this is al jazeera. i live there i mean this is a new life and coming up in the next 60 minutes it's only reports 368 deaths in 24 hours that is the highest number of coronavirus fatalities in a single day so far. the u.s. federal reserve announces a drastic cuts in interest rates to near 0 as coronavirus fears continue to ravage world markets. iran blames u.s. sanctions for impeding the fight against the current a virus that the number of patients. and israel's president to ask

opposition leader benny gantz to form the next government to end the year when it's bills down. so that it's only has reported a 25 percent increase in coronavirus deaths says the country's largest single day up to $368.00 people died on sunday putting the total past $1800.00 that is nearly a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 60000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings italy is the worst affected country outside china so let's get straight to it it's been to judea alag now who's a journalist she joins us on skype from proved in central italy julie welcome to the program i'm sure everybody there is just waiting and praying for the number of cases to drop but far from it we had this 25 percent uptick in deaths. yeah that is

exact we have been asked 1800 deaths today and we've reached 25000 known. people tested positive to corona virus so the situation is quite dire at the moment so tell us about the health service the how stretched is it how hospitals can pretty well for now it is the biggest emergency is still quite contained to the north of italy the region lombardy especially. and it's slowly spreading south thanks to the emergency measures that the government has put forth but lombardi is there for me every day ask for help because their hospitals are overcrowded they have been moving some of their patients to soudan hospitals because they do not have any more beds for people with coronavirus conditions especially respect to

a conditions so definitely the northern help system is taking a toll in the south is trying to prepare their best and what is the general sense there about how the government as a whole has responded to this crisis. well. we are and they 5 of lockdown in the general sense is that this is what we're supposed to do and there will be consequences the economy many people have to stay at home from work and cannot work. the obvious nor travel. the service sector of italy tourists it's all shut down but i think your time population understands that this is very important to follow we've seen in less than a month an incredible outbreak so people actually agree with what the government has put forth as measures and actually think that should be enforced even a little more that's why in the last couple of days mayors have also closed down the parks asking people to stay in the house as much as possible it's only of

course part of the european union what is the feeling about the e.u. and its response to the virus and indeed to its knees problems. well unfortunately we have seen in this week a little bit of a struggle for the e.u. to come together italy has asked for solidarity has asked for special economic measures and it was a bit of a delay and some initial misunderstandings on what type of help the you could give . also there is not quite yet a unite front on how to confront the coronavirus italy has shared as much as information as they could with their fellow countries and it seems like other countries in europe and europe are taking a bit of a slow pace in picking up of how dire the situation can get and just today we've heard about spain and france and germany starting to enforce some of those measures so in fact the coronavirus did show a little bit of

a lack in unity in the institutions of europe of course their solidarity and. you know the people in the you relate to us very much as they see the count of the air infected rising as well right what is a real test for all countries a junior agner we'll leave it there but we do appreciate that thanks very much thank you very much nic well the other worst affected e.u. countries spain and france as we were just talking about it was recorded the highest death tolls in a single day countries right across europe are looking down to try and spread the stop the spread of infection businesses have been closed and borders shot as people are urged to stay at home and in baba has this report the latest tool in the fight against coronavirus police drones in madrid flying over public spaces urging people to stay home whenever possible. the country's now under a 2 week state of emergency and as the death toll more than doubled even people out exercising were ordered home. in france schools bars and restaurants are closed

gatherings of more than 100 people are banned and people are being urged to work from home public transport is still running but more measures are on their way as other at this stage in urban areas we will maintain public transport to allow french people to commute for strictly necessary purposes and regarding long distance travel by train between major cities by bus or by plane this will be gradually reduced. in the u.k. the government's been accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the spread as people stocked up over the weekend almost emptying supermarkets in some areas hundreds of scientists queried the government's strategy the health minister now says water time style measures are coming he's asking british manufacturers to make more ventilators soon everyone over the age of 70 will be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months and this week should see new measures including a ban on large gatherings we will change the law so that we take the power to be

able to close match last gatherings if we need to and and take other action that you just normally wouldn't but we might have to in order to respond to this to this virus italy's recorded another dramatic rise in the death toll there have been more than 20000 coronavirus cases there in the vatican with some peter's square empty pope francis delivered his weekly sunday prayers a fire live stream you know what i mean that you know i want to renew my proximity to all the 2nd those who are nursing them and for the many volunteers helping people unable to leave their homes but everyone meeting the needs of the poorest and the homeless as of sunday night the czech republic's borders with poland closed a move designed to slow the spread of the virus and in poland they've shut the border with germany temporarily. this is a historic moment we have just restored an internal european union border between poland and germany for the coming 10 days germany has confirmed its borders with

