coronavirus and we have various quarantine provisions in place of the number of bases military bases in south korea it's interesting these these spring exercises are always controversial it always provokes and angers north korea but they have always been staged for decades now even during times of heightened hostility with north korea they have gone ahead even the last couple of years when we've had this process of reconciliation and they have still gone ahead but it's taken this coronavirus now to put an end to them at least till later on this year also south korea is coming to terms with the growing number of countries and territories basically imposing travel restrictions up to 40 countries now have travel restrictions back and forth with south korea the latest being the u.s. state department to re raising its alert level telling its citizens to seriously reconsider any travel plans to south korea and what about the latest numbers that you're hearing of bring us up to date with. the number of new infections that south korea is reporting. you know this has been the largest single spike in new cas

has been halted when the 2 largest concentrations of the virus either side of it's in china and south korea north korea has yet to report any cases but state media have hinted that an uncertain number of people have been quarantined after showing symptoms or kimberly while our correspondents is at the white house with more on how the u.s. is responding to the virus. seeking to reassure an increasingly nervous american public u.s. president donald trump made a rare appearance in the white house briefing room to downplay the threat of coronavirus the risk to the american people remains very low trump the klein told point to so-called corona virus czar as some lawmakers in the u.s. have urged instead naming vice president mike pence as the point person to lead the u.s. response to the growing outrage we're doing really well and mike is going to be in georgia and mike will report back to me top public health officials are warning americans to prepare for more corona virus infections in the united states the degree of risk has the potential to change quickly and we can expect to see more cases i

says it's considering scaling back the joint military exercises with south korea due to concerns about the spread of the. iris $893.00 cases of now being confirmed there at least 8 people have died iran has confirmed 12 deaths and denied reports the toll could be much higher quade is also among several countries in the region reporting their 1st infections civil aviation authority has announced it temporarily barring flights from dubai and charges a protective measure it's also canceled national day celebrations scheduled for tuesday well in europe 7 people have now died in northern italy which is more than 220 cases the highest concentration outside asia we'll have a report from italy in a moment but 1st my bride joins us live from seoul so i understand rob the numbers are going up in south korea what sort of pictures emerging there. that's right while the focus is dill the city of daegu in the southeast of the country the city's mayor this tuesday saying that basically the city and the region around it is facing a critical moment in this week is crucial to see whether or not it will

forces here in south korea there are restrictions on access to bases and some quarantines are in place at a number of bases so this was expected meanwhile the south korean government is facing the growing challenge of the creasing number of countries now 40 that have imposed travel restrictions on travel to south korea and the south korean foreign ministry is protesting against some of those asking some countries to reconsider the south korean position is look we are we are being completely transparent about our numbers here yes we have a crisis but we telling you how many people are being infected and these are all the measures that we are taking we are taking every preventative measure that we should be doing and that in some ways from the south korean point of view as far as its citizens are concerned it does believe that in some cases they are being unfairly stigmatized and is that number of 1600 infections that south korea is reporting expected to rise. absolutely i mean this is a big jump $334.00 new cases being reported and we are told that further investigations are made especi

hopefully be contained absolutely the authorities seem to stablish the kind of the path of infection in south korea and what's accounting them for this the outbreaks in the north of the cow in seoul in the capital and further south in the town of. that's right we have another cluster and in the neighboring county of church on go that is a hospital it's believed that that is linked in the exact link is still being investigated with the cluster here but apart from these 2 clusters down in the southeast of the country these other cases that we have seen have all been established to have some kind of link with these clusters and that's the good news because what the south korean authorities really fear this is why they know that this is a point of inflection a very important moment is. maybe a super spreader as they are known somebody else from this area will have gone to another area to start another cluster it seems as though hopefully for the authorities here that has not yet happened in obviously they want to put in place the kind of measures to prevent that from from happening all right rob thanks

south korea among them.t market reaction after the infectious diseases level was raised at a high. following 2.3% and reaction in the korean won, plunging to the low -- 7/10 since august. muddled at best supply chain situation. level toof the raising the highest for south korea, there's a feeling that when it comes to the infections we are seeing, the amount has faltered. yvonne: it seems like the focus is trying to avoid a global pandemic outside of china. you're seeing the most alarming spike in south korea. the number of confirmed cases topping 600. that's a 20 fold increase in a matter of five days of the death toll has risen to six. what we have learned so far, the latest batch of cases, it is still tied to that religious group in day will where we are learning that followers may have infected a psychiatric ward in a hospital after these members attended a funeral at the same complex. that's perhaps why we are seeing the government raising the threat level to the highest, red alert. we heard from the fi

