frayed we lost a line that taipei threaten to restart was the connection a bit later in the show. but we can see to the next stop it today marks the 1st anniversary off the crash of these european airlines flight 302 a year ago 157 passengers on a boeing 737 max plane bound for nairobi lost their lives after a flight control system proved fatally flawed morris from all over the world came to the crash site so mock this week with memorials to the victims on monday aircraft accident investigation bureau released a report saying that the boeing planes software caused the crash not the airlines or the pilots the accident along with an earlier one operated by indonesia's line that led to a worldwide grounding of the boeing 737 knots it is still in effect. at all firm representing 80 family members of the ethiopian airlines crash victims responded to the report saying they expected reasonable settlements from boeing really from the law globalization. the committee finds that boeing was at fault because it is signed on to me we have also started the process of depletion in peace treaties

and let's go down to correspondent in taipei those on han. flickers of optimism there from asian markets you've been talking to managers and executives of chinese businesses do you see a similar optimism there. well i'm afraid to asian underground doesn't look so optimistic though the chinese government figures are fishel figures show that over 70 percent of the of the production has been restarted it and in some certain provinces like wandong it's more than 90 percent but they are mostly big companies small business reported that only less than 30 post percent of them are back at work but they do expect full production in april and almost all workers returning to their jobs in march. so the major production facilities appear to be gearing up again those small businesses you say that are still yet to really get going what's preventing them from really coming into swing here yeah i want to ask something like a small business they are the majority of employment in china for the the process of returning back to normal has been very difficult bec

it has been isolated and recognized as a member of the taipei -- dr. davis: -- type a virus. a vaccine has been developed and is in production by six pharmaceutical houses in this country. at the present time, asian influenza can best be classified whichild virus disease attacks many people, but has a very low death rate. say it is probable and epidemic will occur in this nation sometime between late fall and early winter. the first time in history, a nation, our own united states is in the position ahead of the impending epidemic and thus has had the opportunity to organize for an all-out offensive against asian influenza. possibilityays the of an increase in very once -- but the new vaccine has been proven effective in controlled studies conducted by the military and should be in a weapon to combat the disease if the epidemic progresses. madethe vaccine is available for public use, the public health service and the american medical association hope that the nation as a whole will participate in a voluntary program of vaccinations against the prevalence of this influenza. re

over to our financial correspondent in taipei its own hands so the economic fallout from the coronavirus can be failed best in china right now and that's going to linger for a while won't it yeah we can look at china as i employment rate the employment rate has jumped to $6.00 per stand for jerry january and february is the highest on record to come by january and february to smooth out the impact of chinese new year holiday but this official number does not tell the full story because it does not include most of the $291.00 migrant workers in china so the actual number is much higher and for chinese top officials stable employer men has always been the top priority to ensure social stability so china has rolled out tax cuts and emergency funds to help hard hit small businesses which employs the majority of china's workforce the rise of china has really brought out the position but the economic fallout can be felt nevertheless somehow and so in taipei thank you so much. this is d.w. news sent to our top stories. healy does have voted to seal off the block from nearly all international tr

kept its infection rates down despite being so close to the original outbreak in china we talked to taipei for a look at what they're doing. and as cases of the infection jump shockey in the u.s. a mother in quarantine accuses the government of inaction. a lot more hurt. and i think we should have word from deep end on that that have. dr turner moment. i'm monica jones in berlin good to have you with us. italy has reported to the highest one day death toll from coronavirus and any other country official said nearly 500 people died on wednesday videos posted on social media are said to show military trucks in the city of bury them or preparing to transport the dead to nearby cities mort's recent in bury them all have run out of space medical teams from china have a drive to help authorities fight the virus. the governor of italy's hardest hit region made this appeal to retired health care workers to the queries immediate you can to go to i want to appeal to all of these doctors and nurses. make yourself available. and learn this a hand in these trying times. in my opinion through the corpor

