storytelling around the biggest issues leave them there to do usually do it again. i've. a 1000000 of people ordered to stay home in spain the government that limits freedom of movement has coronavirus cases dramatically lies. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up in the united states a 30 day ban on european travelers will now be extended to the u.k. and ireland colombia is joining the list of countries closing its border in response to the virus that's common venezuelans offer from crucial supplies. and celebrations in china's hu by province where people are venturing out as that

50 day lockdown starts to ease. spain has become the 2nd country to order its entire population under lockdown to stop the rapid spread of the coronavirus 46000000 people are subject to this new decree which orders everyone to stay at home unless they need to buy food or medicine or go to work 193 are reported dead that with some 2000 cases reported in the last day and then in iran another 97 people have died taking the death toll that of the $600.00 with nearly $13000.00 confirmed cases but also we're seeing a growing list of countries closing their borders and that includes colombia it's shot its border with venezuela that makes it harder for people in venezuela who cross over to get supplies they can otherwise get home and then another announcement from the pole suspending climbing punnets from mt everest they say as

public events big and small continue to be canceled from east of recessions to sporting events and even baba begins our coverage now with the situation across europe. it's only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy this is what it looks like the countries reported a jump of more than 2000 did coronavirus traces in 24 i was now people will be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine to get to work hospitals or the bank or to care for the young of the elderly and the throughout. i would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following activities firstly the acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly visits to health centers services under stablish months trips to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities. in the

capital madrid people are still venturing out but with many businesses already shut the city's unusually quiet me when temperamental staff member oh i live in the city center and i like to see it empty i like to say that i think people are being responsible and the people who have to stay at home are doing it. but the owner of this hotel is offering hundreds of rooms to madrid's regional government so it can treat coronavirus patients while in seville the mayor has canceled all easter week for sessions just the latest setback to its tourist industry. in the italian capital rome people stuck indoors have been showing their appreciation of doctors and nurses fighting against coronavirus theirs is the worst hit country after china and the death toll is well over a 1000 already. with the entire country in lockdown normal life has come to a halt. and france is now closing all bars restaurants and cinemas and asking people to work from home and avoid nonessential visits it comes after the number of

coronavirus cases doubled to more than 4 and a half 1000 in just 3 days. oh places that aren't essential to the life of the country will be shut these include restaurants cafes cinemas and nightclubs places of worship will remain open gatherings and ceremonies will have to be postponed germany with europe's largest population has recorded just a handful of deaths so far now the government's urging people returning from italy switzerland and austria to self isolate for up to 2 weeks on. saturday spain bound planes belonging to a low cost british airline actually turned round midair now the u.k. government seems set to do its own about turn reacting to moves already made by business and public pressure with all elite football in england suspended until at least early april and the london marathon perspire into october the cabinet set to ban mass gatherings in the coming week. garion prime minister viktor orban seen here being checked after flying back from all dover is set to announce europe's

latest school closures you know if you didn't call several e.u. states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera well a lockdown on manila has gone into effect that sealed almost 12000000 people into the philippines capital all domestic travel in and out of the city has been suspended 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 urged to close measures are some of the strictest taken in asia the city officials hope they will help stop the spread of the corona virus philippines has so far reported 8 deaths and 98 infections. and then in the united states the president is expanding his european travel ban to the u.k. an island from cheese day in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus a 30 day ban on travel is from a 9 year up is already in place during the news conference donald trump has also

revealed he's waiting on the results of his own coronavirus test mike hanna reports now from washington members of the coronavirus task force walk into the briefing room in terms of a new protocol all in the president's proximity must have the temperature taken including the journalists present. unexpectedly president crump walks in with his vice president who had the shuttle to leave the briefing. and did another surprise he confirmed teach submitted to a test for the virus last night i also took the test yesterday. and i decided i should based on the press coverage yesterday people were asking did i take the test i don't know whatever it takes a day or 2 days for a change when he also acknowledged that he'd made a mistake by shaking hands during friday's briefing with corporate leaders and others in the rose garden and somebody comes up to you they put their hand out you probably tend to shake it and we're all getting out of it shaking hands is not

a great thing to be doing it and i agree but people put their hand out sometimes i'll put their hand if you don't think about it the people are thinking about it more and more we have to think about it it's important for your attention i don't expect that. the president then left the briefing leaving his vice president to officially confirm that the travel ban would be extended the president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland effective midnight monday night eastern standard time again americans in the u.k. or arlen can come home legal residents can come home but as the secretary will detail they will be funneled through specific airports and process the center put disease control has stopped publishing testing figures on its website but statistics collected by an independent group indicates as being a shop rise in the number of tests being conducted for the 1st time since the