try to contain the coronavirus south korea's president raised the disease alert level to the highest in an effort to get urgent help to the overstretched health systems in the south of the country another increase in cases has now brought the national total to $602.00 with 5 people killed when are you going to do we have vividly witnessed how dangerous it is to have mass meetings in an enclosed indoor space in terms of the spread of a contagious disease i urge everyone to restrain themselves from group of vents are active it is not only in indoor places but also outdoor places which can harm other . and across iran schools and cultural centers have been shot the death toll there has risen to 630 people have been infected cases a largely linked to the holy city of qom then there's italy 50000 people there are under lockdown in the north of the country 2 of them have died 80 people have been infected this is now europe's worst affected country we'll go live to the iranian capital and begun just a little while 1st so let's talk to rob mcbride he's a correspondent in daegu in south korea

and jordan is now banning entry to any citizen from iran, china, or south korea.iran, eight people have died and 43 people are confirmed to be infected. in south korea, this church is at the centre of the outbreak, and it's been vandalised, with eggs being thrown at it. there are now more than 600 confirmed cases in south korea, and six people have died. president moonjae—in has raised the nation's disease alert to its highest level. laura bicker is one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the worst hit city of daegu. this hospital should have been a safe haven from a deadly infection, but nearly 100 of its already vulnerable patients are now battling coronavirus. some are being transferred to specialist clinics. two have died on the way. nearby in daegu, the worst affected area, they've created several crisis centres. outside, the ambulances are lined up, each with a patient waiting to be admitted. the spread of this virus may be relentless, but so are the efforts to stop it. how are you coping? oh, yeah. we have to overcome this situation. do you think y

the number of people infected by corona virus in south korea passes 2000 as the world health organization says the epidemic has reached a decisive point. panicle more street the dow jones biggest ever single day loss as coronavirus fears plague the markets. and we track the so-called dark fishing fleets that a part of the $23000000000.00 illegal fishing industry. you can track battles from space that is used to track. commercial fleets around the world. turkey says it's attacking all known targets of the syrian regime following a dramatic escalation in the battle for italy province at least $33.00 turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike the u.n. said she generals expressed grave concern and nato as chief has condemned what he called the indiscriminate airstrikes by syria and russia andrew chapelle reports. as syrian and russian forces attempted to retake land lost to rebels on thursday turkish forces supporting the rebels came under fire their bloodiest day in the conflict so far. dozens of turkish soldiers killed or injured in its live in an air strike attributed to t

military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to contain an outbreak that as well to more than 1100 cases. south korean children will be cooped up in their homes as schools across the country remain closed to combat the spread of covert 19 gun me raise office also closed leaving her to look after her 2 sons and try to keep them busy. the kids study cook for them at home watch t.v. and sometimes play board games together and spend time reading books i won't let them keep the ball around in here but they will get bored. as a child psychologist ms khan worries about her children's wellbeing she says that relatives of those afflicted are more likely to develop phobias but her main concern is the virus itself south korea's recorded near a 1000 cases and more than 10 deaths. the virus has spread around hospital it's near my workplace so i was worried about getting it when i went to work and because they can stay at home all the time sometimes they meet friends but again i've already about them catching the virus at anyone along

try to contain coronavirus south korea's president raised the disease alert level to its highest in an effort to get more resources to the south of the country that's where health systems are being really stretched nationwide 556 people are infected and 4 have died and across iran schools and cultural centers they've been shut the death toll there has risen to 630 people are infected in the cases alike largely linked to the holy city of qom meanwhile in italy 50000 people are on the lockdown that's in the north of the country to have died and there are 80 cases of infection and that makes italy europe's worst affected country. in a moment we'll talk to asad baker correspondent in the iranian capital 1st let's go to robin wright is in daegu in south korea and rob the president and his cabinet been missing and so on they've decided that they need every ounce of the state km us to try to contain this corona virus. that's right this announcement has come in the last half hour or so as you said their president had an emergency meeting sunday afternoon to discuss the response to this growi

