sure you take a dart believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on al-jazeera. a country in lockdown italy's prime minister orders unprecedented restrictions to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up china's president xi jinping travels to rouhani epicenter of the outbreak after the country reports another significant drop in new cases. the white house confirms president trump has not been tested for corona virus despite flying with the congressman who's now in quarantine. and today without women female workers strike in mexico to show what society is like without them.

italy is expanding travel restrictions to the entire country locking down 60000000 people to try to contain the corona virus outbreak citizens have been told to stay at home and avoid all non-essential travel movement is only allowed for urgent work situations emergencies or health reasons the unprecedented move follows another spike in deaths from the virus despite a street or in teen and post in the north of italy for target me reports. it's a nice greater virus that demick already the 2nd most deadly after china has taken another dramatic turn with more than 60000000 people the country's entire population under lockdown from tuesday. prime minister does that make contact says he's extending restrictions on movement after another spike in deaths from the coronavirus all public gatherings all banned and schools and universities closed

until april the 3rd. there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a lawn and zone 2 in the country there will only be it's only a protected zone so across the whole peninsula people should avoid all movement unless they are for 3 specific reasons for work emergencies or health reasons. 60000000 people in the north of the country have been under lockdown since sunday riots in 2 dozen prisons across italy follett restrictions on face to face visits to modernise 6 inmates died after they broke into the prison infirmary and overdosed on stocks of the heroin substitute methadone. as a warning they posted some pastis which say we can only go inside when a mosque. has it's of one family member at a time. this was

a hint of what chaos might in see you with the virus were to enter the confines of the prison system it is almost everywhere else in italy these were rest scenes filmed inside a hospital in the northern town of cremona and also on lockdown the financial capital milan one of the engines of the economy europe's major stock markets problem and then to frankfurt paris and london all suffered dramatic falls on monday with share prices plummeting as the infection rate saw the economic impact of the coronavirus is already substantial and will only grow there are discomforting comparisons being made to the 2008 financial crisis with concerns for the preparedness of european banks and businesses. on tuesday elite is will meet to try to come up with a unified response but they won't meet here in person in brussels with it steadily growing infection rate instead they'll be holding

a tele conference the circumstances of this unique crisis continue to evolve although not yet into a pandemic says the world health organization in which transmission of the virus is uncontrolled now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries the threads of a bunda meek has become very real. but it would be the 3rd spondon week in history that could be controlled there are signs of success against the virus in china south korea and singapore but not yet in europe spain looks set to launch what's being described as shock therapy measures possibly following france and germany with school closures and restrictive public gatherings these are moves the government in britain is not yet prepared to make keen apparently to defer the enormous social and economic costs of fighting the coronavirus but that

will likely be no avoiding them victoria gayton be algis there are a couple who is a university of florida and a former italian politician she says italy has one of the world's biggest aging populations making it more vulnerable to the outbreak. i think that the system of reporting that is used in italy is very very different from systems that are being used in other countries i think that it is likely that infection from asia to don't reach italy only but it reached a series of your pm countries and that there have been intramural pm the circulation of the virus and italy is one of the countries infected by the corona virus it certainly has. had a significant number of hospitalized patients but it's only has. a significant aging population we are one of the older countries with. the longest

life expectancy plus the public service will take on any case and therefore i think that this is quite a unique situation compared to the rest who are i don't think that the virus when it left before they will have locked down went only to italy. there are as i said many many connections in europe with china but also in africa with china and so i suspect that the infection might be more widespread than what is it is currently believed to be chinese president xi jinping has arrived in mohan where the chrono virus outbreak originated it was his 1st visit to the epicenter census outright the again in december of 2 sol an hour bob the pride is there so rob this visit as significant. absolutely a surprise visit so we didn't know it was taking place until it was in fact taking

