it's the cultures across the world so no matter what we use in conduct that matter to you. on the air the french president says we are at war as he places his country under lockdown telling people not to leave their homes and drafting in the army. it's the add. on tail of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. with a simple message for all the countries test test test the world health organization says the current response is not enough to stop the coronavirus pandemic spreading. stocks plummet

on wall street as investors think about the pandemics of devastating economic impact. and the pandemic is putting millions out of work the shops and restaurants close around the world. the as. countries across the world are ramping up their response to the coronavirus epic pandemic the french president in one year michael has declared war on the outbreak and is closing france's borders from 11 g.m.t. on tuesday the e.u. bloc as a whole is considering banning all but essential foreign travel to the schengen zone the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and pubs clubs and theaters u.s. president donald trump has issued similar advice and is urging but no social gatherings higher than 10 people when it comes as the head of the world health

organization implored governments to test far more people with suspected cases of covert 19 around to concerns that the pandemic will cause a global recession it's been another torah day on the markets stock markets plunged around the world despite a coordinated effort by central banks to protect growth and jobs the bulk of begins our coverage with a look at the situation across europe. covert 19 has silenced entire cities 100000000 europeans are on lockdown paris woke to its 1st business day of sweeping restrictions respected by some ignored by others later the french president urged the country to follow the official advice restricting all non-essential movement he summed up the worsening crisis in one word to some. we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and it's advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the

action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us in its latest crisis briefing the world health organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the outbreak you cannot fly a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop these plunder me if we don't know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test in the spanish capital madrid military were on the streets telling people to go home. spain followed italy's lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by was strict in public gatherings and

tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germany's neighbors including denmark poland and the czech republic already close their own from tears. as the virus advances the global race to produce a vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental low dose coronavirus of vaccine ready by chewed or july available for human testing the company moved to deny reports that the us president donald trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it in the u.k. where things have been more relaxed the prime minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now boris johnson said cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with. and to stop on necessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should

still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social. as the number of virus cases increases it remains a network of volunteers is growing into caress to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after country the situation's been deteriorating rapidly europe's leaders are calling on their citizens to remain united by being further apart need barkha al-jazeera london u.s. president has announced new guidelines to limit the spread of the virus including limiting social gatherings to fewer than 10 people don't trump says he's not currently considering a nationwide curfew but one could be imposed in certain hotspots my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10

people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts if everyone makes this. change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus and we're going to. have a big celebration all together that's going on to our official who's in washington d.c. this seems to be the 1st time the president trump has ignores the extent of the problem is that a fair way to put it. i think from a month ago when they were saying that it would be all over soon that they were done to very low number of cases and that would soon be cured as well we're no position where every day the number of tests is going up the number of dead is going up and the president acknowledged it's bad it's very bad and i asked how long

this could last he says that he people don't like him using the phrase washing through the system but then he used the phrase washing through the system and said he thinks sometime in july in august for someone who for so long is saying it's been quickly over this puts a very long time scale on and these restrictions are in place for 15 days but they will be revisited but this is really just the federal government catching up with what a lot of local administrations have done for example here in washington d.c. from 10 o'clock tonight there will be no dining in restaurants that's been going on all over the weekend people were concerned they expressed that concern on social media particularly towards the mayor so that has no been addressed and so there is a real difference as well in what the federal government is saying just 24 hours ago the c.d.c. the center for disease control was saying no gatherings of more than 50 if you're planning please think again please cancel i know it's 10 so they were asked why the change in the said they'd started to model some of the new information that they

got and realized that if they want to get ahead of the car here then the best thing to do was to reduce the number to just 10 a lot of places have already closed things like gyms and theaters bars and restaurants and so they are hoping that they will be able to do this the man who's heading the medical spearhead of the u.s. administration's efforts against coronavirus said look this is not an overreaction people may think we've gone too far but we haven't and everyone needs to do this to try and make sure that they mitigate the spread of the disease because in his view we're still at the very early stages of this and it is going to get worse fischer thank you very much. physick rating of a global recession is the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again this is despite central banks announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effect of the outbreak gabriel is on to has more

from the new york stock exchange where the dow jones closed down 13 percent the west drop in 3 decades nothing that the white house is doing nothing that the federal reserve is doing is helping at all in fact it almost seems like it's getting worse the numbers are just staggering and this is one of the days on wall street when 510-1520 maybe even 30 years from now people will look back and say remember that day in march of 2020 the market had its worst day in a sense 1987 the dow down 3000 points 12.9 percent the s. and p. down 11.99 percent it was down about 9 percent through the middle to an afternoon part of the day which is bad enough i mean that's almost historic in of itself but then within the last 45 minutes of trading the bottom dropped out and

