commissioner lam? >> let me confirm that i'm on. okay. thanks. i had a follow up to the epcm letters. just wanted to ask if that's going to be part of the report back or there's going to be answers now related to families who don't have access to on-line or how do they respond to letters or be able to log into parent view? i know some letters went out regarding parent view, but just curious as to the language access piece. [inaudible] >> so the technology team has done a great job of providing different opportunities. but for those who don't have access to e-mail or don't use internet or the phone system, and they set up teams in e.t.c., they'll automatically go to a voice mail box, and then, they've got teams in e.t.c. who are checking voice mails on a regular basis and getting back to families. i don't know if that captures all of your questions. [inaudible] >> with that letter came a -- [inaudible] >> in addition to being able to accept offers on-line. >> thank you. and we did discuss having a drop box in the lobby. in the event that's a call

that was the most in any four since october lam 2002.ave analysts coming out buysuggesting investors the stock area deutsche bank was one of them. ubs lifted shares all the way from buy to sell, what they call a double upgrade. ubs was the only firm that was recommending investors sell lam shares. a double plus with the two firms coming through. deutsche bank, they are talking about seeing room for the stock to move higher, even after this week's rally. they figured, there is a chip industry research -- rebound coming. chinese firms getting up to speed after coronavirus swept through that country. they figure lam is well positioned for a rebound in the industry and that the memory chip area in particular looks resilient. these are not the only firms that got raised, the only chip equipment stocks. deutsche bank room -- moved up its rating on teradyne. but they did not get the double upgrade that lam did from ubs. vonnie: dave wilson, thank you for that. you can always charts and so on at @nywilson. speaking up, we will speak with the wto

so what what i'm saying about lam when key never intended to be an activist. but these days he's a regular at pro-democracy protests in hong kong and an outspoken critic of the chinese regime. up until 2015 though lamb led a quiet life managing this bookstore on a busy streets in hong kong. it's a nice market customers came looking for gossipy political books banned in mainland china. but then one after another lamb and 4 men linked to the bookstore mysteriously disappeared. lam says his ordeal started when he went to visit his girlfriend in mainland china. from hold one israel told very someday i want her your boyfriend i just thought you know someone help iran with. some and geo. hour and imo the. source of our to stop something they do not jr go read or know call her up and. back in hong kong speculation grew but the booksellers had been kidnapped and were being held in mainland china. thousands of people took to the streets to man. on cers. inside his cell in mainland china cut off from the outside world had no idea what was happening in hong kong couldn't

hello this is bbc news. lam i am lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. lam i am lewis vaughanjones. the death toll in italy has seen another dramatic rise — nearly eight hundred people have died in the last 2a hours from coronavirus — the highest total anywhere in the world since the outbreak began. there's been a dramatic rise in the number of deaths in spain too — an increase of more than 300 — bringing the total to more than 1300. more beds, ventilators and thousands of extra staff will be made available from next week — after a deal between nhs england and the nation's independent hospitals. another 56 people with coronavirus have died in the uk, bringing the total of deaths in the country to 233. a senior british government minister has appealed for people to be responsible when shopping — it's estimated £1 billion worth of extra food has been stockpiled. now on bbc news — with exclusive access to two film—makers inside the chinese city of wuhan, our world tells the story of life under lockdown. wuhan, central china, with a population of 11 million, it is bigger than greater lo

. lam not a us citizen, i am a dutch german citizen.idence, so i am just trying to see if i can enter. now i am trying to get to surname, but i do not know what will happen. i do not have any information yet, i do not have any information yet, i do not know if able send us or not. i have idea what will happen, but i hope that my government will do something about it because the gates are closed there and not in europe. translation: they have cancelled the flight translation: they have cancelled the flight to italy, but the airline did not tell me. i booked the ticket yesterday to get home and it cost quite a lot, but it seems there will not be any flights for days and i will be stuck you're alone in amsterdam. the other big factor is the fear factor. people do not want to travel because of the risk of the spread of coronavirus on top of the fa ct spread of coronavirus on top of the fact that many countries have banned in place. in terms of the industry, the world travel and tourism council say that 850,000 europeans will not be flying to