the main shopping district of south korea's fourth largest city is almost abandoned.ure out can use technology to help them stay away from infected areas. alarm sounds. they're using your phone to locate where you are, and then they will send you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. south korea is now facing a race against time to trace the potentially thousands who have been infected and prevent this epidemic from getting out of control. laura bicker, bbc news, daegu. following a ferocious military campaign by forces loyal to president bashar al assad, the united nations says the greatest exodus of civilians in the civil war is taking place in north western syria. the fighting is in the province of idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country, where about a million people are trapped. government forces backed by russian warplanes, have been pummelling the area, since last december and while more than 900,000 people have already fled seeking refuge in turkey, they've now become trapped at the border. but

and south korea have postponed joint military exercises meanwhile south korea has confirmed another 505cases meaning it's overtaken china in new delhi infection numbers president trump says the u.s. is ready for any coronavirus outbreak and he's promised the government will spend whatever is appropriate to fight the virus. the indian government has replaced a judge she was hearing cases related to violence in delhi he criticised both the central and state governments as well as the local police at least 33 people have been killed in fighting between hindus and muslims during the past 4 days. a representative of libya's eastern administration which is loyal to the warlords after has insisted his side will not take part in talks the un's been trying to bring them together in geneva with their rivals from the internationally recognized government which is based in tripoli amnesty international says at least $210.00 people died last year across the americas during a wave of protests against inequality and corruption most were killed in haiti followed by a venezuela bolivia and chile a repor

in south korea we are seeing a as south.25% higher korea continues to battle what has been the new epicenterre seeing some lines regarding a drop to supplementary budget as soon as possible. the white house saying they are transmitting $2.5 billion in coronavirus funding. we are counting down to the opens in hong kong and mainland china, malaysia, indonesia, and taiwan. let's go to david in glace in hong kong. david: i was listening to your conversation on malaysia. they entered a bear market yesterday, as the thailand. i am not sure if you can see this chart i have for now. if you look at the rates markets, about to crack 1% for the first time in forever. i guess when you look at the complexion of markets leading up to the chinese open i would look at two separate things. when you look at japan, it is almost like when you hit your toe against the foot of the bed, that immediate pain, that is japan. the pain that lingers for the next 10 to 15 seconds, probably the rest of asia. not quite risk off but not as much as we saw yesterday. haidi: dave, we will check in with you shortly. coming up,

in the united states made in south korea. first picture of the also fast but i'm not. 100 yards of the academy awards the actions from south korea. saw in thailand as a country. that killed dozens in a shopping mall. and the virus spreading faster than infection people of chinese origin in paris become targets of xenophobia over. british banditry welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us on a historic day nearly 100 yeahs in the making for the 1st time a non english firm has won best picture at the oscars as part of sight directed by bono who winning the top of all for this piece making. time. to be shook. up comedy. now for the history books a fact not lost on director who who hopes this is the start of something new in world cinema. you know a lot of what it's all so it's the 1st time for korean cinema. for the 1st time so . it's about right now it seems like a huge exception but i think soon we'll come to a day when all this feels natural and this will no longer be a big issue. the big issue there being a recognit

we hear from south korea and the doomsday cult that's driven the spike in infections they're. also coming up a landmark ruling in germany the highest court overturns a 2015 law that effectively prevented the doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their lives. india's prime minister appeals for calm after delhi is hit by the worst sectarian violence in decades 25 people were killed as hindus and muslims came to blows over a controversial citizenship law. and at the 70th berland film festival today on the n s s and scott roxboro are at the red carpet it's going to be a crowded night here tonight with hollywood stars selma high again javier bardem gracing the red carpet they're here for the world premiere of the road stock take it from british director sally potter we'll have more on that soon. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with the latest on the corona virus outbreak the virus that emerged in december in the chinese city of. on is now spreading across the globe let's look at what we know more than 81000 and factions have now been registere

we americans not to travel to areas in italy and south korea most affected by the coronavirus. the president directed the state department to work with our allies in italy and in south korea to coordinate a screening, a medical screening in their countries of any individuals coming into the united states of america. we look forward to working with them in a collaborative and cooperative way. force,gard to the task i'm just a few days into this job. i can tell you having spent time with these extraordinary professionals the president just alluded to, having spoken to more than a dozen governors including governor jay inslee in i think everyte, american would be proud to know what i have heard about the work of hhs, the work of cdc, of all of our agencies. at the president's direction this team has been working seamlessly with health officials at the state and local level. i can assure the american public we will continue to live out the president's admonition a few days ago we are all in this together. as we work with numbers of congress, i had the opportunity to speak with repu

