this is news coming to you live from berlin and americans in europe scramble to return home departure halls are packed after the united states announced a 30 day battle in travel from europe president trouble aims to european union for an increase in american coronavirus cases also with the program germany wraps up its coronavirus responses cases jumped to over 2000 chance. against mortgage

gatherings but stopped short of closing schools and 12 months after the massacre is said to see new zealand's prime minister says the country has become a different place. google has fundamentally changed i can't see how you could have been like this and not. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us the european union has slammed u.s. president donald trump's decision to ban nearly all travel from europe to the united states the monthlong ban applies to 26 countries but not the u.k. and ireland the european commission said the decision had been taken util laterally and without consultation president trump said the move was needed to protect america from what he called a foreign virus. they were packed to punch

a hole so european airports as americans scramble to get home holidaymakers woke up to the news that the united states was restricting travel from the european union starting at midnight on friday. those of arriving on the other side of the atlantic were relieved to be home. we would have stayed longer but like we just didn't know how long we would have so yeah it was just a matter of time before they closed everything i mean i know a lot of friends who are coming back from university people who are coming back from abroad right now who are all panicking so we're just happy that it's pretty crazy because we found it like 2 am we were on a we took a train to the airport 3 better flights were on a flight by like 9 am a little bit more heads up would have been nice because we freaked out and then we found out so i guess communication wasn't great. the ban that's expected to affect

more than 7000 flights shuttled from 26 european countries in an attempt to get a handle on the covert 19 algebraic. at 1st u.s. president donald trump downplayed the corona crisis but in a sudden escalation he announced the new drastic measures my fellow americans to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight and it is address trump called the disease a foreign virus claiming that cases reaching the u.s. were seeded by european travelers. the e.u. has lashed out of the president's decision but says it's not taking any immediate action in response the european union. isn't in the habit of shooting from the hip and as you know we believe. good policy

making it requires reflection it requires coordination and therefore we're going to analyze obviously the consequences that this drive along homes. and reflect on what the possible next steps need to be. as more and more countries around the world tighten restrictions and close their borders people are thinking twice about whether to travel at all in these uncertain times. let's cross straight over to washington to get the latest from our correspondent there alexander phenomena alexandra what's the situation at american airports. well i got back from the dallas international airport in virginia just a few hours ago and it looked no more business as usual but then we met a lot of stressed passengers a lot of them u.s. citizens who were happy to be home and who were booked their flights because they

were concerned that they might not be able to return home when the travel ban is in place they told me that. even though they were concerned they think that the decision to impose the travel ban was a truth and one but i also met a german citizen a father from germany who rebooked his flights to enter the country because he wanted to see his son and he told me that he is very upset with the travel restrictions because he thinks that they know it's going to change and i think on the ground unilaterally halting air traffic from europe with no warning is a radical step to take how does the trumpet ministration justify. well i think that's what's a president trump understands under his america 1st poll and see what's in the oval

office yesterday as one of the reporters covering his meeting with the irish prime minister and we asked him of all to travel ban and why you were a peon you were peon leaders were not given and had someone that something is coming and he told us that you were passing hot spots that are really bad he mentioned france germany of course italy and then he added that you know he didn't give any warning because and i quote they don't consult us when they raise taxes on the very strange explanation connecting of the virus to the trade issues and as you mentioned he's facing a lot of criticism because of the travel ban not only in europe but but also here in the u.s. with many experts saying that those travel restrictions are not going to have any effect on the koran the virus and its spread because we have already had.

