this could impact your life this is an important part of the world now does it is very good news to the world from here. 70 people are trapped in a collapsed hotel in china that was being used for coronavirus quarantine. also iran's government bans group press to curb the spread of the virus while confirming that 21 people died in a single day. so rahman your child is there alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next 30 minutes lebanon defaults on foreign currency that worth over a $1000000000.00 as it struggles to tackle the economic crisis. also 3 members of the saudi royal family including the king's brother arrested after reports of an

alleged to have. there we begin with the coronavirus break which is forcing governments around the world to impose new restrictions to limit its spread and the arabian politician has died from the virus as healthful forty's there reported more than a 1000 new cases and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours in italy the number of deaths has risen to 197 after the largest daily increase of a tallit since the outbreak schools universities and cinemas across the country remain closed and in the us 2 people have died in florida the 1st fatalities outside of the west coast more than 300 people have now contracted the virus and a hotel used as a quarantine center in china's future provinces collapsed trapping more than 70 people katrina you has more from beijing. this hotel is located in the city of

27 for jen province and the collapse happened in early evening around dinner time trapping about 70 people including people who we know were being monitored because they were in close contact with corona virus patients now the province of food yet has about 300 coronavirus cases but it's monitoring and isolating in quarantine thousands more people known to be linked to those cases from want to train by medical authorities we know that they had been put in this hotel since about mid february now we know that emergency teams as you said a working to pull out people and so far they've succeeded in pulling out dozens of people were also getting some more information about the hotel itself it's not actually a very old building it was only built in 2018 it's a steel structure about 5 to 8 stories and we know that the hotel occupied at the heart of the building and the lower level had some store and shops located below it

it's still unclear at this stage exactly what has caused this collapse but we do know from witness accounts that when it did collapse it sounded like an explosion doesn't mention earlier a 2nd newly elected politician in iran has died from the current virus that has more from the capital tehran. they're definitely trying to do whatever they can to convince people to listen to the advice that they are given that's really been the biggest challenge from senior leadership. in terms of combating this coronavirus ever since the outbreak was publicly announced ever since it began in rome last month now if you speak to iranians even those that do believe the government in a recent poll member of the municipal authority here in town ron estimates that only 50 percent of the people are truly concerned about this is a public health crisis even if you speak to iranians who might wish to follow the government's advice to the letter they say they simply can't afford it even if they

might like to stay indoors and not open their shops not carry on with their businesses many shops are closed many are not one business operator i spoke with said that he worries that shutting down his business will not only laying off workers but because of the economic impact over a long period of time of the coronavirus and having the shut down it might need it will never be able to open his business again taxis are available on the street but when you get in most drivers are wearing gloves and masks and they provide you with hand sanitizer and will spread your hands before you start the journey as much of a service to their passengers as a way to protect themselves really iranians will tell you that they simply can't afford for life not to go on as normal and that is something that the government has been aware of ever since this outbreak began. after the east coast of the united states reported its 1st deaths from the crowd the virus. track is canceling its nonstop service between new york and washington d.c.

joins me now live from the u.s. capitol patsey real concern from the east really to the west coast about what's going on. there is growing concern it is now in 28 different states and it is likely to increase dramatically here is why there have been some serious missteps by the federal government when it comes to diagnosing this illness the centers for disease control initially came up with the test sent it out it was faulty it didn't work so then they went back came up with a new test but then they put on these strict guidelines as to who could get tested and it was only people who had traveled to regions that had the virus such as china so there were a lot of people that were going to their doctor saying i think i have this and they couldn't get the test so that's why we're seeing now a lot of community trans transmission that means this person didn't get the test they went to the grocery store they went to the cafe they went to the library and then they spread the disease so it is likely to increase now the trouble

ministrations trying to put a really good spin on this saying anyone who wants the test can get the test well we're not sure that is in fact the case because unlike previous instances where there have been the sorts of things happen across the country the c.d.c. used to tell us how many people are getting tested they've stopped giving that information so we have no idea how many people in this country truly have this virus how many people don't know they have it and are spreading it as we speak this is going to pose a serious economic challenges to the country not only with the stock market we're seeing things like the huge south by southwest festival being canceled for the update particle hey thanks for joining us washington d.c. let's cross over the atlantic because there's been a spot he came credit virus cases across europe. is it all london he said to force real concern across europe because barely a country is untouched by coronavirus. absolutely and starting off here in the in the u.k.

