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Trumps ace financial help will be provided for people affected by coronavirus also this hour a day without women female workers strike in mexico to show what the workplace is like without with the f. A. Q. For joining us italy is expanding travel restrictions for the entire country locking down 60000000 people as it tries to contain the corona Virus Outbreak the unprecedented move follows another spike in desk despite a strict quarantine in polls in the countrys north a ban on public gatherings now a prize to always ends and people will only be allowed to charge for work or family magine sees Prime Minister decepticon taser all citizens to stay at home concerned over the outbreak sent stocks plummeting on Global Markets on monday and markets in asia are expected to suffer another day of losses as coronavirus continues to knock investors confidence in the u. S. The white house confirmed the president was on air force one with a congressman who is now in south korean teen and a cruise ship thats been forced to stay off the coast. California has just been allowed to dock in oakland victoria gave him a begins our coverage with this report on the situation across europe. Its a nice corona virus that demick already the 2nd most deadly after china has taken another dramatic turn with more than 60000000 people the countrys entire population under lockdown from tuesday. Prime minister is that they contact says hes extending restrictions on movement after another spike in deaths from the coronavirus all public gatherings all banned and schools and universities closed until april the 3rd. There will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a lawn and zone 2 in the country there will only be its only a protected zone so across the whole peninsula people should avoid all movement unless they are for 3 specific reasons for work emergencies or health reasons. 60000000 people in the north of the country have been on the look down since sunday riots in 2 dozen prisons across italy folate restrictions on face to face visits to modernise 6 inmates died after they broke into the prison infirmary and overdosed on stocks of the heroin substitute methadone. As a warning they posted some pastis which say we can only go inside when a mosque. As its of one Family Member at a time. This was a hint of what chaos might in see you with the virus were to enter the confines of the prison system it is almost everywhere else in italy these were arrest scenes filmed inside a hospital in the northern town of cremona and also on lockdown the Financial Capital milan one of the engines of the economy europes major stock markets than to frankfurt paris and london suffered dramatic falls on monday with share prices plummeting as the infection rate saw the Economic Impact of the coronavirus is already substantial and will only grow there are discomforting comparisons being made to the 2008 financial crisis with concerns for the preparedness european banks and businesses. On tuesday elitist will meet to try to come up with a unified response but they wont meet here in person in brussels with it steadily growing infection rate instead theyll be holding a teleconference the circumstances of this unique crisis continue to evolve although not yet into a pandemic says the World Health Organization in which transmission of the virus is uncontrolled now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries the threads of a pandemic has become very real. But it would be the 3rd spondon week in history that could be controlled there are signs of success against the virus in china south korea and singapore but not yet in europe spain looks set to launch whats being described as Shock Therapy measures possibly following france and germany with School Closures and restrictive public gatherings these are moves the government in britain is not yet prepared to make keen apparently to defer the enormous social and economic costs of fighting the coronavirus but that will likely be no avoiding them victoria gayton bay algis there. Is an Italian Journalist she explains the effects of a newly imposed mattias. I think a lot of people are very frustrated because they its going to be very complicated for families not everybody lives in the same place many people are being separated of course the Prime Minister has said that the transport in cities. Will be unchanged so people will be able to get to work if they have to using public transport but what we will be seeing is what weve been seeing in the north of the country until now basically empty cities empty bars and tea streets and no one in shops except if its absolutely unavoidable basically if youre going to buy food and people that are keeping you know at least a meter apart from everybody else there are restaurants and bars and rules who organize themselves so that you can sit at a table and be one meter apart from someone else in addition of course the government has on television constantly these videos explaining how you should be behaving washing your hands it wearing surgical masks not sneezing in front of somebody but using tissues that are disposable so the country is really having to a doctor a completely different and new way unprecedented lets say way of living. Now a coronavirus years and an Oil Price War played a big part in a plunge in Global Stock Markets on monday it was the worst 1. 