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
Around a virus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. 2014 people are revealed a shameful treatment of disabled people in a room a new state from ok our investigation that raises questions about why the e. U. Was funding some of those institutions now there are a fresh allegations about the direct mistreatment this time not just in romania but in neighboring countries in the 2nd of 2 special reports sara spiller has been to poke area. In the 1st part of our investigation into the treatment of disabled people in European Union countries we revealed shocking evidence of abuse. Neglect. And incarceration in state institutions. For our 2nd film we start in bug area another country with an appalling past when it comes to the treatment of people with disabilities now praised as a model for using millions in even money to move children from institutions and a way forward to other Member States. One controversial part of the reform is the creation of watercooled small group is. The claim is t
Attempting to cross into greece from turkey. In sports fans are banned from bahrains formula one race of the coronavirus and australia successfully defend a womens t 20 world cup crowd against india in front of a packed melbourne cricket ground. So that and italy is imposing tough restrictions on a quarter of its population locking down its 2nd largest city and more than 16000000 people to try and stop the spread of coronavirus its just had its biggest rise in cases since the outbreak began with more than 1200 confirmed on saturday well the lockdown includes the entire region of long body where the italian outbreak began. And where the most deaths have been recorded home to 10000000 people no one will be able to move in or out of the area and that includes the countrys economic capital of milan the lockdown will also impact several other provinces including venice and haiti another 6000000 people over the restrictions is set to remain until early april so as the very latest in padua in
Countries around the world are struggling to keep up with the coronavirus demick Global Stock Markets and how to target a week with some of the worst losses in over 30 years so whats the economic fallout and kind of a global recession. Story. Hello again im James Burrows its the worlds Biggest Health emergency the corona Virus Outbreak is now a pandemic and there are fears it could lead to a catastrophic Global Economic crisis sweeping containment measures have disrupted markets around the world including the u. S. A travel ban on 26 European Countries came into effect on friday and the unprecedented move sent stocks crashing to their worst losses in over 30 years on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank 10 percent on thursday its biggest plunge since the black monday crash of 1907 while european markets showed some signs of recovery on friday throughout the week Global Stock Markets saw their steepest decline since the 2008 financial crisis wiping out billions across the e
Brown the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. This week on upfront were tackling 2 big political dramas in the us the battle between Bernie Sanders and joe biden to be the democratic nominee for president and take on donald trump while in malaysia a new Prime Minister taking office in a backroom deal and controversially pushing aside Mahathir Mohamad in the process. Of. Super tuesday the biggest day in the u. S. Electoral calendar so far resulted in a big win for former Vice President joe biden and the establishment wing of the Democratic Party that he represents biden carried 10 out of the 14 states in play while independent senator Bernie Sanders who was the front runner going into super tuesday is on track to win the other 4 including the state with the most Democratic Delegates california so with the contest for the democratic nomination now essentially a 2 horse race which of these 2 men has the best chance of defeating donald trump in novembe