four en france twenty four .com. hello and thank you for joining us here on our phones twenty four i'm delighteded to sousa in paris france has been in a state of locked down for over two days now what you just saw

on your screens was people in lockdown applauding frances a medical personnel. nearly eleven thousanand people are infected with the corona virus and the death toll in france has gone up by over a hundred in the past twenty four hours alone three hundred seventy two pepeople in total have died from the virus according to public health officials. under the lockckdown people can only leave their homes to go to o work or get basic essentials like food or medicine anyone caught out of their homes without the rights authorization risa find which can go up to a hundred and thirty eight euros. now for more on a life in a lock down we can go across and to our corresespondent katherine anne norris strand- who is in that belvita neighborhood off paris- and we can go across to her now catherine a lot off camaraderie out in paris tonight. yeah you had that the clamping the chairing the calls home king on the streets. here that are out

of the race and this is a daday here. nowow every evening at eieight pm french people under lockckdown. and they come to tht window is that balconies andnd they cheer up and they approved and they showedd solidarity. with the m medical wororkers hospitalal workers dococtors nus who are on the front lines. of phone system so i c can stand carino virus and you can hear that there reaeally is a lot of participation looking around i could see. really one of my neighbors the last thing on the clothing like that and i think it's also a way for people to have something positive. to do well they all stuck inside for most of the day because this is a new day three of france's looked down but- for a lot of people i think that. the tone is already starting to show its quite difficult people something to come up. contact social distatancing. i mean it's difficult in many countries but in france in paris is such a big part of the culture during a- to a company getting in seeing other people's. social city- and so a lot of people

are feeling the pipinch of that alalready.y. on the street. whei was reporting today journaliliss with. to go ouout on the- and route. at the feet who are outside the really do. between those who are really. quite scattered but i'm about the- hurrying to shops face moss and- i mean sorry about the content. with adams. there are other. i've been out in this on the storefront from eastern round. trying to round them up increasing some fine. some saying. you guys gonna getting services for the public good the good everybody's they're all still some people he loves this thing the government schools. at two gettiting sign put it rule the. streets of paris very deceptive. kevin thank you for much for update the noise rent reporting there from paris. now france interior minister people who are fly the rules off confinement case of castaneda cues in them of being idiots a court authorities in paris meanwhile have called on

people to limit their outings to the strict minimum. yes yamatai useless on the vehicle since wednesday morning fifteen seventy thousand skulls checks across from this with four thousand and ninety five fines handed out top until late wednesday and they continued throughout the evening. but what i want to say is there are people who think that martin here is by breaking the rules what is that actually in the seals. i say it because that taking risks not just for themselves but for their families and friends. and for the health care professionals who would be involved so phone up every time they behave like idiots belted out the cash for them and save them you don't see so when some people consider themselves to be these different heroes he could break the rules. no i find it i say you'u're an embassyy on your behahavior. and embassies also conducted more now hospitals in the east of france are overwhelmed by corona virus cases this o one mededical facilities in other parts of the country have free beds but are preparing f for an influx of patients infected by ththe viru. in the coming days. marty

francis both support. to vast extra. with a the french border. hi in france's eastern depart of pop. writer so overwhelmed by cases of covert nineteen. some critical patients are being evacuated to hospitals in other parts of the country were cases of the virus are not spiraling out of control. but a hospital in twenty a city in western france. has almostt one hundred vacant rooms. it also has the capacity for about forty patients to be on ventilators well *-*- almost to a point. in the department of agagricultural. you're going to funds are men who would seven portion of it and we can hear them president yeah thank you so much thank you know you. probably seen it that's- in the meantime. teams are training to intubated patients with covert nineteen. that's all i thought to be. and they're practicing with a lot of protective gear. isn't sure he soon deleted all of them all is i spoke likike to more because internet because

they do need to put extra. at cmu france's emergency medical serviceses calls about the virus have doubled in recent days. just six doctors are working the phone lines providing answers. to a worried public. incluso disputed mid song there's also the mid size he efficient car you're going to stop working on this one titan industries it is internrnal medicine for your more. awful. mess from where i needed to. hoping that t a nation wide confinements the spread of the virus hospitals in france are preparing for the worst case scenario. now the death toll from the coronavirus in italy has claimed more lives t than in chchina nearly three and a halfa thousand people have died from the virus in the country italy's large elderly population are particularly vulnerable to the virus the entire country went into a state of lockdown last wednesday but put the number of new cases. conontinuing to rise at the ortiz there are mulling stricter measures to further

