this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the whole of italy is now in quarantine the prime minister extends crisis measures to try to stop the spread of the credit virus across the country travel is now only allowed in emergency public gatherings are banned and schools and universities are closed germany records its 1st 2 deaths from the pirates and asked people to change their behavior to try to slow the spread of disease also in the program russia's state duma is set to take up constitutional changes proposed by president vladimir putin critics fear the

reforms could see him cling onto power even after he leaves holmes. oh i'm terry marchin good to have you with us italy has expanded its response to the coronavirus by locking down the entire country italian prime minister just had to contest says that as of this morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of italy and not just the north as before more than 9000 people are infected with the virus in italy and more than 460 have died across the country. and the restaurant chairs a common site now in italy which has extended its emergency coronavirus measures to cover the whole country public gatherings are banned only restaurants and cafes

that guarantee customers can remain at least one metre parts can open and all must close at dusk on the eve of the bumped up measures taking hold the some diners the last evening meal outs for a while. italy's prime minister outlined the measures and took the nation's youth to task. i am about to sign a decree that we can sum up with the expression i stay at home juris look. we understand that young people want to socialize. we have seen the images graphs where the nightlife is fun with a drink outside bars. it is no longer possible for us to allow this because of the risk of infection.

the measures also restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have documentation proving it's necessary. i'll be forced by my company to travel for work so i must do it every day from monday to friday but this is exactly the queue here at the gate as a problem is necessary that makes it difficult to keep our distance and respect all the measures in place just because. by telling the nation 60000000 people to stay at home until at least april italy the country west hit by the coronavirus after china is hoping it can finally turn the tide. correspondence sima gupta is following the story for us from rome samer italy's emergency measures now apply to the whole country what's it like on the streets of the capital this morning well

it's a new normal it's here in rome and all around the country of course measures what it's essentially means is no public gatherings of any nature eats you do need to go to the shops to the pharmacy to the post office for anything urgent that needs to be done to keep a safe distance of at least one meter from the not the person in fact just to give you an idea from the local supermarket here has deep pockets at the state either that the checkout line basically the prime minister has made it clear you can only if you have to do support work if there's a necessity like for instance grocery shopping and on top of that for any health reasons if you have a temperature over 37.5 d.p.'s if you have respiratory he needs you over 65 to 65 years of age you really need to be staying at home and in general people should stay at home unless it's absolutely necessary you're saying it's

a restriction or movement of people but not so much on the movement of goods so there's no need to fear about running out of said children that sit there at that minute this news was announced on sunday night you did have a right actress 24 hour supermarkets as people try to get sent chills even though the authorities have said they shouldn't see a running out on the ground here speaking to some people this morning one woman expressed to me a concern she said i'm scared not going to open my news stand tomorrow i feel an element and clearly the level of concern has risen. now this is clearly a big move that a big step that italy has taken in essentially locking down the whole country what a medical professional saying about this move do they expect it to alleviate pressure on the health care system. well i think that really is a large part the motivation of the authorities as some have called these vicious draconian drastic unprecedented but basically i think the thought authorities want

to get a good of the inspection be got to be limited because of the impact it has on the health system you can have the entire health system being overwhelmed we're hearing and reading dramatic stories from the main cluster north individual block but he did need additional intensive care units stayed late edition with respirators this have moved to remove intensive care patients that have nothing to do with the coronavirus out of the bill but soon to get from other parts of it to the hospital it's really on high alert medical professionals are working really hard a photo that's doing the rounds and social media is over nilus incredible now one of those. regions of the last out at the end of a shift on how computer tired and it's it's spreading a simply because people want to express their solidarity with health care workers that are in the front line of this outbreak seem

a tank you very much for filling us in there that was d w correspondent cyma gupta in rome. meanwhile germany has recorded its 1st deaths from the corona virus the 2 victims died in the western state of north rhine-westphalia were around 50 percent of cases are located in this country germany is also impose its 1st mass quarantine in a small town not far from berlin teachers at a local school had contact with a woman who later tested positive for the corona virus the federal health ministry has called for all gatherings of more than housing people to be cancelled across the country government has also agreed an aid package for business. or the w.'s nina is following this story closely and joins us now in the studio good morning nina. italy has the whole country in law germany so far hasn't taken very far reaching measures is there

