ministry confirms $123.00 new deaths raising the country's official toll to more than $2600.00 as of sunday iran has a total of more than 38000 infections with travel bans in place and the country's airports shut down iran's president hassan rouhani defended the country's response to the virus saying it had to consider the economy while tackling the pandemic iran has been struggling under u.s. sanctions which prevent the country from selling oil on the international market. let's have a look now at the latest coronavirus developments there are more than 700000 confirmed infections worldwide more than 33500 people have died from the virus nigerian president do bihari ordered people to stay put for 2 weeks in both the mega city of lagos' and in the capital abuja nigeria has confirmed 97 coronavirus cases and one death in italy the rate of new infections is slowing down to the lowest number of new infections in 4 days officials are expressing cautious optimism that the most. severely shut down western nation could be showing positive results in moscow the mayor has ordered all residents to stay at

ministry confirms 123 minute deaths raising the country's official death toll to more than 2600 as of sunday iran has a total of more than $38000.00 and factions with travel bans in place and the country's airports shut down iran's president has signed rouhani defended the country's response to the virus saying it had to consider the economy while tackling the pandemic iran has been struggling under u.s. sanctions which prevent the country from selling oil on the international market. earlier d.w. spoke with journalist amir have in tehran and asked if authorities in iran have done enough to curb the spread of coronavirus certainly has been criticism of me government has handled the situation. first of all there was the criticism that was . this year's epicenter at all was not located at the 1st place why does disease was allowed to spread inside the country and why such serious measures were not taken sooner right now they have taken some measures like banning intercity travel . on and not allowing. intercity to control the situation but with a lot of travelers already on the road because of the

further 123 people have died raising the country's official death toll to more than 2600 as of sunday iran has a total of more than $38000.00 infections with travel bans in place and the country's airports shut down iran's president rouhani defended the country's response to the virus saying it had to consider the economy while tackling the pandemic iran has been struggling under u.s. sanctions which prevent the country from selling oil on the international market. 2 thirds of global covered 1000 deaths are in europe and yet one european country is bucking the isolation trend many people in sweden are still socializing in groups and relaxing in the springtime sun despite more than 100 deaths from the corona virus swedish authorities have yet to introduce any drastic restrictions on freedom of movement. large gatherings crowded streets afternoons in the sun in sweden this remains the norm while such scenes fade into the memory of people elsewhere in europe though sweden has more than 3000 confirmed infections and more than 100 people have died many swedes are keeping their cool as the coron

cases taking the total there to almost $600.00 the capital bangkok is under partial shutdown as of sunday iran has lost more than $1500.00 people it is one of the hardest hit countries outside china we have standing by for us in hong kong for an update on the situation in southeast asia 1st to elizabeth purana in the indian capital delhi liz good morning how many people are staying at home today. peter from what we've seen around the country it looks like most people i mean the streets around india are empty of people he'd promised in that interim or the school when he addressed the nation on thursday are asking everyone to stay at home from 7 o'clock in the morning till 9 pm at night everyone other than those involved in essential services like health workers and also the media are examined now that's off to saturday which sold the biggest jump in the number of confirmed cases there are something like 324 confirmed cases in india now around 41 a foreign nationals and 6 people have died so far now beyond sunday and there is a lot of speculation that this is going to be extended but states arou

cases that brings the total to nearly $600.00 the capital bangkok is under a partial shutdown from sunday iran has lost more than 1500 people to the virus as one of the worst hit countries outside china iran's supreme leader says the u.s. offer to help the country to fight the virus is quote strange they will have more on the comments from the supreme leader out of tehran in a moment or 2. is standing by for us in hong kong for an update on what's going on in southeast asia 1st to the indian capital new delhi and my colleague elizabeth purana hi there liz if this goes the way we think it might go is doesn't have a massive impact on the economy because so many indians it's a very hand to mouth existence. yeah absolutely peter an economy that was already experiencing a significant slowdown before coronavirus now as you mentioned india is curfew from 7 o'clock in the morning to 9 pm at night most people in the country a listening to prime minister in the day in the room or these requests that he made to the nation on thursday asking people to stay at home and saturday saw the biggest jump in the

