would we need documentaries from around the world. on al-jazeera. we have that for a man to be our system and that 19 can be characterized as a pandemic the world health organization declares the corona virus outbreak a pandemic citing concern over its spread and severity. stock markets tumble and governments commit billions to shore up their economies as the financial impact of the virus grows. in our intake of zone jazeera live from london also coming up a new york court sentences harvey weinstein to 23 years in prison 2 weeks after he

was convicted of rape and sexual assault. of a teenage boy is killed when israeli forces try to break up palestinian protesters . over the coronavirus crisis has been called a pandemic making the declaration well health organization officials said the number of cases globally is just going to increase 118000 people have now been infected in 114 countries as the number of cases outside china increased 13 fold in the past 2 weeks charlie angela begins our coverage. this is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing patients protection and distance all good measures that country should practice according to the world health organization but not enough as they declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. has been has just seeing this outbreak around the clock

and we are deeply concerned by the alarming level of spread and severity and by the island to mean a level is in action. we have that for a med be our system and that 19 can be. used as a pandemic was started in china has now spread to more than 100 countries but 90 percent of cases are spread over just 4 nations iran is one of them where more than 300 people have died south korea is another where efforts to stop the spread of the virus have so far failed it seems the world has missed the window of containment. in italy the government has imposed further restrictions closing all stores bar food shops and pharmacies this is a crisis not just for the country's creaking health system but also its economy.

it's illegal still remain a unique region in italy can find but now we're also closing down all commercial activities except in grocery stores and pharmacies there is no need to run to buy food in supermarkets. there's fear too in france as the number of cases creep up children still in school are encouraged to wash their hands by the health minister himself but the virus has already reached the heart of government the culture minister is infected and 5 others are being tested president micron avoided shaking hands as he prepares to move the country to face 3 of its response closing more schools restricting transport. across the continent classrooms are empty in spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions italy greece romania and ukraine have sent home their entire student populations as germany confirmed its 3rd death from the virus the government's message was that

people must make sacrifices to their social lives to protect the elderly warning kovac 19 will test health care systems across europe in the us you will start this when the virus is out that the population has no immunity and not therapy exists and 60 to 70 percent of the population will be infected as long as this situation continues to exist in the u.k. a health minister has tested positive for cope at 19 and is self isolating despite being in contact with her last week prime minister boris johnson says he does not need to be tested his message is business as usual and to help the annual budget promise 39 $1000000000.00 to ward off a coronavirus recession the w.h.o. says countries still have the power to change the course of this pandemic but what is inevitable is that cases will continue to climb he barkha al-jazeera margaret harris says especially if the world health organization she says

governments around the world and now expect to step up their response. the message that's being sent here is we've gone from get ready we've been saying get ready we've been saying get ready to governments all around to now get serious act now so what we want governments to do is to get serious about finding every person who's addicted and everybody who's been in contact with somebody who's infected and ensure that those people but then quarantine self isolate and do not continue to spread it in your communities in in your populations what we're saying is do your surveillance probably do your testing engage the community help the community to understand what to look for what may be a concern how to socially distance and make decisions about maybe working from home

about changing the way we behave so that people are not in close contact so that you can stop the spread of this thing before it overwhelms your society and when you get to a point where you maybe do have to take this draconian missed midges or declaration of a pandemic has hit the stock markets christensen who is in new york she joins me live now so things have been pretty bad they've started to recover how did it look after the pandemic would was used yeah well officially now u.s. markets are in what's known as bear market territory falling 20 percent from market highs in february. it was a pretty dramatic day this ends an 11 year bull run 11 years of a period of growth so very volatile market of course and spend that way it's been generally since the start of this outbreak monday was

a bad day as well dropped 10 percent tuesday things started to recover a little bit wednesday. started lowered to say there was some optimism one president suggested that he would implement measures to mitigate the impact on the economy and businesses those measures still not been forthcoming there's been no agreement no clear plan out of washington and that was when on the markets then you add in the w.h.o. characterizing this as a pandemic and the market went from bad to worse and the impact is really across all sectors of the stock market all sectors of the economy not surprisingly airlines and cruise ships being hit very hard as fewer and fewer people are traveling trips are being canceled large events are being canceled or oil prices also weighed down less demand for oil with fewer people traveling a price increase because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia all of this concerning markets here in

