place of worship in the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers were targeting the religious complex security forces have cordoned off the area and a number of hostages. stay with us my cuba is next. in the midst of a. is in lockdown.

past come under attack in afghanistan's capital kabul at least 4 people are being killed the interior ministry says unknown gunman and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex security forces have cordoned off the area and have rescued a number of hostages. president has paid tribute to $92.00 soldiers killed in a 7 hour attack by bach of iran the into his says it was the armed groups deadliest assault yet on his military eve is it at the scene on monday's attack in lac province dozens of soldiers were killed in this separate bucca rob ambush in nigeria on the same day. you want your deservedly so run a reminder of our top stories the world's largest lot dan is underway in india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the coronavirus that's a massive challenge when many are poor and live in packed communities with little health care prime minister modi gave indians less than 4 hours warning of the lockdown in china many restrictions have eased who believe province the initial epicenter of the coronavirus most are being allowed to leave for the 1

coronavirus on the considerable health risks that come with us especially for vulnerable groups the interior ministry has introduced new restrictions on travel to germany. restrictions will now apply to seasonal and harvest workers. they will be denied entry at the established border checkpoints. the new rules are a big blow to our agricultural sector. so this is a huge blow to the farming sector and you what exactly do these new travel regulations me. these new regulations bans seasonal workers from several countries from entering germany countries from i would side of the european union from britain but also from countries such as rumania bulgaria or all strata the ban hits the agricultural sector in germany at a crucial time. germany's pharmacy employee about $300.00 harrisson seasonal work has each year and the minister of agriculture has said that they were going to evaluate these measures in 2 months time but the full lot of this might come too late the famous german asparagus harvesting season is imminent . and if they only evaluated in 2 months time that's too late a lot of promise and vignet

not just for the country but for the region and possibly the world earlier this afternoon the interior ministry issued an edict an order for specific sites in which to be closed a shrine and a mosque that are major attractions that attract large populations of people visitors from around the world as well as inside iran but critics will say that this should have been done one month ago that to do it now is simply a half measure that it should have been done much earlier because these locations were known vectors for the virus and at the time that home was the epicenter of the outbreak in iran these sites remained open and things were business as usual. the u.s. president is expanding his european travel ban to the u.k. and ireland from choose day in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus a 30 day ban on travelers from mainland europe is a ready in place and during the news conference donald trump also revealed he's waiting on the results of a coronavirus test himself mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . members of the coronavirus toss of course walk into the briefing room in terms of

how to maintain public order and the guidance on limiting movements but the fact is that the interior ministry earlier today ordered the city of home to shut down some main religious sites that were vectors for this virus a shrine in the holy city of qom as well as an important mosque in the club have been ordered to shut down but it has to be said that they have said that they will close them soon they remain open tonight tonight those locations in the city that was the epicenter in the beginning of this outbreak those sites remain open that their on municipality says in the capital they've stopped any construction or building works for the next 2 or 3 weeks and many people will say that these measures are good but they are half measures and they're too little too late that the damage has already been done right but still the government is trying to employ men. containment and crowd control social testing measures at the same time trying to respond to the number of infections and that is severely restricted by the stranglehold of sanctions on the country its limiting their ability to respond

cases that sent to other news now and a sikh temple is under attack in afghanistan's capital the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex security forces of cordoned off the area as it tried to bring the attack to an end we'll have more on this story as information becomes available 92 chaldean soldiers have been killed in the worst attack bible koran on the country's military while visiting the site of the attack in the lok province president eateries no said it's the 1st time the on forces lost so many men the attack lasted at least 7 hours and reinforcements that were sent to help were also targeted the armed group has increased attacks recently in the lake chad area where the borders of cameroon chad nigeria the share converge. i returning now to the corona virus pandemic and the largest town in the world has come into effect after india's prime minister narendra modi ordered the population of 1300000000 people not to leave their homes india has reported more than 500 confirmed cases of the virus and 10 deaths elizabeth random reports from n

