i am . trying to report 0 new domestic cases for the 1st time since a coronavirus outbreak began in december. i am . i'm kinda now this is just there are live from doha with the i'll break again domination bizarre including the race for a vaccine to treat coronavirus steps off the reports nearly 500 deaths the highest number in a single day. donald trump mobilizes military resources in the fight against corona virus but still is controlled by calling it the chinese virus. resistant to come should change the school. holidays students flaunt calls to

avoid large gatherings despite diet health warnings. this marci best serious serious is more serious things out there are under poverty we need to address that . i am. told help organizations says it's concerned some countries still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus globally more than 8700 people are confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 in china for the 1st time no new domestic infections have been reported where there has been a 34 imported cases but if we reported 475 new deaths on wednesday that is the highest toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year

and stocks continued to fall on thursday despite plans by governments to stay. malays economies as oil prices hit an 18 year low let's start in hong kong with sarah clarke sara let's talk about china local transmissions have fallen to 0 that's incredible how are chinese authorities reacting to that as well this certainly indicates a major turning point for china no local if it infections are reported from mainland china on thursday that's the 1st time since the virus to cold that we've got no local transmissions and as you mentioned the big concern now or the key battleground is the importation of the virus or 2nd wave of infections in china with all those travelers coming back to china or residents trying to beat these global travel restrictions restrictions the chinese health authority reported 34 new cases at all of those cases a travers returning to china and as a result of this concern about the 2nd wave of infections china has put in place

a quite heavy quarantine restrictions we've got the likes of beijing government run quarantine facilities all travelers must go to those facilities now for 14 days but we do see some parts of china in particular the province of course this is where the epicenter of the episode of the commune the outbreak of the crown of virus infection started with saying parts of that province return to normal and we've seen it we're calling to mind the reports from the local media they've got some of those checkpoints that have been lifted or moved and we also have a train going from who by province to the pole river delta area and that trying to leave the next half an hour and this is a sign that people in china and particularly in the in the province where they've been locked down for months on end they're trying to return to business as usual. so let's talk about the asian markets. ending the morning trading on the day all down just give us the picture there. ok the actual stock markets they didn't hold on to those early gains when the markets opened

across the region on thursday and our stocks fell in hong kong mainland china japan and south korea that clearly it's a concerns of the crowd a virus or corona virus induced recession the economic stimulus packages that are being announced globally to prop up the economies japan's benchmark the nikkei stock average it last point 74 percent at the end of morning sessions the shanghai composite index it was down 2.37 percent and hong kong's hang saying it felt 3.95 percent and south korea's cut cost index it fell to its lowest in 10 years now a strategy central bank reduced it reduced the interest rates now to a quarter of a cent that's the lowest rate ever and clearly that's a sign of the struggles trying to deal with this pandemic and south korea's deputy prime minister is now announcing a range of fiscal measures to try and prop up its economy it's already announced a package and today's package the total now of the amount of fiscal measures it's trying to use a pop up the economy amounts to around $39000000000.00 we're now saying around the

world thank you for that sarah clarke across developments from hong kong all their bird a man they takes a look now at the situation across europe. as the number of recorded coronavirus cases past 200000 the world health organization announced the 1st trial of that seems underway the start of a long battle this virus is presenting us with i'm president target but it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy an enemy against humanity as a job. some countries own story enough testing to stem the virus italy has reported the highest one day death toll in any nation so far 475 who killed by the bars they have 1st of all are poor the army to join in in the area is

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 china officials because of 8.3 percent of health care practitioners have been tested positive to the virus in the german city of frankfurt has been queuing to get a free test that covered 19 and the losing patients here in frankfurt is a socialist organ 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 and glimmer appeared to the public not to underestimate the crisis is else this is serious take it seriously we have not seen a challenge like this in our country since reunification i 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 the same fronts 6 through the virus cases have to be flown by me. plane from mulhouse to the south of the country for treatment in france is a big incentive not to be out in public if you don't have a certificate allowing me to leave the home the police can fine you up to $150.00. in spain they've already arrested dozens of people the going out since in lockdown started at the weekend but it's not stopped these house down the dread residents from protesting they demanding it for mccain juan carlos donates millions of dollars he reportedly received from saudi arabia to the spanish health system. in london it's quite unusual but nobody's been told to go home but in parliament prime minister boris johnson faced demands to take

a more proactive stance why are we waiting so long for mass testing i was wrong i asked social distancing measures maybe just a gesture and when he said boris johnson did make one long expected announcement of the schools shut their gates from friday afternoon they will remain closed for merged 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 emphasises in general is immeasurable about a man the al-jazeera. us president donald trump has signed into law a relief package that promises free testing for anyone who needs as trump has also invoked legislation which he says will ensure an adequate supply of mosques and ventilators in the u.s. mike hanna has more the actual vote took longer than usual senators entering the chamber a few at a time to ensure social distance was maintained within hours of the bill being

