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every day. welcome. it's good to have you with us the calm beauty of hong kong's famous skyline hides a city under siege residents who for months had been dealing with the fallout of pro-democracy protests contending with the onslaught of the brick the city has reported a 100. people have died the disease has forced people to either. walk from home on instructions of their employers we look at one family dealing with confinement

at home so we have. ours ready for a possible walk down. the aisle family have been spending a lot of time indoors as the city battles to contain the coronavirus parents have a battle with boredom on their hands. but schools close to the children digging into studies alone and with derek's company telling staff to work from home the kitchen table has become a co-working space hong kong is still free to go outside the viruses of rival brought an abrupt end to large gatherings like the months of political protests that gripped this city in recent months. to see if i was utter i thought it came at a time you know where where and why we are where we are saw it in 5 or you know

a couple months ago i hope that you know this is. progress hopefully it will bring us i tried to get there but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided families in the past before they obrecht they can steal like state help as day old and into our void the like of corals with the family members but these days they have to stay at home and without any choice is the way we have to like days like this situation or somehow it will also create more tension within the family. the broader social impact of these measures it may take longer to emerge but for now the al family is coping fine with the confinement. the international olympic committee's executive board is meeting today with the top of that agenda at the moment the talks. all going ahead despite or off the sporting events already having been affected by the outbreak in japan they're trying to carry on as normal as it

prepare for the games. that countdown to the olympic games is still running at tokyo's main train station despite the threat the coronavirus may pose to sports landmark event in the middle of the crisis various test events for the olympics are taking place last weekend's tokyo marathon was one of the biggest with 38000 participants from across the world originally scheduled to compete but 2 weeks ago it was decided only around 200 elite athletes would be allowed to take part because of fears over the coronavirus. even spectators had to keep their distance from the race be on their way to watch the start was on a cell phone. hits of the race did pass by the fans for a moment all the worries about the coronavirus were forgotten as top class sports came to tokyo. i wanted to join in the run but that wasn't allowed but of course

i'm still here to cheer on the pros. at the end of the race japanese favorite so good to osaka had punched his ticket to the olympics and there was a new women's world record to celebrate the marathon gave a taste of what to expect at the games. i can't believe it it's so exciting i'm really looking forward to flying to supper over the olympic marathon. on account of the virus the number of tourists here had already fallen drastically by the end of january when china issued an exit ban for large groups and there is little sign of the upcoming olympics. i had actually planned to display here with. the now wait until it's certain that the game actually take place. the hope is that the situation will soon return to normal and excitement for the

olympics can start to mount in earnest. 75 years ago today the philippines. looked like this. the result of a month long battle. and these forces mostly u.s. and philippines troops fought a brutal campaign that ended with the city but it came at the cost of more than $100000.00 civilians dead the violence of the time. in the memories of those who were. you cannot. talks about it the memories come back. among. deadliest conflict. more than 100 civilians

lost their lives from february to march 1945 back then. he is no 105 years old. you mean those bad things they did to us. those things the hardest to bear. and more. than all the sound of bombs. people got used to it. it was like watching a movie are no no no no. on february 3rd american troops marched into manila their aim was to enjoy pan's 3 year long occupation of the philippines. when can see who fought alongside the u.s. army curing the battle he witnessed a tall fighting to calm the city's residents people and distant.

even the snow in the sewers we had all of them it's a shame i wish i had a fight over how i looked at it see i was walking skeleton. once defeat was in sight for japan's troops they set fire to a huge swathes of manila and they committed atrocities against the civilian population including mass murder and rape. regard they did bad things by their raping this is. really they were. on the last final days they were losing. their last days they were given the. will ever. see. in all of that

and that's what they did to get them. off the philippine islands were conquered by the germans on march 3rd the battle ended with a victory for the american and filipino forces but the city once known as the peril of the orient lay in ruins. the mornings were turned to rubble. at the base of the buildings you could see the holes. to see the foundations. a few like shivering in fear. oh it was so beautiful it was so beautiful. the loss of cultural an architectural heritage is today considered a national tragedy. received a medal for supporting u.s. troops during the war but he says he never got compensation the u.s.

initially promised. the same. the same thing. they congress canceled that. the numbers of witnesses to the battle of manila is dwindling. hopes his experiences can offer a warning really be vigilant if you see something bad do something about it. right there in the body cut the flower while it's not blooming before it becomes a tree. remember because it brings back memories should never happen.

every morning. descends over a busy. city thousands of kids coming in for their daily on the home of. joseph. the birdman of the camera. on his rooftop for more than a decade now and it's a routine that begins early in the day. early morning in chennai joyce of say car was preparing another open at breakfast on these terrorists. and these guests literally flock from far and wide to enjoy. the simple meal of so dries chickpeas and grain is served to more than $8000.00 parakeets every day. after watching patiently from above the banquet can finally begin.

on p.b.s. . beginning this has been going on for the past 25 years and actually birds like crows minus sparrows and pigeons used to come a parakeet started coming after the tsunami in 2004 and locals call him the good man of chan on top of that comes at a cost a $68.00 k. just more than. war by serve more than 65 kilos of rice to these birds every day it's cost me 2000 rupees or about 40 percent of my income or somebody offers me money or rice i accept it as a local. the daily feeding frenzy morning and evening has become a local attraction but for how much longer the owner of choice of sick house building wants to tear it down and has given him an eviction notice. he may stand

to lose his hard but the bad man of china says he's more worried about who feeds thousands of physics friends when he's gone to. live. that's a bit of a reader with images of the adoption of indonesia's most active volcano mount merapi be an option on java highlands full suppose that. no one was more. this meters just shows numbers but shows. a certain way to get where you're going. read.

the massive drama competition viable marketing numbers here help fight that's how intuition love money. fans primes 5 spams and found. on youtube. world leaders say no need to panic but health officials warn if the crowbars is not contained they could be acute shortages of vital drugs global supply india curbs exports. the geneva motor show tries to beat the outbreak by live streaming the world's biggest current spoke online. and a sad day for journalism down under

a national news agency australian associated press is to close off that 85 years of business. i've been to school and that's their business the coronavirus continues to cause economic havoc more warnings today over shortages of medicines india is the world's main supplier of generic drugs the cheaper ones has just restricted the export of $26.00 pharmaceutical and gradients and drugs which contain them it's all says most of those ingredients from china the source of the op broke while india's health minister was sitting down to report 2 more cases of corona virus earlier this week elsewhere in the government plans are being made to protect the country's drug supply on tuesday we saw the results of that india's director general of foreign trade published a long list of 26 ingredients including paracetamol and numerous victim in b. compounds and said they can no longer be exported.