middle east saudi arabia has suspended all schools and universities nationwide earlier on the interior ministry announced the eastern region of tif will be placed on the temporary lockdown all 11 people in saudi you've tested positive for the virus in the region of teeth iran has reported its highest number of corona virus deaths within a 24 hour period this brings the total that $294.00 but there are now more than 6 and a half 1000 infections across the country. in the united states a top health official is admitted there were missteps that delayed virus testing disease expert anthony found she says the government might consider shutting down sections of the country hit hardest by the virus the american military is restricting travel to and from italy and south korea where there have been large outbreaks. in all the news greek police have used water cannon to fight off dozens of refugees and migrants who holing stones at them from the other side of the border with turkey thousands of migrants have been camping since last week when turkey declared its borders with open the turkish president is

sent to clear the streets many iranians though continue to ignore government calls to stay at interior ministry is now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of form where the virus was 1st detected. joins us live from iran's capital tehran so iranians were given 24 hours to get off the streets as attempts continue to try and stop the spread of the virus but they don't seem to be listening to that. that's exactly right now we're talking about is a direct command by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei just a couple of days ago just a day ago to the chief of the armed forces major general mohamad the issue there was that he wanted the military to step in and take control of the situation control crowds and try to stop a large groups of people from forming at bazaars and markets and supermarkets and really this was to try to limit the spread of the virus but it has to be said that even up until earlier today when that 24 hours was supposed to have come into effect in the capital here yes traffic was down but there were still people on the streets there were still shops o

has become under attack in afghanistan's capital kabul at least 4 people have been killed the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex security forces of cordoned off the area and have rescued a number of hostages victoria fontanne is a professor of peace studies at the american university in afghanistan joins me now on skype from kabul good to have you with us on the program the taliban are claiming that they're not responsible so it's not them who could it be when it is most likely to be the islamic state in what are saying that whatever they call themselves they have a history of targeting minorities in afghanistan and they have had. bombing of the wedding hall last august in there so it is most likely to be them to do. so in terms of the attack and what's the aim of attacking another minority group normally we've seen historically the has are a minority group being hit both in the capital beyond the sikh community we rarely hear of that sort of attack. we really hear about them that the season or the. mandate and when he takes. a policy f

continue to ignore government calls to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus and the interior ministry has now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of colm where the virus was 1st detected. joining us live from iran's capital tehran and i suppose the question is if these latest measures zain are likely to work. well during we heard a very dramatic announcement yesterday by the military saying that they would begin to more closely control traffic and crowds in the streets it is certainly quieter into it is certainly quieter on the streets but there is still traffic people are still walking around shops are still open so really it is a mammoth task if you consider shutting down the main cities of this entire country it would have been much easier to have corn teamed the city of whom the initial epicenter of the virus early on now the interior ministry has announced today government ordered to shut down 2 very important shrines in home a mosque and a shrine and really for many people this would have been. better late than never sort of scenario but many critics will

attempting a coup the wall street journal is also saying security forces detained dozens of interior ministry officials senior army officers and all of a suspected of supporting an alleged plot and o'brien reports. the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has moved to consolidate power since removing his cousin mohammed bin nayef his age to the throne and $27.00 tane now 3 years on the knife is reportedly accused of trying to push out the crown prince and that seeing him and his brother detained as well as the saudi king's youngest brother ahmed bin abdulaziz there are some kinds of rumors and innuendoes there is term or within the family in the form of criticism that doesn't justify you know being arrested like criminals with mass security forces coming to their roles and yanking your out of their private residences mohamed been so mundane as m.b.a.'s has a reputation for cracking down on anyone who opposes him 27 tane dozens of senior members of the royal family and billionaire businessmen who rounded up and detained at a luxury hotel in riyadh the saudi government say it was an anti cor

