the number 2 stories from asia in the pacific on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. clamshell kerry this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days president donald trump walks travel from europe to the u.s. saying it will protect americans from the corona virus outbreak earlier the world health organization labeled the outbreak a pandemic and warn governments are not doing enough to control it. all countries can change the course of this pandemic also had rockets

hit in the rocky base housing u.s. and coalition troops killing 3 and ensuring many more. has announced travel from europe to the u.s. will be suspended starting on friday for 30 days and order to fight the corona virus outbreak the unprecedented restrictions do not apply to the united kingdom though the president made the announcement in a national address during which he accused the e.u. of not responding quickly enough to the virus taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in europe. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from

europe hours earlier the head of the world health organization described the outbreak as a pandemic for the 1st time expressing alarm at the spread in the severity of this disease johns hopkins university in the us says infections have passed 126000 worldwide china of course has the most followed by italy iran and south korea where then 68000 people have recovered from the illness but 4628 have died let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly how could he was listening to the president make make those comments from the oval office ok kelly let's break this down into 2 things i will get to be the economic measures in a moment 1st this travel ban is something that is truly unprecedented tell us more about what the president said about this travel ban. yeah it was pretty shocking that he was blaming european leaders for not doing enough is the essence of the hot spot that is occurring in europe right now the president is essentially accusing

the leaders of kind of making this happen so that is how he justify the strict new measures that are being put in place effective friday at midnight and it's not just travel from european countries it's also trade with the exception of the united kingdom now it's important to note that this is kind of the 2nd wave of travel restrictions that we've seen in the u.s. weeks ago the president did put in place some tough measures for travelers from china enforcing sort of it quarantine for those that had come from china were of course this outbreak 1st occurred but this is much more draconian in terms of the stepping up of restrictions that not only applies to travelers but also to trade we should point out in this speech by the president he did say that he was considering now lifting some of the initial travel restrictions that were in place as we see some of those people recovering in china but that has not been announced officially

it was really something the president floated out there as he sort of justify these broader draconian measures ok so let's talk about the economics of this now it really seems as if there is nobody that is not going to be touched like this from big businesses down to individuals who feel like they do not have the option to stay home because they absolutely need to get paid every single dollar work so talk about some of the measures that the president outlined that might address a broad range of things. yeah this was a really important point because the president did kind of announce some sort of broad and sweeping measures to help hourly workers in the united states who often go to work sick in this country because number one they don't have any paid leave and number 2 there and there really are not the protections that we see for example in western european countries to kind of help people there's sort of. a lesser social safety net if you will in this country so when it comes to a type of crisis of crow virus some of the ideas that are being floated by the

president were it's important to note 2 and now still ready in discussions that were taking place with top democrats on capitol hill in fact it is the congress that has the power of the purse not the white house so it's important to note that while the president's announcing things like allowing broader access to corona virus testing whether it's allowing people protections so they can stay home and take care of a sick family member these are not his ideas these are ideas that came from democrats on capitol hill that the president is now kind of putting forward as his own and it will take working both the white house and the democrats together on capitol hill and caught in concert if you will to make all of this happen so that's a bit of an interesting twist given the fact that the president's kind of projecting these as as original ideas when really these came from members of congress there was ever a time for the the world to be nonpartisan this would be the time to really help it live for us in washington kimberly thank you very much. so dr gregory poland is

a professor of medicine at the mayo clinic he joins us from sky they are sky father from rochester minnesota that are officially your time very much for a month now a month to w.h.o. has been saying what is happening can't they reversed but it takes something drastic. and we are now also hearing from the government and the governor rather of the state of new york saying expect the numbers to skyrocket is this going to get much worse before it gets better and your in your opinion you know i think even if we define worse as more infections and a subset of those leading to more severe disease then yes i think inevitably this will so that the cancellation of the events continues i mean significant cancellations all over the world most recently just heard that the national basketball association is canceling all games in the u.s. that is huge that is significant will it take measures like that are measures like