00 day drop on wall street since the 2008 financial crisis with the dollar jones falling more than 7 percent they were so bad that trading was suspended at one point to cool off the meltdown christianson only reports from new york. From the opening bell investors were sounding the alarm a massive stock selloff amid growing fears that the coronavirus was evolving from a Health Crisis to an economic one as more people stay home cancel trips and reduce their spending Walking Around new york today or even the last few days one begins to see what is real economic pain to come which is empty restaurants of empty stores and empty cabs circling looking for business that doesnt seem to be there it got so bad that just minutes into trading a nosedive of 7 percent on the s. And p. Index triggered an automatic shut down temporarily halting trading the markets up to 15 minutes and what is that it gives people a chance sort of stabilize get the buyers or interested involved sellers interested involved this a gauge of the emotionality of the panic vote and try to get a sense of really whats going on markets open to the news that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. Had topped 508 states had declared a state of emergency and that oil prices have dropped 30 percent after some Oil Producing countries failed to reach an agreement to reduce production launching a price war. New york was the last stop on a worldwide wave of selling all the main european and xs fell by more than 7 percent after asian markets also saw sharp declines. I made so much uncertainty the Federal Reserve which is the u. S. Central bank has promised to make more money available for Short Term Loans to keep cash flowing to Financial Markets other measures may be under consideration but so far they havent had enough to reassure investors that the coronavirus wont take an entire economy christian salumi out to 0. And rob mcbride is standing by in seoul with more on what we can expect from the Financial Markets in asia on tuesday markets there opening about 2 hours ago how is it looking so far. Thats right markets in early trade continuing this downward trend the nikkei plunging a nearly 4 percent soon after opening but bounding back quite strongly its only down just below one percent at the moment some of this could be a technical correction because of course yesterday monday we saw such big drops in the market the nikkei down 3 percent the cost be thats the korean stock index down a full 4 percent but actually the kaspi after going down another one percentage point in early trading this Tuesday Morning bouncing back and its actually now in positive territory territory by a 3rd of a point some of this could well be some of the measures that the south korean government has taken they have put restrictions on short selling thats when you bet that bad news is going to drive down the numbers further that well the government has put some restrictions on that sort of trade so that maybe has instilled all restored a bit of confidence and so the cost be slight slightly up and also it could well be a reflection that we are seeing in the handling of the corona Virus Outbreak some finally better numbers and right out of this indeed some good news when it comes the number of new cases in china tell us about the situation there and going away what. Thats right well theyre starting with south korea their numbers have just come out for the number of new infections again its continuing this steady downward trend that weve seen now for the past several days 131 new cases being reported in south korea and you have to remember this is based on literally thousands of tests that are being actively done searching out new cases among high risk groups talking about the congregation of this church in particular in the south of the country as a center of some of the large clusters down there its also people who presenting with flu symptoms or somebody who met somebody else who tested positive and they are discovering that out of 13000 tests that have been done in the past 24 hours 131 people coming back positive so thats less than one percent which is pretty good news the numbers are starting finally to look look quite good here in south korea a similar picture in china as well of the of the cases that they have reported there ive only been to new cases out of province which is the epicenter there in china of the outbreak in the whole of china only 2 new cases and those were people who had come into china they didnt been infected elsewhere so it has led to the chinese authorities looking at imposing further restrictions on people coming in because of course now that they seem to have their outbreak under control in kobe they dont want to have outbreaks elsewhere in china so theyre looking at the restrictions on the countries that are potentially now more high risk such as iran italy and also suspending a Visa Waiver Program for visitors coming in from japan of course japan south korea and china seem to be playing almost tit for tat imposing various restrictions on each other as they try to control the outbreaks in their own countries rob mcbride in seoul thank you very much for that warm well lets now. Discuss the Economic Impact of the outbreak further with Ivory Johnson whos the founder of de lancey management is live from washington d. C. Thank you very much for being with us so we had a stomach churning day on the Global Stock Markets on monday the biggest percentage drop since 2008 how rough is the ride going to be over the next few days and next few weeks i think well its difficult to determine Risk Management tools that we use to measure volatility really can account for an event risk that is the core of the current virus lets not forget that the provinces that were shut down represent 80 percent of the commercial activity in china 90 percent of the exports and the reason thats of consequence is 2003 when we had sars you know china was only 4 percent of the global g. D. P. So they had a 17 percent and so now there are repercussions because of the number of moving parts one of which is going to be the supply chain issues so it and then the backdrop that people arent talking about is that the Global Economy was already decelerating and so whats happened is this is just accelerating the consequences you talk about south korea their g. D. P. Was growing at 2 percent last year that was 3 percent. Earnings growth g. D. P. Growth or the rate of change basis was already decelerating and so this just perpetuates the consequences that we would have seen anyway we saw the biggest drop on wall street on monday since the 2008 financial crisis a lot of people assuming that the fed the Federal Reserve in the u. S. Is going to cut Interest Rates again they did last week do you think thats going to help can another rate cut have the intended effect. No you cant stop economic gravity right they cut Interest Rates by 50 basis points and the market dropped so this is the 1st time they cut Interest Rates that would be one thing but now youre going to 3rd and 4th time cutting Interest Rates and what were seeing now because of the event risk what were seeing now is standard deviation starting to broaden and in time the number of outcomes expected outcomes expands volatility goes up and now were seeing the volatility index some called the fear index is sitting above 50 and so the equivalent would be you know trying to hit a golf ball in Gale Force Winds no matter how good the swing you have no idea where the golf ball is going and you start to see that in the markets now its why were having the wild swings up 7 percent. 