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learn how much car culture history in. detail travel extremely worth a visit. this is news coming to you live from global markets slump this concerns grow over the impact of the coronavirus on the world's economy also coming up 16000000 people in northern italy are now sealed off in the rest of the country is the government takes on the president steps to stop the spread of the qur'an a bar. fight against them aside clashes erupt at
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a march in chile marking international women's day it's one of many rallies across latin america and all the countries demanding equality and it and to the killing of women by men. hello i'm terry margin good to have you with us global stock markets have plunged over fears about the coronavirus and a crash in oil prices germany's leading stock index the dax tumbled more than 7 percent at its open the losses followed a tough day of trading in asia where tokyo's nikkei index slid more than 5 percent on virus fears and a strengthened yen a shock 31 percent drop in the price of brant crude oil also weighed on investors has saudi arabia and russia argue over production cuts in respond. it's 2 week and
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demand. well for more i'm joined now by chelsea delaney financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea good to see you tell us how nervous are the markets. i think it really goes beyond nervousness at this point markets have had one of the most dramatic opens and years at least since the financial crisis in some cases since sept and september 11th 2001 so there's really a lot of fear there's a lot of panic in markets today one example of that is a lot of stocks here in europe have taken a lot longer than normal to even open so a lot of stocks around even trading because there's just so much volatility it's really difficult to get them trading at this point i think this just came as a complete shock the 30 percent plunge and oil markets today investors haven't really seen that coming and they've been so focused on coronavirus them the impact that could have on the global economy which it will have a significant economic impact especially seeing the containment measures that italy
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has taken over the weekend to quarantine more than 16000000 people and now they have to also consider this oil price shocks i think there's really a lot of a lot of different factors that investors are having to think about right now. chills for investors expecting the corona virus let's call it the pandemic head being the only world economy. although i mean this could be obviously it's going to have a very significant economic impact if you look at a place like italy that's already so close to a recession and now they're having to shut down you know a significant portion of their economy and especially a very wealthy industrial area that's going to really most likely took them over the edge and to recession and we still don't know how much further. the virus is
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going to spread and what measures other countries are going to have to take and then now with the oil price plunge that also is going to have a big impact on the global economy so in many cases lower oil prices can be a benefit for consumers for. oil consuming industries airlines they can all benefit from cheaper prices but because of these shutdowns because of production shutdowns because of quarantines people really aren't consuming oil right right now so this may not be much of a benefit to anybody and it could have significant downsides for oil export or. other middle eastern countries but also the united states just really been everything up oil production and here in europe as well where we have a lot of big oil companies like. shell and british petroleum those are all saying really significant head so there are a lot of ripple effects that had really point towards a global recession chelsea thank you very much for bringing us up to date there was our correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaine. well more than 16000000 people in
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northern italy are now sealed off from the rest of the country the government is importing major restrictions on movement to try to control the spread of the coronavirus with no one allowed to enter or leave certain areas without good reason according to an affix the region of lumber r.t. and other northern provinces including the cities of milan and venice italy has the most infections outside of china now recent figures show 7375 confirmed cases there and 366 people have died tourists have been told to leave the affected regions immediately for residents daily life will be severely restricted for nearly a month. road blocks like these could become a familiar sight across northern italy travelers are asked to explain why they're leaving the so-called red zones authorities say only those with serious reasons as
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well as workers will be allowed to pass. in milan's normally bustling center only a fraction of the usual crowds leaving traders worried about their livelihoods. been empty all day and haven't served a single meal today in the restaurant. so looking at this moment there's an economic impact everywhere the galleries and in the whole center i think that not only milan is closing down the whole world is closing down. because the moment. there was confusion at airports and train stations as some services continue to run officials are still figuring out how to implement travel restrictions residents are adjusting to life under lockdown and it was just that it was indeed he said he had to remain positive than calm and live the best way possible taking all precautions we have to adapt our lifestyles but we carry out a little c. up on it's just up and social and to be honest i think this measure is to restrict
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to closing down the whole region to flaunt it he seems like a much too strong reaction force to. top league football games are continuing. in empty stadiums. queues quickly formed at supermarkets authorities have told residents not to panic by insisting supply lines will be kept open. panic took hold in several prisons inmates rioted over new quarantine restrictions at least one died in the chaos. the number of infected persons continues to rise health authorities insist the caution is necessary no neck it's own up there are no parts of italy that are completely immune to the virus there are parts of italy in which the virus currently circulates less but the fact that the virus circulates depends on our behavior depended on it i mean. as italy's
