with customers like the indian railways food chains and hotels brands like eco where will become part of the mainstream which in turn will help india on its way to achieving its ambitious 0 plus to gold. you know when energies created by blending fossil fuels it doesn't matter why this is done to generate or to disintegrate industrial waste dioxide is going to be released leading to a rise in temperature again the greenhouse gas turned into a valuable resource we found a company in switzerland that says this can be done and this is good news because the country is slowly out of foster and. white snow covered mountains and endless of slopes to ski on the iconic landscape of switzerland. but the winter wonderland us losing out fast to rising temperatures. and the past almost 2 thirds of swiss territory was covered by snow now it's only about hoff winton's more often feels like spring now. that's why close to the city at a new technology is aiming to slam the brakes on climate change with c o 2 collected. one of these modules 1. 50 tons of c o 2 from the yeah yeah ok we have a team here

now into the travel food space as well so the railways which is the indian railways which is you know the largest provider in the country and does over a 1000000 meals a day we developed a product that was bespoke to them and has started working with them as well. and we are flying online. the way we see it now a single use plastic is a global problem and we want to be a global solution and a global brand and that's our aspiration. like the indian railways food chains and hotels brands like eco aware will become part of the mainstream which in turn will help india on its way to achieving its ambitious 0 plastic goal. now with energy is created by burning fossil fuels it doesn't matter why this is done to generate power or to disintegrate industrial waste dioxide is going to be released leading to a rise in temperature can the greenhouse gas be turned into a valuable resource we found a company in switzerland that says this can be done and this is good news because the country is slowly out of foster and. white snow covered mountains and endless slopes to ski on the iconic landscape of

stop migrant laborers daily wage earners from rushing back to the villages that they're from is indian railways has now canceled all passenger trains to till the end of the month this is going to be a massive challenge for the government where so many people as you mentioned have to work every day to make a living we were speaking to street vendors a few days ago and they were telling us that while the government advises people to stay at home and to do social distancing well if they didn't go out they their families would simply die of hunger so how is the government going to support all of those people a massive number. of indians who need to work every day we have had some state governments and nouns how they're going to help in daily wage laborers and also the poor we're waiting to still hear how the central government is going to do that for them right now the biggest challenge is how to stop community transmission in the country with 1300000000 people liz thank you so much we'll talk to lisa i'm sure with more of what's happening in thailand and other parts of southeast asia joins us live

canceled all its services it 25000000 commuters a day use indian railways interstate buses most state buses all metro services and taxis have been cancelled so even if you do go out it's very difficult to get around and more and more restrictions being introduced every single day as the number of cases rises both saturday and sunday saw a very big jump in the number we have nearly 500 confirmed cases and the government introducing these restrictions now trying to stop it says trying to stop the virus from entering the community transmission when many people think that it's done so already and the low level of testing so far is hiding what could be the real number of cases in the airport perhaps queues diverse slow start to dealing with coronavirus lives are all states and central government not really on the same page it seems to be certainly 48 hours on but sort of the politics of government in india both at state level and national level can be frank should see that the best of times. so they are all the same on the same page so when it comes to the lock down with most people in agr

weeks international flights have been suspended international results cancelled and today the indian railways the backbone off the indian transport system suspended services till the end of the month states are adding on additional layers of lockdown but shutting down shops and malls and this logged on me vell extend nationwide as india tries to manage an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases across the country. turkey has also seen an increase in corona virus infections according to the health ministry 21 people have died and there have been nearly 1000 cases authorities of imposed a restriction on the movement of senior citizens and the chronically ill and istanbul people are taking their time to show their gratitude for those at the front lines of the crisis. in times of the corona virus. this is what istanbul sounds like at night. from their flats and on the streets people are cheering and applauding turkey's health care when. i. thought it was not good we want them to know that we're supporting them it may god help their work or the lives in that alone may god protect them

weeks international flights have been suspended international results canceled and today the indian railways is the backbone off the indian transport system suspended services till the end of the month states are adding on additional layers of lockdown but shutting down shops and malls and this logged on me vell extend nationwide as india tries to manage an exponential rise in the number of crew on our virus cases across the country. you're watching d.w. news will be back at the top of the next hour in fact karl nelson will be back at the top of the next hour and a reminder we have extensive coverage of the coronavirus crisis on our web site that's deep w. dot com you can get all your information there i'm positive for us in berlin thanks for watching take care and bye bye. instead of. i'm sure that it was. in support. of a. degree of.

