as a journalist. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes countries must i usually terrorist treat and trace more calls to step up screening as it only reports nearly 500 corona virus deaths the highest single day death toll since the outbreak began. china reports 0 new infections in the whole bay province where the coronas were corona virus outbreak 1st began in december. donald trump mobilized his military resources

in the fight against corona virus but storms controlled the city by calling it the chinese virus it's not racist it never comes from change it's for. some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the i.c.u. . a senior white house official warns that young people are equally had to risk a saying many in europe are suffering severe health complications and global stocks plummeted again despite massive stimulus plan the spoiled prices dropped to their lowest level in nearly 20 years. the world health organization says it's concerned some countries are still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of coronavirus globally more than 8700

people there can. firm to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths that's the highest death toll from a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected meanwhile in china's hold a province for the 1st time no new cases have been reported doctors and nurses from across the country have been leaving the province which was the original epicenter of the outbreak and despite many governments announcing packages to stimulate their economies asian european and u.s. markets as well as oil prices have plummeted again but as we mentioned italy has been hit hard reporting the most number of deaths in a single day. as a journalist and in italy and she says the italian government has taken a number of aggressive steps. they have 1st of all cards for the

army to join in in the area it's a bit early where the outbreak has been at its worse so the army has set up hospital camps and that was not seen before there is a great worry among the italian officials because of 8.3 percent of health care practitioners have been tested positive to the virus so also they are calling for stricter measures or health care practitioners to protect themselves and of course the message to this day is they'll clean stay at home also on social media times have been very aware of the situation have asked their fellow citizens to clean stay at home and respect the rules they have also called in the police when they would see people outside when they were not supposed to of course they're also asking for practical measures to help the economy and to help italian society after this lockdown is over which will be another battle and the team barbara has more on

the situation elsewhere in europe. as the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200000 the world health organization announced the 1st trial of a vaccine was on the way the start of a long battle this virus is presenting as we zone i'm president a target but it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity if the german city of on foot they've been queuing to get a free test because of it 19 and they're losing patience but here in france it is a socialist don't is it so badly organized as the man behind me who waited for 6 hours yesterday when he actually belongs in bed in a televised address to the nation chancellor merkel appealed to the public not to underestimate the crisis this is elst. this is serious take it seriously we have

not seen a challenge like this in our country since re-unification know since the 2nd world war which depend so much on us acting together and in solidarity with each other. in some parts of europe the health services just can't cope because of a surge in cases in eastern france 6 coronavirus patients had to be flown by military plane from bellew's to the south of the country for treatment across france there's a big incentive not to be out in public if you don't have a certificate allowing you to leave home the police can find you up to $150.00. in spain they've already arrested dozens of people for going out since the lockdown started at the weekend but it's not stop these housebound madrid residents from protesting they're demanding for mccain kwan carlos to makes millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the spanish health system. in london it is quieter than usual but nobody's big told to go home for something the british

capital the incremental approach is right i think the steps have been put in place are very wise. let's face once again try to avoid a panic if it's a government to default lockdown and ban things it's going to be able to. be a lot worse for people's well being but in parliament prime minister boris johnson face demands to take a more proactive stance when well i'll be waiting so lonesome us testing i'm wrong i asked social distancing measures may be just suggestions on wednesday johnson did make one long expected announcement after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for a mixed pupils for the vast majority of pupils until further notice so different stages in the outbreak and different responses but the challenge for the medical world and for societies in general is immeasurable nadine barber al-jazeera. well

as we heard for the 1st time the epicenter of the outbreak in china has reported mill new infections now for more than this so clark's joining us from hong kong sarah what is the chinese government saying about this well so be it china's been having its if it so far is some sort of victory in my being accused of concealing some of the number of cases early on in the early days back in november december and the reckless actions of course that scientists destroyed evidence of the crime of us but china would say it followed the world health organizations suggestions of going hot and going in early we had all a number of the huge hospitals the temporary hospitals built and the quarantine facilities put in place and of course there was the massive lockdown the lockdown the who by province where we saw 60000000 people a confined to their homes and 11000000 people were hand so certainly that was saying they've gone hog gone early and of course we've got a number of infections it's been on

