argentina has had a long history with the i.m.f. and foreign creditors and there are many especially my governing coalition who say payments should be suspended and of the government of former president. argentina took on iran $100000000000.00 in foreign debt. that would be the that people will say the debt should be investigated likely to a decided to go to the i.m.f. billions of dollars to mark creep because donald trump gave his full support knowing the argentina couldn't pay it they did it so much would be reelected that did not happen at the i.m.f. violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we should do. for them and this says he's priority is to help societies most one have 0 as he struggles with point credit to us but he's policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse with us now from london richard siegel he is an emerging markets senior credit analyst at manulife asset management and it's great to have you with us here i mean it seems tha

newly inaugurated president of argentina —— argentina promised he would send a bill to congress to decriminaliseting women's rights and what the president's bill to present —— succeed. the mass attracted hundreds of people in front of the lady of lujan in buenos aires. the message from the church was clear: women's rights are important to us and we are here to care for you. translation: we condemn abuse in all its forms, sexual and psychological, whatever the situation, in the family, at work, at school, on the street or in the church. but there was an important proviso. translation: with the same passion that we state this, we also state there be no case for the termination of human life as set out in our national constitution. abortion is illegal across much of latin america. in some, including argentina, it is only allowed in the case of rape or where the mother's life is at risk. in some, it's outlawed in all circumstances. only three: cuba, guyana, uruguay, have legalised abortion. but argentina's new president alberto fernandez has promised to change that, describing abortion as a matter o

last argentina. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump is suspending travel with europe for 30 days to combat the coronavirus pandemic unprecedented restrictions want applied to the united kingdom and it won't affect u.s. citizens or pregnant residents and his national address he accused the e.u. of not responding quickly enough to the virus taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in europe. 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 global markets dropped again on wednesday of a quote a virus is new york style john is closed more than 1400 points lower tokyo's nikkei index sank by more than 5 percent after trump's announcement. italy has ordered all shops except food stores and pharmacies to close to stop the spread of corona virus this comes as the government ordered a nati

taxing times will tell you what ignited fama anger in argentina. was streaming into that western side of here just rolling in from the atlantic city by as a cloud coming through here while the system after another tightly packed ice about all came wind are rolling through and they'll be some snow on the high ground pushing across scotland as you can say that and also into scandinavia that came when that will continue to dry those showers right the way through across northern parts of europe through the baltic states that to the southeast keep close on that one some very stormy weather rolling away into that eastern side of the mediterranean over the next few days likely to cause some flooding for friday central parts not see bad bands of towns of maine they will start the way southward and east with bright skies to come back in behind you see the next system pushing into the northwest as we go on into friday down into the southwest 22 in madrid so lovely weather 22 in athens as well but said they saw a side of the med that does give course the conc

argentina. the ng as. we got the usual distribution of showers across southeast asia some lively one serving 2 central possibly taken in malaysia seeing some life back into the philippines more sunshine than showers here was a chance of the odd one in the heat of the day but nothing much to speak of in that china was so quiet thailand looking good what it is shows that just around. into somalia. was that you know just popping up across more than possible border for a time as usual russia shows the intricate part of indonesia and that was a series of very heavy showers recently that he says sort of australia loss a cloud showing up there and under this particular system to cool cycling it's likely to develop here and bring some further showers longer spells of rain in from the coral sea with the risk of some flooding lots of really heavy rain there into the society of queensland for the southeast in kona also heavy rain is pushing through here as well colder a cold subtle sweet 3 big drop in temp

argentina. and fueling of frustration a shortage of petrol is not the only crisis confronting saddam. hell if the next day or so most of the rabid and instead will be quiet but look what is coming in over egypt that developing storm will be a pretty nasty things 1st of all it's got a cold wind with it and then it's got the potential to live 800150 minutes of rain in 24 hours that will produce flooding in maybe cairo alexandria anywhere really as a flash flood in north and egypt and it will spread its wings further east to 1st a few showers in jordan and north and saudi a strong southerly coming up to me that normally means pretty nasty weather and then it expands itself sort of north and south is for iraq to live on generally with the miserable weather all the way up into southern turkey and the concentration right likely to be moved into was western iran come saturday to say to the science it's mostly quiet still 35 in mecca but it's sunday 35 in about 25 and a rather quiet sadar. that was seen

