if you think. do you believe the under-vote is a fascist. i just don't have. to recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other. and that is why my take. on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. this is a news live from coming up in the next 60 minutes delivering more dead to a makeshift morgue spain's coronavirus told infections top 56. u.s. unemployment more than $3000000.00 filed for benefits the economy takes

a hit. india announces a $23000000000.00 stimulus program that includes cash handouts and free food for the poor. surprise twist in the israeli knesset so opposition leader benny gantz nominates himself to serve the speaker. and i'm peter same with you sport italian officials believe a champions league football match could be partly responsible for the spread of coronavirus in one of its hottest hit cities we'll hear from. on what people are calling games 0. so then the number of corona virus infections around the world is approaching half a 1000000 cases in italy and the united states are expected to surpass china where the pandemic started. the virus continues to ravage europe spain well it's

struggling to cope another 650 people have died in the past 24 hours bringing the told to more than 4000 european commission head is calling for a unified response against the outbreak saying it's just too much for any one country to handle across the united states nearly $70000.00 people have been infected the senate has approved a 2 trillion dollar package to support the economy as a number of unemployment claims soars to a record 3200000 people and india has unveiled a 23000000000 dollars stimulus package to provide relief for low income families and insurance for medical workers a country of 1300000000 has been placed under lockdown with 649 cases and 13 deaths reported or it will begin our coverage from spain a matter of arrow is life for us in madrid numbers just keep on rising fill us in with the latest details if you would. mention despite the grim secrets

reported by the health minister officials in spain. 8500 more cases of coronavirus infections and that's all increased by 600 people in just 24 hours but though these figures keep increasing there's a small window of hope as for the 1st time in spain the number of contagious and danced and there's happy creased yeah there's a glimmer of hope as now we have to see how it pans out over the next few days of course extraordinary pressure is there on hospitals on funeral homes on kraemer tour ems around madrid across the country tell us more about that if you would. yes well as you've mentioned have to work a strip center here now a 10 percent of those dettol of population that are infected by corona virus is not only the health care workers but our top police officers and single guard that are

the ones that are in the front line of the fight of corner virus which are controlling this lockdown nationwide in spain every people can find at home no one allowed to go to the street and unless it's completely necessary going to the pharmacy going to buy groceries going to shop supermarkets and that's all that we can do so all these people that are fighting in hospitals and in the streets trying to control the no one breaks the slow down all these people what are claiming or what have calling for. immediate they're very they're demanding the immediate supplies of protecting gears of the correct equipment the gloves mask googles in order to back in to develop their duties in the front line of these grown up virus without getting infected or even spreading the coronavirus or the situation in madrid marta or we appreciate it but let's get the view from barcelona now we can speak to parliament was gone zola's who's the chief of exterior health in barcelona

and joins us via skype a part of welcome to the program you're there in northeastern spain of course tell us more about the situation there well the situation here is not good and the number of cases is increasing in the last they actually got to. the territory it nowadays that is increasing the most in the number of infected people not in the total amount of well of infected people as much as the war state area but catalonia it's a lot like a sense that things could be about to get worse. yeah everything everybody is saying is the same and also in the ministry of health we are waiting for a. reply on the next few days maybe achieving the peak of the curve. in the next 3 or 4 or 5 days and what is the state of the hospitals in the city

around the region how equipped are they were and what about the health care workers . equipment is arriving but it's not enough at the moment so we have several hospitals very big when they are making a lot of the forts to increase the number of bets and the number of intensive bits and the material is arriving actually spain is playing a lot of material from china but we have a student still lack in material in that marriage to care and also what police in the streets and also what people are working in that only if it residency is so old material is coming but not in the amount we will wish he wants it must be but a huge toll on everybody even the healthy and you're in the heart of all this how does it make you feel what your witnesses. feeling is that we have to be positive but. the problem is that that one of these.