as well there have been another increase of 206 confirmed cases of covert 1000 that's a rise of 46 but also in spain now reports just out that police have been deployed to a town in the 11 your high region town call hoddle to quarantine in effect the whole area now it's thought to have this is the reason why being that the there are links to a funeral that took place some 2 weeks ago in the neighboring basque country west 60 people who attended that ceremony were found to have been contaminated with the virus and then in france as well that's also seeing quite a spike also from the day early now there are 716 cases that's a jump about 103 from the previous day germany has already got 684 cases as well of coronavirus but no deaths reported yet of

course the most worrying country of all is italy and with that you've had the president of the labs or region acknowledging that it is also the secretary of the country's democratic party one of the parties that part of the governing governing coalition he's also been confirmed with having tested positive for covert 1000 he made an announcement on his facebook page this morning saying that he was going to keep calm and sort of isolate but it really given the high rate of covert 19 in italy as well that it really is a lot of worry about how the spread of the virus has managed to affect and of course in italy as well we've seen that there are more deaths now outside of china which has given the government grave cause for concern to him thanks very much for the brits are there in all of the abuse and. lebanon's prime minister the president's the government won't be paying forward. debt with over a $1000000000.00 in a televised speech which is still ongoing now the house and then also promised to

work on a plan to protect people's deposits the default comes just a small part of the 90 will $1000000000.00 that are used to forward creditors lebanon's debt is more than a 170 percent of its economic output one of the heaviest days in the world from all this let's cross over to our correspondents in aqaba who's in beirut to be following the prime minister's speech he has been talking more than likely focusing very much of the banking sector. well yes the prime minister making it clear that this was not an easy decision but the decision had to be taken in the interests of the country and the people. addressing the nation telling the lebanese people that the country the state doesn't have the money to pay back its debt the 1st time in love and on history it is defaulting on its debt he mentions the foreign reserves saying that the foreign

reserves of foreign currency it's dwindling the country doesn't have enough money to secure the basic needs of the people levanon needs $10000000000.00 to import just the basic needs of fuel medicine so the government has decided to use whatever money is left for these basic needs instead of servicing a debt which he called a really heavy burden on the state he called the situation unprecedented extraordinary times the addressing the people telling them that in many ways to expect even more difficult days ahead telling them that you have resisted in the past and there's going to be challenging times ahead this is a relatively new government he blamed the previous governments but this government was appointed by the political class which has been governing this country for 3 decades so not good news and lebanon's financial situ. gratian really entering a new phase level has very few humans a financial friends of the moment

a real concern. of the people credit a confidence norm investment where does lebanon look to for help in terms of future investment is the i.m.f. the only potential option for it. the i.m.f. it is the only option if this country is to prevent further isolation this is a government that doesn't have much friends it's seen by the united states and its allies in the region as a hezbollah controlled government an iranian backed group they consider a terrorist organization so they're not going to come and bail out this government also international donors have repeatedly said we are not giving this country any more money until we see a politicians carrying out much needed structural and economic reforms we did hear the prime minister say and promise that they will do their best to convince the international community that this time around levanon is committed but they're going to have to see action and not just words because if these politicians are

going to carry out the forms then that means they are going to lose power they're going to lose the ability to exploit the state's resources will they be ready to do that now back to the i.m.f. this is the seems to be the only option but hezbollah which is the power broker in the government says no we're not going to deal with a financial institution we consider a tool of the united states and they believe any i.m.f. bailout will require tuxes so lebanon really isn't a very very difficult situation it's the ability is at risk because as long as the economy worsens and we could see unrest in the streets well for the update senator thank you for joining us from beirut. 3 saudi princes are reported to have been detained by must men in what may be a new power battle in the kingdom one of them is the king's younger brother the other a prince alexy a bride explains. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin mohammad deny a physics of the throne and $27.00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly

accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seen him and his brother detained as well as the saudi king's youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes dead terrorist term or within the family in the form of criticism but that doesn't justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their homes and yanking him out of their private residences mohamed bin selman known as has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire businessman were rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an anti corruption drive rights groups disagreed. hundreds of activists including women's rights campaign allusion all have to are also in prison. he's not worried about people trying to

make a call he doesn't want any independent voices that don't agree with him and it's not for these i've been i've lived reason woman of 3 people on the council of royal members in saudi arabia that decides the succession he was one of the 3 who didn't vote for him had been summoned to become the crown prince mohammed bin solomon's most notorious legacy so far is the 2018 killing of saudi journalist. in the kingdom's consolation istanbul she was murdered by a hit squad made up of some of been solomon's personal entourage his body dismembered and never found the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself. who is the most senior that's really and. actually overseas for many years came back. ears ago to kind of try to calm things down. after b.s.

took over and there were some. kind of turmoil within the royal family prince wade's return to the kingdom in 2018 came weeks after he appeared to criticize the saudi leadership during a protest in london against the saudi u.a.e. led war in yemen one of my it is you know what does the whole of the al saud family have to do with this there are certain individuals responsible in the king to try and prince and others in the state. prince ahmed and mohammed bin nayef or both seen as possible rivals to the throne when i say 4 year old king solomon dies reports suggest they now face long term imprisonment or even death elixir brian al jazeera. well still ahead here all al-jazeera concerns about a spate of new attacks of god itself just days ahead of talks between the taliban of the customs. take advantage of the situation in both iraq we meet the people left alone to fight for themselves to stay with us here on to say.

hello there we have seen some rather heavy amounts of rain through eastern sections of the middle east that is now on its way further to the east we will same prating weather conditions but it will save you time as the rain and this is has been looking in the streets of gaza but the sunshine back in the forecast the winds have eased these atomic sunday so we the high teens low twenty's celsius well you can just see that here is the strong bright green arrows those indicating the winds are pretty strong as we go through sunday through southern areas of iraq northern sections of saudi but ahead of that still warm in $27.00 degrees celsius but by monday that is when we'll have a cooler day 24 degrees and those winds pretty strong again back in place in those winds down through the gulf then down into southern africa now again some showers

and scattered thunderstorms across areas of madagascar more of the same again for the next couple of days but the rains are generally much lighter through central areas of africa the d.l.c. is where we're seeing some of the heavier rains and as we go on into monday we could well see some back in the forecast across south africa but they really are across these coastal areas pushing into cape town 26 celsius so norse as warm as it has been maybe some showers further to the east but again a warm day with a high of 26 and still they got to thundershowers to northern areas of madagascar. frank assessments the one doing about these bushfires. is it really wiping out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school didn't know what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronized in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of

a new conscious and aware use of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera. more. of the back you're watching officer of me so rob a reminder of our top stories a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine said in china's eastern future province has collapsed trapping about 70 people dozens have been rescued from the rubble iranian politician has died from the crowd of viruses healthful 40 sarap or 20 want you to see the past 24 hours brings the total number of fake teletubbies to 145 while the only 6000 did sections have been confirmed. and 11 on the prime minister has

announced the government won't repay foreign currency debt worth over a $1000000000.00 in a televised speech on the also promised to work on a plan to protect people's deposits this default covers just a small part of the $91000000000.00 level of osa foreign creditors. there have been nearly 80 attacks in afghanistan since the u.s. the taliban signed a peace deal in qatar a week ago despite the continued violence the taliban is due to hold talks with the afghan government for the coming days we'll have the reports of the hurdles those negotiations are likely to face. celebrations have been taking place in taliban held areas since an agreement between the u.s. and the taliban was signed in doha nearly a week ago that would have the goodness this is a big achievement for all afghans says the local commander they lost and now we have gained their freedom for civilians caught in the middle and welcome relief.

