students were participating in a day of civil disobedience to mark the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera as entry into office on stay also marks 30 years since the end of dictatorship in chile. in a series of early morning raids u.s. authorities have arrested hundreds of people connected to the mexican drug cartel liskov new generation gang controls up to 2 thirds of the u.s. illegal drug market authorities are hoping to capture its leader one of the most wanted men in the united states. india's government has pledged stronger action against the perpetrators of hindu muslim violence that left 50 people dead last month opposition lawmakers have demanded an inquiry and the resignation of the country's interior minister over police failures in late february rival muslim and hindu mobs clashed and torched homes and businesses. former movie producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault the sentence was close to the maximum term of 29 years sought by prosecutors in osment was greeted with loud cheers by women outside the new york teen's accuses

total several 1000 people took to the streets to demonstrate against a conservative president sebastian pinera. in mexico women have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the murder of women and sexualized violence 10 women are murdered every day their protesters say their gender is the main reason why on international women's day tomorrow a large scale protests are planned in mexico and other latin american countries. south korea's main public broadcaster has made a woman its top using for the country has the world's 12th largest economy but it's taken until now for a woman to be promoted to the role in a traditional and conservative society that is big news stepping into the spotlight and pushing through the glass ceiling besides breaking news journalist least so jiang is also breaking boundaries becoming south korea's 1st ever female main news anchor though the country's transformed itself into a modern economic powerhouse culturally it's still often a man's world. you know traditionally the main news anchor would be an older experienced man and the sights him there would be a young f

el presidente de chile, sebastiÁn piÑera, detectÓ estado de excepciÓn constitucional por catÁstrofe,l trÁfico comercial. el ministerio de relaciones exteriores dijo que a todos les tomaron la temperatura, y que tendrÁn que mantenerse en cuarentena en sus hogares, para evitar una potencial propagaciÓn. por la pandemia de coronavirus, la uniÓn europea de radiodifusiÓn decidió suspender el festival eurovisiÓn, por primera vez en su historia. entre el 12 y el 16 de mayo iba a realizarse en rotterdam, holanda la ediciÓn 65 del festival, que el aÑo pasado tuvo 682 millones de espectadores alrededor del mundo. el papa francisco llamÓ a los fieles catÓlicos a rezar por las personas que han muerto del covid-19, poniendo especial Énfasis en los trabajadores de la salud. dijo que donaron sus vidas para servir a los enfermos. el papa celebrÓ la misa matutina en la capilla de santa marta, dentro de los muros del vaticano, seguida de una audiencia semanal en su biblioteca. vamos de nuevo a unos mensajes. al volver, las imÁgenes de los canales de venecia si nuestra historia empezó hace más de 60 añ

calles de chile para exigir el fin de la violencia machista y protestar contra el gobierno de sebastiÁn piÑerae trasladaban hasta plaza italia la que serÍa la movilizaciÓn femenina mÁs grande de la historia. todas las edades, todos los partidos polÍticos, todas las etnias y todas reunidas con una idea en comÚn. yo quiero que las demandas sociales van a verse en las calles, eso no me cabe ninguna duda, todo lo que tiene que ver con pensiones, con salud, con educaciÓn, va a estar en la calle. la principal arteria capitalina se transformaba rÁpidamente en un mar humano. >> me motiva la voluntad de que salgamos como paÍs y como sociedad adelante, me motiva la voluntad de que mis hijas y mis nietos tengan una posibilidad mejor de avanzar. yo sÍ mexicana, estoy en chile y la situaciÓn es igual en toda amÉrica latina, entonces me solidarizo con la chilena. >> como hombre tiene que querer a su lado a la mujer, ni adelante ni atrÁs, de la mano, a su lado. la convocatoria superÓ todas las expectativas. solo grupos minoritarios se enfrentaron con fuerzas policiales en santiago y en las Áreas costeras sin

still ahead here on al-jazeera coronavirus in chile has president sebastian pinera been handed a political lifeline. how the next westerly depression wave is running through iran slowly speaking if you want to wind it that's a cold front ahead of it which gave hail the size of golf balls in a man a couple days ago on the tail and he's going to get some more pretty big downpours mostly of rain along the coast of yemen much of the arabian peninsula now is cloudy bit breezy and dry the temperature in the house at 27 there is still rain to come in lebanon and northern syria and eastern turkey was nose cold as it was that doesn't mean it's the end of it although it looks pretty good for thursday relatively speaking the showers throughout iran which could turn quite heavy the next storm systems or developing this time in the central med rug in the eastern med not sure his movement yesterday if it comes to was a levant we'll never see again what we saw in the immediate future this is fine looking weather the temperature in car run about middle twenty's now the breeze coming off shore which means

