so at least it became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. another surgeon coronavirus deaths in italy helps push the global number above 11000 and now a new warning from the w.h.o. . i have been miss it for young people. you would not invincible this virus could put you in hospital for weeks or even kill you. i'm richelle carey and this is al jazeera with continuing coverage of the corona virus pandemic britain's prime minister has ordered cafes bars in theaters to close

a movie described as upsetting but essential. and significant new restrictions are imposed on tens of millions of people living in the united states and california and new york. coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with global test attributed to the disease passing $10000.00 r.p.m. countries italy and spain are struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lock downs and now the u.k. has joined them ordering cathay and other businesses to close their doors paul brennan begins our coverage. across europe coronavirus lockdowns have launched emptied the streets to reduce the chances of person to person infection and paris residents face a $150.00 fine if caught outside without good reason exercise is permitted even encouraged with new restriction. have been imposed along the river seine and around

the eiffel tower you often think that we are 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 resort this 1st wave it's a race against the virus despite nearly 2 weeks in lockdown italy has seen the 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 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 a closure order we are quick to be telling telly 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 if 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 no imminent exit strategy paul brennan al-jazeera. the u.s. is closing its borders with mexico and canada to all nonessential travel and some individual states have announced lockdowns telling people to stay at home by kana reports from washington. 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 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 coronavirus in the department's border patrol stations and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants or frontline agents and officers in the american people mexico confirmed its 1st case of coronavirus related death on wednesday against this backdrop the u.s. 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

a significant amount of money in a very short period of time all selling stocks that were right. 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 those 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

a democrat was also apparently part of the group that conducted trades so don't hold group would include richard burr the head of the intelligence committee and also waiting for senator kelly love letter and so the question is whether or not they should be investigated for that being here for it also includes dianne feinstein a democrat you didn't mention her name what did you mention 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 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 argentina has adopted some of the strictest measures jets and latin america it will be allowed to leave their homes only for essential needs such as shopping for food or getting

medical supplies elson drop what is in the colombian capital bogota where he explains some of the new policies. well. full lockdown mordred mode which was ordered by the press today and bad. who is censor the is asking everybody to stay at home unless they need to find food or medicine but otherwise he wants everybody to stay in their houses and we're already seeing this happening in the streets where no side is in most of the country and then this a view will be inflexible and enforcing the decision it says he said that it's an exceptional a measure for exceptional times also all international flights have been banned there and this is happening in a number of countries across latin america who for example famous well and here in colombia where we are also on monday all the international flights will and even

colombians colombian city since were outside of the country will not be able to come back home for at least a month. iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus while giving an upbeat message marking the persian new year on friday and his address ayatollah khomeini called for u.s. sanctions to be lifted so life saving medical supplies can come in the government says more than 1400 of iranians have died with nearly 20000 infected samus robbie's in tehran with more. it's been a difficult one for runyan so far they acknowledged that the coronavirus had been a very terrible challenge and defended the country's response despite the fact that many have been critical against the government for not taking this seriously enough soon enough but really what many people have been watching for is what they have to say about american sanctions now on the eve of the persian new year the united states placed more sanctions on iran more iran related sanctions this time

sanctioning 5 entities based out of the u.a.e. accusing them of facilitating iranian oil sales are now on tuesday just a few days earlier they play sanctions on a handful of iranian nuclear scientists as well as entities based in pakistan russia china and the u.a.e. signaling that the americans are now targeting any countries or any entities that are becoming too close to iran once again we've seen the u.n. help we've seen the united nations various agencies even call for sanctions to be lifted along with echoing what many iranian leaders have been saying what this i.m.f. loan is earlier this month iranian officials reached out to the international monetary fund and said that we need $5000000000.00 in emergency aid as part of helping to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in iran one of the worst affected countries in the world and what many iranians have said all along is that they are hopeful that the international community will want to give them this aid but they are also very

aware and perhaps a cynical view but a realistic one that the united states will try to do whatever it can to block iran from getting that money to nations join the list of countries that have ordered a national lockdown the measures will stop people from leaving their homes and traveling between cities cafes and restaurants and all major cities will be closed in asia have recorded its 1st death on thursday. a curfew across jordan is starting on saturday morning people are being told not to leave their homes unless it is absolutely necessary all shops across the kingdom have been ordered to close information minister says those who violate the curfew will be jailed but the right of so-called imported cases is emerging as a big worry for china south korea and japan as wayne hare reports governments are working more closely together. diplomatic tensions have been put aside for now as south korea china and japan pledged greater cooperation to find 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 i know 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 recorded is trending downwards but there is no sense of complacency in south korea in fact the government is introducing stricter border controls. 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 florentine 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 wayne hay al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. going the way of doctors and nurses trying to reach of emergency rooms in the philippines and switching on to streaming how the entertainment and fitness industries are adapting to the pandemic .

