to the families trial and meet the syrians on al-jazeera. $16000000.00 people a quarantine in italy is the government locks down towns and cities including milan and venice and the coronavirus. iran reports a sharp increase in corona virus deaths bringing the total to $194.00 but one government official says that number could be much higher. and i'm glad this is live from doha also coming up silence from saudi arabia as more arrests are reported after the tension of 2 senior princes reports for power struggle. and turned away we speak to refugees and migrants attempting to cross

into greece from turkey. so that italy is imposing tough restrictions on a quarter of its population locking down its 2nd largest city and more than 16000000 people to try and stop the spread of coronavirus just had its biggest rise in cases since the outbreak began with more than 1200 cases confirmed on saturday the lockdown includes the entire region of long body where the italian outbreak began and where the most deaths have been recorded home to 10000000 people no one will be able to move in or out of the area and that includes the country's economic capital of milan the lowdown will also impact several other provinces including venice if 80 another $6000000.00 people restrictions are set to remain until early april or again be as the latest. in casual in northern italy people rushed to the

train station desperate to leave this city before it was put into knocked down but it's too good to talk i read 2 hours ago that they may be putting out an urgent to creep putting out a lot in the red zone and because i'd like to return down south to my relatives i just. added to go earlier. prime minister picante has signed a decree to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the lumber the region home to 10000000 people to limit the spread of coded 19 this invasion. now we have restrictive measures for a much wider area because it wasn't making any sense to say a lot of small red zones while infections have spread all over a longer range and in the provinces we listed. this comes after italy reported more than $1200.00 new infections in one day there's going to be. many things that again 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. pope francis he's fighting a cold his council public appearances and will deliver his regular sunday prayers to crowds at the vatican by live stream and the leader of one of his least 2 ruling parties has announced that he has coronavirus all caught on a so it is arrived i have coronavirus today obviously i'll be monitored like everybody else in the situation i feel fine so it was decided that i'll be isolated at home also my family is falling all the protocols to the situations italy is the worst affected country in europe but france germany and the netherlands have all reported a rise in the number of cases while malta slovakia's and serbia have confirmed that 1st infections victoria gave him be al-jazeera well let's speak not to sign diego

who joins us live from london and son extreme measures in place in italy. absolutely and when you consider the numbers in the surge of infections that have occurred this really is the most extensive form of restrictions this taken place outside of china for example now you've got more than a quarter of the population effectively under lockdown as well and people have been told to stay home as much as possible and if they break those rules they could potentially face jail sentence of up to 3 months now while you've got sort of milan and venice like to sort of cities which are really sort of in the bed of sort of italy's economic center really you have other cities are affected as well that are part of our all around there you also have another regional leader the regional leader of the amount that has also been confirmed as having been infected with the

19 virus as well but you have schools and universities which will remain closed they closed last week they will remain closed until april the 3rd or so jim cinema museums cultural and religious events are banned as well and even events such as weddings and funerals because it is of course a perfect opportunity for the virus to spread rampantly amongst of groups of people there who are gathering in close proximity as well so with that in mind you've got restaurants and cafes in the quarantine zone which can open for a certain amount of time but still there are restrictions on as to how close people can sit so with all of this in mind it really is quite an extensive lockdown but the question remains is that is this although these are very strict and harsh restrictions put in place how much of this really will be able to prevent further infections from taking place. what's the picture across the rest of your.