the united states and financial institutions have been lowering their forecast for growth going forward goldman sachs in particular made that prediction so all of this big concern no clear path forward from the government yet bear market territory now i should say that a bear market is not the same thing as a recession but it's often an indication of a recession to come and that's what's really going to be a concern going forward christensen to me thank you very much let's go live to rose and jordan who's in washington and rose would understand that we're expecting to hear from president trump more on this a little later. that's right laurin the president and donald trump is going to make an address to the nation at 01 g.m.t. that's 9 pm eastern time here in the united states that does not happen often here in the u.s. unless the president has something very important to say the president did speak

briefly to reporters on wednesday afternoon during a meeting with banking executives and he would only say that he would be talking about both economic and other measures health care measures in order to respond to what is now being called a pandemic the president wouldn't go into any more detail but certainly one thing that observers are going to be looking for is whether there is a clear message and strategy coming from this administration in order to respond to the very rapid spread of the corona virus many communities across the u.s. have taken their own steps either a. quarantine or a lockdown as we see in new rochelle new york just outside manhattan other communities have decided to cancel public events or prevent people from doing things such as going to sporting events or to concerts businesses are making a changes as well because of the drop in foot traffic in their premises all in an

effort to try to keep the person to person transmission from continuing this is something which public health experts say is vital because there is a real concern that the u.s. is public and private health care systems may not be able to handle a surge if so many hundreds or thousands of people become infected all at once roslyn jordan thank you very much indeed. that's as ministry of public health as registrant 238 new confirmed cases of corona virus infections were confirmed in far workers who live in one residential complex and had been quarantined as a precautionary measure after coming into contact with 3 other people who had the virus has a total of 262 cases a surge of new cases in south korea has reversed 4 consecutive days of decline the discovery on wednesday of a launch costs of infections as dashed hopes that the country had its outbreak

under control it's quite hard to report. despite ongoing disinfection efforts throughout south korea there's been a reverse in the downward trend of corona virus cases the largest cluster yet discovered in the capital seoul at least 90 workers at a call center tested positive they worked in a building near a transportation hub in the southwest of the city home to $10000000.00 koreans from epidemiology and so city officials are conducting an investigation they are also taking measures such as self and diagnostic checks on those who are in close contact with the infected and in australia the prime minister announcing that italy joins china south korea and iran on its travel ban list australians and foreigners with residency visas returning from italy will face a 14 day self quarantine italy itself has effectively put itself into lockdown with travel now and this largely causes that loop we already had the enhanced screening

measures the replies and a remarkable rescue in southeast china after being buried for 69 hours a man pulled from the rubble of a hotel for a virus patients in coron team the hotel in the city of chen joe collapsed on saturday killing at least 26 people the 24 year old survivor is in a stable condition in hospital scott heiler al-jazeera. still to come around is there a man convicted of the lockerbie bombing is allowed an appeal bad 18 years after his death plus. was. it anyway anger outside australia is why a court as the pope's treasurer fights his child sexual assault and make sure. that. still the turn of queens and to get the wettest weather an australia is

likely to get worse because developing in the carl sees a circulation sun some of that may well end up as a tropical site or not the right time of the year it's not extraordinary for that to happen but if you look at the colors here where you see oranges and it's really heavy rain now he's already seen something like $300.00 millimeters in 24 hours in some parts of this coast so expect more of the same same time a little circulation just off west australia is also a tropical low that will probably fall apart bring it to rain to the coast as it dissolves whereas this one might develop more so on those the 2 wet areas with the exception of what's more wintry coming through tasmania the temperatures right about $23.00 mark in hobart but it will be wet and windy this is for both thursday and friday in contrast to what or when these are this way out through japan that we've got a couple of days off for the next book comes through so a sunny day recall when sapporo are not bad in tokyo 15 with lighter winds but developing back for china as the next tranche of rain now this the last one went

out for japan this one i think will stay in southern china go out through taiwan that out into the open ocean its heavy rains early in the year but it's still there . for. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run characters in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shane hart one on al-jazeera. to the a room. we're

going to top stories here on. the world health organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic that classes it as spreading globally not just an epidemic of smaller localized outbreaks officials that it wouldn't change the response but criticized and the many levels of inaction by governments. impact of the outbreak is continuing to be felt a little markets us stocks are full of the dow jones index down 20 percent on its most recent highs to decline that's known as a bear market. all shops except chemists and food stores in italy will be shot in a bid to stop the spread of the higher ups from mr just to pick on today added that all bars and restaurants that can't keep customers at least

a metre apart will have to close. all of hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault allegations help to spark the global me to movement against sexual abuse and harassment one student told the court he was concerned about the thousands of men targeted by the me to campaign in his will. he was such an important movie producer that average people knew his name his power but now harvey weinstein will be known as a convicted rapist a criminal the 67 year old sentenced to 23 years in prison he was facing from 5 to 29 years on convictions for 3rd degree rape and a criminal sex act the prosecution argued for a tough sentence to send the message she's going to show some. just like you saw. any potential figure it's going to.