welcome to look at the weather across the americas now in north america we've got one frontal system clearing the eastern seaboard another system giving some heavy rain across parts of the south some thunderstorms could well be embedded in this particular one across southern parts of texas in particular and we've got another weather system had in the pacific that's going to moving in towards california during the course of the day on sunday so expect some showers turning up for some francisco and maybe even some showers the los angeles as well later on in the day draw across central areas should be brights in denver colorado the 13 you see that rain moving its way towards the east coast into central america the weather for the most part here is looking draw and find scattering a shower of thing for many of the audience is looking pretty good kingston jamaica highs are 31. on the isthmus though and. you will see heavy downpours extending

southwards into costa rica and panama so move the forecast on over 24 hours jerry fine across much the at the time potentially with highs of 28 in cancun but i think we could see some showers affecting billie's for south america we've got some heavy rain affecting the southeastern coast of brazil with highs of 28 then rio but the chances of big downpours but gracia the risk of rain will decrease the system will move away towards the north sunshine returning. to. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline in the dredged sand and some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and the trees down and it's a big business smuggling sampling they will take this year in the sand you. see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so plant tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into

a global emergency sandals at this time on al jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths and 24 hour news world health organization has issued a warning to young people that they are also vulnerable to this virus the health body says a significant number of patients require hospitalization or under the age of 50 the united states and mexico have agreed to restrict non-essential travel across their

shared border to contain the spread of the chronic virus it follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada. $60000000.00 filipinos have been told to stay at home that is more than half the population and it's made it much more difficult for doctors and nurses to get to work where they're desperately needed to be low has a story from manila when they come home dr karen lamorna has had to send her child away from manila for fear she might have been exposed to the corona virus while they were. there lies this was your private home from the hospital. she said. her husband assumes he will catch the virus if this one does you know we will rape me. but i think you know i think it's already exposed so he's trying to do it. by trying to work from home. we don't look down on the philippine capital as well as we just to the north and south of manila or public

transport is paralyzed it's become even more difficult for people with vital jobs to get to work. the while quite. big this has to get to their. house while local governments have stepped in with mobile kitchens and by sheer schemes for instance national government leaders say guidelines are changing new problems emerge. there may be missteps and misunderstandings confusion and conjecture frustration and fear we appeal for patience and calm as we and the whole world face an unprecedented crisis i'm in the middle of one of manila's financial districts and on a normal day right behind me there be a lot of people crossing the street but it is an empty district right now with only workers from the basic and health services sectors allowed in and out where it is

busy however is the country's main international airport in manila or confusion over flight restrictions tourists making a mad rush to leave a swell of some of the millions of filipinos who work overseas so they don't lose their jobs barnaby law al-jazeera manila. religious leaders are having to walk a fine line between encouraging prayer among the faithful but not in places of worship churches mosques and temples are largely off limits as part of the efforts to stop the virus from spreading mohammad paul has more. until a few weeks ago this was how it looked when pope francis gave his weekly audience in the vatican. but on wednesday he used a video link to address the roman catholic faith from about the pandemic. today we pray for the deceased for those who lost their lives because of the virus in

a special way and like us to pray for the health of workers that are dead recently they donate their lives to serve the sick people corner virus has altered some of the catholic churches ancient rituals such as holding lent and easter services this year in empty churches other world religions are adopting similar measures to limit the coronavirus risk at one of india's holiest shrines for the sikh religion there was more health related activity than religious prayer going on and fewer visitors to the golden temple of army's top could only offer only in order to spread awareness about coronavirus the golden temple has become a center we have thermometers to check temperatures from a distance all the voters coming here will be checked buddhist temples across south asia are also seeing a shop decrease in the number of prayer goers so has islamist holiest mosque in mecca where they gather around small a pilgrimage of a man has been suspended for the 1st time in more than 40 years. but the most

drastic measure was the total closure of all mosques not only in saudi arabia but the gulf region and most of the muslim world. the grand mosque of there has also been shut down until further notice no congregational prayers have been held here or anywhere else across the country in 4 days an unprecedented situation for a muslim conservative community where opposite thing the 5 daily prayers in mosques is seen as one of islam's most fundamental rituals. their closure decision is sanctioned by a fatwa or ruling by islamic scholars citing the preservation of human life as a priority of a religious duty the decisions being hotly debated throughout the muslim world. * in working of also other african countries where the virus has caused minimal impact so far keeping the most open argument still prevails. in senegal where a dozen or so infections have been registered some major annual sophie events have

been suspended. for a while it's more than history the question how debating over whether to resort to god or rely on science in the form of medicine and hygiene are times of great calamities in the case of the existential threat of koran a virus there seems to be a growing consensus that brilliant science should be combined effect. of the whole world being whole to practice social distancing and self isolation our consumption of online content has skyrocketed that's force instructors musicians and movie studios to think out of the box in order to survive and reports that it. will many traditional activities require face to face interactions. and his students are learning that putting a screen between them won't necessarily push them apart. because of coronavirus kids cannot go outside with adults in japan may be asked to stay indoors in the