austria switzerland and france will be closed for monday although commuters and goods vehicles are to be allowed through another sign of how europe's turning inwards as the number of corona virus infections continues to grow the dean barber al jazeera. well ever in the united states a federal reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic it is cutting the benchmark interest rate to near 0 the same. rates in place during the 2008 financial crisis meanwhile travel restrictions of cause chaos at airports right across america with those arriving forced to wait hours for medical screening mike hanna has more now from washington . the scenes of chaos at a number of u.s. airports here in. screening staff appear overwhelmed as a hastily implemented travel ban is imposed one of the hardest hit to chicago's o'hare airport and the governor of illinois sent out a late night tweet implicitly condemning the trump administration's lack of

planning and insisting the government get its act together but he did not get the response he wanted well here's what i got i got a call at about 11 o'clock last night after that tweet from a white house staffer who yelled at me about the tweet at the knol daily briefing of the administration's taskforce mistakes in enforcing the travel ban were acknowledged the lines again that we saw overnight at a limited number of airports including chicago or an acceptable we've adjusted our processes we continue to surge personnel the president responded in a tweet to the airport chaos saying it is very important that we be vigilant and careful we must get it right safety 1st president trump's travel ban is just one of what many insist on measures implemented on a kneejerk basis rather than part of a thought through strategy to curb the spread of the virus as recently as the 26th

of february the president was still dismissing warnings of the disruption that was coming you know where that very low level and we want to keep it that way so we're at the lower level as they get better we take them off the list so that we're going to be pretty soon at only 5 people and we could be at just one or 2 people over the next short period of time so we've had very good luck after lengthy delays in the supply of kits the number of people being tested. it is finally increasing the concept of drive by testing sites being introduced in the u.s. weeks off to many other countries and people are now taking the possibility of increasing lockdown seriously empty shelves and long lines in food stores evidence of this new awareness in hoboken new jersey a foreshadowing of what could become a national norm these scenes are soon to come to an end starting at 10 pm monday night there will be a citywide curfew until 5 am or will be required to remain indoors except for

merchant sees or required work mike hanna al-jazeera washington. let's bring in alan fischer who's in washington d.c. and the economic impact is going to be is already extraordinary but now the fed has acted strong cushion the blow. there's 2 ways of looking at what they've done by reducing interest rates to almost 0 on the one hand businesses will certainly benefit from this it means that they're borrowing will be cheaper that will help them stay afloat for a lot longer the watch thing you can have in business is uncertainty and certainly the covert virus's has done exactly that it has created a great deal of uncertainty if on the other hand you're looking to stimulate the economy through spending the reality is people are not going to go and take loans at the moment they're not going to go and buy houses many people are refusing to even leave their houses so that consumer confidence is collapsing so if that is the plan of the fed then it's sort of

a mixed message certainly donald trump when he walked into the briefing room he hailed the fed decision this before he even expressed any concern about the growing number of people in the united states who are testing positive for the virus and who are dying because of the virus this is also a national day of prayer for those who have been impacted by coronavirus and those who are treating those who've been impacted and he made no mention of that during the briefing but he was very pleased about the fed's decision although the markets well they dropped by more than a 1000 points on the futures which suggests that when the opening bell sones on monday morning the market is in for another significant downturn right you talk about donald trump there watching him talking and saying that telling the nation to relax on the food buying it's going to parties and and this just is new york city shuts down it's largely the largest public school system it's all about preparedness does now. it is and it's all about getting tests into

place is what is interesting is that donald trump at the start of his remarks essentially said look relax it's fine things are ok and then from almost the exact same spot the man who is leading the coronavirus team medically stood there and said this is going to get worse and that is part of the problem in the united states and the president is saying that things are going to get better and there are people who are suggesting it's going to get washed and what's of comfort coming from the president are not doing anything to people who see the gaps in the stores the fact that people can't get tests that they're testing situation is being addressed at they're expecting to have 1100000 tests in place by the end of this week that's a significant increase but way behind what other countries have been doing but vice president might pence believes it is certainly a step in the right direction we will now have access in the days ahead to more than 2000 labs across the country that have the equipment today to process

coronavirus this much more rapidly in a much higher volume for the american people in terms of delivering those services more than 10 states in addition to c.d.c. labs public health labs and labs that states can now authorize in their state more than 10 states of implementing their own drive through testing sites. what is interesting is there are 2 important things to mark here 1st of all there is a bill that has passed the house the president says he will sign which will help take the edge of some of the economic impact on ordinary american families senate hasn't come back to vote and it's not expected to be even brought up in the senate until late on monday afternoon 2nd thing is alex was at that briefing that you've just seen here is that the secretary of health and human services here in the united states he was asked how many respirators does the united states have because

