one on one east meets the grandmas who is saving these schools finally getting an education on al-jazeera. from japan to india and asian markets plummet following heavy losses in the u.s. and europe of the panic from the coronavirus pandemic. hello i'm convinced this is there are live from doha also coming up frustration grows in the united states over the government's failure to test enough people for the coronavirus. that is a failure and yes it is a family there let's admit it. and europeans are racing to beat strict new u.s. travel restrictions that have been denounced by e.u. leaders it's. also ahead responding to a deadly rocket attack on

a coalition base the u.s. launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. asian markets have opened in freefall extending a global ralphs on fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic it follows a diet day for us european and middle east in stocks invest as a bailing out amid travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its lockdown closing baal's restaurants and shops all fronts norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities if it's to stop large gatherings have led to severe restrictions owns forcing events european football matches and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those canceled or postponed. the fallout is continuing on global markets on wall street the dow jones industrial average sank almost 10

percent its worst losses since the black monday crash of 1987 and none in the footsie 100 closed down almost 11 percent while european markets together dropped 12 percent as for asia right now tokyo has been trying nikkei index is trading down or 8 percent south korean stocks of slammed by about 7 percent in trading was briefly suspended in india and thailand off to both markets dropped 10 percent i'll get a live update from seoul shortly 1st kristen salumi has the round up from new york . these are dark times on wall street as the corona virus continues to spread and a fog of uncertainty descends on investors here and around the world we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u.s. president donald trump's shock announcement on wednesday night that he was banning all travel from the european union may have been intended to calm fears. but it had

the opposite effect. for the 2nd time in a week the slump in stock prices was so precipitous that trading on the new york stock exchange was temporarily halted on thursday as airlines began cancelling flights the u.s. federal reserve stepped in with the rescue package this time promising $1.00 trillion dollars to shore up markets but it had little effect new york's main indices closed down between 9 and 10 percent leaving many wondering what more could be done to calm nerves i think we're going to need to see a series of actions that look like they're only focused on responding to this other agenda so every department the government has to sing the same song in the same tune with disabled music all these little gaps and things that people think are cute when times are good become terrifying when times are bad and we're closer to bad than good at this particular moment. it was even worse for european traders as

the economic implications of president trump's travel ban sunk in germany's dax closed down more than 12 percent as did france and spain is main markets while london's footsie had its worst day since the crash of 1987. u.s. markets have now fallen more than 20 percent below their highs and with coded 19 yet to peak here its actual impact on the economy not to mention people's lives is hard to predict that has investors preparing for the worst while everyone is hoping for the best christian salumi al-jazeera we are. from abroad joins us now live from seoul for more asian markets so nosediving. that's right the markets have continued to tank across asia this friday at one point of the nikkei in japan was down more than 10 percent that's the biggest single drop that it's had in 30 years it has recovered now somewhat as it tends to

do at this time in the trading day but it's in all the other markets are solidly in the red the nikkei is down 6 percent at the moment the kaspi the south korean index that's down more than 5 percent more than 4 percent drop on the hang seng index in hong kong the biggest single drop that we've had recorded here in asia has been in bangkok with the thai index at one point being down a full of 13 percent which caused a suspension in trading there for a while all of this has had central bank officials finance officials there holding emergency meetings in a number of asian capitals deciding what to do there's talk about the central bank of korea holding a meeting amid speculation that maybe bank officials there will be looking at the interest rate in a way of maybe trying to help the market out but interest rates are already historically low and the interest rate in south korea is down 1.25 percent in japan

of course it is famously 0 so there's very little latitude it seems that bank officials and central banks can do to stop the rot. rob let's turn our attention to china where this all originated out there signs yet that some things may be returning to normal. there are encouraging signs they've been continuing wedo for the past few days and have continued this friday there's talk about some of the travel restrictions within the epicenter of this outbreak being further relaxed outside of who we're hearing from finance officials in beijing that around 95 percent of some of the larger companies in china are now returning to work so slowly the wheels of this giant economy beginning to turn once more across china we're hearing for the 1st time that the number of new infections is actually in single digits just 8 new cases of the coronavirus being reported in mainland