public transport transport system is completely shut down indian railways passenger trains can switch in the end of the month only goods commercial goods and projects are being transported all buses all interstate buses and most buses in fact cancelled all metro services no taxis so of course this is having an impact not just on people getting around but all certainly while the government is trying to make sure that essential goods and projects can move we're already hearing from . you know people like vegetable vendors that they're not actually able to get as much produce as they need not just for people to survive but for themselves to survive their daily wage earners like so many in india who need to work every day to survive. well soldiers in spain who have been deployed to help during the crisis have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned in worst cases dead in their beds the military was sent to disinfect care homes in one of europe's worst hit countries an ice rink in madrid has been converted as a temporary mortuary for covert 19 victims lawrence lee corresponden

as part of the precautions indian railways have cancelled passenger trains till the end of march.ve been 315 confirmed cases in india — and four deaths. as has happened in other countries around the world, at an agreed time, people stood at balconies or near windows to show appreciation for healthworkers on the front lines of this crisis. this video is from delhi, it was recorded by an indianjournalist this video is from delhi, it was recorded by an indian journalist and shejoins me now. thank you for being with us, and thank you very much for the pictures. let's start with what has been the effect on daily life in delhi in the last few weeks of the coronavirus? actually, the past week has been quite an unsettling week for all of us in india because i think it is in the past one week where the enormity of coronavirus has hit home and people have actually begun to take it seriously. the majority of offices declared a work from home policy, and people in any case were being fed information bit by bit, that these are the measures that the government has taken. a lot needed to be done

the indian railways, one of the world's biggest networks that carries more than 25 million commutersthe end of march. with a population of over 1.3 billion people, containing the outbreak in the country is a huge challenge. zubairahmed, bbc news, delhi charities are warning that a lack of volunteers, caused by the impact of coronavirus, is forcing some homeless shelters to close. it leaves rough sleepers even more vulnerable and efforts are underway to find and offer accomodation. the welsh government is planning to fund the block—booking of rooms at hotels and b&bs — as our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports from cardiff the virus may be emptying our streets, but what happens to the people left behind? for cardiff's rough sleepers, covid—19 is pushing them even further to the margins. nathan has been homeless for three years. if he needs to self—isolate, all he has is a tent. his health is poor and he's scared. if the shelters are closing and this has only started off... where are we going to be in six months? you know, where are we going to be in six weeks? where are we goi

as part of the precautions indian railways have cancelled passenger trains till the end of march. india and four deaths. the croatian capital zagreb has been hit by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. health officials say a 15—year—old boy was killed when a building collapsed on him. the quake caused several other buildings to collapse, burying vehicles in rubble. a witness says the earthquake lasted for more than ten seconds and was followed by several aftershocks. croatia's prime minster told people to stay outside but reminded people to keep their distance due to the coronavirus outbreak. it's mother's day in many parts of the world, but people are being warned not to visit elderly mothers, and that's caused a huge fall in demand for flowers that would otherwise have been destined to become a mother's day gift. in the netherlands, growers are having to destroy millions of flowers a day. anna holligan reports from the hague. inside the world's largest flower auction, the demand for fresh blossoms has been decimated by the pandemic, leaving horticulturalists with the undesirable job of w

public transport transport system is has completely shut down indian railways passenger trains can switch in the end of the month only. goods commercial goods and produce are being transported all buses all interstate buses and most buses in fact cancelled all metro services no taxis so of course this is having an impact not just on people getting around but all certainly while the government is trying to make sure that essential goods and produce can move we're already hearing from. you know people like vegetable vendors that they're not actually able to get as much produce as they need not just for people to survive but for themselves to survive their daily wage earners like so many in india who need to work every day to survive. the latest really or. on how states and central government are on the same page because politics is fractious and in due time of the year yet on this particular role for this particular incident of covert 19. the states are having problems are they not trying to deal with the many people trying to get out trying to get home they can't go home because transport

as part of the precautions against covid—19, indian railways have cancelled passenger trains till theeen only 315 confirmed cases in india and just four deaths. let's speak to malishka mendonca, a radio presenterfrom mumbai. how worried are people in india about coronavirus, given the number of cases in india is still relatively low at the moment? yes, when i last checked, we were actually at 41, that was the latest. the curfew is in full force, i am sitting on my balcony on a sunny day in mumbai, with only the birds chirping, this is a crazy busy city, there is no traffic and no people on there is no traffic and no people on the streets. having said that, it is tomorrow that also worries us. as of today, the prime minister has asked for it, and when he asks you for it, the country get into action as they should. because they think there is a plan for should. because they think there is a planfora should. because they think there is a plan for a future. today people will stay home until nine o'clock but we don't know until tomorrow. yesterday i went to the doctor and i saw children ou