restrict the movement of people for more on the story here sponsor any for was a correspondent c. michael terra porting from rome. it is still saying look there just too many people out a and about witithoua good enough reason. these memeasures that they'veve put in placac perhaps and not enough get talking about. banning all kikinds o of outdoor activity yu can't eveven be going for a jog at this should not happen anymore. on top of that they're saying that there's probably going to be an extension on thee schoolol closures. and as far as supermarkets are concerned you're l looking att the possibility of staggerining the opening so staggggering the amountnt of people that they can go in and the hoursrs that t thy can go it. so there has been some concern here in gold w we sold initially some lines form outside the supermarket to spiegel was concerned about their access to goods even though the- government has assured. that our food supply will a always rememain all that said bill fifty three thousanand viviolations of the lockdownn in

the past eight days. the authorities believe that this is too much patrols h have definitely i increased and they're hoping that the messages stay at h home simply stayay at homome has to stick. . order to limit the spread. seem to report it from rome not nearly as hundred have in a- from crown of. and eighteen a half. people are infected the islamic republic has been one of the worst hit by the pandemic. now a prominent group of iranian academics has started a petition calling on the united states to lift sanctions. that they say are hindering iran's efforts to contain the virus for many iranians outbreak is also putting a dampener on one of the most joyous times of the year. the first day of spring and the iranian new year from twenty four as a sapphire this support. from tehran. all all. all once a year in the streets of tehran. g. p. roos welcomes the first day of spring and the wrong. like santa claus this

fictional characters job is to spread holiday joy. but this year he's not seseng many smiles. i thought about that it's the worst year ever i've played hockey for routes for twenty years i've never seen it like that. not in a good mood. it's hard to be in a good mood any run these days the cororona virus outbreak is growingng and many here sayay us sanctions are hindndering iran's fight to contain the virus. matt mood saddam h he is among more thahan three dozen publilic officials here who caught the virus the lawmakaker recovered last weekke spoke by video chat and told us that he's pushing this petition. that calls on the u. s. government to lift sanctions. is this really could be studied. music because- it. and hear. the world health organization is working with the iranian government to contain the virus. country

representative dr christoph hammel man says sanctions make a health crisis of far greater challenge we allll know that sanctions have an impmpact not only on- the specific e economic targetss b but also. on the livelihood of the populationn. and also in the head section. here on the eve of the wednesday before t the newew ye. he ronnie and celebrate the festival of fire. they casast aside bad luck and look forward to happier days. . the corona virus many celebrateted from ininside homes for them happier days will come when n sanctions are lifteded. . we are. what t . and all countries work together to fight this growing pandemic.

and the indian prime minister narendra multi has called on the country's one point three billion people not to leave their homes on sunday the one day curfeww is set to test how the country can fight the corona virus pandemic four people have died from the virus in india and they are reportedly nearly a hundred and seveventy eight people infected. schools in the country have been ordered shots on international flights will be suspended for a week starting from saturday for more on the story here spots when he falls monokini god reporting from new delhi. in a widely viewed address to the nation prime minister modi's said today that the next few weeks. will test the resolve and restraint of this nation of one point three billion citizens as he appeared to them to join. his government as in the battle against the corona virus outbreak. now he appeared to indian citizens to practice social distancing. to work from home as much as possible to stay at home as much as they can. and he calls

a public a few on march twenty second that is sunday from seven am to nine pm where all citizens will have to stay indoors. and many public health experts here feel but this is a test for what could be a wider lockdown in the coming weeks. the prime minister also announced the setting up of a covert nineteen economic task force led by india's finance minister. will make proposals- in the near future and announce measures to alleviate the financial distress that many people here are already feeling. now his government is also said that they will shut down all international flights arriving in india from anywhere starting march twenty second that's sunday again. and of course all schools and colleges across the country remain closed even as we speak soo slowly but surely into heading towards a lockdown. when actually don't putting now tortillas in the chinese city of wuhan reported and no new coronanavirus infections this

thursdayay. the city was t the epicenter of the v virus which has now spread around the world and infected nearly two hundred and twenty thousand people. what has been under strict lock down since january for more on what the new developments out of full harming. his a correspondent- patrick folk reporting. this new developments that getting the answer z zero the nenew domestic infections o obviously is a big step for china but actually we've seen those numbersrs numberss. red juice gradually i have the ball also a couple of weeks that would just. single cases that yesterday and the day before so opposes any natural to get to this this phase and now and then but for the past two weeks.. all all of those new domestic cases have been in- o on province so the ring had been- close this againn on the disease within china if you like a a bit of course the big concern now is. is important cases you mentioned

