this is deja vu news lot from berlin tonight a nation under lockdown takes radical measures to fight the corona virus the entire population of 60000000 has been told to stay at home. 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. to win the race for the democratic

party's nomination in this year's u.s. presidential election the pressure is on bernie sanders to catch up to joe biden who looks poised to increase his lead. president for life russia's parliament backslider putin's plans for the constitution clearing the way for changes that will allow him to stay in power until 2036. welcome to the program. the number of coronavirus 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 stopped flights to and from italy 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 regretfully. 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 nice this reality. the government's measures 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. it is still q. i'm about to sign a decree that we can sum up with the expression i stay at harm them. we understand that young people who want to socialize. we've seen the images photographs with the not life is the fun we people drinking outside as they look 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. the current virus is spreading in germany as well with 200 new

cases recorded on tuesday in the 6 worst affected states germany has advised its citizens to avoid travel to italy it's also called for the cancellation of any public gatherings of more than 1000 people. images like these are likely to become common in germany soccer matches without spectators a precaution against the coronavirus on tuesday morning the state government of bavaria banned all gatherings of more than 1000 people other states are also limiting large scale events in the coming weeks before i'm struggling whether the events can take place without spectators so with just a few 100 will have to be cancelled or delayed will be up to the sports associations or pro i need to been this is the robert costa scientific institute supports these measures and is calling on communities and hospitals to activate their emergency plans this is. this is important we are just at the beginning of the demick and we will only be able to cope with it when all those in positions of

responsibility take action in this imminent crisis and question. the economy ministers from the federal and state levels have discussed coordinating stimulus and support measures the federal economy minister said several 1000000000 euros is being made available to. the overall and make least kind much as possible we don't want any businesses in germany to go bankrupt because of the corona virus . and we don't want any jobs to be lost either. for a living in the government is striving to make it easier for those working reduced hours to access benefits a decision on that is due wednesday. time for a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. turkey's president recha type of area and says he will not stop migrants trying to cross turkey's border into greece but he also announced a summit next week in istanbul with european union leaders to seek

a solution to the crisis. 2 months after hosting a summit on the libya conflict germany's chancellor met with libya's eastern commander in berlin and stressed the importance of a ceasefire and political solution during the talks general hell of a half star and his rebel forces have been fighting the un back to the libyan government for control of the capital tripoli since last april. malawi security forces fired tear gas to break up protesters as a pro-democracy activist and himself into police. was wanted in connection with his call for fresh elections following last year's disputed presidential vote last month the constitutional court an old those ballots results citing irregularities but the incumbent president himself has to approve a fresh vote. in the united states democratic party rivals joe biden and bernie

sanders canceled rallies in ohio today because of coronavirus fears ohio ohio's primary election for the democratic 2020 nomination takes place next week 6 other states are holding primaries now including the battleground state of michigan biden and sanders are both in their late seventies our correspondent alexander voters if their advanced age was a problem. here is the current run from the former vice president joe biden at the age of $77.00. his rival bernie sanders is watching your older of the self-proclaimed democratic socialist campaigns tirelessly at this by having a heart attack. they've both been combin to in the white house president. he's age 73 but that age really matter. and 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 for

those younger candidates that can. relate better to the. majority now as a millennial i mean i like to see my voice represented obviously as long as the mental capacities there. you know a candidate can serve to their ability holder or more experienced politicians aren't on the usual 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 concern you are taking a new volume and importance. show biden's verbal gaffes for example have become so regular that his critics are openly discussing whether it's fit for office while many young voters criticize his vision for america as being too are into towards the past burney center seems popular among young voters who hope for

a big systemic change but on inauguration day he'll 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 candidates sassed mark wrong professor of public policy at georgetown university says 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 when 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 . at this point he is 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 try to 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 leave people to the polls we're going to find ourselves in the same boat as we were. and that's why they say they want to part whoever ends up becoming the nominee and challenge is donald trump. and for more on the vote i'm joined here in the studio by dint of the correspondent william glu croft william we just had super tuesday so it's

a special about today yes super tuesday was really super in many ways especially for joe biden who got back to what people thought he should be in a place they should be he really pulled ahead he took the lead he's now by some counts about 100 delegates ahead of bernie sanders bernie sanders slightly underperformers biden or perform now this is an opportunity for biden today with these 6 states to kind of certainly not cinch a victory but certainly lock it lock it in and make it very very difficult for sanders to catch up if biden does well you know so what's at stake for centers and yeah all sanders needs to win i mean especially michigan michigan he he eked out a win in just 16 against much to the surprise of the democratic establishment much to the surprise of polls. and now this is not only the state with the most amount of delegates for tonight so a large number a large take home prize but sanders needs to show that he can really do well with what's seen as these traditional working class white voters remember michigan is

the home of the of the american car there's a lot of factory tractors destroyed a lot of industry there and sanders he's trying to appeal to these people biden is going after these acts and voters and the. elections seen from abroad often seem kind of interminable people don't understand why they're also from inside the country they're just a terminal american just give us an idea the shape of the race in the weeks months to come what's going to happen well this is all about numbers i mean the lucky number is 1991 that is the majority of the delegates that either of these candidates need to win to clinch the nomination and to go into the national convention in the summer as the presumptive nominee for president for the democrats so this is all about going state by state by state not necessarily winning the state as we see in a lot of media state winning states not so important but winning delegates and whoever has the most delegates come the national convention come that mention the summer has a chance of being that the nominee to face donald trump in november ok. thanks for that insight. and we turn now to russia where the lower house of parliament

has backed president vladimir putin's plans to allow himself to stay in office until 2036 he told of duma that the changes to the constitution were necessary to guarantee the country's future stability currently the russian president can only serve to conservative voters which is good. and we spoke to our correspondent emily sure one in moscow and i asked for more about what these constitutional changes might mean 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 and return to soccer know in the champions league germany's rb lives advanced to the quarterfinals for the 1st time in the club's history cruised to a 3 nil victory over english tottenham hotspur made it for new on aggregate after the germans one nil when fed were elsewhere valencia beat italian side atlanta for 3 sealing an impressive 84 win. and

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