government has been struggling to get a hold on the spread of the virus so earlier today the interior ministry announced a decision that many people say is better late than never but others say it is too little too late the closure of known virus vectors in home sure a shrine dedicated to a descendant of prophet muhammad and a mosque both very large draws for very large crowds they get thousands of visitors on a daily basis and the interior ministry has now ordered for those to be closed it has to be said up until tonight they remained open the order from the government says that they will close soon but hasn't identified exactly when now the peak is coming experts here say that the peak of the virus in iran will be in the next 10 days to 2 weeks so this is an important step but critics will say that it's a half measure that has come too late the damage has been done at the peak of this one home was still the main epicenter for the spread of the virus in iran these sites remained open it was business as usual people were coming and going as they pleased now it's iran municipality earlier today

a crisis committee set up by the health and the interior ministries is meeting on tuesday to help put in place the raft of restrictions the question now is if the measures will succeed in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. earlier we spoke to his political correspondent hans broad here in berlin and asked him his chancellor merkel takes a more international approach to the crisis than other world leaders what i'm trying to do here is some sort of damage control i guess you could call it because what's been happening in recent weeks is that so many countries have been moving on their own countries here in europe within the european union have been imposing their own measures closing their own borders without really coordinating this with other members of the european union and obviously we know that for instance the united states imposed a travel ban on europe people coming from europe without even talking to the european union so by talking to the g. 7 within the g. 7 format which includes the united states and by talking within the european union chancellor merkel is trying to re

a crisis committee set up by the health and the interior ministries is meeting on tuesday to help put in place the raft of restrictions the question now is if the measures will succeed in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. a 2 week lockdown is already in place in spain and may be extended the government has also imposed controls of the country's land borders for the 47000000 people inside spain the advice and order from the government is stay indoors. spending an entire day at home together is something the erkki thoughts family haven't done for a long time before trying to make the best of a difficult situation amid madrid's coronavirus look down indigo is employed as a bank and can therefore work from home while his daughter is able to access her schoolwork via the internet but it's his parents in bilbao that worry him also you know you've not been going outside i hope here in madrid police drones with loudspeakers are telling us to stay home. and they tell you to stay inside that's what you have to do you can't go around spreading the virus. your 14 year old paula is working st

being killed in afghanistan during an attack on a sikh place of worship in the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers were targeting the religious complex security forces have cordoned off the area and to rescue a number of hostages those were the headlines here in algiers there are more in half an hour to stay with us my cuba is next. in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic china is in lockdown. when i want to report from inside the quarantine proper place. me away now mighty. let's go blow. the. way i'm going to the radio. not the yaquis me with the money. saved up with you know in the way that you know this about the. mob. that pulls a field day things that i hold back is this really nice you is really. easy . i mean. somewhat are they. entitled to say me in any manner and they only down the hall don't look somebody. either way all of a said that again old talking about us elitist somebody in print doing the right answer when i said that. oh hey world is there my fading away it was that there. in the. basement. thing i knew it. was a really serious. oh let me

people to stay indoors that's the only way they can limit the spread of the disease now the interior ministry has revealed data that in the last 8 days they have had to conduct millions of controls and they've taken to task 53000 people for violations of the lockdown measures so they feel the make this the seriousness isn't really quite hitting home that even if you have no symptoms you can spread the disease and that's why i knew that message is being shouted out from the mountaintops here and doctors have been playing for help as we saw in that report and they starting to get the support they need. well the doctors are really calling out for help but the situation as i mentioned is die if you look at long but in particular from what i understand the latest figures show that they've already lost 10 doctors to the coronavirus epidemic a pandemic and some more than 2600 doctors have been infected with the virus and that means it becomes difficult for them to actually carry out their work so yes they're turning to military doctors fast tracking the graduation of medical students returning to th

