as a journalist you know in pushing the boundaries out of the sand for not telling congress love of god we are the ones traveling the extra mile where are the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. no new prime minister wants to enact measures like this. the u.k. becomes the latest country in europe to impose a partial lockdown as the number of corona virus cases continues to rise. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from doha and martin dennis also coming up another 462 people die in spain taking its death toll to more than

2000 but it's really recalled another day with fewer deaths. the bun demick used accelerating. the world health organization walls a pandemic is getting worse but says there's still hope for its spread can become. class pressure mounts on japan to cancel the 20 twentieth's lympics because of the only going health crisis. but 1st the u.k. has become the latest country to order the restricted movement of its citizens in a bid to slow the spread of the virus residents will be required to stay at home for 3 weeks there are a few exceptions though and they are for work for exercise and for shopping for groceries and all non-essential businesses will shout the new measures come in the world health organization says the spread of the pandemic is accelerating the

w.h.o. chief says it took 67 days before the world reached 100000 confirmed cases then it took 11 days to confirm 200000 cases around the world as a pandemic spread bot. the w.h.o. t. says it has just taken 4 days for the number of known cases to reach 300000 leave her starts our coverage it was an announcement no british prime minister has made since the 2nd world war unprecedented restrictions on people's way of life you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. shopping for basic necessities as infrequently as possible

one form of exercise a day for example a rum walk or cycle alone with members of your household any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home. following the you sample of france germany spain and italy police will now have the power to issue fines and enforce closures britain's been watching developments in mainland europe with growing unease but while london landmarks are deserted this was the scene on the city's underground on monday. the advice is clear and so are the risks but crowds are still gathering at this east london market while they're still demand stallholders say they're left with little choice but to carry on selling and shoppers people by. the local authorities are painting footprints on the tarmac to

help people maintain physical distance but like many of the guidelines nobody's paying any attention this is one of the cheapest places in the area to buy food shutting it down could have dire consequences on people's lives and livelihoods it is a difficult decision to make but every infected person runs a risk of infecting several others the domino effect could be catastrophic. in italy's long body region cemeteries are struggling to keep up with the dead on monday the death toll climb to more than 6000. is the 2nd straight day the number of dead edged down and the rate of infection slowed it's too early to say whether it's at least turn the tide on covert 19 but the figures office some hope the government measures are working. a day after italy shut down all non-essential economic activity now more restrictions a ban on all internal travel the virus has distorted everyday life buying food

can take many hours. the streets of the german capital berlin are also empty and the country's chancellor angela merkel forced to quarantine but there's a glimmer of hope new data suggest the spread of the virus is slowing despite a high infection rate there are relatively few deaths in germany the country was quick to introduce widespread virus testing or 2 of your one cool element is the ability to keep track of contacts. of contacts are kept for 14 days and the isolation of infected people these measures must be kept up and strict it is for the coming weeks and months they are important and will remain important. 2 weeks into its long term spain is now considering extending it further the fiver says swept through dozens of nursing homes many of the residents didn't stand a chance soldiers are now battling to contain the spread. country after country governments are controlling the lives of citizens like never before and then effort

to save lives the coronavirus has pushed a continent into confinement leave barca al-jazeera london. the head of the un is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to concentrate on the fight against the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has mol from u.n. headquarters in new york welcome to this the un is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response

it's directed general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took $67.00 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this that 100000 cases the secretary general we launching a global humanitarian appeal on wednesday he's asking for $2000000000.00 he's also written to the richest countries on earth the g 20 saying there needs to be more coordination and more help for the developing world later in the week the leaders of those g. 20 nations will be holding an online summit meeting jamesburg out zira at the

united nations. and officials in syria have imposed curfews and banned public transport after the war torn country confirmed its 1st case of korean virus the health minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 20 year old woman who is the case is currently in coron tain they've been unconfirmed reports of infections in the country for weeks now but the earth orat is have been denying a cover up humanitarian groups a major outbreak in syria would be particularly catastrophic. the u.s. senate is again failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill which is aimed at boosting the economy during this pandemic is a 2nd time the legislation has failed to pass politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse but they've been divided on what the final package should look like we can go live to our correspondent castro now who's in

