in the united stateses, m major carmrmakerss have alsoo announc plans to produce ventilators. a nationwide lock todown went io effect and will continue until mid april. authorities in the country have been facing huge medical challenges like building makeshift hospitals to p provid beds for coronavirus patients. >>> the coronavirus has disru disrupted the lives of people around the world. in japan, it has deprived many families of a chance to witness a right of passage they have been looking forward to for years. their children's graduation ceremony. our next story looks at how one photographer is helping families make the best out of a difficult situation. >> reporter: twins graduating from kindergarten and an elementary schoolgirl on her big day. the photos were taken by a photographer near tokyo. she freelances in commercial photography, but this year she decided to help participants that had to miss their children's graduation ceremonies. >> it's once in a lifetime. i thought i could give them something to mark the anniversary in the form of a photo. >> she took to social

thesese refugegees are now alsoo losing t their jobs. until now, they received funding from thehe eu, 1.1.7 m million d socicial support. that number isis increasining. we havave a regionalal problem t if it all gogoes wrong and if we don'n't have with more people tryiying to cross s with no hehg conditions for them, we are putting more pressure and more suffering. >> the eu has paid the money it has promised turkey. his turkey basically trying -- is turkey basically trying to extort more money out of the eu by using migrants as blackmail material? >> tururkey is the country off t refugees in the world and has been for many years. the money that you give turkey and d -- the eu gave turkey was an investment for schools, for clinics in turkey, thehe question is,s, can they agree oa new deal when the eu continues to fund the integration of syririans when countries like germany can help greece? >> we appreciate your time andnd your insight tonight. thank you. >> i thank you. >> here is a look at some of the other stories making headlines aro

many have alsoo lost housing provided by their employers or been evicted because of their inability to pay rent. bus and railway services have stopped in the city forcing people to walk back to theirir villages. >> translator: we have problems. we have a small child and we don't have anything to eat. we will go to a town on foot. >> on saturday a 39-year-old man died from a heart attack on his way home about 200 kilometers from the capital. local officials say he had been walking too long. this prompted authorities to provide buses to transport migrant workers home. but long lines and overcrowding at bus terminals have raised the risk of infection. india's government already facing mounting criticism for the lockdown has begun offering food and shelter at schools in hopes that it will keep workers from returning to their home. >>> south korea's unification ministry say it's approved for the first time an aid plan by a private organization to help north korea deal with the coronavirus pandemic. the plann of about $80,0000 cal for supplies to be delivered to the north. neither the name o

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the council alsoo relief for so small businesses on the peninsula.an mateo county supervisors considered a moratorium that would have banned evictions of small businesses. during their video conference, the board voted down. the moratorium would have applied to businesses that make less than $2.5 million in revenue a year. >>> a new drive-through grocery store is open in san jose. choicelunch is a school lunch delivery service that normally delivers food to schools. but since campuses are now closed, the company launched choicelunch pantry. it's open along bermuda lane. the food comes straight from distributors and workers bring it to your car. you do have to order food two days in advance. >>> we need ventilators so uc berkeley engineers are getting creative. they're using leftover supplies and doing something good. they're turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators. the new modifications allow the sleep apnea machine to accept pure oxygen. the air is then filtered and delivered right to the patient through the breathing tube. the makeshift venti

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