a crisis committee set up by the health and the interior ministry's is meeting on tuesday to help put in place the raft of restrictions the question now is if the measures will succeed in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. fox is about to shatter most of its european plants as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains and demands protection of the company's workers the carmaker also expects demand to plummet with customers in many countries staying home and out of dealerships production will be halted this week at 12 plants and stay in portugal and slovakia as well as lamborghini and county plants in italy that will be followed by production stops in germany and other european plans management expects production to be halted for $2.00 to $3.00 weeks. spain of course is one of the european countries already under lockdown as authorities reported a 20 percent a jump in new infections with more than $9000.00 cases spain is now the country with a 4th highest number of infections worldwide madrid and other cities are enforcing far reaching restrictions on people's movement for th

750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior ministry paper the government is already exploring best and worst case scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis that's before us that even that of this paper deals with the question of how this situation which is currently focused on health could have an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures would then be necessary to react to that of the votes that we are given germany is increasingly sending the signal it's as ready as it can. but no government truly can be it seems but lynn already sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from the city and it's an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be or where there will be more divided than ever. the sporting world has come to a standstill amid the can run a virus crisis but many of its biggest names have used the free time to help out in the battle against the pandemic serbian tennis superstar is the latest to

education minister has ordered virtual schools to be set up during the suspension of the kingdom's interior ministry announced that the eastern region of a thief will be placed on the temporary lockdown all 11 people in saudi arabia have tested positive for the virus and a thief government says commercial supplies to the region will continue and then iran has reported its highest number of corona virus test within a 24 hour period bringing the total there to $194.00 there are now more than 6 and a half 1000 infections across the country and a top health official in the united states has admitted there were missteps that delayed virus testing disease expert anthony found she says the government might consider shutting down sections of the country hit hardest by the virus want to bring you some other news now one person has been killed after a rocket hit a house close to tripoli's international airport the u.n. recognize government is blaming forces loyal to the warlord after and greek police have used water cannon to fight off dozens of refugees and migrants who were hurling stones at them from the o

750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior ministry paper the government is already exploring best and worst case scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis this before so even with this paper deals with the question of how the. this situation which is currently focused on health could have an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures with then be necessary to react to them. even though it's. germany is increasingly sending the signal its as ready as it can. but no government truly can be it seems but little ready sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from the city and it's an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be over there will be more divided than ever so here are some more of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic italian health officials reported nearly a 1000 people have died from covert 19 in the last 24 hours that's the biggest daily number of fatalities since the outbreak

the interior ministry has revealed data that in the l last eight days, thehey have had to conduct millions of c controls d ththey are takaken to task, 53,0 people for violations, so they feel thehe seriousness i is not quite heading home, that even if you have no symptoms, you can spread the disease and that is why that message is being shouted out. >> the trump administration has already increases dire travel warning for americans as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. the state department has issued a new alert urging americans not to travel abroad under any circumstances and they should arrange to return to the u.s. immediately unless you plan to remain overseas. previously, americans were told to reconsider international travel. for more now, let's go to our correspondent in washington. what more do we know? >> it is the highest for the worst, a level for visor he unprecedented at least in scale. americans are asked not to travel overseas, not even for most critical business. normally you get those advisories for hotspots when things are not going to well, but on that skill it is pretty

and if you are seen again, there is a 4000 euros fine or a three—month prison sentence in the interior ministry of people out of the house. i mean, thatis people out of the house. i mean, that is how seriously it is being taken, 1800 that is how seriously it is being ta ken, 1800 cases that is how seriously it is being taken, 1800 cases here today, 300 people in hospital, 21 people dead, bear this in people in hospital, 21 people dead, bearthis in mind people in hospital, 21 people dead, bear this in mind as well. two weeks ago was the first case in belgium, that's how quickly it's starting to rise here. italy has borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic — sima kotecha has the latest. almost 3000 people have died here, all eyes are on the daily figures that come out at 6pm. it figures continue to rise and they go up by a few hundred as they been doing every day this week italy will overtake china as having the highest death toll from this virus. so potentially, an incredibly dark day here. the prime minister saying the stringent measures which are in place, preventing people from moving arou