well it's not just italy of course that is been affected by this you've got hundreds and hundreds of cases in other countries throughout europe as well of course following it's you have france you have 16 people who've died already from covert 19 that's according to the head of the public health service as well with more than 945 cases of covert 19 confirmed there as well germany also has more than 680 cases there but interestingly enough no confirmed. from coronavirus just yet spain 480 cases were confirmed on saturday by the government there 10 people at least 10 people have died from from the disease though from the virus in the u.k. on sunday the authorities are push the number up now to 211 cases of of the

of the virus in the country with 2 deaths being confirmed from that so all in all the government is keeping a very strong like see how those numbers are going to jump next or it's only there for now thanks very much for you but. of course to iran which has reported a sharp increase in the number of deaths bringing the total there to $194.00 there are now more than $6500.00 infections across the country after hundreds more confirmed on some let's get more from zone because rob the only reference in tehran and tell us what this is all about. in another record setting day $49.00 deaths in the last 24 hours from the corona virus bringing the total to $194.00 but just a few hours ago during a meeting of the health ministry in the province of guillen a special representative of the health ministry to the province mr mohammad hussein who were bonnie in his statement during the meeting seemed to contradict the

official total from the government he said that in his province in the north of the country on the caspian coast bordering us or by john there have been $200.00 deaths in his province alone this of course more than the total nationwide that the official government numbers would suggest now this was reported by a local news agency considering the political climate here in iran it could be retracted it could remain unverified but the fact is these reports tend to go viral these local news reports tend to be broadcast tend to be shared all around the country and things like this truly erode the public trust something the government simply can't afford at a time when it's trying to come back to this broad outbreak of the coronavirus here in the country elsewhere in most of the ron province there's a medical university that says that the overall number of cases are 30 percent higher than official statistics now this could be by design but it could also be a flow of communication issue could be that simply the figures haven't translated

and made their way back to headquarters here in tehran but the fact is either way it does your growth the public trust we bring you these numbers by compiling health ministry to statistics provincial and municipal statistics numbers from hospitals from local reports from medical universities and the thing that we continue to come across in our work is that there tend to be discrepancies everywhere and those discrepancies are what people here in iran will point to to say that they can't trust the government when it comes to following directions and doing what they say which is exactly the biggest challenge authorities here faced ever since the outbreak began. all right zain thanks very much the same was ravi reporting in. saudi arabia is saudi arabia is placing one of its provinces under lockdown because a coronavirus sorry state media say most public and private sector work has been suspended in qatif after 11 people were infected with the virus vital services will

keep running in the region and commercial supplies will continue flowing recourse and to keep people safe but at least 10 people have died in a hotel that collapsed in china's southern province the hotel was being used to quarantine people to prevent the spread of the corona virus meanwhile the chinese government has reported the lowest number of new infections since january katrina you has this report now from beijing witnesses say it sounded like an explosion at this hotel in china's southern food jan province collapsed on saturday night trapping 70 people most people being quarantined because of the coronavirus the hotel was designated as a virus isolation ward as emergency teams freed people from the rubble authorities in beijing defended the strict quarantine measures who would know. if there is a cluster infection workers have to go into families and communities 40 terror investigation to know every patients history of activities and track all of the

people who had contact with the patient so there must be quarantined for 14 days. the government says tough measures have stopped the spread of the current a virus outside of the epicenter who on sunday china recorded its lowest number of new cases since january or only 3 new cases were recorded outside the province and these patients were infected not in china but abroad state media are declaring victory in the country's battle against the outbreak in a makeshift hospital known as the one han living room has suspended operations jus to a lack of patients. if you like we already one we're so happy to see patients discharged one after one more than 80000 people have been infected nationwide some 50000 patients have recovered at least 5000 are in critical condition in for jan authorities are investigating the cause of the building collapse the hotels are in

a is being questioned. al-jazeera beijing i said aaron al jazeera exercising their rights why women like these are still a minority in afghanistan. and find out why gender based attacks are on the rise in mexico. hallow is running again in china and in japan probably more so in japan although it looks like the clouds in the north this is mostly been just some light snow which might just briefly on the beijing area but i think not much is mostly focusing to the east of the range the thing to watch that's running through southern china answers is china sea in this line takes the through ship and there has been surviving rain recently is more likely flooding rain coming on tuesday given that