a downward trend for some time now now the border is a starting city the checkpoints being taken away in part of the who by province some would say the borders of reopening where the epicenter of this crowd of outbreak began we've got some of the checkpoints being removed around here by province except for we're hand we've also got the 1st train coming from here by province to the pole river delta on thursday and this is obviously china trying to get people back to work and all those people have been confined to their homes and locked in that particular province for months now they're trying to get people back to work and try to resume business as usual and 0 obviously all of that sounds very positive but the numbers are still pretty high in china and they're what is the situation there. well there are still high but as i say there's been a downward trend we have 0 local transmissions reported on thursday from china that's obviously a huge turning point the 1st cases reported back in december you might recall some of those days we had thousands of cases of the crime of virus infection being

reported by china's health commission but today we have 0 of those local transmissions but we have 34 new cases of the importation of the crime the virus and this is obviously the big concern now the new battleground for child is trying to stop the 2nd wave of the viruses coming back in as people try and a bit some of these travel restrictions which are being put in place globally now i should say a similar case with similar situation is happening in hong kong overnight at midnight we had the quarantine restrictions put in place here but on wednesday we reported the highest number of chronic viruses cases i should say in hong kong with 25 new cases and 22 of them were imported from travelers coming back to the city servings very much andy. well u.s. president on a trump and signed into law a relief package that promises free testing for anyone who needs it trump is also involved legislation which he says will ensure an adequate supply of mosques and ventilators in the u.s. so white house correspondent kimberly hall could reports. facing increasing

shortages of medical supplies like masks and ventilators on wednesday u.s. president donald trump told reporters he was invoking the u.s. defense production act the 950 s. wartime law allows the trump administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear necessary to prevent corona virus from spreading the 1st 1000000 masks will be available immediately u.s. defense secretary mark as 1st says the military will also be deploying 2 floating hospital ships one near new york city the other on the west coast to increase hospital capacity as the number of corona virus cases is now in all 50 states the actions come as the u.s. and canada announced a closure of their border for all non-essential travel in the attempt to halt the spread of the virus nearly $200000.00 people cross the border each day trade won't be affected. still the u.s.

auto industry is feeling the effects of the virus for general motors and ford chrysler have announced they're partially shutting down factories due to the pandemic the white house is lobbying congress to pass several legislative packages collectively amounting to more than a trillion dollars to flood the u.s. economy with cash the administration says it's hoping to ease the burden on businesses like airlines and individuals who are losing income but opposition democrats believe overall response is still too slow behind the 8 ball on tests. and were soon going to be behind the 8 ball on i.c.u. their beds in ventilators as more and more people get sick the administration didn't pay attention to tests and now we're paying the price chinese virus but in the midst of the effort to combat corona virus trump is insisting on calling it the chinese virus even as reporters asked whether the president is being racist it's

not racist of the letter of it comes from china that's why it's a posture trump insists is appropriate given he sees himself as in a sense a wartime president now leading the fight against what trunk calls america's increasingly verrall it invisible enemy thank you agree you can really help him al-jazeera washington. dr oscar allen is chief program officer for the national association of county and city health officials he's joining us live via skype from washington d.c. thanks very much indeed for joining us on today sir some of the states have been saying that they're not getting enough support from the federal government what else could the federal government be doing that it's not already doing well terry thank you for much for having me on the federal government has the really are making attempts to buy what they call city action stockpile. provided some.

man still really allowed health care workers and the public health workers some essential what's needed to allow not only testin but for them to help sustain response to this current outbreak given the level of pressure that the medical staff in the states are under is there any supports that the federal government could be giving to those individuals to try to protect them from the risk of contracting the virus. yes one of the biggest concerns at this present moment is how do we secure and meet say our health care workers who are obviously underground and are now we're just individuals who may be sacred symptomatic but trying to make sure that they play in such a role in slowing the spread of this particular illness but so one of the areas that we recognize and i've asked the federal departments to be supported by and recently announced is to pick your these types of p.p. than the supplies that are necessary to get those test kits into the hands of the

states and the locals and the community workers who will be essentially be trying their best to really attack things 1st and on one of the key elements of this that the spread of this virus has been of course a time that time is of the essence do you think the anything could have been done earlier by the federal government and indeed the white house to recognize the situation that perhaps might have headed off the current position that the country finds itself in. i think it's always easy to play monday night quarterback as the american actor says but essentially we did lose some time the need of resources the ability to get intestine in the hands of those who needed it the most and recognizing there are some issues that happened administrative leave and otherwise where we stand now is that we recognize that this thing is and every state in our union and for more specifically poses a significant threat to our most romel medically fragile members of our society so