4 percent rather down 7 percent is because the volatility is so high and thats why it makes us makes it so difficult to invest in equities like what about this 5 the rate cuts the measures that the president announced a few hours ago that hes considering how will that help the average american i dont know that its going to going to help the average american Interest Rates were already exceedingly low and theyve been low for quite some time and so this is i think more window dressing than anything else i dont think youll have any substantive impact that the fact is we had orange growth a point 69 percent in the 4th quarter in the United States so imagine what happens next quarter after weve had otel shutdown Airline Shutdown dont forget 70 percent of our economy our g. D. P. Is Consumer Spending and all of that is on slowing down so you know its accelerating what we already have i dont know that rate cuts are going to are going to help at all Ivory Johnson thank you very much for talking to us. Thank you very much and as we mentioned u. S. President says is planning to discuss with congress possible cuts to payroll taxes in response to the corona Virus Outbreak he made the announcement as he brief the press a short while ago from says a possible time will be substantial and can help support the economy as the country continues to deal with the operate more than 600 people in the u. S. Have been infected as speak to jordan in washington for us was in the administration very keen to show that theyre in control of this situation will these measures announced by the president reassure the American Public. Well its not clear whether these measures are going to make a difference but its important to note that the president was only in the Briefing Room for about 2 or 3 minutes earlier on monday and at the end of his prepared remarks as he was leaving the room reporters started asking him or really shouting at the president whether he had been and have been tested for exposure to the coronavirus or code it 19 as its being called by Public Health experts the president didnt answer they then asked the Vice President mike pence whether he knew if the president had been tested pence and that he himself had not been tested he didnt know whether the president had been tested well just in the last couple of minutes we have received word from the White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham that the president has not been tested for cove at 19 even though there are reports foley as you know that the president had been on air force one with a congressman matt gates of florida and that flight with at least an hour long however grisham was saying that because the president wasnt around anyone who is suspected of having a covert 19 for any substantial amount of time the recommendation is that he not be tested so there is now this question about whether or not the president s health is even being safeguarded at this time right and youve got nearly 700 cases in the us was. Aware a demene how is the American Public reacting and is a confidence that the trumpet ministration is handling this crisis well. Well theres a lot of confusion here in the United States because the president says one thing is he has a Coronavirus Task force independent physicians and Health Care Experts are saying something completely different we havent even seen the president in the last week or so during photo ops with people including Infectious Disease experts contradicting what these experts are trying to communicate to the American Public one of the things that the president was a perhaps very concerned about with something that weve been talking about a lot during this newscast which is the health of the u. S. Economy we are going to take care of it have been taken care of the American Public and the American Economy we are going to be asking tomorrow were seeing the senate right to be meeting with House Republicans which mcconnell everybody and discussing a possible payroll tax. Cut or relief substantial really very substantial relief thats a fake thats a big number. Were also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting. Help so that they can. Feed a position where theyre not going ever miss a paycheck be working with companies and Small Companies Large Companies a lot of companies so that they dont get penalize for something thats not their faults not their fault its not our countrys fault that this was something that we were thrown into and were going to handle it and we have been handling it. And of course we saw the stock market crash if i can use that word here in the United States on monday one of the federal agencies that is responsible for monitoring trades making certain that things are done legally the securities and Exchange Commission it sent out an email late on monday evening to with some of its employees here in washington telling them to work from home and thats because one employee one floor of that agency the f. C. C. Has tested positive for corona virus and so out of an abundance of caution they want these other employees to stay at home until they can sanitize the workplace and then make certain that other people who need to be tested can get can be examined in jordan in washington thank you very much foss israels the 1st country to enforce a mandatory 2 week orientate for all new arrivals as it tries to limit the spread of the virus the decision applies to citizens and tourists they were most of the group of complex