the market just went into these historic low levels the nasdaq had its worst trading day ever. china's government has released numbers showing the full scale of the economic damage caused by the outbreak with widespread factory closures industrial output fell by 30 and a half percent or retail sales dropped by more than 20 percent but the number of new infections in the region continues to go down as one hay reports. day by day there are more signs of life returning to the streets of who province where the corona virus outbreak began the simple act of police removing a roadblock was a welcome sight for residents and the government which wants to get the country moving again the industrial engine which led china to become the 2nd largest economy in the world is also restarting after a disastrous 2 months which saw output collapse companies are gradually recovering their general order of production the situation for factories and business and

hiring is improving and the labor demands will continue to increase as the number of new infections in china decreases just 16 recorded on sunday the government expects the economic prognosis to significantly improve this month but with the outbreak bringing other countries to a halt demand for chinese exports will take some time to recover. the number of new infections is slowing in south korea too but preventative measures are continuing particularly involved areas here volunteer work is spray a housing project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia many people were angry they weren't given enough time to return home before tough new travel restrictions were introduced by the governments anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property where you have no food at that time in property we're now trying to find people to buy for us so that literally we can eat now 12 hours were in

a foreign country with all the warning we've got and i think it's deplorable the government of the philippines will extend quarantine measures beyond manila to the entire island of luzon the capital is affected lock down with travel restrictions in place to try to slow the rate of infection after a spike in the number of confirmed cases the move came as 400 filipino crew members from a cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of california arrived back home the workers were flown back on a charter flight after some passengers on the ship became infected with corona virus when hey al jazeera. iran has recorded another big rise in the number of deaths 129 confirmed on monday among those dead is a senior member of tehran's assembly of experts almost 15000 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities and an economy struggling under sanctions. venezuela has entered its 1st day of corn seen as latin

america escalates its fight against the pandemic military checkpoints have been set up on main roads into caracas with armed officials ensuring people wear masks before entering supermarkets all schools have been closed they've been 17 confirmed cases of the virus in the country but no deaths venezuelans are already suffering from an economic collapse which is devastated its health system. lebanon's government has imposed a lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of the virus but the country is in the middle of an economic crisis and many residents say staying at home isn't an option there are also concerns over how they are struggling health system will cope so in harder reports from beirut. traffic has slowed after lebanon's government ordered a lockdown private and state institutions are closed as daily life slowly grinds to a halt it's the latest measure to stop the spread of coronavirus but not everyone

can afford to stay home and if. i have 3 daughters there is no work for a tall worker some forced to drive a taxi i know my health is in danger but i have no choice. the government declared a medical state of emergency to keep the number of infections in check while essential services like bakeries and pharmacies remain open the country will be sealed off from wednesday with the closure of airports ports and borders but some fear these measures are not enough the start of the us here in the french only problem is many lebanese are not taking the threat seriously ask us why we wear masks and gloves one should protect himself private health facilities are now on the frontline of this battle because of the bitter reality of public hospitals that's how the prime minister has described the situation as they prepare to face the pandemic but doctors say the private sector to doesn't have the equipment and supplies to last over a month or the private sector is not ready to take this in charge except

a few major hospital in beirut and these few major hospital in beirut can handle this. but not for very long time because we have a huge shortage the government is under pressure on more than one front it is almost bankrupt and there is a deep economic crisis. trying to protect people but many are asking what they're doing to look after their livelihoods many say there is a need for a comprehensive response plan and the strategy to ensure the economy doesn't collapse even further some are taking personal initiatives to help those in need opponents of the government believe ministers and parliament members should work on retrieving what they say are stolen public money instead of donating this month's salary to a national fund set up to combat the virus people are getting poorer. the needs are getting very big because we got

a lot of people. coming to ask us for relief boxes with the rice. and we're giving as much as we can lebanon is facing many crises but the fight against corona virus is taking precedence health officials expect the number of infections to rise but as they try to delay that it is the most vulnerable who seem to be left behind. beirut. still to come this hour as kenya braces for a rise in those testing positive. talks with. israel's president. welcome back as we take