china in hong kong sadly we've had news of a 4th death there gradually the situation across greater china the picture is improving and in fact there's even talk of some of the massive stockpiles of medical kits and equipment that they have they're now being offered to parts of the world in greater need than china such as western europe and here in south korea again we've had a continued downward trend of new cases only 110 new cases being recorded here so all of this good news would normally feed into market sentiment but all the markets here are looking at at the moment is what's happening on the world stage and looking in horror of what's happening in the united states and europe and reacting accordingly. thank you there on the bride there live from solved. u.s. president donald trump's restrictions on european travelers going to effect later on friday the restrictions are just having an economic impact also straining

already brittle diplomatic relations between washington and brussels as mike hanna reports. the irish prime minister arrives at the white house his bilateral meeting with the u.s. president one of the few events going ahead as should jeweled island along with the united kingdom 2 countries exempt from the sweeping travel ban which appears focused on the 26 european union members of the shingle alliance giving rise to claims that the ban has been haphazardly applied when you think of what happened to europe because it was very fast and very furious and what happened is a lot of people went from china into europe and europe suffered tremendously see what's going on and so i just wanted to stop as it pertains to the united states or public access to the u.s. capitol has been suspended but lawmakers in the house are continuing to discuss a bill to counter the economic and social impact of the coronavirus and also pacing

questions about whether lawmakers should stay at home let's get this bill passed 1st and then we'll see where they're from there because the fact is inside the house is on fire people are concerned about their of course the house and the health of their challenger democratic presidential candidate joe biden added his voice to the discussion about how best to deal with this ongoing crisis and was harshly critical of the efforts by the trumpet ministration public fears may become . more pervasive like and trust in this president. why adversarial relationship with the truth that he continues to have this stall public concern about the slow rollout of testing kits this despite claims by the trumpet ministration that anyone who needs a test can get one the web site of the center for disease control records said it has not conducted any tests over the past 4 days and the number of tests conducted by public health lads has dropped dramatically over the same period yesterday for

example across the entire united states only 8 tests are reported. president trump maintains he is in no need of submitting to a test but this may change following reports that a man he met during talks with the brazilian leader at mar a lago last week has tested positive for the virus brazil's communication minister pictured here on the president's lift is awaiting the results of a 2nd test my canner out his era washington. mike hanna mentioned there the lack of testing going on in the u.s. a top u.s. official who deals with infectious diseases has bluntly described the situation as a failing and they felt he made the comments to members of congress at a briefing on thursday the system does not. is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for that is a failing and yes it is

a failing there let's admit it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician air 6 for it and you get it there i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not. the wife of canadian prime minister justin trudeau has tested positive for corona virus so featured all had been experiencing flu like symptoms following a visit to the u.k. the prime minister says he doesn't have any signs of infection but will stay in isolation for 14 days. and a move or to be unprecedented in modern times the vatican has ordered the closure of rome's catholic churches in response to the coronavirus pandemic the decree will stay in effect until early april and follows cancellations of public engagements by the pope who's been live streaming presence online to avoid crowds the vatican has

also told rome's catholics they're not blood's to attend sunday mass while the pandemic is ongoing. across the world sporting events are being affected all north american sports have either been canceled or postponed that includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off in the u.k. premier league bosses are holding an emergency meeting on friday after arsenal manager. tested positive for the virus and the entire chelsea squad of the squad rather has gone into self isolation after one of their players tested positive it comes as spain's league has been suspended with the whole real madrid team placed in quarantine. and the organizers of formula one have cancelled the australian grand prix over coronavirus concerns the event was due to be in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators

a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated by local health authorities. david zirin is sports editor for the nation a weekly news magazine he says the n.b.a. season suspension was a wake up call for many. it certainly seems that for a lot of people this did not become real until the n.b.a. said you know we're putting our season on hiatus because that's when a lot of folks will go up and said whoa this really must be something i need to pay attention to i have precisely because sometimes being involved in the sports world allows you to take a vacation from the real world and yet there's no vacation from what we're dealing with right now left to consider several factors i mean the 1st is take the national basketball association they're talking about losing tens of millions of dollars when they cancelled a series of home games but it's not just the people at the top who make all this money they also have to take into account the stadium workers who tend to be low wage workers who depend on those jobs for their daily lives and then there's

a whole informal economy outside of stadiums where people make money by hawking various goods so when you're going to cancel an n.b.a. game it's not just about removing that entertainment from our buff they have options it's also about wreaking havoc on the lives of people who depend on these games for their work and their livelihood it's going to come here on all just their own civilians caught in the crossfire of poems a specialist during fighting in the central african republic. and washington retaliate for china's expulsion of 3 u.s. journalists. welcome back look at weather conditions across the radian peninsula and the middle east in general here in the gulf states where the conditions are looking dodgy find plenty of sunshine but it is the area of low pressure which is giving cause for

concern it is giving some torrential rain across northern parts of egypt we sending across the sinai into israel lebanon too and you see the windows there very closely packed together so behind it is a chance of a lot of lifted a real sandstorm conditions having a big impact upon air travel if nothing else and that system is also in the stir things up further towards the east as a move the forecast through into saturday some showers also showing up across parts of iraq but what that doesn't show is the winds developing and i think they'll be a lot of dust through iraq up through the tigris and euphrates river valleys during the course of the day things quarter stage further towards the west like so there $24.00 degrees in some sunshine across eastern central parts of africa looking fine now across much of somalia kenya showers confined to the far south you notice that on the bottom your screen that circulation of low pressure and bought some very heavy showers on the eastern side of madagascar that's expected to continue as we

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour across the virus pandemic has dealt another blow to global stock markets on friday major indices in tokyo seoul and home called all plunged by around 8 percent within minutes of opening that was off to wall street suffered its worst single day losses since 987. the record spread of the virus has caused cancellations and the perspiring mint of sporting events around the world that includes all made just for the north america league and spain and be a straight line drawn free. brazilian president's press secretary has tested positive for corona virus just days after meeting donald trump in florida he's pictured standing next to the u.s. president at his mar-a lago resort on saturday trump says he isn't concerned that he won't be tested. for the things president roderigo to turkey has announced the capital manila will go into lockdown for

a month to stop corona virus spreading from sunday the city's $30000000.00 residents will be prohibited from leaving large gatherings are also banned 2 people have died from the virus in the philippines which has more than 50 confirmed cases . but there are concerns about how the government will implement these sweeping measures stimuli and again has more now from manila. much of the presentation of president will be good at their day and his cabinet late thursday night was focused on metro manila in manila and the greater metropolis they talked about community quarantine if a certain city in metro manila has 2 or more cases than the the city should itself . be under community quarantine but it remains to be seen how that is possible and what is the difference between a community quarantine and a lockdown school scam of all are also been postponed and canceled until april middle of april next month operations of the government remain to be skeletal those

in the private sector are also expected to minimise their interactions basically the focus of the government at this point is social distancing isolation and quarantine but several cabinet officials admit that they still have to finalize the implementing rules and regulations 13000000 people in the metropolis are actually 1000000 people are actually living in the metropolis not to mention those who travel to the metropolis on a daily basis to work here there are concerns about food supply transportation about the commute public transport the people here but in the coming days up until sunday or expecting a more clear view and guidelines as to how the government is exactly going to implement this israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront the coronavirus crisis now he made the offer on a nationally televised address saying