discussions we reached a decision everyone who comes to israel from abroad will be put on the 14 day quarantine this is necessary to protect Public Health Public Health comes before Everything Else this decision will be valid for 2 weeks at the same time we are making decisions to maintain the israeli economy. Plenty more ahead on this news hour including. Even more. Explosions as the afghan president ashraf ghani is sworn in his rival held a separate ceremony to not hear it himself plus here in the battleground state of michigan people are going to the polls to vote what could be the deciding day term and who runs against donald trump in the general election ip rolls on to detroit that story coming up. And this could be the last sporting event in its me for at least the next month peter have the details straight. Now the world news european and nato leaders have met the turkish president in a bid to deescalate a growing refugee crisis last month. Open the borders of turkey to free Asylum Seekers wanting to leave turkey and start new lives in the e. U. The latest on the situation in neither turkey creek border. As leaders met the desperate pressed on seizing the opportunity while turkeys borders were still open but abdul sidon describes a harrowing journey that ended with an arrest by the greek police what i one of the we are im a woman a closed road in the global you want to go is it not another good idea when my think about id rather you do die do another. 1 february 28 hours after turkey suffered its greatest number of casualties since its soldiers began fighting in syria turkish president. Urged awad open the countrys northwest border with greece and. Heard once new policy or an out of frustration with what he says is europes failure to assist it with hosting 3700000 syrians created another refugee and geo political crisis. A huge enough given amount d. C. To key has a Critical Role to play in handling the refute the problem and it needs the help of europe to do it but this cannot happen and i think everyone realizes it now under conditions of threats and blackmail using fling people as pawns greece may call it blackmail but some analysts say turkeys opening of the border is a successful tactic after 2 years of complaining to the European Union to no avail president now has europes attention and is back at the negotiating table for on monday president wants spoke after meeting with the nato secretary general didnt defeat their contribution is beyond reason and understanding that an ally in a neighboring country points towards turkey as the one responsible for the wave of irregular migration and i have expressed to the secretary general that we are not going to allow this country to use its Current Situation and using European Union can order to obtain in just against. Top officials said the 2016 migration agreement between turf. He and the e. U. Is still valid for whatever there are missing elements that need to be addressed under the agreement turkey agreed to impose strict measures to halt the flow of migration into Europe Exchange for billions of dollars for have expressed very clearly to president calderon our commitment to move forward on these issues provided that this is reciprocal so the European Council president called the meetings a 1st step leaving the question of how much longer it would take to end the crisis as thousands of refugees and migrants continue to risk their lives making their way to western Europe Natasha canape aljazeera a journey near the Turkey Greece border. And National Strike is underway in mexico called a day without women following mass marches on sunday for International Womens day female workers are staying at home they say theyre showing what mexico would be like without john homeland as well from mexico city more than 10 women a day killed in mexico and this has been happening for some time and in fact its grown in the country they call them the femicide slit from the sea the u. S. But here and looked over the last 2 days when its basically been trying to really speak out about this new so about the culture the the culture that really gives rise to the least the problem yesterday we saw remotes of 18000 women on sunday that were going through much specific requests from the same havent you actually and just today theres so many activities going on women are on strike the rule is that theyre not going to work that theyre not going to help out in the home and the limmer is a day without women can be a symbol headed. And women across argentina are expected to ronnie in support of legalizing abortion the strike action comes after president ill bet so fernandez said he wants to reopen the Debate Initiative has gone to broad social support but is strongly opposed by religious groups argentina is home is a whole nation a whole francis on abortion in the countries punishable by up to 4 years in jail still ahead on aljazeera victims of a foreign war families hope for justice from the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 75 years on in sport changing times in cameroon as a footballing achievements of the men seem a match by the women who are now on the brink of the Tokyo Olympics speedo hop want to stay with us. Hello there some very heavy rain across much of japan as we go through the next couple of days you can see plenty of cloud history. And this is what were going to be facing some very heavy downpours that could lead to some localized floods temperatures on the miles side that is part of the problem sapporo 11 celsius and shes a very heavy rain coming down on some very recent snow so we could have quite a dramatic snow melt this is simply history by wednesday we could still have wanted to show some snow flurries and the temperatures are a lot lower just 8 degrees and a part of that of course is the daytime high but its a good picture across much of central Southern China the rain showers really clearing through tuesday on into wednesday but cooler in hong kong just 21 degrees celsius still some have to do a common to know them born it was a go through choose day elsewhere the showers a much lighter a much dry couple of days across much of java and you can see