southerly breeze is rapidly warming in sapporo wish represents a good part of her corridor there given the amount of snow has fallen here cried a recently that seems a fairly rapid thaw again a flood risk behind it although there's a tucked in stone for north korea the sun's out again in beijing the years binsted of a bit certain degrees is quite reasonable you're 25 in hong kong probably read to be humid so we haven't tucked into the summer breeze just yet the big showers around indonesia pretty well spread but i think in the next day or so you should watch these developments jobber it's not to be some heavy rain in javanese south or beyond to the east which suggests the flooding potential has returned that island as for india a good scattering of showers which is not bad this time the year and more as coming out of afghanistan towards pakistan on monday and tuesday. joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than

424 hour television news channels. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state media reflects this they. want to challenge their editorial show if they don't believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera. oh you know what she had 0 remind of our top stories this quarter of italy's population has been put under lockdown to government tries to stop the coronavirus

the region of lombardy home to 10000000 is known koren team including the city of milan 11 nearby provinces also affected. iran has reported its highest number of coronavirus deaths within a 24 hour period bringing the total to $194.00 but one provincial official is suggesting actual number of deaths could be much higher than what is being reported . china has reported its lowest daily number of new infections 60 outbreak began meanwhile rescue crews are still trying to reach dozens of people buried when a quarantine center collapsed at least 10 people are confirmed dead. a 4th senior prince is reported to have been detained in saudi arabia u.s. media reports say the former head of army intelligence that's prince not been up what is among those now being held but there hasn't been any official response from the government and except ryan has the. saudi state media on sunday broadcast

pictures of king solomon with the kingdom's new ambassadors to euro guy and ukraine the appearance of the monarch followed speculation about his health after the reported arrest of several princes and dozens of officials in recent days the king's younger brother prince ahmed abdul aziz and the crown prince's cousin mohammed bin nayef a said to be among those detained taken by masked men to an unknown location maybe they have. said man is that area rating or again has rumored in the past you might be considering. basically have the. the last thing been some men want to challenge there are reports of an attempted coup though some analysts believe crown prince mohammed bin solomon is further consolidating his power i understand that after the arrests of these major figures that he then demanded the other members

of the family to confirm their loyalty to him and many were expected to tweet or to e-mail him and show that they were behind him mohamed bin solomon knowing his abs has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him he replaced been naive as to the throne and 27 tane forcing him into effective house arrest n.b.s. his uncle prince ahmed was said to be concerned by the crown prince's grip on power one of a small group who voted against m.p.'s taking over. this is something extraordinary and saudi politics prince ahmed 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 god there is no immunity in saudi arabia mohammed bin solomon can get you no matter who you are that's the message and 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire

businessmen around our pen detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government said it was an anti-corruption drive rights groups disagreed one year later mohammed bin salmond's international profile was further tarnished after the killing of saudi journalist. and the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the cia concluded that the crown prince must have known about the operation if not ordered it himself we know that he is the real power it was some people calling him anecdotally the. son of the king but person it was actually some foreign power in the southeast. reports suggest those detained now face long term imprisonment or even death. and except ryan al-jazeera. the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan is calling on greece to allow refugees to make their way into europe he's declared turkey's borders open for those hoping to enter the e.u.

causing thousands to try to cross borders over the past week a united star you always know that they do not want to stop in greece they only wanted to go through your territory to go to europe why are you preventing them we said from the beginning we would open our borders and now i say to greece open your borders and they will go through your territory to go to european countries you cannot shrug this issue aside. well migrants refugees trying to cross from turkey into greece have described scenes borders something out of a horror movie thousands of asylum seekers have gathered at turkey's western frontier out of the country declared its borders open for those who plan to enter europe natascha can name has more from the border city of and then a. we found home ed in an abandoned building tending to his wounds the iranian amputee says he crossed into greece twice since turkey opened its borders more than a week ago he returned with wounds all over his body. to use the wounded