the students were taking part in a day of civil disobedience the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera taking office whence they also marked the 30 years since you and of today's dictatorship. the coronavirus pandemic has forced the e.u. commission president to pursue a visit to greece as it were found alive and was due to hold talks about the situation on the land border with turkey where the clashes with police as thousands of migrants attempt to cross into the e.u. . well the holes have been clashes at overcrowded migrant camps on greek islands now up to $100.00 children from those camps are being offered refuge here in berlin they've been chosen because they are sick unaccompanied or less than 14 years old fears more on how the german capital is preparing. fountains of refugees among the many children are stuck in makeshift camps in greece clothing and food are in short supply and nobody knows what will become of these people. the city government here in berlin says it wants to welcome 2000 of them. we need the national government to help make this happen but it has categorically r

students were participating in a day of civil disobedience to mark the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera his entry into office wednesday also marked 30 years since the end of dictatorship with shell. fish former movie mogul harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault the sentence was close to the maximum term of 29 years salt by prosecutors the announcement was greeted with loud cheers by women outside the new york courthouse where weinstein was sentenced. to harvey weinstein's accuses it's an outcome few thought was possible. attorney gloria allred says justice has been done for her clients this is what justice looks like 20 plus 3 years sentence handed down by judge burke this morning was just raced movie mogul who faced his final appearance in the same new york courtroom where he was convicted of rape and sexual assault against 2 women. since his conviction last month the former head of nair max underwent heart surgery arriving at course in a wheelchair. weinstein's lawyer is asked the judge to take his poor health as well as his age and young

participating in a day of civil disobedience to mark the 2nd anniversary of some of president sebastian pinera his entry into office wednesday also marks the 30 years since the end of dictatorship in chile. and india's government has pledged strong action against the perpetrators of hindu muslim violence that left 50 people dead last month opposition lawmakers have demanded an inquiry and the resignation of the country's interior minister over police failures in late february rival muslim and he knew malls clashed and torched and business. former movie mogul harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault the sentence was close to the maximum term of 29 years sought by prosecutors they announced it was greeted with loud cheers by women outside the new york courthouse where weinstein was sentenced. to harvey weinstein's accuses it's an outcome few thought was possible. attorney gloria allred says justice has been done for her clients this is what justice looks like. 20 plus 3 years sentence handed down by judge burke this morning was the just raced movie mo

but earlier this week, the president sebastian pinera signed a law passing — expanding the punishmentme breakthrough there. and argentina has its own movement? it's own movement, connected to the #metoo movement, called #miracomonosponemos. you will recognise it from the green bandannas that they wear and it is a very large, it is mobilised hundreds of thousands of people on femicide but also on abortion and there too, some breakthroughs with the new argentina president, he has listened to them and he says he will send a bill to congress on the abortion issue this month. seven days from now, local elections will begin taking place across france. thousands of councillors and officials will be hoping to keep theirjobs. but there is a growing trend that's affecting more and more towns across the country — elections where there are no candidates. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. patrick has been the mayor here for 1h years. not for much longer, though. he has decided to call it quits. but finding the next mayor is proving to be difficult. it seems no—one wants the job. translation: there ma

chile's president sebastian pinera has declared a 90—day state of catastrophe, giving his government to restrict freedom of movement and protect supply chains. chile has recorded more than 200 cases of covid—19 so far. donald trump has signed an emergency economic relief bill that would provide free testing for covid—19 and paid leave for certain workers in the united states. the measure is worth about a hundred billion dollars. now for the latest out of the us, we cross to correspondent, david willis, in los angeles. how are these announcements going down in the us? the legislation in question is called the families first coronavirus response act, as you mentioned it is a 100 billion dollarfiscal you mentioned it is a 100 billion dollar fiscal stimulus package, it provides a variety of safety nets, free testing for those who think they may have the coronavirus, also paid sick leave for those who have developed symptoms, and also payments for those who have children whose schools have closed because of the coronavirus. that legislation was signed into law by president trump shortly a