commission commissioner lam? >> so we put in -- so we have put in an original order of 4,000 chrome books. those have been delayed and they're supposedly in route to san francisco. they have not yet arrived. knowing they're not on location we put in another order of chrome books and the balance of those we'll have access to by the end of the week. so in addition to using our site inventory. so i am told the second order is on its way to san francisco. part shipped last week and part will ship early next week. >> thank you. i want to echo everybody's appreciation for or s and s workers and for everybody at central office and everybody going above and beyond. i know it's appreciated. i've to then a lot of comments about that. i just want to publicly call that out. i also wanted to note that it's antidotal. i've only heard a few comments but we're both, they're all positive, both positive about the way that the letters getting out is very, very smooth. and i just wanted to ask not today if we can get a report on the

commission commissioner lam? >> so we put in -- so we have put in an original order of 4,000 chrome books. those have been delayed and they're supposedly in route to san francisco. they have not yet arrived. knowing they're not on location we put in another order of chrome books and the balance of those we'll have access to by the end of the week. so in addition to using our site inventory. so i am told the second order is on its way to san francisco. part shipped last week and part will ship early next week. >> thank you. i want to echo everybody's appreciation for or s and s workers and for everybody at central office and everybody going above and beyond. i know it's appreciated. i've to then a lot of comments about that. i just want to publicly call that out. i also wanted to note that it's antidotal. i've only heard a few comments but we're both, they're all positive, both positive about the way that the letters getting out is very, very smooth. and i just wanted to ask not today if we can get a report on the

here's her report. lam i am talking to people about the awareness of obscuring.t in the situation have the police help you... i walked into my local pool and had photos taken of my bare body from underneath the wall of the changing room. next to me. who knew about obscuring? i told my dad straightaway. which he then reported it to the manager at the time. who then phoned the police.” it to the manager at the time. who then phoned the police. i realise that can be done anywhere, notjust on escalators or shopping centres or anything, it is literally anywhere. i'm going down to london to meet the mp of birmingham yardley to see why she believes the obscuring law does not go far enough. i think that the obscuring law was a big change and it was a brilliantly campaigner led watch change. what worries me about the law is like most laws that we change in reality, how much there is wreaking —— reaching the victims. most women will know that if someone, most women will know that if someone, in a venue, takes a picture of despair that you can do anything about it and that

lam says his ordeal started when he went to visit his girlfriend in mainland china. on board one is your uncle some government guy who you have often tried and i just heard you know someone higher up were. summoned geo by geo our and imo the. source of or to stop signs or do not jar during. your call pearl. back in hong kong speculation grew that the booksellers had been kidnapped and were being held in mainland china. thousands of people took to the streets demanding answers. inside his cell in mainland china cut off from the outside world had no idea what was happening in hong kong couldn't think yet. he didn't realize he'd appeared alongside 3 of its bookstore colleagues in a report produced by hong kong based phoenix television in it the men confessed to smuggling banned books into mainland china we each are used by g.-d. to a whole unit usual. for months no one outside mainland china knew what had happened. then in june 2016 he reappeared in hong kong chinese police had ordered him to return to the city to retrieve a hard drive containing information on his book

chief executive carrie lam announced this on monday. >> traranslator: we are going t further prevent imported cases. hong kong will try to stop the transmission chain coming from overseas. >> she says all non-hong kong residents arriving from other places by plane will not be allowed in. hong kong residents and people from mainland china, macao, and taiwan, are not subject to the entry ban if they have not traveled overseas for the past 14 days. the measures will last for 14 days starting on wednesday. lam also said it will require 8,600 restaurants, bars, and clubs to suspend the sale of alcohol as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. >> translator: people take off their facemasks when they drink alcohol at bars and elsewhere and often talk closely with nearby people. >> the hong kong government has so far confirmed 356 infections. it has also received reports of people testing positive after visiting entertainment districts. >>> countries in the asia-pacific region have shut down many nonessential services in a bid to contain the coronavirus. australia forced

carrie lam of course speaking. if you are hoping the kids will resume school on schedule, on april 20, carrie lam says it is unlikely for all school to resume by that date. 's also offering a few more information on terms of flights and repatriation. yvonne: so, that is the big news when it comes to school. sks, they are to ma offering 67,000 -- now carrie lam is saying impossible for all hong kong schools to resume by april 20. this is the second or third time they have extended the deadline. fluid that deadline can be given how we are seeing trouble resurgence expanding in hong kong where they just said they are going to be, have more travel extrusions to everyone ex-china. david: we will get you more updates on this press conference. coming up in the show we are talking crisis cut. the fed's mercy cuts. easing across the world -- as global recession looms large. yvonne: they have done little to calm markets. we'll have more from credit suisse's john woods next. this is bloomberg. ♪ lines: some more breaking when

