moments we'll be speaking to natasha in southwest france but 1st let's go straight over to lawrence florence louis who is in kuala lumpur force of course the crisis seems to originated from just one event just talk us through what seems to have happened and how it's impacted on the whole country. that's right now in malaysia has now recall reported $120.00 new cases on tuesday bringing its total to more than $670.00 cases now more than 60 percent of the total cases are linked to one single event that is a conference of muslim missionaries that took place at a mosque just outside of kuala lumpur between 28th of february and the 1st of march now $16000.00 people attended this event 14500 malaysians malaysia has now reported its 1st deaths 2 people died and one of them was a man who had attended this conference now out of the 16000 people attending this conference a 1500 are foreigners they've also and in fact this new cluster was 1st reported after a man had returned home to his country of brunei and tested positive for covert 19 in other countries singapore indonesia and cambodia also reported new

reported a moment ago malaysia has closed its borders of hers around 700 cases of coronavirus florence louis reports now from kuala lumpur. it's relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur but not everyone is heeding the government's order to restrict their movements some people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been going around to restaurants warning customers and earners that they're breaching the law if they dine in and hours before the partial lockdown came into effect there was a huge movement of people across the country as people try to beat travel restrictions there was also very heavy traffic going into things or poor now these 2 countries share a border and the separated by a very narrow strait many malaysians work in singapore as many as 300000 people commute daily so there was a rush to get into singapore before the borders closed and in malaysia as well there was very heavy traffic on the interstate highways there were huge crowds at bus terminals part of the reason for this was because there was som

infections have been traced to an event as a mosque in column poor people from 26 countries attended florence louis has more from the capital. not everyone is heeding the government's orders to restrict their movements people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open to. deliveries and takeaways police have also been going on patrol to warn restaurant owners and customers that they're not allowed to dine in there was also chaos just hours before the restriction on movements came into effect there was very heavy traffic going into singapore these 2 countries are separated by a very narrow strait many people who work in singapore and they make that daily commute so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border closed governments across europe are further tightening already strict containment measures as the virus cases appear across the continent the e.u. has not closed as external borders for 30 days travel between member states is also restricted and france's prime minister has warned british travelers could be stopped from entering the country if the u.k. fails to log o

disgraceful thing until then the remainder will remain one of the world's most persecuted minorities florence louis al-jazeera chip rakhine state myanmar. britain and the european union are beginning to go see a sions on their future relationship after a break said after leaving the e.u. at the end of january the u.k. is conforming with regulations during a transition period and wants a free trade deal without sticking to european rules the e.u. says access to its markets comes at a cost iraq's prime minister designate has withdrawn his candidacy a month after his appointment mahmoud allow he says politicians were obstructing his efforts to form a government earlier parliament failed to approve his cabinet for the 2nd time in a week how well to be quite a thorough. i tried by all possible means to save iraq from drifting to the unknown and to solve the current crisis but during negotiations i faced many obstacles that are irrelevant to the issue of the homeland and its interests i swear to god i didn't surrender and i didn't put my own interests above the country regrettably some parties were negot

them a living in bangladesh and in some of the biggest most crowded refugee camps in the world florence louis is a correspondent she reports for among the township in may and. we are heading into restricted territory foreign journalists require commission to visit the northern part of rakhine state this is where myanmar security forces launched a brutal crackdown against the mainly muslim minority in august 2017 soldiers and but a small were accused of raping killing and setting fire to homes the buddhist majority myanmar government said it was responding to attacks and killings by an armed group called the salvation army. at the un's highest court myanmar has denied charges of genocide and has been ordered by the international court of justice to prevent further violence while the case is being heard. on this tightly controlled highly choreographed trip the myanmar government tries to show that all is well here in village after village brought to meet journalists in classrooms under the watchful eye of government mind ins on camera that seemed scripted or we have 3 communities here living li