see this weather system which is move right up through into japan has given some very heavy rain taipei you're seeing some decent rainfall last 24 hours and some of the southern islands of japan likewise well that system is now moving away into the pacific so clear weather following behind still some showers into. western parts of japan but general seeing a change in wind direction is a slightly model conditions expected sapporo seeing a thaw which could become more significant with time so thursday friday we could see a fire of a fairly high avalanche risk developing across the island and now as further south it should be decent there for tokyo north korea saying some brace of rain and snow higher elevations but for solace should be relatively mild with highs of 13 you also notice is area of rain across southern parts of china extending into northern parts of taiwan so taipei again seeing the potential for heavy rain but for hong kong just a few light showers expected across into south asia and another westie disturbance is pushing into northern parts of pakistan those in parts of indi

drastic measures taken elsewhere there are also psychological challenges to take on board as out taipei correspondent explains is so on so well. psychological challenges are the lack of the knowledge of a monkey history and human inability to manage risk and most importantly the conflict in message from the world health organization that the actual set that china has control the epidemic in after the whole world not to look at it but later is that while we are near in the pen down the proportions and yet again he said that these might be the 1st human epidemic that control in history so the thing that was from the actual both think and optimistic unclear and confusing and it's overwhelming for investors is top tourist destination is its golden triangle the cities of poor delhi and a grant to the taj mahal but the spread of the corona virus has taken the luster off the sites in recent weeks because of the numbers of down business under pressure the question is can they wipe the sickness out an elephant ride is one way of seeing giant pours amber fort one of india's most popular sites but

we got the likes of shanghai, taipei, also down.urse driving the declines was those ferocious selloffs in the oil prices. all sparked by topics, saudi arabia essentially slashing prices. two unprecedented levels after its bust up with russia over production. investors as a result of jumping riskier assets, piling into safe havens, sending things like the gold and japanese surging. the cost those losses in oil prices. you got energy firms in asia being slammed. hong kong listed petro china plunging and woodside petroleum in sydney or falling on the double digits. governments and central banks have been seen to be preparing to roll out stimulus measures to roll out stimulus measures to counter the effect of covid-19, we to counter the effect of covid—19, we know it's putting a huge strain on economies and stoking concerns of a worldwide recession. confirming it's on the brink of a technical recession today was japan this morning which reported its worst quarterly growth numbers since at least 2014. thank you so since at least 2014. th

taipei looking at wet weather. hong kong also looking at wet weather as we go through the day. here's's a look at what's happening across europe. a bit of a windy pattern taking place along the coastal areasasf the scandinavian peninsula and the united kingdom. elsewhere, still seeing windy weather into the central portions of the cououldn't nent well. not seeing as much wet weather with that particular system. down to the south, more in rain expected. thursday, looking at highs in the upper teens. stockholm also at 11. nine degrees in warsaw as we go through the day. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> up next, the l latest o on business and financial fronts with ramin mellegard. so stay with us. >>> tokyo's benchmark stock index surged again on thursday. investors welcomed news from u.s. congress on passing a stimulus package. the nikkei 225 ended the day at 19,546, a gain of more than 1,400 points and the largest increase in 26 years. the decision to postpone the olympics dispelled some investors' worries. the benchmark in mumbai en

taipei, also some wet weather. but notice the warmth is in place for now but that will change as we head toward the weekend. meanwhile, across australia, we are seeing a system rolling into the wtern p portions of the country. and that's going to bring some rain and thunderstorms to places like port headland. up to the north and the east, we're talking about the rainy pattern across queens land, that will continue to be the case as we head into thursday. the thunderstorms, a high of 30. 25 in sydney. partly cloudy skies. across north america we had one front pushing out of the eastern side of the united states. we have another low developing and this could be a bit of a strong storm maker. heavier rain possible as the rain moves in. back to the west another low continues to linger around southern california. higher elevations may also be dealing with a little bit of the snowy variety as we head throughout the day on wednesday. that's a look at your forecast. i hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> i hope t