a new temporary regime with his chief rival benny gantz would save the lives of citizens you also ordered more schools in the country to be closed. in other news the u.s. has launched retaliatory air strikes in iraq in response to a rocket attack that left 3 people dead on wednesday. the. u.s. defense secretary said he was given the green light to do so by president donald trump 2 americans and a british soldier were killed when almost 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad the head of the u.s. central command suggested the attack was carried out by an iran backed group some wonderful team is in baghdad she's reporting several different locations across the country have been hit by the strikes. we understand that several positions were hit across iraq at around 1 am local time including areas in just a sucker south of baghdad which is considered a stronghold of the iranian backed popular mobilisation force we also understand

the positions were hit in the southern city of quetta balor the airport as well as in bobby long now what appears to have happened is that the u.s. targeted primarily weapons depots drones and facilities of the popular mobilization forces including groups from qatar of hezbollah which is one of the cords that is very close to iran in which the u.s. accused of conducting the strikes against the base entirely which resulted in the killing of 2 u.s. personnel as well as a u.k. soldier stationed there we also understand that another group of pipes that are heard there was parted as well as another group as i had these are groups that are generally referred to as the islamic resistance they're part of the popular mobilization forces which is officially integrated into the state but which is very close to iran now we understand that the intention was not to target specific

people or commanders but rather the weapons facilities despite as we are hearing reports from one of the p.m.s. groups of 7 people were injured injured or fossil have are also getting reports that one civilian may have been killed in quetta boller as a result of these strikes a u.s. federal judge has ordered the immediate release of wiki leaks whistleblower chelsea manning from prison roll in cannes a day after lawyers for the former military intelligence analyst said she'd been hospitalized after an attempted suicide manning served 7 years in a military prison for giving secret u.s. documents to wiki leaks she was jailed again last year for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the website. at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in the central african republic of the past 2 days it's been happening in their lives and most of the dead. buildings housing people displaced by the fighting have been set on fire rival militias want control of

resorts says in the diamond rich region. interest is monitoring developments the fighting is the latest in a cycle of violence that broke in central african republic since last late last year early this year the recent major fighting was of course in february when several people were killed but the latest round of violence the one we're talking about now happened 2 days ago and at least 40 people have been reported dead and most of them civilians fighting broke out between 2 major rebel groups or groups in the central african republic in the area from delhi these are the p r c and the m l a c j but also there are ethnic clashes in that region which contributed to the latest or the rise in casualty figures in that area now in a statement that the government issued it condemned the killings saying that the

rebel groups we are signatories to a peace accord and reconciliation efforts should stop using civilians as human shields and also stop disrupting aid operations in that region so little report from the central african republic indicate that they've been fighting has been going on pockets of violence have continued till this day and that reinforcements security reinforcement has been sent to those areas to calm the situation down it's not clear whether they are able to stop the 2 sides fighting each other or stop the ethnic militias attacking each other and bring peace to that region. u.s. china relations have taken another dive washington says it will reduce the number of journalists allowed to work at chinese media outlets in the u.s. beijing says it's political oppression and it's valid to retaliate sarah clarke reports. it was china's decision to expel 3 wall street journal reporters the

triggered a media brawl with the united states the chinese communist party said the expulsion was retaliation for a journal headline that labeled china as the real sick man of asia the reporters it also worked on topics considered sensitive by chinese officials and their visas were revoked as a result. china will not be silent to insults in smearing in addition the newspaper defended themselves with you know pendants of opinion from news stories they are being reasonable and shared their responsibilities the explosion came after the united states announced it would treat china's state news media outlets operating in america as of the chinese government in march washington said it would cut the quota of chinese nationals allowed to work at the us offices of major chinese state owned media the organizations targeted include sin wa china radio china daily and the china global television network the move affectively

