this is the news live from berlin tonight a nation under lockdown italy takes radical measures to fight the coronavirus the entire population of 60000000 has been told to stay at home strictures on travel and public gatherings are now in force we'll bring you the latest on the outbreak there around the world also coming up. in the united states a strong showing for former vice president joe biden in a pivotal night of primaries he's won 3 states so far including the biggest prize of the night michigan the road ahead to his rival senator bernie sanders gets

rougher. and president for life or something close to it russia's parliament backs what in their putin's plans to change the constitution so he can stay in power until 2030 seems. a make spicer welcome to the program 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 stopped flights to and from italy the entire country has been placed on lockdown. on lockdown its streets on obscured by the usual hordes of to distance. the shutters came down at 6 pm as

bars and restaurants closed in accordance with new measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus the message is simple stay at home it's advice italians are taking seriously after the number of confirmed cases of covert $1000.00 top $10000.00 and the death toll rose above $600.00 in florence to the normally bustling streets were unusually quiet and for some the financial consequences of the nationwide lockdown are already beginning to bite. from around 140 plates a day we've gone down to 25 place this afternoon. this nice yet we've decided to stay open to see who we can do something even if it's a small thing we have in chloe's and rent to pay and alone. in the. meanwhile there's trouble with the neighbors slovenia has closed its border to italy well austria has banned incoming journeys by train and plane moves criticized

by french president the manual mccomb. because we don't want things to get out of proportion that's why because it needs to work good because it's only the beginning of this epidemic and if we take disproportionate measures they'll be unsustainable in the long run and that's counterproductive i sincerely believe that these are bad decision that european coordination is a much more efficient guest for. european coordination means working from home the brussels based president of the european parliament is in self isolation after a visit to his native italy. back in rome the president of the italian football federation said that the season already suspended could be abandoned as the coronavirus affects every pillar of italian life. and the corona 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 its 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 corona virus on tuesday morning the state government of varia banned all gatherings of more than 1000 people other states are also limiting large scale events in the coming weeks before i'm sure 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 but 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 one for this is important we are just at the beginning of this epidemic and we will only be able to cope with it when all those

in positions of responsibility take action in this imminent crisis situation. 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 least kind much as possible we don't want any businesses in germany to go bankrupt because of the coronavirus use of bensky in most and we don't want any jobs to be lost either goes for 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. and time for a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. turkey's health minister has confirmed the 1st coronavirus case in the country male patient his family and people who had close contact with him are under observation

mr also said the man caught the virus in europe but declined to say in which country. violence broke out in venezuela's capital caracas as participants in a demonstration led by self-proclaimed president clashed with security forces police used tear gas to stop the protesters from marching on parliament which the government lawmakers seized in january. 2 months after hosting a summit on the libya conflict germany's chancellor met with libya's eastern commander in berlin merkel stressed the importance of a ceasefire and a political solution during the talks general are and his rebel forces have been fighting the un backed libyan government for control of the capital tripoli since last april and we turn to the u.s. now what is shaping up to be a big night for joe biden in the race for the democratic presidential nomination voters in 6 states have been casting ballots in several democratic primaries and

the former vice president has won mississippi missouri as well as the night's biggest prize michigan results are a big blow to biden's rival for the nomination senator bernie sanders he had been banking on a strong showing in michigan to help him close the gap with biden in the race for delegates here's what joe biden had to say to his supporters. this election is the one that has character on the ballot you character the candidates the character of the nation is on the ballot it's more than a comeback and mark you our campaign it's a comeback for the soul this nation. this campaign is taking off and i believe we're going to do well from this point on take nothing for granted i want to earn every single vote in every single state. and for insight on the results joined the studio on it with. a good night for biden a very good night for biden and

