standings when the final world cup event in the czech republic was called off, so she was given the title, but she has had a fantastic season. i spoke to her earlier i'm so happy, like, it'sjust meant to be. my comeback season without any pressure, just having fun, yeah, i ended up having the best season of my career. so it's been amazing. i'm so happy. is a site anticlimax that you didn't go out on a high, because obviously, you were crowned champion without getting to go to the final eventin without getting to go to the final event in the czech republic, because of, guess what, coronavirus. yeah, i'm just looking at it as like, we have had four really good slopes before that, and i'm obviously really ha p py before that, and i'm obviously really happy to be crowned the champion anyway, but i was going into the last world cup with 400 points ahead of second—place, so i was already feeling really confident that i was in a good position in any way to win it. and also, we have had like every world cup season has been good weather, which is really unusual. usually you get 1—2 that we re unus

so tell us how wearing masks has made a difference to the spread of the coronavirus in the czech republicn observing substantial decrease in the growth sector of the coronavirus spread in the czech repub bllic shortly after we have taken this, among other measures. so -- but it is difficult to say whether just the mask would help. if you combine it with all other measures, it's going to help to protect other people around you. it is not if you are protecting yourself but it is to protect other people in case you are already infected but you don't know about it yet. >> right. of course, you're saying it is important that we wear these facemasks if you're sick or if you're healthy, indeed, and that they will make a difference along with other things, of course social distancing, but this is what the who says about that. let's just take a listen. >> w.h.o. recommends that the wearing of a mask by a member of the public is to prestlaent individual giving the dissatisfies to somebody else. we don't generally recommend the wearing of masks in public by otherwise pill individuals. >> the w.h.o.

for instance who are already have in place to travel bans that are similar to the czech republic in fact will not allow anybody who is not a citizen of the czech republic into that country at the moment including other e.u. citizens so the implementation is still to be implemented by various countries but it's going to be very quickly i imagine all right not only people are travelling glutes also move across the border and i'm going to machall had something to say about that let's listen and. we pledged to coordinate the repository ation of european union citizens stranded in quotation marks in other parts of the world. and we also discuss the supply of medical products on dick whitman but for the organ at the request of many member states the commission has decided to undertake collective tenders to obtain certain medical goods organum from a very welcome ooh for older. ones i'm going to get america just mentioned issuing tenders for certain medical goods is europe actually working together to ensure that the most vulnerable member states like italy do have enough supplies. i think

they include denmark, poland, slovakia, czech republic as well as cyprus. a ban on travellers from most of europe entering the united states has come into force. president trump indicated that the uk may soon be included in the measures.

norway they are now shutting schools finland is warning people against large public gatherings the czech republic has declared a 30 day state of emergency affection rights are also jumping in spain germany and the netherlands poland has reported its 1st step so much happening there we start with a look at europe through the virus tracker from johns hopkins university in the united states you're familiar with this one it gives us the best snap. short of covert 19 infections at any one point and the main snapshot right now if it works is that one headline number of 127863 people infected all over the world now have a look at europe and i know all those circles do look largely the same size all the big ones too but just let me go through a few of them germany just over 2000 cases only 3 deaths france same sort of number of confirmed cases but 48 deaths and then italy of course we know well about with its 12462 confirmed cases and 827 deaths as always though i would draw you to this number up in the course of the green number a total of $68000.00 people plus who have recovered out of those $126000.00

the czech republic has had no coronavirus death. the same is far from true elsewhere in europe.sh prime minister borisjohnson has introduced stricter measures, saying that everyone in the uk should avoid non—essential travel and contact with others. more than 1500 people have now tested positive for the virus in the uk. but scientists advising the government estimate the actual number of cases is between 35— and 50,000. here's the prime minister explaining why the new measures are coming in now. we are asking people to do something that is difficult and disruptive of their lives. and the right moment, as we have always said, is to do it when it is most effective, when we think it can make the biggest difference to slowing the spread of the disease, reducing the number of victims, reducing the number of fatalities. that announcement marks a significant shift from the british government's position last week. officials are now convinced the uk is on the verge of a major upswing in cases and there are genuine concerns about the impact on the national health service as our medical co