it's important for us to really understand what that all nation what nation approach is from federal state and local 'd to relieve sure that there's a combined effort to address our needs one of the key messages that's been coming through to us over the last few days is the fact that there are a great many people who are unable to afford medical treatment they might be able to go for the initial test but any follow up treatment will be very difficult for them to be able to find the money for how concerned are you that people will be put off coming for testing and putting themselves forward because they're worried they simply won't be able to pay for any subsequent treatment as a local health professional one of the things we can tell you we are always concerns where individuals choose not to seek care for fair of the cost of those care and we recognize that there are several federal packages or congressional appropriations being discussed the hopefully provide a solution for those individuals $1.00 week that wouldn't work quote seek care if

you are sick contact the local authorities or health care providers that you could find because ultimately the outcome of this illness it's probably worse off than the ability not to pay for it and i think it's very hopeful that we could find especially in the start times an opportunity to really care for our humans are not fellow residents as in is our social compact really good to get her thoughts on this talk to oscar allen thank you very much for your time so thank you very much and let's stay. the head of the white house coroner virus task forces warned that some young people who contract the virus are becoming seriously ill the book says says the infection rate may be higher in the millennial generation and has asked them to act to protect themselves and others there are concerning reports coming out of france and italy about some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the i.c.u.

is and so we cannot have these large gatherings that continue to occur throughout the country for people who are off work to then be socializing in large groups and spreading the virus you have the potential then to spread it to someone who does have a condition that none of us knew about and cause them to have a disastrous outcome dr bob arnot is a medical doctor and former chief medical correspondent of n.b.c. news he told us a high infection rate among younger people also puts older generations at risk. when you look at the death rate roughly 15 percent over 87 percent over 70 but if you look at the overall case rate 25 percent are going to be younger people and those there's a brand new paper in pediatrics said just this morning indicating that 10 percent of those over the age of 60 maybe james comes seriously ill what's happening is that beyond those who are getting very seriously ill there all the who may not have his temper brooks's said no signs of disease at all and are silent carriers they

get to completely prove that point but it appears to be there in the data so the silent carriers are tremendous risk to their parents and their grandparents as they make socially the main treads mission is going to be through the air so why we were telling people to wash their hands they were washed they were at subways and bars and buses and restaurants and they really should have been isolated you know it's isolate isolate isolate that's going to be the virus we look at the chinese the chinese one you know by now they are going to be down to 0 cases and that's because they tested everybody they isolated everybody tested positive even if they were true measures you know by a democratic societies but they want we're not testing of a pretty we're testing those individuals the u.s. who are health care providers who are testing those elderly in very high risk for the rest of the population and not be tested triste and that according to the world health organization director general is the key to beating the epidemic we're not

delete it and includes not only major stimulus plans by world governments have failed to ease stock market concerns about the impact of the coronavirus the dow jones closed at 6.3 percent down earlier trading was suspended for the 4th time in one month because of huge sell offs oil prices have also plummeted to an 18 year low as the pandemic hits demond christensen is a new york for the markets closed a few hours ago. markets did close down yet again despite washington's efforts to move forward with a coronavirus relief package that does seem to be advancing but the markets still closed down substantially in fact they've now wiped out the last 3 years of gains with the dow jones industrial average closing below 20000 points for the 1st time since night 2017 just was a rough day across the board all sectors continue to see losses as they weigh the

growing impact of the spread of the crown a virus and its impact on the economy energy sector was the worse today though it's down some 30 percent as demand for oil continues to fall and that oil price war continues a price for west texas crude is now below $21.00 a barrel it's the lowest it's been for 18 years so that's one area that's really suffering airlines hotels hospitality industry all continue to suffer. a lot as a result of this but again it's really across the board you'll find some bright spots out there but when you have headlines about the big 3 automakers suspending production till the end of the mont then more layoffs and so on the sentiment on the market is really volatile in fact the volatility index is again approaching record highs that's also known as the fear gauge so that suggests that maybe the

worst isn't over yet lots of volatility and fear around the corner with more analysts predicting that a global recession is now pretty much inevitable. the saudi arabian government says it's reduced spending as a result of low oil prices during the coronavirus brick crude oil prices have fallen because of concerns over the pandemic coupled with an existing price war between saudi arabia and russia the finance minister says they've temporarily cut public spending by just under 5 percent that's $13000000000.00 but he said saudi arabia's economy was still strong enough to resist any long term effects. malaysia has closed its borders after recording its 1st 2 deaths it's also has $790.00 corona virus infections in the 2 thirds of the infections have been traced to a 4 day event at a mosque in kuala lumpur attended by thousands of people on slowly as this report

hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to lean students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as bae is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essentials he will be. given this. it will. be more infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what's happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people don't obey the government's order to restrict their movements. malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported

a sudden spike in covert 900 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala lumpur 16000 people from malaysia and abroad were there the government says it's managed to trace more than $8000.00 of them so far but already those who attended the event have carried the virus back to 6 of the southeast asian countries elsewhere astray as prime minister made an unprecedented announcement we are writing the travel ban on the strivings to level 4 for the entire world that is the 1st time that has ever happened in australia's history the travel advice to every astride him is do not travel abroad do not go on the surface the australian government's also banned all non-essential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people but from who bay province in china the origin of the corona virus

outbreak more cause for optimism medical workers from other provinces who've been helping to cope with the crisis are going home as the number of new cases continues to fall south korea reported fewer than 100 new daily cases for the 4th day in a row both china and south korea apparently demonstrating how they are winning the war albeit with different methods china by placing severe restrictions for everyone and south korea with aggressive testing fluently al-jazeera. and in indonesia a large religious event has been counseled off of authorities or urged organizers to stop it from going ahead amid the outbreak despite thousands of people have been gathering near the venue jessica washington's joining us now from the capital of jakarta jessica why is it that people are so determined to turn up to this event even though it's been counseled. overall a local authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead but regardless

we know that at least 8000 people showed up in self. not just indonesians but many from countries abroad including the philippines thailand and even brunei and timor leste states what we know is that this event never had permission to go ahead we did see some scenes overnight of people crowding into this tent space it's incredibly dangerous event and really did put people at risk and authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead we know now that they have finally convinced the organizers to call it off but it may be true late people have already gathered there are thousands there who will now make the journey back home the military will a school them to make sure that that process is as orderly as possible but this is the same group that organized the gathering in malaysia which did cause a huge spike in cases the concern is now that the same will happen here in indonesia just going to understand that there are similar events for other groups

coming up as well what do we think is likely to happen to them. we have heard consistent messaging from authorities that these events should be cancelled but as we speak there's another event going on in the west flora's for the ordination off the new fish if we've heard 'd around 40025000 people are gathering there authorities there all trying to temperature check the crowds but of course any mass gatherings are incredibly risk. right now we've also heard that here in jakarta at the ground at the main mosque here in the city that they have not called off friday prayers now just a few days ago president joe cole we heard that he will stay at home to pray but there's no formal ban and no formal shutdown yet but it may be that a lockdown across the country could be the only thing that could stop these mass religious gatherings thanks jessica. thailand's government has introduced tougher

measures to try to control the spread of the virus but the closure of all bars and taman venues in the capital is going to be a major setback for small businesses and millions of informal workers when he reports from bangkok outside one of bangkok's famous tie boxing stadiums a makeshift coronavirus testing clinic has been set up it's for fighters spectators and anyone else who was here in recent days as the number of cases surged in thailand including a cluster at another boxing stadium across town the prime minister has ordered entertainment venues and bars to close for 2 weeks. the government will keep evaluating the outbreak situation both in the country and internationally as well as its economic impact closely and carefully the virus as an icon of thai culture may remove any lingering complacency about a crisis that could deliver an economic knock out thailand's economy was already

struggling after a coup and 5 years of military rule last year's election did little if anything to brighten the outlook and this situation will almost certainly send it into recession. coronavirus and the measures to contain it have altered the economic and social landscape of bangkok particularly its notorious night life one of the most vibrant in the world. the government ordered to close by came when business was already dramatically declining partly because tourist arrivals are down almost 77 percent this year bar owners are worried the enforced closures could be extended and it was in our old so we need to close the business like no shops but on this time we try to survive we have to we have our employees that if they need to pay for the rent for the living. far take care of their family so we try our best

to take out them there is no management taking care of the more vulnerable the 21000000 thais who have informal jobs such as street food vendors many of whom are already struggling to survive because they did on my business is getting worse and worse i don't know if there was such bangkok done or not but if they do we will because we want to have money for food if we stay at home. thailand's economy has been resilient in the past and traditionally bounces back quickly from major setbacks this evolving shock to an already vulnerable system will test that resilience like never before wayne hay al jazeera bangkok and still had a knowledge of 0 escalating tensions between china and the us take another turn hitting american journalists and the heist of the century 13 years on a mystery still surrounds the art world's most intriguing cold case.