taipei at 22. notice, warmth in beijing with high of 18 degrees into tuesday. meanwhile we are looking at some of the stormy actctivity to the southernrn areas of the low pressure. we'll be getting some of that momentum associated with it. strong thunderstorms possible with this particular system. cold air really sweeping through the northern areas of the united states into canada. but that will also moderate a bit and we'll see warmer temperatures as we go later on this week. snow into chicago and toronto. showers in d.c. and atlanta for monday. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >>> to see how the pandemic is affecting business and finance, ramin mellegard is up next. >>> an expert says the bill for delaying the olympics for one year could hit $5.8 billllion. the professor emeritus at kansai university is an expert in sports economics. he says maintaining and repairing facilities like stadiums and preparing for the games all over again will require $3.8 billion. he says hosting the games has benefitted like formation of

speaker, i rise today to support my bill, the taipei act, which does three important things. first, it endorses the u.s.-tie juan free trade -- taiwan free trade agreement. and this bill helps taiwan maintainal jice and partners around the world. when i was living there in 1979 i could hardly imagine the day would come when i would stand here and help return the favor of their friendship and kindness to me as a young man. my time in the region gave me unique understanding for the history and culture. the taipei agget strengthens our relationship with our partner taiwan and does it without ending a single u.s. the dollar. i thank senator gardner and bipartisan group of 47 representatives who co-sponsored this legislation. i urge all of my colleagues to support this bill. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah reserves. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. cicilline: i i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah. mr. curtis: i thank my colleagues for their support. it will mak

looking at showers from shanghai, down toward taipei as well, beijing at 10 and chongqing, partly cloudy skies, high of 18 as we wrap up thehe workweek. here is a look at what is happening across north america. one system after another moving through the eastern side of the united states, and now we have this cutoff low pressure system down toward the southwest. this will continue to be moving slowly to the north and east, but it is cut off, meaning not really a pushing mechanism with this. we'll still be dealing with rain and it is going to last for a few more days. yeah, we're talking about a long prolonged period of rain with this and then we're seeing a little bit of a messy scenario into the central plains as we have a couple of areas of low pressure. that's bringing wet weather as we go forward throughout the day on thursday. we'll develop a little bit more, i think much more of a significant system toward the east as we head toward friday. showers in denver on thursday. chicago also seeing some wet weather for the day. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day where

outbreak and managed to keep things under control will be talking to a public health specialist in taipei and a new date for the 2020 tokyo olympics it's in 2021 parker calendars july 23rd this after the games had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus and. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in the united states where the death toll from copan 1000 now exceeds 3000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers governor andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far an 80000 for medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's overwhelmed hospitals. a welcome sight for new york. as the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last few weeks. and we needed this post we needed this hope tha

of port was by phoebe kong and she joins me now from taipei the capital of taiwan phebe looking at these latest infection figures coming out of china and taiwan is there a sense in asia the virus is now under control. china has reported 3 year old don't mask the infection today this is the 1st time since the epidemic erupted in generally given that if we assume the chinese official figures that are accurate then it appears that the domestic contagion is lastly and the control or even nearly stopped but there is mounting concern over a possible 2nd wave of infection across asia because many residents are now rushing back home from the currents epicenter of europe and other western countries and when we look at the figures on the newly infection in the region recently like china taiwan hong kong singapore nearly all of them all of the cases are imported from overseas and this number is surging rapidly these days and 34 in china today and over 20 in taiwan and hong kong yesterday so the crucial next step is to stop the spread of virus and try to prevent this from turning into a massive dome

degrees it's more rain developing across southern parts of china but hong kong sixpences day dry though taipei will see some heavy showers at times into south asia we are looking at some showers across eastern parts of india and into bangladesh wanted to show for the western guys but otherwise weather conditions looking fine pretty hot as well not poor 36 delhi though 30 degrees as a high but for the forecast through into monday we're going to see some shower activity as vote across northern parts of pakistan generally 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