military bases in south korea now. and as of tonight we just got word moments ago that it looks like forthcoming u.s.-south korean military exercises have been canceled. and south korea, of course, is a highly developed country with a very big, very robust economy. they've got a very competent health sector. today in south korea, the number of reported cases of coronavirus there jumped by 30% in one day. there are about 1,200 reported cases of coronavirus in south korea all together, but almost 300 of those cases were newly reported in one day, today. and a big part of the reason for that is because south korea is very aggressively testing people. i mean, among other things, they're doing drive-up free roadside testing. officials in south korea say they are racing toward a goal of trying to get 200,000 people tested immediately. and as they are testing aggressively, they are, at least if today is any indication, finding hundreds of new cases a day. so that's how it's going. that's how some of the rest of the world is tr

in the next 60 minutes warnings the worst is yet to come in the global corona virus outbreak as south korea reports another 100 $69.00 cases bring the total number of defections to over $1100.00 u.s. democrats hold a presidential debate ahead of saturday's south carolina primary a race considered do or die for former vice president joe biden. egypt announces 3 days of national mourning us cost him a barak who ruled the country for 30 years dies at the age of $91.00. and the chanting of protesters drowns out one of latin america's biggest music festivals. welcome to the program the world health organization has warned that the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic chinese authorities working in the epicenter of the outbreak have just released new figures the rate of new infections to remains in decline and cured patients have begun returning home. this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that we've got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean it's actually we're trying to demonstrate here's

recent days we've seen 161 new cases of current virus in south korea just in the past 24 hours bringing the total number to 763 and 7 deaths as you mentioned earlier south korean president has called this. a grave turning point in addressing this crisis and they've raised the alert level to its highest point and that means that the government will be able to allocate more money towards fighting this outbreak they'll be able to access more medical information and people's personal information and if they like they can also impose lockdowns so far the outbreak in south korea seems to be concentrated around the city of digger a city of about 2 and a half 1000000 people in particular half of these confirmed cases are people linked to this particular church the church of jesus where people are reportedly said to have embraced during their services there so all branches of that church around the country have been closed people in daegu have been encouraged to stay indoors and insolvent they have closed down some day ken said as they consider in delaying the opening of some schools and all pub

nearly a 100 yards of the academy awards we'll have reactions from south korea plus. sorrow in thailand as a country mourns it's one. that killed dozens mainly in a shopping mall. and the virus spreading racism faster than infection people of chinese origin and powders become targets of xenophobia over fears of corn of artist or shall. i british welcome to do. it's good to have you with us on a historic day nearly 100 yeahs in the making for the 1st time a non english film has won best picture at the oscars as part of sight directed by bono who winning the top of all for this piece making. education. complete. solution to shrink. pop comedy thriller. now forever in the history books a fact not lost on director who who hopes this is the start of something new in world cinema. it's all so it's the 1st time for korean cinema. for the 1st time so cinema. right now it seems like a huge exception but i think soon we'll come to a day when all this feels natural and this will no longer be a big issue. the big issue there being a recognition for good quality cinema irrespectiv

south korea reports hundreds of new coronavirus cases with the number of infected now exceeding 2000. battling on dribbles in the democratic republic of congo we have an exclusive look inside a special form of long operation. underway in the for climate activists plans for an extension to london's heathrow airport over ruled illegal. that turkey says it is attacking all known targets of the syrian regime following a dramatic escalation in the battle for italy province at least $33.00 turkish troops were killed in a syrian government airstrike the u.n. secretary general has expressed grave concern and nato is chief condemned what he called the indiscriminate airstrikes by syria and russia and the u.s. state department says it stands by turkey a fellow nato member anders shapiro reports. a syrian and russian forces attempted to retake land loss to rebels on thursday turkish forces supporting the rebels came under fire their bloodiest day in the conflict so far. yeah a lot of a lot of as a result of the strikes 33 soldiers have been mahsud. helicopters and ambulances were seen streaming

far at least any new cases that have cropped up because there have been cases reported throughout south korea individuals in various cities across the country they have all been linked back to this area of south east southeast south korea but have not so far created as far as we know any new clusters rob thank you. well iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the coronavirus outbreak for new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom to england province and one each in mccaskey province and to the cabal now in a bid to stop the spread pakistan closed its borders with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also halted all incoming flights in afghanistan has suspended all road and air travel to its neighbor 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning arrivals of fears that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border dorset baris in tehran with more on how the authorities there are responding. the nu