the green handkerchiefs a symbol of argentina's pro—choice movement.ould take to the streets for greater equality in the workplace and living conditions and because of the way the fm aside excess and for legalisation of abortion. the president's will issue before congress this week but in a staunchly roman catholic country, getting a past lawmakers won't be its only challenge, changing the views of many argentines will be much, much harder. rich preston, bbc news. a man has been shot dead by police in westminster in london following an incident which is not being treated as terrorism. 0fficers from the metropolitan police remain at the scene of the incident which occurred at around 11:30pm on sunday. road closures remain in place as police investigate the area. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: what goes up, must come down. meblourne's annual batman rally test the laws of gravity. —— the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then the soviet union lost

the green handkerchiefs a symbol of argentina's pro—choice movement.women should take to the streets for greater equality in the workplace and living conditions and because of the way the femicide exists and for the legalisation of abortion. the president's bill is due before congress this week but in a staunchly roman catholic country, getting it past lawmakers won't be its only challenge, changing the views of many argentines will be much, much harder. rich preston, bbc news. in afghanistan, president elect has rejected a call for a postponement of his inauguration ceremony. his opponent has reportedly offered to postpone his own rival inauguration if mr ghani does the same. the pair have been longtime political rivals but last month, mr ghani was declared the winner of september's presidential poll, and for both men to announce they would each post his own or inauguration ceremony. the feud is threatening the recently agreed deal between the taliban and the united states over troop withdrawals were talks due to start of the afghan government this we

patrick: argentina has nearly 600 cases.s concern there could be more because testing has not been very high so far. there is been less than 3000 tests in argentina whereas next door in chile, which has a much smaller population, there has been double the amount of test. it is still contained situation when compared to other countries globally, but there is the concern we could see the exponential curve increase we have seen in spain and italy were a lot of argentines travel to and from. david: what has been the reaction from the argentinian people? have they were accepted the severe restrictions with equanimity? patrick: the in these strictsually very divisive. there are lots of lethal isitics and the country obviously in its own ongoing economic crisis. you are seeing a rare amount of unity both from the people staying at home heating the call of their leader and a lot of bipartisan action being taken across the board. david: give us a sense of the state of the argentinian economy. we are all concerned about what this is d

the streets of argentina's capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. constanza easy and says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the past few days and the local guy called mia people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many can't work and can't survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. here argentina's economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covert 19 became a priority for this country's government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lock down cost by the corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day job or certainty that he will be out yes but it's not just the poor that i belong affected the most are going

last argentina. result is their own these are the top stories donald trump says travel from europe to the u.s. will be suspended from friday from up u.s. citizens and not affected by the president says it will help protect americans from the coronavirus the u.k. is excluded from the new restrictions taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in europe. 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. global markets dropped again on wednesday over coronavirus fares new york style jones closed more than 1400 points lower tokyo's nikkei index sank by more than 5 percent after trump's announcement meanwhile the world health organization has labeled the corona virus outbreak a pandemic it's alarmed by the spread and the lack of action to combat it viruses not kills more th

this week, i'm exploring argentina's ibera wetlands.igate the waterways. woo, ok! a different experience to having a saddle on, let me tell you that right now. woo! omar, there's a crocodile right there, should we be worried? un cocodrilo, una caiman... no importa, eh? "don't worry about it." "don't worry about it, that's what we do." as the river deepens, and the horse can't reach the bottom, the trick is to slip off and hold on for the ride. now? ok, so, right hand, no, left hand here? right hand behind, grab the tail... oh, and we're away! this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entire life. the water doesn't taste very good. and there's miscellaneous things — some slimy, some spiky — rubbing against most of my body. almost having my arm attached like a moving train! they're strong animals, even in the water. woo! omar, we made it! good job! that was hard work for me, must be extra work for you! we made it, omar. omar runs his extraordinary expeditions for tourists. and if you want my tip — just don't think too much about

this week, i'm exploring argentina's ibera wetlands.e how paisanos navigate the waterways. woo, ok! a different experience to having a saddle on, let me tell you that right now. woo! omar, there's a crocodile right there, should we be worried? un cocodrilo, una caiman... no importa, eh? "don't worry about it." "don't worry about it, that's what we do." as the river deepens, and the horse can't reach the bottom, the trick is to slip off and hold on for the ride. now? ok, so, right hand, no, left hand here? right hand behind, grab the tail... oh, and we're away! this is one of the craziest things i've done in my entire life. the water doesn't taste very good. and there's miscellaneous things — some slimy, some spiky — rubbing against most of my body. almost having my arm attached like a moving train! horse nickers. they're strong animals, even in the water. woo! omar, we made it! good job! that was hard work for me, must be extra work for you! we made it, omar. omar runs his extraordinary expeditions for tourists. and if you want my tip —