my current workers around the country trying to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than 25000000 a can use as a day. all interstate buses in metro service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measures. now everyone from today has to obey the law gone completely and not done started this morning maybe you had to go out for some mississippi work but from tomorrow the government will enforce the knock down and will use force to ensure that. also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded are

only people who are exempt from this and as you mentioned it's very difficult to get around the indian railways which carries something like 25000000 commuters a day there's no railway services until the end of the month most bus services are canceled as metros as are taxis there are some to operating in some parts of the country but they're not allowed to carry more than more than one person i think so all of these restrictions being put in place as india tries as the government really tries to limit the spread of the virus it has brought in the private sector private hospitals to double the number of testing centers now because it knows that the public health system is not the quipped to deal with this so what about then people who are more vulnerable you know the homeless people the poor the daily wage labor is what's being done to help them in these during these restrictions. and there are so many of them here folly and those are the 2 biggest issues in the country right now what is the government doing is it testing enough to really find out the scope of the problem in india and secondly w

as part of the precautions against covid—19, indian railways have cancelled passenger trains till the just four deaths. australia's prime minister has outlined details of a stimulus package to safeguard the country's economy from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. scott morrison said his government was commited to supporting the most vulnerable. the package of measures, combined with those we've already announced, sums to some $189 billion, around 10% of the size of our economy. 10% of the size of our economy. it is unprecedented in this country. what will be doing, as i said, is focusing on those in the front line, those who will be feeling the first blows of the economic impact of the coronavirus. phil mercer is in sydney. first of all, we heard from the united states about lots of people still going to the beach, that has been an issue in australia as well? i know on friday bondi beach was packed with people and they have now closed quite a number of beaches. they have. bondi beach and other very popular sydney tourist spots have been closed. 0n very popular sydney tourist sp

indian railways have suspended passenger trains.nd all other metros in big cities have suspended their services until the end of march and we hear that there are millions of migrant workers in cities such as mumbai and delhi and chennai and others that are stranded. they cannot go back home because they are from the eastern part of india and they could not go to work. now the people are saying that the government needs to calibrate a programme whereby these people can it be at least sent back home because everything has stopped. they are stranded now. and i assume as well, i imagine with that many people who are stranded, out of work, self distancing, a policy that were trying to adhere to in the uk and other countries around the world, will be very difficult to follow through the? absolutely because these people depend upon their daily wages and they have to go to work, otherwise they cannot financially sustain themselves. and theirfamilies. financially sustain themselves. and their families. so financially sustain themselves. and

the indian railways, one of the world's biggest networks that carries more than 25 million commutersd of march. with a population of over 1.3 billion people, containing the outbreak in the country is a huge challenge. the ioc has given itself a four week deadline to decide whether this year's olympic games can go ahead as planned. the olympic flame is just beginning a tour of japan. alternative dates are now being considered for the games in tokyo which are due to start injuly. there's been calls from athletes for an immediate postponement. the headlines on bbc news. the uk prime minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isn't followed — he says people who are acting irresponsibly — are putting lives at risk. nhs england writes to one and half million of the most high risk people, who are told to not leave home for 12 weeks — to shield them from the coronavirus. spain's state of emergency has been extended for another two weeks — while in italy the death toll from the virus has risen again. the fashion chain primark is the latest in a string of high street retail

indian railways decided to close all cancel all trains buses did that metros did that and what people really want to know now is as well as taking these steps containing people expanding testing stopping all international flights from arriving in india for a week what is the government going to do for all those and india who like migrant labor as a daily wage earners they have to work every day to survive i was speaking to the only person who i saw out on the road today a vegetable vendor who was saying that if he didn't go out and sell his vegetables his family wouldn't have enough to eat that's what other street vendors have been telling us for the past few days and so while all state governments are starting to look at how they're going to support these people the central government is also now doing that and we're waiting to hear from them you know about a sort of a financial stimulus package what is it going to do is again as well as containing the spread stopping it from getting into the community transmission everyone's worried about that phase 3 community transmission how they