on iran because there are concerns that the corona virus pandemic could really overwhelm the health facilities in the country and place an even larger burden on an already struggling economy sunday march iran's single biggest jump in deaths rising more than 102724 overall there are now $14000.00 confirmed cases iran is believed to have 110000 hospital beds 30000 of those in the capital tehran country was already under pressure because of u.s. sanctions and with the outbreak placing further pressure on medical services the government has asked the international monetary fund for $5000000000.00 in emergency funding also president hassan rouhani has offered low interest loans and cash handouts to ease the financial burden on millions of households so for more on this we can speak to trita parsi the executive vice president of the currency institute joins us live via skype from reston virginia 1st of all the figures in iran we're talking about the death toll there of 72414000 confirmed cases of the real numbers likely to be higher. it is highly likely that the numbers are higher how much higher we of course do not know in the beginning the iranian government's response to this was q

your town halls and beginning to push rolls into more western and southern areas over iran and really it's on sunday that we see more heavy rain pushing into this same area elsewhere it is mostly clear and dry ice and shell is working the way across into all central and western areas of turkey and temperatures beginning to come up across much the arabian peninsula $29.00 celsius same story then i'm a riyadh doha and also across into dubai we're watching closely a possible tropical cycle and just sitting east coast of madagascar that will produce some heavy rains over the next couple of days meanwhile showers into cape town with a high of 23. and corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle. there's this radical transformation. i mean. to me that shedding light on the pressing for change. there unconventional methods to the russian. people. on. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera a 30 day ban by the u.s. and all flights from europe excluding the u.k. and ireland has just come into effect is the latest step in the battle against the coronavirus us president donald trum

now to iran where the country's president hassan rouhani said sunday the state of iran's economy wasmining the response to coronavirus. more than 38,000 people have tested positive for covid-19 with 2,600 dead in iran. a local worker reacted to the government's response over the weekend. take a listen. >> translator: businesses, schools, shops, organizations, maps should be closed to prevent people being infected with coronavirus, the death toll rising day by day and if it continues this way, they will be forced to quarantine the whole country. >> reporter: in another part of the middle east israel is expected to implement stricter lockdown guidelines tonight after police have struggled to keep ultra orthodox communities indoors. many traditions such as weddings and funerals call for large processions of people outside. currently israelis are supposed to stay within 300 feet of their homes. meanwhile palestinians in gaza continue construction on a new field hospital. gaza is reporting nine total cases of coronavirus while the west bank is reporting 97. the palestinian health ministry

. >> venice's canals were closed sunday and across europe officials are discouraging hugs and handshakes as greetings and the confirmed cases of iran nearly doubled saturday into sunday. precautions are also taken in israel as voters prepare to head to the polls monday. >> they will meet at the front, one of the persons that will be fully protected to protect himself and the surrounding people. >> in south america peru and colombia are ramping up protection efforts after neighboring brazil announced its first death from the virus. >> we need two things from the population, wash your hands and keep calm. >> even as the number of global cases increase, u.s. health officials maintain the risk to the general public here is low. christina coleman, fox news. >>> the famous louvre museum in paris is shut down due to the coronavirus. the decision comes one day after the french government canceled all public gatherings visitors every day. other european countries have taken similar action. now france has 100 confirmed cases and two deaths. officials at the louvre say they'll meet tomorrow to discuss when they may reopen the museum. >>> at t