argentina puts the strictest measures of any last american country into place to combat the virus we'll have a report from one of saddam as. would you love me for the benefit. of all our fears would be a. message from the medical staff on the front lines in the fight against the karada street. the air. the coronavirus pandemic continues to tighten its grip on europe there's no sign that the infection rate is slowing with thousands more confront every day and the death toll is rising to just over $3400.00 people have died in italy more than anywhere else in the world including china infections of suppost $40000.00 the government will now deploy the army to enforce a lockdown in long body the region was to hit in spain the death toll is now past $1000.00 infections there have also risen to nearly $20000.00 and iran has just announced a further $149.00 deaths bringing its total. more than 1400 president has some rouhani is calling on iranians to stay united to tackle the crisis they want to the u.s. the governor of the country's most populous state california has told everyone to stay home

a lifeline under lockdown the soup kitchens in argentina providing much needed new tradition in a time of crisis. i want art imitates life is more of a stay home streaming service you know taken the band for pandemic related content . the global coronavirus death toll has passed 30000 as governments around the world struggle to contain this pandemic and the u.s. more than 124000 people have now tested positive and more than 2100 have died centers for disease control is urging residents of new york new jersey and connecticut to avoid non-essential travel for the next 14 days half of the total number of people who died worldwide came from just 2 countries in europe italy and spain the spanish army has now been asked to transport bodies because undertakers are unable to cope and in china where the pandemic began only 45 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours all but one of the cases were from people who arrived from overseas china's preventing nearly all foreigners now from entering the country. let's go now to the situation in the u.s. . a day of presidential mixed signal

and a lifeline under lockdown at soup kitchens in argentina providing much needed impression in a time of crisis. welcome to look at the international full cost plenty of shall as around southeast asia as per usual a lot cheaper out into the philippines southern parts will catch a few showers over the next day or so but all sunshine that show us is fun and dry across much of india china want to show us they're just pushing towards the gulf of tata but the west the weather through malaysia what's the weather to into good parts of indonesia i want to to the show is also just touching the far north of australia where we see a tropical system just developing just around the cape york peninsula over the next dial so the main area of the very active weather is down towards the southeast we've seen some very heavy rain make its way across the by 3 south australia that will slide its way across victoria into new south wales as we go on into monday and she's day said turning increased the wet he am very windy as well winds could gust to be 80 or 90 kilometers per hour although it does look very

still ahead on al-jazeera a lifeline down in argentina providing much needed nutrition and a time of crisis. who are not a fall of goodwill big. time of virus we'll look at what's being done to help reduce the risk for the elderly. but. we've got high pressure dominating the weather across northern parts of the year but the moment so doesn't like to see bad laws the dry but it's got to be on the cold side his that big area of high pressure dragging round a northerly wind behind this blue line this cold front so temperatures taking something of a plunge as we go on through the next couple days and one of the things to watch out for this area of low pressure just making its way towards the iberian peninsula as we go on through the next day or 2 it will turn increasingly wet so just bits and pieces of cloud and right now a long line of cloud of rain there all night call from the sinking further south with temperatures falling in the process is there for london 9 degrees there for paris to take a look at moscow 14 degrees on sunday a lot colors ago on into monday just one degree celsius

the streets of argentina's capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. constanza says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the past few days and the awful thing is that geico media people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many can't work and can't survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. here argentina's economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covies 19 became a priority for this country's government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lockdown cost by the corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day job or certainty that he will be out yes but it's not just the poor that i belong affected the most are going

but for now — from me, mike corey, and the rest of the team here in argentina — it's goodbye.has been extreme of late, but rewind a couple of years and you will find a very different extreme that we were in the grip of, and that was the beast from the east, where the temperature on this he day two years ago in south wales could only reach a high of —4.7 degrees. that was our coldest march day on record. it has been chilly in the breeze today, but nowhere near that cold. we have still got storm jorge close to north scotland. it has been a blustery day, but the winds are easing a bit now. we still have some rain and hill snow affecting parts of scotland, but for many others it has been a fine afternoon. some showers affecting us, and they will continue to be around as we go through this evening and into night, particularly across north scotland, north—west england and northern ireland and wales. a bit icy tomorrow morning, some rain held sleet and snow as well. don't be surprised if there is something wintry around for you first thing in the morning, temperatures keeping up for