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tourism centers empty out the world health organization has praised the government's bold and courageous steps which other countries may soon decide to follow. so you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world north korea's reported to have fired 3 other identified projectiles off its eastern coast on sunday south korea's military released information but didn't provide any further details the north fired 2 short range projectiles from its eastern coastal city of one sun into the sea last week. at least 6 people have died in avalanches in the austrian alps 3 women and 2 men on a snowshoe hiking 2 are in central austria were buried under a meter of snow they were believed to be from the czech republic a police officer also died in the south west when he was struck by frozen snow. germany's says the opinion is considering taking enough to $1500.00 migrant children who are currently housed in greek camps in
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a statement berlin said it was willing to take an appropriate share concern over the plight of those children has grown as they require urgent medical treatment or are unaccompanied by adults. and turkish president rest of time i want to set to hold talks in brussels says he calls on greece to open the gate says he puts it for migrants trying to get to europe on a sunday turkey police removed migrants from a bus station as authorities move to clear people gathered near the land border. the trial of 4 men charged over the 2014 downing of malaysia airlines flight m h 17 over eastern ukraine begins in the hague today the suspects 3 russian and one ukrainian national are believed to be in russia or separatist controlled eastern ukraine and will be tried in absentia all $238.00 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash which international investigators said was caused by
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a russian made surface to air missile. the wreckage area spanned several kilometers nearly 300 lives were lost here when malaysia airlines flight m.h. 17 suddenly fell from the sky. the plane took off from amsterdam on july 17th 2014 on route to kuala lumpur its flight path took it over eastern ukraine where it was shot down near the town of rav of a an international team carried out painstaking investigations experts bent over a year reconstructing the aircraft from countless pieces of debris collected at the crash site. they found that the plane was hit by a russian made book surface to air missile brought in from russian territory and launched from eastern ukraine. russia has always denied any involvement.
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in june of last year investigators named 4 men accused of organizing the missile launch the suspects 3 russians and a ukrainian all have links to russian separatists in eastern ukraine they're being charged with murder rules i need shelob. even if they themselves didn't push the button we suspect that they worked together to organize the missile and bring it to the location where the plane was shot down. and leave the speedo. the trial at a dutch court is likely to take years as neither russia or ukraine extradite their citizens the men will be tried in absentia. sunday marked international women's day and a focus on equality but for many women in latin america the most pressing issue is one of survival that's because femicide murders targeting women and girls is on the
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rise across the region figures from $28.00 teen show that brazil has the highest number of femicide set over $1200.00 it's followed by mexico argentina and honduras but if you look at the rate of killings per 100000 women per capita you see the crisis is worst in el salvador with $6.00 murders per 100000 inhabitants el salvador has the highest rate of femicide in the world followed by honda has and bolivia across latin american countries people mostly women took part in strikes and protests for women's day. was was from this. to this. was not the usual scenes of an international women's day monch chile's capital santiago witnessed a polarizing transformation in
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a few short hours it comes as women across latin america gathered to be heard triggered by a growing outrage diag the one here because i already knew that many women were coming we are supposed to be here to celebrate international women's day but rather we are here to protest fighting for equality so they don't kill us so they don't rape us levels of violence against women in latin america are among the highest in the world. was in mexico where more than 10 women are killed on average every day purchases made them mock on the capital. of other areas of mexico city also saw violent clashes with protesters confronting police antiabortion activists and men was electric and the thing on the fact that we
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have the strength the support that we can hug and gather is great but i believe that we are in a generation that escapable of tyranny tired of the patriarchy i am of the doubt it but then in one of the areas protesters gathered to demand justice for women killed in femicide says. the man was. behind. the country is also in the midst of a controversial debate about legalizing abortion the president is expected to submit a bill to congress in the coming days when you know we take the streets to. give visibility to the situation that we're living and we're in a critical cultural moment because of what is happening to us as women. and we here at the fights to fundamentally go out into the streets immediately long over women fighting the same. around the world they've seized the days to make their voices
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heard. just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on day to be news global markets slumped as fears over the impact of the coronavirus spread and traders react to a sharp drop in the price of war. you're watching t.v. news from berlin coming up next to get a documentary film for you taking a closer look at motherhood i'm terry margin you follow me on twitter at t m news stream thanks for watching. go beyond beyond. that. we're all about the stories that matter to. the truth. whatever it takes. to not running know. how to explain to her the commitment. you made for mines.
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