the feeling is that the control is not taken. because we have a lot of cases. and we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel but we have to be positive and i think we have a great system we have material we have possibilities we have human resources and i think maybe not now not tomorrow not in 3 days but i think i am sure we are going to cope with it. well we do appreciate your time to give us the view from barcelona thanks very much a duplicate thank you. italy's prime minister is a warning the coronavirus will cause what he calls a hard severe recession in europe as you said giuseppe conti address parliament in rome and said europe would only be able to face the shock with exceptional measures with a family in lockdown for for the last 2 weeks conti has promised around 27000000000 dollars worth of emergency measures italy has the highest number of virus deaths of

more than 7500 and the head of the european commission has criticised european nations for what she calls a lack of coordination in the fight against the virus 1st leavened alone says the commission has created europe's 1st stockpile of medical supplies and it will serve as a bank of crucial equipment to help the 27 member bloc when europe really needed to be there for each other to have many initially looked out for themselves when europe really needed an all or for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a share whether union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncoordinated

action. while in the french region of alsace coronavirus patients are being transferred on specially equipped trains to hospitals in other cities the number of confirmed cases in france is past 25000 more than 1300 people have died president to mental macron has called in the army to help even withdrawing troops from iraq. as more. high speed trains converted into mobile hospitals health workers in eastern france load coronavirus patients into t.g.v. carriages stopped by doctors and nurses and equipped with respirators the region's critically ill patients are being evacuated to hospitals in western france to ease pressure on the alsatian region's overwhelmed health services on wednesday the french president arrived at a new military field hospital in the eastern city of new lose

a facility usually seen in conflict zones but for a man or macro not out of place in peacetime he says the fight against the coronavirus is a war. when you engage in war gauge fully you mobilize together i see divisions and fractures in our country doubts people who want to divide the country when we should have only one obsession to unite to fight the virus. it took the french army 4 days to build a network of tens that can receive dozens of patients in intensive care. if it's a store because it's the 1st time we've built the sort of structure that's been created specifically for covert 19. is close to the german border it's plight is motivated its neighbors to help several hospitals in germany switzerland and luxembourg have offered to take in french coronavirus

patients at a time when so many countries in the e.u. have shut borders it is a display of european solidarity. on wednesday german emergency services collected critically ill french patients and flew them to a hospital in freiburg. we're proud to be able to help our french colleagues our neighbors our friends and irrespective of our location this is about our duty as humans and our desire to help as europeans. at night for bells across france rang out to thank the nation's health workers for macro it's imperative that people unite behind him and support his actions in this moment of crisis he's convince them to stay for 2 weeks but he's now expected to ask them to stay indoors for even longer. western france. from france to the united states where lock downs and restrictions are having a huge impact on the economy newly released figures show more than 3000000

americans applied for unemployment benefits last week that's 5 times more 5 times more than the previous record that was back in 1982 join our white house correspondent can really help at life in washington d.c. kimberly staggering figures do expect this to continue in the medium to longer. yet we do in fact this you have to remember is just the number of americans that got out of their homes and made it to those offices to file those claims but those numbers are expected to rise i've heard the number 46000000 americans being thrown about that that's just how many americans are facing over night job loss as a result of the economy essentially shutting down other than those stores that are declared essential and nothing else is open and most of the major centers around the united states so this number is expected to get worse i can tell you that the

treasury secretary steve minucci has been talking about this trying to downplay it saying that the numbers really are relevant to what americans need to focus on is the whole of government approach to this taking place right now pointing to the efforts that are underway to help deal with coronavirus weather and triggering the defense production act the white house putting out some sort of facts and figures for reporters to take a look at touting the fact that the ford motor company for example is now a ramping up supplies of well needed mass for patients and health care workers and also that 3 am has doubled its output for that end 95 respirator so these are some of these samples of what the administration is trying to put forward the headlines but of course that's not what anyone is focusing on what they're focusing on is the ordinary americans plate and those were jobless numbers or those unemployment claims numbers are certainly the 1st major indicator we've had in the last few days of just how much americans are hurting and all the world continues to.

spin on everything. yes he's trying to put a positive spin but at the same time the country doesn't feel like it's in much of a celebre tory mood for example the u.s. president tweeted shortly after that package that relief package was passed in the u.s. senate 96 to 0 in the u.s. senate congratulations america this is not a done deal this rescue package in fact is still has to go to the house of representatives and then it has to be signed into law by the president it's not done and americans are already saying they need the help now now certainly there have been efforts put into that legislation to bolster the the fact that so many i'm an american they're out of cloyd they'll get 100 percent of their previous paycheck something that didn't exist before and the also be those direct cash payments of $1200.00 for individuals under an income of 70000 dollars but certainly