the fighting is still think it's a livery of foods and other vital supplies to many in needs or florence louis reports from brazil don't turn ship in the northern parts of rakhine states in myanmar. for these students school is now in a monastery and home is a temporary shelter in a camp for the internally displaced they had to leave their village when fighting between the myanmar military and the are can are an ethnic armed group that erupted in january last year got too close leon an attorney there was an airstrike they fired on to our village our homes were burnt at hillary shells hit our houses. many have been here for at least 7 months and escaped with little more than the clothes on their backs. soldiers and village and we didn't want to run into them so we ran away we were scared. they haven't been able to return to their farms the shops and are dependent on the un says the near daily reports of civilians being killed or injured and child casualties on the rise last month more than a dozen students were injured when an artillery shell hit that school landmines also pose a threat accordi

that all religious activities or places of worship have to be shut until the end of the month ok florence louis with a comprehensive up there from southeast asia will go a little further north and look at china which and this is really interesting it's reported just one new domestic coronavirus case in the past day 20 of the new infections were people arriving from overseas beijing expects its economy will return to normal in the 2nd quarter the latest government figures show industrial output cilla by a record 13 and a half percent in february and economists are warning any recovery in china may be slowed by the global economic fallout let's check in with katrina you know in beijing this is fascinating that they would be only one new infection in the place where all of the star said was is well what's the chinese government clearly doing right here. that's right 21 new cases one new case in one as you said this is a big deal considering that in february there was one week where we saw more than 1000 cases every days or now just one case now obviously who plan is the main city the the epicenter

disgraceful thing until then the remainder will remain one of the world's most persecuted minorities florence louis al-jazeera mom taught how to chip rakhine state. hundreds of thousands of people who fled to bangladesh and 2017 now live in camps and cox's bizarre the world's largest refugee settlement some very child very is there for us are temporary we heard from people in a kind state there but as we have from florence the whole thing was very tightly controlled same drama scripted what are people saying way you. well we've been talking we've come to the camp almost every month if not every other month and all is in conversation with families are growing up people we got to know the last few days we've been talking with them some of them made phone calls in front of us. nearly a 1000000 refugees many of them have family members and friends still stuck there and they say that things are not stable there it's very volatile that a new situation a new dynamic also a conflict between but this is a kind rebel groups and myanmar army the victims many cases of their own hangouts caught in between their

disgraceful thing until then the remainder will remain one of the world's most persecuted minorities florence louis al-jazeera mom taught how chip rakhine state myanmar. iraq's prime minister designate has withdrawn his candidacy a month off to his appointment deepening a political crisis set off by months of mass protests mohamed a law he says politicians were obstructing his efforts to form a government only a parliament failed to approve his cabinet for the 2nd time in a week how well to be couldn't the thought of. i tried by all possible means to save iraq from drifting to the unknown and to solve the current crisis but during negotiations i faced many officer goals that are irrelevant to the issue of the homeland and its interests i swear to god i didn't surrender and i didn't put my own interests above the country regrettably some parties were negotiating for their interests without paying heed to national issues some out of whole team explains the details of their rocky political system from back to. what allow we had set out to do was to form an independent and technocratic cabinet that wou

upsurge in violence in iraq and state where the muslim group is the majority of the population florence louis has more on this now from lego just outside the capital yangon where their cases are due to be heard. in the 1st 2 months of this year alone more than $200.00 have been arrested for not having identification documents and for traveling illegally now and 70 of those cases will be heard in they grew on the outskirts of yang gone told were brought to court on friday the myanmar government does not consider the rohingya as citizens even though many of them have lived in this country for generations and they face increasing government restrictions so keep claiming like a big can trouble freely there's no restriction are all but in reality in the government. the. unit is extremely restricted rights advocate on likely any of the rango will be acquitted and they could face the sentence of up to 2 years in prison and could be. sold just why we escaped they were hanged mainly muslim minority who live in rakhine and it was in the northern part of the state where the myanmar military launched a b

miles rangers are still afraid to return home after a 2017 government crackdown al-jazeera is florence louis was part of a small group of foreign media taken on a tightly controlled visit to parts of record state where the government says it's helping. northern rakhine is still considered a restricted area so foreign media only allowed here on trips with the government we came here with governments mind we have a hurry that we have to follow and we're not allowed to stray off the beaten path and one of the 1st places we were taken to village where the door district administrators are was here he was meeting with the villagers telling them what the government was going to do to help them rebuild their lives here the hmong district administrator seen handing out cash to villages to help them rebuild their homes then we were taken to another village near this village not far from where we were and again to me 2 of villages we had to sit in a school hall it was a town hall sort of maintain it's extremely difficult to get to speak to as candidly about what life really is like here even when we wa

