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so no matter what you say when the news encounters that matter to you in. my. 10000 deaths globally from the coronavirus that your warrants a significant number of those that in hospital care are under the age of 50 i have a message for young people you are not invincible this virus could put you in hospital for weeks or even kill you. hello there i'm how i'm here jeanne and this is al jazeera life from london also coming up. britain's government orders counties bars and restaurants to close as it toughens its response to cope with 19. as the u.s. state of california rules that major restrictions on its 40000000 residents from
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essential workers in new york are ordered to stay at home. while the corona virus pandemic has hit another grim milestone as the global number of deaths attributed to the disease passes 10000 just over 4000 of those are in italy alone where the record number for fatalities in a single day has been broken yes again soldiers and i've been deployed since the hard hit lumber to the region to enforce restrictions there in the u.s. the governor of new york state says 100 percent of normal essential workers must stay at home that came a day after the announcement of a loss and in california while in britain 65000 retired doctors and nurses have been asked to return to work as the prime minister doubled
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a dine on national restrictions he's now ordered bars restaurants and gyms to cools in a matter of hours and at a stark warning suggest people the hands of the world health organization reveals that people under 50 make up a significant number of those needing hospital care let's get more on the situation across europe with paul brennan. across europe coronavirus lockdowns of largely emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection in paris or . residents face a $150.00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged but new restrictions have been imposed along the river seine and around the eiffel tower you. we're at the start of this crisis as i have reminded the french people in the beginning of this week we put in place measures to result this 1st wave it's a race against the virus. despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the
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numbers dead and infected hitting record new highs people are only allowed out for work medical reasons or emergencies and those allowances are expected to be made even tighter this weekend this is just a snapshot of life in central london but compared to the lockdowns in france and italy the difference is striking shops are still open people are still walking around driving around each and every contact an opportunity for the virus to spread i have a message for young people you are not invincible even if you don't get seek their choices you make about where you go or could be the difference between life and for someone else until now restrictions in the u.k. have been advisory rather than compulsory but in order for schools to shutter finally has come into effect the gates will not reopen on monday at his latest daily coronavirus briefing the prime minister's guidance to leisure venues became
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a closure order we are quick to be telling tele cafes pubs bars and restaurants to close. tonight as soon as they reasonably can and not to open to more newly published documents hints at the struggle ahead u.k. government's latest scientific advice makes sobering reading sages warn the government that a combination of case isolation household isolation and social distancing of vulnerable groups is very unlikely to prevent critical care facilities being overwhelmed adding general social distancing and school closures to the mix would probably work it kept in place for a long period how long the government has been warned the to be effective a policy of alternating between more and less strict measures would need to be in place for at least most of a year around the world governments are enacting emergency powers imposing draconian restrictions and confining whole populations in their homes and there is
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no imminent exit strategy paul brennan al-jazeera. the u.s. and mexico have agreed to restrict non-essential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the corona virus that falls to similar agreements between the us and canada which is why in effects while measures to combat the virus of increase in questions and being asked or has several politicians seemingly profited from stock treats during the crisis i can has more now from washington d.c. . the trumpet ministration continues to recha top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the country's northern and southern borders president trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nation's top health care officials are extremely concerned about the great
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public health consequences of mass uncontrolled cross border movement only u.s. citizens with fellow documents will be allowed to cross and this puts an end to any form of undocumented migration the introduction and spread of the corona virus in the department's border patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants our frontline agents and officers in the american people mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related death on wednesday against this backdrop the us president was asked about another controversy in washington reports of a merge that some lawmakers are profiting from the crisis republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee richard burr is one of them researchers to produce 2 reports he allegedly dumped $1700000.00 worth of stocks in mid february these were shares in the travel and leisure industry one of the hardest hit economic sectors one political observer put it this way he is trading is you know
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a significant amount of money in a very short period of time all selling stocks. were affected by the coronavirus questions have also been asked about trades made by several other senators including the georgia senator kelly lefler who sold stock on general of the 24th the same day of a close senate health committee briefing democratic senator dianne feinstein also traded stocks in this period though she contends that was a decision taken by her financial adviser you would look at whether the senators made unusual transactions during that period or whether this was part of their normal buying and selling and if it's not doesn't amount to a significant amount of money or if it is as you said par for the course for these senators then that would suggest that they were deliberately trading on the inside information of the coming pandemic president trump says he knows nothing about these reported trades though he was quick to remark that