that could be important he said he couldn't reveal the number because of national security i went online and checked within 10 seconds i can tell you the united states has around 160000. thanks very much indeed alan fish reporting there from washington d.c. well colombia is the latest nation to block all foreign travelers from entering the country its border with venezuela is already closed and the further restrictions will come into effect on monday residents and citizens can still enter but will have to self isolate for 2 weeks mexico is also considering shutting its border with the united states to stop american citizens spreading the virus let's break to mentor apolo who is in mexico city a member of the mexico's only now begun the now saying containment measures against a coronavirus how are people reacting there. well mexico has only begun to find that cases of provirus are just now in the double digits as of last week and what we're hearing from public policy experts is that

that's worrisome that could be a sign that mexico is not carrying out its its protocols its obligations to protocols when it comes to testing we're hearing from a lot of people in mexico who say that they're concerned that the government is acting a bit nonchalant in the face of this global pandemic that the that the president of mexico has been lackadaisical in what he is asking people to do we're not seeing the levels of panic taking place in the united states people for the most part are actually going about their days as if business was as usual here in mexico but the on one hand you have president lopez what other telling the people that not to stop hugging not to stop kissing that it's part of mexican culture but on the other hand you have the deputy health minister saying that all options are on the table including the possibility of closing the border with the united states though at this point in time we don't anticipate that that will be taking place any time soon nic who has blood on american countries hide until now be sped the spread of the

virus our pain is this region as a whole. there is concern over the level of preparedness in mexico and in the rest of latin america with a few exceptions such as chile and co said weak of the region actually spends less money on health on their public health systems than almost anywhere else in the world less than north africa less than the middle east now every country is different every government in the region is different so the measures for containment are different we heard early on sunday from the president of colombia even duke it saying that new containment measures would be put in place for nonresidents and non-citizens coming into colombia that will they will no longer be able to enter the country and for colombian citizens returning home from abroad they will have to spend a period of 14 days mandatory self quarantine but we're seeing similar measures being taken in central america as is the case with all solved or which last week

closed its borders outright but each country is different and giving the amount of spending that this region of the world is not doing there is a growing concern that that latin america as a whole could be the most vulnerable country even though the virus as you say nic has largely spared the region but well thanks very much abbi for that update memoir republic report well iran's death toll has risen by more than 102 at least 724 it is the single biggest jump in death many iranians have ignored official advised to stay at home whose 2 senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have contracted the disease. there are concerns a coronavirus pandemic could overwhelm iran's health facilities and place an even larger burden on the struggling economy there are now 14000 confirmed cases iran is believed to have 110000 hospital beds 30000 of those in the capital tehran while

the country is already under pressure because of u.s. sanctions and with the outbreak placing further pressure on medical services the government has asked the international monetary fund for 5000000000 dollars in emergency funding president hassan rouhani has offered low interest loans and cash handouts to ease the financial burden on millions of households symbiotes robbi reports now from terre. the statements in the briefings that come from the health ministry from the coronavirus task force set up by president hassan rouhani have become fairly routine weeks into this outbreak here in iran but there was a highlight today that certainly will have many younger people sitting up and taking notice the health official with the task force said that 15 percent of those that have died so far in iran are categorized as younger patients and he said that they exhibited no signs of previous respiratory conditions or any other illnesses so certainly this could be an anomaly we don't have any verification for whether or

not this is the case but this official suggested he's not the 1st one to do so that the virus in iran is quote deadlier and wilder than cases that have been observed in other parts of the world so certainly a worrying trend the virus as you said was already a concern for iran's aging population but this is a country with a very large youth population the majority of the country is considered to be in the category of younger people the median age is 31 and for them this will certainly add to the woes that iran has been experiencing as the government tries to combat the spread of this virus the soldiers have been clearing the streets of the philippine capital manila where a monday 3 koren team is in place several asian countries have seen a jump in new cases including malaysia which reported almost $200.00 new functions on sunday so hot it is more. the philippine capital manila has begun a month lockdown thousands of police feeding off the city by blocking major roads

quarantine means domestic travel in and out of manila this is spend it with a few exceptions one morning. and there's so much traffic to containment measures are disruptive but it's ok it's for the good of our own house. from monday minute his 12000000 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay it's. time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned in. the philippines has taken some of the toughest measures yet in the region there's also been a jump in the number of coronavirus cases in malaysia most of them a link to a 4 day event that was held in february at a mosque near kuala lumpur among the 16000 attendees there were nearly 1500 foreigners who went back to their countries majority of cases found in neighboring brunei and now linked to that gathering in australia has strict travel measures are being implemented anyone arriving from abroad must self quarantine for 2 weeks

