revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al-jazeera. ajmi prepares drastic new measures to limit the spread of coronavirus reports say 16000000 people in milan and 11 other provinces will be quarantined. an attendee at a top conservative political conference testicles that positive to hold the 19th the organizers say the person did make contact with the president trying the in. the on friday back to boil watching i'll just hear a live from doha also coming up lebannon defaults on foreign currency debt worth over a 1000000000 dollars as it struggles for title i'm economic crisis. last recourse

our 4th senior crane's on the saudi royal family has been arrested as a crown prince looks to cement his grip on power and. the end italy is reportedly set to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the north of the country to contain the corona virus outbreak more than 10000000 people will be forbidden to enter or leave the lombardy region as according to a draft decrease seen by italian media the cities of milan venice and 11 nearby provinces will also be lost on almost $6000.00 people across easily are infected including the leader of one of the ruling party. so it is a right i have coronavirus to obviously all be monitored like everybody else in the situation of feel fine so it was decided that all be isolated to our home also my

family's falling all the protocols the situations on hospitals contact and all the people who were close to me at work to be interviewed and to be checked. sabina casto franco is an italian journalist she says a new restaurant to measure as i expected to come into effect on monday. they going to regard the whole region of lombardy and 11 provinces and me a bar i some invented some in the media or my own yeah and some in here at mt so those 11 provinces are also going to be affected like long but and what it's going to mean is that people again to have to not leave these provinces and long body and not go into them either so very very restrictive measures however these were going to come into effect tomorrow but it now appears that 2 of the regions

emilia-romagna and lamberti have requested some changes and so these changes again to be may be adopted in any case at least discussed so it is expected that the new restrictive measures are not going to actually go into effect until monday now in addition there's going to be. many things that are going to be closed like jinns cultural centers. all sorts of areas where people get together in large groups restaurants and bars however appear it appears they will be kept open in all the provinces and also in the region of colombia as long as people keep to the one meter apart from each other. and the u.s. $21.00 people on a cruise ship banned from docking in san francisco have tested positive for corona virus vice president mike pence says the ship is carrying 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew around 50 have been tested so far

a grand princess will be taken to a non commercial port where more tests will take place and the centers for disease control's director robert brett feel downplayed the risk of american citizens capturing coronavirus. at this time the risk to the american people is low in most areas the united states we do have a few areas of significant community transmission one thing we can all take pride in is that this nation has the best public health infrastructure really driven by the backbone of the local and state health departments and florida is no exception to being prepared we are tracking the see where these cases are confirmed and when we see evidence of sustained community transmission then that tips into us recommending medication strategies. i think i would encourage people to go after their their regular daily lives i did say i want people to all use common sense and

do their role and responsibility and basic hygiene products that we talked about but i would not encourage anyone to change their plans at this point based on what the epidemiology is here in florida and they should enjoy disneyland they should enjoy the rest of florida particle haney's in washington d.c. she says the severity of the outbreak and the advice to people in the u.s. on clay. the centers for disease control is supposed to be the lead in tracking this but they're not telling anymore how many people were tested and their results on their website are not up to date but there is some news that we're just getting breaking from the washington post that i want to pass along and again this is the washington post reporting this that someone who was an attendee at the what's called the c pac conference here in washington d.c. last week that's the conservative political action committee that they are that the detected coronavirus in attending now this could potentially be

a huge deal this was as enormous gathering of republicans political leaders members of the white house this was a really big conference so that's the breaking news from the washington post that an attendee has detected that corona virus has been detected as they put it in someone who attended that sea-tac conference in washington so obviously that is going to be a big focus here in the nation's capital the broader issue though is we do not know the actual number of people who have the coronavirus unlike other countries where you see massive amount of testing there were huge issues with the way the federal government dealt with this at the beginning the c.d.c. was supposed to come up with the test they did they bragged about a held a press conference said look we came up within 3 days problem is they sent it out it didn't work so then they had to fix that again just in the last few days another federal agency has said ok private labs and colleges you can come up with a test as well so we're getting conflicting messages from this administration the

president is saying anyone who needs a test can get one the vice president leading the effort has been saying there aren't enough tests people in the field are saying there aren't enough tests but at the same time the administration trying to send the message that people should remain calm. now rebecca katz's the director of the center for global health science and security at joe shine university she says not everyone in the u.s. who gets the virus can afford to follow advice and stay home. that's really difficult for a lot of people who rely on on those paychecks and can't don't have the sick leave so there's a serious economic consequences to what's being asked that being said the guidance is to if you are sick stay home if you come to work and you are sick there is guidance to employers to basically send you home and to wash your hands as often as you possibly can and to avoid touching your face which is really the best guidance that is out there the other guidance i'm starting to come out is for is is