that effective yes they are in many ways the principle the scientific proof principle behind this is the more social distance the less you have people gathered where they can cost needs it inhale one another's viral particles the more you decrease transmission with the hope that this will sort of burn out as sars did or perhaps we get to the warmer weather and like we see with other coronaviruses we see it disappear so affective in terms of preventing people from being together in large group settings and you know obviously we know quite a bit about the flu how does what we know about this virus compare to what what we know about the flu is there still a lot we don't know about it. yes you know i've liken this to sort of the pixilated pictures that you see 20 percent of the pixels you can't tell what it is 50 to 70

percent and you go oh that's a face and when you get to 8590 percent you say oh it's a picture of a mountain we're in that 30 that 50 percent we know a lot about the virus genetically but we're learning a great deal about its behavior about how it spreads about clinical presentation and a lot to learn about anti-virals and what what happens to people after they recover from this there are some early hints of something called pulmonary fibrosis occurring at least in the more severe cases so a lot to learn where we're sort of so to speak building the airplane while we're flying it and my goodness that's quite a way to put it what do you know about where we are on getting a vaccine for this what's a realistic window for something like that you know well you know the typical timeframe is years let's take something that was

a much greater case they tally really like ebola that took 6 years to license that vaccine so it can realistically under the normal regulatory procedures we're talking about a vaccine that it wouldn't be of a will for a couple of years now the president does have something called emergency use authorization privileges he could determine in cooperation with his advisers that maxine candidates offer more benefit than the risk of not being fully tested through that regulatory pathway and invoke that and began to meet is ations i don't think that would be appropriate at this point but that is not. dr poland thank you very very much we'll be calling on you again appreciate it my pleasure. so financial markets tumbled again on wednesday as investors fretted about a perceived lack of action by world leaders to respond to the economic threat posed

by the coronavirus christian salumi reports in new york. red alert on wall street as the prolonged coronavirus induced a sell off reached a new low on wednesday after monday's record points plunge the dow jones index ended the day with another huge slump officially pushing stocks into so-called bear market territory meaning that new york's main indices are now 20 percent lower than their recent highs although most companies took a beating some were hit particularly hard. airplane manufacturer boeing saw a sharp fall in its share price a reflection of the pain the coronavirus is already putting on the travel industry or oil prices also took a hit after saudi arabia again decided to increase production in its price war with russia this is the 1st caused by a quarter and i bias but with the world health organization officially declaring

coded 19 a global pandemic worsening infection rates across europe in the united states and no clear plan in sight from the white house by the closing bell it was a day when again fears about the coronaviruses impact on the world's economy weighed heavy on investors' minds i think there is definitely another leg to go with regards to this fear and it happens more often than not investors tend to shoot 1st and ask questions later so we're obviously seen that pan out as as we speak a bear market doesn't always mean that a recession will follow but with some financial institutions lowering their forecast for economic growth market watchers say it is a worrying sign kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. so let's talk about the end markets in asia and for that robert reich joins us from seoul so what is a what are we seeing. that's right the markets have all

been starting the selling of this selloff has continued across asia basically they're always going to open down following the lead from wall street and also the announcement of this being a pandemic and that's what we saw the markets were all trading and selling fast as president trump was speaking from the white house and that selloff has continued the nikkei is now down now more than 5 percent the korean stock index the kaspi that's down 4 percent in hong kong the hang seng index down 3 percent and one percent down on the shanghai composite i think all the markets have been extremely spooked by the travel ban that was announced from europe to the united states it really underscores just how much of a global crisis that is and investors have reacted accordingly and bear in mind of course that all of these markets have already taken a battering from the coronavirus as it is unfolded here in asia over recent weeks

in fact the kaspi is down nearly 4 nearly 20 percent in the past few weeks so they were already very depressed levels some consolation in the travel though such a travel ban has been announced from from japan and south korea to the united states but of course people here know that as this unfolds and becomes worse in the united states that might be a possibility in the future ok rob so where do things stand with the economy and the finance hansel angle is very important obviously this is still a health crisis so what is the latest out of china and what do we know about new numbers from south korea. the trends still are continuing in this downward direction reporting smaller numbers of new cases in china they reach something of a milestone they've had 15 you cases reported across the whole of china now in 8

