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during the virus outbreak and that's good news for that it's. we begin this hour in spain where prime minister pedro sanchez is expected to announce a strict lock down on all of its $46000000.00 residents from monday and an effort to contain the spread of the corona virus strain is the 2nd hardest hit country in europe off to italy with more than 5700 cases reported on saturday that's an increase of 1500 infections in just 24 hours people there won't be able to leave the house except to buy groceries go to the pharmacy or go to work on friday the world health organization said year it was now the epicenter of the pandemic. see as the situation is complicated i would like to go to germany to be with my parents and feel more safe because here i don't feel safe i hope they let me out.

we had to close the restaurant and remain shut for 15 days but this is nothing it is just so more people don't get infected and we can recover from this we have to stay motivated be proactive and stay calm. gago joins me live in the studio now so this is quite a response a using the state of emergency to make sure that 46000000 people are restricted in their movement how difficult is it going to be to enforce this well like most things i think also the fear of what could happen if they don't enforce this is really going to be what's driving them forward as well see what's happened in italy they've seen what's happened in other regions where they see what's happening in the capital madrid when nearly 3000 of coronavirus cases are so if they don't work now to lock this down on a national level the fear is that it could spread out of control like it has initially in the north north of italy and could then just take the rest of the country into peril we're seeing quite a contrast in the way the u.k. government has been responding it's much more limited what do we know about the

number of cases here in the u.k. well just now in the past 24 hours there has been a big leak in the amount of coronavirus case we've seen that now there are 1140 cases of 1000 in the country that's why 342 just in the past 24 hours alone or so the number of deaths in the past 24 hours has almost doubled as well while still the medical offices of said that those people who who died did have underlying issues and were in the older age group as well but of course boris johnson and the government have been criticized for taking what's been a sort of like to touch approach rather than a stronger one now with especially with regards to mass gatherings as well they're expected to pass some emergency legislation to see if they can sort of put prevent some of those happening later on as well as try and see how they can work around this as the numbers continue to climb sonia thank you very much. well

a lockdown also in i'm in manila has just gone into effect the same thing happening there sealing almost 12000000 people in the philippine capital all domestic travel in and out of the city has been suspended and residents have been asked not to leave the house except for work and emergencies night time curfews will also be imposed and shopping malls have been to close the measures some of the strictest taken in asia and the city officials hope they'll help stop the spread of the corona virus philippines as so far reported 8 deaths and 98 infections. china is now said that it will step up cooperation with iran as it struggles to bring the krona virus outbreak under control to herat has been hit the hardest in the middle east with $611.00 confirmed deaths and almost 13000 infections but many iranians are continuing to ignore all government calls to stay at home to help stop the spread of the virus the interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of rome where the virus was 1st detected.

the joins us live now from iran's capital and so we know that security forces were being deployed to clear the streets but how how effective has that been. controlling the movement of people. well mariyam it was a very dramatic decision taken by the supreme leader a very dramatic a letter given to the head of the traditional armed forces in a dramatic interview that he gave saying that within 24 hours the military would take to trying to maintain crowd control and clear the streets but the fact of the matter is we were just out in the capital here in tehran the traffic has certainly died down there are fewer road cars on the road there's fewer people on the sidewalks there are fewer shops that are open but the fact is that there is still a critical mass of people that are out there they're going to their jobs they're maintaining their normal lives and really it can't be helped the economic circumstances that many people here in iran face or that they can't afford to shut down and and they don't have

a financial buffer to be able to weather this storm this public health crisis so it remains to be seen how active the military intends on being to enforce the government's guidance on how to maintain public order and the guidance on limiting movements but the fact is that the interior ministry earlier today ordered the city of home to shut down some main religious sites that were vectors for this virus a shrine in the holy city of qom as well as an important mosque in the club have been ordered to shut down but it has to be said that they have said that they will close them soon they remain open tonight tonight those locations in the city that was the epicenter in the beginning of this outbreak those sites remain open that their on municipality says in the capital they've stopped any construction or building works for the next 2 or 3 weeks and many people will say that these measures are good but they are half measures and they're too little too late that the damage has already been done right but still the government is trying to employ

