tv NEWS LIVE - 30 Al Jazeera March 29, 2020 12:00pm-12:34pm +03
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sure it deters some from participating in all of the u.s. census on al-jazeera the u.s. is always of interest to people a rugby world people pay attention to will you know does it is very good to bring the news to the world from here. the. remaining vigilant china warning for potential 2nd wave of infections from overseas travelers . i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up united states sees more to us from coronavirus president donald trump reverses his idea of a quarantine of new york. on the brink of a break we will have the latest on efforts to form an emergency unity government in israel. and with art imitates life as more of us stay home streaming services see
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a rise in demand for head to mc related content. china is warning of a possible 2nd wave of chronic infections it's reported more than 300 new cases in the past week and most are brought in from overseas the national health commission says that's raising the chances of a new outbreak china is already preventing nearly all foreigners from entering the country talk about the u.s. now they are more than 124000 people have now tested positive or than 2100 have died the centers for disease control is urging residents of new york new jersey and connecticut to avoid non-essential travel for at least the next 14 days and half of 'd the total number of people who have died around the world are from just 2 countries in europe italy and spain spanish army has now been asked to transport bodies because undertakers are unable to cope so let's go to clark now inhibits to
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what is happening in china she is in hong kong so what is it latest with china sara more about that the concern that there could be another outbreak. well china's key concern and the new battleground is certainly look at the number of imported cases that are coming back into china these are travelers from abroad who are returning to the country that china's health authority says the country's recorded and a cumulative total of 693 cases entering from overseas and this suggests from their perspective that they could be a 2nd wave of infections and we've had 45 new cases from the national health commission in china confirmed on sunday and 5 this the desperate who by the 44 of the 45 imported cases are 44 the 45 cases where imported so coming back into china and this is where china has its key concern and it's put in place a pretty tough measures across the country to ban number one all foreigners from
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entering china as a result trying to stop the travelers from bringing the infection back to china and even if you have a visa or permanent resident status you will not be allowed to access the country the flight crew and some diplomatic staff will be exempt from that particular ban and people who are being deployed in china on humanitarian assignments they may apply for exemption but certainly it's this is the new area where china is trying to up or top its restrictions on travelers chinese and foreign airlines and they will be a limited to one particular flight per week and those flights coming in will only be allowed 75 percent capacity now looking at the some good news coming from china we've seen parts of we're hand reopened this is the city that's been in lockdown for almost 2 months around 2 months 11000000 people by provinces 65000000 people but they've reopened the roads we've got 260 trains which came in to woo hands on saturday and around 60000 people have returned to the city of course this is a city which was the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak so some good news
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looking at that city in which because of sarah let's broaden the latest on what is happening with with other countries in asia. well she has been a number of developments across asia on sunday the thailand health ministry has confirmed 143 new cases of the crown of ours in fiction and one death so the total number of deaths in thailand is 7 and we got 1388 infections now last week it declared a state of emergency it also banned foreigners from 18 entering the country and it's identified some key hotspots where it same a spike in the number of infections and that includes pickett a tongue beach which is not see a tourist center it's a tourist haven along those bars or restaurants have been closed try and reduce or curb the rise in the number of infections south korea on sunday has announced that it will put in place a 2 week quarantine for all travelers entering the country from wednesday 1st it's reported 105 new cases now this is an average to a daily right that we've seen over the last couple of weeks and south korea is
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certainly saying a downward trend in the number of cases tokyo has confirmed 68 new cases that's a record daily right for japan and main man has announced that it will temporarily suspend all foreign visas for all foreigners trying to enter the country will now be limited from today for a month or so so certainly we're saying this particular type of strategy borders being closed across asia and that that plan or that policy is being mirrored across the region. clark with the wrap of what's happening in asia thank you very much. ok so let's take a look at the situation now in the u.s. has this report. a day of presidential mixed signals attending the sailing of a navy hospital ship bound for manhattan president donald trump said he might impose a quarantine a new york and neighboring states that i am now considering will make a decision very quickly very shortly