but since the beginning of 2020 that support has started and we are waiting for orders in the interior ministry to resume cooperation. that corporation is now part of a broader dispute over the future of american military presence in iraq in response to an american strike near baghdad airport that killed iranian general qassam silly money and a senior iraqi officer iraq's prime minister and parliament have asked foreign troops to leave the negotiations are ongoing but for now u.s. officials say they only received a few requests for airstrikes and have reduced their movements outside of their bases before you know our our our mission here was you know just in accomplishing what we've seen during this operation pause in the kompany go away. but the iraqis didn't stop they kept moving they kept rolling and they deployed their forces the field continued to fight the momentum against isis and that's that's the best thing that could have come out of all of this but some iraqis fighting isis resurgence see things differently coalition officials say there's been a lack of demand for their assistance be

coronavirus and finally now the news a sikh center is under attack in afghanistan's capital the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex in kabul security forces of cordoned off the area and f. rescued a number of hostages coming up next on al-jazeera as a program man made. the . the old. it's bad enough to catch a disease naturally but to take a disease and turn it into a weapon to enhance the disease to make it more virulent or more contagious or resistant to known vaccines that's particularly there again just kind of goes off the charts there it's turning mother nature against us. the. weapons that destroyed by spreading deadly diseases have a long in unhappy history billions of dollars have been spent by governments to create pathogens that can cause fatal illnesses even today some countries are stockpiling just such a deadly arsenal in a widely reported news conference syria has admitted as much. or perhaps more dangerous than the age of rapidly advanced technology it's quite possible for individuals or groups to create biological mayhem.

coronavirus and the considerable health risks that come with it, especially for vulnerable groups, the interior ministry introduced new restrictions on travel to germany. restrictions will now apply to seasonal and harvest workers. they will be denied entry at the established border checkpoints. the new rules are a big blow to our agricultural sector. >> this is a huge blow to the farming sector. what exactly do these travel regulations mean? >> these new regulations ban seasonal workers from several countries from entering germany. countries from outside of the european union, from britain but also from e.u. countries such as romania, bulgaria or austria. the ban hits the agricultural sector in germany at a crucial time. germany's farmer's employee 300,000 seasonal workers each year. the minister of agriculture said they are going to evaluate the measures in the two months time. for a lot of farmers, this might come to light. the famous german asparagus harvesting season is imminent. if they only evaluated in two months, that is too late. a lot of farmers and vineyards need seasonal workers. they need

lot less than women who work for the police forces the organization that is the same is the interior ministry that has all of them we are asking for more as the saying that the media what we want is to get paid the same they have fooled us never that you know that much i mean we feel frustrated because we do the same job and we don't know why they give huge amounts of money to catalonia the catalan regional police but of us they don't have the same consideration all we ask for is to have the same rights as they to. now more than a 1000000 students a british universities are having an unexpected holy day the lectures have been on strike for the past 2 weeks barker in london explains why. lectures on the picket line the students have abandoned their classrooms in solidarity with 50000 university staff across the country 74 universities are involved in 2 weeks of strikes affecting around 1200000 students in last teaching time the students support. credibly important for me to be here in solidarity with my lecturer because if i'm here to study and learn about how we create a better labor system f

security forces sealed off the area gunfire was heard for several hours until the interior ministry says all the attackers were killed along with dozens of worshippers the ministry also says around 80 people taken hostage were freed. for them is up. more than 20 people were killed right is the security the government what is happening what kind of government do we have in europe the value of an animal likes are not going to stand there is no value to human life. wednesday's attack was claimed by isis fighters who have targeted the sikh community before 2 years ago 14 worshipers with killed by a suicide bomb attack at a temple in jalalabad season overall mandate and when he date. and it's a policy from the sunday state to accept the who actually terrorize and antagonize all minorities enough times that from their suspect. to. take a check now to the white house send a coronavirus update from president trying to assess and it. has to do with his america continues to gain ground in the war against the virus. i want to thank the american people for answering the call following our guidelines