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it dropped as 'd much as $3.00 but now it's kind of stabilized around the 2.9 percent mark but south korea actually recovered and is starting to stabilize it went up by one percent back from yesterday when it plunged 4 percent on news that korea south korea was on high alert so not as big as a drop as we saw in the u.s. markets but definitely investors are rattled especially at concerns that this could turn into a global pandemic but it seems sort of all of that at least investors in china and in south korea have confidence in their government's ability to contain this and they're not really selling their stocks as much as we've seen in north america all right to katrina you there in beijing if you know thank you let's cross have a now to the south korean capital seoul and talk to rob mcbride reports that both the u.s. and south korean militaries are considering scaling back their joint training exercises juta the coronavirus what more can you tell us the. there had been reports that the exercises they traditionally take place these spring exercises between south korean and u.s. forces in

south korea declares they do city a special cares own after a spike in new coronavirus cases and bans large gatherings in seoul to control the spreads. the watching of the 0 life from headquarters and. also ahead donald trump's former ally roger stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress but the president is confident he'll be cleared. polls open iran's problem elections in just 30 minutes but the u.s. is accusing members of the country's guardian council of rigging the vote. and a vigil was held in germany to remember victims of a shooting that is being treated as a terrorist attack. fellow south korea says it's entered an emergency phase in the fight against the coronavirus the southeastern city of daegu has been declared a special care a zone that's after the country's 1st death and an increasing coronavirus cases medics have confirmed $156.00 infections authorities say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu now the prime minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading and china has reported a 118 more deaths on thursday

the first coming from south korea. the spike in infected cases has gone up five times in a matter of days. a lot of questions about whether they are doing enough to contain this virus. this has been tied to a cluster of cases involving a fringe religious sect where one patient infected multiple people at a service. the church closing three facilities. there also calls to close its sole unit as well. those concerns playing out on social media. the shutdown was trending at one point. some calling for a lockdown similar to wuhan. neighboring japan also seeing a more than doubling of numbers. from the chief cabinet secretary, saying when it came to that diamond princess cruz, 1000 people still remain on board that ship. over 700 have left the last couple days. 400 expected to leave today. in terms of the quarantine measures, he maintains it has been effective and the number of infections are gradually falling. if you are wondering what is going to happen with the tokyo olympics, he says they are continuing preparations for

are the tests reliable enough o to -- that it makes sense for south korea to be doing that? how key is testing to try to control this epidemic? >> i don't think anything specifically about the tests the south koreans are using. i don't have hands on the cdc's test either, although we know they had problems. testing is absolutely critical because without that, we're going on suspicion based on symptoms or nothing at all. and so we really need to be drilling down on people coming back from areas where they may have been exposed and also within communities we need to start testing, to look for community transmission. they should be able to be made reliable and reproduceble. i hope cdc is working the kinks out of its test now and we'll see that that's made broadly in the u.s. very soon. >> in terms of community transmission, i know that's a term of art, but in epidemiological terms, why is it important when you start to have cases where you don't know how the person got it or you can't trace their infection to a specific person who spent time in a china or who spent time in a pla

there are now more than 600 confirmed cases in south korea and six people have died. president moonjae—in has raised the nation's disease alert to its highest level. laura bicker reports from seoul. this hospital should have been a safe haven from the deadly infection, but nearly 100 of its already vulnerable patients are now battling coronavirus. some are being transferred to specialist clinics, two have died on the way. nearby in daegu, the worst affected area, they've created several crisis centres. outside, the ambulances are lined up, each with a patient waiting to be admitted. the spread of this virus may be relentless, but so are the efforts to stop it. how are you coping? ah, yeah, we have to overcome this situation. do you think you can do it? yeah, but i pray. half of south korea's cases are linked to a secretive religious sect, which is accused of failing to cooperate with medical staff. it's church in daegu became a target, prompting the movement's leaders to speak out. he said his congregation were the biggest victims of the virus and urged people to stop