future to culture shouldn't stop because of the virus or because to then i started taking internet lessons because it became difficult to go out but i found it's not as inconvenient as i imagined. for musicians and other stage performers who earn all of their income from live performances the cuts to. just entrapment in the common goods live audiences on in washington d.c. bars these days they're on facebook. by taking tips on van mo and pay pal are making up for some lost revenue fans say they're also providing a public service i think that we're bringing something to people that is creating a little bit of levity in their lives where they may all be a little stressed otherwise you know we're going to the grocery store and people are people are fighting over you know the last remove toilet paper people are

a little bit more worked up and they are normally in life. from dance classes to rock performances church choir rehearsal and shakespeare d.j. sets for the weekly picnic with the girls you refuse to cancel people everywhere are carrying on their daily routine online from going to work to streaming a favorite show or film our consumption of streaming content is going through the roof european regulators called on streaming giants to ease up on the burden the increased traffic puts on telecommunications networks netflix and you tube have decided to limit access to high definition content to a consonance of customers netflix says it will reduce quality for all of europe for 30 days that should eliminate a quarter of its traffic the provider takes up nearly 13 percent of all internet traffic followed by you tube with all web streaming services combined it's estimated that demand will rise up to 60 percent because of coronavirus isolation

measures netflix has lost market share in recent years to the other services who are taking their own approach disney released the latest installment of star wars to its streaming service early in d.c. universal decided to throw out the rulebook completely streaming films while they're still in theaters the industry standard was to wait around 90 days before going from theater seat to the couch at home box office receipts have collapsed the worst in more than 20 years many major blockbusters have delayed their release until hopefully it'll calms down and al-jazeera. our coverage of the krajina virus pandemic continues later for now let's look at some of the day's other news. almost 30 security personnel have been killed as an afghan military base was stormed in the south the government blames the attack and simple province on the taliban the armed group signed a peace deal with the u.s. last month that as part of that agreement the taliban was supposed to begin talks with afghan leaders about reducing violence but the process stalled after

a disagreement about the release of prisoners the dutch court has sentenced a man who shot 4 people dead on the tram last year to life in prison just said 38 year old copeman thomas had shown no remorse and was fully responsible for his actions despite having low intelligence and a personality disorder 5 others were injured in that attack 4 men have been hanged in india for the gang rape and murder of a woman 8 years ago are shocking ordeal made headlines around the world in provoked national nationwide protests the government since introduced tougher rape laws but rights groups say the changes haven't made india any safer for women elizabeth purana reports in the capital new delhi. it was the moment many indians had been waiting for the 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 lead by air that means the fearless one was what. 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 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. the ordeal led to some of the biggest protests ever seen in india with widespread demands for justice not only for ned bya but better protection for all women i think india has 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 to be for but for all women of this country it is a day of justice and security. since thereby as 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 was no evidence that the death penalty so as a deterrent as a society and as a country of gays is being fixed on the gallows so that we look at. 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 and high their bad last year both lead to fear the nationwide protests women's rights activists say they are fighting a patriotic system that blames victims the government they need to do more starting with making public spaces safe a woman in the justice system rather than passing tough words which they say don't work and deterring crimes elizabeth cronon al jazeera new delhi. most of the world is now battling the coronavirus all the diseases impossible to see with the naked eye its impact is visible globally students are learning from home hospitals are overcrowded and some towns are entirely shutdown so here's what the world looks like during a pandemic. i'm

richelle carey and doha this is al jazeera these are the top stories more than 11000 people worldwide have now died from coronavirus italy has called in the military to enforce its lockdown after reporting more than 600 deaths in 24 hours and the u.k. of the government has ordered the closure of all restaurants pubs theaters and gems

prime minister boris johnson said venues will be shut starting on friday and closed indefinitely u.k. government also rolled out new financial help for private sector workers promising to cover 80 percent of employees salaries of businesses kept them on the u.k. has more than 3 and a half 1000 confirmed infections the world health organization has issued a warning to young people that they are also vulnerable to this virus the health body says a significant number of patients requiring hospitalization are under the age of 50 . today i have a message for young people you are most invincible this virus could put you in hospital for 2 weeks or even kill you even if you don't get seek the choices you make about where you could be the difference between life and death for someone else the united states and mexico have agreed to restrict non-essential travel across their shared border to contain the spread of chrono virus that

follows a similar agreement between the u.s. and canada. in normal times these massive flows place of this burden on our healthcare system producing a global pandemic that they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infraction tour border agents migrants to the public at large left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system overwhelm our health care system and severely damage our national security we're not going to let that happen. to overcome the coronavirus all giving an upbeat message marking the persian new year on friday and his address ayatollah khomeini called for u.s. sanctions to be lifted so life saving medical supplies can come in the government says more than 1400 iranians have died with nearly 20000 in sect. and resell carry to keep it here for continuing coverage of the coronavirus

pandemic on al jazeera we know what's happening in our region we know how to get to the places that others cannot i was just throwing tear gas by the police on her path i didn't have that time and it's programming to go on pm to go to where another story that may not be mainstream is happening and fires instead on going i'm. happy that my mind and the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference ready ready. and i would.

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