a concern in germany that health authorities may be underestimating the risk well some people are definitely criticising health minister spawn for repeatedly saying please people wash your hands but to be fair that's not the only thing that the german health ministry is saying they did issue an official recommendation to cancel mass gatherings of more than a 1000 people on sunday night and that was definitely a change in tone until then they had appealed to people's common sense basically and some regional lawmakers have already said that they'll take it to that recommendation that they see it as an official order in disguise and we'll probably see the fast football games for example in empty stadiums which for this country is a big thing having said that health experts are at a loss when it comes to explaining just why the situation is the so much more drastic than it is in germany. and that probably has to do with a number of reasons but they're saying we're probably lagging behind it and lee

would probably want to 2 weeks behind italy but that gives the german health care system a massive advantage because of course it can prepare better a special testing ward was set appear in berlin for example on monday so further steps may still be coming a coronavirus hotspot understand has appeared in the state of brandenburg surrounding berlin how is it being dealt with well currently some 2250 people in quarantine at home in a town called noise das a woman came from berlin and she came into that town and was later tested positive for corona and so the town decided to keep people at home until they're sure that the virus hasn't spread simpler use of schools teaches pupils but also their relative situation in the rest of germany are authorities tracking this virus how fast is it spreading well on monday authorities reported $210.00 you cases and that

brings the numbers up to at least $1112.00 but we get almost daily updates so we'll be getting fresh figures again in a couple of hours time the virus continues to spread experts are sure that we haven't seen the peak yet and they're saying that some doctors don't feel well equipped enough if we do indeed see a massive outbreak of the virus and doctors are saying maybe the export ban on special medical equipment came too late that was issued last week because up until february mosques for example that doctors need to treat these patients were exported to china you know thank you very much political correspondent nina house. well the global coronavirus help break is having a major impact on schooling around the world as more countries begin a series of school shutdowns at least 13 countries have closed schools nationwide and 9 others have implemented local shutdowns in japan nearly all schools have been

closed since the 2nd of march the government offered financial support to parents but even so the closures have added to the burden of working parents are now have to make a range means for taking care of their children during the day. 6 year old leo is she is learning to play the piano his 49 year old father is trying to concentrate welcome to working life during a school shop. but in full quote that it's not just me. several of my colleagues are also concerned about how to look after their children . well the whole day it's good my company allows work from home but at 1st i didn't know how to look after my son all day i was all over the place.

and easy to see how this could strain even the strongest of potential bonds it's a dilemma shared by millions of working parents across japan how to entertain their energetic offspring on a working day. i'm concerned about the impact on my son's daily life. nor do i know the recruitment consultant and mother of 2 my yumi has phone no more peaceful way to cope our company is offering employees a chance to use spare rooms as classrooms the flexible set up allows her to focus on her own tasks while checking homework and it's alleviated her initial fears about the school closures. yeah you know it's nice for he said to myself no that's not possible was this really going to happen in my town what's going to happen to us and i was full of concerns. given the measures are intended to

stop children spreading the virus such policies may come to. sort to the decision of daycare centers like this one in tokyo to extend its opening hours. insist children are kept apart and their temperatures measured on arrival but that's of limited help in combat seeing a virus that can be spread when carriers don't have symptoms. he's doing. the take yes and to helps me a lot. my company has suddenly asked on employees to work from home and i'm not used to that. but the daycare center called us and said they would open for morning . this cut pretty nice a huge help for struggling parents public health officials see it could undermine national efforts to contain a virus. and for all the latest on the corona virus including information about what you might do if you think you are infected please visit our web site that's t

w dot com it's tell us take a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world protesters have taken to the streets in brazil for a 2nd day to demonstrate against gender violence and inequality a rally in rio de janeiro targeted president gyre bows and arrows and called for more protection for women and girls archbold women's day protests across latin america at the weekend. 4 men are being tried in the hague on 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. 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 opening riff the band members who

wrote the song could have faced a legal bill for millions of dollars in damage to us. european union and turkey have agreed to review the way they've managed migrants in an effort to settle the dispute that sent thousands of people to the turkey greece border in hopes of reaching europe e.u. leaders held talks in brussels with turkey's president rest of time out on the head of the european commission or so the final lion said the 2016 refugee agreement aimed at stemming the flow of life to europe via turkey was still valid but everyone wants more help from brussels for the 3600000 syrian migrants living in turkish camps. well while their recent focus of the migration crisis has been the land border between greece and turkey thousands of other migrants are living now in overcrowded camps on greek islands the german government says it wants to help greece by taking up to 1500 migrant children to

