Comment on wall street as investors panic about the pandemics a devastating economic impact. As more flights are cancelled and borders closed to the leaders of the worlds 7 largest economies hold a Video Conference to discuss a unified response. Below in the past hour the president of france has announced dramatic new steps as his country fights the spread of the coronavirus told the french people they are at war with the disease as he warned them to stay at home its the latest development in a day when the british Prime Minister presented a tougher approach telling people to try to avoid transport and the e. U. Proposed banning all but essential foreign travel to the block for 30 days the World Health Organization says it is still not far enough. Barkha. 19 has silenced entire cities this is the tourist metropolis of venice now look at it 100000000 europeans are on lockdown in italy the number of dead and infected is rising steadily elsewhere in europe paris worked to its 1st business
Investors make about the pandemics devastating economic impact. And the pandemic is putting millions out of work and shops and restaurants close around the world. And im peace summit in doha with your storefronts now also the coronavirus turning point has to take place by the end of may. 2020 will have to be postponed emergency talks are set for tuesday. Countries across the world are ramping up their response to the corona virus pandemic the french president Emmanuel Mccoll has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 11 g. M. T. On tuesday the e. U. Bloc as a whole is considering banning all but essential foreign travel to the showing in the zone the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and pubs clubs and theaters u. S. President donald trump has issued similar advice and is urging for no social gatherings higher than 10 people were to come. As the head of the World Health O
Such as its worst day more than 3 decades as investors panic over the pandemics Economic Impact. Welcome to the program the Global Response to the corona virus pandemic is ramping up but the World Health Organization is improving governments to test far more people with a suspected infection the french president has declared war on the outbreak and is closing frances borders from 1100. 00 g. M. T. On tuesday to some ongoing we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and its advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war. All the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us well the European Union has proposed a ban on all done essential foreign travel to the shang. The president of the European Central bank Christine Legarde has pledged to do whatever she can to stop the eurozone from breaking up while the British Government which has been und
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. A day of protest by millions of young people to demand action against Climate Change is heading towards a finish. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to demand action. Their inspiration, teenage activist greta thunberg, told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Our first report this hour is from the bbcs nick bryant. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this conversation because
Savings. In doha, ill have all the sport, including being on course for a rematch in the 200 meters final at the world athletic championships. United nations is now saying that as many as 3,000 refugees are expected to enter macedonia alone every day for the next few months. It does say that europe can accommodate them if theyre fairly distributed. Most refugees have fled war in syria and iraq in what has become known as the western route that takes them overland through turkey and by sea to the greek mainland. Jonah is in greece with a report. Are we seeing an expansion of this tourist city . Of athens, david, you know, truthfully, they dont spend a lot of time in athens, these people. They will have spent sometime sitting on the islands of lesbos and the aegean, sitting waiting for this ferry to pick them up. There are camps in lesbos and other islands where we are told on the phone today with the Mayors Office that at least 10,000 people are sitting in lesbos at the moment, waiting