A crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. What are the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be disposed of. What will be the impact on athletes families and businesses this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program burnitz 3 a limpid games have been canceled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo. Australian calibur said they wouldnt send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and Global Travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors b
A year. And the 1st person ever convicted by the International Criminal court is released from prison in the democratic republic of congo. New border restrictions are being imposed across europe to try to curb the coronavirus spots in other parts of the world theres a growing concern about the wider Economic Impact on monday morning germany rolled out new Border Controls with 5 of its neighbors about france and spain also considering shutdowns china has just had 16 new cases but its economy is taking a big hit manufacturing that dropped 13 and a half percent in february the most in 30 years of iran more than 129 people have died in the past 24 hours taking the death toll there to 853 lets begin with the latest in Europe Lawrence lee joins us from london lets start with those Border Control measures that have been introduced in whats supposed to be an area of free movement. Yes and i mean clearly you know the w. H. O. Says that europe is the epicenter of the of the Global Health crisis
Russia when they do between one meets putin on thursday. You know what youre describing of course is the dangerous balancing act that the put in has been playing in syria when it sat on the one hand of course he doesnt want to throw away this very carefully build relationship with syria where he invested so many years in for the last 5 years but also of course the relationship with iran is very crucial so this is this very dangerous balancing act and there has been no official statements about of course their strategy because the official line from russia maintains to be there needs to do this offensive because turkey has reached agreements they were they had promised that they would this on this what they call terrorists here and they didnt do it so assad has this right to to have this attack on the on the rebel groups and russia is basically backing him off but in the last couple of weeks there have been many meetings between turkey and russia and it hasnt been any result because rus
Tayyip erdogan confirms the deaths of 2 soldiers deployed to libya and Global Support continues to be impacted by the corona Virus Outbreak with rugby 6 places and now under threat and remembering a basketball legend kobe bryants widow vanessa leads the tributes at the Memorial Service and off hand. But the rise in corona virus threats in china and a sharp increase in infections a stalking fears that the Global Spreads of the outbreak is entering a new phase iraq has now banned travelers from 7 countries after reporting its 1st case on monday among the banned countries is iran its confirms 15 deaths but has denied reports that the talk could be much higher bahrain afghanistan kuwait and some arent. All reports its infections now in europe italian authorities have sealed off the worst affected towns in the north of the country 7 people have died there and more than 200 are infected the highest concentration outside asia at least 10 people have died in south korea where there are almost
All the sport with gavin. With news Anthony Joshua 7 with news anthonyjoshua . That is right, he is back in the ring in june but it is not the match the British Public might have hoped for. Looking rather lovely there. It is indeed, a touch of spring in the airfor it is indeed, a touch of spring in the air for the first week of march after we have seen a record breaking wet february. That will come as good news, i will be discussing how wet this february has been. We will be answering your questions on coronavirus with two leading academics so do get in touch with your questions. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown the Prime Minister says the uk should be prepared for the coronavirus to spread. He said its a problem thats likely to become more significant in the days and weeks ahead. Boris johnson was speaking after he chaired an emergency meeting of ministers this morning. A plan of action for the uk to deal with the new virus will be announced tomorrow. The number of c