to clear the streets and many iranians are actually ignoring government calls to stay at home interior ministry is now ordered the closure of all religious sites in the holy city of rome where the virus was 1st detected. was a must ravi joins us live now from iran's capital tehran and we've seen these are escalated efforts on the part of the government to try and fight the spread of this virus but it seems as though people are ignoring calls to stay off the streets. yes that's exactly right what has happened what's transpired here is that earlier this afternoon the interior ministry issued an edict an order for specific sites in houma to be closed a shrine and a mosque that are major attractions that attract a large populations of people visitors from around the world as well as inside iran and they've ordered those to be shut down though it has to be said that order said that they would be closed soon tonight they remain open as of now from what we understand those sites are still open the controls have been put in place far fewer people are visiting those places they're still open and the fac

according to afghanistan's interior ministry 4 rockets landed near to the site of the ceremony at least officer was injured islamic state claimed responsibility. and launched a short distance away on east main rival abdullah abdullah held his own presidential inauguration after weeks of mediation efforts between the 2 men failed to understand election commission named garny the winner of the contest in september but declared the results fraudulent and claimed victory. political analyst andre wilczek told us that the situation on the ground is a disaster and in the pentagon is negotiating from a position of weakness. well there is definitely a pressure from the united states. to sign this agreement so united states is occupying come home to stand for 18 years it spends more than a trillion of dollars of it is. it brought the gun to do some of the most horrific moment in the history of the area it's clear that the government of afghanistan and the united states cannot actually defeat the taliban this 5. brutal years of patient collaboration or whatever you want to call it is there to stay

kingdom king's brother in the form of crown prince were detained as well as army officers and interior ministry stuff they all thought to be accused of plotting a coup. now renewed fighting in northern yemen has displaced at least $70000.00 people according to the international committee of the red cross it says relief efforts in al jawf province of been hampered since last month the region already has a large number of displaced people many families don't have access to food shelter or medical care the clashes bring an end to 3 months of relative calm for yemen the united nations has called for an immediate end to this violence. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. or we will slip back. into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready. well turkey's defense minister saying that the ceasefire in syria's province is holding a pause in fighting was agreed by turkish president russia type one and his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow earlier this week to support opposing sides in the syrian conflic

from band to go it over to taken on the border to france where people are being told by the interior ministry that declared these border checks only on sunday evening that they should carry documents that prove that they are indeed traveling back and forth from their job or else that's the big question mark will then that of the coming hours whether people actually might be turned away and simply because they can't prove that they are on a necessary trip let me tell you know we hear that the german army is also being drafted in to provide some kind of support what exactly is their role. yes they will provide logistical support also the german army has several hospitals so hospital staff from the german army might help 1000 other hospitals also beds that would usually be reserved more for the national forces would be available for the public more so than already in the past so what we're seeing here is different agencies acting together. there thank you so much chief political editor of course thank you. now to the other 9 hotspots in europe like spain and france which are among the worst affe

a crisis committee set up by the health and the interior ministries is meeting on tuesday to help put in place the raft of restrictions the question now is if the measures will succeed in slowing the spread of the coronavirus of them or the situation here let's bring in our political correspondent hans of brown tongues new measures practically announced of the daily basis now but no complete lockdown as in italy or france just yet why is germany taking a less drastic approach than some of its neighbors. i think there are 2 reasons for this one is the formal reason the fact is that the central government in germany has not yet declared a state of emergency in other words it has not yet got the powers formally to impose such a log on the other reason is i think that that final coercion is the final instrument that the government still wants to keep as a possible next step while at the same time trying to in some sense still force people not to god simply by making the reasons to go all out all the whole difficult to reduce the number of reasons why people would like to go all there's no