we're going to start off with the action in south korea.y the underperformer as that country raised its alert level to the highest code red amid a spike in cases. big move, not only in equities but also in currency korean one weakening in the order of 1%. the kosdaq down by 4.3%. on the kospi we saw a decline, 2,079. airline stocks fall as they stop flights to daegu in south korea. the bok will be meeting on thursday and president moon out of south korea already calling for more fiscal spending to fight the virus impact let's give you a look at the rest of asia because it was a decidedly weaker picture you won't see japan because it was out for a public holiday australia and new zealand, we talk about the impact on the travel-related companies a variety of companies in these markets including in new zealand, warning they're going to take a profit hit as a result of weaker demand as a result of the virus in new zealand shares in new zealand down by 5% on the back of that. the china market, things were a little more contained here the shangha

in south korea, the number of cases has doubled since friday.test to choose a democratic challenger to president trump is under way in nevada. early results are giving bernie sanders the lead. south sudan's president salva kiir has called for reconciliation following a bitter civil war and forgiven his rival riek machar who has been reappointed as first vice—president. the former rebel leader was sworn in to be the country's deputy leader with a new peace deal set to end six years of conflict. the bbc‘s catherine byaruhanga reports from the south sudan capitaljuba. the man of the moment, riek machar, arrived shaking hands, hugging, and smiling. so help me god... the former rebel leader was sworn into office before his archrival, president salva kiir, and promised they would now serve their people. salva kiir, and promised they would now serve their peoplelj wa nt would now serve their people.” wa nt to would now serve their people.” want to assure you we will work collectively to and your long—suffering. collectively to and your long-suffering.

by its height the successful fouth south korea's film industry. i've always liked korean movies and film history is being written at this moment it's very meaningful i think there will be more improvements in the future it's very lost for words it's such an honor. parasite shows the often painful divide between rich and poor in south korea. he acts as a largely unknown outside the country for one young cast member who didn't make it to l.a. it was still at night to remember. how . i thought it would be awesome to get the award. when we actually want to. do that so i'm wondering if i am in heaven. i think i was born to receive the oscars award. a dream already achieved at the age of 10 the sky for all this cost incurred is now the limits. and the documentary is coming up next you're watching news. from. it's all happening go to a bit of going. to link to news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions to no one will come to the debut suffocating program tonight from funny germany is easy to i would say didn't get it clo

this is the news asia coming up oscar history in the united states made in south korea side wins best picture of the also goes up fast but i'm not in the ending 100 euros of the academy awards actions from south korea plus. sorrow in thailand as a country mourns its wast that killed dozens in a shopping mall. and the virus spreading racism faster than infectious people of chinese origin in patters become targets of xenophobia. virus transmission. welcome to. it's good to have you with us on a historic day nearly 100 yeahs in the making for the 1st time a non english film has won best picture at the oscars as part of sight directed by bono who winning the top of all for this piece making. education cultural. times come close. to some to be sure. pop comedy pop thriller. now forever in the history books a fact not lost on director who who hopes this is the start of something new in one cinema and you'll notice what it's all so it's the 1st time for korean cinema. it's for the 1st time so cinema it's about right now it seems like a huge exception but i think soon come to a day when all t

they're doing 5 to 6000 tests every single day in south korea. but this is not the extent of the infection increase here. most provinces around the country, north, south, east and west, now have a number of cases including the capital seoul. we know degu is a focus because airlines in korea have started to suspend flights to degu. korean airlines, the low-cost carriers are no longer going to fly to degu. we also know that the religious group itself, police have been drafted in to try and find some of those missing members of the group. we understand there's hundreds that still haven't been contacted. it's a matter of priority clearly to contact anybody who may have come into contact with the infection to try and contain the infection. so 600 police officers are now knocking on doors. they're tracking phone records. they're scouring through cctv footage, trying to narrow the search down and find those hundreds at this point of religious group members that are missing. certainly there's a lot being done within the country. the president, moon jae-in

to south korea rob in terms of the bigger picture there where you are south korea is now reporting a total of about $1500.00 infections bring us up to date with the bigger picture. that's right nearly 1600 cases now recorded this today thursday's spike of 330 4 'd it is the biggest single increment that we have had in the numbers their numbers are released twice daily in the morning and the afternoon here so we can expect another spike another increase this afternoon and when we do we may see for the 1st time south korea recording more new cases then china will know in a few hours if that's the case but that will be a dubious distinction to be recording more cases here on the positive side of things it does show that south korea is scaling up its testing in the past 24 hours or so $7500.00 tests have been done these are time consuming they're complicated so that is the positive thing that the whole system does seem to be working towards further testing so you can expect to get further new cases. in the south korean capital seoul rob thank you for the update let's go live now to the w