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a quarantine because it's such a hot area of new york new jersey and connecticut will be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon trump said he had discussed the idea with new york governor andrew cuomo cuomo said he didn't know what trump was talking about computer cord if you have any indication that's possibility for me in new york or no it's going to happen have to conversation i don't even know what that means later on saturday trump put out a tweet backing away from the quarantine plan and saying i invest the centers for disease control to issue a strong travel advisory to be administered by the governors in consultation with the federal government a quarantine will not be necessary. who are in jeanne or not new york is in during dark times nurses protested outside a bronx hospital saying they haven't got enough protective equipment are incredibly
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frustrated and we know that the federal government can't give us these resources are grown a virus has killed more than 500 people in new york and infected tens of thousands . all across the country more states are ordering people to stay home including in rhode island i am issuing a stay at home order for all people in rhode island the order will be in place from right now until april 13th and in kansas inza still has not received our what we need from the federal government this is used in texas and it's part of the new face of america deserted streets parking lots and public spaces part of a country under siege rob has more on what's happening in other states across the country as well. the situation is not good side of new york in fact all across the country were c rising levels of death and rising numbers of confirmed cases this
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was in fact the deadliest day in us in the us during the pandemic so far with nearly 250 deaths recorded there are out bricks in places like detroit and here in california where the governor and the mayor of los angeles say that los angeles will be where york is now in a matter of perhaps 2 or 3 weeks chicago is being affected philadelphia is being affected new orleans is being very badly affected the number of confirmed cases there doubled over the past couple of days one of the lawmakers from the state of louisiana where new orleans is the largest city said that the beds would that hospitals will run out of ventilators respiratory equipment by thursday of next
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week and so in general this is spreading very rapidly all across the country as you heard in the report more and more states are declaring state all orders telling their people to just stay indoors all the parks here in los angeles have been closed the beaches the parking lots of the beaches of been closed people are being told not to 'd go out very far from home so it is a country shutting down and doing so rapidly with an unknown view towards what's going to happen next massey mentioned earlier half of all the copen $1000.00 deaths worldwide have been until european countries at spain and italy and there still no sign the outright bear is nearing its peak all right and reports. such is the scale of this crisis there is a risk that the numbers start to lose meaning and the deaths become minister to sticks to be noted but scarcely mourned but in italy there was no escaping scenes
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like these on saturday in st joseph church in syria the coffins containing $45.00 coronavirus victims laid out in rows to be blessed this group just half of the 90 parishioners these priests have attended in recent days as though they took ill or badly the authorities no longer knew it but the coffins the saddest thing is that these bodies were left so naked so alone there were people who died where no one could see or hear them without the possibility to talk to their loved ones so that anyone who could comfort them spain now has more than 5000 dead from the virus with more expected the emergency military unit is undertaking an extraordinary task to disinfect care homes and hospitals train stations and city center streets. meanwhile spanish medics struggle to avoid being overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients falling ill combined with their own fatigue and shortages of staff and
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equipment. as the numbers dying and infected rise relentlessly across europe restrictions and stay at home orders are turning busy cities into ghost towns those who venture outside face being stopped at police checkpoints and risk heavy fines russia has begun what it calls a non-working week with shops and bars ordered to close tourist attractions of 2 with dramatically reduced crowds in the center of moscow and in ireland new tighter restrictions came into force on saturday all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or living in the us are prohibited the virus might be in your household already so please don't spread it to somebody else's. back at some juices church and city out say the ceremony is finished and the military transport takes over no gleaming houses no flowers no weeping relatives just a solemn convoy and a final salute from
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a roadside policeman. al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has taken another step towards forming an emergency unity government with his main rival benny gantz the deal is being made to address the corona virus outbreak the 2 men had a meeting overnight on saturday saying they're less than a day away from a final agreement this is of course after months of failed elections and political deadlock very phosphorus unless he says cancer is facing criticism for working with the prime minister. well we know that they are expressing confidence they say that they will meet again later on sunday with the aim and intention of announcing a unity government but there are still some hurdles to be overcome it's understood this meeting between the 2 men and other close aides took place for throughout or for many hours into the night saturday into sunday some of the hurdles are reported to be about exactly who gets what ministries also as to exactly what benjamin
