Pundit meek potential absolutely it has and we vary it from our assessment not yet Irans Health Ministry has pledged to be transparent about the outbreak but it has been heavily criticized by one m. P. In qualm who says the number of dead could actually be as high as 50 i said vague has more now from tehran. Theres been an extraordinary exchange in clash a war of words between a member of Parliament Ahmed a meter above the hes a member of parliament for the city of qom the epicenter of this virus here in iran and the Health Ministry now he said he puts the number of dead from the virus at 50 now he acknowledges not with the maybe from the krona virus but he says that the governments performance on the issue has been 0 he says that nurses dont have the correct uniforms on are scared of treating patients he says that the government isnt really concerned and the virus has been present in iran for 3 weeks but their names meant was delayed by the government he also said that he knows of 2 c
Kill 3 networks in the a. P. We have now won the battle looked at by rob ronalds has more from las vegas. The supporters and volunteers for senator Bernie Sanders are partying here in the streets of las vegas they are very enthusiastic celebrating what was indeed a very formidable victory by sanders who racked up twice as many votes as 2nd place finisher joe biden he did so by well the together a coalition of young people lachie knows and liberals who responded to his platform of universal Health Care Immigration reform and forgive this of all student debts now the army of sanders volunteers many of whom you see enjoying the night behind me knocked on doors thousands of them spent weeks or months working on the campaign pounding the pavement and now they are enjoying their the fruits of their victory the attention will now shift to the South Carolina primary which takes place in a week and but more importantly to the super tuesday on march the 3rd thats when big diverse delegate rich s
Involved in this stoppage as it were the United States the taliban or the Afghan Military to say that someone is complying with the terms of this 7 day pause and so there should be no signing of an agreement and doha come february 29th its a real question because this is perhaps the 1st real test of trust between the parties in this case the u. S. And the taliban with out that trust it is of fair to say that trying to get the taliban to then sit down with representatives of the Afghan Government or of the Afghan People as they would prefer its going to be very difficult to have those discussions actually take place so that an eventual peace accord can be reached within the afghan body politic. Italy has confirmed as furth death from the corona virus are 3 number of cases were quadrupled in one day 15 new infections have been reported in the wealthy Lombardy Region many of them were presented to the 1st cases of secondary infection meaning none of them had traveled to china where the ou
States im deeply concerned that we are way behind the a fondness at a hearing on capitol hill on tuesday the u. S. Health and Human Services secretary said development of a vaccine for the virus may still be a year away he openly admitted the trouble right house needs 2500000000 dollars in emergency funding from congress to fight the spread of the global outbreak so we do have in the Strategic National stockpile ventilators we have masks we have enough for part will of course not or we wouldnt be asking for a supplemental to seek more money to procure more of that for hours later a top u. S. Health official issued this ominous warning now its not so much a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will become infected now even members of President Trumps own Republican Party are questioning a top u. S. Border official about whether its efforts to contain the virus are even adequate but you can
On the frontline of chinas coronavirus battle im in london with the top stories from europe including some of the most intense fighting in ukraine since the peak of the conflict means one soldier on the Peace Process race. And im far a smile after all the days sport including a reality check for the new Australian Open champion american 50 a candidate loses her 1st deputy to one match following her triumph in melbourne. But when talks resumes in geneva earlier to get a lasting cease fire in the bia the un envoy said he was feeling some mystic but 2200 kilometers away smoke has been rising above libyas capital further threatening the existing truce thats on most accounts is hanging by a thread diplomat scared sir james bays begins our coverage. The ports in the libyan capital tripoli under attack general have to us forces carried out the indiscriminate strikes about the same time that 5 of his representatives sat down at the u. N. In geneva for talks with 5 from the g. N. A. T. The inte