carrie lam there.s of covid—19 in the country for three consecutive days. there is a feeling there that the coronavirus emergency appears to be under control. we should say nothing is fully clear as yet. people in beijing are finally heading outdoors, as our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. countries around the world are going through a coronavirus emergency but in china, people have been living it for months. now, with the weather turning good and a feeling that the situation is pretty much under control, more and more of them are busting out of their houses. when you talk to people here, one thing that strikes you is, that for many of them, despite the early bungles, despite the early cover—ups, there seems to be a belief that once the national government got involved, that the authorities would find a way through this crisis. you're watching bbc news. stay up—to—date online. in australia, the authorities have closed sydney's famous bondi beach. police took action after beach—goers excee

this is joyce lam from the chinese progressive association. what we saw, an elderly man doing what he can to support his family being bullied and hurt in his very own neighborhood should make you angry. it should really upset you, and it should really make all of us ask, what can we all do in this moment to take action and stop elderly abuse, to heal racial tension, and to say together we are bigger and stronger than individual bullies? [speaking chinese language] >> and we know that whether it is on camera or not, incidents like this happen because of ideas held in our communities about each other, because we're hearing faulse narratives that we are more different than the same. [speaking chinese language] >> so today, i, we, all of us, we pledge to standup to prejudice and to bullying. let's start listening to each other. let's start to heal and to support those being harmed from injustice. it's going to take all of us fighting for those who have been harmed in every possible way, and so the long-term, building an understanding of trust betw

their hands because they will think, oh, i am not sure their hands because they will think, oh, lamnot sure i washed the base of my thumb properly, i'm going to have to repeat that and then they might start to fixate on oh, i didn't count that time sol might start to fixate on oh, i didn't count that time so i might wash it for 20 seconds that time, that may lead to a repeated chain of hand washing. being told to self isolate could cause some concern because it could make simple —— a person think that this is a serious situation and i was right to fear this. it may bring out some relief because somebody who is anxious might find it difficult to leave the house anyway but they also may have avoided in the past going out because they fear that they cannot control the environment outside the house. i think some positive things people can do so they don't make their condition worse is staying in touch with people. if they are self isolating, make sure there is still phone contact, make sure there is contact via video messaging platforms so they stay connected to people. make sure they d

london breed: we have jennie lam, who is a teacher and an elected member of the school board. what she does, she makes sure, along with the school board, that you have the tools you need. so with that, i'll turn it over to you. >> thank you. first, we're going to acknowledge our players and then the coaches. so first, i'd like to acknowledge kaly bucmongla, katey yee, heather wu, carly lu, kelsey mah, pearl vermilia, gabrie gabriela kwak, alexandra chow, eliana "ellie" brown, alina qi, aleti edmonds, mariko tanaka, kylonni wong, assistant coach joshua jong. last, but not least, head coach kelly sung. can we get a group picture with the mayor at the podium, and then last with players and coaches. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, it's that simple. that concludes our program, and again, i want to just thank all of you and congratulations to this incredible team. thank you to the parents and the family members who are here today. we appreciate your support, and -- well, i would say continue to get good grades, but you guys go to lowell so i don't have to say that. contin

confirms now more than 1500 new cases of coronavirus between friday and saturday dutch airline cayle lam plans to cut up to 2000 jobs amid the global outbreak us president donald trump has declared a national emergency in the united states over the spread of the corona virus and we had an end on some good news here south korea has for the 2nd day in a row reported more recoveries from corona virus than it has new infections well the corona virus appears to be retreating in china that's where it emerged late last year the government says there were only 11 new cases 11 cases on saturday and then for the 1st time most of them were imported from overseas the success of its core team program is already being touted in state propaganda. the israel full scenes in china this week infection rates are decreasing on friday the country proudly announced on the 8 new cases. who hand city reported 5 new cases before the eyes of the nation the city close the last temporary hospital to china wants to signal to the rest of the world that it has the virus under control after more than 3000 people died fr