by wednesday a similar story like scattered showers really across much of the region and all that india is cleared out of the last few days there is more rain in the forecast skies have been very clear across nepal just look at this just a most beautiful view the clear skies crisp and you can see here just to the mountains in the backdrop the temperatures this time of year in the low twentys celsius wanted to. Choose day all the way against new delhi as we head to wednesday. Perception is validation we believe to be seen but in one life time we cannot everything. We were. Experiencing. And the legacies of previous generations. Of that testimony weve got you know very little. Documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. Thats. The. This is the news hour on aljazeera our top stories expanding travel restrictions to the entire country locking down 60000000 people to contain the coronavirus operate precedented move follows another spike in deaths from the virus despite a strict quarantine imposed in the north. Expected to suffer another day of losses coronavirus continued to knock investors confidence japans nikkei fell by 3. 5 percent while. The last less than one percent as trading began on tuesday and the white house confirms President Trump has not been tested for coronavirus the us president early and often Economic Impact of the virus including potential payroll tax cuts more than 600 people across the u. S. Have been infected with current. Now we kept a democratic president ial contender joe bidens victories 6 more u. S. States are holding primary votes ahead of the november a general election michigan is seen as one of the biggest prizes in the 2020 vote and could determine who may. Who is named the next president won the state by about 10000 votes in 2016 polls put former Vice President joe biden in the lead again senator Bernie Sanders not during the 2016 election turnout among africanamericans was the lowest in decades. Spoke to voters in the states biggest city detroits. A protest for food. 6 members of a large labor union out to encourage fellow black americans to get out and vote in tuesdays democratic primary election in michigan many did not vote in the last president ial election it was won by donald trump i know people that did not get out and vote nice to see you do not do it you supposed to do this is what happened in 2016 black voter turnout was barely 50 percent the lowest in decades. Trump 1st won several states with sizable black populations by the slimmest of margins like michigan. This ballpark is home to the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team just for some perspective in the last election just here in the state of michigan 4 and a half 1000000 people voted this ballpark seats 40000 people and donald trump beat Hillary Clinton by only 10000 votes when you look in the state of michigan voters have a feel they have a pulse of their votes are poured they thought their votes were taken for granted and when you look at the last president ial election there were not resources spent here in michigan want to give off. Signs of decay in detroit just outside the windows where a group of young activists are getting a last minute instructions before door knocking for votes. On tuesday when. How important is africanamerican turnout in the next election. Very important. In 2016 it was a very very very close race between trump and hillary. If we could you know make an impact by talking to these voters and get in and understand how important it is to come turn out to vote whether biden or bernie you know we can really swing the state. Are you taking people to the polls you are and he plans to keep knocking on doors making sure of it have a go or ill leave this with you gabriels on do aljazeera detroit. I live speak to richard good stay now whos a democratic strategist he joins us live from washington d. C. Our studios there thank you for being with us so all eyes on michigan on tuesday on 125 delegates up for grabs there we have a 2 horse race now but Bernie Sanders in urgent need of a victory do you think michigan could be the state where he gets that well it doesnt appear that its likely that he will win and we know that from the polls that frankly with each passing day have gone more and more in joe bidens favor remember this was a state that Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 in the primaries it was a big surprise for sanders to win and he desperately needs michigan and again by all accounts it looks like a by this poise not just to win but actually win fairly handily in michigan tomorrow so Jesse Jacksons endorsement of Bernie Sanders is not going to help in michigan. Well to a certain extent with all due respect to Jesse Jackson you know he had his political heights back in the eightys and kamel harris an africanamerican senator and cory booker an africanamerican senator from new jersey a dorst Bernie Sanders excuse me address joe biden over the weekend theyre out there campaigning quite avidly look i think your audience needs to know that the africanamerican population that voted so heavily for biden in South Carolina and voted so heavily for him in the states last tuesday by all accounts it looks like theyre firmly in his corner and Jesse Jackson can go anywhere he wants i dont think thats going to change by virtue of any anything that he does right so our a zone and Washington State also voting on tuesday what are your expectations are right so again missouri was a state lasts in 2016 that hillary just barely eked out a win by less than half a point over Bernie Sanders and again if the polls are any indication it looks like biden is poised to win fairly handily perhaps by double digits and Washington State another one that sanders won very handily in 2016 because they had caucuses theyve moved to a primary and again if the polls are any indication it looks like it could be close and maybe tipping bite into a look at this point sanders needs to gain he cant just kind of go even with biden so if he even kind of comes close or maybe even ekes out a win in Washington State thats not what he needs to get this nomination im not indorsing any one