a look at the weather across australasia tropical cyclone gretel what's left of it still is pretty threatening on the weather map but it's a weakening feature nevertheless it's going to into some pretty strong winds along the north island of new zealand in particular and still some heavy rain associated with that system so generally a cool southerly wind across much of new zealand there temperatures struck in christchurch 14 degrees we've got a front which is going to be pushing across parts of tasmania during the course of choose into wednesday and we still have showers for the gold coast meanwhile out across western australia those winds bringing showers to perth during the course of the day temperatures of just 25 degrees so head on through into wednesday the risk of creases somewhat but with us so that the flow is not particular woman just 23 degrees in contrast to port hedland 40 degrees celsius and the risk of showers the gold coast's decreases significantly as we head on through wednesday up into northeastern parts of asia but one weather system clearing a into the north pacific so brighter conditions across much of japan tokyo looking

at dry weather highs of 13 degrees brightish across south korea but you notice we got some heavy rain across parts of southern china and we should see some showers affecting hong kong. young women with this space i used to do. about working in the best will come of it you know like not sounding nice about a small stuff the science the giant leap for mankind in co good start for don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the south like of the center to space women make science kirk a stunt space school at the certified on al-jazeera. no .

longer amount of top stories here on. the french president emanuel macor has told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus announcing a raft of new measures he said he's closing french borders. fears are growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again the dow jones closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades. the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test every suspected case general to draw southern on says you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. well this is a crowbar and not been confirmed throughout more than half of africa at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 infections in kenya the president has

encouraged people to work from home but is covering so explain to nairobi many don't have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health. the. most kenyans use public transport to get around that's why some bus service providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center that. you know. enough of each and every one of the what the un fund. i dropped it. along. asking us to the next the mentality that is opening. windows. on sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president

a working out to address the nation announcing the indefinite closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies are encouraged to allow employees to work from home. many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get worse people are bracing themselves for potential total lockdown if the disease continues to spread the government official said you're not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to here are concerned about how they will feed their families if they are told to stay home. doubt on much orcus else treats to passengers and ses he cannot afford to stay home even for

one day. a month you've been told before that to be $800.00 my family means to be fed needs to be paid. health officials are telling kenyans not to panic maintain good hygiene and follow the guidelines being given they see the government isolation facilities are working and the country's prepared for the worst. this is at one of the government hospitals are high over skeptical they say they don't have proper protective gear and any way of ensuring their own families stay safe theirs is just one of the many problems the government faces as it tries to prevent its small outbreak from getting out of control catherine soy al jazeera nairobi kenya does mother news now and russia's foreign ministry says fighters in syria's last rebel held stronghold of breaching the ceasefire it comes after russia and turkey which brokered the pause in fighting cut short joint patrols because rebels cut off a main road

a cease fire deal was signed earlier this month by the russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart. to one they agree meant came after a direct confrontation between the turkish military and syrian government troops. israel's president has asked opposition independent ganz to form a new government ahead of current prime minister benjamin netanyahu but there are still plenty of obstacles in front of him as israel's political process is exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic are a force that reports. they've been here before israel's president riven rivlin last gave benny gantz the opportunity to form a government in october that time it ended in failure and eventually a 3rd election within a year now though gans has if only just a majority of parliament members recommending him for prime minister 61 out of 120 and he sounding confident. the time has come for fewer empty words and more big

acts the time has come to set aside boycotts and saud's and reconnect again all the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israel we will beat the coronavirus we will pass through this crisis we will defeat the hatred because our hope is not gone yet days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on guns to join him in an emergency government grants returned the favor except with him not now at its head that israel's parliament the knesset cleaners disinfected the chamber the head of the official swearing in of its newly elected and reelected members a measure to stave off corona virus infection but likely to raise a rueful chuckle from voters who watched their politics dragged through the dirt this past year then another sign of these times of pandemic parliament declared open by the president in the chamber empty save for netanyahu and dance in the knesset speaker. in democracy we may be able to replace the leadership but we

cannot replace the people not some of the one half of it and not the other half of it with destined to live together and so have just one request to make of you give these people a government. israel's new coronavirus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 the members were sworn in 3 at a time there are questions how this new parliament will function under such conditions questions too about what kind of government benny gantz can hope to form one option is a minority government supported by the 50 mainly palestinian israeli members of the joint list but some within god's his own ranks oppose that so he may not get the votes the other option is a unity deal with netanyahu but on guns is terms that would require netanyahu to give up the premiership a position he's desperate to retain ahead of his corruption trial delayed by the coronavirus crisis until may dan says he'll try to form a government within days he has $28.00 until his mandate expires

a 4th election is still grimly possible are a force that al-jazeera westerners the death toll from the explosion at a gas processing plant in nigeria has risen to at least 18 people the blast happened on sunday in the commercial capital of lagos injuring at least $25.00 people and destroying around 50 buildings after a fire broke out the state owned nigerian national petroleum corporation said preliminary indications show the blast was triggered when a truck hit some gas cylinders near one of its pipelines. a 6 year old child has died in a fire at an overcrowded refugee camp in greece the media say the blaze at the maria camp on this bus began in a container nobody else was injured but several tents were damaged the camp is at 6 times capacity holding more than 900000 people in recent weeks hundreds of refugees have arrived on the island after turkey stopped preventing them from traveling to the. a japanese man has been sentenced to death by hanging for one of the country's