this is just in the short term in fact this is already big knowledge by lawmakers on capitol hill that they made another relief package in fact chuck schumer saying the odds are high congress will need to pass even more measures or kimberly thanks very much and it can be how could there in washington d.c. well while a large part of economic activity is shutting down to the united states some businesses including grocery stores and delivery services and pizza shops well they're seeing a boom in sales and one of the windows that might come as a surprise those 200 reports now from chicago. across the u.s. businesses are bearing their show is boarding up and shutting down. but one industry is booming fear i think that people are fearful that if the conditions with coronavirus spiral down that it's not always going to bring out the best in people and that there will be people that are opportunistic and some predators at cleland's outdoor world in ohio they're having trouble coping with demand we have

been seeing nonstop traffic. also for ammo but selling all the guns that we did have we have made 2 runs now to go get supplies in recent days he says sales have jumped 300 percent is the fear of the unknown and farriers the comes along with panic and protect what they have those sales could increase is more states close most businesses. here in illinois the governor's ordered residents to stay home and all non-essential businesses to close that includes gun shops but you around much of the country i'm still i'm sure about is it is grocery stores. in alabama rifles handguns in ammunition are selling fast is definitely picked up over the weekend. say a lot of 1st time gun buyers and there's no buyers right now kerry bradley says

even his distributors are running low on ammunition and he thinks he knows what explains the run on weapons here i mean people are just scared rattle and fear as they say is a powerful motivator john hendren al-jazeera chicago. turning to asia and while china has started easy restrictions in the region where the pundits started other countries are struggling to contain the spread of covert 19 restrictions are now in place in several countries as devika paula reports from hong kong. china's leaders are continuing their push to get people back to work and life back to normal airports and railway stations have reopened and who bay province where the most drastic locked on restrictions were enforced until this week tens of millions were confined to their homes for weeks in the province which still accounts for the majority of china's 81000 cases nearly all the infections in china and recent days

have been imported from overseas with the number china appears to have pos the worst. government ministers are reaching out to other countries to lend expertise or. do. we fully understand the difficulties of others and that provide assistance to the best of our ability the chinese government has announced that it would provide to $83.00 countries and the international and regional organizations such as the world's organization we imagine see assistance. southeast asia was on the periphery at the height of the outbreak in china but many countries there are now struggling malaysia has the highest number of cases in the region prompting the government to extend restrictions on people's movements until april the 14th. malaysia suffered its biggest daily increase new cases on thursday raising the infections total pos 2000 new cases are also rising in indonesia but government

leaders in the world's 3rd most populous country are stepping up this infection and sanitizing measures rather than keeping people at home this infection and hand washing stations are open in the capital after confirmation of nearly 800 cases in jakarta coming to the fore side to me at the moment many people in public still remain. the are no restrictions on lockdown so we hope this will become one of the alternatives to prevent the spread of covenanting. you zealand has had its 1st day at its highest level of alert requiring people to stay home health ministry reports at the largest daily increase in new infections bringing it to 73 thailand's state of emergency has tarted up to criticism of the government's slow response leaders have additional powers to implement curfews censor the media disperse gatherings and deploy the military for enforcement more than a 1000 people are reported infected but most of the world closes its doors china is

reopening many tourist sites are welcoming visitors for the 1st time in 2 months. i think the epidemic is under control there should be a problem for people to go outside. a glimmer of hope from the country which still has the world's most cases but is clearly sending a message that they won't be beaten by the virus to be gopalan argues their own home kong. in india the government has unveiled a $23000000000.00 package stimulus to help stimulus packages say to help the country's poor 'd jury is locked down millions of low income families will receive cash payments and food staples under the plan and the government will also pay for medical insurance for frontline health workers 1300000000 people are currently in lockdown across india to try and stop the spread of coronavirus we are looking at both cash transfer as one set of measures and of the set of measures will be food security related we do not want anyone to remain hungry so we

will be giving enough to take care of their food grains requirement protein required meant in terms of pulse on the other hand they should also not remain without money in hand so several measures will be bt are being taken so that money reaches them it was so that they can have money in their hands. join elizabeth burnham he joins us live now from new delhi and how close are we to this package being released and will it help those most in need. i think that was a much anticipated announcement from finance minister and then see that aman because the situation that so many hundreds of millions of indians find themselves and now she was asked that how close is this when is this happening and she said it was immediate that it would come into effect on the 1st of april that the

government was spending $23000000000.00 to help people with the cash and with the food handouts that she spoke about she said 800000000 people will benefit 2 thirds of the country announcing different measures different plans for people like farmers for the elderly for women and also for the disabled 200000000 people she said will get cash handouts 83000000 will get free cooking gas for 3 months as and as you mentioned health care workers she said all frontline work is that everyone in health care and sanitation will get $66000.00 worth of medical insurance because they are putting themselves at risk now while much of the country does observe the lockdown while people who can afford to observe the lockdown what we have we have seen warning scenes over the last few days and that is india has so many millions of daily wage people that have to work