of the other i think at this point absent some really major mistake by joe biden this is his nomination what about him is before his endorsement will she back when he sanders her fellow progressive do you think that endorsement could sway a national election. So Elizabeth Warren understands that when she got out that had she had Doris Sanders then it might have actually had quite substantial impact but she was really rubbed quite the wrong way by a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters online and in person who really in her opinion didnt treat her very well. Elizabeth warrens also practical she understands that joe biden the top of the ticket gives a chance for democrats not just to win the white house but to preserve their control of the house of representatives and perhaps pick up control of the u. S. Senate which with Bernie Sanders theres a real risk not only that he loses but the democrats could not only forego any chance to win the senate but lose the house so i think that when she said im going to hold off she meant it right you mentioned sandra supporters say if he gets the nomination what will be the rationale to get young people the soundest supporters to vote for joe biden and what is he really offering other than his you know line about a return to decency. So lets take the issues that Bernie Sanders as been campaigning on medicare for all so his young supporters care about Health Care Donald Trump has said his mission is to repeal the Affordable Care act so that 20000000 people who now have insurance that didnt have it before as far as dont trouble concern would be without insurance joe biden wants to build on the Affordable Care act Bernie Sanders wants the Green New Deal something that will tackle Climate Change in a big way biden wants to build on the very aggressive policies that frock obama had donald trump says that Climate Change is a hoax and he is the 1st administration ever to initiate policies that would make increase emissions into the atmosphere rather than reduce them so it pretty standard supporters really care about the issues that hes been running on that they claim that they care about this is not a close call for them some of them still sit on their hands of course but if they if they are truly committed to the issues education gun control again donald trump says its far as hes concerned everybody should have a gun joe bidens position is no we want to respect legitimate gun ownership but do something about gun violence in this country which is down from thinks is a big joke to attack and so again on the issues theres a theres a world of difference between the 2 of them Richard Goodstein very good to get your views on this itll be very interesting of course to see how it all unfolds in the coming weeks thank you very much for joining us on the lessons here. Now afghan Officials Say the president will issue a decree for at least 1000. 00 taliban prisoners to be released this week paving the way for direct talks with the group the pentagon says the u. S. Military has started withdrawing troops as part of this agreement with the taliban at the inauguration of president ghani was mobbed by a rocket attack on monday. Or some kabul. It was that they might buy controversy guests were told to arrive early into morning only to discover it delayed to the lucubrations 71. President a shove that while they waited u. S. Envoys. Was trying to bridge a political rift between the hani and his rival. By mid afternoon the ceremony to start any 2nd term was finally under way. With the u. S. Envoy and other afghan and foreign officials in the audience the. Ranee took his oath of office promising to uphold the constitution and bring security while this ceremony is happening and theres another president ial inauguration unfolding not very far from where we are and thats the one where. There is a main competitor behind me and he says that he is the winner and the legitimate president of afghanistan taking the same oath his rival the. Abdullah rejects the result of the president ial election in september and is calling for a rerun. And buy my slap them a dog name if you accept the fraud to happen during the election it would be witnessing the end of democracy if not in favor of the country we will form a government according to the demands needed of people and we will bring change. To the ceremony was the populist officials or foreign delegations here. Down with the enemy of the law his supporters john to it. But it was also a day marred by violence. While the 2 men were being sworn in but i think it would run and jump that. Several rockets were fired at the president ial compound landing very close to where he was giving a speech. The president remained at the podium defiantly opening his shirt to show he wasnt wearing any protection. I so claimed responsibility for the rocket attack when there was a Public Holiday for evidence the streets of kabul where unusually empty what was supposed to be the start of a new chapter turned out to be a day when political rivalry toward a country apart a little bit of the meat aljazeera a couple. Senators in the philippines have launched a Supreme Court challenge against a president scrapping a longstanding Defense Agreement with the United States they argue that president rodrigo to take cant unilaterally end any agreement approved by them the philippines has been one of washingtons closest allies in asia for decades and deterred his critics fear his selling out to china i mean i landed on reports from manila. These senators are asking the Supreme Court to define how much power the president has last month president rodrigo to terror to announce the terminations of the 21 Year Agreement which allowed u. S. Troops and she for joint training exercises this comes after the u. S. Cancelled the visa overstays former police chief now senator. That was because of his involvement in the there it is war on the illegal drug street senators are asking for the Supreme Court to rule whether deterred to can terminate any International Treaty approved by the senate simply asserting the power of the senate and we will be infused in those treaties and agreements