. >> reporter: lam told us business continues to drop every day and he doesn't think they've seen the worst of it yet. the new york state assembly just passed a measure that allows the governor to direct emergency funds to small businesses impacted. >> weijia jiang reporting. >>> japan has the oldest population of any developed nation. that leaves millions susceptible to the coronavirus. but an aging population also brings other problems like danger on the roads. lucy craft reports. >> reporter: in japan, tragedies like this seem all too common nowadays. an elderly driver loses control and a busy tokyo street turns to mayhem. this accident last year killed e was demolished. an 88-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter. the victims' images have galvanized japanese. >> if my wife was still conscience as she was thrown into the air, her only thought was surely where our daughter was safe. >> reporter: a new genre of dash cam videos features seniors driving badly. for much of the japanese public, the country seems under siege by aging motorists. an estimated one quarter of octoge

. >> en campos ;por todo el pais, autoridades toman pcrecauciones, llevando lam infop parrmacion g pprotegerndas ee bien limpuioio . >> esperan que sus sacrificios e ean reconocidos >> es mktmomento que nos repspe. >> no hay nadie que se pare mas que el mexicano . >> hasta el momento no tenemos c casos de coronavirus en los ca p campos, autoridades quoeren mr p para mantener alimentos >> heroes anonimos . >> en mexico el cvicobraorona p cpbhcpco copbra su primera vida, conta o contagios aumentaron, raul to e torres informa .- >> con cubre bocas, precaucion, sobre todocopn mie con miedo i pacientes, aqui murio el primer enfermodel covid-19 >> tuvotematica de t todos los organos >> el es;posposo tenia 41 aÑo e fueron a este concierto el 31 de marzo cree que se contagio h a ahi , adriana acusa que le di o dieron atencion al esposo pero n no a ella >> fuimos monitoreados por el medico de cabecera . >> en el hospital estopera bnayi >> hacen lo que esta en sus m manos para ayudarlos . >> encarghados dicen que esperan as decesos . >> las personas con efenfermedae cronicas, tienenriesgo aument o aum

this is joyce lam from the chinese progressive association.we saw, an elderly man doing what he can to support his family being bullied and hurt in his very own neighborhood should make you angry. it should really upset you, and it should really make all of us ask, what can we all do in this moment to take action and stop elderly abuse, to heal racial tension, and to say together we are bigger and stronger than individual bullies? [speaking chinese language] >> and we know that whether it is on camera or not, incidents like this happen because of ideas held in our communities about each other, because we're hearing faulse narratives that we are more different than the same. [speaking chinese language] >> so today, i, we, all of us, we pledge to standup to prejudice and to bullying. let's start listening to each other. let's start to heal and to support those being harmed from injustice. it's going to take all of us fighting for those who have been harmed in every possible way, and so the long-term, building an understanding of trust between ou

so the government led, carrie lam. foreign arrivals, except hong kong residents for the next 14 days starting midnight tonight. as you said, going to close down barbars and pub scene and restaurants from serving all coal. ohol.om serving alchol. they think people get too sentiment. restaurants will remain open, but if they cannot charge for alcohol it's hard to make a profit or break even unjust food on the menu. that is the case right now. fore harsher penalties quarantine violators. there have been several prosecutions according to the judiciary. getting news in the next hour macau is tiny mr. schatz requiring a 14 day medical officer -- is tightening its requirements. banning mainland chinese, hong kong and china residents that have trouble overseas in the past 14 days. macau is going to be a bit of a ghost town. it's going to be tough there. haslinda: how about the situation in europe? italy seeing its infection rate dropping but the u.k. going to fall lucked out. >--0 lockdown. >> italy is the epicenter of the out

commission commissioner lam? >> so we put in -- so we have put in an original order of 4,000 chrome books. those have been delayed and they're supposedly in route to san francisco. they have not yet arrived. knowing they're not on location we put in another order of chrome books and the balance of those we'll have access to by the end of the week. so in addition to using our site inventory. so i am told the second order is on its way to san francisco. part shipped last week and part will ship early next week. >> thank you. i want to echo everybody's appreciation for or s and s workers and for everybody at central office and everybody going above and beyond. i know it's appreciated. i've to then a lot of comments about that. i just want to publicly call that out. i also wanted to note that it's antidotal. i've only heard a few comments but we're both, they're all positive, both positive about the way that the letters getting out is very, very smooth. and i just wanted to ask not today if we can get a report on the