a also in the czech republic authorities are carrying out random tempeperatue tests of driverless. in poland health checks are being carried out and one of the country's borders. they too have closed schools and universitiess for two weeks which will impact just under five million students. noww in croatia one of the country's top officials has been running counter to the basic health prevention measures. but click the minister of the sea transport and infrastructure continues to greet his colleagues with a handshake and sometimes hunk the kiss. but the country in line with the policy of most nations in the region is holding ferry opeperations bringing passengerss from israeli. well in the united kingdom and the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a sixty billion pounds stimulus package to help deal with the fallout from the corona virus it includes. immediate funding for the national h health servie exextra sick patient courage people to o stay home and suppot for people who rely on the gig economy will for that i'm joined by professor in bag at the london school of economics tha

you're seeing countries doing that, croatia, czech republic.hay with? >> it can kind of cut both ways. what you're seeing part of market reaction there is a cost, there is a cost of interrupting trade of goods across-border, to say people can't move across borders. >> but the point the other countries are doing it? >> yeah, taiwan, they have had a lot of success, unlike italy, china, they had a great success because much travel restrictions to china and macau. elizabeth: the president can, have in his hip pocket declaration of national emergency. we're tracking contracts out of fema for ton much supplies to go out to doctors and hospitals and out of hhs. let's watch -- sheer is -- heres issue joe biden facing. attacking voters. >> i beginning to see why your wife left you. come on man. you want to check my, do push-ups together. do the run. whatever you want to do. wait, wait, wait. you're getting nervous, man. elizabeth: even late-night talk show hosts are making fun of joe biden for attacking voters. watch this. >> you remember when that guy

hiking in central austria it happened in the mountains it's believed the victims were from the czech republic. but more news coming up. right after the listening post and i'll be back with the news for. as the world battles of potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe with updates about travel restrictions post how to protect ourselves. run a virus outbreak special coverage on. this plane 633 of its troops sorry we're going to look because it almost hit a good. point because i. think if. you want to come up with a click by to pretend that i want to burden you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week syria is a proxy war and the outside players turkey and russia are using their media muscle to shift the narrative in their favor coronavirus is still big news but don't believe everything you click on misinformation is making the rounds on social media pakistan wants to grow its tourism industry and to the influencers but how do they get to parts of the country that are close to pakistan it's i think it's pretty.

the past in the czech republic. on the program thanks for making the time to us to tell us. side of it has appreciated thank you what have you. we as a political analyst and grace them feel the side of this for his take on this piece he told us the country has no choice but to defend its borders because europe's not providing adequate support. the greek government has no other option in his or theirs borders is its dependence you have big guns now there are 4000 of them migrants are already in the zone between greece and turkey if greece accepts them going to be 500000 more and if the press will keep. being applied i don't see what it is that but their money could be revealed we mustn't forget during the previous refugee crisis. the political system you're actually collapsed over this might be part of this were destroyed. but europe is unwilling to have. some kind of solution because it's afraid of the. counters i will use it it would use the migrant issue as a point against the you it's the it's government's. talking this next to whistle blows a struck back at the world che

they include denmark, poland, slovakia, czech republic as well as cyprus.a ban on travellers from most of europe entering the united states has come into force. president trump indicated that the uk may soon be included in the measures. the virus has spread to at least 19 countries across africa, with cases confirmed for the first time in kenya, ethiopia, sudan, mauritania and guinea. we've reports from around the world, but first this report on the situation here in the uk from our correspondentjohn mcmanus. on your marks, get set, go! it's business as usual for these park runners in richmond, many across the country are still going about their weekend is normal. but the uk has moved into the next phase in its fight against covid—i9, an attempt to delay the spread of the virus. so far that hasn't involved banning mass gatherings, but now the bbc understands the government is drawing up emergency legislation to take more robust measures from as early as next weekend. the evidence tells us that stopping mass gatherings doesn't have a huge impact on the sprea