that. Must pass through the senate the thirtys critics say maintaining the philippine us alliance doesnt mean the subservience of the United States what is unfolding before us is a National Drug which should be resisted. As a democratic and republican country we do not. Make the choice for our people while others are calling for the renegotiation of the terms of the agreement saying that since it siding in 1909 there have been major shifts in the global balance of power in asia and the china can no longer be ignored we are allowed to defend our country against. But we can and do alliances to defend our country and against. Invading our already in the west Philippine Sea when the terror was sworn into office in 2016 he promised a more independent Foreign Policy moving away from longstanding allies like the u. S. And building closer relations with countries like china and russia but critics say do terrorist actions is making the philippines dependent on china which is seen as the biggest threat as it continues to encroach on philippine maritime territories in the south china sea. The agreement to was created following the rejection of extension of us bases in the philippines in 1991 the visiting forces agreement implemented commitments in the 1951 mutual defense treaty which binds the philippines and us to come to each others aid if either is attacked despite the pullout the us military continues to have joint exercises every year involving intelligence sharing as well as the zester response training dog and al jazeera manila africa now in at least 43. 00 people are dead in brooklyn or faso after gunmen attacked 2 villages in the north of the country the military has been sent to secure the area in the north region close to the border with mali the villages are inhabited by ethnic for money herders no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. As scotlands former leader is on trial for a string of sexual offenses against women Alex Salmonds denies carrying out a total of 14 sexual assaults on 10 women between 20082014 when he was serving as 1st minister the most serious count of attempted rape in age they happened inside his official residence the trial is expected to last for weeks. A mass murder trial has begun in the netherlands with out 4 men accused of helping to show don a malaysian airliner 298 people were on the flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur 6 years ago it was hit by a missile fired from territory in ukraine controlled by pro russian separatists neve rock of reports. The dutch judges entered the special court there Amsterdams Schiphol airport in solemn silence at the start of a trial of mass murder faden have a long that i know they should of many have waited a long time for this day the day that the mh 17 criminal trial really begins as a consequence of this atrocious disaster 298 people men women and children died a case of this complexity a magnitude is unprecedented in the netherlands among the dead 80 children entire families gone. And now all 4 men stand accused of their deaths 3 russians and a ukrainian they were named by investigators is ego get in a former colonel in russias f. S. B. Intelligence service he was given the title of minister of defense in separatist held Eastern Ukraine 2 suspected members of russias military intelligence to geo you also on trial so you gave to bin ski and oh like pull out of. The 4th suspect is Ukrainian National leonid card believed to be a pro russian separatists commander all 4 men were absent from court believed to be in russia arrest warrants have been issued for russia doesnt extradite its citizens and the kremlins question the legitimacy of the court the trial will continue without them i do hope the judge had so many evidence on this table that he. Guilty as wrote of. Looking fairly forward to start of this process because its so important to find the truth of the joint Investigation Team formed by australia belgium malaysia the netherlands and ukraine found that the plane was shot down by russian book surface to air Missile System brought into ukraine from russia this is the crime scene reconstructed from remaining wreckage the kremlin denies involvement. It was meant to have been a routine flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. Instead the passengers of the boeing triple 7 became victims of a foreign war. If found guilty the 4 suspects could face life in prison little is known about who will testify before the court the identities of some witnesses may remain secret in a trial thats expected to take several years to reach a verdict need parker aljazeera. U. S. Appeals court has ruled the band led zeppelin did not 1900. 7. Introduction at the center of the long running copyright dispute a band named spirit it was stolen from a song. Before the led zeppelin it has been in court. On monday and 11 judge panel a previous decision in favor of led zeppelin. Still ahead find out why this. Has something to celebrate for the 1st time since 2017 the details coming up next in sports to stay with us. Tempest forces peter. Thank you very much mondays match in the italian city are kicked off as should you all but it will be the last game played for a while all sport has been suspended until at least april food as italy battles to contain the corona Virus Outbreak the Olympic Committee which is responsible for all italian sport earlier in the day made the request of the National Government the decision does not affect teams playing in Continental International competitions so swallow the brush here then likely the last of the city are matches to go ahead behind closed doors or swallow winning 3 nil of the season is now at risk of being cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2. European Club Football has been facing problems to Wednesdays Champions League match between paris and her man and literally adored men will be played with no fans and footballs governing body fever has the side to postpone the World Cup Qualifiers in asia in march in june after meeting with the Asian Football Confederation but they did say some games could go ahead if both countries involved mutually agreed to it elsewhere