cases have been reported that's the 1st time in a province that they have had a single digit increase in new cases and plans continue there to allow some movement of people around the province we're getting reports that some businesses are reopening some foreign companies are restarting operations factories and so on here in south korea again the downward trend has continued there was real concern yesterday wednesday when we had this spike of 240 cases worryingly a lot of those cases were here in the seoul metropolitan area based around a call center where 93 people workers and also their relatives were found to have been infected today the number of new cases is down again to 114 so that continues hopefully as far as health officials are concerned this progressively downward trend and it's the 1st time we've had

a number like that 114 since february 21st so that is a lease and some positive news on the reduction of the new cases here will take it from a private life presence all right thank you so as i mentioned earlier the biggest basketball league in the world has suspended the rest of the season the n.b.a. is out of action until further notice now some franchise owners earlier had suggested just playing the game with no fans no audience but obviously that is not what's going to happen also star player utah jazz center rudy go there has tested positive for corona virus parker reports now from london on the deadly h o's pandemic announcement against us the latest picture out of europe. 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 licensing this outbreak around the clock and we're really concerned most may be alarming levels of spread and severity and maybe a lot of mean the 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.

its elite will still remain a unique region and italy can find but now we also closing down all commercial activities except for 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 and restricting transport. across the continent classrooms are emptying spain france and germany have shut schools in their most affected regions while italy greece remain you and ukraine have sent home there in time a 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 is the kind we have to understand the virus is here there's no immunity from it 60 to 70 percent of the population could be infected if the situation continues in the u.k. a health minister has tested positive for cope with 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 promised 39000000000 dollars 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 the parka 0 it has some developments in the middle east to tell you about saudi arabia has suspended

flights to the e.u. residents and citizens have been barred from traveling to europe as well apart as well as parts of africa southern asia and southeast asia the kingdom has $45.00 confirmed corona virus cases ever in kuwait's will close its international airport for 2 weeks starting on friday all states also shutting down all but essential parts of the government and gatherings and markets had days in gems as 72 confirmed cases so far the number of cases in qatar has jumped significantly from 24 to 262 health ministry says the infections are among foreign workers who live in one residential complex. and then it was out of this ahead on the human the country health minister confirmed today that 238 new kernel virus cases have been registered among residents you mix with the 3 cases announced positive last sunday as they all live in the same compound the ministry of health made it clear that the new confirmed cases have been subject to quarantine as part of the precautionary measures since the discovery of the 1st 3 cases.

more about the crown virus pandemic ahead in the hour 1st let's take a look at some of the other news we're following for you a rocket attack on a military base in iraq has killed 3 personnel 2 from the united states one from the u.k. about 18 small rockets fired from the back of a truck at camp taji which is 27 kilometers north of the capital baghdad a dozen coalition personnel are being treated for injuries as a former republican guard base which is being used by the u.s. and its capture in 2003 it's not a fault and has more from baghdad. well many people fear that this deadly attack could once again result in a series of tit for tat attacks and we've already seen a reaction not in iraq but in syria very close to the iraqi border there was a strike on positions of the popular mobilization of forces very shortly after the

attack on the party base now many of these iranian backed groups that operate both in syria and iraq so what is interesting is that we saw a reaction in syria the what remains to be seen whether the united states would actually strike in iraq this time around the same way it did following the deadly attack on the k. one base in kirkuk kirkuk back in december which is what set off this series of retaliatory retaliatory attacks in the 1st place now the situation has changed quite a bit since then 1st of all there was a serious escalation to very dangerous levels that many people did not really expected and race fears especially here in iraq of an outright war between the u.s. and iran has also since been a vote in the iraqi parliament to demand to the departure of foreign troops and those negotiations are still ongoing for all of this will affect the extent to which the u.s. will respond to this deadly attack but of course we have u.s.