silver spring maryland just outside d.c. and what is it dividing congress at this critical time. martine if the thing that's always dividing congress which is the partisanship between the democrats and the republicans in this case democrats are saying that this package which was drafted by republicans with close working with the white house democrats say that the bailout lacks transparency the businesses that end up getting help from the federal government they would not have to be announced until 6 months after receiving these loans and democrats say that there's not enough restrictions to ensure that these businesses wouldn't still later on lay off more workers meanwhile republicans point the finger back at democrats accusing members of trying to use this political opportunity to get more unrelated legislation

passed things related to voting for example that have nothing to do with the coronavirus response so what we're left with is even as we're talking now the embers of congress continue to baiting these issues we've heard everything from in pietschmann to supreme court nominations brought up of course all of this not related to the number one priority of the american public which is to get past this crisis both medically even as the number of deaths in the u.s. for the 1st time surged past 100 in one day and of course hoping for this legislation to stem the hemorrhaging of the u.s. economy meanwhile while congress is dithering if you like president trump is using the executive order in order to support measures to be taken against those who might be trying to exploit this emergency.

that's right he signed an executive order under the defense production act which aims to prevent price gouging and hoarding of critical medical supplies like respirators and like masks this was announced in greater detail by president trump's attorney general william barr just moments ago saying that anyone or any supplier found with a warehouse full of these things rather than having them being used at a hospital if they're trying to hoard it for profit they should expect a knock from the federal government that during today's coronavirus white house briefing which is still currently happening we also heard president trump give a bit of mixed messaging here saying that he knows that it's going to get worse there have been medical professionals saying that the worst certainly is yet to come here in the united states but the same time the president saying he doesn't want the cure his policy of social isolation and social distancing he says he

doesn't want that to be worse than the problem itself certainly cognizant of the great damage to the stock market which has erased all gains since president trump took office and of the continued damage being done to the u.s. economy the president saying that at the end of this 15 day period which will be next week he it is administration will reassess whether or not to continue the social distancing which is medical professionals are saying should continue for weeks if not months. thanks very much indeed well as heidi alluded to the state of the markets as have a look at them they are continuing to suffer as she mentioned the dow in new york that closed just over 3 points down off another day of fools across asia and europe and traders would even allowed into the new york stock exchange on monday or market trading is now being done electronically because of the new york shutdown.

now more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of the virus there's more than 460 confirmed cases in the country while most people are following the government's orders there have been desperate scenes of our stations as migrant workers try to get home elizabeth piranhas mall from the capital new delhi this is what the indian government wanted to prevent hundreds of people crowding together migrant workers in the state of bihar filled overcrowded buses some even climbed on the roofs in a desperate attempt to return to their homes. so you saw this bus and came and sat here and talk to you somewhere but no one was here and. they are. saying that the bus will go but. we just keep. migrant

workers around the country try to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than $25000000.00 commuters a day. all interstate buses and metro service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measures. now everyone from today has to obey the law gone completely and not done started this morning maybe you had to go out for some missing to work but from tomorrow the government will enforce the knockdown and will use force to ensure that. also

announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus and many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded are also hoping to hear how the government will help them beyond telling them to stay at home and as a problem al jazeera new delhi still to come here at al-jazeera told to stay at home south africa orders a powerful knock down as a number of coronavirus cases that come from 200 percent. and in other news the u.s. secretary of state visits afghanistan's rival leaders to try to breathe new life into a flagging deal with the taliban. and

i've got some rather nasty weather in the forecast for northeastern parts of the u.s. at the moment so a lot of cloud just pushing around the middle antic states sweeping up into new england eastern parts of canada something of a nor'easter here just pulling its way through nudging further north as they'll be some snow in the northern flank of that particularly around that east the side of kind of the 30 centimeters of snow for a time all of that area cloud in the right down into central parts of the u.s. and here comes the next system some very heavy rain pushing through the deep south pushing up towards kentucky was tennessee easing a cross those middle and sixty's genius maryland seeing some wetter weather as we go wanted to what is a taboo just falling back just i saw myself stephanie or cam for d.c. dry weather coming in behind splash of rain there just around the midwest through the northern plains mistal seeing some well the onset of weather at times over towards the west coast even as far south as california we are going to see it want to see showers into. caribana over the midst of them buys pot fun and dry lots of

the tropical sunshine coming through so essentially it's set fallaci wanted to shout as they would towards the lady was for a tie showers getting driven further west was on that keen wind but for most of the say it is fine and sunny. and chemical agents hard to deal with and noticed throughout history alhaji water 1st appeared its head with me and started fighting me developed by nation state and soon there could be another apple tree in fact every child. now within reach of those seeking caleb's compounding the most toxic substance in the world would have to land me invisible friends on al-jazeera.

