calles affecting the rights to the white house looking joe biden open sanders who secures the democratic nomination of the way we can beat down trying to follow all the developments in the us election campaign on al jazeera. was all. 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 a number of corona virus cases continues to rise. hello i'm martin dentistry over there is there live from doha also coming up another 462 people died in spain that takes the death toll there to more than 2000

bart italy records another day with fewer deaths. the pandemic is accelerating. towards the pandemic is getting worse but says there's still hope that it spread can become it. and in other news the united states slashes aid to afghanistan after rival afghan leaders failed to agree on a new government. there the u.k. has become the latest country to restrict people's movement in the bit to slow the spread of the coronavirus people have been ordered to stay home for 3 weeks with exceptions for going to work to exercise and for feed shopping all non-essential business is. well these tighten measures come as the heroes as the pandemic spread is actually speeding up the chief doctor tedder of said it took 67 days to

reach the 1st 100000 confirmed cases the next 100000 infections took 11 days and there's a virus spread to almost every country in the world but then mit dr ted rall said it took just 4 days for the number of known cases to reach 300000. well begins our coverage from london 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 volleying 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 example 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 buying. 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. for 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 to. 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 for they are important and will remain important. 2 weeks into its long term spain is now considering extending it further the 5 or 6 went 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 u.s. president says he's working with both the republicans on the democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved politicians on monday failed to paulson legislation for a 2nd time meanwhile the president says he hopes the u.s. will be open for business again soon despite a growing number of cases kustra reports now from maryland. the streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but within new york's hospitals doctors say they're under siege the number of cases across the country has soared we don't get control of this in the next 2 to 3 weeks our hospital system to be overwhelmed under mounting pressure from state governors president trump says his administration has shipped 8000000 respirator masks he's

also signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding of critical medical supplies but if you are sitting on add on a warehouse with masks. surgical masks you will be hearing a knock on your door for more than 100000 americans are under orders to stay home despite the growing number of cases trump says he hopes to reopen the country soon we're not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and it's not going to go beyond that just not going to allow that to happen meanwhile congress remains at a stalemate over a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the republican plan stalled by senate democrats the bill still includes something that most americans don't want to see. large corporate bailouts with no most no strings attached the government is

also fast tracking experimental drug treatments one endorsed by president trump as a possible game changer against the corona virus has not been a proven effective in a clinical setting and in arizona man who self medicated with a drug to treat his corona virus has died. castro al-jazeera maryland. now australia seeing a jump in reported cases more than 1700 people are now infected the authorities in new south wales where nearly half the cases have been detected are warning that the pandemic there isn't a critical ses and they've said there will be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation let's talk now to our correspondent nicholas cage she's joining us live from sydney and so australia is seems to be taking this very seriously indeed and one of the important policy responses from government is to allocate welfare

payments for people who are who've lost their livelihoods almost overnight. that's right it's been a very incredible 24 hours in a straight. since the government announced the closure of many non-essential businesses including pogs hotels cinemas we have seen the biggest mass unemployment to heat a strangely our since the great depression in the 19th thirties and the government is estimating that about 1000000 astray lost their jobs or did not from these changes and another 1000000 could be out of work in the coming days and weeks ahead now this has led to tens of thousands of people flooding into welfare centers to try and work out how can they afford their rents and bills in the future how they can feed their family the australian government has announced an economic stimulus

package which just provide extra money for those who will be out of work but i spoke to an economist just a short time ago and he was painting a very dire picture indeed he said that similar to the united states in the u.k. strangely or could be heading for an unemployment rate at the. up to 20 percent or higher depending on what happens but while we haven't been seeing those mass shutdowns lot other countries it is really hitting the economy hard and at the same time the rights of the spread of this fire is increasing a lot the new south wales premier gladys berejiklian has said that further restrictions could come into place in the days ahead so we'll just have to wait and see if they'll be more social isolation measures here all right nicholas thank you very much nicholas gazer live in sydney now the u.n.

secretary general is calling for a global ceasefire take place in order to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic is a diplomatic editor james bays with more from un headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the u.n. these 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 cease fire 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 the right to general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pun demick is accelerating it took