officials repeated on a regular basis that they do reserve the right to defend its troops here especially if they feel that the iraqi government is not doing enough to do so. a 15 year old palestinian boy has been shot and killed by israeli forces after they tried to forcibly break up a protest on the city of nablus demonstrators have been trying to fend off illegal settlers who were eyeing the area as a future outpost. pardon me reports in the occupied west bank. made wasn't even born when the fight over his village of the start and. the 15 year old was killed defended his home. this video appears to show him being shot in the head by israeli forces witnesses say the teenager was killed from close range. another protester remains in a critical condition dozens of others were injured in the confrontations. with

palestinian protesters gathered at 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 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 germany development dates back to the late 1980 s. . illegal israeli settlements are usually built on hilltops and it 890 meters to me is one of the highest in the area postin is see it's another way of projecting power and control over palestinian side around. 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 in the ground. that. israel's president has urged political leaders to seek compromises him against consultations to decide on a new prime minister benjamin netanyahu center right bloc failed to win a majority in last week's election which was the 3rd election in less than a year party step forward their recommendations for prime minister and the president will decide by march 17th. this grace hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault allegations helped spark the global need to movement atika him reports. that 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 a message to the government to show the sun moving. just like for you to listen to . any potential thing that's going to take. your shoes. so i clearly think the reading weinstein's attorneys are promising to appeal that sentence 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 will that number spoke to the pressure of movements in 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. because this isn't a happy circumstance to be that we're all here for. but i feel joyous actresses have taken to twitter mary survey you know 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. happen 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. al-jazeera. and the news ahead taxing at times what's ignited farmer anger in argentina. and fueling frustration a shortage of petrol is not the only crisis come from sudan. and as the coronavirus

pandemic stops fans from europe from attending games english clubs carry on regardless. you've had the rain and the thaw it's cooled down and quiet and that's throughout all the olens of japan to be a few snow showers i think briefly on the western coast of arcata the not goes away as far as a 5 degrees still potential for snow on the high ground of north korea otherwise it's a warming trend that goes for most of central and northern china but the result the sea rain developing further south this band is going to head out into the open ocean rather help towards japan giving taiwan quarter wetting and then sitting over hong kong for a good part of friday to see you into a wet weekend good scratching and a good spread of thunderstorms right indonesia as would be expected this time of

the year they can right over in the southern philippines they might show themselves more sir now i think in sumatra and potentially malaysia in the case in the last couple of days but no one place particularly stands out of the violence as being at threat or risk from floods there is an increase in the chance of rain in northern india at the moment western disturbance is what it's known as is producing but clouds and rain and snow from northern pakistan or in through kashmir in towards nepal this is a picture for thursday and friday and then induces rain showers in the northeast of india early in the air but still there. perception is validation we believe what you see but in one life time we cannot see everything. we would lie and he experiences of others and the

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0 let's take a look at the top stories right now travel from europe to the e.u. will be suspended from friday for a month the president says it will help protect americans from the coronavirus the u.k. is excluded from the new restrictions global markets dropped again on wednesday overgrown a virus fears yorks down translate into bear market territory after closing down more than 1400 points. by more than 3 percent and the world health organization has labelled book rhino virus outbreak a pandemic the virus has now killed more than 4600 people worldwide. serious some of donald trump's announcement about the european travel ban. we are at a critical time in the fight against the virus we made a life saving move with early action on china now we must take the same action with

europe we will not delay i will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives health and safety of the american people i will always put the well being of america 1st if we are vigilant and we can reduce the chance of infection which we will we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus . todd curtis is chief executive of air safe dot com an online airline safety and security site joins us from boston via skype thank you so much for joining us and just to follow up on what the president said there there's actually more clarification that we're trying to drill down on that the acting homeland security secretary is is insinuating that there may actually be some exceptions to this ban it may not be a total ban but regardless when why is there a ban on europe but the u.k. isn't included in that what do you think that's one of the things that will have to be clarified further by the white house because frankly the threat in europe that

