To stay at home. And panic buying in malaysia after take some of the most drastic steps yet as infections why. The Drug Administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u. S. Economy whether the coronavirus pandemic proposal includes a 1000. 00 check for every u. S. Citizen within 2 weeks the number of u. S. Cases of the disparity illness has surged to nearly 6000 and the death toll as reached 100 family hala good has the latest details from the white house. As ordinary americans cope with the Economic Impacts of coronavirus the white house announced it was pushing congress to make a media Cash Payments to struggling americans what weve heard from hardworking americans Many Companies have now shut down whether its bars or restaurants american state cash now and the president wants to get cash now and i mean now in the next few Weeks Congress has already put forward a bill to provide sickly as well as Food Assistance to children and the elderly it still needs to pass the
Images of people starting to venture out and who bay province. The white house doctor says donald trump has tested negative for corona virus the us president had attention had potentially been exposed to it while meeting members of the brazilian delegation who later found out they were infected meanwhile trumps extended the european travel ban to include the u. K. And ireland spains Prime Minister is putting his entire country into lockdown like italy before that so 46000000 people will be ordered not to leave home unless absolutely necessary france is shutting down restaurants cafes nightclubs and senate so lets take a look at the overall picture of this pandemic this is from Johns Hopkins university so right now more than 156000. 00 cumulative affections globally have happened almost 74000 though have recovered the number of deaths is heading towards 6000 lets begin with mike hanna and washington. Members of the coronavirus toss of course walk into the Briefing Room in terms of a new
Of starvation. Plus the uganda film director making blockbuster movies with a 200 budget. Hello there. Thank you for joining us. It has been another day of bloodshed in israel and the palestinian territories. At least three israelis were killed during two september attacks in jerusalem. They are the latest victims in a wave of violence. 29 palestinians and 7 israelis have been killed since the beginning of october. The unrest was sparked over the unrest over the al aqsa mosque compound. Many palestinians believe jewish people are giving more rights to visit there and could be given the right to pray there. Mike hanna reports from west jerusalem. Reporter horror among morning commuters. The attack on the train line. Israel Police Say Two palestinians boarded this bus, at least one was armed with a weapon and opened fire. Israels were killed and a number injured, at least one in a critical condition. The citys israeli major was quickly on the scene. The attack taking place a short distan
The flow of Syrian Refugees into europe and why surviving snake bites may become difficult in parts of africa. Now, the u. S. President has announced a major shift in policy in afghanistan saying more troops will remain on the ground there through 2017. President obama says Afghan Forces are doing well but they are still not strong enough. There are currently 9800 u. S. Troops in afghanistan, most of them were meant to be withdrawn by the end of next year. The u. S. Is now expected to keep 5 1 2 thousand troops in the country when Obama Leaves Office in 2017 and focus on Counter Terrorism and training Afghan Forces. Military leaders meanwhile have been pushing for more u. S. Support especially after taliban fighters captured kunduz for three days and we will speak to roslyn jordan shortly but first here is her report. The u. S. President wanted to leave office with almost no troops deployed in afghanistan but circumstances have forced barack obama to give up that goal. 5500 troops will
German chancellor Angela Merkel is in turkey to push a plan that offers aid to turkey in exchange for stemming the flow of refugees into europe. She has been holding talks with the turkish Prime Minister and the president. The proposed eu package includes aid worth 34,000,000,000 plus possible other suiteners such azizier access to travel visas for turks. Turkish officials meanwhile say nothing has been agreed yet. I have said this in the german parliament. German is ready to open chapter 17 regarding participation in european assembly. Turkey is participating in discussions as a european candidate. We will strengthen operation with turkey on this. Turkey and germany and europe as a whole will need to tackle the refugee part crisis. We have considered this and it is our agreement to Work Together to prevent matters getting even worse in syria to prevent further influx of refugees from that location. Al jazeeras Bernard Smith joins us live now from istanbul. First of all, bernard, from