i am mortality rate in the uk will be quite high. lam predicting this forward , quite high. lam predictingut the science around coronavirus, what is being done to try to find a vaccine, testing, etc. what were the key wines for you? the two most senior hill fog and science advisers to the government. 0ne thing was clear, we are in this for the long term. we are trying to suppress this virus, drastic measures taken. i have heard one or two say we might be able to get rid of the virus. professor chris whitty said it would be highly improbable, to go away. it is here, we need to manage it. long term they hope for a vaccine but that we know is a year or 18 months away at best. what we need to do it he says is help the nhs cope, that is why we are trying to suppress the cases so we do not see a flood of people needing hospital treatment and needing to go to intensive care. it was interesting towards the end of the briefing where he was asked, they we re briefing where he was asked, they were asked the message about social distancing, is it landing? people pretty much going out and about as norm

commission commissioner lam? >> so we put in -- so we have put in an original order of 4,000 chrome books. those have been delayed and they're supposedly in route to san francisco. they have not yet arrived. knowing they're not on location we put in another order of chrome books and the balance of those we'll have access to by the end of the week. so in addition to using our site inventory. so i am told the second order is on its way to san francisco. part shipped last week and part will ship early next week. >> thank you. i want to echo everybody's appreciation for or s and s workers and for everybody at central office and everybody going above and beyond. i know it's appreciated. i've to then a lot of comments about that. i just want to publicly call that out. i also wanted to note that it's antidotal. i've only heard a few comments but we're both, they're all positive, both positive about the way that the letters getting out is very, very smooth. and i just wanted to ask not today if we can get a report on the

i agree. lam not that schools should close. i agree. saying schools should close. one thing we could do for example, of course it closes disruption to close schools. that is not what i am arguing for, but at the same time, if parents have the opportunity to have their children at home and do home—schooling, why should we be penalised for doing the right thing? just like people who are asked not to go to work even though they might not be eligible for statutory sick pay. why do you think you are being penalised? because we have no idea, we have all heard stories about the regulations around taking your children out of school without good reason. and we have no idea whether that will be applied. the only person we hear from the government is the secretary of state for health. what about gavin williamson? we know from other health experiences in the world that you have to do things on multiple fronts. and yet it seems that the response so far is being largely driven by numberten response so far is being largely driven by number ten and mat

select committee and the former health secretary — and we spoke to him just ahead of the programme. lamm concerned we are i am concerned we are not doing more social distancing, because if you look at the data we now have from around the world, there are countries that have appeared to have succeeded in turning back the tide oi'i succeeded in turning back the tide on covid-19 - succeeded in turning back the tide on covid—19 — country like thailand, for example, reporting only 59 cases. taiwan, right next door to china, only 49 cases. in those countries all seem to have done a numberof countries all seem to have done a number of things countries all seem to have done a numberof things, countries all seem to have done a number of things, including contacts tracing which i think we have been a very good at in this country but also moving early to social distancing and protecting particularly elderly people who are the most at risk. professor sir roy anderson has been speaking to the bbc tonight and he says at the moment, cases are doubling every four days and if in four days, that number s

general whiting and colonel lam was lying side by side with the forts battle winded. whiting looked up and saw an officer in a blue uniform standing over him and looking down at him. it was general terry. now the victor the battle of fort fisher. general whiting was the right king southern officer, spoke words that what seemed unthinkable to him. i surrender sir to you, the forces under my command. fort fisher had fallen. wilmington was sealed. the confederacy had lost its last major seaport. the top four finishers blood soaked ramparts, the victorious northern troops cheered, jumped, hugged each other in a wild celebration as the naval fleet blew its whistles and set off fireworks. victory for the northern soldiers. we proclaimed it to from sea and shore, wilder and heartier sheer ever before. my very heart went up and thanksgiving. men clasp each other and wept only as brave men can in the our victory. when don came to fort fisher on january 16th it revealed a dramatically different post. don was in confederate iran, replaced by northern troops in blue uniforms. the

people will be required and lam sure effort.ll want to volunteer to try to support the country and i just volunteer to try to support the country and ijust think volunteer to try to support the country and i just think that we have seen so many examples, i did not know anything but gary neville will hand over his hotel to nhs workers and the fact that footballers seem to be taking it more seriously than our own prime minister. the stewards... it feels like we are split into two groups, those who are putting themselves up to do the right thing and sometimes putting themselves at risk to help and others who are just carrying on as if nothing has changed. you had seen it today, on social media, we have water stones and almost a people's revolt with staff complaining that they are forced to stay in the shop and we will hear that water stones is closing because i doubt anyone would want to go and because of the stories and then we have the other stories saying they will do anything they can to help and they will. .. will do anything