worst mass murders such as she would not sue stabbed 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home west of tokyo in 2016 it claimed those incapable of communicating with others were a burden to society and that his actions were for the greater good of all the world is watching the coronavirus pandemic another medical crisis is gripping latin america dengue fever cases a soaring all way from mexico to chile and is one of the most common reasons for people being put in hospital one colombian city has seen a 500 percent increase in cases in a month i was on the i'm getting reports from cali. colombia 3rd city cali a fight this region against being in the middle class working as a body a woman died in the neighborhood after developing the mosquito borne disease one of 11 presumed finger related deaths last month so the city is fumigated by home we

see it daily trial in your neck you know it's very it's a delicate matter we need to be extremely careful with even the smallest poor water i change the water of the plants every day not everybody does it and it's dangerous yes i do mediation is it just one of many emergency measures to confront them we can see the where cases of sort from 118 in january to more than 5000. this is the most keep that effects people with the virus late eggs in any water or semi taishan bad age and climate change with both heavy rains and long periods of drought are all making the outbreak worse. the cooler climate change has no doubt facilitated the breeding grounds these mosquitoes are endemic here but they are finding the best conditions to her oh and the geno type seems to be more aggressive. then guess been spreading throughout latin america in the past year

or 200 people have died since. you all spittles across the continent are struggling to keep up with the number of new patients more than 3000000 cases have been reported into tiles in 19 that's 6 times higher than the previous year and all time high and the trend seems to be continuing in 2020 to diseases now become one of the main reasons for hospitalizations throughout latin america look us are doing it will do more to make this than. not a lot of mental in the last 3 months the numbers have tripled from maybe 1520 per week to 50 or 70 we need to do more to stop the spread went i think that what is that exactly one method that's been helping is breeding guppy fish eat more ski to larvae in fountains in similar places. the bus your home. we are getting results but the worry now is that people will lower the guard

because that tension is on this new coronavirus and we cannot make the mistake of forgetting bengal that can kill us if we don't keep up with it also would up with. a fight against time to get this outbreak under control before and not the one who arrives. to listen to and just kind. zounds there are these are the top stories the french president emmanuel mccall has told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus announcing a raft of new measures he says he's closing all the french borders from 11 g.m.t. on tuesday and restricting public movement michael added that no french company will be exposed to the risk of collapsing. the u.k. prime minister has advised against all unnecessary social contact following a backlash against the country's handling of the crisis 1st johnson said citizens

should work from home if possible and avoid pubs restaurants and transport previously he faced criticism for his response to the spread of the virus with the u.k. being seen as lagging behind its european neighbors on social distancing missions. the world health organization says countries must test every suspected case of coronavirus more cases and deaths have not been reported in the rest of the world than in china and the w.h.o. says the current response isn't enough to stop it spread you cannot fly it's a fire but unfolded and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test global stock markets have plunged again despite central banks around the world announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effects of the coronavirus in the u.s. the dow jones closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades here in london the

footsie $100.00 index is for more than 4 percent with other major european markets seeing similar falls ahead of the european union has proposed banning foreign nationals entry for 30 days in a bid to curb the spread of the virus the restrictions would cover the open borders own including $22.00 e.u. nations and 4 others. airlines across the globe are making unprecedented cuts to flights costs and staffing as lock downs and travel restrictions take their toll on the industry virgin atlantic is grounding up to 85 percent of its aircraft there's a top stories do stay with us on our 0 up next women make science thanks for watching so you see. dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied crimea for news of her missing son numerous young 3 men have disappeared following her arrest these disappeared other victims of

a crackdown on the top population of crimea by russia since its occupation in 2014 . before the invasion of 2014 crimea was a part of another country ukraine we formed when the soviet union broke up into separate states but many russians including the president found him you're putting we're unhappy with this. russia is determined to keep its alleged abuse of human rights away from public scrutiny. as the only indigenous groups still openly opposing the culture because russia sees this muslim minority as a threat. to

to it. but i would have to get out of a guy why do you. get it hidden that's the only thing it is a quite a. i said you don't and you know. if bush did. that i suppose that i said bad now but then it just that and this message that i wish they had asked samantha about them and published them and they just read it as evidence that doesn't listen you're watching.