to from c.d.c. and from other public health officials guidance to people who are over the age of 60 who have underlying health conditions for them to really be very thoughtful about how they are. where they're going and if they're if they're going to places where there's lots of people around to to maybe reconsider those activities but those are individual decisions that are going to have to be made and there is no official guidance anywhere at this point saying absolutely stay home if you have x. y. and z. condition the c.d.c. has often provided is is is the federal entity that all the states look to for guidance and for deep technical expertise i think what is somewhat frustrating right now is that c.d.c. is providing guidance is not always actionable it's not maybe out as forward leaning as some of the states and the locality with like because these are.

public health public health departments are not always terribly empowered even if they have the legal. the laws and regulations behind them to take action so for them to be charged with making really significant decisions including things that may have a large scale economic impact it would be it would be better if there was a lot of support for those decisions and support coming from the federal authorities meanwhile in iran a 2nd newly elected politician has died from the corona virus nearly 6000 people they are infected but health officials fear the actual number is much higher than what's being reported he 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 here in

iran in terms of combating this coronavirus ever since the outbreak was publicly announced ever since it began in home last month now if you speak to iranians even those that do believe the government in a recent poll by a member of the municipal authority here in town iran 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 mean not only laying off workers but because of the economic impact over a long period of time of the current virus and having to shut things down it might mean that he'll never be able to open his business again taxis are available on the streets but when you get in most drivers are wearing gloves and masks and they

provide you with hand sanitizer and spray 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. hotel be used as a coronavirus quarantine center in china's is send food jam province has collapsed dozens of people have been rescued from the rubble in to rescue workers are doing all they can to help the 30 people still trapped 9 south korea the sale of masks is being restricted to 2 per person a week it has more than $7000.00 coronavirus cases the most soft side of china diego palin reports from hong kong on how governments in asia and beyond that tackling the outbreak. usually a factory racing to keep up with demand for its products would be good news but at

this mosque production center in south korea it is an indication of a desperate situation with corona virus infection rates increasing by the hundreds daily this factories operating 24 hours a day but it's still contrary not the mosques fast enough the government has banned all exports of surgical masks and is limiting their sales to 2 a week a person whole mood all this is the 1st time i've cute for a mosque i've passed by here several times but they didn't have for me. south korea has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases after china with more than 7000 infections more than half of them are linked to a religious group in the southern city of daegu whose members had visited the chinese city of han in february the government has thrown its resources behind fighting the virus calling it a war but south korea struggling to contain it ospital in daegu are overwhelmed.

a number of the medical staff are being quarantined and so there isn't enough manpower or resources also there aren't enough supplies don't even with all the large number of infections has prompted nearly 100 nations to impose curbs on travelers from south korea but containing the spread is proving difficult across land a water and egyptian river boat has become the latest vessel to report a cluster of infections $100.00 foreign tourists who were on a nile cruise are being kept in 14 in the southern city of luxor after 12 crew members tested positive for corona virus new cases are surfacing in new places every day with at least 98 countries and territories now reporting infections the world health organization has called on countries to take measures to fight the outbreak so far doubly joel has received a plea conditions for review and approval. tests 20 bucks in development and many clinical. beauty x.

underway the virus is believed to have a originated in the chinese city of han it came to international attention in december as infection rates soared weeks later the chinese government imposed a lockdown in cities and provinces across the country affecting hundreds of millions of people and it's proved effective this week china reported its lowest daily rate of infections china seems to have a handle on the current virus outbreak saying that it is managing to stem the spread of the virus but now it is facing another challenge getting the economy back on its feet on saturday it announced that exports which make up a bit of the country's g.d.p. had dropped nearly 20 percent in january and february the same lockdown measures which have helped to contain the virus have hurt businesses analysts say china's economy could shrink for the 1st time since the 1970 s. there we go pollan hong kong and other world news tensions are continuing to

escalate on the turkey greece for over the flow of refugees and migrants tear gas has been fired by riot police on both sides thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since turkey declared its borders with the e.u. opened just over a week ago but greek authorities have moved bulldozers and armored vehicles to the border to stop them president bedouin is expected to travel to brussels on monday to discuss the issue now the influx of refugees heading for the greek islands has triggered a backlash against aid groups working who work to support them a rally was held in support of the aid agencies who say they're facing abuse from locals migrant camps on the island are overcrowded many residents say they can't cope and have called on the greek government to help. still ahead on al-jazeera much a small in mexico we look at the culture that's meant to rise in violence against