have wanted to have you i'm beginning to push rolls into more western and southern areas of iran and really sunday that we see more heavy rain pushing into this same area elsewhere it is mostly dry snow showers working the way across central central and western areas of turkey and temperatures beginning to come up across much the arabian peninsula $29.00 celsius same story then i'm a riyadh doha and also across into dubai we're watching closely a possible tropical cycle and just sitting east coast of madagascar that will produce some heavy rains over the next couple of days meanwhile showers into cape town with a high of 23. have struggled all of pleasure. i mean out there but they are down now that you seem keen that you meet. me going make me blankly funny in. an intimate look at life in cuba if he were alive and under what again is there a resume again. as a director what are the new. my cuba. on al-jazeera. or the war hurt war. welcome back i'm out of our top stories here this hour a 30 day ban by the u.s. on all flights from europe excluding the u.k. and ireland has just come into effect is t

a real threat to life and that system will move further towards east cheering the course of sunday so in iran going to space and with the intense rainfall so again a threat to life as fly flooding develops so some storms across qatar u.a.e. parts of a man and through saudi arabia into yemen at that stage quite to conditions following on behind across parts of the levant with the by route they're looking at 16 damascus at 18 degrees celsius down into eastern parts of africa you see a typical shower development plenty of heavy showers show up across the ethiopian highlands during friday and again on into saturday so plenty of intense storms expected as looking pretty wet across parts of d.r. see i should expect into more southern parts of africa south africa south looking largely dry and find a woman in johannesburg harvest of $29.00 degrees. from . the u.n. a fact find is accused of burma is military genocide this is a political if you think there. do you believe there in the movie is a fascist. that you don't have all. the recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other

a real threat to life and that system will move further towards east cheer in the course of sunday so in iran going to space and really intense rainfall so again a threat to life as flash flooding develops so some storms across qatar u.a.e. parts of a man through saudi arabia into yemen at that stage quite to conditions falling on behind across parts the levant with the by route there looking at 16 damascus at 18 degrees celsius then into eastern parts of africa you see a typical shower development plenty of heavy showers show up across the ethiopian highlands during friday and again on into saturday so plenty of intense storms expected as looking pretty wet across parts of d.r. see i should expect into more southern parts of africa south africa south looking largely dry and find a woman in johannesburg cause of $29.00 degrees. reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just the news is it breaking but also history as it's unfolding crossing from serbia into hungary the refuge there might be covering politics of angel in the next i might not have liked protests. or what's most im

threw into sunday we further north towards iraq we've got a circulation of low pressure could give a fair bit of lifted dust at times on the threat of some showers which will extend across into iran also moving through into sunday those showers largely die away and that circulation of low pressure should relax so things are improving generally pretty hot and you notice at 37 degrees the northern and central parts of africa quite disturbed temperatures looking pretty disappointed just 17 degrees for tripoli and fairly strong winds still expected as we head down into southern portions of africa we've got this circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar so some heavy showers are likely here and those will gradually increase so for antananarivo to well see some heavy downpours developing during the course of the day but across into south africa it's looking dry and fine a bright day and here expecting a high of 29. for . informed opinion economy is actually what you think problem right now and in-depth analysis of the day's headlines the protest movement is only getting stronger the more people who feel the more resilient the resistance inside story on al-jazeera. on

iran's top priority now it's a little bizarre that the pentagon is citing iran as the primary source of terrorism when on sunday we just saw the death of 2 u.s. troops 2 u.s. military personnel were killed by ice ill the terrorists of ice ill that the islamic republic of iran has been on the forefront of fighting against and these 2 military personnel were killed by i still are actually the 1st u.s. military personnel to die at the hands of i still sense trump declared that i still was completely defeated take a lesson the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory we're doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly the ice is caliphate has been decimated in another short period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated. so despite the reality of who is conducting terrorist attacks and who is killing u.s. troops the position of the trump white house that iran is the primary threat seems to persist.

