this is g w news live from berlin tonight a nation under lockdown in italy radical measures to fight the coronavirus the entire population of 16000000 has been told to stay at home restrictions on travel and public gatherings are now in force we'll bring you the latest on the outbreak there and around the world also coming up president for life or russia's parliament

backs and whether you're putin's plans for the constitution clearing the way for changes that will allow him to stay in power until the year 2036 and it's a super tuesday round 2 in the race for the democratic party's nomination in this year's u.s. presidential election can joe biden deliver the knockout blow to bernie sanders. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us the number of corona virus cases in europe's worst affected country italy has surged above 10000 the country has recorded more than 630 deaths italy's neighbors have started tightening their borders and an increasing number of countries have halted flights to and from italy the entire country has been placed on lockdown. a rare sight in rome

the coliseum with few visitors it was so silent you could almost hear the ancient romans cheering on their favorite gladiators modern day romans seemed willing to accept the government's anti-virus lock down if we're gratefully. i've seen the government directives they are quite precise they must be followed and everything must be done to ensure that they are respected. if. i live here and it's always full of people but this morning there's no one it's not noise this reality. the government's measure is to restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have documentation proving it's necessary the measures will stay in place until at least the 3rd of april as he announced the national lockdown italy's prime minister had

a message for young people. if. i'm about to sign a decree that we can sum up with the expression i stay at harm. will. we understand that young people once a social laws. we've seen the images photographs with the not life is the fun way people drinking outside. it's no longer possible for us to allow this because of the risk of infection. across town in the vatican pope francis urged catholic priests to have the courage to go out and help those afflicted with the coronavirus perhaps he had seen the photo of a nurse exhausted by the battle against the disease the picture has gone viral on social media. are for more now we want to go into the italian city of naples where

journalist alex matthews joins us alex is good to have you on the program i mean the whole country under lockdown it's unprecedented in sounds dramatic what's it like. it's been a very big change particularly in naples where i am. then you sort of how bad the situation has been in the north they set me spreading down in that favorite way out trying to leave as we've heard very restricted so you can't move very easily from regent street you need to say in your own community here in the close that means exit polls for people going to the islands that you're crazy and cross. as well as some people getting on trains to go long distance and everything at about normal life seems to slow down but the axe is a very and now there are many people in restaurants or at any tourists. the nightlife right now if i look out of the window is very very well there's nothing

that because everything has to close down from 6 pm and i want to see from out here on today i don't want to make sure that people could keep a distance of one meter away from each other that they would take in some people so you would give it a number and then 15 minutes you wait for an outside the stall and only then when you are allowed to enter into the supermarket to buy your goods well you know people are being told that they should stay at home at least for the time being but what about people traveling to have a leak can people still travel to the country. can they face if they can prove that they have a real. emergency or really need to be that but it surely let eyes i'm from the german government as well as many other governments are saying unless you absolutely need to travel to its leash or not it's becoming increasingly difficult very. cancelling that flights are easy to fly it's only now until the beginning of

april at least but if i can government such as germany follows the lines of advice that you're getting from the italian government as well which is. travel unless you absolutely have to alex mathews joining us tonight from naples italy with the latest on a country under lockdown alex thank you the european union is earmarking 7500000000 euros to help cushion any economic shocks from the corona virus outbreak e.u. commission chief earth 100 lion says that number could increase to 25000000000 euros today european council president charles michel chaired a rare virtual get together of the e.u. leaders by video conference the e.u. has been under fire for its noticeable silence since the outbreak began. on the coronavirus is said to calls and president a disruption to german football with some matches being played without fans for the

very 1st time and that's going to hit one of the biggest clashes in the german bundesliga the darby between dortmund and shako which will now take place behind closed doors on saturday before that blood bath will play cologne tomorrow also in an empty stadium. german football is known for attracting a sea of supporters last week some fans of glad bought took precautions against the coronavirus but the same seats will be empty during their next home match against rival cologne setting a historical precedent for the top flight in germany. thriftiness a lean into primarily affects the founders but of course it will also hit him a. bit since most you can imagine there are financial consequences if you will have to see whether it's just going to be for this game or whether it's going to affect more games what is the next stage answers to those questions are left up to local health authorities and german football the stadium