this week 6 nations rugby match between france and ireland is all fun to all october due to the french policy that bans gatherings of more than a 1000 people earlier in the tournament 2 of italys games were postponed and its still unclear when those will be played japans football and baseball leagues have announced further delays to their seasons but the turkey a 2020 olympics is still showed you all to take place on time however this weeks olympic torch Lighting Ceremony in greece will take place without spectators thats despite the local mayor in a limpia wanting to move the ceremony to may. Cameron zambias womens football teams are battling for a place in the Tokyo Olympics the 2nd leg of a qualifier is on tuesday with cameroon leading 32 and aiming to continue a meteoric rise for the womens game over the past decade pool restricts. Cameroon football fans have become well acquainted with success on the african continent and sometimes beyond. Now the achievements of the mens team are beginning to be matched by the women being a lioness is on the brink of qualifying for their 2nd lympics even if the 1st leg of their play off against zambia didnt quite go to plan i the team ranked 57 places below them scoring a pair of goals in the cameroon capital day i although cameroon did edge it with 3 of their own to give their growing army of fans hope when they watch tuesdays return like in lusaka from a far. Up on the streets of yon day putting on the green red and yellow of cameroon is a distant dream for most whether male or female but as the Womens National team has got stronger so too have attitudes changed in a traditionally male the main zone with somebody we didnt used to go to watch the girls because we thought football was only for boys but we see now that football has no social class it does not choose a tribe and many families push the daughters to play football in a way i really dont know for but the nowaday inspire us we never used to imagine that womens football could reach such a level now they motivate all of the youth of cameron. Football of us here found the lionesses hard to ignore 2 world cup knockout rounds in a row from the debut and 25th dane and an africa cup of nations a year later that brought hundreds of thousands of pounds to watch them on home soil the mens success from the 1990 world cup onwards providing Fertile Ground for the women from cameroon is one of the greatest nation on the ground. And so it was only about a month ago time reading that that we men also and good up to speed the grown up looking at all these legends people that they can look up to and want to be like them so you have to go all the way to george i mean that somewhere and so and now to think that look even to me the gods can do this we can believe that that number staged and we can go out there and sign zambias to a way goes could make them the story on tuesday if they hold cameron off in the 2nd like whoever reaches the olympics will continue the up what kind of africas female football is once they get to take her. Home race aljazeera. Horse racing has been hit with a doping scandal after 27. 00 people in the United States were charged in a widespread doping scheme on monday the Group Includes 11 trainers 7 veterinarians and 9 drug suppliers and distributors the defendants run horses that tracks throughout the u. S. As well as the United Arab Emirates attorney Jeffrey Berman is charging documents a thousands of units of performance enhancing drugs had been used on race horses and describe it as nothing less than abuse its spring training in Major League Baseball and south korean pitcher. Who will be happy with these early preseason form here is in action for the st Louis Cardinals against the Minnesota Twins game throwing 3 shutout innings striking out for batters along the way. Some things are worth the wait and that was certainly true for slovenian ski jumper. On monday having lost one a world cup event back in february 27th seen the long wait came to an end in lillehammer norway here he is jumping to victory to beat out germanys marcus eisen and stephan. And will finish on the snow his action from the free ride will tour in austria Frances Marion ante winning her 3rd snowboard title as the worlds top free riders battled it out. Thats where well leave it for now more sports news coming up again later well see you then. When you say show. On counting the cost why the most effective rate cut just isnt good enough to save the Global Economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost. Its a tough time for the Afghan Security forces taliban a time. Increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u. S. Forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks. An Army Bomb Disposal engineer in Helmand Province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasnt scared to lose an arm or a leg is to sacrifice we have to like to serve this country and our the seas for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. A Young Australian engineer isnt venting tools to help people gain independence. And hes all sad and that will pull out. All the fire and. Vision will be able to recognize everyday objects women make science robo gals episode 4 on aljazeera. When the news breaks the word out for war started with the ins of getting more Political Representation and Economic Development when people need to be heard the top leadership world where of the potential for parity of the bar of weeks before the public told of those dangers aljazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a good day to bring you more Award Winning documentaries and life news. I am. A country in lockdown its least spawn minister orders unprecedented restrictions to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. I am a watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully back to you will also coming up the white house confirms president has not been tested for corona virus despite flying with a congressman whos now in or in to. South korea and china report another significant drop in new cases of the virus last so dons Prime Minister vows he wont be put off making political changes after surviving and