crisis began the number of tests conducted in a 24 hour period approached 20000 my kind out al-jazeera washington. moving to iran now the president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with over $600.00 confirmed deaths and 13000 infections china said it would step up cooperation with iran in a bid to help deal with the virus security forces have been sent to clear the streets many iranians though continue to ignore government calls to stay at interior ministry is now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of form where the virus was 1st detected. joins us live from iran's capital tehran so iranians were given 24 hours to get off the streets as attempts continue to try and stop the spread of the virus but they don't seem to be listening to that. that's exactly right now we're talking

about is a direct command by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei just a couple of days ago just a day ago to the chief of the armed forces major general mohamad the issue there was that he wanted the military to step in and take control of the situation control crowds and try to stop a large groups of people from forming at bazaars and markets and supermarkets and really this was to try to limit the spread of the virus but it has to be said that even up until earlier today when that 24 hours was supposed to have come into effect in the capital here yes traffic was down but there were still people on the streets there were still shops open and really it's for a practical measure it's really difficult for iranians to not keep their businesses going because their economic their economic circumstances are also always already so dire well before this virus really this outbreak really happened in

a big way here in the country now what the interior ministry has ordered earlier today was for those sites in a home known vectors for the virus an important mosque and an important shrine to a woman who said to be that a descendant from prophet muhammad those shrines see thousands of people visit daily they've been ordered to be closed now it has to be set up until earlier this evening they were still open the order said that they should be closed soon now for many people this will be too little too late back when the city of claim was the epicenter of the virus in iran these places were still open it was business as usual and people continue to come and go normally so even though the peak for the virus here is coming up in the next 10 days to 2 weeks experts here have have have said that it's still going to get worse before it gets better so this is an important step to take but it's really being seen as

a half measure and go into her. it's just going to say and i should want to ask you because you know it's really important with this not as you say not only site of the the context of economic crisis iran is already suffering before the corona virus outbreak and hospitals the health system simply don't have the capacity to deal with this today that's exactly right one of the biggest problems that the government has faced is being able to finance the response to try to get the virus under control and try to limit the spread and a lot of this the government blames on the fact that u.s. sanctions have kept it from being able to trade with the global market normally and really have enough in the way of financial reserves to throw money at this problem at this time so sanctions really at this moment in time have had a compound in effect now president hassan rouhani sent a letter to his counterparts all over the world in capitals all over the world and in that open letter that he published on his website he made a couple of very interesting points let me read you an excerpt he said any policy that results in undermining economic and medical infrastructure and limits monetary

resources to manage the crisis will have direct impacts on fighting this epidemic in other countries really drawing a fine point and really making the case that you may not agree with iran politically but the fact is that if you don't help iran now is going to be a problem not just for the country but for the region and possibly globally thanks very much the same ron. we go to latin america now the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its land border with venezuela this is a crossing that's used by thousands of venezuelans every day to get the food and medicine and other supplies that they just can't get. cases have been rising across the region overall and they're also concerned that the continent is just not prepared to deal with something like this story's a bow reports to us from one desires. for many venezuelans their border with colombia is alive line for surviving the economic crisis in their nation. but

on saturday colombia's president and now sits close to contain the spread of cool vague 19 says. the border crossings with venezuela will be closed starting at 5 am it will be done as a protection measure against the situation there is also occurring in the neighboring country. on friday venezuela confirmed 2 cases of coronavirus but many fear that number could be higher as the country struggles with a humanitarian crisis that has left hospitals without basic supplies including soap and hand sanitizer doctors in venezuela say they're not ready to cope with a common flu let alone a global pandemic. most of these hospitals are not an acceptable standard about 12 of the military hospitals are not qualified to be able to tend to patients even with the common flu. precedent. has suspended schools and banned public gatherings

he's asked people to wear a mask when using the metro in the capital caracas to suit you it's simple wear a face mask it's an order for everyone in the next days and weeks better safe than sorry. in brazil the government has announced a $1000000000.00 to strengthen its public health care system. president tested negative for covert 1980 that's after his communication officer tested positive after a trip to the united states where he met with president donald trump. is to remain in isolation and will be tested again even though the number of cases to latin america remain relatively no they're likely to increase in the next few weeks and that's why governments are stepping up efforts to try to control it in argentina they're controlling cruel says imports they're also canceling flights and imposing mandatory isolations of those who travel to the united states europe and china.