a glove box seats over 50000 and the club says it's set to lose an estimated 2000000 euros in revenue for their upcoming match under the circumstances fans forced to miss the action understand the idea of safety 1st i know that when the shots can scoot on the one hand i think that's good for people's health. i think you have to make sure that safety comes 1st for people. and games will unfortunately get cancelled and this is already the case in italy games without fans are already planned. dortmund's home match against shoko arguably the league's biggest rivalry will be without the $80000.00 spectators normally on hand and the good clubs alex burke and byron unit both in germany's bavaria region won't have fans at their next home matches either now many fans are wondering just how long the coronavirus will continue to disrupt football in germany. well here's

a brief look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in 2 months after hosting a summit on the libyan conflict germany's chancellor has hosted libya's eastern commander here in berlin. raided the importance of a ceasefire and a political solution during today's talks general khalifa haftar and his rebel forces have been fighting the un back libyan government for control of the capital tripoli since last april malawi's security forces have fired tear gas to break up protesters as a pro democracy activist. handed himself into police timothy m. tombo was wanted in connection with his call for fresh elections following last year's disputed presidential vote last month the constitutional court to know all of those ballot results citing irregularities but the incumbent president has to greenlight any fresh elections. russia's lower house of parliament has backed

president putin's plans to allow him to stay in office until the year 2036 he told in the duma today that the changes to the constitution are necessary to guarantee the country's future stability currently the russian president can only serve 2 consecutive terms if the changes are approved that limit would remain but putin would be allowed to run again by effectively pressing a reset button after his term ends in 2024. well we spoke to our correspondent sure would. for more about what these constitutional changes will meet these measures essentially if they are passed and if the constitutional court here in russia proves them they mean they mean a kind of reset button for presidential terms here in russia after all president putin is currently in his 2nd of 2 consecutive terms his term in office and in 2024 and according to the current constitution he can't run again after that now these

measures could remove that hurdle and could mean that he can run again in 2024 now we just heard him saying that he doesn't want term limits to be gotten rid of overall but essentially since he started his term in office people have been discussing what will happen next and when he announced constitutional changes in january everyone has been here experts have been theorizing about what that could mean for putin himself what role he could take on and it seems that he does want to stay president in what observers here have been calling a kind of sting operation to keep him in power i was over there reporting from democratic rivals. have. today because of fears over the coronavirus. primary election for the democratic nomination takes place next week 6 other states are holding primaries today including michigan by sanders are both in their late seventy's or correspondent alexandra. do the voters really cheer. the

current run from the vice president joe biden at the age of $77.00. his rival bernie sanders is one year older the self-proclaimed democratic socialist campaigns tirelessly despite having suffered a heart attack. they both hope to oust the incumbent in the white house president. is age 73. that age really matter. if you're for a younger candidate but i also really appreciate experience the wisdom and experience is definitely important but i think it's also equally important to have those younger candidates that can. relate better to the younger to the younger majority now as a millennial i mean i like to see my voice represented obviously in wrestling as to mental capacities there. and you know a candidate can serve to their ability holder or more experienced politicians

aren't unusual in u.s. politics but there has never been a moment in american history when so many top contenders for the presidency have been in their seventy's meaning questions about age related to infer new t. are taking a new volume and importance. joe biden verbal gaffes for example have become so regular that his critics are openly discussing whether fit for office. while many young voters criticize his vision for america as being to our interests to watch the process the only center seems popular among young voters who hope for a big systemic change but on inauguration day he will be 79 years old a year prost the average lifespan up an american male because the president of the us is such a powerful position it's natural for voters to be concerned with the health of the candidate says mark wrong professor of public policy at georgetown university and

the voters will also need to look very carefully at who the vice presidential candidates are it's not unreasonable to think that one of those vice president candidates may become president should the president become incapacitated or die while in office. and the young democrats captain fairfax virginia they agree here that having a good running mate and a good team is important but what they don't seem to agree on the ad is the candidates but i prefer joe biden i think he has. been mostly doing a good job in the senate and the job in the as a vice president for barack obama i didn't agree with everything he did but i trust that at this point he's our best option for stabilizing the government and also america's place in the world believe bernie sanders is the best chance i

believe that i think he's touching into something i don't trump into when it comes to the despair of the country and a lot of people feeling that you know the economy isn't serving us right now i'm looking for the individual who really is going to bring people to the polls and that's really important because if we don't believe people to the polls we're going to find ourselves in the same boat as we were into those it's. that's why they say they want to support whoever ends up becoming the nominee and challenges donald trump. chris gober is up next with business stick around for this. happiness is for everyone schumann penises are very different from primates you know we have a totally ridiculous romanticized view of nature and their favorite this is climate change spraggs it's sex how do you notice in 3 books you get smarter for free you books to. pursue drama

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