place but it is a big developing story this tuesday the 1st time that president xi jinping has been to the epicenter of the outbreak to the city of and in who bay province he is meeting with medical teams he is visiting some of the hospitals that have been on the front line of fighting this outbreak also meeting with some of the military units there's many components to this national effort by china to tackle the disease jim ping has had a somewhat controversial role in tackling this outbreak and how he has been seen to be involved when the outbreak 1st happened and it was a devastatingly bad news story a national crisis a disaster unfolding he was conspicuously kept a low profile he disappeared almost for days on end the feeling being that such an eminence wouldn't want to be associated it would be too damaging for him to be associated with such a negative

a vent taking place well now that china seems to have got on top of this it's turned it around if you like a more cynically minded might question the timing of this visit to possibly this is she jim ping now deciding it's time to be seen as leading the victory against this a national challenge or we can expect to see an awful lot of coverage of this visit too will hand and portrayed in far more positive terms that this is a much better narrative as we have seen some of these state controlled reporting on this really playing up the more the positive elements that this is china coming together working to overcome this national crisis and we see now very much she jim ping's hand on the helm certainly though from who bay there is far better news to report we're hearing that some officials are look. at the possibility at least of allowing people in some of the medium and low risk areas possibly to start

venturing out once more to actually start travelling and we are getting reports although it hasn't been officially confirmed yet that there is a possibility that preparations may be under way eventually to reopen hands international airport ok private there at that there from seoul thank you. and the white house says u.s. president has not been tested for corona virus even though he flew with a congressman who is now quarantined himself this comes as donald trump announced plans to soften the economic effect of the outbreak including potential payroll tax cuts the president says the possible tax relief will be substantial and could help support the economy the viruses and back to more than $600.00 people across $34.00 states. we are going to take care of and have been taking care of the american public and the american economy we are going to be asking tomorrow we're seeing the senate going to be meeting with house republicans which mcconnell everybody and discussing

a possible payroll tax. cut or relief substantial really very substantial relief that's a big that's a big number. we're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting. help so that they can. feel a position where they're not could ever miss a paycheck to be working with companies and small companies large companies a lot of companies so that they don't get penalize or something that's not their faults not their fault it's not our country's fault that this was something that we were thrown into and we're going to handle it and we have been handling it. more from washington d.c. . the trouble ministration is struggling to reassure americans that it has the situation involving the coronavirus epidemic under control this is what the u.s. vice president mike pence told reporters on monday evening what the president was referring to is that we will have people that test positive and then they get

better but it's also important remember that people with the vast majority get better completely some some large percentage have mild flu symptoms some have serious flu symptoms but then of course for the. for the americans you heard the surgeon general refer to seniors with underlying serious health conditions doctor found she referred to we're committed to lean in to make sure they have the support they need but the white house also noted late on monday evening that in response to reporters' questions the president donald trump has not been tested for a coronavirus this even though a florida congressperson rode with the president on air force one during a campaign stop over the weekend that congressman is now in self quarantine for 14 days because he had been exposed to a person who has tested positive for the virus again it's raising questions about

whether enough is being done not just to protect the u.s. president but the american public really large. president obama's trying to reassure markets after a plunge in global stock markets on monday all straight suffered its worst one day drop since the 2008 financial crisis with the dow jones fall more than 7 percent so far on tuesday asian markets have shown some signs of stabilizing after an initial drop an opening percent salumi reports from new york. from the opening bell investors were sounding the alarm a massive stock selloff amid growing fears that the coronavirus was evolving from a health crisis to an economic one as more people stay home cancel trips and reduce their spending walking around new york today or even the last few days one begins to see what is real economic pain to come which is empty restaurants and empty stores and circling looking for business that doesn't seem to be there it got so bad that just minutes into trading a nosedive of 7 percent on the s. and p.

