the toobin is for us. is for. beethoven 202250th anniversary year. this is deja vu news and these are our top stories italy has enforced a sweeping lockdown across the country to slow the corona virus outbreak hours after the new restrictions on travel and public gatherings came into force authorities reported the biggest leap in fatalities there yet there have been over $630.00 deaths in total. the corona virus is spreading in germany as well with 200 new cases recorded on tuesday authorities are recommending the

cancellation of any public gatherings of more than 1000 people wednesday will see the 1st one does legal football match without fans. new proposals could theoretically allow russian leader vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036 president putin says the constitutional court would have the final say over the amendments which were backed by the lower house of the russian parliament on tuesday. former us vice president joe biden and senator bernie sanders are battling it out in the next round of the democratic party's 2020 nomination contest voting is underway in 6 states holding primaries on this super tuesday too including in the battleground state of michigan. this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website dot com. this morning and an unprecedented step all of italy was placed under lockdown as

the coronavirus death toll there passes 632nd only to china and that number is growing tonight across europe governments are scrambling to put as much space between millions of people and the virus trying to do what china just it is that even possible i'm brooke gulf in berlin this is the day. the from the now there will no longer be a red zone there will be to telly. and so we're at the very beginning of this epidemic we have to keep a clear mind that this cannot be business as usual we are facing an exceptional situation it's not an end to what sort of limits the dots are that he thinks ain't going to work but i want to reassure you.