every single day to survive so many of them are also a migrant workers they work in different states to the ones that they from and since they've lost their jobs and the government ordered all buses and trains to stop this services these people stranded they are homeless homeless shelters have been overflowing with people they know and you know they only have a few days' worth of supplies to continue so india is in the situation now where even before it might have a health crisis make it might be facing a serious humanitarian crisis state governments have been announcing their. on financial humanitarian measures over the last few days some will say the government was a bit late and why didn't they plan for the millions of migrant workers who are now stranded in the country but they have announced these measures today because they say they don't want anyone to go without to not have money and to not have sued all right we'll leave it there for time being thanks very much indeed business program

in new delhi while it is that the world's major economies the g 20 are holding a virtual summit to discuss the coordinates response to the pandemic let's speak straightaway to our diplomatic editor james bases at the u.n. in new york and james it is literally an extraordinary summit leaders talking to one another not across the table but by video link. yes nick i think there's an important piece of everything that has been missing in recent weeks because of the virus and the effect it's having on every single country every single country has been fending for themselves for of course this is a virus that doesn't respect borders so international cooperation international leadership is sorely needed and that's why the g 20 has come together normally they have their summits in locations around the world normally quite lavish affairs with lunches and dinners last year we were in

a soccer i was there to cover the g 20 summit in japan well riyadh saudi arabia is the place they would have had a summit instead it's a virtual summit in effect a tele conference lasted just 90 minutes and these were the summit conclusions released in the last hour they say they're going to work to protect lives safeguard people's jobs and incomes restore confidence in the markets minimize disruption to trade provide help to all countries in need of assistance and coordinate on public health and financial measures i've read through this very quickly but only had it for a short period of time we're telling you there are no figures in here at all apart from with regard to the financial markets where as you know a combination of the measures from the various g 20 countries they've already said they'll inject 5 trillion dollars but what about the things that one person who was addressing them the u.n. secretary general spoke about he spoke about a global ceasefire that's not been endorsed by the g.

20 he also said this line in his speech to the g 20 leaders all countries must be able to combine systematic testing tracing quarantine and treatment with restrictions on movement and contact and to suppress the transmission of the virus will there's no indorsement of that test of that test testing everywhere and also quarantine and containment where of the possible that has not been in. austins g. 20 communique will do they do say that they'll provide all the necessary resources for diagnostics and support to the world health organization also another important call from the un secretary general today was to release many of the sanctions on countries that are currently sanctioned so they can get the resources they need to fight the virus that is not in the g 20 communique either and it's worth noting that the secretary general received a letter recently from iran china russia syria cuba venezuela north korea and

nicaragua urging the secretary general to get sanctions lifted to help those countries with regard to the g. 20 that's what they've achieved in their summit worth telling you that the g 7 has also been meeting in the last 48 hours and they couldn't even come up with a statement because the u.s. secretary of state might pompei o want to call it the who hands and no one else would agree with that and with regard to the u.n. security council well they're having a video conference an informal meeting to discuss a libya right now but it's worth telling you there they can't agree on plans to actually have a formal meeting one that could be webcast to the public there's a disagreement with that with the russians saying all formal meetings have to have to happen in person in the council chamber does feel a little bit like international cooperation and leadership is paralyzed right now nic all right james james bays there at the u.n.

in new york thank you well the u.s. has impose new sanctions on iran targeting 15 individuals and 5 companies let's be not as embers robbie joins us live from the iranian capital of tehran and zain tell us more about what impact these will have. well nic it has to be said that iran itself the country of iran the agencies which the united states would have gone after they've already gone after the maximum number of iranian agencies or rainy and assets iranian operatives in the country that they possibly could the concentric circles of sanctions now seem to be moving out this is the 3rd round of u.s. sanctions placed on iran so far this month since the coronavirus epidemic since the outbreak began in iran since this public health crisis started there been calls by iranian leaders saying that sanctions are hurting their ability to react to the pandemic in iran and thereby proliferating the coronavirus something that is