index triggered an automatic shut down temporarily halting trading the market stop for 15 minutes and what is that it gives people a chance sort of stabilize get the buyers or interested involved sellers interested involved this is a gauge of the emotionality of the panic vote and try to get a sense of really what's going on markets open to the news that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. had topped 508 states had declared a state of emergency and that oil prices have dropped 30 percent after some oil producing countries failed to reach an agreement to reduce production launching a price war. new york was the last stop on a worldwide wave of sally all the main european and exes fell by more than 7 percent after asian markets also saw sharp declines. made so much uncertainty the federal reserve which is the u.s. central bank has promised to make more money available for short term loans to keep

cash flowing to financial markets other measures may be under consideration but so far they haven't kind of not to reassure investors that the coronavirus won't take an entire economy christian salumi out to 0. still head on al-jazeera. explosions as the afghan president warned in his rival adela separate ceremony to not write himself. here in the battleground state of michigan people are going to the polls to vote what could be the deciding day determines who runs against donald trump the general election i pay rolls on to detroit that story coming up.

hello the most calm conditions throughout much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula some clouds as you can see here on the satellite on his way to western areas attack it does bring a few rain showers on cheese dip but really quite nice and very well scattered and north temperature and 16 degrees celsius where it is cooler is much further to the east in the north kabul just 5 degrees the chances of snow flurries there and the rain developing again as we head off into wednesday beginning to push once again across into one northern areas of pakistan meanwhile it does warm up through the eastern end of the med $23.00 in jerusalem and 25 in a mosque is warmer than doha just 20. 3 degrees plenty of rain across much of angola pushing up into the d.l.c. across into townsend years ago through choose a and once again more showers quite heavy at times through northern and eastern areas of madagascar the shallows astelin the 4 calls as well 3 will southern and particularly eastern arras of south africa but it's

a very nice day in cape town 25 degrees celsius and slightly warmed up in johannesburg 28 degrees as we go through chews day by wednesday not a huge change we still get those showers across into madagascar but the rains becoming really very widespread and heavy at times through the day i'll say but it's a dry day and a warm day at 28. on counting the cost why the north sea said rate cut just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus scientists race to find a vaccine to stop the epidemic plus the environmental damage of drilling for oil in the republic of congo counting the cost on al-jazeera. a diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of on 20 journalists on al-jazeera.

rushing officer let's take a look at the top stories right now italy is expanding travel restrictions to the entire country walking down 60000000 people to contain the corona virus outbreak and precedent and move follows another spike in gas from the virus despite a strike or into an imposed in the war. and chinese president xi jinping has arrived with hong where the corona virus originated as new infections continue to slow down state media says the government may ease travel restrictions in parts of the of a province which has been locked down since january and the white house says the us president has not been tested for corona virus even after he flew with the

congressman who's now quarantined in cells properly or announced plans to soften the economic impact of the virus including potential payroll tax cuts. european and nato leaders have met the turkish president in a bid to deescalate the growing refugee crisis. to want to open the borders to asylum seekers wanting to leave turkey and start new lives in the e.u. . has the latest on the situation in their name near the turkey greece hoarder. as leaders met the desperate pressed on seizing the opportunity while turkey's borders were still open but abdul sidon describes a harrowing journey that ended with an arrest by the greek police what i one of the we are i'm a woman a closed road and they're going all you want to get out is not another good idea when my 3rd are i'd rather you died another 31 february 28 hours after turkey suffered its greatest number of casualties since its soldiers began fighting in

syria turkish president. urged awad open the country's northwest border with greece and belgariad urged once new policy or an out of frustration with what he says is europe's failure to assist it with hosting 3700000 syrians created another refugee and geo political crisis. a shooting that given a month d.c. to key has a critical role to play in handling the refugee problem and it needs the help of europe to do it but this cannot happen and i think everyone realizes it now under conditions of threats and blackmail using flying people as pawns greece may call it blackmail but some analysts say turkey's opening of the border is a successful tactic after 2 years of complaining to the european union to no avail president now has europe's attention and is back at the negotiating table for on monday president wants spoke after meeting with the nato secretary general didn't

defeat their construction and is beyond reason and understanding that an ally in a neighboring country points towards turkey as the one responsible for the wave of irregular migration and i have expressed to the secretary general that we are not going to allow this country to use this current situation and using european union in order to obtain in just against. top officials said the 2016 migration agreement between turf. he and the view is still valid there are missing elements that need to be addressed under the agreement turkey agreed to oppose strict measures to halt the flow of migration into europe exchange for of billions of dollars for have expressed very clearly to president our commitment to move forward on these issues provided that this is reciprocal the european council president called the meetings a 1st step leaving the question of how much longer it would take to end the crisis