men. containment and crowd control social testing measures at the same time trying to respond to the number of infections and that is severely restricted by the stranglehold of sanctions on the country its limiting their ability to respond one of we've been hearing about this today. that's exactly right iran's government ever since the beginning of the outbreak has struggled to bring the spread under control the death toll continues to go up on a daily basis the total number of cases continue to rise on a daily basis and iran's military and political leaders say that the sanctions are now directly affecting their ability to respond to the current spread of the coronavirus in iran something that experts here say is not just bad for the country longterm but could make it a hot zone for the virus could be bad for the region long term now what we've heard from president hassan rouhani is office today is that in the last few hours he's issued a public open letter to his counterparts all over the world and in that letter he's

made a couple of very very practical points let me give you a sense of what he said he said no country can manage this dangerous and widespread crisis by itself let alone a country that doesn't have access to financial markets and has many problems accessing required goods a few days ago we saw the foreign minister tweet 30 items a list of 30 items like ventilators gloves masks medicines that health care workers desperately need to continue to track and treat patients and we're also hearing from that letter he said it's no doubt that this dangerous global epidemic shows it to her on and home are not that far away from paris and london really drawing a line under the fact that if the international community doesn't step in and help iran now this could continue to be a global problem in the future thank you very much from. we go to latin america now the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela it's a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day hiller looking for food and medicine during a devastating economic crisis alessandra is monitoring the situation from. and

the president they say that to shut the border with venezuela starting at 5 am on saturday it was a bit of a surprise we knew that this could have been a possibility given how worried the colombian government is. the possibility of the spread of the current a virus inside. a given how ill equipped to the health services are in the country in the neighboring country given the fact that it's been going through a very severe economic crisis for you years now it's also suffering from the effects of the u.s. sanctions things of thousands of venezuelans depend on crossing on a daily basis to colombia for basic food for health services for medical appointments and we are already getting reports there of hundreds if

not thousands of people who are trying to cross through dirt paths illegal crossings that excesses of a porous border the colombian police trying to stop them so this is a very aggressive measure on part of colombia but it shows just how worried they are about what could happen inside of venezuela. well u.s. has just confirmed it will expand its here pain travel ban because of the virus mike hanna joins us live now from washington and so we now know that it's been expanded to include think u.k. and ireland as well as those $26.00 other countries and that the shank an area or a free movement. indeed yes well it was a bit of a surprise that president trump actually arrived to attend this briefing it had originally been shed to hold just the vice president mike pence the briefing coming after a meeting of the coronavirus task force as president trump described it he outlined a whole series of measures that have been taken very so of congress tree in terms

of what is being achieved he did say that it was being considered that the travel ban would be expected expected extended but then it was left to vice president mike pence to confirm that this was the case that it would come into effect at midnight on monday this is what the vice president had to say the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom in ireland effective midnight monday night eastern standard time again americans in the u.k. are arlan can come home legal residents can come home but as a secretary with retail they will be funneled through specific airports and process well just a matter of hours after the president's physician has said that he does not need to take a coronavirus test the president himself confirmed that indeed he had still awaiting

the results of that particular test now the indication from the president too that he's taking the situation perhaps more seriously an acknowledgment that he was incorrect in shaking hands of corporate leaders during a briefing held in the rose garden on friday much public criticism for the president doing so in the face of so many people watching so certainly president trump now insisting that is administration is getting on top of the situation the number of deaths in the u.s. recorded at this particular point has now risen to 50 all right thanks very much. from the latest with the latest from washington mike hanna thank you it was al jazeera live from london much more still ahead living among the dead displaced syrian families set up home in a graveyard and then claims of corruption in the republic of congo houses of washing away while the wealthy spend their money around the world.