in hong kong, which recorded 48 confirmed new coronavirus cases on friday, chief executive carrie laman influx of overseas arrivals — many of whom are residents returning to the territory. translation: the number of cases from people flying in from overseas, compared to the last two months of hong kong's fight against the epidemic, is even more serious and difficult to handle and could lead to a large—scale and delayed outbreak in society. chinese officials say there have been no locally transmitted cases of covid—19 in the country for three consecutive days. there is a feeling there that the coronavirus emergency appears to be under control. people in beijing are finally heading outdoors, as our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. countries around the world are going through a coronavirus emergency but in china, people have been living it for months. now, with the weather turning good and a feeling that the situation is pretty much under control, more and more of them are busting out of their houses. when you talk to people here, one thing that strikes you is that, for many

the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, has set out stringent new measures to battle the spreadnounced that from thursday all travellers entering hong kong will have to self quarantine for 1h days. this move is deemed crucial as in the previous two weeks, hong kong had over 50 new imported infections. zero hours, on the 19th of march, apart from people coming from the mainland, macau, and taiwan, all other travellers coming from other destinations have to be subject to a quarantine and medical surveillance, this is to make sure that the achievements made from our efforts in the past two months won't go to waste. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 0ne of the world's most famous horse—racing meets, the grand national, is the latest event to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. more in our sport briefing injust a moment. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pe

the crisis with the iraq war. lam sorry... there is one guilt in syria, and it is russia in iran.re creating migration, desperate refugee flows as a weapon to use against the european union. in assad's case, to preserve his position, as putin's case, as a weapon against europe. as i was told a few weeks ago, there are work claims —— war crimes being committed in idlib, so we have given it a small bit of attention, so hopefully there will be more information on this, and i am very grateful to you all. and to you forjoining us. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. dojoin us then. from me and all of us here, goodbye. hello. once again showers and rainbows are plenty on sunday but as the showers begin to fade as we get into the first part of monday it could be a chilly start. things will change markedly after that bright sunny start for many because we have a weather front lurking towards the west which eventually, through the morning, will rob northern ireland of that sunshine by lunch time we will have seen rain and by mid—afternoon wes

lam rhianna. i'm modjajdi. modjajdi. i'm good, and how are you? good, thanks. nice to meet you. had almost the same reaction — if you were, ithra, tumi's age, if you bought home a black boyfriend, what the reaction would have been, and i asked the opposite question to modjajdi — exactly the same reaction. no way! way! it's true, hey? how things have changed. you know what i was thinking, what i was thinking about? because obviously, last night was pretty intense. we went to see my mum and dad. 0k. and they spoke on camera. and actually, it was the first time we really got to hear how they really felt. i know. and that reaction was based on fear. we got straight to the reasons of racism and, you know, everything else that media is feeding us, but when we look at it from an emotional point of view, it looks a little bit different. it is. can we please say black people and not blacks? thank you. i'm actually — i really don't know, and i said this yesterday as well on camera, i struggle to say black generally, you know, because ijust don't feel that we should be using this, you know

in the last hour, the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, set out stringent new measures to battleursday, all travellers entering the hong kong from all overseas countries will have to self—quarantine for 1h days. this move is deemed crucial, as in the previous two weeks hong kong had over 50 new imported infections. at zero hours on 19 march, apart from people coming from the mainland, macau and taiwan, all other travellers coming from other destinations have to be subject to mandatory quarantine and medical surveillance. this is to make sure the achievements we've made from our efforts won't go to waste. in seattle, testing has begun in humans for a potential vaccine against the virus. that is a record time. it has only taken about 65 days to reach this stage. dr dena grayson is an infectious disease expert and viral pandemic doctor. she gave me her reaction to the testing of this potential vaccine. well, i think it's certainly very promising, and we have a number of vaccine candidates. but i also want to caution that this is just the first step in a relatively, unfortunately, lo