as thousands of refugees and migrants continue to risk their lives making their way to western europe natasha going to al-jazeera near the turkey greece border. afghanistan's president expected to issue a decree or at least 1000 taliban prisoners to be released this week there's an operation on monday was marred by a rocket attack or delaminate reports from kabul. it was a day marred by controversy guests were told to arrive early in the morning only to discover a delay to denuclearization ceremony of president. while they waited u.s. envoys. was trying to bridge a political rift between behind me and his rival. by mid-afternoon this ceremony to start when his 2nd term was finally underway. with the u.s. envoy and other afghan and foreign officials in the audience the ranee took his

oath of office promising to uphold the constitution and bring security while this ceremony is happening there's another presidential inauguration unfolding not very far from where we are and that's the one. main competitor behind him and he says that he is the winner and the legitimate president of afghanistan taking the same oath his rival the. other. rejects the result of the presidential election in september and is calling for a rerun. and i must not have them a dog named if i accept the food to happen during the election it would be witnessing the end of democracy if not in favor of the country we will form a government according to demands and needed of people we will bring change. to the ceremony was the populist bill officials or foreign delegations here. down with the enemy of his supporters john to it was but it was all said they

marred by violence. while the 2 men were being sworn in and i think it would bring and john did that. several rockets were fired at the presidential compound landing very close to where he was giving a speech. the president remained at the podium defiantly opening his shirt to show he wasn't wearing any protection. i so claimed responsibility for the rocket attack monday was a public holiday for avalon's the streets of kabul where unusually empty what was supposed to be the start of a new chapter turned out to be a day when political rivalry toward a country apart a little put out the couple. a mass murder trial has begun in the netherlands over the 2014 downing of a malaysian airliner 4 men are accused of helping shoot down the plane although

they were absent in court and they are believed to be and russia $298.00 or on board that m.h. $175.00 from amsterdam to kuala lumpur was hit by a missile while flying over a conflict zone in eastern ukraine territory controlled by pro russian separatists the kremlin denies and all meant. tens of thousands of mexican women are on a nationwide strike activists are calling the event a day without women a part of ongoing demonstrations against an alarming increase in gender based violence and parts of mexico city. in unusual scene played out in mexico on monday the streets emptied and many businesses closed as women across the country went on strike. in many cases businesses gave female employees the day off so they could participate in the day of action you know use release in industrial designer medicine her place of work though she was also participating in the strike as a mexican woman i have this opportunity to get united with my cousins with my mom with

my friends to make a change to make a difference about bio it's against women in my country. on sunday some 80000 women marched on the streets of the mexican capital calling attention to the worsening problem of gender based violence every law that they are on average 10 women are murdered every day in mexico. the women strike was organized to pose a single question what would mexico be like without women this would normally be one of the busiest times of day aboard mexico's metro transit system but as you can see there's hardly anyone here and most of the people who are writing the trains are men. not everyone could afford to join destroyed but that isn't true says she still supports this new generation of mexican feminists that will insidiously just violence starts at home and it's time that it stops it's time for us to put an end

to all the violence. for many women like i'm going on strike doesn't just mean staying away from work but rather helping to maintain the momentum of the women's movement to enjoy when you know that it doesn't but at this moment for women strides is for everyone even for women who oppose the movement. the struggle has a long way to go. $3800.00 women were killed in mexico in 2090 sparking a groundswell of activism that continues to put pressure on the mexican government to do more to fight final unsequenced women though any tangible political initiatives have yet to come up with mexico city. week after democratic presidential contender joe biden's victories 6 more u.s. states are holding primary votes ahead of the of ember general election michigan is seen as one of the biggest prizes in the 2020 votes and to determine who is named the next president won the state 510000 votes in 2016 holes but former vice