a local person to person transmission transmissions here in the u.s. all the travel but at least shows that the u.s. is taking the corona virus seriously what other steps is the government there taking to stop the spread of the bars. well the trump administration has repeatedly and now instead there are intensifying intensifying their efforts to make sure that there are enough masks and testing kits but that is a huge problem here in the in the ass there are not enough testing kits and president some seems to be focused more on economy he wants to introduce pay roll tax cuts and measures to supports the effect and industries and the white house is also in talks with the house democrats who are thinking about. additional measures who could help in the area americans to protect themselves again or thank you very much that was the w's washington correspondent

of exxon or from the. well the pandemic is having a massive impact on the world economy sending stock markets into a tailspin on thursday the new york stock exchange had its worst day of trading since 1987 the dow jones dropped 9 percent after the opening bell and trading had to be stopped for 15 minutes for the 2nd time this week around the world fears of the pandemic are hammering markets the selloff in the u.s. came after president trump's travel ban announcement sparked fresh market panic in asia and europe follows days of market drops as investors fear that governments can't contain the coded 90 had them. chelsea delaney is following the story for us in frankfurt chelsea markets seem to be in freefall is there any end in sight. the sort of answer is no this is been one of the most brutal exhausting reaks for

financial markets and history not just since the financial crisis but really ever and investors are having to face the fact that a global recession is becoming more and more likely because the measures that governments are having to take to control that pandemic really mean bringing activity to a halt and parts of the world and in the face of a crisis like that there's really only so much that governments and central banks can do in terms of cutting taxes and business loans to really offset the economic impact chelsea what can we expect when the european markets open today i wouldn't be surprised to see a bit of a stabilization today of declines we saw yesterday were just enormous that's axtell more than 12 percent here in frankfurt one of its worst days ever. markets do seem to be bouncing back a little bit they also had

a really steep decline so yes her and the morning but until the virus is truly under control i don't think we'll see a long term stabilization chelsea thank you so much that was the w.'s financial correspondent in trying for. it and let's have a look now at more all the latest developments regarding the coronavirus china's president xi jinping says the epidemic may have peaked in his country and wants to conduct joint research on drugs and vaccines and offers much assistance as possible to other countries france has joined a growing list of european countries closing schools and universities the german states but barry and have decided to follow suit singapore has banned cruise ship visits and mass gatherings effective immediately new poll has closed mount everest and other himalayan peaks to mountain climbers. the wife of canadian prime minister justin trudeau has tested positive for the corona virus sophie gregg watre though

has just returned home from a trip to london when she experienced mild symptoms according to an official statement prime minister trudeau himself is in good health with no symptoms of the virus but we will be self isolating he says and working from home for 2 weeks as a precaution kind of the has reported nearly 150 coronavirus cases and one death. well here in germany the credit death toll has risen to 6 stands for i'm going to medical met the country's state premiers on thursday evening to coordinate further measures to contain the spread of the virus she told reporters that her government accepted the advice of germany's leading medical experts michael said there would be a court unaided effort to ensure medical facilities were properly equipped for the outbreak. she also vowed to safeguard the country by all means necessary. in light of the turmoil in the markets germany will do whatever is necessary to

help its economy and secure a jobs. that we have agreed that tomorrow the bundestag and the bill and as it will begin drawing up a plan to compensate workers and companies for reduced working hours programs to provide more security to them. even more now let's bring in our political correspondent nina good morning nato so the chancellor has promised do whatever it takes to safeguard the country including the economy she's prioritizing public health but what does that mean in concrete terms well she has adopted a much tougher tone that has to be said and of course she said that it's now about saving human lives and she said everybody has to make sacrifices she referred to the german economy and said that these were more extraordinary times then during the banking crisis 10 years ago she explicitly mentioned the so-called. black 0 and

the debt break and these are very important words in germany politics because of course they stand for very rigid budget discipline and she said that that can no longer be the priority now other european countries including france italy and denmark now are shutting down schools we've got a couple of german states that have shut down schools but not the entire country one else that's correct. day night the small state of announced that all schools will be closed from monday on words the easter holidays are coming up so a lot of states are considering extending. and actually basically just extending that period of easter holidays and the very a will probably announce that as well that same measure and other states are going to follow suit now. earlier in the week she noted that between 60 and 70 percent. people in this country could very well become infected with the