cruise ships entering australian waters will soon be banned from docking 30 days prime minister scott morrison says the restrictions are necessary and is called for an urgent meeting of the g 20. promised i'm only used to organize i link up between all the g 20 leaders i think that's i think that's a commendable initiative the struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be a further meaning of the g 20 finance ministers and central bank governors this is a whole crisis but it has very serious economic impact. in new zealand the number of people infected has gone up after a person traveled from australia despite having tested positive for corona virus itself isolation period of 2 weeks to travelers entering new zealand has come into force but those coming from small south pacific island countries with no reported cases are exempt we're going to step up there in force and things like spot checks

to ensure people self isolating and if you don't stand for isolate there are quarantine powers are available to us and all new zealand's east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akko to town are not allowed to disembark 3 people on board a quarantine with one showing symptoms while people's movement is being restricted officials hope it will prevent a bigger spread of the virus. but the downward trend in the number of cases in china is being celebrated by the government as a major victory beijing had initially conceal the outbreak before putting millions of people in quarantine and reports down restrictions came at a cost. on his 1st trip to the epicenter of the krajina virus outbreak chinese president xi jinping went on what commentators called a victory lap visiting members of the communist party and health workers on the front line he congratulated the people of one hand for defeating what's now a global pandemic the places he went to the very choreographed for everything with

stepping away so ever and it was on message so that it matched also the signaling in the newspapers t.v. . media is partly winning the battle but partly it's also signaling to people. who were there when it's a mass lockdown across e bay province came into effect at the end of january as well strict contain and travel restrictions across china 60000000 people were forced to stay at home including 11000000 from the city of han the world health organization has raised beijing's response but not everyone appreciated the robust can time it measures with in fiction numbers for the hash tag when will he be on blocked was read more than 100000000 times on china's social media platform weibo the shutdown may have worked but some say that success could also come at a cost i didn't feel like i was the. night. but i sensed safe place. because. nobody.

i know. when you. look is being separated from her father since january he's in the city we've had for work she's chosen to hide her identity in fear of a safety being associated with a resident at the center of the upright and. i can't help feeling worried for his health and we because we don't know anything about. what's happening how people are going and. the government in who by province is now introducing a mobile monitoring system with residents given a rating based on the health of those considered low risk would be allowed to resume travel officials in other countries including italy are following china's lead putting the country in lockdown hoping the spread of the virus can be slowed or even reversed as

a result the outbreak now threatens global growth all eyes will be on china as it attempts to return to business as usual. al-jazeera hong kong to lebanon where the prime minister has announced a lockdown to try and contain the virus. or to people to stay at home to prevent it spread the borders will close from wednesday for at least 11 days country has 99 confirmed cases so far including 3 to us there has. what they declared was a state of medical emergency and they called for general mobilization which means all the resources in the country is now it's now under the states this pozole they've called for the shutting down of private as well as public institutions already schools educational institutions have been closed for the past 2 weeks as that's going to be extended and they're talking about closing the airports temporarily as well as the ports and they border as of wednesday for

a number of days now this will seem like new stringent measures but many people in lebanon will say they're using big words really but not taking the right action because for example today people were supposed to be at home it is a weekend and they have been trying to raise awareness on the need for people not to gather in public places when you saw hundreds of people a stroll along beirut's cornice and the municipality police had to disperse the crowd and force people to return home what people would want to see is more action by the security agencies to enforce people and to force people to stay home because just as a country yes the number of coronavirus cases quite a lot less than other countries but this is a country and equipped to handle an outbreak and a country and the government which is cash strapped and near bankruptcy counsel has

a non-stress of new measures to contain the spread of the virus the country will buy in bound flights from wednesday for 14 days except for cargo and transit flights or public transport will stop operating from sunday night and well because they were the age of 55 pregnant women and people suffering existing health conditions being off to work from home has stopped issuing visas on arrival to several european nationals whose. still ahead here on al-jazeera with a ceasefire mainly holding in syria's lawless rebel held stronghold turkey and russia hold the 1st joint patrols. and the future of europe 2020 is now up in the air and you know we'll have the details in school. we got a good mobile fly with the weather across north america at the moment areas of