they caught me and beat me while they took me to a cot my back to them and said i'm handicapped don't beat me leave me alone but they wouldn't listen. on the 2nd floor a temporary family has formed bound by trauma and desperation one strangers now linked by the solidarity a feeling ostracized by other media kids and money as we might have come from 3rd world countries but we're not 3rd class citizens we also have the right to live and have a future for our children in. afghan refugee missier has become a kind of father figure he and his wife crossed into greece 3 times twice by climbing through a fence and once on a fisherman's boat he says greek soldiers stripped the men to their underwear tasered them and when they collapsed beat them with the sticks ignited the 11 up on

the engine of all of the bank of the men took us to the river bank and kicked us into the river they said now leave some of us manage to cross like a fish some like a duck to of their friends couldn't get out of the river we told turkish fishermen that we left 2 people behind they went to search for our friends and we never saw them again. the greek government has not responded to the accusations it has stopped accepting asylum applications for one month and pledged to expel those entering illegally nazir describes what's happening to refugees and migrants who cross into greece as a horror movie. yet he and home ed plan to make another attempt clinging to the possibility like thousands others that the next time will have a more humane ending. natasha getting. on the turkey greece border a refugee facility on the greek island of lesbos is cleaning up after

a fire late on saturday it happened at the swiss operated one happy family center for refugees just outside the on its capital there were no reports of injuries more than 1700 migrants have landed on lesbos and 4 other jian islands from to the past week. 5 people have been killed by an avalanche while hiking in central austria it happened in the dutch the mountains believe the victims were from the czech republic the area is a popular spot for tricky. millions of women across mexico were going on strike on monday to take a stand against gender based violence in time to follow international women's day government figures show attacks against women have doubled in the past 5 years john holdren reports now from mexico city or one of us are allowed to continue i meant them in the us i live in an emotional outpouring on this state university female students reporting professors students and even relatives but they say have

harassed or attacked them over the years yes but scores attorney general has said that more than 10 women they killed that 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 compression bessemer he started asking me are you a virgin what have you done with your boyfriend have you done naughty things yet this conduct is normalized enough in society she says that she didn't know who to turn to from the yemenia give me your answers mr his miss but i saw his messages i felt alone i didn't know who to talk to in my family or in the police or the shooting committees even my boyfriend who asked for help just accuse me of starting to. the submissive objectified woman is

a current the runs through popular culture in mexico because i believe this is another family run or these are the weather reporters of the 24 hour news channel. and it's a constant on the country's popular telling novellas screenwriter and the. story as. always seeing storylines in which the women are victims are 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 they're rejecting how this scene and the violence against them through protests and even street monuments like this one it's actually being cleaned in advance of a march that's going to go through mexico city's main avenue this sunday to mark international women's day. or monday there would be

a national women's strike this movement is only gaining traction john heilemann out zita mexico city. well thousands of women in cities throughout pakistan have defied legal challenges and threats of violence to march on international women's day demanding tougher laws to protect women from harassment rape and domestic abuse. is in islam about. a growth target ganda have been rallied by women i read men who are supporting remain commemorates the international day for women. a good reason for doing. something besides. the one. i love that is. not with. me we have got plenty when we are living in a very tiny. and our we need freedom and we need. to make you

a lot of stuff. already you and harry are divided across that line you have the religious parties who are all. doing and also obviously against the march region also known as the woman's march that started in karachi and reindeer and then spread across into other cities that rail car did here again reconsider their wide liberal iraq war more rights for the women however the more religious and can vary development of the iraq forces this is not something that is new here in pakistan and that of course it's a debate that has been going on for years. uncertainty surrounding upcoming talks between afghanistan's government and the taliban is raising fears of a collapse of law and order as foreign troops withdrawal women's rights groups