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a democrat was also apparently part of the group that conducted trades so don't hold waiting for the return for that head of the intelligence committee and it also would include senator kelly plus a lawyer and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that dealing here who are also includes dianne feinstein a democrat you didn't mention her name what in you mentioned her name and i think she's a very honorable person by the way so i'm not but you know it's interesting you mention to people that you don't mention one that happens to be a democrat or a senator should they not i don't know because i'd have to look at it possibly but i find them to be honorable people the matter will now be referred to the senate ethics committee which will decide whether these trades constituted unethical if not criminal behavior mike hanna al-jazeera washington well these are unprecedented times for many health workers worldwide needs some have already already been infected send the rest are at high risk there are fears the stress and
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exhaustion will impact their mental and physical health pancha gupta reports. exhaustion takes on a whole new meaning for these health workers. every day around the clock thousands of doctors and nurses around the world are on the front line fighting what's described as an invisible enemy in italy where the new coronavirus has killed more people than anywhere else in the world some hospital staff say they're free to breaking point because the government they want to. psychologically it's very difficult we are trying to keep strong and not give up it will be at the end of this emergency that reveal see how we stand. as these doctors and nurses soldier on coping with the unprecedented pandemic concerns are growing about the likely psychological impact of the grueling hours and dealing with rising
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numbers of dead health care workers real heroes premium sounds out there but they also suffer from stress anxiety. break. i witnessed it in hong kong where they are at the forefront of this. in their personal protective equipment it's uncomfortable and shortages of critical medical supplies in many countries have put their health at risk thousands of health workers have been infected in countries such as china and italy in our own side were low on i protection and 95 masks some sights are low on surgical masks and so you know when we are not protected and. then we certainly worry about our own health personal protective equipment or p p
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e are usually used by health workers who are in direct contact with infected patients it includes gowns medical boss clubs and eye protection like goggles that need to be disposed off after every patient china is the biggest supplier of mass but they are in short supply so hospital workers like in this facility in the u.s. are making their own it's the courage and resilience that gives hope for people around the world millions of a living under quarantine their work uploaded now during the crisis and hopefully after it's over to priyanka gupta al-jazeera. what california is in the 1st day of a stay at home order for its residents well brunell's joins us now live from los angeles rob or are there new restrictions and why are people in california respondent. well the restrictions are are pretty broad
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although there are a number of exemptions people are essentially supposed to stay at home and businesses that are not considered essential are supposed to close those includes shopping malls. clothing stores restaurants are open but only for takeaway or delivery services and people are just being urged to maintain social distancing you can go out for a walk you can take your children to the park although the playgrounds are closed and you can do that sort of thing i was out earlier driving around because the reporters are exempt from this order want anyone to think that i was breaking the spirit of the the order but there were a fair number of cars on the highways but not nearly as much as you might see on a normal day in los angeles and of course people are able to go to the
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grocery stores which will remain open to obtain food they are permitted to go to attend to relatives who may be ill or need help they can go to the pharmacy and the doctor so all of these things are available to them and of course the workers like . emergency workers police firemen the people who keep the lights on in the water flowing and all that those are all back and those are all that work because they're essential and i think that by a lot of people are accepting this fairly calmly there it seems to be an understanding that governor gavin newsom took this step the 1st governor to take such an extreme step out of an abundance of caution and out of an of an idea to save lives governor newsom really gave some pretty i pop information that california is a state of 40000000 people and the governor said. and that the modeling that
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they've been doing shows that 25000000 people could be exposed to the virus and get corona virus essentially over the next 8 weeks and of that you know a large number would probably need hospitalization hospital beds which are not yet available so they're trying to surge that but unlike president trump where with the his obsession with closing borders and so on when the disease is already running its course inside the country and those measures seem to be of little use people here seem to have a certain amount of trust and faith in their state authorities ok rob reynolds that bring us the latest from los angeles thank you very much indeed. there's also more still to come here on out here are china and south korea are turning the tide on the virus but they're still taking. the 8 year military style
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operation that means one of the world's dangerous species is on its way to make a comeback. welcome back we'll start in australasia this time we've seen some very warm for sydney over the last 24 to 48 hours temperatures way about what we should see this late on in march but with the winds coming out from the south temperatures picked back at about 24 degrees for such a day that we've got a frontal system working its way across new zealand certain in the south and some heavy rain during the course of saturday and that's we head on into sunday the system working further for the northwards into the north island brighter weather further to the south where the system clearing through tasmania out across western australia we've got jerry fine conditions for perth and temperatures into the low
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thirty's northward since northeastern parts of asia every last one weather system out into the north pacific brought to conditions follow on behind the quite warm conditions for tokyo definitely spring like here at the moment but still a chance of some showers on the western side of honshu it should be largely fine across the korean peninsula to showers some heavy rain you notice across more southern parts of china into sunday that moves that across the east china sea into southern parts of japan so weather to deteriorate into in the course of there on sunday should be brought by that stage across south korea with a high of 15 degrees expected in seoul. counting the cost counting italy. hope with a coronavirus pandemic without a bailout 14000000 auto workers in europe have been told to stay at home we talk to b.m.w. about the future of the industry but their lives fight for their survival as governments
