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because of course the assumption being that the dots a way that prejudice would play out they'd say you're a pakistani or go to pakistan that is what is happening on an everyday basis. over a 1000000000 indians are ordered to stay indoors after the prime minister imposed a 14 hour curfew to combat coronavirus. logan peter they'll be here in doha you are watching all to 0 also coming up more coronavirus restrictions in italy to 793 people died in a single day. online to reach out to the masses during
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a challenging time for millions of people and in other headlines the. violence in guinea as anger grows over a controversial referendum critics say the president is using to extend his term. welcome to the program corona virus infections have surged to over 300000 across the globe with more than 13000 deaths so far italy has become the epicenter with nearly 800 deaths reported on saturday alone so more countries are putting their people under lockdown such as india where one of the biggest national exercises is now in place more than a 1000000000 people have been asked to stay indoors a 14 hour nationwide curfews in place as confirmed near 300 people there the
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government has also ordered a week long ban on all international flights as of sunday australia's prime minister is also warning of strict restrictions closing down all beaches to implement social distancing some states and territories are closing borders more than 1000 cases have been reported as a ban on entry for nonresidents and self isolation for travelers the government's an ounce. in the $40000000000.00 in virus relief thailand is reporting its biggest daily increase with $188.00 new cases that brings the total to nearly $600.00 the capital bangkok is under a partial shutdown from sunday iran has lost more than 1500 people to the virus as one of the worst hit countries outside china iran's supreme leader says the u.s. offer to help the country to fight the virus is quote strange they will have more on the comments from the supreme leader out of tehran in
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a moment or 2. is standing by for us in hong kong for an update on what's going on in southeast asia 1st to the indian capital new delhi and my colleague elizabeth purana hi there liz if this goes the way we think it might go is doesn't have a massive impact on the economy because so many indians it's a very hand to mouth existence. yeah absolutely peter an economy that was already experiencing a significant slowdown before coronavirus now as you mentioned india is curfew from 7 o'clock in the morning to 9 pm at night most people in the country a listening to prime minister in the day in the room or these requests that he made to the nation on thursday asking people to stay at home and saturday saw the biggest jump in the number of cases there are now 3 $141.00 cases $41.00 foreign
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nationals 6 people have died so far and there is a lot of speculation peter that the lockdown is going to be extended beyond sunday and already states around the country including barbara starr in punjab. have extended the lockdown other states have shut their borders i think go ahead with a car and northeastern states have shut the border and while a lot of the country is eerily quiet we did see some very busy scenes at a train station in. in the state of bihar where many migrant laborers were returning many of them i would laborers around india from be hard they were returning and what the indian railways has now done to stop people to stop migrant laborers daily wage earners from rushing back to the villages that they're from is indian railways has now canceled all passenger trains to till the end of the month this is going to be
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a massive challenge for the government where so many people as you mentioned have to work every day to make a living we were speaking to street vendors a few days ago and they were telling us that while the government advises people to stay at home and to do social distancing well if they didn't go out they their families would simply die of hunger so how is the government going to support all of those people a massive number. of indians who need to work every day we have had some state governments and nouns how they're going to help in daily wage laborers and also the poor we're waiting to still hear how the central government is going to do that for them right now the biggest challenge is how to stop community transmission in the country with 1300000000 people liz thank you so much we'll talk to lisa i'm sure with more of what's happening in thailand and other parts of southeast asia joins us live here on al-jazeera in hong kong what's the picture across your region.