passed it was signed into law by president trump. a total of about $100000000000.00 earmarked for bolstering unemployment benefits guaranteeing free testing and providing some american workers with paid sick leave earlier president trump told reporters he was invoking the rarely used defense for duction act which really enter into an issue with this country resigning it is prepared to go the law allows the administration to expand production and access reserves of protective gear like masks and ventilators the 1st $1000000.00 masks will be available immediately the military will also deployed 2 floating hospital ships to increase hospital capacity as the corona virus spreads to all 50 of us states. the white house is urging congress to pass more legislative packages in the days ahead seeking

a total of about one trillion dollars to flood the u.s. economy with cash the stated intention to ease the burden of big businesses as well as provide financial relief to each citizen. some democrats continue to insist the overall response is still too slow we're behind the 8 ball on tests and we're soon going to be behind the 8 ball and i see you there 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 in the midst of all this president trump is insisting on calling the coronavirus chinese virus even as reporters are asked whether he was being racist. never 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 a president who believes he's leading the fight against what he calls america's increasingly virulent invisible enemy al-jazeera washington. alondra the just event in indonesia has been canceled off the authorities urged organizers to stop it from going ahead because of the elfric despite this thousands of people have been gathering there venue just to washington is following developments from the nation's capital to come to. a local authorities never gave permission for this event to go ahead but regardless we know that at least $8000.00 people showed up in south sulawesi not just indonesians but many from countries abroad including the philippines thailand and even brunei and timor leste state what we know is that this event never had permission to go ahead we did see some scenes overnight of people crowding into this shared 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 too late people have already gathered there are thousands there who will now make the journey back home the military will isco 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 we have heard consistent messaging from authorities. that these events should be cancelled but as we speak there's another event going on in west flora's for the ordination of the new bishop we've heard around 40025000 people all gathering there authorities they're all trying to temperature check the crowds but of course any mass gatherings are incredibly risky right now still ahead on al-jazeera the protective measures u.s. troops are taking in iraq after coming under increased attacks. and the cost of the

century there actually is on a mystery still surrounds the odd world's most intriguing cold case. hello once again it's fairly cold in turkey it's formed a storm system that's running through syria iraq and iran bringing rain and staved to cuba obviously the higher ground there is an influence for the sas these thunderstorms likely iran wanted to showing up in the mountains of saudi longshore breeze make it pretty cold in for example jerusalem at 11 degrees the showers form in lebanon and in syria it's going to be a rather unpleasant feel for says day rather better on friday but time she was we all know better and the shouts will fall by day now there's more of an increasing cloud for the south as well shall one of 2 of them even the empty quarter they

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king. the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven an hour just. the in the. you're the one. you're watching out is there a reminder of our top stories this hour china's who bear province for the 1st time no new cases have been reported and in the rest of the country there have been no local transmissions although 34 important cases have been reported it's. the world health organization is concerned some countries still aren't doing enough testing to stem the spread of coronavirus the warning comes if we report

a $475.00 new deaths highest one day toll in any nation so far. and u.s. president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese virus comes as washington and beijing have traded blame of the origin of the illness. across of university students in the u.s. is celebrating spring break despite dire health warnings of a chronic virus flora there is one of the biggest destinations where bars and clubs have been told to close early something to some theme parks have also shot but many are ignoring instructions to avoid large crowds potentially putting others at risk and gallacher reports from miami. it's a dream destination for millions of tourists one of florida's largest employers now the streets rides and car parks of disney world in orlando are deserted. the company's now putting its resources behind food distribution but in other parts of

the state it's a different story but. in miami university students on their spring break a blatantly ignoring warnings about gathering in large crowds the governor of florida has told them to knock it off but many seem unconcerned about. health risks we need to refinance there's marcin to serious serious more serious things out there like hunger and poverty and we need to address that but is it in your here other than you go to the bars or the b. to landfill thing all of it is really a mess and i think they're playing it way out of the course and on florida's west coast to tourists and locals appear blissfully ignorant of the dangers of the pandemic the jordan family visiting from tennessee wrongly believe the whole crisis is a hoax there's a lot more people die from the flu a lot more people die from swine flu than any common virus probably ever can you everybody's going to get it eventually it's a viral infection parts of miami beach and now closed but stiffen issues may be needed it's hard to believe this far into the crisis there are some that appear on

concerned with the pandemic while the young are less at risk they're not exempt they may not get critically ill but they could also be carriers for the more vulnerable florida thrives on tourism but the crowds we're seeing here on helping even president trump who until a few days ago was playing down the risks says young people taking it was sponsible chances we don't want them gathering and i see they do gather including going to beaches and including in restaurants young people. they don't realize that they're feeling invincible. or if you felt invisible when you were very young but they were feeling totally invincible or are feeling that way but they don't realize that they can be carrying lots of bad things home to grandmother and grandfather and even their parents florida's governor wrong to scientists warn people not to gather in groups of mold and 10 it's a warning that few here seem to be heeding and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida the head of the white house coronavirus task force has warned that some young

people who contract the virus ah becoming seriously ill says the infection rates may be higher in the millennial generation. 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. use and so we cannot have these large gatherings that continue to occur throughout the country for people who are off work 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 honest is the former chief medical correspondent to n.b.c. news he told us one high infection right among younger people supports all the 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 is 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 are a lot 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 those 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 on 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 who tested positive even if they were true kone and measures you know by