is that prevalent. in europe is not to significantly lower in a way that like the united states europe and most of the world is that is at the very early stages of the epidemic and in fact in the u.s. the number of cases is increasing roughly by 30 percent a day meaning it will double at least twice in a week and the virus in short the batteries is already in the united states preventing travelers in coming in may have some effect on reducing the spread but there's already enough cases in the united states widespread throughout the united states that i'm afraid the travel ban from europe will have very little effect might there be a psychological effect to it and the sense that perhaps it will give the impression that some sort of comfort that people feel like everything that's being done can be done even of the specific thing doesn't make

a big difference. oh no doubt this will be a positive thing because there are a number of steps being taken not just by the president but by all levels of government as well as by private organizations and individuals treat is a threat but a really important point here is that as good as a psychological effects may be the more important issue is at the spread will not be stopped by this ban that other steps have to be taken and not yet been taken to both measure the prevalence of the virus throughout the united states and to take positive steps to reduce the areas where this this prevalence is highest the same anything that the travel anything else that the travel industry could or should be doing well the travel industry in the united states has been very good about being very liberal waving all sorts of change fees i myself have had to change 2 different trips in the past week because of that and i wasn't charged today and that's a good thing because one of the things that will be important for people to. unnecessary

non-essential travel and if you're travel by airline or if you're on a cruise or at happy gives you a liberal policy to refund all your money this will encourage people to do the right thing and avoid trouble when it's not necessary to talk about the finances real quick before i let you go like i could not ask this question. what might this do to the airline industry financially in the very short term their revenues for this year and probably their profits will be much much reduced and i would be very surprised if any major airline in the united states actually shows a profit for the year 2020 based on what's happened already and what will likely happen with respect to a depression and number of bookings over the next several weeks or perhaps several months todd curtis appreciate your and your expertise very much thanks for your

time thanks for having me. so let's take a closer look at what the w.h.o. is change in terminology about the krajina virus outbreak really means so a pandemic that's what they're calling a now it's a disease that is spreading through many countries around the world at the same time the last one we saw was the h one n one virus that was about 10 years ago it killed about 284000 people mostly in africa and southeast asia now an epidemic by comparison affects a smaller geographical area and cease your infections that would be like the sars outbreak from 2003 that killed 774 people. up to reports. that quoted 19 can be contacted i used as a pundit make a word that they would have the organization ovoid accusing for weeks and now for the 1st time in more than a decade the w.h.o. says the new coronavirus that spread across 6 continents in 114 countries fits

description of a new cloak of pandemic plunder me he's annoyed awarded to use lightly. carelessly it's a word that if misused can cause and reasonable fear or i'm justified acceptance that the fight is over leading to our necessary suffering and death. the w.h.o. no longer officially declares a pandemic the label doesn't act to have serious or diseases it merely defines it as one that's spreading widely last time the world saw a pandemic was during the outbreak of the edge one n one virus nearly 10 years ago. it was during the 1st world war in $1800.00 that the deadliest pandemic in greece in human history for us to period the spanish flu which killed at least $50000000.00 people and infected

a 3rd of the world's population with this time the w.h.o. says even though the world has never seen a clone of virus pandemic before it's also never seen one that can be controlled at the same time. i think they're saying to all governments really need to get ready it really you know carrying need to implement a measure is chase well the spread in your 'd own country and so some countries have. been denying in. their country that risk personally and have no cases when that's probably not actually true so i think st really you have to get ready and there is hope that if countries and people work together to prevent the disease from spreading the impact of the krona virus spend demick can be limited. al-jazeera. an 11 and a half $1000000000.00 stimulus package has been unveiled in australia

a minister scott morrison hopes it'll stop the economy from slipping into recession most of the money will go to small and medium sized businesses australia depends heavily on imports and exports and tourism from china. and hollywood actor tom hanks is currently in australia filming a movie says he and his wife rita wilson have tested positive for the corona virus and a statement on social media hanks says they had a fever and headaches there in isolation australia has about 120 confirmed cases of the virus hundreds of millions of people are in some form of isolation world health organization says it's important for them to try to keep up daily routines and stay connected to the outside world and are schapelle reports on how some are coping a small town in northern italy with 11000 residents number is on lockdown like the rest of the country its mayor under self quarantine after testing positive for corona virus with great joy to me and he can get it today on after 3 days of high