they include denmark, poland, slovakia, czech republic as well as cyprus. on travellers from most of europe entering the united states has come into force. president trump indicated that the uk may soon be included in the measures. the virus has spread to at least 19 countries across africa — with cases confirmed for the first time in kenya, ethiopia, sudan, mauritania and guinea. we've reports from around the world, but first this report on the situation here in the uk from our correspondentjohn mcmanus. this time last weekend, britain was still in the containment phase of the outbreak. now, with 11 deaths and nearly 800 confirmed infections, new measures have been introduced to slow the spread of the virus. this may's local and mayoral elections will be moved next year. all premiership football has been suspended until april. and this weekend's six nations has also been kicked into touch. prisoners who catch the virus may also have to be isolated in special accommodation. and the uk government may be about to go further. the bbc understands that it will f

breaking news from the czech republic, taking very dramatic measures to close all borders. n of foreigners permanent or temporary residence. all czech citizens will likewise be banned from leaving the country as of midnight sunday. there is an exception only for lorry drivers, pilots, and those who work in germany. 0r austria, within 50 kilometres of the czech border. those measures just announced, kilometres of the czech border. those measuresjust announced, the czech republic to close all of its borders. we will get more on that in a moment. meanwhile, let's recap some of the day's other coronavirus news. sophie gregoire trudeau, wife of canadian pm justin trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. sophie gregoire trudeau, wife of canadian pm justin trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. a statement from the prime minister's office says, "she will remain in isolation for the time being. she is feeling well, is taking all the recommended precautions and her symptoms remain mild." sophie gregoire trudeau, wife of canadian pm justin trudeau, the world travel and tou

states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the continent now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable lady barbara al jazeera police in the philippines a blocking major roads into manila as they saw sealing off the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus its 12000000 residents have been told they should only leave home for work and imagine seas for the next month travel in and out by land sea or air is suspended richard darrien is a professor at delhi university in manila he says restorations could last longer than a month. well i would admit that it feels almost surreal right as albert come with said the 1st thing that the plague brings is a sense of exile so i think a lot of us not to our flights canceled going out of country classes are suspended for the next month much of government work is also suspended. thousands of police forces are going to be deployed across the city 1005 and joining task for members of the philippine military are also going to help out so this is this is p

states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. let's take a look at how other countries are tackling the pandemic levanon is due to declare a medical emergency in the coming hours libya's u.n. recognized government has already declared a state of emergency land air and sea crossings as well as schools have been ordered shut for 3 weeks but as one of this as all this moment rather libya does not have any reported cases are going out at a party or we are announcing a nationwide emergency to tackle this continuing threat at all and sure we are conforming to the w h o's pandemic strategy we're allocating $360000000.00 to tackle what is a critical situation we will also close all borders and crossings including airports and ports for 3 weeks starting monday. and still ahead on al-jazeera a new crisis for venezuelans not cut off from desperately needed food and medicine after columbia closes a border because of

states including poland and the czech republic and totally or partially restricting entry to foreign nationals with the consulate now the epicenter of the pandemic more drastic measures look inevitable but the barber al jazeera. and a viral video from italy is reminding the world of the human cost of the pandemic or not. due. to where it shows an italian man looking through obituaries into additions of a newspaper one is from february 9th when they were just a few deaths less said and the other is from friday when the man counts 10 pages of obituaries it highlights the dramatic increase in the number of deaths as a coroner virus takes its toll on italy more than 1400 people have died there now the number of new infections in china continues to slow according to the government which says local transmissions are lower than the number of cases being brought in from abroad on saturday mainland china had 20 confirmed new infections 16 of them connected to people from outside the other 4 cases where a force in the city of one where the outbreak began in december 67000 of the 81000 who have

