south korea has seen a spike in reported cases with another 256. 00 confirmed corona virus infections raising its total to over 2000 and nigeria has reported the 1st case of the virus in Subsaharan Africa china has perhaps the most advanced system of censorship in the world the int