a democratic societies but they want we're not testing of a pretty we're testing those individuals in the us who are health care providers who are testing those elderly in very high risk for the rest of the population and not be tested and traced and that according to the world health organization director general is the key to beating the epidemic we're not delete it and england's not julia to is declared a state of national emergency as the number of corona virus infections increased by a 3rd in the past 24 hours there are $238.00 cases there the highest number of confirmed cases per capita in the region today's government has closed all border is banned gatherings of more than $500.00 people to try to contain the spread. almost $700.00 cruise ship passengers are returning to the u.k. from cuba off the island commissioned a british ship with confirmed coronavirus cases to dock allowed the ship in off to barbados the bahamas and the united states all refuse the captain's request to come ashore it ogust in reports. after more than

a week adrift at sea the british cruise ship the braemar arrived into an industrial port west of the capital of ana on wednesday after a torturous journey the crew seemed elated to have finally landed. passengers descended from the boat and were bussed to safety in a rescue mission executed by the cuban and british governments i'm conscious that this has been a difficult and uncertain journey for the passengers and for the crew and i'm very grateful to the cuban government for enabling this operation to go ahead the braemar had been stranded at sea for over a week and was denied authorization to dock in the dominican republic the bahamas and the u.s. but cuba allowed the ship to come in saying a sense of humanity was required to halt the pandemic. going to become well we cubans are proud to step up in a situation like this we are convinced and sure that we can deal with anything that comes up as we did with the bola cuba has shown repeatedly it can deal with

complicated situations and come out successfully but there's fear on the island that allowing the ship to dock could allow the virus to spread here the island has registered 11 confirmed cases of people with corona virus so far and its 1st casualty an italian man in his sixty's has died. the cash strapped island has so far opted to keep its borders open the economy relies heavily on tourism and wants to keep visitors coming but given the magnitude of the crisis the tourist season seems certain to flop. after weeks of feeling scared and adrift these tourists are very relieved to be heading home from havana at augustan jazeera. turkey's president has told people to stay at home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus project top one also announced an economic relief package worth more than $15000000000.00 on to confirm its 1st death from the virus on tuesday and the number of cases in the country doubled to 98. in other news now u.s.

troops in iraq are being relocated to a lot of bases to protect them from an increased number of attacks the most recent series of rocket strikes targeted a base north of baghdad killing several coalition personnel so on a faulty reports from baghdad. the body of it is laid to rest the 23 year old was one of 6 people killed in what the u.s. called defensive persuasion strikes on the type hezbollah in southern iraq but spammy says he wasn't a fighter but a daily laborer working at the 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 is 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 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 could teach his balls ability to conduct future strikes but the american reprisal of a spa load 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 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. 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 and 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 dozen rocket attacks the targeted the coalition over the past 6 months but 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 could pave the way for a partial troop draw down over the next few months similar faulty al jazeera but that. gunmen in yemen have reportedly tried to storm the main port of the island of the fighting started when the u.a.e. backed group attempted to seize a container of military equipment originally from the emirates it had been confiscated by local authorities 2 days ago. the united nations is suspending race resettlement for refugees of affairs in new border restrictions could strand families any travel for refugees already approved by the host country will be put on hold until further notice the u.n.

says it will continue with emergency cases more than a 1000000 people around the world need to be resettled. 30 years ago 2 burglars carried out what's been called the heist of the century they stole 13 rare works of art including several by rembrandt in the us city of boston and jordan looks the cold case 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 was stolen from the gardener really are the true definition of priceless ness because they can never be solved 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 roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. this is on does there and these are the top stories and trying to serve a province for the 1st time no new cases have been reported and the rest of the country there have been no local transmissions of coronavirus although 34 important cases have been reported so clark has more on that from hong kong it's been saying is a huge turning point for the 1st cases we reported back in december we're hearing now up to thousands of people a day the infection spreading extraordinarily fast but the fact that there's 0 local infections being reported in china is a do a turning point on the health authority has said that there are 34 new cases in china on thursday but all of those cases and now travelers coming back into china these are the people trying to beat the global travel restrictions which are being

put into place the world health organization is concerned some countries still aren't doing enough testing to stem the spread of corona virus but warning comes as if the reports 475 new deaths the highest one day toll and any nation so far and u.s. president donald trump has denied claims of racism over his use of the term chinese virus it comes as washington and beijing have traded blame over the origin of the illness a large religious event in indonesia has been canceled after organizers to stop it from going ahead with the outbreak despite this thousands of people have been gathering near the venue. chile has declared a state of national emergency as the number of corona virus infections increased by a 3rd in the past 24 hours there are 238 cases there the highest number of confirmed cases per capita in the region today's government has closed all borders and bad gatherings of more than 500 people to track and to contain disparate. 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 to the cuban government for their passengers disembark as many on board a british citizens several flights have been chartered to fly them home 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 retaliatory strikes by the us killed iraqi civilians these continues here on al jazeera after witness. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot of the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in get breaks it done enough was a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on

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