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netanyahu has own role will be after he is supposed to relinquish the premiership in 18 months time and the current legislation it is not illegal for a prime minister to remain in office even if indicted as netanyahu is in 3 separate corruption cases but it is illegal for a minister to stay in office under such circumstances so there are reports that there is a bid by benjamin netanyahu his likud party for legislation which would allow netanyahu to stay in the cabinet even after that october 2021 date as vice prime minister or deputy prime minister but that would require legislation and that would be another pretty big pill to swallow for benny gantz given that he had made his entire political career really up until this point after being army chief in the in the past. all about removing an indicted prime minister from office saying that israel could not be led by someone facing these sorts of charges. still ahead on
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al-jazeera. the stake is mauling pellets in a long delayed parliamentary election. and a lifeline under lockdown at soup kitchens in argentina providing much needed impression in a time of crisis. welcome to look at the international full cost plenty of shall as around southeast asia as per usual a lot cheaper out into the philippines southern parts will catch a few showers over the next day or so but all sunshine that show us is fun and dry across much of india china want to show us they're just pushing towards the gulf of tata but the west the weather through malaysia what's the weather to into good parts of indonesia i want to to the show is also just touching the far north of australia where we see a tropical system just developing just around the cape york peninsula over the next
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dial so the main area of the very active weather is down towards the southeast we've seen some very heavy rain make its way across the by 3 south australia that will slide its way across victoria into new south wales as we go on into monday and she's day said turning increased the wet he am very windy as well winds could gust to be 80 or 90 kilometers per hour although it does look very wet as the system makes its way through it's going to be pretty quickly so we're not lighted see any problems with flooding fought in dry as we go wanted to choose day sydney at around 25 celsius temperatures in melbourne around 22 degrees you might just catch one of us into eastern parts of queensland maybe up to the top and with that system is the fine and try for the west. but. in 2010 al-jazeera gained exclusive access to a young family in the gaza strip. fighting for kath with a sick child born with
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a medical condition curable by routine surgery but caught in the red tape of a health camp iraq received. rewind born in gaza on al-jazeera. the arab. watching officer and let's recap the top stories right now china's government has warned the number of new and ordered coronavirus cases is raising the chances of a 2nd wave of infection it's reported more than 300 new cases in just the past week mostly brought in by people returning from abroad and the u.s.
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more than 124000 people have now tested positive for cope with 19 and close to 2200 have died residents of the norton jersey and connecticut have been told to avoid non-essential travel for at least the next 14 days. the number of fatalities continue to soar in italy and spain which accounts for half of the quotable death toll at least 16000 people have died in those 2 countries with both reporting daily increases of more than 800. holes of open in mali's long delayed parliamentary election despite concerns about security and the planned emmet the vote comes just hours after the 1st death from covert 19 was announced election was delayed several times because of violence by armed groups and gunmen kidnapped the opposition leader smile as she say on wednesday has more from dakar a neighboring senegal. there's a state of emergency both because of the threat of armed groups and the threat of
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the coronavirus and still on wednesday president. said that elections need to go ahead he said it's essential for mali to step towards peace and for national dialogue now this election the parliamentary election was part of the peace agreement that was signed in 2015 with armed groups and it's also contingent for this parliamentary election to take place it's also contingent on the aid and donor funding that mali needs because schools have been closed for almost a year now hospitals are in disarray and critics of the government have have said this morning that the polling stations themselves are better equipped than the hospitals polling stations have been equipped with with water with with gel for people to wash their hands to invite $2.00 to $2.00 to reassure the population to come out and vote such is the state of the hospitals in mali and that
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is why this election is so important for going or mali and at stake in this parliamentary elections are ordinary matters such as school education health care access to water and electricity but given the circumstances it's very difficult to tell whether people will come out of out and vote there are more than 300000 people displaced and also a leading figure of the opposition that has been kidnapped days before this election. the saudi coalition fighting in yemen says hit the rebels have attacked saudi arabia the coalition says the kingdom's air defense systems intercepted 2 ballistic missiles targeting riyadh in the southern city of tucson on saturday charla bellus reports. it's nearly midnight his residence in riyadh head outside to investigate explosions. saudi arabia's a defense force saying it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile over the capital on saturday. the head of saudi media said