international commercial flights allowed to land for a week in the last hour or so we've heard from indian railways who have canceled all the passenger trains around the country to the end of the month this is one of the biggest railway networks in the world the government taking all of these measures to make sure that they try to see. stop corona virus from entering the community transmission phase in a country with 1300000000 people and with all that in mind a lot of speculation that today's curfew will be extended elizabeth thanks very much we'll talk to you later i'm sure we'll with more on what's happening in thailand and other parts of southeast asia to go pollan joins us from hong kong so do we were talking about thailand we're talking about singapore hong kong i guess as well but also china. that's right peter let me start with thailand 30 percent rice in a single day now that according to the health ministries are attributed to a boxing match earlier this month where thousands of people had attended people had been infected at the infected people had attended that match the spread across t

being allowed to go out her nest they work in essential services like health care we've also had indian railways cancel all trains all interstate buses have been cancelled and so have metro services around the country now this while most people are observing this lockdown and we've had problems that in the more do tweet saying that some people aren't taking it as seriously as they should most people are there are scenes of very crowded places this is not what the government wanted but there are scenes of many migrant workers trying to get back to where they from there are of course a large a very large number of migrant workers around india and a lot of them are at bus stations just trying to get back to where they're from and they can't because interstate buses have been canceled and in fact in some states all all buses have been canceled so as well as these precautions what the government has also done after starting to come under quite a lot of criticism that they weren't testing enough so the number of cases has gone up there was a big jump on saturday there was another big jump on sunday we

as part of the precautions, indian railways have cancelled passenger trains till the end of march.far there have been over 330 confirmed cases in india and seven deaths. cheering. as has happened in other countries around the world, at an agreed time people stood at balconies or near windows to show appreciation for health workers on the front lines of this crisis. charities are warning that patients face "tough" decisions about delaying "crucial" cancer treatments in the face of the risk from coronavirus. it comes after fast—tracked guidelines for clinicians focusing on critical care, kidney dialysis and people being treated for cancer were published as the nhs urgently prepares for a surge in hospital admissions due to the virus. the guidance makes clear the need for a balance of the risks between people attending hospital as normal for ongoing treatments, and those patients possibly contracting the virus and becoming seriously unwell. to discuss the issues raised by this i'm joined now by professor karol sikora, who is an 0ncologist based at the university of buckingham and the

migrant workers around the country try to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than $25000000.00 commuters a day. all interstate buses in metro service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measure is. getting now everyone from to day has to obey the law gone completely the not been started this morning maybe you had to go out for some mississippi work but from to model the government will enforce the law down and will use force to ensure it. also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded ar

migrant workers around the country try to catch buses after indian railways cancel train services which carry more than $25000000.00 commuters a day. all interstate buses in metro service is canceled until the end of the month the ministry of civil aviation announced all domestic flights will be suspended from wednesday promised in that interim order tweeted saying many people a still not taking the lockdown seriously even though most public places were deserted around the country many regional leaders including in the capital territory of delhi said they would take action against anyone who violates the measures. now everyone from to day has to obey the law gone completely the not been started this morning maybe you had to go out for some missing to work but from to model the government will enforce the knock down and will use force to ensure it. also announced financial and humanitarian assistance to those affected in delhi as the indian government introduces more restrictions every day to limit the spread of the virus many have lost their livelihoods or have been stranded or also hop

to make sure that people stay at home and they also disabled all transport around the country indian railways which $25000000.00 people use every day always cancelled till the end of the month all domestic flights stop at midnight tonight all interstate buses and most buses metros and taxis have all been canceled until the end of the month so even if you do go out is pretty difficult to get around there absolutely extraordinary restrictions taking place there in the list thanks very much indeed. let's move on to europe now and spain has reported it sharpens daily increase in corona virus cases with infections rising among health workers as well we can speak to journalists mater who joins us now from madrid 1st of all margie if you would just give us an update on the latest situation. well the latest situation is that the cabinet meeting that takes place every week has passed has approved extension all these 15 days of the state of the marriage and see that not happening now has to go to the congress and oh well we already know beforehand that all the political parties and going to approve thi

country's major cities 80 cities and districts around india are under lockdown we've also had indian railways cancel all the trains no interstate buses and no metro services a number of states again include in the capital region has closed its borders and what we are seeing as a result of those border closures and also all public transport being stopped taxi at the base taxis like and all are being canceled as well what that has resulted in now a very large crowds of people exactly what the government didn't want a large crowd of my friend workers there are so many around india who don't work in the stage that they're from they travel to other states to work who are now us stranded at transport hubs as they try to go back to their villages to wherever they're from only to find that they're not actually able to get this or that is a really big problem for the government right now some day saw another really big jump in the number of cases said today was the single biggest jump another big jump on sunday we have 415 cases 7 dead and the government has also really expanded its testing india was