750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior ministry paper the government is already exploring best and worst case scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis that's before us that even with of this paper deals with the question of how the situation which is currently focused on health could have an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures would then be necessary to react to them for the votes. germany is increasingly sending the signal it's as ready as it can. but no government truly can be it seems already sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from the city and it's an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be or whether it will be more divided than ever . hong kong's government has banned public gatherings of more than 4 people because of the corona virus meanwhile the chinese territories teenagers are having to study for their graduation exams with their schools closed the exams have now been po

province from today and in other news a sikh temple is under attack in afghanistan's capital the interior ministry says unknown gunmen and suicide bombers are targeting the religious complex in kabul more news for you after the listening posts. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society times change the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera. this disconnect between what we're hearing from the scientists and what the president of united states say to the democrats to try to turn a virus into a political attack president truck today. i'll be home from christmas with. larry. 3 words hello i'm richard gere's bird and you're at the listening post among the media stories that we're covering this week donald trump dissin from ation and the coronavirus the white house and its sidekicks at fox news have been producing fake news of the most dangerous conflict felt the mor

also an intrusion on the sovereignty of a country when it says the police should pass to the interior ministry that is a debate that is the business of colombian authorities. or when i was a sarge and peace kennings and brazilian neighborhoods these criminals are going to die in the streets like coke roaches if police protections are approved and that's how it should be all when president was allegedly linked to drug traffickers the story that the president won the london numbers supposedly except to drug money or provided protection or coordinated with narco traffickers is 100 percent false and appears to be based on lies from confessed criminals who are seeking vengeance to reduce their sentences there wasn't any or it was half hearted up that and what do they all have in common all the countries are run by right wing government turny have nice things to say about donald trump these are very right wing governments that are friendly to the term pit ministration and so the trump administration is. is is working hand in glove with those repressive governments against any government that it thin

according to afghanistan's interior ministry 4 rockets landed near the site of the ceremony a police officer was injured with manic state claimed responsibility and clan less than they wilczek told us the situation on the ground if they did and the pentagon is to go shooting from a position of weakness. there is definitely a pressure from the united states. through a sign this agreement or united states is occupying a company stand for 18 years it spent more than a trillion of dollars of it is. it brought the car through to some of the most horrific moma the history of the area this clear that the government of afghanistan and the united states cannot actually defeat taliban this. brutal years of occupation and collaboration or whatever you want to call it is there to stay i. think to see this war through all it is going to play you have hardly star and whether 'd united states is going to a cooperative or 'd whether it's going to basically allow it to continue to do a huge territory of the gone through which holding to some statistics is close to 50 percent. syria where a fragile pe

spain's interior ministry taking a quarter million police officers making arrests and giving out fines to those who break the new rules. moving to the middle east in israel the country reported's first death overnight. is a remains in lockdown, allowing people to leave their homes for short exercise and medical reasons. the implemented drive-through testing for coronavirus after reports indicated intelligence officials brought 100,000 testing kits and there are 1500 americans stranded due to coronavirus travel restrictions. secretary of state mike pompeo pledged yesterday to help bring them home. the military has assisted in covering american strapped in other locations like morocco. they should a level for travel warning, warning you might be stranded abroad. quite a number of cases, looking at the list of infections around the world does paint a grim picture for the united states, many countries that prepared early on third much better than those who waited. >> we appreciate it. as of midnight. our southern border in this country is shutdown except for trade and essential travel. any

people to stay indoors that's the only way they can limit the spread of the disease now the interior ministry as a review data that in the last 8 days they have had to conduct millions of controls and they've taken to task 53000 people for violations of the knock down measure so they feel the make this the seriousness isn't really quite hitting home that even if you have no symptoms you can spread the disease and that's why i mean that message is being shouted out from the mountaintops you're right there was correspondence in the group today reporting from rome the trumpet ministration has increased its already dire travel warning for americans as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. the state department has issued a new alert urging americans not to travel abroad under any circumstances it also says americans should arrange to return to the u.s. immediately unless they plan to remain over seats previously americans were told to quote reconsider international travel. or for more now let's go to our correspondent in washington jeff. used to fund so what more do we know about this travel warning w