students are taking part in a day of civil disobedience to mark the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera taking office wednesday also marks 30 years since the end of 2 ways dictatorship. germany's domestic intelligence agencies planning an extremist placing an extremist wing of the country's far right alternative for germany party under surveillance not parties wing is led by a hooka who has been accused of using rhetoric from its past. or coronavirus pandemic is for the e.u. commission president to perspire on a visit to greece closer to follow the line of was due to hold talks about the situation of the land border with turkey where there have been clashes with police as thousands of migrants attempt to cross into you. there are also been clashes at overcrowded migrant camp some that greek islands and now up to $100.00 children from those camps are being offered refuge here in berlin but been chosen because they're sick or company or less than 14 years old has more on how the german capital it's preparing. thousands of refugees among the many children are stuck in makeshift camps in gr

students were participating in a day of civil disobedience to mark the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera entry into office when say also marked 30 years since the end of dictatorship today. and india's government has pledged strong action against the perpetrators of hindu muslim violence that left 50 people dead last month opposition lawmakers have demanded an inquiry in the resignation of the country's interior minister over police failures in late february rival muslim and hindu mobs clashed and torched homes and businesses. back to our coronavirus coverage down the toll it's taking on sports let's take a look at some of the latest developments well madrid's football and basketball teams have been put into quarantine the spanish football league as suspended play and its 2 top divisions for the next 2 weeks basketball's n.b.a. and euro league of both suspended their seasons and in formula one mclaren has withdrawn from the australian grand prix after a team member tested positive for the coronavirus. in champions league football paris got the better of brissie a dortmund on wednesday th

violent protests have brought —— broken out in santiago a sebastian pinera celebrates 30 years of the police who used tear gas to disperse the crowds. there was a call for a boycott, given accusations of police abuse last year. a think tank says building coal—fired power pla nts waste building coal—fired power plants waste hundreds of billions of dollars around the world because they are more expensive than wind and solar farms, whose costs have tumbled. now time to bring you all the latest sports news. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your thursday sport briefing, where we start with the news that holders liverpool are out of the uefa champions league, beaten 11—2 on aggregate in their last 16 tie by atletico madrid. the match moved into extra time at anfield after the hosts were 1—0 up at the end of 90 minutes, leaving it 1—1 on aggregate. and despite roberto firmino scoring four minutes into extra time, two marcos llorente goals and then a late alvaro morata score meant that the spanish side move into the last eight. we know how good they are defending and we have a good attitu

but earlier this week, the president, sebastian pinera, signed a law passing — expanding the punishmentre. and argentina has its own movement? its own movement connected to the #metoo movement, called #miracomonosponemos. recognising the green bandannas they wear. it is large and it has mobilised hundreds of women on femicide an abortion in argentina. they have had some breakthrough. the president has listened to them. its president will sent a bill to congress on abortion issue this month. local elections will begin taking place soon across france. counsellors and officials will be hoping to keep theirjobs. there is a growing trend affecting towns across the country. elections with no candidates. patrick maniere has been the mayor of baubigny for 1h years. not for much longer, though. he's decided to call it quits. but finding the next mayor is proving to be difficult. it seems no—one wants the job. translation: there may be a lack of political commitment. but there is, above all, the reality of working life. the realities which mean that people still give priority to their professiona

october gets higher metro fares upgraded to demands for major economic changes and president sebastian pinera us as a nation. it is terry with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has suspended all travel for most of europe for 30 days after the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic the e.u. has warned that the move could cause economic disruption that india has imposed stringent measures by temporarily canceling all tourist visas the government says also quarantine travelers arriving from 7 virus hit countries in attempts to contain the corona virus more now from al-jazeera as elizabeth broderick is in new delhi. as of 12 g.m.t. on friday and on april 15th no foreign nationals can enter india apart from if their diplomats work for the united nations or have. employment as the indian government has also said that all incoming travelers including incoming travelers indians haven't been to any destination coming from any destination but having been rather to china. iran south korea france germany and spain will be quarantined fo

antigovernment protesters have battled police is chilly monks 30 years of democracy while president sebastian pinera celebrated the occasion inside the presidential palace outside demonstrators demanded his resignation police fired water cannon and tear gas at the crowds of the capital santiago started in october as protests at the cost of transport has broadened to a wider movement against inequality. soybean farm is an argentine that will begin a 4 day strike on monday to protest against a tax increase they say will cripple the industry the government says the measure is needed to help those struggling the most with an economic crisis stories about reports from send the call us. farmers are on strike in argentina hundreds of them gathered in this assembly to express their anger against the government evolve out of the finance minister the after he announced a 3 percent increase in exports taxes on one of argentina's main crops the soybean . leaves in the province of some he says the government is making a mistake you'll be able to go to the world i don't mind paying more taxes but the government w