you'd expect during spring time to have this persistent cloud and rain with little bubbles on it where it gets heavy it's a little early now but we've seen rain in china and he's reforming itself including in hong kong stretching back towards the end now and then the line this is during thursday produces and significant rain it's way to honshu overnight it will be a wet one i think in turkey but humid and warm but 20 degrees who well above the average this is the wet bit much of china has similar sort of temperatures not so humid but the sun is out the rain not really there too no you expected to be and by the time we get to friday's a strong westerly it'll feel rather colder but still the sun's out in turkey 19 and the sun's trying to imagine in hong kong still think nobody's under storms around

as there will be in borneo job and sulawesi but it is drawing out now and it's still the rainy season you see the showers grow every day the orange tops means the biggest and storms there in borneo they're in java there in sumatra and they might be there in singapore as well they grow obviously day by day there are many yet in india not surprisingly was so watching temperatures rise up to 39 in new delhi on thursday. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished it's a big business smuggling sample it will take the system there in the sand is unfair to say this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so full of tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into

a global emergency sandals at this time on al-jazeera. network biological and chemical agents are pretty weaponized throughout history a large water 1st appeared its head with me and started fighting me developed by nation states there could be another attempt to test every child. now within reach of those seeking caleb's compounding the most toxic substance of the world with. me invisible threats on al jazeera.

you're watching or does it i remind of our top stories this hour the world health organization is concerned some countries still aren't doing enough testing to stem the spread of coronavirus the warning comes as the reports 475 new deaths the highest one day toll in any nation so far. china's hold day problems has reported no new cases for the 1st time since the outbreak began there in december but the number of deaths is also. deadly declining. us president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese a virus that comes as washington and beijing have traded blame over the origin of the openness which was 1st detected in china's hu han province. carters and assistant professor of political science at howard university she's joining us live from washington d.c. via skype thank you very much indeed for giving us your time donald trump's explanation for his the use of that term is that the virus came from china and

that's why he's calling it a chinese virus what's your interpretation of what's going on. well i think it's a misnomer to say that viruses have a geography as we can see this virus is now in italy other parts of europe certainly in our country so to call the chinese batteries i think is an attempt to refrain this horrible virus in such a way that it can justify a number of responses than actions like barring chinese travel into the united states so i think that the president is not a dumb man when he is purposely using this this chinese virus language even though it's been call you know code and it's been called coronavirus by most public health officials this chinese virus con virus is a very deliberate attempt to sort of race alive this is the in a wider context what is it about things related to health that do seem to spark

this type of a still itty. well i mean i think when we're talking about this virus in particular because there are always these this is store always in which chinese people in particular but other communities as well like east europeans have been stigmatized to do the we know that it doesn't just stay in sort of public imagination with people going to bat mess or refusing to patient eyes chinese restaurants is busy now this has also led to very terrible policy like chinese exclusion and 19th century these belief that these kinds of immigrants are never fully american right that their children are sort of always the shift american is a very dangerous kind of language and even in our president's response to this particular virus he put in there you know bans on travel from certain countries when the public health officials that are if it was too late to do that kind of thing for that to be effective to stem the spread of disease so i think if it's

important to remember that this kind of language never to stay a lot of oh it's a misnomer or is just sort of a racist thing to say it also usually runs along the fat policies be seen if china had been more transparent earlier about this whole situation do you think that that would have gone some way to offsetting the opportunity if you like for this kind of hostility this kind of situation to arise. not really in part because once we actually had the information there was a little bit of lag time that the united states had to actually respond to the virus so we knew as early as january early february that this is going to be an issue instead we had a president deflecting saying that this was you know a hope from the left that this will be no different from the flu contradicting his own public health establishment who fed this is he's actually dangerous and is

a problem because there is no immunity in the public and we actually needed to look to china and south korea and other countries that experienced is sooner so that we could actually divide a response and instead the president chose to rest on his laurels and then when he chose to actually get serious about the response the horse had already left the stable it was much too late to be proactive about it and now instead we have this sort of reactionary piecemeal process that has put millions of lives in jeopardy yeah mccarter we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed thank you so much for having me. several latin american countries have been taking action to counter the spread of the coronavirus chile as does one of them with the highest number of confirmed cases and the government has declared a state of emergency in america and a tendency in human reports from some. chilly mark 5 months of social upheaval and nearly daily protests with almost empty streets as residents of