temperatures and simply taking some feeble remedies i no longer have symptoms today i'm well and i have been well for 6 days so far and i'm working for my town as it's mayor. the mayor says he'll stay in isolation for 14 days his wife and son isolated elsewhere in the house. and we travel to milan for fashion week and when i arrived in barcelona i started noticing symptoms neil munro also tested positive for corona virus and was placed in quarantine in barcelona he passes the time by responding to questions on social media to reassure the public you know this but. i'm a young person and i'm healthy so the symptoms i'm having are like a normal cold like a flu i had a little bit of fever headache general discomfort but anyone would have thought it was just a cold. corona virus affects people in different ways and most who test positive won't require medical attention denmark's 1st patient was shocked by his diagnosis

his wife showed symptoms he did not he tested positive she did not after 6 days in self quarantine he says the symptoms were gone and he didn't need any medicine i don't want to be the one that makes other people sick so that was my greatest concern and i think that is the greatest concern for everybody is 'd that we don't we don't want this thing to spread more than possible so i'd prefer to stay home a week or 2 more or even longer if it's i could prevent anybody from getting this is. older people and those with chronic medical conditions can die from it that is clear isolation is intended to protect them from germs younger healthier people so easily spread for them the biggest gripe is probably boredom. the video sharing site tick-tock has become a favorite for those in isolation including an american teacher in will hon megan munro has provided daily updates from the chinese city at the center of the

outbreak including the day she found her apartment building padlocked others are coming up with creative ways of passing time letting family and friends know they're ok that they're following the advice of doctors who are refusing to be panicked by the new disease and her ship helps. to trains have collided at one of mexico's city's busiest metro station at least one person has been killed 41 others are injured it's still unclear how that crash happened. as i government protesters have battled police mercs 30 years of democracy president sebastian pinera celebrated the occasion inside the presidential palace outside demonstrators to mandate his resignation police fired water cannon and tear gas at the crowds in the capital santiago which started in october as protests at the cost of transport has broadened into a wider movement against any quality. so i mean farmers in argentina will began a 4 day strike on monday to protest

a tax hike they say will cripple the industry the government says the measure is needed to help those struggling the most amid an economic crisis has more from seneca less. farmers are on strike in argentina hundreds of them gathered in this assembly to express their anger against the government of l. one of the finance ministers the after he announced a 3 percent increase in exports taxes on one of argentina's main crops this. was their. lives in the province of sun but he says the government is making a mistake you'll be able to go to the world i don't mind paying more taxes but the government wants more and more in argentina you work and work in the government takes away 70 percent of your income we cannot continue like this when the government says that this strike is an act of violence in a country that is currently struggling with a recession and is on the verge of defaulting on its sovereign debt but this farmer saying that they play

a crucial role in argentina's economy that an increase in exports taxes is excessive i could force many of them out of business. argentina is one of the world's top exporters of soya and or in the government wants to increase export taxes on soya from 30 to 33 percent in what it describes as a solidarity move to help those who are suffering the most oh yeah i'm not out by take money away from us and cya they want to use it for those who are struggling but that's not true we already pay 35 percent of income taxes plus property tax and export texas. vsa vegetable producers went to the city to donate some of their harvest. came here to give away our vegetables to support the government's redistribution mischa's some soy produce is not thinking about the country they're only thinking about their own income even believe that back in 2008 members of argentina's agricultural community clash with