chile's president sebastian pinera has told the country it's time to take extreme measures well in 60 cases have been confirmed there so far a lot in america and its embassy in yemen is in santiago and tells us what people can expect. chileans are being told that more than $500.00 people cannot gather in one place added time indoors or outdoors which will clearly be a test of the government's strength and authority because as you will probably remember going protests are taking place in this country almost every day with thousands and thousands of people gather apart from that flights from europe and from asia have been canceled until further notice hospitals special emergency hospitals are being built. who heads a regional body has just called for an emergency summit via teleconference for monday with his with the other south american leaders so that they can try to coordinate tried to set parameters a common policies so that they can and also try to help each other because not every country is equally prepared to face this president nicolas maduro for example is suggesting that all

days of violence the protesters are demanding sweeping social policy reforms they say president sebastian pinera is actions have fallen short. in america editor lucien human is in santiago. february is the it's summer here it is the holiday season so there were less people in the capital's many people who had taken a break but they before they left they had warned that they would be back in force on in march starting march and this was the initiation of that really initiation if you like of the protests season here in chile not just in santiago but in other major cities throughout the country there were thousands and thousands of people here it was a very carnival atmosphere people were dancing singing at the same time hurling rather unrepeatable insults about the president the police the system at large and continuing to demand deep structural reforms to the economic system to the political system to it so that they can happen so that chile will have free and quality education health care better pensions better salaries the list is very very long what is also very long is the show jewel for the

fares of gruen and to much larger demands for economic change and the resignation of president sebastian pinera. and finally the mayor of mexico city is blaming a train crash on one reversing into the other a passenger was killed in the collision both train drivers are among the dozens of people injured the boss of the metro system says one of the trains didn't have modern safety systems fitted. past the hour on al-jazeera will take you through the headlines the european union has condemned the decision by the united states to suspend all travel from most of europe to 30 days this is after the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic he uses the decision by washing was taken unilaterally. saudi arabia has also put a number of restrictions on flights residents and citizens have been barred from traveling to europe as well as parts of africa and southern asia and south east asia italy the country under lockdown more businesses being forced to close their doors as the country tightens restrictions only pharmacies and shops which sell food will be allowed to stay open. forward

running again in chile with mounting anger over rising inequality demonstrators say president sebastian pinera has done little to address their demands were informed protests 1st broke out in october and continued through december and respond to the heightened security measures including the deployment of the military the sea and human is in the capital with more on one protest of the planning. february is the it's summer here it is the holiday season so there were less people in the capital as many people had taken a break but they before they left they had warned that they would be back in force on in march starting march and this was the initiation of re initiation if you like of the protests season here in chile not just in santiago but in other major cities throughout the country there were thousands and thousands of people here it was a very carnival atmosphere people were dancing singing at the same time hurling rather unrepeatable insults about the president the police the system at large and continuing to demand deep structural reforms to the economic system to the political system to

students in the capital santiago ramped up their protests against inequality while president sebastian pinera celebrated the occasion at the presidential palace protests which began in october against higher metro fares for grown into demands for major economic changes and for piniella as resignation. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here how the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. suspended all travel for most of europe for 30 days after the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic the e.u. has warned that the move could cause economic disruption in address to the american people president donald trump accused the e.u. of not responding to the virus quickly enough taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in erupt the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from europe the u.k. is one of the few countries exempted from the u.s. tr

streets of chile this week with mounting anger over rising inequality demonstrators say present sebastian pinera has done little to address that demands for social reform well our latin america it's a new c.n.n. human joins us live now from santiago and it was really in the in or some of last year in october that we saw these protests erupt in chile over inequality and all the problems in the country what's. it's about this resurgence now. what's really happening is that chileans are telling the government they're telling their lawmakers that they have not forgotten they have not decided to go home that they're still very much willing to take to the streets to protest and to continue to demand the rights that they originally came for it back in october they have managed to get an agreement for a referendum which will take place in april for a new constitution but that's clearly not enough and even though the government had made some concessions had some new laws people out here have come out in very large numbers again to say those who just crimes we need institutional. reforms to the education

the pandemic ended five months of large-scale protests demanding the resignation of president sebastian piÑera in stockholm, sweden, 1717-year-old clatate activivist greta thunberg said she very likely had covid-1-19 and has since recoverered. thunberg said she experienced a very mild illnes w while her father svante experienced much more intense symptoms. in new zealand, prime minister jacinda a ardernrn asked her nation's 5 million residents to behave as though they were contagioious as a sweeping nationwide remain at home policy came into effect at midnight thursday. >> if you have any ququtions about what you can or can't do and you are looking for answers, apply simple principle -- act like you have covid-19. every move you make could be a risk to someone else. amy: her plea came on the same day that the white supremacist terrorist who massacred muslim worshipers in two new zealand mosques last march pleaded guilty to the murder of 51 people. his sentencingng trial will bebe delayed untitil new zealand's covid-19 epidemic is under cocontrol and family members o f ththe victims hahave a ch