a stampede near that declared a state of emergency and catastrophe it is that simple that this and this allows us to dictate a series of measures including restriction of gatherings in public places assure the distribution of goods and services and establish quarantines and curfews. it also means that starting thursday the army will be back on the streets sensitive decision given their checkered human rights record. about 100 protesters spread to the usual thousands answered the call to continue demonstrating around dignity plaza as it's nicknamed whether they will defy a likely curfew and the army later this week is not yet clear. even before the state of emergency was declared mayors ordered the closure of shopping malls cinemas parks and discotheques here in south america's largest mall only the supermarket in pharmacies remain open starting at midnight the government will be

able to intervene to stop boarding and reselling of key sanitary goods some people are making a killing on all these items that people are desperate to buy and can't find in the pharmacies for example hand sanitizers silicone gloves and especially face masks even vitamin c. has run out i'm going to see if i can buy a couple of face masks not do. so to just ran out. a 1000 pencils per masks which is something like 10 times the normal price even the street vendor says more and. government measures are needed but. in peru a curfew has been imposed that's what we need here to in brazil's capital the president of the senate as well as 3 more cabinet members tested positive for posted 19 as the president called for calm. obligation as heat of state as to anticipate problems to bring the truth to the

brazilian people but the streets should not amec. in chile people may not be panicking but they are clearly frank enough to be urging the president to put the entire city in lockdown immediately rather than when it's too late to prevent a scenario as devastating as that of italy. you see in human al-jazeera sent. a british cruise ship with 5 confirmed cases on board has docked in cuba after it was turned away from multiple ports in the caribbean the ship had been stuck at sea for more than a week the u.k. foreign minister thanks the cuban government for letting passengers disembark as many on board are british citizens several flights have been chartered to fly them home them as braemar is carrying more than a 1000 passengers and crew and augustine is joining us live from the capital havana i had why did cuba decide to take this ship and well i think

although the cuban government will be happy at the public relations opportunity. and i was covering this today is there and and though speaking to people here in boats in the cuban state and the here that i really do think the main reason they've done this is out of humanitarian concern that's their stated it's reason that their government issued the government there issued a statement 2 days ago saying. this is a this is a moment for. the highlights the importance of humanitarianism and collective action. the government said in order for the world to have a chance of containing the pandemic and this is a budget that had been at sea with positive results and found that people have run a virus for over a week and these people didn't know where they were going to be able to talk it was in unfeasible for the cruise ship which overwhelmingly british. citizens to go back

across the atlantic. would have taken too long they tossed the bahamas barbados on the united states don't they don't know they had no it's a go cuba said yes and i think if you look at the history of cuban. humanitarian gestures the very striking in those who studied them do you conclude that authentically is out of humanitarian concern cuba's doctors are well respected i think it's fair to say across the world but they're also of course a very good source of hard currency for cuba without wanted to sound too cynical is this possibly a good opportunity in the midst of this crisis for cuba through its doctors. i think it is and that's very much the other side of the coin so cuban medical internationalism the leasing of doctors the export of doctors if you like started almost 60 years ago. cuba time and had very few doctors and had

a society with terrible and i mean indicators right from the beginning in the anyone sixty's after the cuban revolution started sending doctors all around the world after. all sorts of bomb iraq and to help the most vulnerable and latin america africa and asia don't have and can't dream of having in most cases a doctor they gave them health and for decades and decades and decades cuba never charge for them that changed after the soviet union collapsed cuba really did a hard currency to stay afloat by the regime his point of view and for the last 2 decades they've been charging currently there are over 3000 cuban doctors around the world working over 70 countries this is one of the world's i think really untold amazing stories whatever you think. they're attending approximately 15000000 people right now and that is cuba's main source of foreign currency so before trump came along president trump. was flowering it was growing quickly but

even bigger than bob was all the hard currency the cuban state was getting from the leasing of its medical personnel that's taken the thumb with latin america swinging to the right over the last couple of years and i think the cuban government desperate to stay afloat desperate to go to pay people's salaries and service that commitments will be. upset about this pandemic and the population south really focusing on how they can leverage this economically at a time when health systems around the world are already overwhelmed thing said. u.s. troops in iraq are being relocated to larger bases to protect them from an increasing number of attacks the most recent series of rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad killing several coalition personnel someone'll fulton reports from baghdad. the body of is laid to rest the 23 year old was one of 6 people killed in what the u.s. calls defensive persuasion strikes on the type hezbollah in southern iraq but