london breed: we have jennie lam, who is a teacher and an elected member of the school board. what she does, she makes sure, along with the school board, that you have the tools you need. so with that, i'll turn it over to you. >> thank you. first, we're going to acknowledge our players and then the coaches. so first, i'd like to acknowledge kaly bucmongla, katey yee, heather wu, carly lu, kelsey mah, pearl vermilia, gabrie gabriela kwak, alexandra chow, eliana "ellie" brown, alina qi, aleti edmonds, mariko tanaka, kylonni wong, assistant coach joshua jong. last, but not least, head coach kelly sung. can we get a group picture with the mayor at the podium, and then last with players and coaches. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, it's that simple. that concludes our program, and again, i want to just thank all of you and congratulations to this incredible team. thank you to the parents and the family members who are here today. we appreciate your support, and -- well, i would say continue to get good grades, but you guys go to lowell so i don't have to say that. contin

be reopening its border with mainland china despite the number of infections they're falling carol lam also says the government will launch a 2nd round of funds in its anti epidemic package the territory has confirmed 682 cases of corona virus 4 people have died and those are the headlines spente most always on our website al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's counting the cost stay with us. as the world battles the corona virus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the wilds. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. around the virus pandemic special coverage on al-jazeera. hello i'm sami's day than this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a mighty dollar for all the talk of emerging challenges when push comes to shove the dollar proves it's the world's reserve currency we find out why the financial system riddled with bad debts india tends to revive the country's 4th largest bank as deposits yank their cash. and saudi arabia's oil price war with russia could send crude p

now died, with the movements of 16 million residents in the north of the country heavily restricted. lam i am live near the restricted zone in northern italy, where the government has drastically escalated attem pts government has drastically escalated atte m pts to government has drastically escalated attempts to contain the outbreak. it's just been announced a third person has now died in the uk after contracting the virus, after the biggest one—day jump in confirmed cases. we'll have the very latest. also tonight... two weeks after severe flooding, borisjohnson visits worcestershire, to see the on—going clean—up operation. she really is beautiful, innit? the schoolboy who brought the house down with his comment about meghan. and then gets a hug from the duchess. slips it out wide. chance again. and it will be maitland for the try! second try for the winger, second try for scotland. and in the six nations, scotland end france's winning run with a stirring performance, at murrayfield. good evening. there's been a sharp rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus in italy, where sw

we must be in good shape, and not exhaust ourselves, because i have been on the story all week, as lam been on the story all week, as i am sure both of you have been, and i have been talking to epidemiologists, doctors, heart surgeons, and they are expecting the next big bout to come in the summer because, and this is the message from italy which we can possibly discuss, this is a resurgent virus. it seems to come back in places where they think they are getting on top of it. it is particularly happening in northern italy and lombardy at the moment. let's look at another story in the telegraph. this is also on the front page. there was a kind of exercise carried out four years ago, three day dry drone for a pandemic that was carried out in october 2016, and one of the things it showed apparently was that the nhs really couldn't cope very well with a surge in cases ina cope very well with a surge in cases in a pandemic. i think probably in the longer term some really serious questions are going to have to be asked about our preparedness for this. we had a whole series of respiratory and

welcome to bbc news. lam iamjames i am james reynolds. our top stories: italy is preparing emergency measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak, which could stop people entering or leaving the worst effected regions. all passengers stuck on board a huge cruise ship, moored off the californian coast, are being tested for the coronavirus. a building used as a quarantine centre collapses. frescoes are looking for survivors. clashes under the turkish border as what a canon as migrants try to get into greece. hello and welcome to bbc news. the italian government says it will adopt emergency measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. it comes after over 1200 new cases were reported in italy, in the last 2a hours — the biggest daily rise in cases since the outbreak started. officials say 36 more people have died in the last 2a hours. the authorites are preparing a major escalation of controls, blocking all but emergency travel to and from the entire region of lombardy, including the city of milan. the decree would also extend to eleven north

i hope so, itruly hope so. lam keeping my cases, overnight. i hope so, itruly hope so. my condition. talk us through your condition and why you have decided to take this measure? i have copd and i am very prone to getting infections on my lungs. so i decided to keep away from people. the only time i have been going out is to have a short walk with my dog. other than that, i've avoided people completely. including not going to your sister‘s 60th, was it? 60th birthday next week, andi 60th, was it? 60th birthday next week, and i just 60th, was it? 60th birthday next week, and ijust told my family i won't be going in case someone is infected there, and i don't want to ta ke infected there, and i don't want to take the chance. fair enough. when does your self—imposed self isolation come to an end, steve? i'm going to give it tilljune. 90 days. june? are you really? yes. ifi need anything, i'm going to buy everything online. i can last until the beginning of june. everything online. i can last until the beginning ofjune. right. are you allowing people to come to see you? no.