women. we got more cloud of rain pushing into central and southern parts of china at the moment this is band of western weather will ease its way further east which it'll run over towards key issues through a whole new shoes and big downpours on sunday southern parts of honshu in particular a possibility of some localized flooding and the cloud just thickens up again behind actually so the central areas of china will see more wet weather to go into the latter part of sunday and on into monday that right and really peping up again the chance of some localized flooding from monday much of japan will be fine and dry but you can see that wet weather moving through the east china sea heading towards kishi southern parts of the korean peninsula as well further north and in

beijing temperatures here getting up to around 10 degrees celsius in the sunshine sunshine in showers across southeast asia as it should be showers nothing a little further north has now so we still got some lively showers just pushing their way into the philippines showers there well scattered across indonesia want to see the showers pushing up into borneo for a time more on the way of sunshine and showers it must be said doesn't see bad in thailand will see temperatures getting up to 37 degrees celsius in bangkok. once hosni mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son the sights set on succession on the other president the crease in the distance from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died parked near mr . but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed.

for 2 of the family on al-jazeera. the end the end the. talking back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera italy said to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the north of the country to contain the corona virus outbreak more than 10000000 people in the number of the region and nearby provinces will be locked down in the u.s. $21.00 people in a crew ship ban from docking in san francisco have tested positive for corona virus the ship is carrying 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew the grand princess will be taken to

a point where more tests will take place or and in other news tensions are continuing to escalate on the turkey greece border over the floor refugees and migrants thousands have been trying to cross into the e.u. since turkey declared its borders open just over a week ago. a 4th senior saudi prince is reported to have been detained in what may be a new power battle in the kingdom the new york times says the former head of army intelligence prince najaf been made was detained at all with 3 others on friday the wall street journal says security forces also arrested dozens of interior ministry officials senior army officers and others suspected of supporting the n.h. brought alexey o'brien has more. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin muhammad bin nayef as edge 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 seeing 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 that there is term war 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 solomon 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 businessmen were rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an end to 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 cool he doesn't want any independent voices that don't agree with him and it's

not for the. woman of 3 people on the council of royal members in saudi arabia that decides the succession he was one of 3 who didn't vote for him had been some man to become the crown prince mohammed bin solomon's most notorious legacy so far is between 18 killing of saudi journalists. in the kingdom's consolation a stand. he was murdered by a hit squad made up of some of been solomon's personal entourage his body dismembered and the of a found the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself. as the most senior 3 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 were 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 brian al jazeera . now one cole is a professor of history at the university of michigan he says it's possible the arrests in saudi arabia are about something else other than a coupe rocks this is something extraordinary in saudi politics prince ahmed is the last surviving son aside from. king solomon himself

of the founder of the state and he is the only living for brother of the king he by the past rules of saudi politics should have enjoyed immunity even if he was publicly a little critical of some policy but that immunity is gone there is no immunity in saudi arabia mohammed bin someone can get you no matter who you are that's the message mohammed been someone is a somewhat paranoid individual and sees threats all around himself all the time prince not of what was favored by western intelligence agencies. because of his counter al qaida successes we know that western intelligence agencies don't like mama been psalm on they think that he was either behind or had been for knowledge of the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal show t.v.

. so i think he's simply removing somebody who's an oak a credible alternative now lebanon's prime minister says his government want to be able to make a debt payment of more than a $1000000000.00 due on monday dab says lebanon's current theories areas are dangerous no and people's basic needs must be prioritized then a hunter has more from people. businesses are closing unemployment is rising inflation is soaring and the local currency depreciated by at least 50 percent and now for the 1st time in its history lebanon is defaulting on paying its debt 1200000000 dollars is due on monday the country is facing its worst economic crisis in decades prime minister has sandia who took office in january after massive protests toppled the previous government told the nation his administration will work on restructuring the debt which has become too much for the country to bear.

