the cocreator and illustrator of the famed c comic asterix and aa legs has died at his home. -- asterix and obelisks has died at his home. now with schools around thehe kidids andsed, keeping adults entertained has become the nenew preoccupation of many. trevor jackson takes a lk at some of the novel ways people are dealing with quarantine. childrenllions of around the wor this is t the new normal - -- the coronavirus has closed classrooms the world over forcing parents to become teachers and teachchers to becoe content makers. online schooling has taken off in the first week k of the outbreak and it is not just kids doing something new. with 2 billion people aroround e world housebound, boredom has become a big problem. miller -- lucas turned his house into a rake it -- racacing track. some of those with the money to too.play some card games toilet paper has taken center stage during the outbreak. since their man desk -- matches have been canceled, athletes have started the toilet paper challenge. for most people, escapism seems to be music. these musicians use their talents to enterta

be closed to the public albert odair so the illustrator and co-creator of the french comic series asterix and oval x. has died at the age of $92.00 his family said he died at home after a heart attack are related to the coronavirus for more than 60 years adults and children to follow the exploits of comic heroes asterix and warriors who stood up to their roman occupiers the beloved series has sold more than 370000000 albums worldwide. are you watching d.w. news we have extensive coverage of the corona virus crisis on our website www dot com with so many people being told to stay at home but during this pandemic keeping active can be a problem as usual social media has a remedy for that with the hash tag stay at home a challenge that's trending worldwide and sure some data reporters showing that sports and keeping fit can just as easily be done at home. feel. it. could. even if the coronavirus are sending football into a force to train. a wedding we will still be bringing you the stars and small panda stories of the century surrounding our favorite sports. because we won't let the soccer f

albertz it would there's one of the creators of the much loved comic book character asterix has died reports in francais the 92 year old passed away in his sleep at his home outside paris in the comic asterix and his sidekick opal lakes defended a french village from the romans who dares so initially illustrated the character as created along with writer rene gaul skinny and he took over the writing duties when gascony died in 1977. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera india is taking immediate drastic action to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to the world's 2nd most populous nation india's 1300000000 citizens have been told to stay home for 3 weeks prime minister narendra modi says a nationwide lockdown will be enforced from midnight and just reported more than $500.00 confirmed cases and 10 deaths would. listen carefully the whole country from today told midnight the entire country it would be in a complete. order to save india in order to save the citizens of india and to save itself save you and your family today at 12 midnight there would be a total ban of then shooting

were being smuggled into south africa now the coke creates of the beloved french comic book series asterixhas died aged 92 albert desert fest illustrates the laser also wrote the comics depicting the adventures of a warrior in roman occupied ancient cool they've since sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and also inspired multiple films and even to steam talks your desires family says he died of a heart attack completely unrelated to corona virus. well those are the headlines jury member that you can follow the news on al-jazeera here . frank the one thing about these bush fires is really what the. climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers on a bogus argument is astonishing to me apart from times an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. america in region of wonder joy tragedy and guess of violence but it doesn't ma

and the creator of the beloved french comic book series asterix has died at the age of 92. first illustrated and later great the comics depicting the adventures of a warrior and very minutely applied ancient cool and sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and inspired multiple films as well as to theme parks desert family says he died of a heart attack i'm related to corona virus. president of the top stories here at his era new york's governor has made a separate plea for medical supplies warning the corona virus is spreading rapidly in the u.s. state andrew cuomo says as many as 40000 people could need intensive care treatment within 2 weeks one of the forecasters said to me we were looking at a freight train coming across the country we're now looking at a bullet train because the numbers are going up that quickly meanwhile the u.s. president's continuing to strike a not to optimistic tone saying he hopes to have the situation under control by easter. ultimately the goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country as we near

asterix measures to stop the coronavirus are having a devastating impact on workers with the food hospitality and entertainment industries being hit particularly hard many american workers are taking to the internet to share their stories and reports. yet. the lead singer of a country rock zac brown shared this message with fans. like about 90 percent. explaining why tour dates have been cancelled and why he had to let go of most of his crew. across the u.s. performance artists and those behind the scenes are suddenly without work that includes 95 percent of performers and staff from cirque du soleil the entertainment company's revenue last year was just shy of a 1000000000 dollars a number that's dropped to 0 according to its c.e.o. sit in this extra animals unfortunately this decision is our only option as we are forced to position ourselves to weather the storm and prepared for everyone chill at the openings a hard sell for those who just lost their only source of income got laid off from a job 2 to. corona virus these kinds of posts are increasing by the day from recently dismissed employ

were you ever a reader of asterix comics? yes.oon of his which came out in 2017, and one of the villains was this roman dude called coronavirus, would you believe? and the good news is, if you like omens and things like that, that asterix managed to defeat coronavirus. what an extraordinary thing.|j managed to defeat coronavirus. what an extraordinary thing. i know we have known that coronavirus is the strand of viruses, so the word has been around for awhile, but to have that in and asterix comic is interesting. many of you have been in touch to say you are confused about what to do if your car's mot expires within the next few weeks. well, we should get more details from the government later today, including a decision on whether there will be fines for those continuing to drive cars with an expired certificate. breakfast‘s tim muffett reports. cars, questions and confusion. this man is in the dark, he is an mot tester in south london. a lot of customers are worried. being asked so many questions we just don't have the answers t

flu so i start to say i wonder what's going on here for the 1st time in 3 months there's been no asterix or shelling in syria's in the province a ceasefire agreement brokered by turkey and russia on thursday appears to be holding for now and there's been reports of some fighting in southern parts of the province between government forces and a section of the opposition. refugees and migrants trying to cross the border from turkey into greece have been hit with tear gas as wild police from both sides try to keep them away. tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into greece since turkey opened its borders with the european union. i saw has claimed responsibility for an attack in afghanistan's capital which has left at least 30 people dead. head of the country's peace council is giving a speech in kabul when shots were fired it's the 1st major attack since the taliban signed a peace deal with the u.s. but those are the headlines that use continues. as era of a shelter stage and that's what it by fire. raise your right hand and repeat after me i say your name. this only swear

but i doo wonder there is an asterix next to simon same. i think it was tested positive for something that's just what i heard. [laughter]. [laughter]. read it was a really long look at a rate. in the body winter joe is here. in the audie awards winter. and my only disappointment is that these awards did not have been two months ago because that i would've been able to say, you know i really think. okay that joke. hillary uber is nominated. [screaming]. for best female narrator. now hillary is also doing the voiced of god introductions tonight, so everyone's at say, hope she wins. because you don't want to an voice of god. [laughter]. >> no you don't, you do not want to make me angry ♪ ♪. hillary, please reveal yourself so that we can worship you. back. mo rocca: , the house. [applause]. where is she going. while the audio boards began 25 years ago, the audiobook is so goes back much farther. e the very first work of western literature was an audiobook. i am talking of course by homer the one to change earl jones but that he was unavailable