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peter in thailand as you mentioned cases have spiked by 188 in one day that means in one day the number of infections in thailand have increased about 30 percent there are now nearly 600 infections the country from the start of very vigilantly protect its borders topping people from high risk countries from entering when the outbreak 1st started months ago now they're seeing a rise in domestic cases and this is mainly due to an event in bangkok about $5000.00 people attended a boxing match earlier this month the people spread out across the country following that and people at that boxing match were said to have been infected the coronavirus and so the spike we're seeing right now is as a result of that the health ministry says most of the new cases in bangkok are in bangkok and from young people who haven't heated their calls to start social the
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social distancing and stop social activities despite a partial lockdown of the capital in singapore the government is struggling what they're calling imported cases people coming in from overseas over the past week cases have nearly doubled in this is mainly peak due to people coming in from outside from other countries where infections are rising either coming back to singapore or travelling through singapore so the government has put a lockdown again on its borders saying that anyone who is not from singapore a resident or a citizen cannot come into the country so short term visitors and transit people transitting are banned and people who are living in singapore residents and citizens will be put into quarantine meanwhile in china which has managed to stem their number of new infections over the past 3 days they've had infections only from imported cases for the 1st day it's broken the snap for the 1st day there is
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a. mystically transmitted case now this. is heightening concerns in china which is warned about the fact that they have been able to manage the infections in the country now their biggest concern is people coming back to the country and so what they're doing is diverting flights from beijing to screen passengers before allowing them back into the capital and increasing their quarantining and screening of passengers across the country from overseas thanks very much live to the iranian capital tehran and my colleague. just in the past we've had this nationally televised address from the ayatollah what did he say. well this is an annual speech that the supreme leader ayatollah ali company makes and in it he lays out the roadmap the political roadmap for the future of the country he said a couple of different things he said it's important to be patient in the face of adversity he said we have to make sure the domestic production continues to go up
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but the main takeaway here was that the united states despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country the united states of america is still your biggest enemy he said we have many enemies but the most sinister are the americans and then he went on a long list of name calling he also acknowledged that with the coronavirus it is certainly a scary time but then he said that despite the fact that it is a scary time we cannot take the offers of medical assistance and and medical aid from the united states seriously and then he went on to do something that is relatively remarkable considering he is the most powerful man in the country perhaps the most one of the most powerful men in the region and by virtue of that arguably one of the most powerful men in the world the supreme leader leaned into what is essentially been a conspiracy theory that's been floating around iran for many weeks now and he suggested that he doesn't know whether this is true or not but then went on to a detail scenario of describing how the united states may have been behind bringing
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the coronavirus to iran how they may be manipulating iranian genetics to. push a specific strain to affect iranians more than anyone else and then he said offers of medical assistance and doctors flying into the country would perhaps only be there to make the situation worse for the iranian people it was really something that it's something he said before we've heard this from senior leaders in iran before and he said that despite the fact that it may not be true quote 40 years of experience as taught us the americans can't be trusted now why might he say something like that well the fact is whether this is true or not is not really the point all the iranian government needs is to create doubt within its own population about the nature of the coronavirus to try and continue to push on the agenda despite this public health outbreak that the united states remains iran's public enemy number one. zain thanks very much we'll talk to you too later here on
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al-jazeera well the number of deaths in italy has now reached another daily high almost 800 in the latest effort to stop the spread of the virus the government has ordered all that essential factories and businesses to close challenge as the european picture from under this military convoy in northern italy is carrying a grim cargo 30 coffins with the bodies of 30 coronavirus victims headed to a small village for chromate because there are too many covert 19 dead in the nearby city of burger mo and with italy recording its deadliest day of the outbreak yet with another nearly 800 deaths that could be more convoys like this needed spain now has the 3rd highest number of infections worldwide with around 25000 the death toll has passed 1300 now to help madrid and barcelona are converting exhibition centers into field hospitals for the sick germany has had
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a spike in confirmed cases up to more than 16 and a half 1000 and there are now temporary fences on its border with switzerland the german government is considering whether to bring in a full nationwide ban on going outside. where much of europe has already gone with its lockdown and social distancing measures the u.k. is following economically culturally and socially this is a country that has been transformed in just a few days. by order of the governments the u.k. is now pretty much closed pubs cafes restaurants gyms museums nursery schools and universities all shut for the foreseeable future the capital's buses and metro system are empty don't use them unless your job is critical people in london are being told this usually teaming metropolis is quiet. i think it's good news that is good news in terms of that they're looking after people that lays it out on their wages the fact that they're by stopping hopefully all spreading by closing down the
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restaurants i think i think they've done the right thing we went out last night for the last. sort of tipped up a little bit harder than we should have are supposed to sort of people going along and it's sad for the small businesses but hopefully the government to kick in and sort of support people along the government is trying to stop a wave of panic buying that has stripped supermarket shelves bare this week be responsible when you shop and think of others buying more than you need means that others may be left without and it is making life more difficult for those frontline workers such as our doctors and nurses and n.h.s. support staff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. to prevent total collapse the government will prop up businesses and guarantee 80 percent of all wages it's an unprecedented temporary nationalization of the u.k.'s economy rory chalons al-jazeera london. well daily life does continue to change for more
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americans day today with tens of millions across 5 states now ordered to stay at home while essential services stay open other businesses have been told to close to 100 reports now from chicago. the coronavirus now has one in 4 americans living in lockdown every american has a role to play in defending our nation from this invisible horrible enemy so we say stay at home and save lives on saturday new jersey joined california new york illinois and connecticut in ordering residents to stay at home and shuttering non-essential businesses to minimize transmission of the disease orders affecting nearly 85000000 americans we can no longer maintain a sense of business as usual during the submerged at sea and again i repeat just as it is no time to panic but it is time to be smart proactive transparent aggressive
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in the epicenter of the u.s. viral attack new york 10000 residents have tested positive for the virus but the governor says his state like others has a problem we do have an issue with younger people who are not complying you're not superman and you're not superwoman you can get this virus and you can transfer the virus in california home to 40000000 americans some business owners are boarding up shops to prevent looters as hoarders are emptying grocery store shelves the idea of stockpiling is a way to feel in control about a situation that feels out of control it's a way to feel like i know no matter what happens i will not run out of what i. with new transmissions and increased testing the number of u.s. cases is approaching 23000 with nearly 300 deaths more than 80000000 americans have been. order to steve hall so for about
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a quarter of the united states the most common street sound is sox to the republic for which it stands on capitol hill congressional leaders hope to approve nearly 2 trillion dollars in aid to businesses and residents is soon as monday but some governors say they are making progress despite a lack of federal help the federal government is like lucy with the football and i feel like charlie brown weeks ago we were promised tests are we seeing more tests yes but not even at the numbers that were promised weeks ago with coronavirus cases rising rapidly across the u.s. state leaders say time is running out john hendren al-jazeera chicago still to come here on al-jazeera the unprecedented drought in other news that's making life difficult for millions of people in chile.