dry conditions for taipei hong kong also looking and drawing fine temperatures of 27 and for northern parts of vietnam a largely fine picture heading then southeastern parts of asia certainly through them in a pinch of weather conditions a general can draw in fine fish as possible and singapore should see some bright weather pretty wet on the western coast of sumatra usual rush of showers for borneo but nothing a particularly heavy in the same goes for java showers but nothing out of the ordinary across into parts of asia here across eastern parts of india are seeing quite an extensive area of shower right city crossties eastern areas cloudy but generally dry set for the 2 showers the western ghats dry ensure lanka. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged sand and some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally don it's a big business smuggling sam when they go to take the sea there in the sand you. see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological inves

north asia you can see here all the stream eastwards some particularly thick low lying clouds across taipei you can see it as of securing all the land on the buildings here and in fact this particular building 508 meters high is where the cloud is now so but a day that on sunday the clad will of play is sunday the rain will have cleared it will continue to play east was away from the home shade but it does leave a cool day for take just 7 degrees celsius warm and sunny to the north into beijing more of the heavy rain further to the south in china and it's falling on very saturated ground we could well have some localized flooding some showers at hong kong but not a whole day of 25 and sunny. 13 and 16 celsius in osaka the rains are very widespread throughout much of indonesia to be seen as a very heavy rains particularly across much of java more of that in the forecast as a go through sunday rains into western areas of sumatra and again borneo some widespread right rain showers and thunderstorms and particularly heavy across much of central and northern so the west and then see one or 2 sca

rain is still there and i think hong kong will see some heavy rain at that stage some showers for taipei we also see some showers across northern parts of vietnam but jerry conditions not expected to be too bad let's move down into southeastern parts of asia plenty of thunderstorms showing up on the satellite imagery but i as we look at the forecasts it's pretty and southwestern parts of borneo which will see the heaviest of the showers through the mail a plane sure there one of 2 showers on show there but i think for kuala lumpur and singapore the szell's will be some dry fine weather at times for the north a scattering a shower so thailand and cambodia much of vietnam expected to stay dry but some heavy downpours across southern parts of memoir across into south asia weather conditions here settling down for the most part we've got fine conditions set for a few showers in central parts of india night but are expected to remain largely dry still the risk of showers down towards columbus ohio 32 degrees here and sunshine in bangalore with a maximum temperature of 35. but . it could be in

across much of asia the rain though this has been particularly heavy and lots of low clouds so this is taipei this particular building or a cloud is the well at the base and in fact waving golfing much of the building it stands at 508 meters up building the rain will continue through central and southern areas of china it will they begin to care quite rapidly away from eastern sections of home she saw a better day on monday and not feeling too bad and take a high of 30. but. in 2010 al-jazeera gained exclusive access to a young family in the gaza strip. fighting forecast for their sick child born with a medical condition curable by routine surgery but cooled in the red tape of a health camp bureaucracy. rewind born in gaza on al-jazeera. the. the the on the. quick rise of the headlines here on al-jazeera society state television is reporting a missile was intercepted over the capital riyadh another missile reportedly had the southern city of san on the red sea border and near the border rather with yemen the number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise in europe spain reported another daily

the korean peninsula but again we've got a threat of further rain across southern parts of china taipei could see some rain but hong kong is likely remain draw and relatively fine down into southeastern parts of asia i think the northern part of the philippines is on looking generally good middle $32.00 degrees celsius heavy showers across southwestern parts of borneo for much of java sumatran up through the day we're looking at some heavy downpours singapore and kuala lumpur expect to see rain at times but it should generally be fine across much of thailand through into gunboat here and central and southern parts of vietnam for south asia we've got some showers across eastern parts of india bangladesh on sunday elsewhere looking jerry fine i'm pretty hot night for that 36 degrees are some of the forecast through into monday you can see rain approaching out west in parts of pakistan some of that is going to turn out to be heavy should stay dry and crunchy highs of 31. overthrown and exiled they appoint. say through all of this. an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader o