cloud right sleet snow pushing from west to east this latest area of wetter weather sliding across the deep south pushing over towards mid atlantic states as we go on into the next couple of days away start of the week for some sweater weather drags its way back in behind you will see a tiny little demoted just stay around. easing over towards kentucky maybe into tennessee as well but take a look behind me this is the main weather feature to watch out for as we go through the next couple of days very heavy rain coming into california some heavy snow as well have the sierra nevada see could see as much as maybe a 100 centimeters of snow coming down a meter of snow over the highest ground and certainly some very wet weather pushing in is why we need the right but i think that could lead to some flooding possibility some mudslides as well we will see that wintry mix see petering out a little as we go on into the middle part of the way but it's still there nevertheless a few showers into central parts of the u.s. easing into northern parts of texas so what's the weather around the northeast into

new england snow to the north of that but they are between a slightly fine and dry eye despite a dry across a good part of the caribbean where lots of tropical sunshine for all. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline in the dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and nutri it's a big business boggling sam when they go take this very the sand is there you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that not so plant tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound rules at this time on al jazeera. certainly al-jazeera london pro-car center 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having tussle vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of what

systemic racism is unprompted uninterrupted success comes with opposition if you're not upsetting people you know same thing f. or her needs any allele and there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera. holding. out again you're watching out of your own mind about top stories this it's only has reported a 25 percent increase in coronavirus deaths with $368.00 more fatalities it's the country's largest single day rise but it's really is the worst affected country outside china. the u.s.

federal reserve has announced it's cutting interest rates to near 0 to counter the impact of the crowbars pandemic meanwhile travel restrictions prompted chaos across american airports with travelers waiting for hours from their spring in. iran has also seen that single biggest jump in death with $113.00 reported on sunday total is now more than $700.00 government says u.s. sanctions are restricting its ability to fight the pandemic. but kenya has banned all travel from countries with confirmed cases of the virus the president or her conductor says kenyan citizens will still be allowed in on the condition they isolate themselves for 14 days at home or in a government facility there are now 3 confirmed cases in the country all in a stable condition. the crowd of r.'s pandemic has led to school closures in many countries it's estimated more than 420000000 children and about 60 countries are affected many teachers are conducting lessons online but there are several

challenges. at a time when the elderly seem to be most at risk of the coronavirus pandemic. the young are being told to stay at home to stop the infection from spreading now but. we're worried about this chronic virus but we're also a bit relieved because there's not much chance of a diaper or more scared of transmitting it will feel for it. and we're more scared for the elderly grandma and grandpa many. dozens of countries around the world have ordered schools to shut down its impact being felt on the daily lives of more than 400000000 children what they know are. in a matter of days educators and institutions are being forced to adapt at innovate on a scale never seen before draw a shoe that looks the way you teachers and students are trying to use online

learning to with usher in a new era of digital learning this current of our situation gives us a great object lesson where we can say well how are we going to design for survival under these pretty new circumstances and online teaching is an exact. response to. the problem and we get to innovate with our teaching how to respond to a crisis but in a world where nearly 40 percent of the population don't have access to internet the new coronavirus has also exposed the deep digital divide that exists between countries. and communities where low income families depend on schools to provide the children with safety abbey tradition closure. schools mean inciting and hunger for some in many countries including the united states i schools player vital function in providing or food for children we have over 50 percent of the children

public school united states all qualified to receive free lunch and free breakfast at school every day and if they're not in school it means some of them will not be eating there are many parts of the world including the united states where poor people do not have access to the internet and that so to rely on virtual learning remote learning i during this period is going to exacerbate those inequities as most cities and towns go under lockdown and government leaders scramble for response it seems like it's taken a pandemic to view the existing inequality made much was priyanka gupta. 2 is around the hour where the president is to ask the opposition leader benny gantz to form a new government giving him the opportunity to do so head of current prime minister benjamin netanyahu it is the latest attempt to break the nation's political deadlock after 3 inconclusive election results in the space of less than a year for the reports from west jerusalem the latest political dealings taking

place in the shadow of course of the current us should princella benjamin netanyahu began the day adopting some of the coronavirus measures he denounced the night before the fewer than 10 ministers at the cabinet meeting the prime minister joining by video he received confirmation of his corruption trial due to start on tuesday had been pushed back by the health crisis for more than 2 months but the decisive moves were brewing at the home of the president even rivlin as he received recommendations for prime minister from newly elected factions in israel's parliament netanyahu could is proposing a 6 month emergency unity government with netanyahu in charge or a 4 year rotational deal in which he serves for the 1st 2 blue and white opposition leader benny gantz hasn't ruled out some kind of a deal which several members of his alliance are reported to favor but he's also been working on legislation to stop an indicted politician netanyahu from forming an administration and dances own hopes of leading

