too much water and we're told looting. water is life. going to come and go and more supplies will last for ever but they won't. when the rain stops starts march 20th on w. . this is. coming off. to avoid. we look at how the. calls are coming up.

on his roof every day. 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 at least 102 people have died the disease has forced people to either. walk from home on instructions of their employer as we look at one family dealing with confinement at home so we have. ours ready for a possible walk down. there our 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. with schools closed 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 though the virus is a 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 i try i fall it came at a time you know where where and why we are where we were 45 you know that a couple months ago i hope you know this. virus hopefully will bring us a trip together again but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided

families in the past before the oprah today can still like state as day old and then to avoid the like the corals with the family members but these days they have to stay at home and without any choice is the they 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 a raft of 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 the only 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 favorites to

osaka had punched his ticket to the olympics and there was a new women's world record to celebrate and 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's little sign of the upcoming olympics. i had actually planned to display here. 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 to. these forces mostly u.s. and philippines troops fought a brutal campaign that ended with the liberation of 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 are. you cannot. talks about it the memories come back. tuesday conflict. more than 100 civilians lost their lives from february to march 1045.

against the japanese he is no 105 years old. you mean those bad things they did to us those things the hardest to bear. and my. one of 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 a pound 3 year long occupation of the philippines. when can see or fought alongside the u.s. army jury in the bottle he witnessed a tall fighting to calm the city's residents the. distinct. being. 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 huge swathes of manila and they committed atrocities against the civilian population including mass murder and rape . regarding they did bad things that were. raping this. really they were. on the last final days they were losing. their last days they were given the order. in orbit and that's what they did to get them. off the philippine islands were conquered by

the judge 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 militants would turn to rubble. at the base of the buildings you could see the holes. could see the foundations. a few like shivering in fear. oh. 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. and michelle he promised. the same.

the same thing after. they congress canceled it 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 cut the flower while it's not blooming before it becomes a tree. well there are times when i heard people won't remember it because it brings back bad memories it should never happen again. every morning a flying carpet of green descends over

a busy area of india's chennai city thousands of white pataky it's coming in for their daily needs on the home of one man joseph sake the bud man of the combat a band that has been feeding on his rooftop for more than a decade now and it's a routine that begins early in the day. early morning in chennai trace of 6 car was preparing another breakfast on the stairs. and he's guess literally flock from far and wide to enjoy. the simple meal of so dries chickpeas and grains served to more than $8000.00 parakeets every day. after watching patiently from above the banquet can finally begin. on t.v.

. this is been going on for the past 25 years and actually birds like crows minus sparrows and pigeons used to come but parakeet started coming after the tsunami in 2004. locals. partly comes at a cost the. more than. 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 mourn. an evening has become a local attraction but for how much longer the owner of choice of sick cars 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 feed these thousands of physics friends when he's gone. play.

that's it for today were to do with images of the adoption of indonesia's most active volcano mount merapi the option on job island forced to close it off and airport no one was more. guy you don't need to keep a day of eligible for the over that's on home the 4th i'm calling the most recent i think number. of families at the last dragon this one has called the whole truth. to agree books on. good crime fighters are back africa's most successful in radio drama series continues this season the

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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 pharmaceutical and gradients and drugs which contain them it's sources 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 $26.00 ingredients including paracetamol and numerous victim in b. compounds and said they can no longer be exported that amounts to 10 percent of india's drugs exports indian pharma companies get almost 70 percent.