but they are really beginning to die away but sunday into monday and hong kong the same across in taipei but a dry day generally on friday what we will see though is that a band of rain working its way east was staying to the east of honshu in japan but we will see some showers up into a kind of time it is a little bit lower but still above the average for this time of year plenty of rain showers across much of borneo again these are quite heavy at times that you place in the day you can see even some yellow areas indicating some very very torrential downpours and also very widespread through much of the marcha and western areas of java sim a story really on friday and then we could also say that more rain developing as you can see here through cumbia vietnam and across into thailand and then n.-g. o. we have golson rain showers as well really the 3 most central regions but it's a very warm couple of days 36 in our poor on thursday and $35.00 on friday. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently

lead to some low class fighting in sight for down couple of days in hong kong 23 a wednesday damp in taipei at 20 and then look at the case skies across much of japan also need that it comes with a real warm up these time which is a well above average for this time of yes a part of it 12 celsius is about 8 degrees above the march average maybe some showers into a saka pushing on into tokyo but again here time it is about 7 or 6 degrees above the average now rain still very much in the forecast much of indonesia not quite as heavy wednesday throughout much of borneo want to see sort of heavy areas as heavy downpours quite widespread through some ocho western areas of java but not as heavy as we continue through thursday meanwhile a better day in bangkok 32 degrees celsius not as hot and it should be dry and then we head across towards india 1st of all across india going skies the most secure of travel we have had some fog has been causing some problems and touches all above average 40 celsius young going on wednesday elsewhere throughout india it is warm it is mostly dry but maybe sharon or

get some shelter off the mountain so not too bad at times about stages should be dry for hong kong taipei also enjoying plenty of sunshine highs of 15 in shanghai and royce also expecting a large dry weather across northern parts of vietnam just no side chance of a shower for her knowing into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers here across more southern portions of borneo developing during the course of the day looking pretty wet for western parts of china such a carter could have some issues there and showers also likely in kuala lumpur and singapore away into south asia weather conditions cheery not looking too bad the showers across eastern parts of india into bangladesh should gradually weaken but we are going to see showers creeping up into southern parts of sri lanka too in the course of monday. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run caverns in these cages you can not have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and she states tied to the bed 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses t

contracting control of the coronavirus unlike some other parts of asia students in taipei are still going to school infection rates in taiwan remain relatively low but the government has heightened its disinfection measures and. it's a very special feeling i think that we can prevent bacteria from getting too close . yeah we are less likely to spray us alive or on to other people we list likely to get infected easily. and in paris people are still using public transport there but they're taking extra care to protect themselves from the virus on friday from band gatherings of more than $100.00 people. there travel. protection stuff and. that's the reason you know we don't. prevent this better than here. and despite the pandemic france will go ahead with local elections on sunday the health minister is assured the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket. the reports candidates vying to be the mayor of paris are adjusting the way they campaign. the coronavirus was clearly on focus minds in paris as i campaigned in the city to become mayor the former french health min

parts of china that stays clear of hong kong so it should be fine in hong kong and largely fine in taipei where that rain will be working its way into northern parts of vietnam so annoy there's a growing risk of showers in choose day and more particularly into wednesday that is $21.00 degrees at that stage we've got to rain affecting more south western parts of japan some snow across the far east of russia and into parts of north korea and tokyo seeing a big change as the wind swings around towards the south very scraping 10 degrees celsius then there's the southeastern parts of asia a mass of showers all across the island of borneo no distinction is just blanket showers but fina conditions there you can see formulae planche there kuala lumpur looking at 34 degrees into south asia it's a largely fine picture here plenty of sunshine for delhi maxim of 27 not poor looking pretty hot to temps and mid thirty's but we are seeing the chance of one or 2 showers just about paying down through the western counts. of. the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east is less territory to be ho

