The democratic nomination i believe we can be down. Follow the developments in the u. S. Election campaign on al jazeera. The enormous strain of indias coronavirus lockdown millions of Migrant Workers are struggling to return home and self isolation isnt an option for many so what can be done to lessen the impact this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homage enjoy him its been a week since india began the worlds biggest lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus 1300000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the as around 1600 infection so far but with one of the lowest testing rates in the world scientists fear the number could be much Higher Health workers are trying to track down around 2000 people who stayed at the headquarters of a muslim group in new delhi 128 people who attended a religious gathering there 2 weeks ago have since tested positive 7 have died organizers denied breaking social distancing rules saying they were forced to accommodate visitors a
Currently affected. And james corden returns with a starstudded special. Hell telluous social distancing should not keep us apart. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The peak. The highest point of death rates. Remember this is likely to hit in two weeks. No state, no metro area will be spared. President trump extending social distancing guidelines through april. His denial at the beginning was deadly. His delay in getting equipment to where its needed is deadly. The virus has just torn through new york city and its suburbs with frightening speed. Most of the deaths have happened in the span of just a few days. April will be worse than march. May will likely be worse than april. Prime minister Boris Johnson who is quarantined with the coronavirus released a video message on his twitter page. Thank you to all of you and remember, stay at home. People in several states are cleaning up from tornadoes. Severe weather through the central u. S. From texas into the midwe
Of a brutal state that today abuses human rights in hong kong the chief villain appears to be hong kong chief executive kerry lamb joining me now from the new Peoples Party at what is known gong is one of our cabinet ministers regina thanks so much for coming on the show before we get to whats going on in on kong how is. The special Administrative Region going to be celebrating 70 years of china that will be fleck waste of money and celebrations as usual and the Hong Kong Government working in sending a lot that location to beijing to attend the parade and various celebrations in the capital but no no fireworks because some people think that having no fireworks in on kong is a capitulation to the enemies of ongoings really its a great pity but i think there are Strong Security considerations can. That in the past 100 days there have been a lot of. Outbreaks of violence attacks on in those than bystanders if you if you find somebody who does agree with you you bash that person so in vie
Kong events have certainly been highly biased in our view you know there have been a lot of description of the events in hong kong as Police Brutality whereas actually although the poll tests have taken place for over 100 days they have not really been serious injuries and no fatalities compared with the way western police hendo the los angeles riots in the 1970s occupy wall street in 2011 and the london riots in 2 or 11 also in 5 days there were 5 deaths several 1000 arrested whereas at home call we have over 200 policemen injured maybe a similar number of members of public also injured but really no serious injuries and no fatalities yes but arguably in london when there were riots the authorities here doubled down the grid to do austerity whereas in on kong it seems to be. One cave in after another to protest as you called of the legislation very legal unity with china back in 2012 you called of education curriculum changes because of protests why is it the hong kong authorities do
Then. Thanks for joining us here in moscow youre watching r. T. Said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u. S. President made a surprise visit to the base in afghanistan the 1st time hes ever been to the country and he announced a substantial cuts in treat numbers. Were doing a tremendous job. And as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and the al qaeda and we. Weve got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of in a very short period of time and well see what happens the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see from my statement after meeting with the afghan president i should have gone and we heard from karen retired u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel she says a u. S. Pullout from afghanistan is long overdue. I think theyre ready for peace and productivity. You know we certainly the United States is not going to do 30 years in afghanistan 20 years is enough. Theres n