on and on without the sour hard currency reserves are at a critical record low as a result the republic of lebanon is forced to default the coming march 9th obligation on the euro bond these funds must be channeled toward securing the basic necessities for the lebanese people 2 people have been on the streets for months demanding a new leadership they have little faith in a government appointed by the old political class they accused of corruption demonstrators have also vented their anger at banks for imposing capital controls but bankers are blaming the authorities for looking for an easy way out restructuring the public that seems to be a way to avoid the other reforms that are necessary to jumpstart the economy and to solve the crisis which is essentially it is structured in the public sector some parties in lebanon have been used to look at the public sector source of benefits and favors to their political constituency international donors

have made clear there will be no assistance unless reforms are carried out it's not just about implementing reforms lebanon's government does not have many friends it is seen by the united states and its allies as controlled by hezbollah or any iranian backed group they consider a terrorist organization and they have been trying to contain iran's growing influence. in the middle east the only option to secure foreign funding and without risking further isolation is through the international monetary fund but hezbollah the power broker in government has rejected an i.m.f. bailout it says it would involve taxes and calls the institution a tool of the united states in case for. signs up to the i.m.f. they will lose some of the sovereignty they've won the 2008 elections the 1st election that they've won since 2004 years and if they lose the power this means

that conceded some sort of defeat to the i.m.f. and to the international community and to the united states. financial crisis has entered a new stage and there doesn't seem to be a rescue plan and as conditions worsen for the people many are warning of further unrest. beirut. the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has carried out as trying to get with the rebels in the port district of sorry if there's also renewed fighting in in the northeast u.n. has called for an immediate end to the military action international committee of the red cross says its response efforts have been hampered since last month around 70000 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical care. now millions of women across mexico will strike against gender based violence on monday to mark international women's day government figures show men kill at least 10 women every day john heilemann has our report from the capital

mexico city all of us are allowed to continue i meant to me live in an emotional. state university female students reporting professes students and even relatives that they say have harassed or attacked them over the years. miscues attorney general has said that more than 10 women are killed a day but behind the number some say is a culture of machismo male chauvinism which in the end helps lead to the violence. around 20 professes just from mexico state university and now under investigation this student is one of those who complained this was common so. he started asking me are you a virgin what have you done with your boyfriend i've read a naughty things yes this conduct is normalized enough in society she says that she didn't know who to turn to from the area give me your answers mr his miss but also

his messages i felt alone i didn't know who to talk to in my family or in the police or the student committees if my boyfriend who asked for help just accused me of starting to. yes. the submissive objectified woman is a current that runs through popular culture a mixed crowd was. a look at bam we were in there these are the weather reporters of the 24 hour news channel. and it's a constant on the country too popular telling novellas screenwriter and. story. always sing story lines in which the women are victims or hysterical bossy and annoying convinces all that yes women are annoying and bossy and sensitive when they're having a period and it's not true. but in the last year more and more women but then rejecting how they're seen on the violence against a 3rd protests and even street monuments like this one it's actually being claimed

in a civil lawsuits going to go through mexico city's main avenue this sunday to mark international women's day. on monday there will be a national women's strike this movement is the only game in traction john hoeven 00 mexico city. her again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on italy is reportedly set to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the north of the country to contain the corona virus outbreak more than 10000000 people will be forbidden to enter or leave the number region that's according to a draft stick received by italian media the cities of milan venice and 11 nearby provinces will also be knocks down in the u.s. 21 people on a cruise ship banned from docking in san francisco have tested positive for corona

virus the ship is carrying 3 and a half 1000 passengers and crew around 50 have been tested so far the grand princess will be taken to a noncommercial port where more tests will take place patty co-head has the latest from washington. the broader issue though is we do not know the actual number of people who have the coronavirus unlike other countries where you see a massive amount of testing there were huge issues with the way the federal government dealt with this at the beginning the c.d.c. was supposed to come up with the test they did they bragged about to hold a press conference and look we came up with in 3 days problem is they sent it out it didn't work so they had to fix that again just in the last few days another federal agency has said ok private labs and colleges you can come up with a test as well so we're getting conflicting messages from this administration and a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine center in china's eastern province has collapsed dozens of

people have been rescued from the rubble in rescue workers are doing all they can to help the 30 people trapped in other news tensions are continuing to escalate on the turkey greece border over the flow of refugees and migrants to gas has been fired by riot police on both sides president is expected to travel to brussels on monday to discuss c. issues a 4th senior saudi prince is reported to have been detained in what me what may be a new power battle in the kingdom the new york times says the former head of amin telegin sprints in ahmed was arrested along with 3 others on friday as always is more news on our web site at al-jazeera dot com all the latest all of our top stories on there coming up next it's inside story.

a coronavirus outbreak has caused panic a around the world cities are in lockdown stock markets have tumbled on the basics including lost 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 coronavirus is 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 sound.