5 months of social upheaval and nearly daily protests with almost empty streets as president sebastian pinera i declared a state of emergency and catastrophe if. this allows us to dictate a series of measures including restriction of gatherings in public places assure the distribution of goods and services and establish quarantines and. curfews. it also means that starting thursday the army will be back on the streets a sensitive decision given their checkered human rights record. about 100 protesters spreta than the usual thousands answered the call to continue demonstrating around dignity plaza as it's nicknamed whether they will defy a likely curfew and the army later this week is not yet clear. even before the state of emergency was declared mayors ordered the closure of shopping malls cinemas parks and discotheques here in south america's largest mall only the supermarket in pharmacies remain open starting at midnight the government will be able to intervene to stop boarding and reselling of key sanitary goods some people are making a killing on all these items that people are desperate

rallying again in chile with mounting anger of a rising inequality demonstrators say president sebastian pinera has done little to address that demond reforms protests 1st broke out the october and continued through to december then respond to the heightened security measures including the deployment of the military let's go live now to a lot of america and its embassy in yemen she's and she lays capital santiago to see what's prompted this move by the protesters because things had started to calm down. they had started to calm down but only slightly because february is the summer here it is the holiday season so there were less people in the capital as many people had taken a break but they before they left they had warned that they would be back in force on in march starting march and this was the initiation of that really initiation if you like of the protests season here in chile not just in santiago but in other major cities throughout the country there were thousands and thousands of people here they're beginning to leave now it's dark but it was a very carnival atmosphere people were dan

days of violence the protesters are demanding sweeping social policy reforms they say president sebastian pinera as actions of foreign shores. u.s. president onil trumps announced the appointment of a new white house chief of staff republican representative mark meadows will take over from mick mulvaney who's been acting in the position for the past year although he will now be washington's special envoy in the violent. thailand could be facing another period of political unrest with the opposition party calling for further protests but it's widespread. needs that may be of concern to the government which critics say is not democratically elected as way to hail reports. one university campuses around thailand there is a political awakening underway students representing a new generation of thai protest is a coming out to call for the removal of a government still largely run by military generals who staged a coup in 2014 it took them on and it got that woman this is just the beginning at that moment students have come out to express that awesome concern we just started to show our strength in nu

as i government protesters have battled police mercs 30 years of democracy president sebastian pinera celebrated the occasion inside the presidential palace outside demonstrators to mandate his resignation police fired water cannon and tear gas at the crowds in the capital santiago which started in october as protests at the cost of transport has broadened into a wider movement against any quality. so i mean farmers in argentina will began a 4 day strike on monday to protest a tax hike they say will cripple the industry the government says the measure is needed to help those struggling the most amid an economic crisis has more from seneca less. farmers are on strike in argentina hundreds of them gathered in this assembly to express their anger against the government of l. one of the finance ministers the after he announced a 3 percent increase in exports taxes on one of argentina's main crops this. was their. lives in the province of sun but he says the government is making a mistake you'll be able to go to the world i don't mind paying more taxes but the government wants more and mor

el presidente sebastiÁn piÑera ha causado una ola de crÍticas por un comentario muy controversial sobrehile donde dice que las mujeres estÁn buscando un poco de la violencia de ser asesinadas. si le quitas el gÉnero es tan absurdo que el asesinado estÁ buscando ser asesinado. es difÍcil cuando viene desde arriba. desde un presidente. maity: cÓmo le exige al comÚn que actÚe de una manera responsable cuando los presidentes no tienen ni claro el uso de las palabras. dijo no es sÓlo la voluntad de los hombres de abusar sino de las mujeres de ser abusadas, luego se retracta " las cosas claras, jamÁs he dicho que la mujer puede tener la responsabilidad, muchas mujeres abusadas no reciben protecciÓn eficaz ni a tiempo. por eso la ley gabriela y nuestra polÍtica de tolerancia cero estÁ contra el abuso de las mujeres". es lo que tenÍa que ver dicho desde un principio. carlos: seÑor presidente, si las mujeres no estÁn declarando ni denunciando es porque creen que las autoridades piensan como usted. cÓmo vas a denunciar alguien si piensas que no te van a creer? monse: es una de las razones mÁs gra