there were thirty four imported case the disease today that's a significant jump from yesterday when there were only. twelve said that something that i thought you really have to get to grips with an invite a present she- held a special code that nineteen meeting yesterday and he said thatat therere was a risk all of the disease reprising particularly- in regions outside of on you would imagine made cities. like beijing and shanghai. all a risk an impact a lot of these. k. have. coming i into thesese major citits so. we it isisn't not out of the woods at this. since john is not quite out of points of celebrating just yet. patrick folk reporting there nonow with the corona virus outbreak affecting people around the world we at france twenty four decided to call on our global networkrk of reporters. to send us updates you'll be getting a perspective from a different corner of the world. every hourr. in colombia

bothth as mayor duggan office hs set up a four day simulation over total lockdown of these eight plus million people capital city. these mandatory confinement to contntain the corona viruseses spread will tae place between next friday on monday. president you bundle kit has banned the entry to the country for all foreigners for thirty days. in addition the president also restricted the old passenger travel inside columbia during the weekend. the central government issued a decree ordering that any decisision on a slow downs or cr for years should the first approval by the ministry of interior. austin local authorities have already adopted the- diverse needsds from. angryry reactions from soe majors jusust in the middlele of ththe prices. the buyer is breeding asked colombia has a one hundrered and two infectedd people so far. mr mackay faces much criticism as many believe

he is the leading m more strict. containment measures. that's thank you very much for. in t t soututhern indian state off carolinana solar panelels streth as far a as the e eye can s seet by the runway of one of the biggest airports in the country. the national and what is the biggest airport in the world to be fully powered by solar energy. the l. used on one leg eight thousand solar and it's and which is bright all a hundred acres of land. it's a real technological achievement and in two thousand eighteen this on to the airpoport a top

united nations environment aboard. champion of the- that same year thehe award also went to frerench president emmanuel mackerel and indian primime ministerer narendra modi's for the creatioion of the international solar alliance. since cop twenty one in paris in two thoususand fifteen india wants the w world to knknow it's doing good w work india i did gt busy all pulled you got bored. and b. housese said did target operating hyundai do you gotta log up solar problem. by twenty twenty two. an ambitious target but india has already achieved 80% of its goal. so is the showcase of the country's's environmental commmmitment. but indiaa also has thrhree hundred and bayern mental conflicts thatat's more than anywhere else in the wororld. c coal is responsible for a quarter of them. yep all i feel that the

government is deliberately trying to destroy people here local dot and i you know so i. in the mining s state of jharkhand underground tunnels have become an open pit mine. how do you p put the money workd here for thirty years. whenn will the villagers near the jharia coal mines finally get help. and how we can't even breathe. for more than a century uncontrollable underground fires have ravaged these mines the flames burned through the soil right next to the villages and emerge through cracks in the event that never stop growing two years ago a father and son died in one of these fires respiratory diseases are very common becacause of the toxic gases but for want of better opportunities nobody leaves. morton said about a minute later i wrote a letter to the government of moti. asking him to come to the jharia coal mine unprotected. without a mass so

they get it. it coal remains the country's largest source of energy and output continues to increase. a hundred and eighty kilometers away to new coal fired power plants are in food construction its industrtrial group and on these two billion dollar project. once completed the site will consume several million liters of water a day drying up the villages around. sony lives in one of the eleven villages and farming is her occupation like everyone else here. i'm logo with the i. v. as a boy everyone depends on the land here i had three different crops and help me feed my family pay for my children's schooling deal but still good variety kite season with. the power stations will burn up to twenty thousand tons of coal per day to produce electricity which will not benefit the region would go to bangladesh. here the only get three hours of electricity a day but what angle so the most is the expropriation of their

land. home look. we already nothing to eat. some of the tournament tickets don't question i cannot even imagine what the future will be for my children. i never wanted to sell my land and i need out there. yeah he humbled because we even had a symmetry that email look up this time has. a family member sold off h her lad without a a signature. time now then we went to the police station a and even to the court but nobodody wanted to listeneno us.. they told us that the company had acquired our land we could not see them they told us that no matter where we went nobody listened to us. was in line. today a special meeting is being held in her village. other residents also denounced forced land purchases. which often take place by intimidation. i got a black eye. it was great that if you protest against this project i mean you weree told that if y yu