let's have a look at the top stories here at out today are the british prime minister has a very restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of the coronavirus residents are required to stay at home with a few exceptions made for work for exercise and for grocery shopping and all non-essential businesses will claim it's. the death toll in europe there is continuing to grow in italy the number of dead has now past 6000 and that's double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death tolls risen to more than 2. and the u.s. president says he is working with both the republicans and the democrats to ensure

a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved politicians on monday failed to pass the legislation for a 2nd time they're under increasing pressure to prevent economic collapse and it spread in cases. that will new infections are decreasing in some asian countries most of the region is showing no signs of slowing down and governments and they are responding with even tighter restrictions that could last for up to 6 months. now reports even while there is some positive news on curbing the spread of covert 19 in some countries in asia pacific like south korea it's not the fewest new infection cases sit its peak in february many more nations are moving forward on shutting down non-essential businesses and restricting movement in tunisia just began a 2 week emergency period and hong kong will ban foreigner arrivals for 14 days starting on wednesday this after a recent spike in corona virus cases mostly imported. the increasing economic

impact on the region and the still unresolved 2 trillion dollar u.s. rescue package forced most major asian stock markets down as the new trading week started captains of industry leaders of union just really has implemented strict restrictions on non essential services and social gatherings so together and with the rest of the world we face this unprecedented challenge a once in 100 year event a global health pandemic that is fast becoming the economic crisis the likes of which we have not seen since the great depression new zealand moved into its highest possible alert level restricting movement and shutting schools to be absolutely clear we are now asking all new zealand is. outside essential services to stay at home and to start all interaction with others outside of those in your

household joining other major international air carriers singapore airlines announced that it was slashed its capacity by 96 percent grounding nearly all of its fleet to catastrophic situation traffic was pretty normal but every numbers traffic in asia fell by about 50 percent and that's deteriorated further as the gun march because more and more countries see folks enough icy rain erna virus outbreaks and as a result more and more borders directions singapore airlines move comes after the country closed its borders to travelers even transiting passengers in order to curb the spread of the virus scott had learned. and in south africa the police and the me is being deployed to enforce a 21 day lockdown which starts on thursday the number of cases in south africa is growing rapidly with more than 400 people infected so far more now from our

correspondent in johannesburg for me to mina. the number of cases of covert 19 in south africa has increased 6 fold in recent days from 61 cases just over a week ago there were 402 by monday for the government and alarming is collation leading to the announcement of a 21 day lockdown by the president it is clear from the development of the disease in other countries and from our own modeling that immediate swift and extraordinary action is required if we are to prevent a human catastrophe of enormous proportions in our country only essential workers such as police health care workers and those working in food services will be allowed out people will only be allowed to leave their homes for medical care or to buy food and medicine the army will be deployed to ensure restrictions on

movement are abate a travel ban from high risk countries is already in place and schools a shut all designed to reduce the spread of the virus for many this is a welcome move by the president they have been calls from labor unions doctors and thousands of others across the country for swift action for a country already grappling with an almost 50 percent unemployment rate and low economic growth a lockdown could be disastrous for the economy but will the government the drastic measures are necessary to save lives no matter the cost our country finds itself confronted not only but in wider us that has infected more than a quarter of a 1000000 people across the globe but also by the prospects of a very deep economic recession bad will cause businesses to close and many of our people to lose their jobs the government says it will create

a temporary compensation fund so that. businesses can avoid have it defies staff as well as provide tax relief for small businesses experts estimate that with out taking drastic steps the number of infections could increase to between $3.40 by the beginning of april as the global crisis deepens and the number of covert 1000 cases has more than doubled in a single week the south african government warns that the next few days a crucial for millions of south africans for me to malaya al-jazeera johannesburg. where thousands of athletes are calling for the international olympic committee to act now and perspire july's a lympics until next year canada australia and norway say they won't be sending their teams to tokyo until the health emergency is over and now japan's prime minister shinzo abe has conceded that the games could be perspiring and alexi o'brien reports. after weeks of insisting the show must go on now something