a global pandemic they said over and over again that if sanctions continue to hurt their ability to react to the coronavirus better that it will remain a problem for the country and thereby the region and thereby the coronavirus as far as iran is concerned will remain a global problem and so they said over and over again that these sanctions u.s. sanctions need to be lifted u.s. sanctions have targeted the banking industry the oil industry iran is sanction to the maximum amount anything else that's fallen since 2018 has been largely symbolic what the last few rounds of sanctions are doing are targeting entities in a series of iranian influence like a markets in the u.a.e. iraq china russia august on these are all countries that have in some way helped iran have offered assistance of offered more moral help in terms of dealing with the coronavirus and we're seeing the united states now going after those types of activities that went after people connected to iran's nuclear program then they

went after entities that they said were connected to the sale of iranian oil and now they're going after entities that they say proliferate any sort of other market transaction perhaps the gray market that iran has talked about in terms of continuing to be able to deal with the global marketplace so what we're seeing is this continued. pressure on iran if there was ever any question by world leaders including the u.n. officials who have been calling for a stoppage of the sanctions to let iran deal with the coronavirus and that we have to remind people that calls for ending sanctions have come from american lawmakers in the united states as well if there was ever any question about america's resolve then this again draws yet another line on the fact that the united states will continue to maintain its policy of sanctions what experts in iran are saying is they think that the united states is trying to use this epidemic as yet another weapon against the country they're hoping that if they put more pressure on iran if they choke iran's ability to react to the coronavirus epidemic then that will be

something that further destabilizing the country and just earlier this week a government official said that dozens of people in the medical industry including doctors and nurses have died while assisting in treating patients that are suffering from the coronavirus and the government is calling those people victims of american economic terrorism that's picture from tehran those embers robin thanks very much indeed for your watching al-jazeera her mind about top stories in spain has reported 655 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours the total number of fatalities has suppose 4000 that's the world's 2nd highest number off to italy. india's government has unveiled a $23000000000.00 stimulus package to help the country's poor during a slowdown millions of low income families will receive cash payments and food staples under the plan. newly released figures show more than 3000000 americans applying for unemployment benefits last week is cope with 1000 batches the economy

that's 5 times more than the previous record back in 1982. alright let's head over to the united kingdom where almost 7000 people have been infected and 477 people have died you can join pull brennan who's standing by for us in sorry in england and pull 1st that would be to hear from the finance minister i believe yes ricin ak is the chancellor of the exchequer and here in the u.k. he's going to take the evening daily news briefing which would normally be given by boris johnson but the prime minister giving a we're giving way to the chance let's today because we've got some very important news to get you remember last week when in the face of essentially economic meltdown not just here in the u.k. but across the world here in the u.k. the chancellor said that he would step in and the treasury would step in and guarantee the salaries to about 80 percent of salaries of the p.a.

viii employees of companies essentially if they were furloughed if then you put on hold the treasury would foot the bill and that brought a dollar of indignation from the excess of $5000000.00 self-employed people here in the u.k. understandably so employ people bring in some $360000000000.00 worth to the extent couch and so the protections that the salary and staff were getting self-employed people wanted some of that as well now i am standing is that it's been fiendishly complicated according to the chancery to actually get the measures ironed out and work out exactly how best to calculate the type of support that self-employed people should get that he's come up with a solution and we're expecting to hit that announced sometime just after 17 g.m.t. 1700 g.m.t. this afternoon toronto a bet with you as and when that happens paul thanks a lot. now germany is ramping up its corona virus testing around 400000 tests have

been done in the past 2 weeks and scientists believe in widespread testing is one of the reasons for germany's mortality rate almost 40000 people that have been diagnosed with 19 but only 222 have died let's speak to dominic a news with us now from berlin to tell us more about how germany has handled this virus. well the interesting thing one of the questions that many people in berlin indeed across europe have is how can it be that germany can have among the top 5 casualty counts across the world and yet one of the smallest death rates mortality rates as you are saying next rice across not just this continent but across the globe as you say just a few 100 it has to be said that the casualty count of the number of new infections has gone above 40000 now the last figures i saw just a few seconds ago suggested more than 41 virus and the olive human that the

scientists are making is that there are 2 factors that explain this the 1st is what you were alluding to there which is the number of tests that are being sold in this country in the course of the posse weeks more than 400001 of the leading viral inches scientists study developments of viruses such as the one virus he says that it's it's getting up to around $500000.00 tests that have been taking place the government say that they are going to be able to guarantee a rate of around a quarter of a 1000000 tests week which they can then escalates to around 300 perhaps 350000 if required but we hope factor they point to which explains why this mortality rate is so low is that they say that they have the greatest number of dedicated intensive care unit beds per $100000.00 residents in that country probably anywhere i mean europe and so if you put those 2 together mass testing