welcome back now things are beginning to settle down in egypt after the severe storms we've seen over the last 24 to 48 hours the remnants that storm system still give you some heavy rain and indeed snow of the mountains there in iran q 8 still in part to buy that elsewhere would like to see some pretty dusty conditions on the eastern side of qatar jan the course of sunday so visibility like to be pretty poor the same goes for other parts of saudi arabia on the eastern side in particular around the mediterranean sea things beginning to settle them once more looking at a brightish skies highs of 20 degrees in damascus and syria and the city by monday most places seeing quite a weather condition so we should last the dust storms which are affecting parts of

iraq as you head across into northern and central parts of africa but required now we still got cooler air moved on a long way from the north over the last few days so khartoum only just 31 degrees recent days they've been up above 40 degrees elsewhere looking largely fine certainly on sunday charlotte to pretty much more limited across parts of the west african coastline and you see there we've got sunshine and temperatures 30 in freetown in sierra leone we've got this tropical cyclone close to the coast of madagascar but that should gradually move away. he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his family's wishes he went on to bring a fresh perspective to orientalism painting falling in love and so hard in culture making algeria his home and converting to islam. and just 0 world tells the

story of nothing and his unique artistic work. the french oriental is. an al-jazeera. the end of the world. welcome back a quick look at the headlines now coronavirus cases in spain have risen by 1500 in the past 24 hours prime minister petra sanchez is expected to announce a strict lockdown across the country almost 6000 cases spain is the worst affected country in europe off to italy which has more than $15000.00 cases and then china has announced its stepping up cooperation with iran as it struggles to bring the coronavirus outbreak under control more than 600 people have died there and almost

13000 infections have been reported but many iranians are ignoring government calls to stay at home. and the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela which confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in search of food and medicine due to the economic crisis in their country. or the downward trend in the number of new cases of coronavirus in south korea and china has increased hopes the virus is slowing in parts of asia but still concern about undetected cases and the new chance of and the chance of new cost is emerging jessica washington reports from indonesia's capital jakarta. in the south korean city of suwannee this no shortage of community spirit for the 2nd day south korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus the new infections the health authority has urged people to stay vigilant to fight

against you clusters and there's still work to do. these volunteers are packing relief kits for those still in quarantine. the people in isolation must be going through a hard time the box isn't much but i hope it gives them strength and they can cheer up in australia panic has caused fights in supermarket shopping aisles. from monday all gatherings of more than $500.00 people will be banned astray his nearest neighbor isn't taking any chances every person intern new zealand including returning new zealand citizens and residents will be required to into self isolation for 14 days if everybody. in indonesia 2000000 liters of disinfectant are to be distributed among mosques there are fears about how many undetected cases there are across the archipelago and the world health organization

has us invasion to intensify its monitoring corn and tracing efforts the government confirmed its 1st corona virus cases last week and as the number steadily rises efforts to contain the virus are ramping up jakarta's governor has announced all schools will be shot for at least 2 weeks many popular attractions like theme parks and museums will also be closed these are stricture and could be extended if the virus continues to spread through one of the world's most densely populated cities it's the new reality for millions around the world events canceled attractions closed as the alarm intensifies in other parts of the world lives slowly returning to normal in parts of china with authorities last week declaring the peak of the epidemic over who has reported only a handful of cases for the past 2 days these recovered patients are leaving hospital and a one step closer to returning to their normal lives it could be months before the

rest of the world can do the same just washington al-jazeera jakarta of course there is still the impact on global financial markets to all of this with businesses struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic some technology companies are seeing a boost in their revenue millions of people under lockdown of course now turning to digital means to continue with their daily life and relationships or you know how it explains. the coverts 900 break has infected more than 140000 people worldwide it's forcing communities to brace for huge economic and social changes. for many staying at home may mean still getting work done communicating with loved ones or perhaps becoming more tech savvy and while businesses and stock markets forecast slow economic growth some tech companies are seeing an uptick video conferencing software companies zoom is one of the biggest winners from the crisis removing time limits for as video chats as looking to help keep business meetings