soon potentially you've got to be shifting to a readiness rapid response thinking we hear from south korea and the doomsday cult that's driven the spike in infection they're. also coming up a landmark ruling in germany the highest court overturns a 2015 law that effectively prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their locks to. a rising death toll tally is hit by the worst sectarian violence in decades as hindus and muslims come to blows over a controversial citizenship. and hillary clinton drops by at the brooklyn international film festival to set the record straight with a documentary about her failed bid to become the us president. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we begin with the latest on the corona virus outbreak another virus emerged in december in the chinese city of han now it is spreading across the globe more than 81000 infections have now been registered worldwide to 30000 of those have now recovered but the world health organization is. warning that the world is not prepared for a pandemic as more countries join the list of those affecte

towns a lot down and thousands told to stay at home as corona virus cases surged in south korea italy and iran. charlie under this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. south sudan's rival leaders form a unity government declaring an end to a civil war that has killed more than 400000 people. the race to take on donald trump the democratic presidential candidates to base their support in the nevada caucus. and the election that could unseat president whose family has ruled the west african nation for more than 50 years. thousands of people are being screened in towns and cities locked down in several countries around the world as rich as the world races to contain the corona virus outbreak that's killed more than $2300.00 people health officials are now worried that they can't trace the origins of hotspots appearing around the globe the infection rate is slowing down in mainland china where the outbreak began more than $76000.00 cases have been reported but numbers are surging elsewhere at least 5 people have died in iran which now has a total of $28.00 cases some pharmacies

the south korea has lots of complaint with israel after a plane load of south koreans was refused entry 12 israeli passengers though they were allowed to get off the korean airlines flight when it arrived in television but 130 other passengers were turned back israel is now banning south korean and japanese visitors the move follows the discovery of coronavirus among a group of south korean tourists who visited israel last week and 50000 people in northern italy have been told to stay at home as the government there tries to contain the virus the emergency measures follow to destine around 100 infections that torah gazin be reports life inc you don't you're in northern italy is now happening behind closed doors the town's mayor has told the 15000 residents to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus rosica valley is one of the few people venturing out she owns a pharmacy and the man has told her to keep it open to the poll would appoint manny we're all afraid but we're crossing our fingers o.b.o. rate if someone doesn't feel well they should react early because people can b

warning the worst is yet to come in the global coronavirus emergency the number of infections in south korea has now passed one thousands. forced from power and a popular uprising in egypt goes into 3 days of mourning for hosni mubarak following his death in cairo. also had the chance of protesters threaten to drown out one of latin america's biggest music festivals. 3 days of violence in the indian capital has killed at least 20 people nearly 200 others have been injured as hindu crowds wielding iron bars targeted muslims on the streets of new delhi the muslims were rallying against a new citizenship or that they say discriminates against them other demonstrations against the law have been going on for months tony betty reports now from new delhi . the suburbs of jeffery bad and bad jim bora in northeast delhi have become battlegrounds in the fight against india's citizens amendment rule the 1st successive day security forces fought with protesters both for and against the law. this man says he was shot in the foot by police shotgun pellets why would anybody even if i was standing with my m

the i break they're the biggest boy band in the world right and i and are seen as an emblem of south korea's cultural and economic power. the country exports entertainment world white abroad to south koreans and people from other eastern countries say they're facing discrimination as a result of the virus. i wish people around the world will come to realize that the problem is with the spread of the virus itself. and that it has nothing to do with asians in general. are the targets of. hospitals in south korea are stepping up their efforts to contain the virus as the continues to affect more and more countries around the world. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a major fire has broken out in a one of paris's busiest railway stations police say the garden station in the southeast of the city was partially evacuated as a precaution the fire was started by protesters venting their anger at a concert taking place in the area by congolese singer. muslims in india india india's capital new delhi held friday prayers under heavy security after a week of deadly violence th