schools and public events are also being cancelled last countries try to adapt to what may come ahead. when a site is what to take a look at chile now they've announced new measures against the virus there and human is our latin america editor and joins us now from the capital santiago and i think that already been a ban on events and some social distancing measures what further action of a planning to take. hi there marion there are is a long list of measures that presidents have asked announced in an address to the nation that includes not the prohibition is 1500 people gathering in one same place and that is indoors or outdoors which would clearly have an impact on the ongoing protests in this country apart from that there are there's going to be. a bid or an attempt to create as quickly as possible emergency hospitals these could be 10 tall spittles the military is already building one with 700 beds another one has been

announced with 1000 beds starting monday flights have been canceled from europe and asia to chile and at least tool cruise ships have actually been quarantined now one of them in the port of i but i you saw another one in the patagonia region of i send where one british citizen is now in hospital after having tested positive to the to the coronavirus and so apart from that people are being asked to stay at home as much as possible to work from from their homes and as on monday the president says that he is calling an emergency summit via teleconference with his south american peers to try to come up with a regional strategy to deal with the spread of a virus which they say is inevitable and even though there are only $61.00 confirmed cases here in chile or there are thousands of others that are being tested and it's now being it's now been officially announced to be in stage 3 which

means people are catching it without having had direct contact with somebody who have boarded it from overseas and you see that's really important isn't it you have almost me come with this region for a long time how important is it for that to be a broader strategy where countries actually coordinate with each other i mean presumably there will be health care systems in hospitals i might not be prepared for something like this should we see a dramatic rise in the number of infections. absolutely this is not the countries are not evenly prepared you have countries like venezuela where i was shocked almost i have to say do you hear president saying that all people have to do is wear a mask when there clearly aren't even masks a bailable for most people in venezuela here in chile already they ran out of hand sanitizers and masks even before the 1st case was confirmed we're seeing the same thing spreading but the health systems are also very very uneven so how they get

these countries can cooperate with each other is going to be key when to decide that it's time to close the borders is another without countries coming feeling offended or angry there have to be parameters set in that's what for example the president of argentina was saying that he was shocked that the world isn't doing that in other words coming all to the same conclusions at the same time as to what they have to do to prevent this from spreading further thank you so much our last america at a new man in santiago chile. and watching al-jazeera live from london much more still to tell you about on the global news there's been another attack on taji base 33 rockets strike the iraqi camp this is the 2nd time it's happened in a week and then living among the dead displaced syrian families set up in a graveyard.

hello and welcome back let's look at the weather across australasia we have a tropical cyclone or soon to be tropical cyclone gretl which is moving towards new caledonia that's going to give some flooding rain over next 24 hours the influence of the storm system will extend along the coast of new south wales and queensland give me some woody big surf conditions we're also like to see some heavy showers around the gold coast and pretty cool conditions also for southeastern parts of australia it's just $21.00 degrees in hobart 18. across in new zealand weather conditions looking fine on the north on the south and seeing this frontal system gradually working its way up for western parts of australia we've got the chance of a few showers perth should be dry for much those highs of 27 not a great deal of change here during the course of monday flooding rain heads further away towards the south but news in turkey largely dr fine oakland a maximum of 23 up into northeastern parts of asia we've lost one weather system from japan but this next system developing in the sea of japan e.c.

that is going to move into western parts of japan during the course of sunday given some heavy rain and snow higher elevations drive the most part across south korea meanwhile further south in china fine in hong kong highs of 24. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. how has this radical transformation. i mean nobody i mean if you want to be shedding light on the romanians pressing for change on the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on which is it. or.

i'll come back and look at headlines spain has become the 2nd country to put its entire population on lockdown stop the rapid spread of coronavirus and more than 6000 cases spain is the worst affected country in europe after which has more than $15000.00. the u.s. is expanding its 30 day european travel ban to include the u.k. and ireland there are more than 2000 concern cases with experts say the virus has yet to reach its peak. in the pandemic is positive colombia's or 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 because of economic crisis in their own country. or an important development in china the

number of new virus cases imported into the country from overseas has exceeded the amount of locally transmitted infections for the 1st time also good news from better news from who by province where the virus originated a 50 day lockdown there is finally starting to katrina you has more from beijing. people are starting to celebrate the chinese government says the peak of the outbreak here has passed and the province wide lockdown is easing for the 1st time in more than 50 days residents of show county are joining a day out. it feels like winter is finally over to me and could be a car having their car very very very happy today is a bright sunny day and the flowers blooming looked as over so i'm taking my dog for a walk in the park also relieved to walk outdoors recovered coronavirus patients who hunt medical workers that are celebrating the closure of the city's last