of sunday so some heavy rain across the southern on some particular states and dry conditions for taipei hong kong also looking dry and fine temperatures of 27 and for northern parts of vietnam a largely fine picture heading then southeastern parts of asia certainly through them in a pinch of weather conditions a general can draw in fine fish as possible and singapore should see some bright weather pretty wet on the western coast of sumatra usual brush of showers for borneo but nothing a particularly heavy in the same goes for java showers but nothing out of the ordinary across into southern parts of asia here across eastern parts of india are seeing quite extensive area of shower right city across east eastern areas cloudy but generally dry set for the 2 showers the western ghats and largely dry ensure lanka. the grim consequences of mexico's bloody drug most watched the people around you mr governor you've got people who are with the narco through the eyes of the journalists determined to report the truth your government a school of knockers she said that's how the article should start

southern china very heavy at times very persistent we could have some localized flooding 20 celsius in taipei with those rain showers 24 in hong kong and these temperatures in home share but as i say it will change we've got this system to the east and that is feeding in winds across from the west we have got those temperatures a little bit lower on friday 13 in sendai there's a chance of showers and certainly a chance of showers in sapporo with a high of 10 that is though still above the average that we had across tools india very warm sunny through the interior 36 in non-poor there is a chance and rain. but really off to that it's a fairly dry picture certainly for friday a time which is still pretty warm $35.00 in poor and he can see $33.00 celsius over in mumbai and then to the middle east some very active weather has certainly across northern areas you can see this massive cloud this is bringing rain and also snow there's more in the forecast but it's already pretty good dumping on the ground to something to be see in georgia this is the national park again a very snowy see more in the f

get some shelter off the mountain so not too bad at times about stages should be dry for hong kong taipei also enjoying country of sunshine highs of 15 in shanghai and royce also expecting largely dry weather across northern parts of vietnam just an outside chance of a shower for annoy into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers here across more southern portions of borneo developing during the course of the day looking pretty wet for western parts of china such a cutter could have some issues there and showers also likely in kuala lumpur and singapore away into south asia weather conditions cherry not looking too bad the showers across eastern parts of india into bangladesh should gradually weaken but we are going to see showers creeping up into southern parts of sri lanka too in the course of monday. the u.n. fact finders accused of burma's military genocide this is the political that you see there. do you believe there in the movie is a fascist or a kid don't have all. the recognize that both sides have legitimate grievances against the other climate this is the fallacy of climat

one into parts of northern vietnam but otherwise we're looking at fine conditions for hong kong for taipei and then for japan that system moves away so we should see it brightening up later on hong tokyo not faring too badly with a high here of 14 degrees celsius now moving down into southeastern parts of asia we've got plenty of showers showing up across western parts of java again so jakarta could see some flooding rain possibly showers expected for kuala lumpur and singapore for the north into thailand to the west around bangkok at times but over in southern vietnam the city looking at highs of $37.00 and staying dry so if asia weather generally quiting down here we're losing the showers across eastern parts of india into bangladesh and the 1st stage anyway should be fine in colombia. for. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. there's this radical transformation. i mean nobody tell me that she was shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on how much is it. the roo

much of asia the rain though this has been particularly heavy at a loss of low clouds so this is taipei this particular building or a cloud is the well at the base and in fact waiting golfing much of the building it stands at 508 meters up building the rain will continue through central and southern areas of china it will they begin to care quite rapidly away from eastern sections of home she saw a better day on monday and not feeling too bad in tokyo with a high of 30. informed opinions the economy is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now and in-depth analysis of the day's headlines the poultice movement is only getting stronger the more people he killed the more resilient the resistant they will become the inside story on al-jazeera. a showcase of the best documentary films from across the network on al-jazeera. every year 50000000 tonnes of electronic waste is thrown away the majority is a legally dumped in developing countries right now electronic waste is the most traded as of this with retracing the tech through the criminal organizations making big profits and ask

through at least the end of april and then also take away some services to other asian cities like taipei seoul and singapore airline ceos by the way meeting at the white house today to talk about this and amazon prime now and amazon fresh deliveries could experience delays as customers turn to the company's services and stay away from stores amid fears of the virus. bloomberg reports that they've seen a surge in demand for both services training operations one driver told bloomberg that there's been a big increase in orders for bottled water well facebook will skip one of the tech industry's biggest annual events because of the coronavirus companies decided not to attend south by southwest this year that music and tech festival in austin texas, south by southwest is scheduled for march 13th that so far the still scheduled to go on live from the nasdaq, i'm jane king back to daryn thanks alleging. >>7 20 is the time coming up after the break at least 24 people have died. after powerful tornadoes ripped through parts of tennessee. we'll talk more about the cleanup and recovery efforts this