argentina the u.s. house of representatives has approved a resolution that limits president donald trump's ability to wage war in iran the measure requires trump to get congressional approval before engaging in any further military action resolution as a response to the assassination of iranian general costs of the money and january the senate voted 55 in favor $45.00 against a republican and democrats to approve that resolution after 2 months standoff iran has agreed to send the black boxes from that downed passenger jet to ukraine that iran's delegation at the international civil aviation organization says other countries have also been invited to read the data the crimean passenger plane was shot down by the iranian military in early january killing all 176 people on board authorities said it was a mistake after initially denying any responsibility. bread and petrol shortages in sudan are again causing. a lot of frustration so more shortages last sure helped fuel the revolution which ended omar al ba

exports are crucial for argentina's economy these days following currency generated by crops beef and other products i what could help this country they are following debt. but the covert 19 is already having an impact here too you know i mean they're trying to raise our main market but it may start to recover we are now seeing many of the european clients cancel the orders because nobody knows who would buy the beef and know they're already freezing some of it it's a huge problem for us because we depend on exports. this plant so it's mostly premium beef to china europe and the united states and finding client it's not easy these days. as the cold feet 19 spreads around the world shows and public events are being suspended in argentina in an attempt to contain the virus. flights are also being canceled in a country that is already struggling with capital controls double digit inflation and this restructuring foreign debt the government have imposed mandatory isolations on people arriving from europe china and even the united states they're also considering fining those who do not res

as the $1000.00 spreads around the world shows and public events are being suspended in argentina in an attempt to contain the virus. flights are also being cancelled in a country that is already struggling with capital controls double digit inflation and this restructuring foreign debt the government have imposed mandatory isolations on people arriving from europe china and even the united states they're also considering fining those who do not respect the law and pose a threat to public health but even though many believe that argentina could succeed in containing the virus the spread of the virus in this country it is the economic situation that has a many people worried here. in the past 2 years most administrations have pinned down their hopes of economic recovery back on one of the one of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world but as the local economy deteriorates and worldwide markets tumble investments are being rerouted outside the country we have a common characteristic that is the lead in american countries especially south american ones we export commodities

argentina was already reeling from recession high inflation and a weak peso. coronavirus and it's a toxic mix in the past few days the marble stock index has taken a battering investors fear dwindling trade in the collapse of tourism to destinations like the capital raise. the un's trade in development agency says latin america is under threat. in the latin american region which is also a vulnerable region we're looking at an economy like argentina. has been contracting as a consequence of its. difficulties with servicing its debt. that that's an economy that will again be struggling as a consequence of the knock on effects of this crisis next door chile's peso has been slammed by volatility linked to the world wide spread of the virus as well as protests over inequality and social injustice that have weighed on the economy. she lays economy is largely driven by exports ranging from salmon to wine and fruit and vegetables but the coronavirus has also hit the country's biggest export copper as demand in its key markets china plummets. coronaviruses devastating

let me go back to the package from argentina and try to control the coronavirus. has been in quiet time with her husband and children. she lives about 60 kilometers from buenos aires and has no symptoms of covid-19 yet. >> neighbors help us and bring us food. we never had time to go to supermarkets. we depend on home buying from the markets. they received a message that quarantine is effective for 14 days. --is an implemented measure preventative measure imposed and those who do not comply will be fined. >> not everyone is happy about it. he is a physical trainer. .e arrived two days ago ,hen a security guard told him he attacked him. it has become a challenge for argentina's government that is not want to see what is happening in italy. they were picked up with hotels and taken to the airport by police. >> we are analyzing the recommendation to the world health organization's in need to take drastic measures to attack the virus. >> many bring you some other stories, three states are holding democratic primaries despite health officials encouraging people to stay

exports are crucial for argentina's economy these days following currency generated by crops be fund other products by what could help this country fail foreign debt. but the covert 19 is already having an impact here too you know. main market but may start to recover we're now seeing many of our european clients cancel the orders because nobody knows who will buy the beef and know they're already freezing some of it it's a huge problem for us because we depend on exports. this plant sells mostly premium beef to china europe and the united states and finding clients it's not easy these days as the cold feet 19 spreads around the world shows and public events are being suspended in argentina in an attempt to contain the virus. flights are also being canceled in a country that is already struggling with capital controls double digit inflation and this restructuring foreign debt the government have imposed mandatory isolations on people arriving from europe china and even the united states they're also considering fining those who do not respect the law imposed a threat to public health