a minority government would boost it by the recommendations of all 15 members of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list grouping but if dance or netanyahu decide to form a national unity government or an emergency one we will be the main objective as if gans wants to form a center left government then we will recommend gantz with the support to have netanyahu as former ally and now bitter rival avigdor lieberman has 61 recommendations to netanyahu 58 that doesn't mean the benny gantz will now automatically be able to form a government there are some in his own party that don't favor a minority administration relying on the outside support of palestinian. israeli members of parliament and there is considerable pressure from many quarters for a national unity government at a time when the country is facing a health and economic crisis in occupied east jerusalem muslim leaders of the al aqsa mosque compound close the mosque and the dome of the rock allowing worshipers to pray in lima courtyards across israel sunday was day one of

a sweeping new set of restrictions and detainment venues shut down workers told to stay home if they can new digital tracking authorized to trace and slow contagion low income worried about a grim warning about an hour late on sunday president rivlin trying to persuade gantz and netanyahu to unite in the face of the coronavirus and prevent israel from going into a 4th election the president's prescription is clear but so far the 2 would be prime ministers remain divided kerry force at al-jazeera west jerusalem the 1st man ever to be convicted by the international criminal court has been released from prison thomas lubanga was greeted by supporters as he was driven out of jail in the democratic republic democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa lubanga was found guilty in 2012 of recruiting child soldiers to fight in the 2nd congo war in 2002 in 2003. russia and turkey have been holding joint military patrols in

syria to monitor a cease fire in the last rebel held stronghold of italy province that's despite backing opposing sides in syria's war which started in 2011 the peace deal was finalized on friday after 4 days of talks and i see in kosovo 2 reports now from istanbul. these syrian protesters and the town of their rob and don't want turkish or russian troops in their area the 2 military powers are patrolling a section of the m 4 highway that the federation was stopped after dozens of activists who oppose the russian presence and that blocked the highway. we're here to send a clear message to the russians and the turks we will not open the road unless assad forces and russian militias withdraw isn't even enough they killed displaced us. from the joint patrols are part of an agreement struck between russian president vladimir putin and the turkish later rejects

a far john during their meeting in moscow earlier this month. the deal is also expected to set up a security corps or the 16 kilometers north and south am for highway that connects latakia to surat. but since sunday is the 9th anniversary of the syrian war there is heightened tension but. it's the 2nd day of our protest on this highway it's the anniversary of our revolution for 9 years we suffered the regime's massacres we don't care about agreement we will not allow russians here they should get out of our country the fighting going to live has been catastrophically for the people. nearly 1000000 syrians have fled their homes since the government backed by russia began its latest offensive last december it's happened despite a deal back in 2018 that turned into

a their school ation zone supposedly cleared from acts of aggression most of the people who have a scaped have now crowded at the turkish border turkey older the whole smaller than 3600000 syrian refugees the crisis nearly led to a direct conflict between turkey and russia especially after the syrian government carried out on their strike in the late last month that killed dozens of turkish soldiers on corroboree sponsored withdrawn strikes in order to light a fire that killed hundreds of prosumer in government forces and destroyed over a 100 armored vehicles meant to cease fires have common gone into that some evil lasted less than 24 hours turkey and russia insists they still want to preserve the latest cease fire let's fight supporting opposing sides in the conflict it is unclear how they will achieve this but the rebels are worried about losing their last stronghold in syria and fresh us

a stroke is not using its influence to control the opposition fighters most of whom want school a kiss is off being terrorists see now because so little al-jazeera a stumble. iraq is experiencing the worst political crisis since the death of president saddam hussein the country hasn't had a leader since november or mass protests force of the mahdi from office the president is due to select a new candidate on tuesday so no holton reports no from baghdad. gone are the dense crowds from the early days of what few here still dare to call a revolution for 5 months protesters have demanded jobs an end to corruption and sweeping political reform but the government has off. few concessions instead responding with what the u.n. has called excessive force those who remain in the protest squares are young men from baghdad's poorest neighborhoods with nothing to lose if you go i. watch

someone came to us and said you young why don't you work where the jobs are they whiting for us there are no jobs unless it's humiliating work many of those who remain feel like they have reached a point of no return they can't abandon the cause even if only out of fear for their own safety. my house is in the neighborhood the moment i leave here to go home they'll kidnap me they followed me more than once and i hardly got away. the size of the protests is reduced but not the attacks against them anti-riot police have recently begun to use hunting rifles to fire at protesters and medics this is what they are using at the moment the ammunition they used before was smaller when this is fired it explodes into shrapnel that hits your entire body we have a lot of medics who got injured even people from the red crescent the father of the injured are rushed to nearby medical tents where volunteers provide 1st aid before serious cases are taken to nearby hospitals in the our al jazeera was here we saw