makeshift hospital daily numbers of new virus cases and deaths nationwide have dropped to single digits but the chinese government has been accused of rushing to declare victory to help its political image state media a working to convince the public that life is returning to normal but psychologists say the transition will be challenging. people will need time to adjust the inside for so long and will feel awkward both be clear of the month really some people will react to this freedom by party thing saw me how potential psychological problems. citizen who they factories and businesses have been given permission to resume operations. really tongues company is one of them the hardware engineer is eager to return to the office he hasn't been able to work from home and is worried about his income floor apartment complex is definitely reduce even by that of course this affects our personal income we don't know how we get paid for february

not all counties have lifted restrictions millions are still under orders to stay home. he just has been making the most of it time indoors with family but is struggling to contain her excitement. only the day that saw her full freedom i'm going to feel like i'm excited bird flying out of this cage. for now she's getting ready for her day under the sun katrina you al-jazeera beaching. to bring you some of the stories we're covering as well we start with iraq the military there is saying that to add defense servicemen and 3 coalition members been critically injured in an attack on touching base north of baghdad it's not yet known who is responsible but it does come a day off the u.s. as strikes on multiple sites in iraq pentagon says it targeted those behind the

killing of 2 american troops along with your soldier in an attack on wednesday iraq's president meanwhile called the u.s. strikes a while ation of its sovereignty. to syria now the russian turkish cease fire is largely holding edlund in a 1000000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting and they're now facing a new hardship a storm has destroyed more than 80 tents and daily account more than 200 of these camps have been set up since december there is a solid binge of aid reports from heightening the turkey syria border for some people finding refuge is a daily struggle. it's play time in it live for for a moment in 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. consul form we escaped 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 backed by iranian and russian forces where they used to be for the dead is now home for 65 families. and we provided shelter to the displaced families from southard 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 is 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 a sad lot it ahead of us of play around we left our home at 3 am under air strikes 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 the tender weather ever just take us out of here away from dead people at night they close 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 once concerned country used 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 to afghanistan now the government there is delayed the release of taliban prisoners are the disagreements on the number and then guarantees they won't return to fighting earlier this week president bush afghan if we to free 1500 prisoners on saturday before beginning talks with the taliban government said 5000 would be released all together in phases once the conditions are met the taliban wants them

all freed at once they're released as part of the us taliban agreement reached last month. it's exactly a year since devastated mozambique in the world food program is warning that 2 and a half 1000000 people a still in need of humanitarian assistance to cycling's in the space of 6 weeks destroyed the 200-1000 harvest in the southern african nation is still desperately short of food he says more than 3000 children under the age of 5 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. action is taking place but it's going very slowly and the people are rebuilding there with a roof on their home and they're trying to replant but unfortunately last year they lost their whole harvest because of the such one and this year they're already lost part of their harvest because they're fishing one disaster after the other. well we've seen images of italians coping with the current virus isolation by singing together but this is one of our favorites and just want to take

a look at this the italian tenor the impressive marchini on his balcony in florence . read your. quick recap of the headlines for you now spain has become the 2nd country to put its population under lockdown to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus prime minister pedro sanchez said the restrictions will last for 15 days spawning is won't be able to leave the house except to buy groceries or go to work with more than 6000 cases spain is the worst affected country in europe off to italy see if 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 meanwhile in france the prime minister very announced that all shops restaurants and entertainment facilities will be shot from midnight food stores pharmacies gas stations will stay open no public transport also keep running the government is advising people to limit their movement the number of infections in france has doubled to 4 and a half 1000 in the last 3 days and then in the united states they've confirmed that they will expand the 30 day european travel ban to include the u.k. an island the number of confirmed cases has risen to over 2000 with experts saying the outbreak has not reached its peak. president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the united kingdom and ireland perfective. midnight monday night be strict standard time again americans in the u.k. or ireland can come home legal residents can come home but as

a secretary with details they will be funneled through specific airports and process the iranian president hassan rouhani says the country's fight against the coronavirus is being severely hampered by u.s. sanctions iran is the hardest hit country in the middle east with $611.00 confirmed deaths many iranians are ignoring government calls to stay at home though. and the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut his land border with venezuela after it confirmed its 1st 2 cases on friday the border is crossed by thousands of venezuelans every day in desperate who are in desperate need of food and medical supplies because of the economic situation in their own country. that's it from us here in london rewind is coming up next. what's behind the recent tensions between pakistan and i mean do you know we've given them the opportunity to engage but now we know allies it's not just politics it's the new can. the not so feet pakistani foreign minister shop mahmood qureshi talks to al

jazeera. hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and ill equipped health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the day we're talking with sorious in a while for.