argentina gets tougher on people returning from over scenes threatening in jail or fines if they don't self quarantine. and panic buying in malaysia to take some more of the drastic steps and yet as infections wrong. with. the drug administration is promising up to a trillion dollars to help the u.s. economy whether the coronavirus pandemic the proposal includes giving money to individual citizens the number of u.s. cases of the virus has risen to nearly 6000 the death toll has reached 100 white house correspondent kelly hall has the latest. as ordinary americans cope with the economic impacts of coronavirus the white house announced it was pushing congress to make a media cash payments to struggling americans what we've heard from hardworking americans many companies have now shut down whether it's bars or restaurants american state cash now and the president wants to get cash now and i mean now in the next few weeks congress has already put forward a bill to provide sickly as well as food assistance to children and the elderly it still needs to pass the republican controlled senate b

band traveling between europe and our argentina also canceled flights between the united states and argentina he also demanded math and mandatory isolation from those who had returned from europe among other things there was earlier today a rule or on going that presidential eat it might have tested positive for corona virus however the presidential palace and the president himself denied it on his dave spoke later today how what we're seeing right now is that most governments aside from the deceased from the virus are also getting ready for the economic impact that this may have in the region this is a volatile region countries like brazil for example the bonds have seen an all time low in argentina of course suffering right now it's going through an economic crisis with a very high inflation restructuring its sovereign debt this are nations that depend on trade with china and china is its 2nd trading partner so this whole situation the situation in europe also an important trading partner for argentina for brazil for many countries in the region is definitely going to have a very

estÁn en este momento patrullando las calles en argentina y tambiÉn aquÍ en estados unidos.se queden por favor en casa. borja: asÍ es. la vida de muchas personas sin duda estÁ en juego. fÍjate que esta noticia demuestra que el coronavirus toca a todo el mundo por igual. la casa real britÁnica ha publicado que el prÍncipe carlos dio positivo en la prueba del coronavirus. sin embargo, el heredero al trono de inglaterra mantiene buen estado de salud. su esposa camila no estÁ contagiada. ambos se auto aislaron en el castillo en escocia y lo bueno tambiÉn es que la reina isabel ii estÁ siguiendo las recomendaciones. ella vio a su hijo el pasado 12 de marzo, pero no presenta ningÚn sÍntoma. carolina: nadie es inmune al coronavirus. en los Últimos dÍas empleados de al menos ocho almacenes de amazon dieron positivo al coronavirus. las bodegas estÁn ubicadas en diferentes partes del paÍs. en nueva york, florida, michigan, texas y kentucky. en respuesta a la compaÑÍa ha cerrado los locales de forma temporal, obviamente para poder desinfectarlos. preocupante. borja: una de las medidas

back in the engine highlands of argentina. we are in. ts here on the edge of the salt lake the disastrous effects of lithium mining are already apparent. the village is one of $33.00 communities in the region that have joined forces to fight the corporations. in an imbecilic economy believe started mining lithium here the water in the village became increasingly scarce and them. and yamaha there used to be enough water to irrigate our gardens but today there isn't enough. but mining companies have only just begun to drill here the locals are not prepared to sit back and accept the destruction of their ancestral lands the arid region has been their home for centuries. we've begun building up rural tourism here in this community and also in neighboring villages around the lagoon and when alone. if they start drilling it will jeopardize everything we've achieved them you know but you know the 3rd because they'll leave their toxic waste behind here with us. when i go and that's one. protest action by the villagers has made waves across the c

we set off for south america to argentina and the province of. more than 60 percent of the world's lithium reserves located here in the endian highlands in the so-called lithium triangle that straddles argentina bolivia and chile. it's an inhospitable extremely dry region with sparse vegetation that only sees rain once a year river lets trickle for just a few kilometers before running dry water is a precious commodity the indigenous squalor have lived in the region for centuries today their people number more than 100000 carlo schools man animals that his farm up here in the mountains. equality were brought to the gaelic well i represent the aperture to collective and we have opposed lithium mining because there's very little water here. amounts of water are withdrawn from mining it compounds the arid conditions. we're all very concerned about the threat posed to our natural environment. and both if. we are a month looked up. near guzman's farm the salt lake salata on overalls lots of now to choose a 4000 meters above sea level. beneath its salt

staying at home they say they're showing what mexico would be like without that and women across argentina are expected to rally in support of legalizing abortion the strike action comes after president mandela said he wants to reopen the debate abortion in argentina is punishable by up to 4 years in jail you have to say with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's the inside story to stay with us. and. it's really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the corona far as should other countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. following james spader's with a number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 60000000 people forced into quarantine italy's government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the corona virus it's in his economic is under strain the financial and fashion capital resembles a ghost town.