plus an ample capacity to treat people who test positive for this virus and they say that explains why it can be that that country has such a high infection rates and yet such a low mortality rate i don't think a lot of one of the major issues that a lot of people are worried about around the world is food supplies in a radio only that the agriculture minister the same of the shortage of labor in this so food food supply chain from farm to shop could create problems. yes that syria clerk you know the federal agriculture minister who took part in a news conference with her transport minister colleagues earlier on in the course of the day speaking about this idea of how does one guarantee the supply of food from as it were from where it's created to where it's needed the points it needs to the why to consumers around the country and back nearly has been an issue not just in the city berlin not in this country but across europe where we've seen many

lines of people queues of people i must say that i find today myself souls. where i live in this part of that the same sort of problem that people were orderly but with that feeling that they're not going to find what they really need well the government says that they are doing all they can to guarantee that all the things that the main essentials that people will need will be available the other thing to say here is that at the news conferences that have taken place today perhaps the most all the is warning note came from the federal health minister the yen's he obviously is the man who is fundamental politically to how germany deals with the problem and he says that looking at the situation right now he fears the what germany has experience so far is the calm before the storm or i will keep a close eye on it during thanks very much indeed the mccain there in berlin and

let's get an update from russia now russia is grounding all international flights from friday midnight except for russian airliner flying citizens home from other countries borders were closed to foreigners last week in moscow people over 65 are being told to stay at home 3 russians have died with $848.00 reported cases so far . israel's opposition leader benny gantz has nominated himself to become the parliament speaker today after uni elston stepped down after a showdown with a top court if guns is elected it could lead to a political alliance between him and the caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu let's try to force it now in west jerusalem 1st up was benny gantz made this move. well you know i mean even in the pretty head spinning last year of israeli politics the last 24 hours have been particularly incredible really that the way that just yesterday benny gantz and his opposition parties were railing

against the law could of benjamin netanyahu netanyahu ally that speaker yuli edelstein refusing to hold a court mandated vote for his successor to allow the opposition speaker to be voted in and allow the opposition to start passing legislation which could have directly threatened netanyahu his grip on power against very much in the front and center of that saying he wanted to be prime minister if there were to be a unity government well all of that now thrown out of the window guns has exceeded 2 could demands and could threats by nominating himself as speaker he now has the backing of the entirety of benjamin netanyahu who's right wing and k.'s members of the knesset in the israeli parliament so that is a done deal he will be temporary speaker until a unity administration is put together the reports are that he's likely to be foreign minister that some of his key allies will take a defense and justice portfolios and there's also a report that was promised to give up the premiership in 18 months netanyahu has

said that he wants to engineer a an emergency unity government with him at its helm in order to fight the coronavirus emergency but of course he's long wanted to hold on to this position in order to fight off his groups in cases 3 of them a trial due to start in may and this is an extremely good day for him it solidifies his hold on power allows him to fight off potentially those court cases from the pulpit of the prime minister's office howard thanks very much david for sit there in west jerusalem. remember you some breaking news now and the u.s. government is bringing criminal charges against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro and at least half a dozen other venezuelan officials on thursday accusing them of involvement in drugs trafficking we'll bring you more news on that as we get it the u.s. government to bring criminal charges against venezuelan president nicolas maduro in

other news the australian man accused of murdering $51.00 people in attacks on 2 new zealand mosques a year ago has admitted his guilt and tyrants change his plea from not guilty to guilty in a hearing at the high court in christchurch on thursday he also pleaded guilty to 40 counts of attempted murder and one of terrorism the 29 year old will be sentenced at a later date well new zealand's prime minister's says his guilty pleas are a small reprieve for victims' families. that they will still be i'm sure a citizen since overlayed. that the whole nation but particularly our muslim community have being speared. from a trial that could have otherwise acted as a platform. nothing will bring their loved ones back but this is a small reprieve. from charlotte but as he has more for more. britain's parents lawyer apparently signal to the court earlier this week that his client was interested in changing the plays on 92 counts they filed the paperwork yesterday