south korea declares daegu city a special care is own after a spike in new coronavirus cases and bans large gatherings and sold to control the spread. you watch al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and also ahead donald trump's former ally roger stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress but the president is confident he'll be cleared. the u.s. imposes new sanctions on members of iran's guardian council accusing them of rigging friday's parliamentary elections. and we visit the residence of a border town struggling to survive amid a dispute between rwanda and uganda. hello south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu that's after the country's 1st death and an increase in coronavirus cases so medics have confirmed $156.00 infections or 30 say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu and the prime minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading meanwhile china reported $118.00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the

says it's considering scaling back joint military exercises with south korea due to concerns about the spread of the virus. $893.00 cases have now been confirmed there at least 8 people have died iran has confirmed 12 deaths and has denied reports the toll could be much higher quatre is also among several countries in the region reporting their 1st infections quote civil aviation authority has announced they're temporarily barring flights from dubai in charge or as a protective measure it's also canceled national day celebrations scheduled for tuesday in europe 7 people have now died in northern italy which is more than $220.00 cases it's the highest concentration outside de janeiro rather mcbride joins us now live from seoul we understand rob the coronavirus now impacting military plans tell us more about that. that's right there have been there are some media reports that the spring exercises these happen every year between south korean and u.s. military here on the korean peninsula they would be postponed because of fears of the spread of the corona virus you obviously don't want to

corona virus is spreading claiming more lives in italy and iran and south korea is hit by hundreds of new cases. we're concerned about the number of pieces with more communicative knowledge you can. sell joe's travel history to jail or conduct we've come for a case. hello and welcome to our jazeera life and i'm martin dennis also coming up the democratic front runner bernie sanders warns vladimir putin to stay out of november's presidential election as at his ations of russian meddling resurface. plus one city 2 sides we'll look at what life is like in the libyan capital after almost a year of war. fare suspend of coronavirus to a host of new countries is really concerning the world health organization chief as urged all countries to invest urgently in preparedness the number of infected people is now more than doubled in south korea 229 new cases have been reported and that means it's 433 for the country as a whole and they've been 2 deaths the government's urgently sending help to the city of daegu. and the health authorities in iran never reported another death that's bringing the

early reports its 1st coronavirus death and shuts down public spaces in several towns south korea also reports a surge of new cases in daegu city. watching al-jazeera lie from a headquarters in doha and also ahead they are trying to cause chaos trying to cause a trigger in america u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders tells russia to stay out of america's elections after reports that moscow is meddling in his campaign. a 7 day truce between the u.s. and the taliban comes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. vote counting is underway in iran's parliamentary election with conservatives expected to hold on to power after moderate a reformist candidates were excluded. hello the there's been an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases outside of china italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus and public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and they've had their largest spike in infections over half of the 346 pat

you've lowered your 2020 growth forecast for south korea from 2.5% to i%, forecast for south korea froms quite a lowerfigure you have changed too, so is that the kind of impact you're expecting from this outbreak? or is it more about the chinese factory closures? immediately we thought the economy would be affected by economic ties with china. as you said, it exports a lock to china but production has been disrupted by the fact it can't get many of the components it needs for its own production lines. now the virus has started to spread within korea, we expect a bigger hit to domestic demand as people don't go to the shops and restaurants and cut back on spending. private consumption makes up about 50% of gdp, and it is set to slump. as we told you, us president donald trump has announced a task force to deal with coronavirus, and there are 59 confirmed cases. when asked about share prices slumping due to the outbreak, and the dowjones slumping due to the outbreak, and the dow jones has slumping due to the outbreak, and the dowjones has lost 2000 points oi’ the dowjones has lost 2000 po

for south korea, i wanted to mention that south korea is marking 100 years of filmmaking, so it coulde impact that south korean pop culture has had globally. i have to say, i just wanted to mention one more thing. it used to be that south korean filmmakers were under pressure to produce pretty movies, or movies that show off the best of south korea. so if you have a film that attacks social issues like this — it's also a milestone moment for south korea in its development, its evolution in filmmaking. social issues like this — it's also a milestone moment for south korea in its development, live now to hollywood and our correspondent, peter bowes. we have had that result, brad pitt was tempted to win and he did. yes, he did. best supporting actor, once upon a time...in hollywood. he actually struck a bit of a political note in his a cce pta nce political note in his acceptance speech, noting that the winners are given about 45 seconds to deliver the speech of. he said that that is 45 seconds more than the senate gave tojohn bolton in the impeachment trial. perhaps it isa sign impeachm