coronavirus now that that is sinking in to the population how are people responding well that's not a number that she makes up for you know see her date from leading viral exists and is somebody who believes in experts opinions and then see consults them see his statistics see his full cost see a process on that information to the public and says everybody needs to be informed and the german public are understanding that life style is going to have to change at least for foreseeable time around 4 weeks us so we all have to limit our social contacts and i personally i can feel that change in behavior and probably can you can attest to it as well absolutely nina as our political correspondent thank you so much there are more than 2300 cases of covert 900 here in germany chancellor merkel said that over 2 thirds of the country's population could eventually become ill as i mention despite that warning though the government

has faced criticism for being too slow to respond to the virus threat is a look at how people in berlin are coping as infections continue to rise no panic here just an orderly line outside one of the coronavirus testing centers in berlin it may only be an inch he throw to rather mild symptom but a growing number of people want to get checked there's no big outbreak yet in the german capital but individual cases are becoming more frequent this school is one of several that have closed after a teacher and a people both tested positive for the virus. no one is yet talking of closing berlin's public transport system even though people know packed on the ground trains may help spread infection in fact the city's legendary coup is on display. i'm not going to do anything different from usual i'm carrying on with life as normal as far as possible. and you know for me it hasn't made much difference

nonetheless in an effort to protect the ins bus drivers passengers could no longer buy a ticket on bought but people we spoke to seemed relaxed about such precautions. i don't think it makes any difference if i get my tea clearly in the bus or from a machine the danger of infection is still there people who are sick and not being taken out. meanwhile the government continues to adjust its response to the changing situation the czech republic has barred travellers from neighboring germany but burley and says it sees no reason to follow suit there are no concrete plans off the chairman federal government to close the chairman borders we think that. at least now this wouldn't be appropriate certainly. it would be able to

decrease. ins the spread of. money but on the other hand the koran as we are with is already interim many already in germany and already in the seat of germany's government palm entry debates are continuing for the moment but there are cools for nonessential committee meetings to be cancelled and after at least one parliamentarian tested positive for the virus the decision has been taken that public visits to the bundestag will be dressed sickly reduced. desperate times call for desperate measures but for the public health measures being taken to tackle the credit virus the right ones for that i'm joined by d.w. science reporter derek williams who is self isolating because he was possibly exposed to the virus himself so derek we've got already at least one german state that has ordered the closure of schools and kindergartens to try to contain the

outbreak others will probably do the same is that a sensible measure to take. well this is a very interesting question because the experts have kind of flip flops back and forth on it although bet the truth of the matter is is that we don't really know because the situation really is unprecedented we're kind of in uncharted waters i think that the west and the perceived wisdom up until now has been that you still have to do more damage to work damage to the economy than you did help help in stopping the iris because the idea of stopping schools of shutting down schools without a complete lockdown in the country doesn't prevent children from actually getting together on their own or it doesn't prevent the parents of for example preschool age children from getting together in groups are not actually going to be doing anything to slow the progress that was the perceived wisdom it seems like a few experts a few several experts have now been changing 'd bat their tune on that particular

on that particular issue and that idea in the last few days and they're saying ok maybe if we shut down schools quickly if we get to that at this fairly early point in the outbreak it could actually make a difference and so i think that we are going to be looking next week certainly probably as we heard area and silent have shut their schools and i think that we're going to probably be looking at a nationwide shutdown for probably 4 weeks ok shutting schools is one saying shutting borders or something else president trump an e.u. in the u.s. has shut american borders to europeans is that a scientifically sound decision. you know it doesn't really make a lot of logical sense whether it makes political sense is a different issue entirely but logically what's happened is that the centers for disease control in the united states really kind of kind of bungled their role out

of their tests they just have not been testing americans merely at nearly the same rates as have been tested here in europe so there are a much higher number of infections that have thing confirmed here in europe that have been in the united states but the number of people per capita per 1000000 that have been tested is much much higher than it is there so really it's a little bit of an issue of shutting the our door after the horse is already escaped to some extent as i said it doesn't make a lot of scientific or logical sense whether it makes political sense different question how many people are wondering about infection and mortality rates with respect to 19 do we have any reliable figures on mortality in particular. well there have been there are a lot of really squishy numbers when you start to talk about things like mortality rates especially in the midst of an epidemic and the sad fact is that we're going to find out you know a lot more about after this epidemic is over but in the middle of it we're having