half a dozen gunshot injuries in just this one tent one person had shrapnel in his chest another in his eye. those who recover vowed to keep going until the end whatever that may be iraq's protest movement appears to be struggling to stay alive and with the world's attention elsewhere the radical changes protesters want seem increasingly distant iraq's president is due to nominate a new prime minister on march 17th but some analysts say that there is less pressure than ever on the political establishment to meet the demands of demonstrators seem wonderful to al-jazeera the. explosion there an oil pipe. in nigeria has killed at least 16 people and destroyed dozens of buildings many others were injured in the blast in lagos emergency workers said happened because a truck or fire near a pipeline previously been targeted by oil themes it's an area that seen several

similar fires in the past 3 years after signing a historic peace deal in colombia former fault rebels feel they've been betrayed by the government many have joined a reintegration village in the north since giving up their weapons but they're still coming under attack by dissidents. as more. buses in armored cars 100 police union rights defenders and main geos arrived at the center fired green to gratian village annoyed and colombia. months former combatants have been denouncing threats and attacks from paramilitary groups and this is in factions of the fire fighting to control the territory which remains a key corridor for the trafficking of cocaine and illegal gold mining. here destroyed at the colombian government doesn't have a will nor the capacity to truly offer security and this is an area with many interests and it bothers these groups to have people trying to do things

differently. well former combatants have been killed and 30 families have fled their homes left abandoned. the village president says a month ago a majority voted to leave the main thing to be relocated or you meant that you feel betrayed what we don't regret our decisions because we are not our ward we handed in our weapons to the convinced it would and this conflict. after the signing of the peace deal 3 years ago $26.00 demobilization areas were built offering a fresh start for the former rebels but soon after him in their weapons things started going downhill. a 180 x. rebels have been killed since and few of the promise production projects have materialized. santana's see i was supposed to become a permanent village for former combatants to rain banter life as peaceful farmers

he said the violence and threats are forcing a majority to leave yet some say they'll do anything they can to remain. after 20 years of fighting franklin gutierrez was thrilled at the prospect of peace with 10 contains he received funding to raise sheep and cows and they started the chicken farm he says they came to throw it all away but then there must be an it we don't want to lose what we've built of course any of these armed groups can come and tell us to leave and if that happens then we will have to go but in the meantime we want to fight to stay we'll give a word to bill. jones the little guy who's avoiding. the government agrees on the need of relocating those who want to leave but it's unclear where and how. he's x. fighters say their commitment to peace deserves a safe and dignified solution if i listen to them.

well still ahead here in our desire they'll be more money and more games in the n.f.l. peter will have the details in sport. 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 with some highland culture and making algeria his home and converted to islam. al-jazeera world tells the story of loss to d.-day and his unique artistic work. the french oriented list on al-jazeera. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power to account. how does this radical

transformation occur. i mean. to me that actually shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and their unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on al jazeera. but it's been a year since a gunman opened fire on 2 mosques in new zealand killing $51.00 worshipers special prayers were held on friday but the coronavirus pandemic is for the consolation of the main memorial services that were planned for target as this report. students in

christ church were united in spirit and pulling. together they came to the al no mosque where the 1st attack happened to remember the victims it's more important to come shows more respect to abolish insistence on the last illustrating being scared of whatever the al know and linwood mosques were targeted by a white extremist gunman one year ago 51 people were killed for those who survived that this is a difficult day i can't explain what i feel this morning. i was thinking and look at the time i said ok is 8 o'clock now. and. 5 hours later last year. going to be injured with 9 bullets this wasn't how new zealanders wanted to remember the victims but the corona virus outbreak forced the cancellation of the main memorial services. but.

since the attack the government has tightened its gun laws parliament quickly voted to ban military style semiautomatic weapons. but muslim leaders say much more work needs to be done to tackle prejudice what happened last year happened in large part because of the other ring of a community and how a particular individual saw muslims as toxic in some way the author and i think that whoever the author is in any community in any way as long as other ring continues unless that changes then the healing cult take place and australia man is charged with terrorism murder and attempted murder is ji to stand trial in jail victoria gate and be al-jazeera all right now let's move on to support the discovery by thank you very much last week said we are was put on hold because of the coronavirus and now we tell in football federation has called for euro 2020 to

be postponed it's really has been the european country worst affected by the our break the federation says by suspending the euros it will also give them time to complete their current league season the idea is set to be proposed at a u.a.e. for emergency meeting on tuesday. with spain's league on lockdown for 2 weeks valencia have announced 5 positive tests of coronavirus among 1st team players and staff the 1st to be announced was arjun's on defending. he and the other 4 individuals are at home in good health and self isolated lynsey travelled to milan last month for a champions league match at a full capacity san siro stadium over in rio brazilian champions flamengo played a match in an empty medical last stadium which once famously hosted nearly 200000 fans at the 950 world cup final before the game flamingos players had been tested after it emerged the club's vice president contracted coronavirus on a trip to spain and while there is no english premier league for the foreseeable