stringent measures in the czech republic. what about here?ting on temporary visit bans and changing practices in care as the first cases of coronavirus in care homes are confirmed. hejoins me now. and the difficulty of course, we are talking about the most vulnerable people and that's very much the target of this virus, if you like? of course we've seen that, the experience in china so far. the figures we've had from their is that 1596 figures we've had from their is that 15% of the over 80s are fatally exposed to the virus. whereas for the younger population, under 50s, the younger population, under 50s, the fatality rate is a lot lower. what advice would you give people because elderly, sick residents, they rely on visitors, many of them, don't they? well, we've been in touch with a number of leading care home providers this week and almost all of them are giving out advice to avoid nonessential visits to their loved ones and obviously minimise interaction where you can. what does that mean in practice? the problem is once the virus gets in

latest it will deny entry to foreign travelers from march the 17th slovakia denmark poland the czech republic switzerland cyprus malta and lithuania have all taken similar action there defying e.u. warnings to avoid blanket travel bans that in barber reports on other developments in europe including her spain is now a country under lockdown. it's only spain 2nd state of emergency since becoming a democracy and this is what it looks like the countries reported a jump of more than 2000 in coronavirus cases in 24 hours now people will only be allowed to leave their homes to buy food and medicine to get to work hospitals or the bank or to care for the young and the elderly and the federal and. i would like to announce that during the period of the state of alert people will only be able to circulate on public roads for the organization of the following activities firstly the acquisition of food pharmaceutical products and basic necessities secondly visits to health centers services under stablish meant trips to work place to carry out your work professional or business activities. in the capital

meanwhile the government continues to adjust its response to the changing situation the czech republic has barred travellers from neighboring germany but says it sees no reason to follow suit there are no concrete plans off the federal government to close the chairman borders we think. at least now this wouldn't be appropriate certainly. it would be able to decrease. ins in spread of. money but on the other hand. it's already i'm sure many already in germany and already in the seat of germany's government parliamentary debates are continuing for the moment but there are calls for non essential committee meetings to be cancelled and after at least one parliamentarian tested positive for the virus the decision has been taken that public visits to the bundestag will be dressed sickly reduced. and for all the latest on the coronavirus including information about what to do if you think you might be infected you can visit our web site www dot com a us judge has ordered the immediate release of wiki leaks whistleblower chelsea manning from prison manning has been in detention since last may

they were buried under a meter of snow the 3 women and 2 men were killed said to be from the czech republic. much as have been taking place around the world to mock international women's day in mexico scuffles broke out after an anti abortion activist banners outside the capital's cathedral tensions were also on the rise in chile as protesters in santiago called for gender equality and in poland marches in warsaw also demanded equal rights. and meanwhile tempers flared as protested marched in pakistan to celebrate international women's day it's a controversy a live event in a society where some women are still the victims of on the killings. the women demonstrating here are brave they were threatened not to take to the streets not just here in lahore pakistan across the country despite the intimidation they have come our own decisions our own right it says on the posters. like. that and i need to know. if they are. gay rights activists are also protesting the conservative islamic party one it's a band the joint german stray shit but the supreme court in the who are allowed to march. are. th

when they were buried under a meter of snow 3 women and 2 men were killed us had to be from the czech republic . the families of the passengers killed when a missile shot down a malaysian airliner in ukraine in 2014 have protested outside the russian embassy in the hague i set out 298 choose to represent the victims on the eve of the trial of 4 men charged in the disaster. demonstrate as a field rallies around the world to mark international women's day in madrid thousands marched against gender inequality and exploitation in pakistan some conservative groups tried to disrupt a rally by throwing shoes and stones in the capital islamabad would prevented by police. well as we continue to mock international women's day on next report comes from northern syria the region has seen fierce fighting between syrian troops and rebels backed by turkey the women living in this war zone face a day the challenge to ensure that they and their children get through the dialogue . my mouse past weighs heavily on her her home in eastern guta was destroyed in fighting between syrian government forces and rebels h