flood buses and trains to limit the spread of the corinna virus indian railways and has now canceled all trains until the end of the month all interstate buses have been cancelled and so have all the metro services now so many of these go into labor as a daily wage and as like so many people in india the government is it's a huge challenge for them how is it going to support them because it's telling them to stay at home to use social distancing when so many of these people absolutely need to work every day to support their families we were speaking to street vendors a few days ago who were telling us that if they stayed at home and didn't go out while their families would simply die of hunger so that's a big challenge for the government and of course so this doctor in corona virus from entering the community the community transmission phase they're saying that hasn't happened yet but health experts a saying that india has we know that india has performed the lowest number of tests among affected countries and that the low level of testing is could be hiding the real number of cases

public transport transport system is completely shut down indian railways passenger trains can switch in the end of the month only goods commercial goods and produce are being transported all buses all interstate buses and most buses in fact cancelled all metro services no taxis so of course this is having an impact not just on people getting around but all certainly while the government is trying to make sure that essential goods and projects can move we're already hearing from. you know people like vegetable vendors that they're not actually able to get as much produce as they need not just for people to survive but for themselves to survive their daily wage earners like so many in india who need to work every day to survive. well as other countries locked down in the united states president ronald trump says he is considering how business is on to reopen a soon as possible despite a rapidly growing race of infections there are castro reports. the streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but within new york's hospitals doctors say they're under siege the numb

in 22 states have announced a complete lockdown, the indian ra i lwa ys complete lockdown, the indian railwaysded and they cannot go back home. they are from the eastern part of india. they cannot go to work. now the people are saying the government needs to come up with the programme. whereby these people at least ca n programme. whereby these people at least can be sent back home because everything has stopped so they are stranded now. the latest numbers breaking from spain, 2000 people have now died. 462 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. the death toll in spain is over 2000. 462 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. for patients critically ill with covid—19, access to a ventilator could be a matter of life or death. last week the government called on british engineering firms to switch to making the life saving devices. among those responding to the government's call are a number of high—tech engineering firms from the world of motorsport. theo leggett reports prodrive made its name building racing and rally cars and that is still the core of its business but now this oxfordshire firm w

it's been under lockdown since late in january when the government shut down roads railways and ports also the indian government is urging hundreds of millions of people to stay home locking down the early every state domestic flights as well as people traveling into india. and soldiers in spain are found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and the worst cases that it's the military was said to dismiss act homes in one of europe's worst hit countries. france is entering its 2nd week of lockdown as coronavirus cases and continue to rise the french government is urging people to be more disciplined and stay indoors to stop the spread 100000 police officers have been deployed to enforce the restrictions the reports from. in west of 6. french police officers patrol the beach on the french caribbean island of guadalupe as french authorities tighten controls in their overseas territories to stem the spread of the coronavirus. book which shows we've been through a lot in the police force whether it's the bombings the yellow vests whether something else i never thought that one day i'd have to che

restrictions it's been under lockdown since late january when the government shut down roads railways and that's. all the indian government is out to hundreds of millions of people to stay at home locking down nearly every state domestic flights on now banned as well as people traveling to india. and soldiers and spain have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and in west cases dead in their beds the military was sent to disinfect care homes and one of europe's west hit countries. well in iran nearly 2000 people have died from the corona virus with another 25000 infected its health ministry says it's expecting a high is said and kay says as the numbers get more alarming by the day iranians have been urged to follow preventative measures tyrone says u.s. sanctions are making it difficult to tackle the outbreak well let's speak correspondence and as ravi who is in tehran for us then i understand that one of the major issues here is the lack of ventilators which is pushing up the death rate how is that being addressed if a toll. well it's certainly something that iran's government has reached out t

railway stations are all completely shut down. —— bazaars. stations are all completely shut down. -- bazaars. what kind of shape with the indian shape with the indian healthcare system look like to deal with the increase in patients? there has been criticism of the government of india's measures. of course they have been, very proactive in terms of asking people for social distancing and the state has announced a complete lockdown since this morning. the healthcare system here is fragile and the testing is being done only on the people who have developed the coronavirus symptoms and have just come back from abroad. the government of india's stance is it is not spreading in the community, that is why they are not going to big testing right 110w not going to big testing right now but the centre of testing is increasing and there are people who believe that the number could rise dramatically, as we have seen since friday, the number has really shut. —— shot up. brazil's largest state, sao paulo, is closing down for two weeks from tuesday to help fight the virus. all non—essential businesses and services, including bars and restau