president biden and the lead against senator bernie sanders and during the 2016 election turnout among african-americans was the lowest in decades ever elizondo spoke to voters in the state's biggest battleground city detroit. a protest for votes. 6 members of a large labor union out to encourage fellow black americans to get out and vote in tuesday's democratic primary election in michigan many did not vote in the last presidential election it was won by donald trump i know people that did not get out nice to see you tonight do you suppose to do this is what happens in 2016 black voter turnout was barely 50 percent the lowest in decades. from the 1st one several states was sizable black populations by the slimmest of margins like michigan. this ballpark is home to the detroit tigers major league baseball team

just for some perspective in the last election just here in the state of michigan 4 and a half 1000000 people voted this ballpark seats 40000 people and donald trump beat hillary clinton by only 10000 votes but when you look in the state of michigan voters have a. they haven't felt that their votes are important they've thought their votes were taken for granted and when you look at the last presidential election there were no resources spent here in michigan want to give off. signs of decay in detroit just outside the windows where a group of young activists are getting a last minute instructions before door knocking for votes. how important is african-american turnout in the next election. it's very important. in 2016 it was a very very very close race between trump and hillary. if we could you know make an

impact by talking to these voters and getting them to understand how important it is to come turn out to vote whether biden or bernie you know we can really swing this state. are you to get people to oppose you or any plans to keep knocking on doors making sure of it i'll leave this with you gabriel's on to. detroit. scotland's former leader is on trial for a string of sexual offenses against women alex salmon carrying out a total of 14 sexual assaults on 10 when they were in 20082014 when he was serving as 1st minister the most serious count of attempted rape allegedly happened inside his official residence yes appeals court has ruled the band led zeppelin to not steal its 1971 mega hit stairway to heaven. i guess that is the acoustic introduction at the center of this long running

copyright dispute bandaids spirit claims it was stolen from a song they released 3 years before the zeppelin tune the case has been in the court for 6 years on monday and 11 judge panel upheld a previous decision in favor of led zeppelin. pick up the headlines right now on al-jazeera italy is experiencing travel restrictions to the entire country walking down 60000000 people to contain their current a virus outbreak they have expanded these restrictions their president and move follows another spike in gas from the virus despite a strict or an teen imposed in the north and chinese president xi jinping has arrived and will hong where the crowd of virus originated as new infections continue to slow down state media says the government may ease travel restrictions on parts of who they province which is in lockdown since january the white house says the us president has not been tested for corona virus even though he flew with

a congressman who's now quarantined him self earlier announced plans to soften the economic effect of the virus including potential payroll tax cuts or than $600.00 people across the u.s. have been infected. we are going to take care of them have been taken care of the american public and the american economy we are going to be asking tomorrow we're seeing the senate going to be meeting with house republicans which mcconnell everybody in discussing a possible payroll tax. cut or relief substantial really very substantial relief that's a big that's a big number afghanistan's president is expected to issue a decree for at least a 1000 taliban prisoners to be released this week the pentagon says the u.s. military has started withdrawing troops as part of its agreement with the armed group on and took his oath of office amid a rocket attack while there was a rival inauguration ceremony by

a tele. thousands of women across mexico have stayed away from public areas as part of a strike called day and the day without women after sunday's mass marches for international women's day female students and workers state is home to show the mexico show what the country would be like without them activists claim the government has failed to take act attacks on women seriously the mass murder trial has begun and the netherlands over the 2014 downing of a malaysian airliner 4 men are accused of helping shoot down the plane they were not and korten are believed to be and russia 298 people were on board 17 flight from abstract and to kuala lumpur so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera counting the cost as next al-jazeera well it's remarkable refugee journeys from the treacherous path of sudanese sing out emmanuel. just keeps child soldiers in the sixty's people music is a way become like

a child this is where i came. to the london designer from c.n.n. crazy play this is the one the big bang god has gifted billy a hard drive from home music and fashion on al-jazeera. i'm adrian figure this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business of economics this week recession why an emergency fed rate cuts just isn't good enough to save the global economy from the impact of the fast spreading coronavirus as the world bank offers billions to developing nations to support health care systems with inside a lab that's working to find a vaccine to fight the virus.