could force 60 chinese citizens to leave the united states just want no. question. i think in these. tensions between the 2 countries have escalated since donald trump came to office 3 years ago with disputes ranging from tried to accusations of chinese spying and american support for taiwan analysts say the global panic over the cry to virus epidemic. it has provided a new opportunity for the u.s. to denounce the chinese communist party media landscape is yet another battleground reminds me of the old cold war spy games you know where we reduced their number of diplomats they reduced our number of diplomats you know journalists didn't really want to go there but i think they are now washington says the latest media

restrictions on the chinese controlled media in the u.s. is in return for beijing's harsh treatment of foreign journalists but china hasn't ruled out making the next move that message was delivered on twitter by a foreign ministry spokesman who said the u.s. kicked off the game now let's play sarah clock al-jazeera hong kong. from the empty beaches of thailand to discern streets in rome and paris and winning tourist bookings in egypt hotel on a street vendors and other small businesses all over the wall the suffering from the coronavirus falls and you should bell has some of the stories. paris no longer has its notoriously long queues at payments landmarks such as the loop businesses that depend on towards spending so the impact of the pandemic is unprecedented he said to me as if it's massive for us we're in an area where americans like to come and also customers who are quite sensitive to the impact of this kind of event. we're starting to feel the catastrophe it's worse than the strikes worse than the

yellow vest protests. and my stance of the just over the top of the current situation in venice gondolier is quite disastrous because there is no work. across italy travel is restricted public gatherings banned normally one of europe's top destinations roam streets and coliseum eerily quiet. all stores have been ordered closed except pharmacies and groceries. in the end this health problem will be resolved while they can omit problems perhaps will take longer i don't know how we're going to get out of this. block of tourists in the valley of the kings in egypt is an ominous sign of how damaging the pandemic will be for the economy and the population of $100000045.00 cases were confirmed on the nile river cruz in looks or connected to a single american tourist aboard ship a bunch of going to show out of the streets of looks or empty because of the coronavirus their medical health and security checks because of fears the virus will spread from other countries to the egyptian people. across asia the effects

are apparent from 2 cats quite beaches to jai poor in india foreign tourists are staying away from the pink city after a group of italian tourists tested positive for business is like a. wall of glass i'm a small east on cane brake on wall and in japan where half of tourists come from south korea and china some money stuff we can only wait until it calms down we are all in the same boat from tour guides to street vendors everyone who depends on visitor spending are feeling a pinch from the pandemic. millions in one of the world's biggest industries suffering a devastating blow to their livelihoods the u.s. travel agency expects the pandemic to deal a trillion dollar blow to the global economy and al-jazeera. and finally actor tom hanks has posted a photo thanking people for their support after he was diagnosed with corona virus

the 63 year old and his wife actress rita wilson announced they had the virus on thursday in australia where hanks is working on a film he says the pair are in isolation. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the coronavirus pandemic has dealt another blow to global stock markets on friday major indices in tokyo seoul and hong kong all funds to buy around 8 percent within minutes about that was after wall street suffered its worst single day losses since 987. a brazilian president's press secretary has tested positive for corona virus just days after meeting donald trump in florida he's pictured standing next to the u.s. president at his mar-a lago resort on saturday trump says he is not concerned and he won't be tested. meanwhile a top u.s.

health official says the government is failing to account for what could be thousands of infections because the testing system is not working and to be found he made the comments to members of congress the system does not is not really geared to what we need right now what you are asking for that is a failing and. it is a failing there let's admit it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and the physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people who know the country are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not. the rapid spread of the virus has caused cancellations and the perspiring meant of sporting events around the world including it includes all major sports in north america and spain and the australian grand prix. the u.s.

is going to tell a tree and strike south of iraq's capital in response to a rocket attack that left 3 people dead this week several iranian backed groups were targeted 2 americans and a british soldier were killed on wednesday after a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base north of baghdad as. a u.s. federal judge has ordered the immediate release of wiki leaks whistleblower chelsea manning from prison the ruling comes a day off the lawyers for the former military intelligence analyst said she had been hospitalized after an attempted suicide. those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off the women who make science to stay with us.

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