and then the hearing was how this morning just enjoyed doing and that press conference at a personally she felt a huge sigh of relief hearing that banks and parent would be changing his place on all those counts $51.00 charges of murder charges of attempted murder and one charge of terrorism now not many people got to hear this read aloud because new zealand is on a lockdown due to coronavirus so breynton parish has a name for it out to him he said emotionless wire video link and yes guilty to all of the night and very few people got the chance to hear it 10 there are any 17 people allowed in the christchurch high court were this morning jews are these coronavirus lot of the muslim community in christchurch the moms of both mosques were the as representative to hear brenton's had cited guilty and acknowledged the crimes in the attacks in christchurch mafia. so now that he has that message or

all of the charges we move straight we do not have a trial and during as was expected we missed right through to seem to think and people will have the opportunity to cite their pace unlike today where with very few people were allowed in the courtroom the judges say that was a great simple one that people will be allowed to give statements those people who have been affected by this personally witnesses movie allowed to give statements in court with seems insane but seem to can die the diagnostic issues and the lockdown is right. to yemen now and warring parties there have welcomed u.n. calls for an immediate truce is the conflict and its 6th year the general has urged an end to hostilities to focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic has been a recent escalation in violence in yemen which is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis has this report. march 2015 and the who thiis push into central aden. and begin expanding their influence

not only in southern yemen but over most of the country president i'll get up on so had the flat to saudi arabia where he called for a military intervention by arab nations on march 25th a saudi led coalition launched their military campaign to oust the her thiis. operation the size of storm further expanded targeting military installations airports missile defense systems and. across the country. but it was yemeni civilians who bore the brunt of war the u.n. and international aid agencies accuse the saudi led coalition of indiscriminately bombing populated areas in the last 5 years thousands of people have been killed and yemenis don't have enough to eat with warnings of famine in yemen is described

as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. we need are huge but it is essential that the level that we are currently grinding is maintained to ensure that the situation doesn't deteriorate credibly precarious situation and humanitarian way is a life for millions saudi arabia and the u.a.e. said the goal was to defeat the healthy rebels and restore how these government but the scope of their involvement raised many concerns among yemenis the u.a.e. supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. the kingdom's hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who these saudi officials accuse iran of supporting the who are these the shia rebel group that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital sanaa with the help of former president ali abdullah

saleh. also known as unsubtle or the partisans of government have repeatedly launched cross border attacks targeting the oil rich kingdom i was they have expanded that territory by taking control of well jove province near the saudi border and fightings intensifying in the oil rich province of merrier. forces supporting the president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks we've seen 40000 people just in the 3 months of this year who have been displaced now they're being forced into the desert like conditions in an overcrowded camps without access to water without access to sanitation and this is really putting people's lives at threat the u.n. still hopes to convince the warring factions to implement the terms of the agreement signed in stockholm 2 years ago. as if using science failed to

reconcile their differences the stalemate is likely to play more innocent lives. the seychelles and setting up protection zones for marine life in its waters this covers 30 percent of marine life and water surrounding the $150.00 islands in the ocean almost no human activity will be allowed in one of 2 marine protection zones to home to rare animals. or let's get more now on the global developments around the coronavirus pandemic midnight's on thursday marks the start of a 3 week lockdown in south africa where there's been a dramatic increase in factions the country recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days taking the confirmed number of cases to more than $700.00 it is the highest rate in africa police and the military has been deployed to enforce a lockdown which includes bans on dog walking and alcohol sales. while

a fisherman in sri lanka well they're struggling to sell their catch as a government introduces tough measures to halt the spread of coronavirus 400 tonnes of fish could be thrown away and has been elfin and as reports more fish laden boats are expected to return to port soon. the whole financial he's worried the fisherman from the chill out history book loads of fish he can't sell because of the kind of knockdown. that we have returned after 10 or 12 days that see it but can't sell that amount of fish in 2 or 3 hours traders don't come we can't even sell it for dry fish and we'll have to throw it away sri lankans have been under knock down and curfew from last friday the curfew lifted through in the 8 hours since then there are 20 full boards like me house in this harbor alone and fishing families which depend on the boats income are in dire straits they say the government must do something to help their worries or they could here in the north

in just an hour less fisherman asked the seeing similar problems now going to survive nicholas seeing him represent around $26000.00 fish and families of the mughal in that i wonder most of our people are in a bad state they usually pawn whatever jewelry they have to buy essential if this goes on things will get worse the government must provide some immediate relief to all fishermen. but. the government says it's doing just that since tuesday bank catches directly from the fisherman and distributing fish around the country for sale they have allocated more than $3000000.00 to do that and to develop the infrastructure needed fishing prices have gone down. because of the. bite. and get their fish getting. some level that the carpet. but that it challenges the government says that

just 9 tons of fish can be gone in a single day because there's not enough capacity to freeze and you know our situations critical of because on top of the 400 tons on insulin now mobile it's not expected to return to port any day carry even more fish thousands of sri lankan fishermen are hoping the government measures will help them when you have the crisis in ethanol and as. she lanka. got sport coming up we'll tell you why they may are better but i would point to it to a champions league football much as a possible place the right of our spread rapidly through his community that's coming up with peyton it's.

