this is visiting g.w. news live from berlin stay at home italy extends its fight against the coronavirus nationwide prime minister gees if a content tells italians not to travel and applies restrictions across the country from tuesday tire population 60000000 in fact also coming up. in afghanistan 2 men are sworn in as president in separate ceremonies with neither recognizing the other's claim to victory in last september's contested election.

russia's state duma is set to take up the constitutional changes proposed by president vladimir putin critics fear the reforms could see him cling on to power even after he leaves office. next peiser thanks for joining us. italy has extended its ante coronavirus measures with a lot down of the entire country italian prime minister just said big country says that from tuesday morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of italy not just the north as before he says people need to simply stay at home all sporting events are also to be called a corona virus has killed more than 460 people across the country. and for the latest we're joined from the land by journalist sylvia but carty sylvia is this

a surprise well it is a surprise of course it is shocking but at the same time many people were calling for something like this so the region's all the presidents of their regions in and in egypt you were asking for an entire closure say has been a surprise but at the same time it was kind of expected and how are telling people reacting in there well i think also the same time people expected it but there has been a few to have been a few. different reactions. you might have seen today there were a few revolt we've all seen in jails around italy and people are definitely scared . there were some police cars going around and she siti with loudspeakers saying

please stay and it is a different kind of feelings from from before for us in numbers we have been in this situation for a couple of days already but for the rest of the day might have. i mean is going to be difficult for them where you've been you're in lumbar the where you've been going through a lockdown for a few days help us understand how all of italy will be experiencing this how does the everyday life of your average italian change in this kind of a lockdown what happens. well people that can are probably going to have smart work from home as we are so worse we're staying at home most of the time we're trying to eliminate the contacts we friends and. relatives with anyone that we might lose so that we can you know control the epidemic and tonight i had a dinner with some friends over skype so so we're trying to change our entire life by by staying and this is like this is a major revelation for

a country that is used to you know go out and be around friends and like go visit the family is a major change is going to be hard for dinner over skype to spend so that's incredible how will this affect the economy overall do you have any idea whether any indications well the economy is of course going down as you've seen but that they want our prime minister said that he's going to use 7 and i have fely in here as to how the families and companies that are stuck within you know the red zone here are sound that now is extend its reach any so i don't know is probably is is probably going to change tomorrow we're going to have more news about how that give the government is going to is going to implement some new shocking measure probably ok journey of journalist sylvia because thanks so

much for that thank you. asia's financial markets appear to be bouncing back on tuesday from giant drop seen around the world because of the coronavirus recession fears on monday's share prices plunged across the globe and wiped billions off the value of global stock markets for the 1st time in a decade trading on wall street suspended doubt jones dropped more than 7 percent after the opening bell the upswing in asia appears to be a reflection of the prospect of coordinated action by central banks. now american president donald trump spoke to reporters recently about the corona virus outbreak and outlined new steps to deal with it in the united states we are going to be asking tomorrow we're seeing the senate to be meeting with house

republicans which mcconnell everybody in discussing a possible payroll tax. cut or relief substantial really very substantial relief that's a big that's a big number we're also working with the industries including the airline industry the cruise ship industry which obviously will be hit we're working with them very very strongly we want them to. travel we want people to travel to certain locations and. not to other locations at this moment the president was just there speaking of the cruise ship industry and more than 2000 cruise ship passengers stranded at sea over coronavirus fears are finally being allowed to step onto dry land in california the grand princess luxury liner has docked at the port of oakland tourists are being taken to isolation units or hospital depending on their condition 21 people mostly crew members tested positive for the respiratory disease

the entire crew will be taken to an undisclosed location for quarantine. united states has announced the initial withdrawal of troops from afghanistan in line with a peace deal agreed with the taliban recently and as it does so it's been a day of political chaos in the country itself with 2 rivals taking the presidential oath of office in separate ceremonies neither the incumbent ashraf ghani nor his challenger abdullah abdullah recognize each other's status and both are claiming the president's. incumbent president ashraf ghani was sworn in under fire. as frightened people ran out of the presidential palace he brushed off the explosions. we've seen many big attacks so don't get scared if one or 2 explosions stay calm.