difficulty pinning down some of the numbers there are 2 numbers in particular that are that are pretty difficult to pin down that are key aspects of this of this whole question of how what is the mortality rate one of them and also how infectious the 1st one is hope these are not and that's that's the question of how contagious is it how many people can i actually get that that number of kind of has wobbled back and forth and in germany we're going from an r not it. which means that one person gives it to about 3 other people but there are. other countries there are more and other studies are showing that it might be much lower than that so that's one difficult over the 2nd difficult numbers you mentioned is the mortality rate that changes from country to country depending on what the situation doesn't how people are being treated in south korea and italy it's coming on very high that has been a lot of different factors. are right including the age of the population and other

factors derek thanks so much that was our science correspondent derrick williams and for all the latest on the corona virus including information about what you can do if you think you might be infected yourself to visit our website you'll find lots of reliable information there that's w dot com. brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world today wiki leaks whistleblower chelsea manning has been released from a u.s. prison manning had been in detention since last may for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating wiki leaks. manning's lawyers say the release comes after she attempted suicide. officials in egypt say heavy rain and floods of killed at least 5 people across the country and inundated roads in the capital cairo further south the driver was killed when his car was blown into a canal and several people were injured when floods demolished their homes.

new zealand is marking one year since the christ church massacre $51.00 people were killed and dozens injured in the white supremacist attack on the city's muslim community survivors of the shooting and other residents attended community prayers at an indoor stadium to pay tribute to the big tims leaders of the $2.00 mosques led the joint service and worst person heard testimony from survivors by minister just into our den our attended the event before the service she said new zealand needs to continue challenging races. a year on i believe new zealand and its people have fundamentally changed i can't see how you could have an event like this and not but the challenge for us will be ensuring that in now if every day actions and every opportunity we see pulling harassment rices i'm discrimination calling it out as a nation that is will show that we each individually have a role to play and making sure new zealand has fundamentally changed for the peace

. the alleged attacker in australia is due to go on trial in june facing terrorism charges plus $51.00 counts of murder and 14 of attempted murder here's a look back at the tragic events that took place in christ church one year ago. the mass shooting was something new for new zealand the country had been proud that it hadn't had such massacres and its response was novel in many ways the gunman had lived streamed his massacre of worshipers at the christ church mosque online he wanted to become a global figure the prime minister just into our took an unusual step and refused to give him the notoriety he was looking for. he's a terrorist he's a criminal he's an extremist but he will when i speak be nameless.

she also quickly showed solidarity with the muslim community and donned a headscarf to lead a nation in defiant morning. many of those who will bring to recreate afflicted by this shooting may be migrants to new zealand they may even be very few genes here they have chosen to make new sealing their home and it is the harm that they are us. new zealand also stood out by following warm words with concrete action. within weeks the government launched a gun buyback scheme a month later it banned semi automatic rifles. more credible. and fears that it could disrupt this summer's olympic games in tokyo president trump suggested that the games should be postponed for a year but chapin's olympic minister said any delay or cancellation was out of the question meanwhile the olympic torch has been lit and is on its way to tokyo.

the torch lighting ceremony at the site of the original olympics in ancient greece went ahead as planned. but instead of thousands of spectators only a small crowd of officials and invited guests witnessed the torches departure for japan safe journey back to the history trouble c.t.o. for kill just but it's not certain exactly how hospitable tokyo will be this summer a few days ago officials announced the torch as the rival ceremony next week will be downsized. and now we're going to is theirs and the government are trying to repair the damage after an official suggested the games might be delayed for a year or 2 the official quickly apologized for what he called a slip of the tongue. but the fury might on the going but the most scathing well there are many opinions out of it but i believe cancellation is impossible and he'd

like you when you want though he might. it's clear that officials are nervous the olympic venues are all finished ready for athletes and spectators to open the games on the 24th of july the big question is whether the corona virus pandemic will be under control by them. you're watching news from berlin coming up next to the point with peter craven looks at what can be done to combat the coronavirus back top of next hour thanks for watching.

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