Shooting down of a malaysian airliner trial begins in a dutch Court Without the 4 men accused of murder. By joining us youre still with the sports tennis is biggest tournament outside the grand slams is called off as all the nicest cancel indian wells overthrowing a virus. So that we begin with the breaking news coming out of sudans capital where an explosion has hit a convoy carrying the Prime Minister abdullah was traveling through khartoum when there was a roadside blast the vehicle he was in was damaged as well as several others the Prime Ministers office says it was an assassination attempt and lets cross straightaway to khartoum where we find here but more going to him but what more do we know. Well what we do know at the moment nic is that it was a car bomb explosion that was targeting the convoy of the Prime Minister according to his Office Members weve spoken to the office of the Prime Minister and they say that he is not injured and that they are all safe as well as the peopl
Youre watching R T International room welcome from myself and the whole team here in moscow. Lets get started the u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. We are also in the process of bringing air Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against a bit another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation a rand remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a mili
Namazie in london ill have the top stories from europe including. People are dying every every minute every day. The 1st woman to run a hospital in neutral syria tells us why she has little hope the situation in libya will improve. And in sports steph curry has made his long awaited return to the n. B. A. He scored 23 points for the Golden State Warriors in his 1st game in 4 months. We begin this news hour with the latest on the coronavirus all break which is forcing people around the world to drastically change the way they live travel restrictions are being tightened millions of students are off school and the Global Economy is feeling the pinch all those developments in a moment but 1st lets take a look at the global picture a covered 19 as the virus is official. Known as being tracked by Johns Hopkins university in the us has come up with this dashboard was using figures from various sources including the World Health Organization the centers for Disease Control in the u. S. And eu
Next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight these restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground there will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings the ban will not affect those traveling to the u. S. From the europe or from the u. K. The European Union officials took issue with the ban. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the us decision to impose a travel down was taken unilaterally and without consultation. On wednesday italy the country hardest by the virus outside of china now its the closure of most commercial and Retail Businesses supermarkets and pharmacies inside the country will remain open worldwide more than 130000 people have been infected by the krona virus with nearly 5000 deaths more than half of those infected have recovered in china the National Health Commission Said the worst has passed in the country. Generally speaking the epidemic peak of our own country has you have asked the numb
Matt the coronavirus spreads stateside. New cases across the u. S. Including in new york city. President trump meets with pharma executive today as the global death toll passes 3000. The fed is in play. Policymakers stand ready to cut rates but doubted they can fully offset the virus in fact. Goldman sachs sees a 50 basis point reduction this month. Berlin reports its first case of the coronavirus. Italy seeks a wider deficit to pay for emergency economic measures as cases soar. We are under an hour away from cash trading in europe. You are getting 1 to 2 gains in futures, the ftse futures up. This is after the biggest route we have seen, we saw last week since 2008 for the broader stoxx 600 european index. Getting gains in the preachers in the u. S. Are not as sharp but we are 7. 5 hours away from the start of trading there. The nasdaq, down, many contracts rising this morning. What are you seeing . Money going into risk assets. That is the theme through the Asian Session and markets