peter mcgrail has also booked his place in tokyo after he beat czech republic's kevin godla by a unanimous decision in the feather weight class. the big question now is when the rest of the olympic qualification bouts can take place. there have been so many sports cancelled or postponed — but if you're missing your fix — don't worry — we have marble racing for you. greg woods there with the commentary. could be a new craze. although i want to know if it's like formula one and you compete for pole position first. who needs the premier league. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political writer and academic, maya goodfellow and the deputy political editor of the spectator, katy balls. there is only one story in town of course, the coronavirus pandemic and what the government here is now proposing we should be doing to prevent it's spread. the latest advice from the government is urging people avoid all unneccesary travel and to stay out of public places, as seen her

2 are in central austria were buried under a meter of snow they were believed to be from the czech republic a police officer also died in the south west when he was struck by frozen snow. germany's says the opinion is considering taking enough to $1500.00 migrant children who are currently housed in greek camps in a statement berlin said it was willing to take an appropriate share concern over the plight of those children has grown as they require urgent medical treatment or are unaccompanied by adults. and turkish president rest of time i want to set to hold talks in brussels says he calls on greece to open the gate says he puts it for migrants trying to get to europe on a sunday turkey police removed migrants from a bus station as authorities move to clear people gathered near the land border. the trial of 4 men charged over the 2014 downing of malaysia airlines flight m h 17 over eastern ukraine begins in the hague today the suspects 3 russian and one ukrainian national are believed to be in russia or separatist controlled eastern ukraine and will be tried in absentia all $238.00 passeng

in the czech republic special measures are being introduced to prevent the spread of covert 19 the borders with austria and germany are closed people crossing other checkpoints are being monitored and undergoing temperature checks before they are allowed to continue their journeys. well in germany authorities have not yet imposed the kind of strict nationwide measures seen in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions to slow the spread of coronavirus many german states have shut down schools and kindergartens in the capital berlin has ordered bars cinemas museums and sports facilities to close. at 1st glance it appears many shoppers are strolling around cities like cologne but store and cafe managers say they're seeing fewer customers than usual so this question after business is not doing well sales are down quite a bit it's. it's a different story at many weekly markets with shoppers lining up to buy groceries some german supermarkets are seeing panic buying many images of empty store shelves are circulating on the internet suggesting a crisis that do

than $88000.00 globally several countries are reporting their 1st cases including mexico and the czech republic astray in thailand as well as the u.s. have also registered their 1st deaths from kovi at 19 in italy the worst hit country in europe corona virus infections have jumped 50 percent to nearly $700.00 . not a tourist in sight. the canals of venice without its famous gondolas no sound of fans cheering in milan's football stadium either where 5 major matches have been postponed due to the corona virus. as new infections climbed dramatically in europe's worst hit country italian government is imposing more drastic measures quarantined areas are controlled by army checkpoints in some regions and emergency aid has been promised to the sectors hit hardest by the rapid spread of the virus. in france tourists gathered outside the world's most visited museum the loo for in vain and sunday they were not allowed in the building after the museum staff voted to keep the stores shut due to the fears of contamination from the flow of tourists . you. know the good to see the money the sand the paint th

than $87000.00 globally several countries are reporting their 1st cases including mexico in the czech republic australia and thailand as well as the u.s. every ported the 1st deaths from covert 19 italy the worst country in europe is about to introduce measures costing 3600000000 euros to tackle the virus at the same time president donald trump attempted to reassure americans after the u.s. reported its 1st fatality from the virus. in washington state fears of a new outbreak at a cat home in a seattle suburb it's not far from the hospital where the u.s. recorded its fast coronavirus fatality. president donald trump said more cases were likely but there was no reason for americans to panic but we're doing really well very very professionally handled our country is. prepared for any circumstance we hope it's not going to be a major circumstance it will be a smaller circumstance but whatever the circumstances. we are prepared as officials announced heightened warnings against travel to affected regions including iran it's early and south korea where cases are rising fast as that country's militar

