Coming up on our program at this hour, the olympic flame lands in japan. This as bouts over the summer games grow doubts over the summer games grow. A number of athletes a and officials have called on the event to be postponed because of the pandemic. Those are our top stories this hour at france 24. Thank you for watching. We start here in france where its the fourth day of a National Lockdown and this morning Emmanuel Macron isis holding a meeting to discuss further measures to combat the spread of covid19. The country, which has reported 11,000 cases of the disease, is poised to follow itataly in extetending its confinement perd from t two to four weeks. Lets listen to macron speaking earlierr from the interior inistry. Werere at very start of thi crisis. Weve taken exceptional measures to counter this first wave. Its a race against time to fight the virus. And even though its still the start, we must remain ready to make any necessary changes. We must be ready to react to any new i