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impose probably counting the cost on others are. investigating the use and abuse of power across the board on al-jazeera. hole or. quick rise of the headlines for you here on out is iraq the global number of deaths attributed to the corona virus outbreak is now past 10000 but just over 4000 in italy alone the world health organization has issued a warning to young people saying a significant number of patients requiring hospitalization are under the age of 50
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and illinois has become the latest u.s. states to order residents to remain in their homes except to confuse and medicine the governors of california and new york of both issued similar orders. well argentina has adopted one of the strictest measures taken yet spoke any latin american country people will be allowed to leave their homes only for the essentials such as food shopping or trips to the chemist asunder m.p.'s he joins us now live from the colombian capital borgata just tell us more alessandro about the measures argentina's taking. well precedent for this said there was time to take these measures however difficult it might be for argentina really asking them to remain at home unless they need to go out in search of food and medicine but all the people their workers
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don't work in the central sector. sectors that are seen as essential are expected to remain at home you also said that he will send security forces to the streets to enforce this measure this despite the fact that compared to countries in europe or the united states argentina and latin america in general hasn't seen such a high number of cases but given the fact that most of the countries in the in this region if not all of them are developing countries with relatively weak health systems a lot 4 of people who don't have access to good health services they think it's necessary to move fast to try and contain the spread of this virus now every country in the region is sort of moving at a different pace but what we've been seeing in the last few days is the fact that
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most of the leaders here or understanding that they need to start doing things to avoid what has happened in italy or in other countries where the virus has spread very fast in is having real consequences on their health services and killing a lot of people even brazil where so far the president here but also narrow as been reluctant to impose a stronger measure seems to start to be starting to change his mind finally brazil on friday and now it's the state of emergency freeing federal funds to help in. containment of the spread of the virus and the minister of health they are spoken in very stark terms saying that he expects a big increase in cases in the coming days and he said that the health service
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there could be collapsing by the end of april also here in colombia where we are we are at the start of a 4 day shutdown which the mayor of bogota the capital is saying is just a test for a 4 karen time that will come very soon ok listen to run p.f.c. bring us all the latest from across latin america thank you. there for a 2nd day no new domestic infections have been reported in china life has begun to return to normal in some areas but there are still concerns about cases coming in from overseas chinese governments and eyes to raft of measures to try and bolster its economy which is expected to shrink for the 1st time in 4 decades well the economic standstill has reduced pollution levels over china 140 percent since december. the number of new coronavirus cases continues to drop over in south korea but officials there aren't taking any risks at the border tests on new arrivals
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have intensified it's also coordinating with china and japan to try and limit the threats of imported cases when he has such reports. diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to fight coronavirus boxes of protective equipment donated by the chinese government arrived in south korea to be sent to vulnerable communities on friday the foreign ministers from the 3 countries spoke via video link you sent me you don't know what on a you do but i'm sure we all agree that we need to think about ways to prevent the spread of the corona virus as well as the need to minimize the economic and social impacts caused by the decrease of exchanges between our people due to this incident just weeks ago south korea had the highest number of coronavirus cases outside china now the situation appears to be stabilizing and the number of new cases being
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recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing stricter border controls summer as of midnight on march 22nd we will conduct testing for all people entering south korea from european countries and especially for a long term stay people will be required to solve isolate or should be sent to an isolation facility for 14 days quarantine measures and border closures announced by governments around the world have meant passenger air travel has slumped at an unprecedented rate new zealand's national carrier warning it may need to cut a 3rd of its staff and the government giving it a $515000000.00 loan to stay in the air we do have a responsibility obviously to move people around the country and we take that very seriously as we do with any repatriation efforts we can through the government and obviously cargo the international air travel association says airlines will need as much as $200000000000.00 in financial aid from governments in the coming months
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wayne hay al-jazeera. let's bring you some other news no 4 men have been hanged in india for the gang rape and murder of a woman 8 years ago the case made headlines world wise and provokes nationwide protests well government has since introduced tougher rape laws but rights groups say the changes haven't actually made india and he safer for women with purana reports from the capital new delhi. it was the moment many indians had been waiting for for 7 years and before dawn on thursday they counted down the seconds to the 4 conflicts were hanged. no one in the country was more relieved than the parents of the victim because the law doesn't allow rape victim to be named the indian media calls her led by air that means the fearless 1. 100 but the crime that was committed against her is always going to cause me grief but i am proud that if she were alive today i'd be called