67 days from the 1st reported goes to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. $100000.00 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 0 at the united nations or perhaps not surprisingly the pandemic has led to a global hunt for medical supplies as countries struggle to cope with the mounting

number of patients it's a problem that is becoming increasingly urgent as more and more health care workers themselves are falling ill in spain for instance almost 12 percent of all coronavirus cases are medical workers in the u.k. thousands of doctors are asking the government to increase supplies of protective gear warning that they felt like cannon fodder and that's a situation replicated across the u.s. new york's mayor bill de blasio is saying hospitals are just days away from shortages of basic supplies and then there's the california governor is trying to purchase 200000000 pieces of protective gear in the open market is also a huge demand for ventilators in italy a shortage of these machines as for starters to choose between which patients get ventilation and therefore live and those which tent there in a shower is a founder of loom global partners

a public affairs and government relations firm she owns primary care clinics in west virginia she's joining us now live from washington d.c. thanks for talking to us so the united states is really having to confront this issue of a lack of basic medical equipment in order to aid its fight against the corona pandemic. yes no doubt we haue a really big problem on our hands right now and one thing i'm not sure that many elicit it's quite recognize i'd be remiss if i didn't mention to you 1st that this pandemic really puts her or me not only in addition to what you mentioned i am an order of back with. my hands then my mother and my brother my sister and brother in law and sister in law are all health care workers all mcpartland right and so all right when they say something nice they're seeing i believe the government should listen to them and so not hand me that sorry let me let me just let let me jump in

i understand the pestle nature of this would do you think then there's let's see seems to be an increasing chorus of criticism coming from the various states and cities around the country against criticism of washington d.c. and of the trumpet ministration as to their failure to provide what is necessary. well certainly of all those family members i mentioned the rain the family we're all spread out for us in the midwest here in the virginia and the south and all of us are very well firstly very intimately familiar with the constraints of our u.s. health care system in many ways we do have the most competitive innovative healthcare system in the world and i think a great many of my fellow citizens would be very surprised to learn of these constraints that we do not have the capacity that people think we have given this respiratory illness yes it is a respiratory illness that is what we have to talk about the story on 2 leaders are so necessary. 3 times sorry rina many many people would disagree

with you when you say when you're loading the virtues in the attributes of your health system in your country because so many millions of people are not going to benefit because they don't have the the kind of medical insurance so that is actually required but let's get back to equipment and provision is bill de blasio right to say that donald trump is not providing what he should be providing to help new york cope with this. well i was on capitol hill back in 2008 when the portable care act passed and so health insurance is almost secondary to what's happening right now people do believe that our health care system is so good that it can handle this regardless of people being insured or not insured i think what has it set into the american consciousness right now is the capacity the fact that french leaders are going to eat it and that we're actually in our modern it sort of health care world and in our in our lifetimes we're not at all agreed to the numbers

because of the endemic in the past we haven't had data to sort of in for what we need right now and i don't believe that the federal government has stepped in and be done its part by ethiopian the defense production act which is a korean war era act that allows the president to really say to private companies that they have to get behind what the virtues are and that is see the american lives right now american my friend vince each other because of the present government is not willing x.l. in places like new york where the mayor and the governor i'm pretty great steps to address that incredible spike needs he says in new york i think right now we're in a moment such great uncertainty because hospitals as well as how care workers like my family members and it's sounding the alarm going so far as to write a letter to the federal government just a couple last week saying if you do not invoke this 8 american minds are going to be lost and we're already seeing that it's really

a familiar of the federal government at this point no matter how much state leadership we see rhenish ah thanks very much indeed for talking to us. there without his ear and it's time for us to take a look at the top stories this hour the british prime minister has severely restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of the coronavirus people are being told to say there are a few exceptions you can go to work for exercise and to buy food police will have the power to enforce the new measures. the death toll in europe continues to grow in italy the number of dead has passed 6000 double that of china where the virus began in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200. and the american president says he's working with 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. of the u.s. in this is other news we're moving away from coronavirus for a bit the u.s. is to cut a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state mike pompeo revealed the plan after an unannounced visit to afghanistan he strongly criticized both president karzai and his rival abdullah abdullah failing to work together a potentially threatening the u.s. led peace plan with the taliban mr pompei also said the conditional withdrawal of u.s. troops will go ahead despite the difficulties in implementing the agreement all right let's speak to lawrence korb now former u.s. assistant secretary of defense he's joining us from washington d.c.

scott thanks very much for talking just and this is rather rare and rather stringent language coming from the secretary of state about the situation the political situation in afghanistan and furthermore taking the action of reducing a $1000000000.00 from aid to the country do you think it's going to work with them into some form of reconciliation. well you hope to have a war because not only did he take about $1000000000.00 of about $4.00 which we give to afghanistan but he met with the taliban on the way home in doha and basically is trying to say you know we have an agreement with the taliban to leave us alone so we can get out of there you guys don't get your act together you're going to have to live with the consequences because we're going regardless absolutely it does sound very much to say the united states is. committed if you