new digital tracking authorized to trace and slow contagion now we are worried about iran worried about. late on sunday president rivlin trying to persuade guns and netanyahu to unite in the face of the coronavirus and prevent israel from going into a 4th election the president's prescription is clear but so far the 2 would be prime ministers remain divided harry force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories it's only has reported a 25 percent increase in coronavirus deaths that's the largest single day up to $368.00 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 that's nearly a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 16000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings it's really is the worst affected country outside china despite a rising infection rate in the united states the president donald trump remains optimistic speaking at the white house is short americans there's no need to hoard cleaning products and groceries as the supply chain remains healthy you don't have to buy so much take it easy just to people are going in and they're buy

the men's match on sunday is set to go ahead as planned. iranily increase in coronavirus infections, with around 1,200 new cases confirmed. almost 5,000 people have now been infected and 124 have died. the authorities cancelled friday prayers and are trying to prevent travel between cities. there are now signs that coronavirus in china is being controlled, with new infection figures and the number of deaths beginning to stabilise. but after more than six weeks of quarantine and shutdown, the pressure on chinese society and its economy is telling. as other countries consider how best to handle a major outbreak, john sudworth looks now at the impact on china's economy, its health system, and on education. it's a karate class with something missing. students. they are all online instead. in the fight against the virus, every school and college in china has now been shut for more than two weeks. i think most of us are confident in our country to get through all of this because i think in this very time we found out we are very united, because we jus

that's unfortunate especially because iran is one of the countries that's been hit the hardest by this krone virus and now even pakistani prime minister am on kong on sunday urged u.s. president donald trump to temporarily left the sanctions on iran and i was on twitter i want to appeal to president trump on humanitarian grounds to lift the sanctions against iran till the cove in 1000 pandemic is over while this appeal do anything to encourage the u.s. to lift the sanctions i mean you heard president trump saying that he's ready to work with north korea and iran and what are other countries saying about this. well other countries are stepping up aside pakistan you have the emirates you have kuwait you have cutter they are all calling on the u.s. to do more they're also by the way each of those countries providing iran with cash and their city medical supplies despite u.s. ages they are sending medical supplies into iran also china russia they have called for those same sins to be removed at least temporarily they say so that the iranians can obtain test kits because they say they don't have any testing kits there and protective gear specifically for medic

that's unfortunate especially because iran is one of the countries that's been hit the hardest by this krone virus and now even pakistani prime minister am on kong on sunday urged u.s. president donald trump to temporarily lift the sanctions on iran and i was on twitter i want to appeal to president trump on humanitarian grounds to lift the sanctions against iran till the coven 1000 pandemic is over while this appeal do anything to encourage the u.s. to lift the sanctions i mean you heard president trump saying that he's ready to work with north korea and iran and what are other countries saying about this. well other countries are stepping up aside pakistan you have the emirates you have kuwait you have cutter they are all calling on the u.s. to do more they're also by the way each of those countries providing iran with cash and their city medical supplies despite u.s. ages they are sending medical supplies into iran also china russia they have called for those same genes to be removed at least temporarily they say so that the iranians can obtain test kits because they say they don't have any testing kits there and protective gear specifically for medics

that's unfortunate especially because iran is one of the countries that's been hit the hardest by this krone virus and now even pakistani prime minister am on kong on sunday urged u.s. president donald trump to temporarily left the sanctions on iran and i was on twitter i want to appeal to president trump on humanitarian grounds to lift the sanctions against iran till the cove in 1000 pandemic is over while this appeal do anything to encourage the u.s. to lift the sanctions i mean you heard president trump saying that he's ready to work with north korea and iran and what are other countries saying about this. well other countries are stepping up aside pakistan you have the emirates you have kuwait you have cutter they are all calling on the u.s. to do more they're also by the way each of those countries providing iran with cash and their sydney medical supplies despite u.s. ages they are sending medical supplies into iran also china russia they have called for the same chance to be removed at least temporarily they say so that the iranians can obtain test kits because they say they don't have any testing kits there and protective gear specifically for med