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a doctor's mother and today i am proud that i brought her into this world and now i am known as no bias mother i couldn't save her life but for it to get her justice. it 7 years since nearby and a male friend on a bus journey in delhi the 23 year old physiotherapy student was gang raped by 6 men and her friend beaten before they were thrown out onto the side of a broad. their ordeal led to some of the biggest protests ever seen in an india with widespread demands for justice not only for ned bya but better protection for all women in. india is consistently ranked as one of the worst countries to be a woman. 6 men were arrested for the attack one of them was found hanged in jail and 2013 another who was 17 at the time of the attack was released after serving the maximum sentence of 3 years in a reform center. the 4 remaining convicts were hanged on thursday morning after they exhausted all of their mercy please. this is not just
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a different but. for all women of this country it is a day of justice and security. since their bias attack the government has introduced tougher laws against rape such as the death sentence in cases when the victim dies but rights group said there is no evidence that the death penalty serves as a deterrent as a society and as a country of gays is being fixed on the gallows so that we look away from the very many other things which the state should have done to keep women safer and more free and which the state has absolutely chosen not to. the number of reported rapes in india has increased by 34 percent since 2012 the gang rape and murder of an 8 year old girl in 2018 and a 26 year old in hyderabad last year both lead to further nationwide protests women's rights activists say they are fighting
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a patriotic system that blames victims the government they need to do more starting with making public spaces safe of a woman and the justice system rather than passing tougher laws which they say don't work in deterring crimes elizabeth cronon al jazeera new delhi. and it's not courts are sentenced a man who shot 4 people dead and injured 5 others on a trial last year to life in prison judges said 38 year old gotland thomas of show nor remorse was fully responsible for his actions despite having low intelligence and a personality disorder it's hard to place an interest in march just days after a gunman killed at least 50 people in mass shootings 2 mosques in new zealand's. and finally a bit of good news for you conservation efforts to save the african why no appear to be working over the past 6 years there has been a slight uptick in the population but there are still challenges to protect them
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from extinction in a moment as more. african rhinos have long been under threat from their horns widely sought after for ivory use in asian traditional medicine and for ornaments but the numbers of black rhino has seen what's described as a modest increase the international union for conservation of nature reports a 2 and a half percent annual increase in numbers over a 6 year period to 2018 and that's to child protective measures by conservationists we have almost a military style of protecting them that means. very good to curdie very good intelligence and very rapid response to any threats. kenya's capital rangers and law enforcement tranquilize this one they drill its horn to insert a tracking device. it's part of a wider effort to increase the species and ensure viable breeding. by moving them
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from established populations to new areas thousands of both white and black rhinos used to roam outside national parks and reserves but almost all were killed by the poachers a crackdown against organized crime has reduced rhino poaching in recent years but there's still a long term cost to keeping them safe they need large and interconnected landscapes . at the moment we have a news in small pockets we have some protected areas but we haven't got a strategy in africa at this moment in time to secure continuous protected areas. the prospects for white rhinos and looks stuck there are already critically endangered and the conservation group reports a 15 percent decline over 5 years to 2017. south africa is home to the largest white rhino population they've been targeted dead because of their large horns
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environmentalists say the counter measures in place show there are improvements but the illegal ivory trade remains their main threats the few more that have been saved from the poachers is a glimmer of hope to save them from extinction or he'll have a hard to al-jazeera. here without jazeera these are the headlines the global death toll the tribute to corona virus is no past 10000 just over 4000 of those deaths are in italy with a record number of fatalities in a single day has been broken yet again the government says just announced an escalation of the lock down all public parks in italy will be calls people can only exercise in their own homes but what organization has issued a warning to young people saying a significant number of patients requiring hospitalization are under the age of 50
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. today i have a message for young people you are not invincible this virus could put you in hospital for weeks or even kill you. even if you don't get sick the choices you make about where you go could be the difference between life and for someone else. more u.s. states have ordered their residents to stay perch as the virus spreads the state of illinois has told people to remain in their homes except to buy food and medicine the governors of california and new york have both issued similar orders earlier the u.s. and mexico agreed to restricts non-essential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of the corona virus for a 2nd day no new domestic infections have been reported in china has begun to return to normal in some areas but there are still concerns cases coming into the
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country from overseas the chinese government has announced a raft of measures to help the economy. a bit of breaking news now the japanese coast guard says north korea appears a fart a missile which landed outside japan's exclusive economic zone south korea's military described it as an unidentified projectile fired off the east coast of the pendulum and 4 men have been hanged in india for the gang rape and murder of a woman 8 years ago the case made headlines worldwide and provoked nationwide protests well those are the top stories to stay with us here on our just 0 counts in the cost is up next. talk to al jazeera we want your thoughts were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you'll be in scole build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on
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the whole just 0. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week it's the 1st nation on lockdown in europe after a spike in deaths from the coronavirus maybe the world's biggest economy but growth has been anemic over the last 20 years so will it need a eurozone bailout.
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