family says he wasn't a fighter but a daily laborer working at caterpillar airport who had nothing to do with the iranian backed group. he worked inside the airport getting paid $8.00 per day now that he's dead who's going to think about his kids his wife his mother where's their guilt. leaves behind a pregnant wife 2 children and a family consumed with grief like many other iraqis the family is angry at the u.s. and the iranian backed groups for settling scores on the iraqi soil how to stop this conflict is between iran and america it's none of our business they should go out and fight it out between themselves. the u.s. strikes followed a barrage of rockets fired at the taji military base north of baghdad on march 11th killing 2 american and one british soldier the pentagon described the u.s. response as a success we assess that each location stored weapons that would enable lethal

operations against u.s. and coalition forces in iraq we also assess that the destruction of these sites will degrade khateeb his balls ability to conduct future strikes but the american reprisal was followed by a 2nd rocket attack on target just a day later raising doubts about the effectiveness of the u.s. military action. a total of 9 people were killed and 16 wounded in the latest 3 tit for tat attacks most of the casualties were members of the iraqi security forces who work with both sides and. we don't accept being in the middle while the 2 sides to rate their weapons against each other this is caused a lot of damage for the iraqi army the iraqi joint operations command denounced both of the u.s. and what it cautiously calls the other side for not respecting its authority as the highest military body and for not giving it a chance to manage the crisis that injured when there was no chance to finish the

investigation into the 1st rocket attack the american side directly reacted with a strike on a rocky facilities that included the army bases in employees and also the other side started their attacks which only complicated the situation. but the iraqi government has never attributed blame nor has it published results of investigations for any of the 2 does. the rocket attacks the targeted the coalition over the past 6 months the iraqi government appears on the willing or able to stop the groups responsible for attacks on bases that house call this an personnel instead it has called for the implementation of jan your wrist problem entry decision to expel all foreign troops from iraq the coalition has begun withdrawing soldiers from smaller bases to consolidate them in fewer locations and although u.s. officials say that this move is not related to the latest rocket attacks it's could pave the way for a partial troop draw down over the next few months seen on

a faulty al-jazeera. government in yemen have reportedly tried to storm the main port of the island is a culture where the fighting started when the u.a.e. backed fighters attempted to seize a container of military equipment originally from the emirates it had been confiscated by local authorities 2 days ago. u.s. secretary of state by pompei 0 has criticized china's decision to expel more than a dozen american journalists beijing has revoked reporting to dungeons for 3 major american newspapers china's foreign ministry says it's a counter measure against what it calls unreasonable or pressure from the u.s. to you reports from beijing. to see and hear what's happening in one of the world's most powerful and any countries foreign media in china provide a window for the world that has just been made. but the ousting of correspondents from 3 of america's best known newspapers the new york times washington post and

the wall street journal china's foreign ministry says the crackdown is in response to unfair treatment by the u.s. . china is not one to start trouble but will not blink if trouble comes in that way at least 13 foreign journalists are affected that bad not only from reporting in mainland china but in hong kong and macau as well u.s. secretary of state mike compare is hoping beijing will reconsider the chinese will tell you that they want more information people to know more about the country yet they continue to take actions like the one you see today where they deny the world the capacity to know what's really going on inside other countries earlier this month the us government kept the number of chinese reporters working in the states for 5 state run outlets including c g t n china global television network or c g t n u.s. based staff numbers but cut from 160 to 100 that followed the expulsion in february

of 3 will street journal correspondence from beijing following an editorial titled china is the real sick man of asia that was seen as retaliation for the trump administration's decision to force chinese media firms to register as foreign entities in the u.s. there's been a desire to get china to react to do something which will paint china in the international eyes as the aggressor as a authoritarian government china's foreign correspondents club condemned the ban saying there are no winners in the use of journalists as diplomatic points journalists eliminate the world we live in china through this action is dimming itself. in the past 7 years the chinese government has revoked the these as of at least 9 foreign journalists but analysts say the expulsion happening now is the worst attack on press freedom says the days of nazi dolls the sound of crickets china since coming to power president xi jinping has tightened his grip areas of

chinese society media outlets local and international are no exception katrina al-jazeera. still ahead and. insensitive and irresponsible criticism over the decision to not counsel one of the world's biggest sporting events.