and student learning afloat google and microsoft also announced they would give free access to video conferencing services and live document collaboration to 3 lay . and google's parents company alphabet says it will work with u.s. health officials on creative a tool to help protect the coronavirus clients and patients and people that interest can go fill out a screening questionnaire. down for a symptoms or risk factors. demand for messaging education and productivity apps are likely to grow and as more people stay at home other platforms are benefiting the coronavirus will have an impact on streaming websites and services like you tube hulu and netflix so it's a monetize their content will see significant increases in from increased demand on their platforms but as the global demand for such services increases so does the need for secure accessibility the need for broadband internet access has never been

more than folks who live for liable and affordable connections will be left further behind people need to be in control not less secure. and the longer term we need it better build out of fiber optic networks to low income rural and that risk communities need discounted devices and we need freed up use of spectrum and more alternatives like community networking. during these times of uncertainty digital tools are proving to be more vital than ever as the shift to home office and schooling becomes the new reality for many around the world. really mohammed al jazeera i want to bring you some other stories from around the world that we're keeping an eye on in iraq the military there is saying that 2 defense service men and 3 coalition members of been critically injured in an attack on taji base north of baghdad it's not yet known who is responsible comes a day after u.s. as strikes on multiple sites in iraq the pentagon says it targeted those behind the

killing of 2 american troops and one british soldier in an attack on wednesday the president of iraq has called the u.s. strikes a while ation of its sovereignty. and then in syria the russian turkish cease fire is largely holding edler and nearly a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting and are now facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents in general al daler camp more than 200 of these camps have been set up since december but as a salad in july now reports from hurting in the turkey syria border some people are finding that refuge is a daily struggle. it's play time an ad lib for mara hamilton mahmoud this means chopping up grass and weeds but look closer and their playground becomes clearer it's a graveyard the grim reality doesn't end there it's also their home for the foreseeable future use or are soon he says the only place you could find shelter

was with the dead. and the consul form doubled we're scared to rehire because of heavy bombardment we ascribe to if we've searched everywhere for shelter but the only available space was inside the cemetery god willing he will help us and after the situation gets better we return to our homes i don't think we can stay here longer the girls are too scared. nearly a 1000000 people have been displaced in the last 3 months of the monument and advances by government troops by great really and russian forces where they used to be for the dead is now home for 65 families from that. we provided shelter to the displaced families from south of lib and west aleppo in the mosque of some out of symmetry most of the families came from the streets they have nowhere to go in case we don't find houses or tents the families will remain here some. northern syria is the last rebel stronghold for years people from other opposition held areas were

moved here and the various political deals of the opposition loses more ground there's less space for the nearly $4000000.00 people in the province the weather. still called and most families lack basic supplies people say they've been abandoned by the world yet again to them it feels no one cares about their suffering or sadly that it will cost of play around we left our home at 3 am under airstrikes we need everything blankets mattresses are small children are surviving only your water and rice we need milk diapers for the babies we need you to help us it's winter and it's so cold at night help us with a tender with ever just take us out of here away from dead people at night they closed the door and i was a most of the family stay awake at night because they're scared. a ceasefire deal between turkey and syria has paused the fighting at least for now human rights watch wants concerned countries to call out russia's involvement in syria's war

crimes and the kremlin to end its support of syria's government it says the war has taken the ball on children for 9 years their lives forever marked by the conflict more than half a 1000000 children displaced by the latest fighting are living in desperate conditions it looks fragile ceasefire is holding for now but people are scared they say agreements have been broken before and they've had to move their homes multiple times the fear now is that with government forces closing in refugees unwelcome and borders closed they're even running out of space inside syria to escape the fighting some of the job or the other they are on the turkey syria border well afghanistan's government has delayed the release of taliban prisoners over disagreements on the number and then guarantees that they won't return to fighting earlier this week president ashraf ghani agreed to free 15 other prisoners on saturday before beginning talks with the taliban government said 5000 will be released all together in phases on's conditions are met but the taliban wants them

all freed up once for their early release as part of the us taliban agreement reached last month. exactly a year since died devastated mozambique the world food programme is warning that 2 and a half 1000000 people that a still in need of humanitarian assistance to sightlines in the space of 6 weeks destroyed the 21000 harvest in the southern african nation is still desperately short of food. has diagnosed more than $3000.00 children under 5 is suffering from severe acute malnutrition. now members of the family of the republic of congo's president off facing growing calls to be prosecuted for corruption they are accused by human rights activists of looting public funds to buy look serious prophecies abroad aka web reports to us now from the capital brazzaville. this is what's left of our band dandies house. the rest of it. is down