check with the lady weinstein's attorneys are promising to appeal that. that was just handed down by this court was obscene that number was a noxious there are murderers who will get out of court faster than harvey weinstein well that number spoke to the pressure movements on the public before the sentence was announced weinstein said he found it very confusing arguing that men are being accused of things that none of us understood he's claimed it was consensual despite being accused by nearly 100 women for one accuser finally finding justice for the 1st time i can say i feel a sense of happiness i guess. this isn't a happy circumstance to be that we're all here for. but i feel joyous actresses have taken to twitter or vino wrote that she cried tears of amazement

from rosanna arquette prison time is not justice for rape survivors but it's something thank you the publication of weinstein's assaults launched the me to movement millions of women took to social media to say it happened to them too and it has to stop helping to show the scope of the problem and for now weinstein showing the world the potential consequences disgraced rejected and likely destined to die behind bars. a rocket attack on a miniature base in iraq has killed 3 personnel 2 from the united states and one a from the u.k. around 15 small rockets were fired from the back of a truck into camp taji which is 27 kilometers north of the capital baghdad a dozen coalition personnel reportedly being treated for injuries come to a former republican guard base which has been used by united states since his capture in 2003 simona fulton joins us now from baghdad as

a matter what happened exactly and how significant is this. well this attack occurred at around 7 30 pm local time with several dozen rockets being fired into a target initially the iraqi government said that nobody was injured during these attacks but later we heard the reports coming out of a free fatalities and several injuries now this is the deadliest incident since the escalation of us iran tensions on iraqi soil earlier this year doe's tensions basically descended into a number of tit for tat attacks that then culminated in the us assess a nation of iranian general custom silly money as well as an iraqi officer of the alamo hundreds now and nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack on target but following the end of the 40 day mourning period for still in money and. hundreds we've heard several statements come out from iranian backed groups here in

iraq threatening attacks on u.s. personnel stationed here in iraq now what is significant here is that usually these rocket attacks are not very precise we have seen several of them over the past few weeks but we have never really had such a deadly attack on a base where u.s. personnel are stationed and worse the risk of further escalation. well there is a furor that once again this event could escalate and result in every tally of tory attacks as it did late last year and in january what because of those tensions again began when a rocket aimed at the k. one base in kirkuk killed one u.s. contractor at that time so the stand we actually have 3 fatalities so there is very much fear that once again this could result in retaliation and a potential really escalation of the tensions which is only just calmed down now earlier this year i spoke to a senior u.s. official who said that the u.s. does reserve the right to respond should there be additional casualties as

a result of these rocket attacks and we have already seen some air strikes taking place near the iraq syria border on the syrian side reportedly targeted against positions of the iranian backed popular mobilization of forces now diplomat has denied that its positions have been hit but other security officials have told us that those positions have been parted now of course all of this comes amid ongoing discussions about a u.s. military presence here in iraq so the question remains whether the ongoing political discussions or not negotiating and over a potential withdrawal of u.s. troops will influence the way the u.s. of all react to these latest attacks similar vote and thank you very much with the u.s. congress has passed a resolution limiting donald trump's ability to wage war with iran the measure would mean the president will need the approval of congress before taking any further military action the resolution was introduced on to the cessation of

iranian general some silly money that was targeted as we heard earlier there by u.s. drone strike in january but it's almost certain to be vetoed by the president. after 2 months standoff an official in iran says they've agreed to send ukraine the black boxes from a downed passenger plane the jet was shot down by the iranian military in early january killing all 176 people on board iran's civil aviation authority has also invited other countries to read the data or thirty's admitted mistakenly downing the plane after initially claiming they were not responsible turkish president richard typepad one says he's spoken to russia about violations of the cease fire in northern syria turkey and russia back opposite sides in the war and have agreed a buffer zone between the 2 sides in italy province at the one made it clear that he would not shy away from resuming military action if the truce were not respected . whatever doing so there have been small violations of the cease fire we are