simply are worried what will happen if the taliban every game let's hear now from. reporting from kabul. it's a little even tucked away in a basement in kabul away from prying eyes this was the 1st gym for women only to open here sickie mohamedi chose to name it bo no one better start or elite women in the local dialect that eat well that. far yet the it's been 2 years now initially people had different views toward sports because we're a conservative society but those who came here have seen good results and felt the benefits of working out so no they're encouraging us most of our clients are young women who are part of a new generation enjoying feet of their mothers never had but they are the minority this is a country devastated by 40 years of war and women have always been the biggest victims not only of the taliban kidnapped. being in rape were rampant during the

civil war 2 there's also the high number of afghan widows estimates vary from 600000 up to 2000000 cannot be lost her husband wouldn't 20 years ago when we arrived to interview her she told us that her 4 month old grandson had died that same morning but being the only breadwinner in a family of 8 she couldn't afford to take the day off she has to work hoping that every stroke of the broom will take a little of the grief away. you know. i'm really tired of life because i don't have a father or son or husband over a brother i'm alone and i have 8 daughters i'm upset because after i wake up i start sweeping i need medicine but when i buy i can't feed my family when i feed my family i can't get treatment i really don't know what to do. women gained equal rights in the 2004 constitution but nothing is guaranteed if you look at the

political atmosphere now you see different groups are talking with each other about sharing of power and political arrangements women are not there actually we have inside afghanistan probably even inside the government but i see the government i mean the 3 institutions of government who would think and believe the same way as taliban do navigating through social restrictions is not easy for medina i met her family doesn't know about her workout schedule nor do they know she's a gifted artist side. which i don't blame them because of our society she worries what people will say but we think differently i was born here and need to rebuild my country women must be strong and contribute to society these are challenging times $500.00 stand the prospect of peace is on the horizon again and there is fear that women could lose out but there is also a new generation willing to fight to protect their rights put up that hamid

al-jazeera kabul. plenty more of course on our website the crestor which is al jazeera dot com all the news we're covering there and lots of comment. so then you're watching al-jazeera these are the top stories and of course population is being put under lockdown tries to stop the coronavirus the region of . 10000000 people is now in quarantine the city of milan 11 nearby provinces affected. iran has reported its highest number of coronavirus deaths within a 24 hour period bringing the total to $194.00 but one provincial official is suggesting the number of deaths could be much higher than what is being reported

one hour from. a special representative of the health ministry to that province mr mohammad hussein in his statement during the meeting seemed to contradict the official total from the government he said that in his province in the north of the country on the caspian coast bordering us or by john there have been $200.00 deaths in his province alone this of course more than the total nationwide that the official government numbers would suggest now this was reported by a local news agency considering the political climate here in iran it could be retracted it could remain un verified but the fact is these reports tend to go viral china has reported its lowest daily number of new infections since the outbreak began the rescue crews are still trying to reach dozens of people buried when a corinth center collapsed at least 10 are confirmed dead. turkish president recip type irvine is calling on greece to open the gates to migrants at its border with turkey thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered on the turkish port in the

turkish border city of where they've been trying to get into greece the area has seen clashes with border police. police on the greek island investigating a fire at a refugee facility it happened at the swiss operated one happy family center for refugees just outside the capital more than 1700 migrants coming from turkey have landed on lesbos and 4 other islands in the past week and 5 people have been killed by an avalanche while hiking in central austria it happened in the mountains it's believed the victims were from the czech republic. but more news coming up. right after the listening post and i'll be back with the news for. as the world battles of potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe with updates about travel restrictions post how to protect ourselves.

run a virus outbreak special coverage on. this plane 633 of its troops sorry we're going to look because it almost hit a good. point because i. think if. you want to come up with a click by to pretend that i want to burden you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week syria is a proxy war and the outside players turkey and russia are using their media muscle to shift the narrative in their favor coronavirus is still big news but don't believe everything you click on misinformation is making the rounds on social media pakistan wants to grow its tourism industry and to the influencers but how do they get to parts of the country that are close to pakistan it's i think it's pretty.