have been traced to an event as a mosque in column poor people from $26.00 countries attended florence louis has more from the capital not everyone is heeding the government's orders to restrict their movements people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open to. deliveries and takeaways police have also been going on patrol to warn restaurant owners and customers that they're not allowed to dine in there was also chaos just hours before the restriction on movements came into effect that was very heavy traffic going into singapore these 2 countries are separated by a very narrow strait many people who work in singapore and they make that daily commute so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border closed governments across europe are further tightening already strict containment measures thousands more coronavirus cases appear across the continent the e.u. has not closed this external borders for 30 days travel between member states is also restricted and france's prime minister has warned british travelers could be stopped from entering the country if the u.k.

circumstance turn their child returns to joining us from cox is bizarre let's cross back over to god florence louis is standing by florence we saw your report and of course we know that you've reported on this story for a number of years now so what really surprised you about the visit in terms of what you saw and what you heard. so 2 things struck me the most about my visit. now we were also in the capital city great this place wasn't affected by the violent crackdown that by the military that happened in 2017 but there were race riots that took place in 2012 and since then more than 100000 have been just internally displaced the living in camps across because state and best conditions living conditions for them have to tear rates at the campus much here than it used to be the buildings are more and more broken down that been fortified by whatever material they can find and these people still haven't been able to return to their old lives businessmen haven't been able to reopen the shops students on able to go back to school they have no access to public health and that's a very it's a very hopefu

italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 let's go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 florence louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. well it's relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur the capital and the nation's biggest city but we're getting reports that not everybody is obeying the government's order to restrict their movements people have been seeing queuing up at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been patrolling restaurants to remind owners and customers that they're not allowed to dine in we're also hearing reports of crowds who are rushing to supermarkets and markets to stock up on essential items and hours before the partial lockdown came into effect people trying to beat travel restrictions there was very heavy traffic going into singapore and these 2 countries are separated by a very narrow strait and many malaysians work in singapore as many as 300000 people commute daily so there was a rush to get into singapore before the border was shut and that will end with

comes as japan imposes travel restrictions and another surge of infections seen in singapore florence louis has more. who hunt china and where the virus began reported no new cases on monday its 7th day in a row and nationwide over new cases reported when porter but the world health organization warns even for countries where the case they seem to be tapering off this is not the time to let their guard down its regional director for western pacific. says countries will have to adopt multiple approaches testing isolating and physical distancing to slow the spread of the virus. these measures. there is no. way. louder these measures i asked. me. more countries are tightening restrictions japan as citizens not to travel to 73 countries and regions or 3rd of all countries in the world cases have topped 2000 with 2 clusters emerging in tokyo over the past week last week china banned foreigners from entering the country after seeing a rise in imported cases in hong kong residents who've returned from abroad are monitored to ensure they don't break quarantine rules and also have found the mobile a

event was attended by more than $1500.00 international guests from $26.00 countries al-jazeera is florence louis reports always before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to. students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for interstate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential. difference. it would. be more infectious diseases experts have watched with alarm at what's happening here the director general of health has warned of a possible 3rd wave of infections if people don't obey the government's order to restrict their movements malaysia has confirmed its 1st decades and reported a sudden spike in covert 19 cases in the last few days many linked to a 4 day gathering of muslim missionaries at a mosque near kuala

we've got natasha butler in france to catch up with developments there but we're starting with florence louis in kuala lumpur to take us through 1st of all florence the level of restrictions that are going into place exactly what is happening. well this is a what the government is calling a movement restriction order and it comes into effect on wednesday now what this essentially means is government services businesses that provide essential services will be allowed to open but everything else will have to be shut and the few categories that fall into essential services transport health care financial services food so shops supermarket supermarkets and markets will be allowed to remain open but that didn't stop people from. stockpiling food and it sensual items in supermarkets perhaps for fear that this restriction of movement order could go on for longer than 2 weeks now but the most stringent measure has to do with malaysians borders even for people who want to travel interstate they're going to need permission from the police before they can move before they can travel and its internationa