sharing these developments with russia in compliance with our agreement and we expect measures to be taken we will keep our word until the end as long as the others show the same sensitivity but if the others do not keep their promise we will never shy away from giving a much harsher response. a 15 year old palestinian boy has been shot dead by israeli forces after they tried to forcibly break up a protest in the city of nablus demonstrators had been trying to fend off illegal settlers who were eyeing the area as a future outpost it became reports from the occupied west bank. made wasn't even born when the fight over his village of starting. the 15 year old was killed defending his home. this video appears to show him being shot at the head by israeli forces with this is save a teenager was killed from close range. another protester in

a critical condition dozens of others were injured in the confrontation. i'm covered in the blood of a young man who was shot twice in the head i don't know if he's alive or not palestinian protesters gathered a jumble of army and mountain near the city of nablus early on wednesday protesters say israeli settlers are trying to seize control and build another illegal outpost up israeli media reported that right wing israeli archaeologists were planning to tour the area but the israeli army refused them permission 1st is say is really is used different ways to lay claim to the land and organizing tours is one of them they say the fight over judgment about me it's back to the late 19 eighties illegal israeli settlements are usually built on health taught and it 190 meters jungle of autumn is one of the highest in the area. postin is see it's another way of

projecting power and control over palestinian surroundings. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeatedly promised to annex parts of the occupied west bank palestinians say the only way to fight israeli expansion plans is by protesting them on the ground the day every e-mail says you know the occupied west bank. former libyan intelligence officer set on the ground he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 those involvement in the bombing of pan am flight $103.00 over the town of lockerbie in scotland or 259 people on board the flight from london to new york died as well as 11 people on the ground now a scottish review commission has referred the case to the high court but even barber reports. abdel baset tell mcgraw his family have long pushed to prove his innocence now 8 years after his death and more than 30 years after the lockerbie tragedy i got a chance the scottish criminal cases review commission has decided the conviction

can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had identified 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of non-disclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1908 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan intelligence officer to tell the girl he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims' families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction read out by his lawyer for me this case is about 2 families mine

and abdel baset behind their name are seen to lie the needs of 25 of the families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after the event itself we need the truth. he 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotland's high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader moammar gadhafi accepted his country's responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims' families but all along some believed there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after $290.00 died when a u.s. warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. in 2009 he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described him as the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been

given a new lease of life nadine barber al jazeera. australia's highest court is hearing a final appeal from a disgraced roman catholic cardinal over his sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 quiet boys in the 1990 s. they could gauge reports from canberra. the final step in a long court process that's been followed closely across the world george pell the most prominent catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse wasn't in court he his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. running high and opinions divided and here. in georgia the catholic church on hope approach the acquittal the fact an acquittal

of a man and. in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 19 ninety's he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. lost in appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it might stop other abuse victims speaking out. by many survivors and victims. it really people could come. to. believe that. despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still

a cardinal but so far the pope has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge al-jazeera camera. and mourn a website called. top stories around 0 the world health organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic that class's it spreading globally not just an epidemic of smaller localized outbreaks traditional said it wouldn't change the response but criticized alarming levels of inaction by governments and those asian scientists said they expected the number of cases and deaths would rise further in the coming days and weeks is. doubly has been are still seeing this outbreak around the

clock and we're deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread severity and by the a lot of mean a level is actually. we have that for mad the our system and that 19 can be characterized as a pandemic. under meat he's annoyed awarded to use lightly or carelessly. further restrictions are being implemented in italy to try to stop the spread all shops except chemist and food stores in italy will be shut from thursday from mr jones at the country added that hairdressers along with all bars and restaurants that can't keep customers at least a meter apart will have to close he said the impact of the measures on the outbreak the worst in europe won't be known for weeks. we're back to the outbreak is continuing to be felt on the global markets u.s.

stocks have fallen for the dow jones index down 20 percent on its most recent high it comes as both italy and britain announce multibillion dollar spending plans to lessen the impact of the outbreak as fears grow recessions. i lay for my movie producer harvey weinstein has been jailed for 23 years he was convicted of rape conceptual assault by a court and new york last month when 100 women have accused the 67 year old of sexual misconduct over several decades allegations which helped spark a global me to movement. to stay with us people in power is next investigating a scandal in europe scared disabled people when he's for you after that thanks for watching right now. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot of the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we're living again breaks it down that was

a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. entrenching 14 people in power revealed the shameful treatment of disabled people can remain be a state run some of them from to bother you even if she's promised to vote the abusers but their fight is on we've heard fresh allegations about the collective mistreat of disabled people across eastern europe in the 1st of 2 special reports sarah spent years between 1st.