have your town pools i'm beginning to push rolls into more western and southern areas of iran and really it's on sunday that we see more heavy rain pushing into this same as area el. it is mostly clear and dry ice and showers working the way across into all central and western areas of turkey and temperatures beginning to come up across much the arabian peninsula $29.00 celsius same story then i'm a riyadh and doha and also across into dubai where watching closely a possible tropical cycle and just sitting all thought east coast of madagascar that will produce some heavy rains over the next couple of days meanwhile showers into cape town with a high of 23. on the counting the cost we've got behind russia and saudi arabia's oil price bus stop and find out how low the oil prices will go plus lebanon defaults on its debt for the 1st time with its 2nd on the bailout and china's grip on ai facial recognition surveillance counting the cost analysis it. just means as it breaks the fast lane service is supposed to start from early next year but the corona virus outbreak could put the brakes on the project and

through into sunday we further north towards iraq we've got a circulation of low pressure to give a fair bit of lifted dust at times and the threat of some showers which will extend across into iran also moving through into sunday those showers largely die away and that circulation of low pressure should relax so things are improving generally pretty hot and you notice at 37 degrees as the northern and central parts of africa quite disturbed temperatures looking pretty disappointed just 17 degrees for tripoli and fairly strong winds still expected as we head down into southern portions of africa we've got this circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar so some heavy showers are likely here and those will gradually increase so for antananarivo to well see some heavy downpours developing during the course of the day but across into south africa it's looking dr fine a bright day and here expecting a high of 29. once hosni mubarak became president so began a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son their sights set on succession. present the crease in the distance from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died. but then the flames ignited

in iran, the country's president said sunday that the state of iran's economy was a factor in determininghe response to coronavirus. more than 38,000 people have tested positive for covid-19 with 2600 dead in iran. a local worker reacted to the government's response over the weekend. take a listen. >> businesses closed, shops, organizations, malls should be closed to prevent people being infected with coronavirus. the death toll rising day by day and if it continues this way, they will be forced to quarantine the whole country. >> reporter: in another part of the middle east, israel is expected to implement stricter lockdown guidelines today as police struggled to keep ultra orthodox communities indoors. many traditions, such as weddings and funerals call for large processions and people outside. israelis are supposed to stay within 300 feet of their homes. palestinians in gaza continued construction on a new field hospital. gaza has nine total cases of coronavirus, while the best bank is reporting 97. the palestinian health authority will see aid from china and have added doctors to help

and rain pushing for iraq stretching across iran up as well as into that western side of iran israel on into sunday we could see some really heavy personal life be down poles coming in and that includes us here in the harbor the next couple of days quite a bit of rainfall that's likely to cause some flooding as i said i in good weather to stay indoors there are many thanks indeed still to come here on the news. would you love me for the. last 3 years would be a message from doctors and nurses on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus just stay home plus. on pole recent stock car while hospitals were adopting military strategies borrowed from mit fears of a big spike coronavirus cases. i did sport song football clubs all forced to stop paying salaries because of the suspension of leagues across europe so i will be here with the rest of the sport in just a few moments. playing. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged sutton's of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished it's a big business smuggling sample it'll take the syste

through into sunday we further north towards iraq we've got a circulation of low pressure to give a fair bit of lifted dust at times and the threat of some showers which will extend across into iranalso moving through into sunday those showers largely die away and that circulation of low pressure should relax so things are improving generally pretty hot in moscow you notice at 37 degrees the northern and central parts of africa quite disturbed temperatures looking pretty disappointed just 17 degrees for tripoli and a fairly strong winds still expected as we head down into southern portions of africa we've got this circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar so some heavy showers are likely here and those will gradually increase so for antananarivo to well see some heavy downpours developing during the course of the day but across into south africa it's looking dry and fine a bright day in cape town and here expecting a high of 29. march on al-jazeera after they're all still nomination witness brings a new film. this time from africa for international women's day as yemen's who enters its 5th year al-jazeera looks at the humanitarian crisis caused by the saudi led