what has carrie lam been saying about this today?firmed plans to bring homejust over 530 hong kong residents from behind. they have remained in that city at the very centre of this outbreak since it all started. so they will be returning today. she has also confirmed the number of cases here in the territory stands at 100, and there have been to reported deaths. remember, hong kong, it is part of china, an autonomous area of the country, but it remains almost cut off. almost, but not quite cut off from the mainland. just two ways in, by the shenzen border and the airport. they are bringing him hong kong residents from wuhan and the number of cases here now has surpassed 100. we are also seeing action on the part of organisation such as twitter, aren't we? yeah, so, working from home, the wfh phenomenon has spread far beyond mainland china, where it was used as an essential tool by big tech giants like tencent and alibaba. now we are seeing companies like twitter telling people to stay at home and work ina people to stay at home and w

.| instances, so i think that is what is... lam not instances, so i think that is what is...ied at the moment but this is clearly going to play out, and the other angle the ft brings it is the economic one. you know, we already know that the chinese economy has slowed down dramatically, so expect growth below 596 dramatically, so expect growth below 5% this year. it's would have a knock on effect on other countries. we are excepting a big drop in growth. the question then becomes, how deep will this slowdown be? and what impact does it would have on a calm is like our own? and i will be the test. there's a kind of public health crisis the public have to grapple with —— the government have to grapple with. you segued dutifully onto rachel's city a.m. frontpage. the focus of your picture here is on travel any fact that milan station is rather lengthy mary celeste. . . milan station is rather lengthy mary celeste... the economics of this are going to prove very important. the casualties of that... my frontpage, the travel restrictions, the trains in the picture but also italy's

i told them, if they need more money, lam going them down.elp them. that has not happened to only one person, it has happened to everyone. we need to help each other.l sentiment echoed in homes and high streets everywhere. coronavirus has been affecting the way of life for tens of millions around the world and perhaps one group who would have felt it a little more than usual this week whether thousands of athletes training for the tokyo 0lympics. they have now been postponed to 2021. but while most sport may have come to a halt because of the virus pandemic, many teams are trying to remain at in their community. this football club in england probably have more challenges than any other because they are bottom of the league but they are bottom of the league but they are bottom of the league but they are trying to lead the way in switching their resources, asjoe wilson reports. professional football north hertfordshire. what else to do but adapt. and so the captain and central defender becomes food deliverer. the football has stopped by the com

the crisis with the iraq war. lam sorry... there is one guilt in syria, and it is russia in iran.ons of war. they are creating migration, desperate refugee flows as a weapon to use against the european union. in assad's case, to preserve his position, as putin's case, to preserve his position in europe. —— as putin's case, as a weapon against europe. as i was told a few weeks ago, there are work claims being committed in idlib, so we have given it a small bit of attention, so hopefully there will be more information on this, and i am very grateful to you all. and to you forjoining us. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. dojoin us then. from me and all of us here, goodbye. hello. saturday brought contrasting weather fortunes across the british isles, the south and east. dry for the most part. further north and west, it turned out to be a pretty wet and windy sort of day. notjust on the coast either. much of that brought about by this weather front, which through sunday takes relatively mild air over towards the continent, leaves us wi

and then it became popular for other stuff. lam happy, but that was not the goal.e andl has grown a lot in paris in france and i am so proud to be part of it. it is my life. the life of the neighbourhood, the life of many kids. it is the place to go out from school where you are going to have ivy, school where you are going to have joy, protect you from the streets. it is healthy. it makes you have fun with the colour and makes you want to take photos, so i love the nice environment for everyone. in the nba right now, there is a lot of european players coming in. how would it make you feel right now if one of these kids was the next star? first of all, i am very happy that people from all around the world make big moves in the nba. that is amazing when you see that. the mvp, rookie of the year, best defender player, they are all from europe, that makes me proud. secondly, i hope one day one of the kids will make it happen. i hope i will be alive. so here, we are at the pigalle duperre court. it is the... you have to stop by the station and you will have a lot ofjoy