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hello there things have really called off across central areas of europe a front has swept across from little with on the west and that is a should and some much cooler and not exactly a cloud free picture and also plenty of snow back in the forecast the temperatures a set of plummeted so any moisture has done this this is actually across into southern poland the streets are covered in snow i don't see people staying indoors meanwhile up into batteries and this is a center sort of story that the snow coming down thick and falls now it's mostly rain in the forecast as we go through sunday is working its way towards the east pushing into western areas of russia and you can see we just got these sort of areas over a very very well scott a little bit havea tools eastern sections over the balkans and really very unsettled across much of spain and portugal some of that rain could be quite heavy through all central and eastern areas but for once we have got a break in the rain across much of the north and the old west of europe but as i
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say touches a sunny on the low side that high just beginning to break down a little bit across the phone old west but still staying dry in london at 10 celsius but a very wet and cold day madrid with a high of 14 degrees celsius northern africa it's a warm day actual sunday across into northern libya the winds for a moment coming up from the south and then we have got more rain in the 4 calls yet again through morocco algeria and tunisia. talk to al jazeera we ask what you were force were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you have been to go build united states your view that we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on how does iraq. hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world one
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o one ist investigates why so many young men all feel lost in japan on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from your top stories more than a 1000000000 indians are under 40 no nation by curfew to stop the spread of coronavirus the government's also banned all international flights and post self isolation for those returning from overseas. the death toll in italy has surged with another record high in one day nearly 800 the government is tightening restrictions shutting down all non-essential factories and businesses. and in some parts the world's the spread of the virus has led to an increase in nationalism is having an effect on the global economy and forcing politicians to find ways to
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respond rob mcbride has more from seoul as the world is slowly gulf by the coronavirus as a growing realisation the one that will emerge from it will be very different. some see a chance for positive change it's also an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy but the pandemic also allows prejudices to thrive and multiply as fast as the virus itself why you keep calling this the chinese 5 racist and. it comes from china that's why cases of anti chinese discrimination have been reported around the world it stirred up old animosities between neighbors such as south korea and japan and given a boost to those calling for tighter borders. right wing nationalist party new job
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and not just a new war with the word they have a more bearish chance to gain more power relations between countries are being severely tested threatening to undo the dream of an integrated globalized economy as the pandemic fundamentally changes the world of work. special precautions being taken at the annual shareholders meeting for samsung electronics manufacturers hurt by disruption to long complicated supply chains may look to bring production back to their home countries instead of business travel more teleconferencing and working remotely from home expensive changes that rich countries will find it easier to make even in korea to develop and in much of the vast country but should the place think about it developing country or the underdeveloped state don't have any choice so i think it's going to be winding the
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gap between poor and rich the post coronavirus world may not only be more divided but also more unequal mcbride al-jazeera sold. with hundreds of millions of people around the world forced to stay indoors entertainers especially musicians are finding it tough to reach the masses so they going online saying they hope that beats can ease the pressure of isolation rows jordan has that story. at a tell him of contagion and physical isolation the. musicians who thrive on the energy of the crowd are feeding that energy back via social media hi my name is chris is this on chris martin of coldplay raising money for the w h o's global pandemic fund so i thought it would be nice to be to check in with some of you out there and see how you're doing and where you are and what i can do
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for you. the famous pop stars such as pink. pavement and a long cool favorites like washington d.c. is just untrue and are reaching out mainly because they want to ease people's minds 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. perhaps the most inspirational. the ordinary women and men taking to their balcony. and to their sidewalks to enjoy a melody or 2 of course at a safe distance. is
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a professor who studies and practices music therapy she says music helps people feel sick and in control jerry writes. even beings need to relate with each other we use eco nuts to make sense of all well so seeing this neat this immediacy and this need to activate and ignite our artistic beings as a way of coming together through community john lodge and followed her place chris martin to the online stage to help raise money for covert 19 really i think somewhat her question is actually a guest on my twitter it's a gets honest i want it's by stevie wonder called love's in me. structuring hands and voices beyond the stage to soothe a worried and anxious world i hope.
