Thanks for joining us here on frfrance 24. We start with the latest covid19 figures coming in from iran. The death toll their passing 4000 after another 100 17 deaths in the past 24 hours. Since its outbreak began, the country has reported more than 66 thousand cases. Meanwhile, finland h has extendd its anticovid19 measures by a month to may 13. Restaurants remain enclosed remain closed for longer. Measuresking toto extend designed at limiting the spread of the virus. Parliament is s preparing to voe on the state of emergency until april 26. Spain has reported 152,000 cases so far and over 15,000 deaths. The daily told going down today after two o days ago and up aga. Joining me from madrid, our correspondent, sarah morris. What is going on in parliament . Ministeranish p prime has clinched the support he neneeds to extend thatt state. Political parties have said they will back him, particularly the Conservatives Peoples Party and citizizens party. Theyey have been critical. He said t
The special Operation Zone is collected and implementation is monitored. Talked about what else they could do legislators to support our military . We often discuss issues that today worry not only us, not only the army, but the entire country, so that we can understand the full scale and scope of what the armed forces are doing today. Well, to understand the scale, we only supply water to the armed forces, every day 1,500 tons , this is not all happening in one place, its on a huge front line, which, if we take a total of more than 1,000 km, all of this naturally needs to be managed, we supply armed strength per day up to ten, and sometimes days up to 15,000 tons of various types of materials, these are ammunition, fuel, everything related to repairs, maintenance of equipment , it is important to hear firsthand assessments and the situation, what else is needed, perhaps the support of legislators, of course it is important, consolidation is very important society, but the coordinated
In austria, a Coalition Deal between the Conservatives Peoples Party and the far right Freedom Party has been announced. It paves the way for this man to become the next chancellor. The deal comes two months after the original parliamentary election. It means austria will become the only western European Party with the far right party in government. Do we expect to see politics in austria shifting to the right . M appears so, yes. We have a government which is conservative and far rightand government which is conservative and far right and it was noticeable that, during the election campaign, it was dominated by the question of anti migrant feeling. The Freedom Party even accused the conservatives of stealing their position when it came to anti migrants. What lobby interesting to see though is how the two parties have balanced out the ministries. They announced this Coalition Deal but could not give any details, the two leaders. They say tomorrow they will meet austrias president , who
Imports coming from the e. U. Mexico and canada some observers are predicting a six against one confrontation with donald trump the odd man out but divisions in europe make a united front ever more difficult to achieve has trumps America First transactional ism become the nationalist template for other leaders including with in the new. Trump goes it alone europe at a loss thats our topic on quadriga today and here are guests its a pleasure to welcome laura fund daniel shes a senior fellow at the berlin based think tank s. W. Peak her research focuses on u. S. Economic policy and trade and she says the e. U. Is currently doing a remarkable job at protecting its interests in very challenging times and im glad to welcome ralph lauren on the show he is spokesperson of the german section of republicans overseas and he says there has been a trade imbalance for years between the u. S. And the e. U. The complaints of the europeans about punitive terrorist are therefore not justified. And fina
And this could be the rock of the takes people to mars space x. Reveals its new starship and a whole range of Ambitious Goals for the spacecraft. I mary in evanston thanks for joining us we begin in austria where polls have just closed in the countrys general election today snap vote came after a Corruption Scandal in may lead to the collapse of the right Wing Coalition government all eyes are on the front runner former chancers of us imports and his conservative Austrian Peoples Party chords his party is expected to win but will probably need a Coalition Partner to secure a stable majority and who he will pick is currently. Anybodys guess its for more lets bring in our correspondent max hoffman his standing by at the headquarters of sebastian courses Peoples Party in vienna max hello to you so polls are now closed and the 1st projections of projections are emerging what are you hearing. Well youre a little too early because we dont have those 1st projections yet but there are some num