other e.u. countries. sick and defenseless. of all the people filling the greek refugee camps the children perhaps suffer the most. but now some of them have a glimmer of hope in germany wants to help. be it through as humans we feel a sense of mutual responsibility for protecting these children and some of whom are at risk unaccompanied or in a difficult situation and need our help greece can't deal with all of this without support that's why germany will play a fair part in a coalition of volunteers. up to 1500 children could be taken in by europe in this way right now they are stranded in refugee camps on the greek agent islands in maria alone on the island of lesbos there are 7000 children many are there without their parents many are traumatized psychologically

and physically sick. at the moment there's only a small team of doctors taking care of them. the german government wants to show its humanitarian side and help greece get through this crisis the greek government is under a lot of pressure videos of life on the greek turkish border are upsetting since the end of february when turkey opened the gates to europe tens of thousands of refugees have been making their way to greece once they're they're stopped from crossing into territory by border guards armed with tear gas and rubber bullets. in the last 10 days we have shown that we are capable of defending national and european sovereignty greece and europe will not stand for extortion by anyone. on men. mr talkies welcomes the german initiative and

considers it the 1st step towards an easing of tensions but it is not enough and a smile to go medals we are talking about over $5000.00 children. greece can keep and take care of a significant number of them but the rest must be distributed amongst the european countries should be the key most of the potential trouble because for some children a coalition of european volunteers would be the answer to their problems but only if it comes in time. or brussels correspondent brianna strauss is covering the story for us marina tell us all the any concrete plans to resettle the migrant children from those greek camps. yes some governments have agreed on taking in some of the migrant children not only in germany yes we've seen this we saw in the report but also finland france luxemburg and portugal that was

announced but you know commission president it was enough underlined yesterday. migrant children have been languishing in greek camps for years now why has germany and a few other e.u. countries decided to offer help now. critics say that it is because of the pictures we've been seeing on t.v. on social media from the greek turkish border the pictures of young children off families suffering in the cold that has put public pressure political pressure on governments to act now but we also have to say it's only some governments we're talking about 5 countries out of $27.00 to act now. it's the situation on the greek island it's nothing new multiple media outlets have reported from there including us and have shown that the situation there is really bad

especially for young children. helping those children from lesbos and maybe a welcome step but it doesn't bring europe any closer to agreeing a common policy for addressing the larger migration issue does it. what they've been hearing not only now in the last couple of days but also in the house couple of years is that the e.u. has to protect its external borders and that doesn't only come from your top officials but also from many member states especially doe's who are. external borders so does seems to be the most important topic that the e.u. has to put has chosen to put to put forward but there's still no common strategy on how to deal with migration to europe for example or there's no mechanism on how to distribute migrants among a member states and that is mostly due to the fact that some countries for example

hungary and also poland are not really into taken any migrants and oh so of course countries with you external borders like greece like it's only like gary a for example have to share the burden. marina thank you very much that was d w correspondent arena strauss in brussels you know states has begun withdrawing its troops rather than a stand in line with a peace deal greed with the taliban which will claim on the day a political chaos in the country with 2 rivals taking the presidential oath of office in separate ceremonies neither the incumbent afghani nor his challenger abdullah abdullah recognize each other status and are both claiming the presidency . 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 bigger tanks so don't get scared of 12 explosions stay calm. to get it. he said it was time to get to work. our responsibility is assuring peace and ending the 40 years of will 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 is 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 this time it would mean the end of democracy in afghanistan. that up on a stand by a. many voters complained of a lack of vision in both candidates and what happens now 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 a u.s. troop withdrawal agreement last month but right now it's unclear which government that will be. russia's parliament is set to vote on some cultivar szell changes to the country's constitution today the amendments calls to political storm after being put forward by president vladimir putin in january the opposition says they

will give putin a way to remain leader for life but the claims saying his main intention is to cement his political legacy. 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 past the end of his current term so it may come as no surprise that that constitution may no 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 the 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 its and. these amendments essentially did not change anything this is what is most strange. it was in the position of the constitutional court but they do not change anything in the system of power. this is a heap of strange absurd norms the meaning of which even the authorities con really explain 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. swiss football club f.c. basel have announced their europa league match against its week has been cancelled due to concerns over the corona virus outbreak this after police in paris said the champions league 2nd leg between p.s.g. and dalton and must take place without spectators dortmund hold a 2 wanted vantage from the 1st leg in the match at the city's park a princess stadium is scheduled for wednesday this issue was taken following a meeting with france's sports minister most gatherings of more than a 1000 people in france were banned on sunday. and just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today. italian prime minister

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