a very disappointing one for bernie sanders all of this enthusiasm we've seen with bernie sanders at his events especially among young people didn't really come out to vote which is something we already were seeing in super tuesday last week our current our current count is at least $820.00 delegates in total going to joe biden and just $662.00 is the current stand for bernie sanders that's the total number of delegates in this entire primary season so far of which $352.00 of those delegates are being allocated allocated tonight so the momentum that biden picked up last week in super tuesday putting him out front is just continuing now today again as you just saw 820 to 16 those numbers will continue to change as results come in throughout the rest of the evening and the next coming days because it might be a few days before states really can put out official voting tallies what kind of a road ahead is there for bernie sanders

a difficult one by no means an impossible one but we just heard from joe biden he seems to to make it seem that this nomination is wrapped up many people in the democratic party would like to see this just wrapped up in the remaining primaries to go be more just a formality of course there is a mathematical ability for bernie sanders to catch up but he would have to do so incredibly well in the states to come almost dominating the states because it's important to note it's not just that biden won and bernie sanders lost some of these states it's the margin by which biden has won i mean 30 points in michigan sorry in missouri alone by bernie sanders isn't even viable in mississippi falling below the 15 percent threshold that you need to get any delegates at all so biden has really not just won but won by a large percentage in many of these states and is a big concern for the biden camp outreach and alienating the. sandor supporters as they continue to that's what some people are saying i mean every election cycle we hear the youth is the future but the youth never seem to vote as we're seeing is

been bernie sanders problem older people vote more conservative people tend to vote . and we're seeing that in this primary season as well so if the democratic party loses its youth vote is that going to be so important terms of the sheer numbers in terms of victory that might not be so important come november it's about getting the voter turnout and the people who do vote to come out to vote. bernie sanders is clearish clearly showing that his can't his strategy of game young people out to vote for him just hasn't really worked and just for you know american elections seen from outside. seem quite long and complicated but briefly what is the shape of the democratic. nomination campaign in the weeks months to come i mean there is still a primary season to go there still some 25 odd states to about half of the country still left to vote but as biden as the democratic party continue to coalesce around

joe biden to really make it seem like create facts on the ground that joe biden is the presumptive nominee is going to get harder and harder for these primaries to have any real meaning but these primaries will take place and the magic number is 1991 delegates we just mentioned that biden is around $820.00 so about halfway to the number of total number of delegates he would need to become the nominee or of course bernie sanders as well if he somehow able to eke out a mathematical miracle and that's what we're going to be seeing in the weeks ahead until the national convention in july when the presumptive nominee will become the actual nominee and go on to face donald trump in november and i'm sure we'll be talking to you lots in the interim blue cross thanks for analysis. the russian parliament has backed president putin's plans to allow himself to stay in office until 2036 when he would be 83 he told the duma that the changes to the constitution were necessary to guarantee the country's future stability currently the russian president can only serve to consecutive terms if the changes are

approved that limit would remain but mr putin would be allowed to run again by effective the pressing reset button after his current term ends. but we are not passing amendments for a year or so or even for a decade i hope that they will be in power over a longer historic perspective. at least 30 to 50 years time. and in such a long run people must have guaranteed that regular changes of power are secured. from which we need to think of the future generation of us so i don't think it's worth removing the number of presidential terms from the constitution. and we spoke to our correspondent emily sure when in moscow to ask her for more insight into 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 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. that was due to be correspondent

emily sure would be in moscow. we turn to soccer now and in the champions league germany's rb lives to advance to the quarter finals for the 1st time in the club's history leipzig cruised to a 3 nil victory over english tottenham hotspur made for nail on the germans one nil win in february elsewhere valencia be to tell you in sa there's a lot of fortunes 3 sealing an impressive $8.00 to $4.00 aggregate with. now if you've ever wanted to own an original picasso but never have the money think again you could own this piece by the spanish master for just 100 euro's it's being raffled in paris with tickets sold to raise money for charity paintings real value is estimated at between $2.00 and $3000000.00 the raffle will be held at the end of this month proceeds will go to the anti-poverty charity care. thanks for joining us next peiser in berlin next is a documentary about how young people are shaping their

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