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and there were. muslim jordan al-jazeera washington good morning. ok let's take a detour and some other top stories for you so far there's been violence in guinea and a controversial referendum to decide whether president alpha condé stays in office at least 2 m.p.'s have been arrested of elections on sunday and despite attacks on several polling sites the government is urging people to vote. as the story. about the clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces sinking his capital surround a contentious referendum which could allow the president to extend his grip on power several government offices and schools were to be used as calling stations have been set on fire by demonstrators election material was destroyed and ballots
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burned to prevent people from voting will keep protesting until he respects the constitution and until he stops his plans for a 3rd term that's mandatory no matter what. president after pandey has been in power since 2010 the referendum will decide whether the 82 year old can extend his presidency potentially for another 12 years he rescheduled the referendum last month when millions of unaccounted names were listed on the electoral roll. the list dropped from more than 8000000 voters to 7700000 and now to 5000000 no one knows what methods were used or how this was done there was no participation from the opposition or from any credible international institution. now unease over the potential spread of the new coronavirus has cause further unrest that both the government and its opponents have mostly ignored calls to cancel mass gatherings. but. so far we only know 2 cases of the virus so this does not pose
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a threat to the elections those who disagree should show me scientific evidence that shows otherwise. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets since october to speak out against home there and his government they say the economy is weak and their leaders corrupt. we're tired of offical we're tired of hunger killing and threats we say no to the referendum. the divide is growing between the government have been his 1st democratically elected president and those who say it's time for him to step down. al-jazeera. now today is international water day a critical resource in times of pandemics but that's been a challenge for millions of people in chile facing an unprecedented wrote in america a 1000000 human explains. doing it will mean god doesn't have enough water to wash her hands which is regarded as the 1st line of defense against the coronavirus
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what's left here is for drinking because a cistern truck won't bring her weekly ration until tomorrow her vegetable patch has been reduced to tiny onions watered with what's left from the rinse cycle of her washing machine but to mean that doesn't blame the lack of water on chilies severe drought they're going out with a look at the time that i would ask the government to leave some of the water they're all there for groves are using to us so that we can live through. in chile's robot dog a region the contrast is striking lush green hills of all the corridors for export surrounded by totally parched land it's possible because chile's water law and water code allow the state to grant free access in perpetuity to economic interests . in 1980 when general i was still pinochet came up with his new constitution and water law no one raised a red flag because it was plenty of water to go around back then no one could have
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envisaged the impact of climate change nor the extraordinary expansion of chile's agricultural and forestry industries which are more or more leaving families who have been farming here for generations high and dry without a drop of water coming up from a cultural engineer. leads a nationwide movement to change article 19 of the constitution which establishes that water is an economic as well as a public resource. on our visit to petaca we stumble into a large tube used to carry water up the hill to a massive avocado plantation from a now dry well. this is highway robbery to capture underground water even if the river is gone dry it is illegal but the tunnel blind are. small farmers and ranchers sympathetic i can't afford to drill up to 200 metres to
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access underground aquifers these are a sign of protest hung by farmers an estimated 10000 animals have died of thirst in the last 6 months alone. we are saying that a new constitution must consecrate water as a public and human right and build a new hydro institution ality establishing powers of the use of water the problem is an avocado. economic model. it's a model which prominent politicians of all political colors are taking full advantage of changing the water law has strong public support but like everything else a referendum on whether to rewrite the constitution has been put on hold until after the pandemic passes you see in human al-jazeera.
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welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera life and your top stories more than a 1000000000 indians are under 14 a nationwide curfew to stop the spread of the coronavirus the government's also burned all international flights and impose self isolation for those returning from overseas and as a brand is in new delhi there are something like 324 confirmed cases in india now around 41 foreign nationals and 6 people have died so far now beyond sunday and there is a lot of speculation that this curfew is going to be extended but states around the country including rock star on the ship on job have already extended extended the knocked down beyond sunday and other states around the country. with that i can't imagine probation northeastern states have shot their borders the death toll in italy has surged with another record high in one day nearly 800 the government is
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tightening restrictions shutting down all non-essential factories and businesses iran's supreme leader is urging iranians to follow rules to stop the spread of the virus the ayatollah ali family has criticized the u.s. for offering help to iran when american states are struggling to fight the pandemic iran is grappling with a virus under u.s. sanctions with more than 1500 deaths and 20000 infections cham border toilets are on we call. it. and you can get lots more on the very latest to do with the coronavirus on our website www dot com up next talk to al-jazeera i will see you very soon for the moment.
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the un investigative team the special advisers mandate is to collect preserve and store evidence.

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