sunday sermon via livestream after the vatican acknowledged its first case of coronavirus earlier is week. in saudi arabia, the east of the country has been put on lockdown and schools nationwide have been closed. iran has confirmed at least 49 new deaths on sunday, bringing its total toll to just under 200. in quanzhou, china, a hotel that was used as a conavirus quarantine center collsed saturday, killing at least 10 people. it is not known what caused the collapse. over 106,000 people have been confirmed with the disease worldwide, with around 3600 dead. here in the united states, there is growing outcry over the trump administration's mismanagement of the outbreak and lack of access to tests. known cases of coronavirus now exceed 500, with 22 recorded deaths. at least 19 of those deaths have been linked to the life care center of kirkland, washington -- considered ground zero of the u.s. outbreak on the west coast. u.s. outbreak on the west coast. the facility said 90 out of 100 workers have symptoms of u.s. outbreak on the west coast. the facility said 90 out of 100 workers have symptoms of coronavirus. states including oregon, washington, california, maryland and new york have declared states

sunday islands astray. recapping our top stories here on al-jazeera iran today recording 149 more deaths from coronavirus bringing its total to more than 1400 the pandemic overshadowed the persian new year iranian leaders are calling for an end to u.s. sanctions so the country can receive medical supplies paul yonah saw. at the end of the iranian year we encountered an uninvited and destructive guest not only us but more than $150.00 of them. it's the corona virus that could jeopardize people's health and business with unity hard work and cooperation we will put this virus behind a certain one into it with the efforts of our doctors much more people have died in italy from coronavirus complications than anywhere else in the world that includes china where it originated italian health care staff say hospitals are struggling to cope meanwhile the number of deaths in spain has jumped by one quarter on the previous day to more than a 1000 for a 2nd successive day no new domestic 1000 cases have been reported in china many chinese are worried by the threat of infected foreigners flying in and importing a 2nd wave of t

threat to life as a move the forecast from saturday through to sunday then we'll see that system moving further towards the east so it's iran's turn to see threatening rainfall really could cause somebody severe flash flooding still some storms for cats are indeed 40 by standing across parts of amount through into saudi arabia and yemen temperatures in the mediterranean regions are recovering a little bit at that stage we've got to high as of 16 there beirut's about stage and on the western side of saudi arabia where the conditions are generally looking fine now as we head into central parts of africa we've got some very heavy showers across the ethiopia across the highlands of particular largely draw across much of kenya and indeed just a few showers further south in tanzania for extreme south of africa we're looking at largely fine conditions across south africa itself with highs of $25.00 in joburg and cape town but showers on madagascar highs of $24.00 and montana. for. 4 minutes practice. to achieve their dream of becoming afghanistan's 1st ever wintering in pm's they will have to overcome many mountains . coming up powe

iran remains a country with the highest death rates outside of china. on sundayit passed 50 with around 1000 people infected. many find the officicial numbers dubious. the government has already had to reject a reportrt of the true number of deaths over 200. many iranians are avoiding public places as a precaution, and supplies such as masks are hard to come by. nonow in more than 60 countries, the czech republic and the domain can republic have announced their first cases of the virus -- and the dominican republic, as thailand, australia, and the u.s. haveve reported their first deaths. many governments are discouraging or even banding people from traveling are gathering in large crowds. now the eu -- >> the eu commission president has announced the european union has increased the risk of the coronavirus outbreak from moderate to high. they are now 2100 coronavirus cases among 18 member states in the block. french france, the president has canceled two scheduled events to deal with the coronavirus response. there are currently 130 people effected here in france