didn't give upp your land. yoyo woululd be killed. you raise yor hand if that's the case i think it's the same opportunity these are threats that no one takes lighghtly. accccording to the no global witness t twenty three environmental activists weree murdered in inindia last year makingng it t the third most dangerouss c country for enviroronmental activism. amomog the victimss sererratia around murdered i i thihis region two hundred kilometers from garda. one of his colleagues agreed to talk to us but on condition of anonymity for fear off reprisals caleb very close t to the space. eleven zero. and this is really cool is family and this. i'i'm online i i've been- dumping t te waste or will board memember websitee. around a father of three had been fighting the state enterprise that mined coal here to get it to stop polluting the double the river. on the seventh of june two thousand eighteen as in dog religious community. had gathered three boys came o on a

motorbike and it pumped nine bullets into him when this incident happened and it was such a project from all. of them by committee. for the families who have seen this. two of the attackers have been arrested but their motive remains unknown. hello i've given up my environmentatal acactivism bececause it i is so dangerouss t this goverernment s made thingss very difficult and- becacause it has its programamse have been random. destruction in so many places. today waste is no longer dumped in the double the river. to see that his work will resist something which makes me feel not only copy but i see this is a blessing for the children and for the days ahead. what about. the forty as vandana shiva has also been fighting for a better world. she is an environmental activist feminist author and physicicist known acrososs the world she also won an alternrnative nobel prize inn

nineteen ninety three. she has also received death threats. i'm interested right here in my office i've constantly got threatened i should get rid receive calls so i get up every day knonowing that today might e the last love you won the nashoba puts india's tribal population the all the aussies at the forefront of her efforts press conference to the mike and that's the very culture over the last exist is s to be part of the s. and therefore wherever they are in the forties to protect the troubles will be uprooted. and because of the t trick that's being played by the system that doesn't recognize their rights that they will become throwaway people they don't just fight for humanity the fight for the other to which they are apart so defense of trtribal rights. s different for the future. several thousand all the aussies live in the heart of mumbai on the thihirteen hundred hectarare party forest. also known as the lost long of the

city. just behind these roadside barriers exist in other world that's up from gosh and his wife barbara. don't let anybody we live here in peace and i forced gives us everything we need. i have a vegetable garden and even ate vegetables growing in the forest. according to india's latest national census there are close to a hundred and four million indigenous people in thee country that's more than any other country in the world but their land is shrinking every day. if you're willing to get heavy. the towers you see there are those of ee ovary hotetel. yeah but we're going to pay for their registries. in the river. you know the in my father andnd i went fishing in the river the- knowledge we now it looks like these buildings will slowly take over. with the ya. the forest is now threatened by the construction of a metro train maintenance

and parking site it's a aroject ththat has divideded the populan but for the first time the idevices is supported by many of mumbai's residue and even bollywood stars we don't have an awful problems of pollution or the navy and one. to create one. how long. does not be happening across. the ninety up hundreds of trees were cut in the middle of the night and the situation got tense dozens of people were arrested for protesting including armilla. we need to route to rally with her husband. please let your candles here and stand in line. these candles are being lit to us the trees for forgiveness because according to tribal tradition our devices are their protectors. when we move it these are unprecedented protests in the history of mumbai. full of all ages sex social clala and caste took to the streets it is therefore up

to our government to decide whether in the textbooks of future generations. it wants to appear is the one who saved our planet. or vice versa. to find out the government's position we met the indian minister of environment forests and climate change. and you asking me that question. few hundreds of trees delay isis the best exexamples.n the limimited tool with nearly the mold. fifteen thousand trees to build tools they would do for. realizations of metro stations what what is the result in twenty years. fifty zero fifty thousand greens have begun filing please all grown up. is different largest simultaneously f five million passengers travelling letterman's- doing group enrollment group friendly public transport to the limit.

except that in the case of the r. a. forest the goal is not to put less pressure on the network but to create space to park subway t trains for this project is to build a new look so we won't talk about one project. will go overboard policies how playing the number of flu i would lose limbs what it does to exexplain.n. because what is not falling system will be my top priorities of. the earth is. delphi elements of life. well skied. in thehe g. prior that is a legend and then. wind and the sky to protect all of these five elements from which he we all and the blendedd leaves so protect all in and well into thehe important issues and elements that do the work that. can i have something

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