slopestyle events to top the standings and was given the title today when the final meeting in the czech republicause of coronavirus. the former england wing chris ashton says he is shocked at the manner of his departure from sale last week. his contract was terminated and though ashton says there was a disagreement with the coaching staff he says he wasn't aware of any problem. he has nowjoined harlequins. ireland's kevin o'brien hit a six off the final ball of a t20 super—over to beat afghanistan in india. they still lost the three match series 2—1. the favourite epatante gave owner jp mcmanus a birthday to remember with victory in the champion hurdle on the opening day of the cheltenham festival. barry geraghty had the 2—1 shot, trained by nicky henderson, well—placed throughout in tuesday's showpiece race. and it was a ninth success in the race for mcmanus, who was celebrating his 69th birthday. we all know it is a year's effort from me. from the whole teams point of view, these are the days that count more than anything in the world. identity anyone is disputing that. —— world. identity anyo

than $87000.00 globally several countries are reporting the 1st cases including mexico and the czech republic stretta and thailand as well as the u.s. have reported the 1st dates from 19 italy the worst hit country in europe is about to introduce measures costing 3600000000 euros to tackle the virus. go to margaret harris of the world health organization she is working with the coronavirus team in geneva margaret we're seeing the virus continue to spread further in many countries give us a little perspective was this largely expected and is the worst yet to come. good evening yes unfortunately it was expected because very early on it was clear this is a very contagious virus what we were hoping for and what we have seen is that many countries have been ever to contain the virus and why that much it is if you containing the fire is you giving yourself time you giving yourself time to make sure that your health system can cope with the number of cases so you can imagine the difference between having 10 people who are sick and having 170 sick that overwhelms your health system if you can keep yo

scotland have drawn israel, slovakia and czech republic.orway. dillian whyte will face alexander povetkin, in manchester on may 2nd. whyte is the mandatory challenger for tyson fury‘s wbc heavweight title, but defends his interim belt. and england prop mako vunipola is likely to miss the rest of the six nations championship. he's in self—isolation as a coronavirus precaution after returning to the uk via hong kong, although he has displayed no symptoms. the virus continues to have a huge impact on sport across the world, but the ioc president thomas bach says it's business as usual for the olympics in tokyo and that all the competitors should prepare for the scheduled start ofjuly 24th. he was speaking at an executive committee meeting in switzerland on tuesday. 12 people have died injapan with almost a thousand cases of the virus identified. japan's olympics minister acknowledged today that the terms of their contract would allow for a postponement until later in the year. let's get more on this story from our sports editor, dan roan in la

meanwhile the government continues to adjust its response to the changing situation the czech republic has barred travellers from neighboring germany but burley and says it sees no reason to follow suit there are no concrete plans off the chairman federal government to close the chairman borders we think that. at least now this wouldn't be appropriate certainly. it would be able to decrease. in the spread of the koran as well as money but on the other hand the coronas where earth is already i'm sure many already in germany and already in the seat of germany's government parliamentary debates are continuing for the moment but there are calls for non essential committee meetings to be cancelled and after at least one parliamentarian tested positive for the virus the decision has been taken that public visits to the bundestag will be dressed to clean reduced. well fears about the pandemic of head financial markets around the world with some indices experiencing their worst trading day ever we'll have much more on the damage to the global economy and happiness update in about 5 minutes 1st

peter mcgrail has also booked his place in tokyo after he beat czech republic's kevin godla by a unanimousclass. the big question now is when the rest of the olympic