abdullah abdullah here scaped on hurts but the health ministry stays at 727 people were killed the interior ministry says both as hard as it were eliminated the taliban has denied carrying out the attack it comes just days after the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal to end 18 years of conflict in afghanistan. right place in the colombian capital use tear gas and water cannon against students protesting nearby gotos national university of colombia on thursday protesters build barricades set fire to police vehicles and 3 projects they're calling for additional funding for education. so a lot of us election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventy's but hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still in the race she won 2 delegates in american samoa and so makes it through to the next democratic debate but the party executive wants to shift the goalposts on that as caleb morton explains. the democratic party's machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to presidential candidates the latest example of this is the

they said, everybody now is going to tweet or e-mail or phone call the interior ministry in berlin. they did that. they used this hashtag #leave no one behind and it was trending. >> was the hashtag #leave no one behind, was the demonstration successful? >> yes. that was the number one trending hashtag in germany. it even beat out covid-19, which is a big feed nowadays. they had 6,000 people participate at the height of the live stream. this is all live-streamed on youtube. but the question of w whether or not that's effective, i posed that question to one of the organizers. here's what he had to say. >> right now we have to be creative. we have to find new ways. i think the online demonstration was, for the first thing thahate acactually tried and did, was a very good thing. and also i think for the future, we can use these online tools to react on things very quickly, because you can m mobilize a l t of peoplple o online, in a short time. and you d don't h have to organe anythingng for demonstrations ad lilike ask authorities for permission for the demonstrations. they can activat

campaign so basically they said ok everybody now is going to tweet or e-mail or phone call the interior ministry in berlin so everybody did that and they got trending i mean they use this hash tag leave no i'm behind it was trending you know was the hash tag leave no one behind that was the demonstrations successful yeah that was the number one trending hash tag in germany it even beat out coven 1000 which i think feet nowadays they had 6000 people participate at the height of the live stream this is a live streamed on you tube but the question of whether or not that's effective i posed that question to one of the organizers and here's what he had to say right now we have to be creative we have to find a way. i think the question was how the 1st thing that we actually tried to its wealth about what you. and also i think for the future you can use the it's all right fools to. react to things that aren't quickly because you can mobilize a lot of people online and in the short time and you know after all a nice little thing for them especially. like. authorities for permission for that that will. a

cording to afghanistan's interior ministry for rockets landed near the site of the ceremony police officer was injured islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack. meanwhile just a short distance away gunnies main rival dillard held his own presidential inauguration after weeks of mediation efforts between the 2 men failed afghanistan's election commission named garny the winner of the september contest that of the large declared the results fraudulent and claimed victory we heard from political analyst and village check he says it will be impossible for the u.s. and afghanistan to defeat the taliban even with the peace deal. well there is definitely a pressure from the united states. to sign this agreement and all this mess we see. is pointed towards good izing china and russia and former soviet republics in the region who will see very soon with where the the dollar will actually take place you know that the united states like in syria the same you know how to start it goes back and forth on its promise. on controlling to actually enormous territory of the country and it is clear

750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior ministry paper the government is already exploring best and worst case scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis that's before us is even made of this paper deals with the question of how the situation which is currently focused on health could have an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures would then be necessary to react to that of the votes. germany is increasingly sending the signal it's as ready as it can. but no government truly can be it seems berlin already sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from its city and it's an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be or whether it will be more divided than ever. hong kong's government has banned public gatherings of more than 4 people because of the corona virus meanwhile the chinese territories teenagers are having to study for their graduation exams with their schools closed the exams have now been