now world sports may be on hold but japan is forging ahead with plans to host the and big games which are due to start in 3 months the flight carrying the olympic

flame from greece to japan has gone ahead as planned although the associated ceremony didn't take place the torch relay in greece was also canceled but it will take place in japan in front of restricted crowds japan's governments insisting the games will be held but one international olympic committee members broken ranks from the winter olympian hayley wickenheiser says it would be insensitive and irresponsible to proceed with the games she says we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow let alone in the next few months our sports correspondent lee wellings has more. well you have it argh sure it concerned they're trying to vote was it more more to the insertion willing to commit a that they don't know what's happening with such simple things as that training changing and facilities that's in disarray aren't always seen is the increasing number of cancellations of tournament dr marcus allen because of until now getting the sense of the athletes that should be in tokyo are qualified but

that leaves a lot of events a lot of things to be decided of course it is all mine times there it is in the fine sheeny as they transit get it right as part of the 4 year. little army looks out of the. plates might have to turn up in terms of every july underprepared and it does seem unlikely that we're going to get as insurance everything is an hour or not was ok with a career requires prices so now we're going to time plus we had 10 years over his asian ordering a closure of training camps to die in swimming boxing to women's conduct in the u.k. diamond league meetings stuart is being cancelled and to actually same whizzing by july that really does say the height of optimism ac milan footballers that and it won him of it has playing his part in tackling coronavirus is set up an online fundraiser to help raise a $1000000.00 for hospitals in italy ever come of it has donated $100000.00 and

self and called on his fellow professional athletes to do the same together we can really help hospitals and doctors and nurses who selflessly work every day to save our lives because today we are the ones caring for them less to get a kick the coronavirus our weight and win this match and remember if there were a result got as lot done slothing goes for the virus. kevin durant one of the biggest stars in n.b.a. basketball is among 4 brooklyn nets players with coronavirus the 10 time all-stars in isolation and he's being taken care of by team doctors 3 of the players are showing no symptoms 30 years ago 2 burglars in boston carried out what's been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art including several by the dutch moscow rembrandt which haven't been

suggest since mostly in jordan looks into one of the art world's most intriguing cold cases at the isabella stewart gardner museum in boston a 30 year old mystery still brings pain and questions who bluffed their way into the museum tied up the guards and made off with 13 rare paintings drawings and objects where the works now. 2 of the most important works that were stolen the concert by their me are just one of 36 of his works in existence and christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by rembrandt his only painting featuring a seascape scene reports that the stolen items are worth $500000000.00 or more and pragmatically that's a fair estimate however i like to to point out that the pieces that were stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be sold they can never be replaced a few years ago the f.b.i.

thought this surveillance video could solve the case it shows an unidentified man walking through the museum after hours just one night before the heist but that and other clues just weren't enough to help investigators another problem it turns out both suspected robbers died a year after the theft the message to the public if you know something it's ok to come forward we acknowledge the fact that any or all of these pieces could be in the hands of individuals who had nothing to do with the original theft or may not even know that they're stolen 30 years on the museum's 10000000 dollar reward sits unclaimed while curators and law enforcement hope these works one day will return to the gardners walls rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. can fill us here in a couple of minutes by.

the nature as it breaks the fos train service is supposed to start from early next year but the coronavirus outbreak could put the brakes on the project and slow down construction we detailed coverage we know that when 40 people were killed in the violence and officially 350 people were injured from their. around the world they weren't enough to create a logistical problem for the greek will celebrities but they were enough to make many of the people of lesbos our interest. hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shown the outside world 101 east investigates why so many young and old feel lost in japan on al-jazeera. suddenly al-jazeera london broadcast center to special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal 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're not saying anything if one meets any oh. there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera it doesn't display of all people it's and fantasy fans occam's fashion it isn't only a lesson in creativity but also in sustainability all these clothes are made from recycled fin teach all riposte fabrics we're leading the way to make sustainably the new the new normal because that's what appears to be some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses are based in paris and most say that they're trying to become more environmentally friendly changing a multi-billion dollar industry is a challenge but in an environment driven by trends where responsibly make clones may be companies ultimate fashion statement.

the race for that same to trade coronavirus steps up its lead reports nearly 500 deaths the highest number in a day. i'm tempted al the sound is there live from doha with the corona virus outbreak again dominating the cell including china reports there are new infections and super profits with the corona virus outbreak began back in december. donald trump mobilizes military resources in the fight against corona virus but control the sea by calling it the chinese virus which are resistant to. change.