push across iraq into iran it'll turn to snow over the higher ground of iran as it does but she can see by the time we come to sunday things will dry up and brighten up the weather will make its way across iran towards afghanistan northern parts of india has seen some heavy rainfall here recently there's still more cost northern parts of india at the moment but again here it's brightening up for the weekend pizza everton many thanks still to come for you here on the news our travel restrictions on the right way to contain coronavirus be speaking with health health expert shortly. and in this court formula one and more postponements son after the australian grand prix was called off. he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his family's wishes he went on to bring a fresh perspective to oriental is painting falling in love with some harlem culture making his home and converting to islam. and just 0 world tells the story of nothing and his unique artistic or. defense oriented list. and al jazeera. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satellite and s

coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u.s. military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u.s. military personnel killed by i still sense trying to declare the group had been totally defeated the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory we're doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly the isis caliphate. has been decimated in another short period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated so despite the fact that 2 u.s. marines were killed by the ice still terrorists the united states continues to take the position under the leadership of the trump white house that your rob a country that has been key in the battle against isis is somehow the greatest source of terrorism in the region antiwar activists can stay and thinks the u.s. military presence in the mide

across the middle east the region is looking very unsettled with iran seems some to wrench a rain developing during the course of sunday and expect some flash flooding. certainly al-jazeera london broke our fantastic 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of what systemic racism is unprompted uninterrupted success comes with opposition if you're not upsetting people you're not saying anything f one has any overlap there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter double your top stories iran's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 1500 after reporting 123 new deaths yet the president hassan rouhani says he's considering lifting virus restrictions by the beginning of next month china's reported $41.00 new virus infections in people returning with the cities with the number of imported this is now standing at $269.00 the rising price is sparking fears of a 2nd wave of infections just the country recovers from the i

dust was fairly gusty winds will speak some showers across into iran those clearing further towards the east during the course of sunday and the air of low pressure should gradually weaken so fine conditions expected in baghdad at that stage with temperatures of 24 degrees moving down into central eastern parts of africa want to share as for the far south of kenya most of the share it to vittie is a way into tanzania and that continues this head on through into sunday some heavy showers across the d.r. congo for southern portions of africa we've got a circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar but it's going to give some heavy showers in this region where 2 shows could affect anton and revoked here with highs of 27 sunny in capetown eyes of 30. when i entered the spittle for modified current $600.00 plus power i feel the happiest. women tearing up the track in the west bank. challenge stereotypes. living life in the fast lane it's like putting the brakes of. the sisters on the same. rule. over you watch out 0 reminder about top stories the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon just attain high profi

dust was fairly gusty winds will speak some showers across into iran those clearing further towards the east during the course of sunday and the air of low pressure should gradually weaken so fine conditions expected in baghdad at that stage with temperatures of 24 degrees moving down into central eastern parts of africa wanted to share as for the far south of kenya most of the share it to pity is a way into tanzania and that continues as head on through into sunday some heavy showers across the d.r. congo for southern portions of africa we've got a circulation of low pressure just off the coast of madagascar but it's going to get some heavy showers in this region where 2 shows could affect antananarivo here with highs of 27 sunny in capetown eyes of 30. join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel morning talkers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most to states misleads the public to still be here reflects the same thing. want to challenge uphold their editorial showing take a dart believe they have anything to apologize for

iran. saudi arabia suspending all international flights for 2 weeks from sunday the kingdom reported 24 new cases of the coronavirus on friday raising the total number of infections to 86 and kuwait has also canceled all international flights indefinitely major tourism and cultural centers have been shut down in abu dhabi where the pandemic has prompted colombia to shut its a shut its land border with venezuela it's a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day who are looking for food and medicine during their devastating economic crisis on a sunday is monitoring the situation from its own go. they president they say they shut the border with venezuela starting at 5 am on saturday it was a bit of a surprise we knew that this could have been a possibility given how worried the colombian government is. the possibility of this thread of the current of virus inside the venue sway left given how ill equipped to the health services are in the country in the neighboring country given the fact that it's been going through a very severe economic crisis for you years now it's also suffering

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