a former president cristina fernandez de kirchner who is now vice president when she tried to increase taxes farmers held major. test that force the administration to back down but the situation is different now than it should have. noticed this is a fight for survival for many producers much of the crop production happens on rented land and producers have to pay for rent on top of all the taxes also some have the added cost of transport as their farms are far away from the ports. argentina's farming community is vast and while there are large companies running the business there's also small scale producers. they are the ones who vowed to continue fighting against a measure that they believe is unjust these have the semi-colon s. argentina the u.s. house of representatives has approved a resolution that limits president donald trump's ability to wage war in iran the measure requires trump to get congressional approval before engaging in any further

military action resolution as a response to the assassination of iranian general costs of the money and january the senate voted 55 in favor $45.00 against a republican and democrats to approve that resolution after 2 months standoff iran has agreed to send the black boxes from that downed passenger jet to ukraine that iran's delegation at the international civil aviation organization says other countries have also been invited to read the data the crimean passenger plane was shot down by the iranian military in early january killing all 176 people on board authorities said it was a mistake after initially denying any responsibility. bread and petrol shortages in sudan are again causing. a lot of frustration so more shortages last sure helped fuel the revolution which ended omar al bashir 30 year role now the new government's coming under increasing pressure reports in the capital khartoum.

queues of cars at petrol stations are a common sight in sudan's capital drivers waiting for hours just to fill up their tanks to be able to get on with their lives. there is no time for work we did a cage all the time to queues of a fuel or other things i've been here for hours waiting today and is now just a country of people in queues to help him get it was that someone is what i've been here since 8 in the morning and now it's 4 in the afternoon our lives have been mostly put on hold as we wait to fill our car tanks to be able to go around. sudan has imported fuel since the oil producer lost 75 percent of its output when south sudan became independent mine years ago all was the main source of the country's income the sudanese pounds started to lose value against the dollar now the government is struggling to pay for imports of fuel which it largely subsidizes the impact of fuel shortages can be seen at bus stations like this $1.00 in the capital passengers are waiting longer and longer waits for

a ride because there are fewer buses passing through they're stuck at a petrol station around the capital buying bread can also mean a long queue the currency shortage affects imports of wheat flour. and we saw coming here from 7 in the morning to one in the afternoon just to get bread it's for our kids at home and no government official has bothered to come and see why things are like this. just last year sparked protests that eventually led to the ousting of longtime president obama. so dance cash strapped transitional administration says it's working to bring in hard currency through other sources. it's put together an economic crisis management team with the power to put forward new policies. there are other alternatives that the country can go with in terms of policies that can help or provide resources for the people part of the solution we're looking into is to restoring back the amount of money stolen by the former regime as well as getting rid of all the sham security companies that dried up the

budget of the country but some analysts see the problems randi he had to get an a as a mafia if it's an issue of politics and management the ruling coalition has many parties that drink from far left to far right each with their own views an approach to the economy and management twice no one wants to take a bold decision that may fix the situation but will create a temporary shock as no one wants to take any blame if things go wrong. while the government struggles to find the right approach the weeks of nationwide coos for bread and fuel go on and sudan's new leaders need to find solutions before the economic crisis flares into more anti-government anger people morgan are just there are khartoum and brussels human rights activists have been demonstrating at the saudi embassy to demand the release of women's rights activists the protesters trust as golfers a week before i went and international tournaments due to begin and one of the detainees are awful has been held for almost 2 years rights groups say she and

other women have been tortured in secret prisons. a 2nd day of hearings has begun in australia's high court where former vatican treasurer george pell is fighting to overturn his sexual abuse conviction it was jailed last year for offenses dating back to the 1990 s. cage reports in cumbria. 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. today the voice of. the catholic church. upright the fact an acquittal of a man. in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2

quiet boys in the 1990s 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 days there 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. many. people could come. despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still

a cardinal but so far the poet has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge al-jazeera camera. coming up in sports and he will tell us about the paris st germain fans who gather to support their team despite the game being played in an empty stadium.