here. he built a home for his retirement here in preservation erosion took it away along with much of his neighborhood. it's a serious problem i had a large family here and now i'm forced to rent but i'm not paying my pension so i have to stay with a neighbor i can't even find the money to feed myself. it's a similar story in several parts of the city the republic of congo's capital. people say the government has done nothing the sand in the slopes around the city was once held together by trees they've been cut down as the population grows but the erosion problem keeps growing to this place is already been abandoned this one will be abandoned soon the problem is people have nowhere else to go but it's not the same for everyone. luxury apartment in the trump international hotel and tower in new york cost millions of dollars anti corruption investigators global

witness say one was bought with stolen congolese public money for $7000000.00. the nearly 40 year rule of congolese president then he saw soon queso has been blighted with corruption scandals global witness says it was his daughter cloudier seen here standing next to him who pulled the new york apartment a spokesman for the 1st family declined to comment on the allegations. congo billions of dollars every year from oil exports global witness says it's traced tens of millions of dollars of stolen revenues. a mansion in the suburb of paris is among around 20 properties belonging to members of the 1st family that french prosecutors are investigating along with other purchases committing more than a $1000000.00 spent on suits and shirts from their shop. in brazzaville it's easy to find pictures of presidents assuming grasso on the street it's hard to find

anyone who criticize him or his government. but a handful of activists meet every week to try to hold the government to account for corruption and rights abuses it's risky work. this is the most recent member of the group to be imprisoned he's accused of threatening state security. joe says it's all to hide a simple truth how would you explain what this country is so poor it's just. the little ship is so corrupt that the country. is leaving. well the president. if people that is in power. activists say through. national money laundering network the congo's wealth and being spent on luxuries abroad like the apartment in new york the trump organization says it has no connection to the deal and didn't tell the apartment when it was sold. to people

living in brazzaville suburbs just a fraction of congo's missing millions could help save their homes from falling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo a. quick roundup of the headlines for you now coronavirus cases in spain of risen by 1500 in the past 24 hours prime minister pedro sanchez is expected to announce a strict lockdown across the country for monday spain with almost 6000 cases is the worst affected country in europe after italy spaniards why be able to leave the house except to buy groceries go to the pharmacy to work on friday the world health organization said you're it was now the epicenter of the pandemic. the situation is complicated i would like to go to germany to be with my parents and feel more safe because here i don't feel safe i hope they let me out. we had to close the

restaurant and remain shut for 15 days but this is nothing it is just so more people don't get infected and we can recover from this we have to stay motivated be proactive and stay calm. well in the u.s. they've just confirmed that the travel ban will be expanded to include the u.k. an island because of the virus the number of confirmed cases has risen to of the 2000 with experts saying the outbreak has not yet reached its peak the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland affective midnight monday night eastern standard time again americans in the u.k. are arlan can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary will detail they will be funneled through specific airports and process elsewhere china is saying is stepping up corporation with iran as it struggles to bring the chrono virus outbreak under control iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east

with 611 confirmed deaths many iranians are continuing to ignore government calls though to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus and then the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela after it confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday the border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in search of food and medicine because of the economic crisis but perhaps some better news from a province where the virus originated as a 50 day lockdown there is finally starting to ease the number of new virus cases imported into china from overseas has exceeded the amounts of locally transmitted infections for the 1st time i'll be back with the news hour $800.00 g.m.t. in about half an hour from now off to inside story which is next.

coronavirus pandemic has forced many countries to close their schools it's hoped to lock a social gathering will help slow the outbreak but is the sense learning the answer and how vulnerable are children to this virus this is an side story. hello and welcome to the program i'm going to you know obligato the global health crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic has led to extraordinary measures in an effort to contain the outbreak countries from south korea to the u.s. italy to new zealand are introducing measures that are affecting hundreds of millions of.