he said it was time to get to work. our responsibility is assuring peace and ending the 40 years of wool be sure that dignified peace will come with the courage of the people and in the framework of the republic. but minutes later this man abdullah abdullah was also sworn in elsewhere in the same presidential compound. he disputes the results of last year's elections which saw low turnout and i would geishas of widespread voter fraud. he's also disputed results in previous elections but after 2014 he served for a while as ashraf ghani chief executive. i got that if we had not compromised in 2014 for international stability and unity the country would have been in crisis but now things are different if we were to accept results this time

it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan. up on a stand by a. many voters complained of a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now will both presidents appoint their own ministers and governors will someone resort to force. the government is supposed to be preparing for talks with the taliban following up on the u.s. troop withdrawal agreement last month there right now it's unclear which government that will be. and it's time now for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. 4 men are being tried in the hegan multiple counts of murder for their alleged role in the 2014 downing of malaysia airlines flight m h 17 over eastern ukraine all 298 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash which investigators say was caused by a russian made surface to air missile. protesters have taken to the

streets in brazil for a 2nd day to demonstrate against gender violence and in a call a rally in rio de janiero targeted presidential year bolsa naro and called for more protection for women and girls the march followed women's day protests across latin america over the weekend. and british rock band led zeppelin has triumphed in a long running copyright dispute over their hit stairway to heaven a u.s. appeals court ruled they did not steal the songs that opening riff band members who wrote the song could have faced a legal bill for millions of dollars in damages if they had lost. and britain's prince harry and his wife meghan have made their final official appearances as boyle's couple attended a service at london's westminster abbey under an agreement reached with the royal

palace in january they will stop using their royal titles from the end of the month and will no longer receive public money. the head of the european commission on the line says a 2016 refugee agreement to stop the flow of migrants into europe from turkey is still in place turkey's president wretched type editor one join talks in brussels aimed at solving a dispute with the e.u. over migrants on the turkish e.u. border everyone wants more help for the 4000000 syrian refugees in turkey thousands have massed on the greek border since turkey opened its forder with europe in violation of the 2016 accord. earlier we asked correspondent george mattis in brussels about the results of the meeting if i may translate that diplomatic language to you it basically means 0 movement what it was about from the line however said is that the turkey refugee deal is still valid and that there is now

a fact finding mission spearheaded by the diplomatic chief of the european union jobs of the rel and his turkish counterpart so those 2 men all supposed to single out now to map out areas where they will check whether the turkey refugee deal holds all web potential problems are. russia's state duma is beginning to work on constitutional changes russian president vladimir putin proposed last month he said they address the needs of a changing country but critics fear they are intended to give putin a way to stay in power even after he leaves office. it's been 20 years since russian president vladimir putin took up residency in the kremlin and in that time he shaped the country like few before him but the country's constitutional not legally allow him to retain power fest the end of his current term so it may come as no surprise that that constitution may now have to change.

president putin blindsided the country with his proposal during his state of the nation address. expanded powers for parliament new entrance hurdles for candidates for president and the in trying meant of a new governing body the state council and the constitution. sweeping changes with little forewarning equally unexpected the snap resignation of prime minister dmitry medvedev and his government ostensibly to pave way for reforms. the speed and fury with which these amendments are being rushed to parliament combined with the surprise resignation of the head of have called some to compare this to an intelligence operation one designed to sow confusion and uncertainty and give president putin the ability to retain power by moving to a new position within the russian government. russia's fractured opposition seems to have been caught on the back foot and government observers say the confusion is intentional. giving putin's allies room to maneuver as his constitutional term

approaches it's at. it's appropriate these amendments essentially did not change anything this is what is most strange for the there was in the position of the constitutional court but they did not change anything in the system of the new this is a heap of strange absurd norms the meaning of which even the authorities concretely explain with the cracks in the system that's what observers here in moscow say these amendments create cracks that russian president vladimir putin could use hold on to power either as prime minister as head of the state council or even from within parliament itself it's now up to that body to make a decision one that could affect the future of russia for years to come. and a reminder of our top story italian prime minister just said big contest has ordered the extension of emergency anti coronavirus measures to cover the entire

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