future manchester united midfielder paul pogba is trying to make the most of the down side he has set up a fund raising page on facebook has pledged financial aid to unicef to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak man there was plenty of disinfectants on show in australian rugby league of the melbourne storm took on the manly sea eagles the boards that were cleaned with bleach every time they went into the crowd afterwards melbourne's captain cameron smith called on the n.r.l. to be suspended the team travels a lot and we're travelling actually every 2nd week of the competition so you know we're going to be exposed to the airports in the air travel. large crowds a lot there is most concerned about why isn't concerned about. themselves the concern about their families. making this issue which is already global.

making it much bigger than what it is in industry. but you can't shut down most of its top sports but horseracing is an exception that's often hundreds of thousands of fans attended last week's cheltenham festival we spoke to racing journalist rupert bell. racing's taking its the heat from the government and he's basically saying while they can continue they will continue hence the reason why we have chosen them last week with over 250000 race goes there was racing yesterday in the u.k. as indeed there is to take but in scotland racing tomorrow it counts saying only 500 people will be allowed say they are and i'm sure racing is preparing for the event you want to see that have to race behind closed doors and midweek meeting say it's subtle and wolverhampton you probably might not get more than 600 people there so this not actually going to be a huge significance if these meetings are stage behind closed doors indeed they be

doing that a non and france will be doing that they do have extra source is of revenue coming in from the betting that they say from that point of view racing should be able to find a way to continue to operate so that people can enjoy it on television and it might be a big shop window for the sport but the the big question mark is a meeting at the grand national meeting spread over 3 days in liverpool they'll get 150000 people there and always see there's a wider economic impact from that bucks from a t.v. perspective think it pugin o.d.s. around the world indeed in britain 89000000 people will watch that race so i'm sure all the racing full authority will try and find a way to stage the grand national but clearly there are going to be lots of discussions between now and then and how racing manages going forward and also there is this p.r. aspect to it because if they are seen to be too out of kilter with out the sports

it might it will reflect potentially badly on the sport. 130 days to go in the tokyo 2020 alone picks is still on at this stage but the olympic flame handover in athens next week will be done behind closed doors greece has already shut down the relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds there will be an extra game in the n.f.l. regular season additional teams in the playoffs and more money for the players those are the key takeaways from the new collective bargaining agreement between the players and the league as early as the 2021 season they could be 17 games in the regular season while they will now be 7 playoff teams in each conference the players will benefit from the additional revenue as well as an overall increase in their slice of the pie as part of this new deal that will run until 2030 the coronavirus has not stopped talk to a cricket match is taking place in pakistan with the t 20 super league but the games continue to be played fans have been shut out as

a precautionary measure holes gadaffi stadium was empty of the calendar's qualified for the semifinals for the 1st time in their history they chased down a formidable 187 run target against the move 10 sultans chrisler club 113 not out of any 55 balls as a long haul won by 9 wickets another event that went ahead and with spectators at that is the all england open badminton event on sunday the men's final was contested by the top 2 seeds in birmingham denmark's a victory lexan the featuring china's charity in chain 211321142 take the title this is the world's oldest badminton too and. we'll see you again later for more sports knees. paid of a very much they will look forward to see you later about is it for this news i will be back in just a couple of minutes on the hard news for the better. when

the news breaks the word out for was thoughts of if it ends up getting more police on the presentation and economic development when people need to be hunted to the top leadership world where the potential therapy of the virus weeks before the public told of those dangers al-jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was this is a good day to bring you move towards winning documentaries and life mean use. in 2014 and al-jazeera and that's

a geisha and revealed how anger and fear feel will be a bone a crisis that ravaged west africa we asked our lives they didn't allow you to hospital knowing we are dying 3 years on we speak to the filmmaker the one thing that spreads a border and cause that devastation on a sphere that was born out of ignorance rewind liberia living with the about an al-jazeera. join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channels. and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public the state media reflects the. climate change their editorial shows take a giant believe they have anything to apologize for listening post on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the bomb so no

matter how you take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. so we report $368.00 deaths in 24 hours the highest number of coronavirus for qualities in a single parents and. i don't recall this is odds are life and the spread of coronavirus dominates upward to the including the us federal reserve drastically cuts interest rates to near 0 as a president makes a plea about credit by. the by more than the by christmas relax by doing great it all will pass. iran blames us sanctions for hampering the fight against coronaviruses a number.