in the czech republic special measures are being introduced to prevent the spread of covert 19 the borders with austria and germany are closed people crossing other checkpoints are being monitored and undergoing temperature checks before they are allowed to continue their journeys. u.s. president donald trump says a krone virus travel ban placed on $26.00 european countries will now be expanded to include the u.k. and ireland american citizens and residents would still be allowed to return home to the u.s. but they will face screenings and other quarantine orders the president from said he was also considering traveling with travel restrictions within the country to areas hit worse by the virus the spread of. but the big question is about the availability of virus testing i'm joined by correspondent mark is sure to and san francisco hi marcus thanks for joining us so president trump has himself been tested and he was tested negative for the virus but what prompted him to take the test in the 1st place. you know the president met with 2 brazilian officials at his resort in mar a lago in flo

in the czech republic special measures are being introduced to prevent the spread of covert 19 the borders with austria and germany are closed people crossing other checkpoints are being monitored and undergoing temperature checks before they are allowed to continue their journeys. u.s. president donald trump says a coronavirus travel ban placed on $26.00 european countries will now be expanded to include the u.k. and ireland american citizens and residents would still be allowed to. turn home to the u.s. but they will face screenings and quarantine orders president trump said he was also considering travel travel and restrictions within the country to areas hit worst by the virus is spreading. u.s. president donald trump himself has taken a test for the corona virus and according to his doctor the results were negative earlier i spoke to marcus shuter our correspondent in san francisco and asked him what prompted the u.s. president to take the test in the 1st place. you know the president met with 2 brazilian officials at his resort in mar a lago in florida last weekend who tested positiv

beyond just these 3 countries listed there have not been announcements about those countries this czech republic the netherlands denmark poland but these countries themselves also. imposed their own border restrictions already as have many other e.u. countries as you just said. this is really the underpinning of the e.u. of the idea of free movement and open borders of goods and people this is what the e.u. is all about and this is why germany has been really hesitant the last couple of weeks to go along with this border closure idea it's a rather controversial idea of course germany has a long history it was a divided country itself between east and west during the cold war were well ran through the country dividing the border and keeping the border closed of course the iron curtain between the soviet east and the capitalist west and of course in 2015 who can forget that i'm going to markell is famous for keeping the borders open during the migration crisis and now she may be known as the translator who closed the borders at least in part for this virus william briefly if you can you're in berl

in the czech republic special measures are being introduced to prevent the spread of cope with 19 the borders with austria and germany are closed people crossing other checkpoints are being monitored and undergoing temperature checks before they are allowed to continue their journey as . u.s. president donald trump says a coronavirus travel ban placed on $26.00 european countries will now be expanded to include the u.k. and ireland american citizens and residents would still be allowed to return home to the u.s. but they will face screenings and. quarantine orders. president. president trump said he also considered travel restrictions within the country to areas hit worse by the viruses spread 'd. for more on this i'm joined by correspondent stefan simons in washington stefan the trump administration. first hesitated to ban travel from you can ireland so what has changed yeah that caused a lot of head scratching here in the media and in the general public why the u.k. and ireland were extended exempt from the travel restrictions or the travel ban from europe now you have it there incl

scotland have drawn israel, slovakia and czech republic. northern ireland will face austria, romania and norway. the fa cup fifth round continues tonight. three ties including a really big one at stamford bridge where chelsea host a liverpool side who'll want to avoid back—to—back defeats. it's live on bbc one at 7:30pm tonight, the former chelsea and liverpool defender glenn johnson is part of the commentary team, he says... with those results it is huge, they only just scraped past west ham. this game has become huge and of course they are in league but they will take this game seriously tonight. chelsea have not had, they have had an up and down season with frank lampard. they don't have much hopein frank lampard. they don't have much hope in the champions league after that defeat at bayern munich. how important is this game for them? what will really thinking about? similarto what will really thinking about? similar to liverpool, overnight it has become a massive game. they had a big reality check against bayern munich. that level is cl