disgraceful thing until then the remainder will remain one of the world's most persecuted minorities florence louis al-jazeera mom daughter chip rakhine state myanmar still ahead on the news hour is here and insight for the ball of fire as doctors in the democratic republic of congo give us a major snag nexus in sport 2 of the biggest names in basketball go head to head in the in the extreme. i am. but. welcome back here in the arabian peninsula still a little bit of a wind blowing down through the gulf region keeping temperatures cool solid 24 degrees but a fine day to buy my summer 30 wins a very light all way down through the red sea at the moment and protect it to stay that way hot day in mecca temperatures there in the mid thirty's meanwhile across all of france that area of snow which affected much of iran is cleared away we still got the risk of some snow into took many stand and across into afghanistan but it should be fine in kabul with a high there of 12 but eventually that cold air will creep in temperatures dropping quite considerably elsewhere that stays the winds just a bit lighter do

florence louis al-jazeera. train carriages in india are being converted into isolation units they deployed across the country to reduce the burden builds passenger train services have been suspended until april 14th after a nationwide lockdown came into force last week india has more than a 1000 confirmed cases covered 19. i give us a warning that conditions that crowded things bangladesh leaving a 1000000 behind a refugees at risk of getting sick as reports and internet shutdown is cutting off vital information reports. in the world's largest refugee settlement anxiety and alarming as the 2 clutches her prayer beads she also clings to her faith i don't know what. we've heard the corona virus has occurred in malaysia mecca and thailand now we've heard it has spread in bangladesh and we're praying to god to save us around $1000000.00 refugees live in these informal settlements in cox's bazaar where sanitation has always been an issue and living conditions are so crowded that social distancing is impossible. auth

south korea to continue the downward trend reporting more recoveries than infections on friday florence louis al-jazeera. thousands of people are making their way from europe to the u.s. ahead of the new restriction a 13 day travel ban on visitors to the u.s. begins on friday midnight that's 4 hours g.m.t. on saturday but some countries are exempt including the u.k. ireland and ukraine it's estimated more than $7000.00 flights will be affected. and a number of african countries are reporting their 1st confirmed cases of the virus the governments of ethiopia guinea and kenya are warning their people to take precautions the case in kenya was reportedly a woman who traveled both to the u.s. and the u.k. more now from malcolm webb in nairobi health ministers said that they've just started the process of contacting the people that she's met over the last 8 days he arrived in the country 8 days ago that tested. positive for corona virus just yesterday the health minister announced that just a short while ago. that kiss. was found. on the 12th which was last night. the 1st one to be deported in keny

south korea to continue the downward trend reporting more recoveries than infections on friday florence louis al-jazeera. their state department has called the chinese ambassador in to discuss rumors that the virus may have originated in america a conspiracy theory far circulated on the fringes of the internet and russian media but it's increasingly becoming an official chinese line and her chappelle explains . controlling the narrative we're changing it completely as president xi jinping visited this week for the 1st time since the beginning of the current virus outbreak his government went on the defensive aggressively responding to another message coming from washington this is the one corona virus that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world as cases rise in the united states its officials are emphasizing that the pandemic was quote made in china that this virus did not originate united states originated province in china it originated some time ago unfortunately rather than using best practices this outbreak. was covered up such comments by senior u.s. officials have i

could rise not just in malaysia but in other countries which is there as far as louis reporting live from kuala lumpur florence many thanks did let's bring in sara clark there in hong kong sir tell us about these measures the strain has brought in. well strains prime minister scott morrison has not a range of measures which he believes will try and slow the spread of the virus in a strategy he said advised all strains not to travel but he's fallen short of stock short of actually calling for a complete travel ban he said the non essential indoor gatherings must must be limited to 100 people he said the outdoor gatherings must be restricted to 500 people now have these defined essential gatherings those assemblies said hospitals medical facilities in the public transport system as well as in schools and he said the public transport system will remain open across australia he said the schools the state schools the public schools will remain open despite the fact that some private schools have decided to close as a result of the infection spread now with regards to his goal of all this he wants to keep it open fo