it's been very difficult there were a lot of the taliban fighters were escaping and it's civilians who suffered we were the victims not the taliban the message here is that the taliban inflicted the historical defeat on the us but there's another war going on one between afghans at least 80 attacks have been carried out since sunday killing dozens of people mainly members of the afghan security forces. the increase in hostilities was triggered by afghanistan's president a 70 refusing to release up to 5000 taliban prisoners as guaranteed by the doha agreement the afghan government did not take part in that agreement and says this is a matter that should be negotiated during the upcoming interim afghan talks the taliban insist they must be free before the negotiations start they needed it in east to be free to sooner rather than later degree wind has been criticised within the

taliban's ranks and there are reports of fighters defecting to other groups like isis and. totally around the city there are one thing but inside there are differences there are taliban in afghanistan there are taliban leadership from pakistan they don't agree there. cleric. and prior systems and all through politically there are taliban who are trained and educated in one place and groups who are educated in another one that has a difference the group feels is now in a position of strength generally the dictionary says it has also evolved since the day he was attorney general of the taliban government in the 1990 s. . the taliban is definitely the winner but before we ruled alone that is change the taliban wants to have a government that will include all ethnicities but there are red lines one is the

withdrawal of all foreign troops and their advisors the implementation of islamic law is also a red line because we paid a heavy price but whether the country is called islamic emirates or not is open to negotiation the government wants the taliban to desire after agreeing on a ceasefire that attacks are likely to continue just as they did during negotiations with the us leaving afghans paying the price once again but at that heavy the edges either a couple of. turkish defense minister says a cease fire is holding a province in northern syria the agreement brokered by turkey and russia and strikes for the 1st time in months but there have been reports of some fighting in the southern parts of the province between syrian government forces and rebels. well there all reports of time expired so far to northern iraq as the group takes advantage of an uncertain security situation in january iraq's parliament called for foreign troops to be expelled after arabian judge ruled the body was killed in

the u.s. airstrike some of the faulty the people of northern iraq being left alone to defend themselves. overlooking the tigris river iraq's mccoll mountain seemed peaceful at least on 1st glance but the crevices and caves up above have become a refuge for eisler fighters and the villages below the target for their campaign of terror last month members of isis set up a fake checkpoint and opened fire to people. when they were returning home from work i saw ambushed and they attacked them one of them was badly hurt and the other suffered light injuries. while a. villager stay up at night to keep watch they say it's the only way to protect themselves there's no army no police they are only on the main road this land is open all the way to syria so anyone who wants to come can come. until

late last year at the u.s. led coalition and their iraqi partners conducted regular air raids in this area forcing eisel into hiding but since tensions between the u.s. and iran escalated on iraqi soil earlier this year those operations have largely stopped and i saw has taken advantage it's areas like these honeycombed with river beds and surrounded by mountains that offer ideal terrain for eisel to operate in they lay low during the day but at night they emerge from their hideouts to terrorize the population villagers here say they have noticed an uptick in iceland doing since coalition activities came to hold in january as a result of growing u.s. iran tensions. useless family survived in iceland tak last month they are now staying in their relatives home in the nearby town for the moment going back is not safe they were targeted because her husband the matata or village chief in arabic

cooperates of security forces has suffered a broken jaw and serious injuries to his stomach had not in months the incident was very terrifying there's no security in our area it's finished from dinner time until the morning we're watching we never sleep i swear the families aren't sleeping. you stress daughter the ha was shot in the leg during the attack well like. me is trying to do their duty but they don't manage to contain the security situation we want more support for them because the army can't control the villages at all support that until recently came from the u.s. led coalition minnesota by adam cohen at the mark when we heard the sound of the american airplanes we know it's safe. it's unclear when or if activities will fully resume this climate of uncertainty office fertile ground for eisel with iraq civilians once again paying the price seem want to fall to an al jazeera in the

than iraq the u.n. has called for an immediate end to military action by yemen's warring parties fighting has resumed in northern we have been between the who thing rebels on the saudi led coalition the i.c.r.c. has said some of its response efforts have been heard but since last month around 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care the conflict in the region's poorest country has killed tens of thousands of people. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. or we will slip back. into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in mara. so that africa is suffering its worst drought in decades zimbabwe is one of the country's most affected but many families are struggling with daily water shortages