of a turnaround from the japanese prime minister. concession we hope to hold the games to mark that the world has defeated the coronavirus i thought that cancelling them is not an option at all but if that becomes difficult we will think of the athletes 1st and foremost and we may have no option but to consider postponing. the games us it to be held in july but the virus that's caused both human catastrophe and economic crisis across the globe is threatening the world's biggest sporting event canada became the 1st country to announce its and then pick and paralympic teams want people to surprising in the games urging the international olympic committee and the tokyo organizes to push back the event by at least a year we're witnessing a remarkable upsurge in athletes speaking out against the international olympic committee who has been very slow to act in the face of the coronavirus situation

and in that sort of leadership vacuum you've seen athletes and sport bodies rise up and what canada has done just moments ago is absolutely remarkable tokyo's olympic chief is warned that the games $1000000000.00 budget and he is planning are at stake and that cancelling would be bad for both stakeholders and athletes that just seeing a little leg or you we never intend to talk about a consolation but japan and international olympic committee will talk together about what to do postponement to only be one of the many scenarios like the increasing pressure from athletes to call off the games is not just because bringing hundreds of thousands of sportsmen and women coaches and fans together could help spread the virus but they argue that having them continue high level training is putting them and their families at risk i think again it should be postponed and i think it's the best option at least worst option available to us no

so they've got an amazing opportunity here to spin the games and then they will together we see the back of this bonus. just a few weeks ago the idea of postponing the olympics was unthinkable now it's looking more and more likely another victim of these unprecedented times the i.o.c. says it will make a decision within the next 4 weeks from now the olympic torch relay is set to go ahead from thursday but without the usual fanfare with crowd surged not to attend alexia ryan al-jazeera. there and some other news the u.s. is to cut a $1000000000.00 of aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to agree on forming a new government secretary of state might made the announcement after an unannounced visit to afghanistan where he met president as well as abdullah abdullah who's also claimed the presidency the secretary of state also address the

u.s. led peace deal saying there will be a conditional withdrawal of troops from afghanistan we've been speaking to victoria fontana who's a professor of peace studies at the american university all the afghanistan and she says bridging the different bringing the different factions together will be crucial to the success of the peace process. the next step from here is to force the taliban. promised by the united states of $5000.00 prisoners by the afghan government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university the unity so he of the government itself so the next step i'm going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the balance is the unity of the afghan government i am told that

a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know we've seen the actual security crises and the indy tsunami that is going to come in terms of 19 it is in the interest of ever that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population used in support of any piece of the moment i would say that. crucially important is going to be the population support to what's that and the taliban have a lead that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that they really have to put together and and really make this work . it is a. group has taken full control of the town in the north of the country and in the province of couple delgado where they have already been at least 30 attacks

a share security forces are trying to retake the town where the armed group has hoisted its flag hundreds of being killed and thousands displaced from the region since fighting began in 2017. at least 3 people have died in libya as fighting between forces who are loyal to the warlord holly for half the and the u.n. recognize government continues after us forces targeted the airport in southern tripoli heavy weapons and tanks were reportedly used by forces loyal to the government in tripoli. but let's have a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the british prime minister barak's johnson has severely restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus residence and now require to stay home with

a few exceptions made for work for exercise and grocery shopping and all non-essential businesses will close this well the death toll in europe continues to rise in this really the number of dead has now surpassed 6000 and that's double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2000. the u.s. president says he's working with both republicans and democrats to ensure that a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved politicians on monday fail to pulse the legislation for a 2nd time they're under increasing pressure to prevent economic collapse amid spreading cases now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games have to get together and just up with the partisan politics. and i

think that's happening i got a call that a while ago i guess they're getting closer to go quickly. and must go quickly it's not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal. it should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the needs of the american people officials in syria have impose curfews i'm banned public transport after the war torn country confirmed its 1st case of the virus the health minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 28 year old woman is in corinth they've been unconfirmed reports of infections in the country for weeks now but the authorities have denied a cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria would be particularly catastrophic alright you're up to date those are the latest headlines coming up next people power the latest news as it breaks the position is blamed on thousands of small scale gold mines on the

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