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right let's move on to support his people make thank you so much the mayor of one of the hardest hit cities in italy says a champions league match could have contributed to the spread of coronavirus in the north of the country pergamos top official says they are looking into a theory that atalanta's game with full length year could have caused many of the city's residents to become infected it was atalanta's biggest game in history with the team having reached the last 16 of the competition for the 1st time a 3rd of pergamos residents made the trip to watch the game at milan's san siro stadium because atalanta's home ground was deemed too small. you know this because you only saw among the explanations that have been put forward concerning our sad

record of coronavirus cases in bergen mo is the football match played at the san siro stadium between atalanta and valencia during that evening there were 40000 burger moment habitants who went to milan to watch the game they gathered in the stadium and many others watched it from their homes and families in groups at the bar and it is clear that that evening there was an opportunity for a strong spread of the virus but i don't think that was really the starting point of everything. here i'm sure that $40000.00 people hugging and kissing each other at a distance of one centimeter of 4 times as a atalanta scored 4 times well those were an incredible accelerator for the infection now was it something predictable no i don't think it was predictable i don't remember the date of the atalanta versus valencia match and i don't remember if this epidemic had already outburst but the people who went had no clue of what was going on. north of the attorney and border francis sports minister says

they are considering holding the tour de france without fermions the world's most famous road cycling races set to go ahead in june into july for 3 weeks but it remains in doubt with so much sport called off around the world having a spectator list race wouldn't have a huge financial impact because it doesn't rely on ticket sales like other sports. turkeys boxing federation is blaming the international olympic committee for 2 of their fleets and the coach contracting corona virus they claim they called it during the european court of fires in london and criticized the i.o.c. for letting the event take place boxes from 40 countries took part but was eventually called off early after just 3 days the i.o.c. has responded saying it's not possible to know the source of infection. the games themselves have now been postponed by a year and i.o.c.

president thomas bach described the reorganization process as a beautiful jigsaw puzzle but as sports business professor simon chadwick explains there are huge amounts of things to sort out and not just the packed sporting calendar in 2021. certainly in the olympics but even more to races cycling events football leagues they're incredibly complicated activities to put together when there are put in a state of shock when they're. impacted by in this particular case the virus by turbulence it is amazing how quickly the domino effect kicks in and so it will require the leadership and the good management of people at the i.o.c. at fee for you with for and many other organizations to put this rights. and there are very simple things like the relationship with t.v. companies because there will have been television broadcasters around the world who

have put a shed ules together for the summer believing that the olympic games would take place and now what they are very very quickly going to have to do is to think about how do they fill the space what do they fill it with what kind of messages do they send so in in terms of day to day operations and kind of strategy for the year it's not just a case of the olympic games having to adjust it's a case of pretty much anyone who is a stakeholder in the event having to adjust adjust and of course there are consequences financially of doing that so if we think about broadcasters around the world 'd having to acquire new content possibly to to replace the content that the olympics will have provided this will have a financial impact upon them they will then have to consider what the relationship is with the i.o.c. and whether or not they they choose to to take some kind of action against the i.o.c. in turn the i.o.c. itself is going to have to contemplate to what extent they they can provide some

kind of recompense or remedy to the situation that they now face with broadcasters but this is only broadcasters you know we've got to factor in sponsors and commercial partners and athletes and so it is just a huge huge not so much jigsaw puzzle it's more like a huge the daku that's going to require an awful lot of calculation or awful lot of numbers and making sure that in the end the sums come out right for everyone. with the ice hockey season on hold an equipment maker is doing what they can to help those fighting the coronavirus pandemic canadian company bauer have switched from making visors that protect players from the puck to making these full face shield for medical stuff on the front line starting production on monday and hope to make around 2000 a day. and that's all the sports news for now more coming up again later next.

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