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american patriot missile defense systems were used a edyta missile also targeted the southern coastal city of the yemeni border witnesses in riyadh said they heard 3 explosions in the sirens of the. in the north of the city. the rebels have frequently launched missiles from yemen into saudi arabia which delegation for its involvement in yemen is now 5 years to who. the last strike on riyadh was in june 28th this sort of money to miss out on this is what i believe that all of this is a p.r. stunt from the who. they actually are. fighting has intensified recently but the who these expanding the territory by taking control of the province near the saudi border and looking to advance on the oil rich province of muddy where there's been fierce fighting in recent weeks they are running are at last right now so i think it's it's very clear to me at any rate that these
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people come from that this is a message if you will to the saudis that you are vulnerable to us and we have the capability. pretty well anywhere we choose. yemen isn't during one of the world's worst humanitarian crises millions are without enough food or medical supplies just this week the u.n. tried to convince warring factions to implement a cease fire agreement signed in stockholm 2 years ago saying a ceasefire is old news to siri during the coronavirus pandemic well yemen has no confirmed cases saudi arabia has more than 1200 the most in the gulf region this government video shows it's locked down in effect in his travel and is asking people to stay home beyond the pandemic it's also in a battle against russia. the price has seen oil plummeting to
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a 17 year low with plans to pump even more oil into global stocks from wednesday with dropping daily prices may follow saudi arabia fighting on multiple fronts but still holding up its defenses. from the many capital sana. so far there is no offical confirmation by the whole fees. but so far i have talked to some sources. the said that the also confirmed the tax on riyadh and also other on ramp where they have targeted what the what the describe the government forces there after they have withdrawn from a specific area near the city of marib but so far also we have we have also. some some of the videos that have been shared and also shown the social
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media that have shown the missile. went through some of the missiles that have tried to intercept is but we couldn't confirm such video. as we do we couldn't independently confirm them but so far the many yemeni he's expected expected that the both warring sides would would be committed to the. secure secretly generals call for a total cease fire in order for it to allow the country's collapsing health care sector to fire its coronavirus marriages in the country could be disastrous in cases such cases of course millions of the time that's more powerful and strong countries are also stable couldn't do so qatar has recorded its 1st coronavirus related death health ministry says expatriate worker was 57
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years old and had other health conditions 28 more infections or confirmed on saturday bringing the totals nearly 600 qataris closed down non-essential businesses and is allowing only its innocence to enter the country. a diplomatic dispute in the gulf is adding pressure on some people stranded in the region that is the case for 31 bahraini citizens were arrived in doha on a qatar airways flight from iran but the bahrain government has refused kottaras efforts to repatriate the group arraign is one of 4 countries imposing it land air and sea blockade on qatar since june 2017 measures to contain the pandemic are making life more difficult for venezuelans already facing shortages fuel so scarce people are queuing for our supposed stations in the military has been brought in to maintain order health care system is also been hit extremely hard and the global crisis is threatening to worsen the plight of countries whose economies were
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already in dire straits in argentina 2 years a procession have resulted in unemployment of nearly 10 percent and that is expected to rise significantly traceable reports from venice on ice. the streets of argentina's capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. constanza says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the past few days and the local media people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many can't work and can't survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. here argentina's economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covert 19 became a priority for this country's government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lockdown cost vive
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a corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day job as it does you got me well you know yes but it's not just the poor that i belong affected the most are going on silas works as a taxi driver in the city he says he's worried with the impact 1000 could have in the country but he's unsure how he will survive if the lockdown continues he's 60 years old and this taxi is the only way he has of making a living. or you're going to get your big moment situation is very very serious i have to pay a rent and i cannot make any money i'm not sure what is going to happen we are authorized to be on the street but there's more people. even though the lockdown is supposed to last until the end of the month the government might extended for a longer period it has also warned private creditors that argentina's economic