like to its own form a timetable in this illness so of the conditions on the ground because where only the 3 to intra afghan. well you've got 2 problems one of the afghans going to be with this guy who is the president i mean this was incredible you had 2 men being sworn in at the same time in an adjoining rooms 2 who believe they are gone me and i'll do all of those and then the other is that they have not released the prisoners that they were supposed to have been a good beginning talking to the taliban and it's going to be worse we're going to south have a situation here were 21 and 5 afghans were killed by the taliban right nobody expected it to be easy i guess but there was criticism that this deal that was much hyped much lauded around the world that it was hastily states together really in order to give donald trump. a reelection based. you know there's not doubt about it and i'm hearing your name is going to help the americans and was

wars in the middle east and actually he increased the number of troops so on your sleeve he would like to begin. withdrawing them and the agreement with the government and as we withdraw the force 5000 old are you know 140 we're going. to be on hold or you know are is the troops have got to be a screen who will come back here and. all right lawrence cole thank you very much indeed for talking to us just as our skype line started to disintegrate thank you very much indeed thank you for having me. let's go back then to corona virus more than half of india is under a complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread there are more than 460 confirmed cases while most people are following the government's orders there have been desperate scenes at bus stations as migrant workers try to get home

there's a birth per annum has more now from the capital new delhi. this is what the endian government wanted to prevent hundreds of people crowding together michael and workers in the state of the house filled overcrowded buses some even climbed on the roof in a desperate attempt to return to their homes. about that of the don't so you saw this bus and came and sat here and thought that the driver must be somewhere but no one was here. they ever gave the other person is a saying that the bus will go but how will we just keep wasting. my current workers around the country trying to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than 25000000 a can use as a day. all interstate buses in 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 mississippi work but from tomorrow the government will enforce the knock down 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 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

elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. senekal and every case of both declared a state of emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic a nation like a few has to be imposed in senegal all gatherings and while gradual confinement measures it to be imposed in ivory coast. takes a look at how west africa is. social distancing is a luxury in neighborhoods like this where people live in close proximity many are braving the government orders to stay indoors and avoid public gatherings on friday police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters demonstrating after the moms were arrested for conducting friday prayers over the weekend the number of cases jumped not just here in senegal but throughout sub-saharan africa with health authorities saying they cannot trace back the contacts that the infected people have had in

other words that people here are spreading the virus without their knowledge in mauritania gambia zimbabwe several infected patients around away from hospital and so this pandemic is revealing the level of distrust there is between the government and their health services with people here the governments that are employing even more restrictive measures from announcing a state of emergency where the military are being deployed clearing out entire neighborhoods to shutting down a border or even announcing confinement and this is a real struggle for most of the people who live in sub-saharan africa will live on less than $6.00 a day we have to go out every day to make ends meet and they're faced with this difficult challenge to choose whether to stay indoors and go hungry or go out and risk being infected and spread the virus. well zimbabwe as you've just heard

from in senegal has reported the 1st death of the patient from coronavirus soft. confirming its 1st cases just this last weekend the government's now closed schools and banned large gatherings but there are concerns about the country's ability to handle an outbreak zimbabwe's health system has suffered critical shortages of equipment and drugs for years the u.n. has warned that the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with some 8000000 people facing food insecurity. the thousands of athletes are calling for the international olympic committee to act now and perspire own july's olympics until next year canada australia are no way they're all saying that they won't send their teams to take here until the health emergency is over now japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has conceded that the games could be postponed brian reports . after weeks of insisting the show must go on now something of

a turnaround from the japanese prime minister cannot because i said ok 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 as 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 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 sports 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 just seeing a little lego 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 increase. and 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. and i think it's the best option so least worst option available to us no mazie. the games and then we will together we see the back of this. 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 crowds are urged not to attend. an al-jazeera. ride tyrus take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the british prime minister has severely restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus people are being told to stay at home with a few exceptions being made for going to work to exercise and to buy food and all nonessential businesses will close. the death toll in europe continues to grow in

italy the number of dead has now past 6000 double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2200. the u.s. president says he's working with both the republicans and the democrats to ensure a trillion dollar stimulus bill is a princeton politicians on monday failed to paulson legislation for a 2nd time around during creasing pressure to prevent economic collapse 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 a little while ago i guess they're getting closer should go quickly and must go quickly it's not really a choice to have a choice they have to make a deal should not be a time for political agendas but rather one for focusing solely and squarely on the

needs of the american people and there's been a jump in reported cases in australia now a deal tauruses are reporting that 1700 people are infected and new south wales is where nearly haul for the cases. and the authorities there a warning the pandemic is at a critical stage they're said there will be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation and what are some of other news this hour the u.s. is to cut a 1000000000 dollars in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his rival failed to form a new government secretary of state revealed the plan after an unannounced visit to afghanistan he criticized both president on the dollar abdullah failing to work together. rewind is next the latest news as it breaks the pollution is blamed on thousands of small scale gold mines on the trumpet just one

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