and that's adding to the hardships they're facing as the country deals with rabbit inflation and a shrinking economy there is horrible tasso reports for below. in zimbabwe 2nd city pull away all the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes had to use untreated water these women uses for washing and flushing toilets if they have to drink it they will boil it 1st in some suburbs supplies are often cut off for days at a time. when the supply is turned on with lindsey make several trips to the communal tap to stock up she says a neighborhood can sometimes go a whole week without water and she doesn't want to use any that's not clean and safe getting water in the holes doesn't make us feel cold because that water is not here at the lake this person to reach so many people is suffering from storm ike so i believe it could be quite rare or something i don't know because some of the people they drink that water some they use it for you know so it is

a big challenge that we're even in cold to patch. like other parts of southern africa zimbabwe is experiencing its worst drought in years city authorities say rationing is necessary it. is implemented. in programming to try and have. digital that we have straight to receive enough rain as we all know and it liar is. saying myriad region where we receive very little or no rain for like this year it's really critical we haven't received the referee falls grateful for it rains. some dams have stopped operating since the water fell below pumping levels the remaining still functional a critically no the rainy season started late this year and even then has been erratic and new dam is being built about 100 kilometers from away authorities say it will draw water directly from the river but it's still

a long way from being completed part of the problem is a source of foreign currency and zimbabwe's worsening economic crisis zimbabwe is already grappling with shortages of fuel medicines electricity and some basic commodities many here say corruption and mismanagement in government and opposition by minister pellet he's is also to blame the few who can afford it buy water privately or drill boreholes but for millions of others that is not an option. al-jazeera. at least $46.00 people remain missing in southeastern brazil days after heavy rainfall calls floods and landslides more than 30 people are going to have died when communities were engulfed in 3 cities on the coast of san paolo state but firefighters and volunteers are giving up the search for the missing early this week the region heard of bob's rainfall in a single day staying in the region huge crowds have gathered in chile's capital as

i had to government protesters continue their campaign of inequality friday's demonstration was relatively peaceful although there have been several days of violence the protest is out of a big sweeping social policy reforms that state presence busting pillars actions fall short. of our top stories the hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine said jarvis beeston province has collapsed trapping about 70 people dozens have been rescued from the rubble but really you has more from beijing. this hotel is located in the city of 200 in china 7 for jen province and the collapse happened in early evening around dinner time trapping about 70 people including people who we know were being monitored because they were in close contact with coronavirus patients now the province of food yet has about 300

coronavirus cases but it's monitoring and isolating in quarantine thousands more people known to be linked to those cases from wandering by medical authorities we know that they have been put in this hotel since about need february and already the politician has died from the crow the virus is hopeful forty's the report 20 would you deaths in the past 24 hours brings the total number of fatalities to 145 while there the 6000 dead thank sions have been confirmed by the rolls mosque or 40 has not proposed all group present gatherings of till further notice lebanon's prime minister has announced the government won't rip a foreign currency that worth over a $1000000000.00 in a televised speech of the also promised work or a plug to protect people's deposits the default covers just a small part of the $91000000000.00 it goes to foreign creditors level of debt is more than 170 percent of its economic output one of the heaviest burdens of the world. 3 saudi princes are reported to have been arrested in the clue the former

principal haven't been there for the king's younger brother prince albert a bit of the lizzie's are old. turkey's defense minister says a cease fire is holding the road. and syria they agree with brokered by turkey breast or a did a strike for the 1st time but bugs but there have been reports of some fire to give the south of the province between syrian government forces dreadfuls. 46 people believe this a good southeast of brazil days after heavy rainfall cause floods and landslides more than 30 people that have died with communities what goals to 3 cities of sao paolo state those are the headlines about 30 minutes we could tell you what al-jazeera with its side story to stay with us.

a coronavirus outbreak has caused panic of around the world cities are in lockdown as stock markets have tumbled and the basics including mosques even toilet paper are running out so how should we deal with the anxiety this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm maryam namazie as the coronaviruses fried's around the world so is the fear and anxiety despite scientists telling people not to panic many countries have suspended schools public events and imposed travel restrictions sour.