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recoveries uncertain and that its debt crisis could be prolonged due to the coronavirus pandemic. economy minister meddling old man says the priority right now is. assisting argentine families with extra income to survive for the next few weeks. you cannot make activity is minimal because the lock down and this leaves a lot of people with anguish and desperation but we want to make sure that every person that lives in argentina is protected from the situation. president of the farm and this says he's prioritizing saving lives over the economic situation those who need the government's help say it's the only way to survive in the weeks ahead . and. with millions of people confined to their homes around the world there is a huge demand for streaming services like netflix i wonder all the really serious from south korea is proving to be a timely hit as bribe reports from seoul. kingdom is a zombie saga with
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a difference the holds have been infected with a mysterious play in an uncanny parallel with the current crisis and the release of series 2 right now has been an international hades. result kemal an executive in malaysia is hawked as his country joins so many others in ordering people to work from home the people in the cities are in a lockdown you know the we had to close the ring to get leaders on beat out and i think it's a similar situation except that we're playing a game of who's who's infected instead of offering a scape ism this is one box set to remind viewers of the real world horror outside and yet like the zombies themselves they seem drawn in droves so why things which was on be films and dramas. they're kind of high concept content you
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know quite easy to understand and yet there was kind of underlying things going on as well the zombie genre is often a metaphor for deeper fears about some existential threat that lurks among us making this series resonate all the more the creator of the series based the concept on historical documents that chronicle a real life plague several 100 years ago on the korean peninsula that killed thousands of people and it is released just as netflix and all the other online streaming services are desperate for content. the closure of cinemas and in forced home confinement around the world has meant a massive increase in demand and films about infectious outbreaks are proving highly popular and in the top 10 you have like contagion. any career is like. these films dealing with death it. clearly some people want to avoid to still
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evidently and those are not the way series 2 ends means a series 3 is highly likely hopefully to be released to a world finally over its real life ordeal robert bride al-jazeera so. i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera china's government has warned the number of new imported chrono buyers cases is raising the concerns of a 2nd wave of infections that supported more than 300 new cases in the past week mostly brought in by people coming from abroad so our carcass in hong kong she says that while china has reduced domestic infections its concern that important cases will continue to rise china's key concern and the new battleground is certainly look at the number of imported cases that are coming back into china the travelers from abroad who are returning to the country that china's health authority says the
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country's recorded and a cumulative total of $693.00 cases entering from of overseas and this suggests from their perspective that they could be a 2nd wave of infections and we've had $45.00 cases from the national health commission in china confirmed on sunday and 5 deaths and they the deaths for anybody but the 44 of the 45 imported cases are 44 the 45 cases where imported so came back into china and this is where china has its key concern. and the us more than 124000 people have now tested positive for cove and 19 in close to 2200 have died residents of new york new jersey and connecticut have been told to avoid non-essential travel for the next 14 days the number of fatalities continues to soar in italy and spain which account for half of the global death toll at least 16000 people have died in those 2 countries with both reporting daily increases of more than 800 israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has taken another step
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towards forming an emergency unity government with his main rival benny gantz the deal is being made to address the coronavirus outbreak it follows months of failed elections and political deadlock holes have opened in molly's long delayed parliamentary election despite concerns about security and the pandemic the election was delayed several times because of violence by armed groups and gunmen kidnapped the opposition leader a small a c. say on wednesday the saudi coalition fight in yemen says who the rebels have attacked saudi arabia coalition says the kingdom's air defense systems intercepted 2 ballistic missiles targeting riyadh in the southern city of tucson on saturday people living in the capital say they heard at least 3 explosions are said the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera there's a news hour at the top of the hour in the meantime rewind born in gaza this next. i'm counting the cost as the global economy has for recession but don't preach to
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