the moon. will all. sport with andy. thank you very much the european champions league matches on

wednesday word salad soup very different approaches to managing the coronavirus pandemic. i found one so out inside is perry sentiment big brush adornment apart their profits but it didn't stop around $3000.00 welcoming the team bus before kickoff that is despite france banning meetings of more than a 1000 people willing to mail to reach the quarter finals i in england around 3000 outlets going to dread fans when a crowd of 54000 at anfield for their match against liverpool back in spain all top level games are being played behind closed doors as yet there are no restrictions on sporting events in the u.k. athletico going through in this one after extra time wednesday's english premier league game between manchester city and also was postponed asshole players came into contact with the olympiacos team owner at last week's europa league game and he's since tested positive for corona virus the club confirmed some squad members

who haven't been identified have gone into self isolation somewhat ironically olympiacos are still being allowed supply english seem walls like just arrived in greece to take them on in the europa league on thursday no fines will be allowed at the match in athens and football's not the most of course it's cause what makes everything and seems of been supported in the ground it's what we play for that's what we play to do to entertain supposed to make sure that they're right so that's the biggest disappointment book at the same time sort of numbers could work for the whole season so it's looking forward to in terms of the tie book when you look at it without our fans who were part of this was it after this point thing was. but one of the u.k.'s biggest horseracing meets is going ahead regardless more than a quarter of a 1000000 fans will attend this week's show them 1st of all with no restrictions in place about the size of public gatherings last year's runner up a little exploring a surprise so when the day's feature race that was the queen mother champion chase

coronavirus is there making its presence felt ahead of the opening race of the formula one season in melbourne 3 team workers in self isolation one mclaren staff member and 2 from same house have been tested after showing symptoms organizes gave the green light to sunday's race in australia with around 300000 spectators expected to attend practice qualifying and the grand prix we spoke to f one journalist philip duncan who's in melbourne. news today that 3 people have been tested for it is not in anyone's mind. one bosses who are already under a bit of scrutiny going ahead the race went across the world we've seen a lot sporting events cancelled drivers who have to meet in zone around them when they conduct their media duties to murder drugs been told not to take any selfies with fans whilst there's also sections of the drivers usually 2 fans they will sit

being canceled there's definitely a feeling of ami i think in the paddock coming you've got people from all over the world travelling here it's it's a it's a bit sore it's a melbourne for this weekend when most countries are vitally against travel you've got members of seems from silly ferrari out of the story. who are also in the types of supply perelli who flown in from italy and tonight the israeli government now banned all. travel probably sleep so it's not a usual sort of that sort of party atmosphere that we usually have to this race it being the 1st group create the season for the presidents of tokyo's olympic organizing committee has again insisted the games will go ahead in july your share on mori who is a former japanese prime minister had been undergoing hospital treatment he left his response when if you given by one of his own board members or a uki takahashi he said the olympics should be delayed. then you know there is no

guarantee he will be able to use the venue's again if we postpone it one or 2 years if mr takahashi will guarantee the use of the venue's that would be nice but that isn't going to happen is it and sports men and women are getting used to being asked about all aspects of coronavirus the details once when a new level head of the one day cricket series between india and south africa which starts on thursday south africa's counts and asked if his team would still be using saliva to help shine the match ball we've been to. obviously on our way. i think on the ball i think all doctors team doctors the management to make sure the tool. don't have grown a bar so we'll still. keep people show any. more light so thank you for joining me here on al-jazeera we will stay all across what is happening with the developments in the coronavirus keep it here on the other side right.

americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trunk parts of america are getting trampy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies a matter of fact on the world. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run caverns in these cages you can not have access to toilets or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hot one on al-jazeera london is one of the most unfortunate cities in the

world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here it out just the right we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people and how it affects their everyday that. we are free to put them on air and to really engage this is because we know that all audience is interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go under reported. it could be the biggest land grab in history. as powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean $21.00 geologists are secretly plotting new borders. as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. oceans manakin on a 0. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so

no matter what. the news and calendar for that matter. we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. president donald trump blocks travel from europe to the u.s. saying it will protect americans from the corona virus outbreak. i'm can with al this is our desire live from doha also coming up. earlier the world health organization labeled the outbreak a pandemic and warned government a not doing enough to control it.

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