thank you very much for your time thank you bye european union leaders a warning to president bush taipei don't want to respect the 2016 refugee deal after a tense meeting in brussels at on met both european council president michel and nato chief un sultan barak in a bid to drum up support but he left without attending a planned use conference to contravene the 26 in refugee deal when it opened its northwestern border with greece 10 days ago saying it could no longer cope with the influx of people from syria by germany says it will lead a coalition of european union nations willing to take an unaccompanied refugee children to go see a sions are underway to bring in 1500 children with germany taking in what it's calling an appropriate share it's something greece has been requesting for months but as john psaropoulos explains it doesn't address the whole problem. at 14 and 17 years of age ali and ali hamza are unaccompanied afghan minors they've been a refugee camp for months but haven't managed to apply for asylum because all forest trees are overwhelmed with applications. says at 60 his

low class fighting and set to make for a damn couple of days in hong kong 23 on wednesday damp in taipei at 20 and then look at the case skies across much of japan not only that it comes with a real warm up these time which is a well above average for this time of year sapporo at 12 celsius is about 8 degrees above the march average maybe into a saka pushing on into tokyo but again hit temperature is about 7 or 6 degrees above the average now rain still very much in the forecast for much of indonesia not quite as heavy wednesday throughout much of borneo want to see sort of heavy areas as heavy downpours quite widespread through some ocho western areas of java but not as heavy as we continue through thursday meanwhile a better day in bangkok 32 degrees celsius not as hot and it should be dry and then we head across towards india 1st of all across india going skies the most secure of travel we have had some fog has been causing some problems and temperatures are above average 40 celsius your on going on wednesday elsewhere throughout india it is warm it is mostly dry but maybe sharon or p

using this mask to it protects looking at asia now and unlike some parts of the continent students in taipei are still actually going to school corona virus infection rates in taiwan remained relatively low but the government is increasing its disinfection measures and dad it's a very special feeling i think that we can prevent bacteria from getting too close . to yeah we are less likely to spray us alive or on to other people we list likely to get infected easily. and this is the french capital paris where people are still using public transport but they're taking a lot of extra care to protect themselves in the virus on friday the government banned any gatherings of more than 100 people. so i don't think their travel. doing protection stuff and some i really don't know that's the reason you know we don't know how critical this harvest. prevent these spent you didn't hear. but france will be going ahead with local elections on sunday the health minister is assured the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket that's a quote on his natasha butler reports candidates vyi

eleanor 0lcott is a chinese—language student, quarantined in her taipei apartment, she sent us this earlier you, that police have gps trackers on your phone so they know if you have left the apartment. evenif even if you leave your phone in the apartment because you know they are tracking you, the police will regularly call your phone to make sure you are actually there. so i failed to pick up my phone one time and i, within ten minutes there was and i, within ten minutes there was a local police officer calling my apartment to make sure i was in the apartment. last week the taiwanese government banned all foreigners from travelling into taiwan. i was one of the last foreigners he does not have a resident card here could have arrived. 0ut there have subsequently arrived, flown from european countries where the situation is very bad have to quarantine and a special hotel for two weeks. they get financial aid to do so. i am actually personally under quarantine as well. my last day as in today's time and i have a regular police check to make sure i have not broken my quarantine conditions. the

one into parts of northern vietnam but otherwise we're looking at fine conditions for hong kong for taipei and then for japan that system moves away so we should see it brought me up later on home tokyo not faring too badly with a high here of 14 degrees celsius now moving down into southeastern parts of asia we've got plenty of showers showing up across western parts of job again such a cottage could see some flooding rain possibly showers expected for kuala lumpur and singapore for the north into thailand to the west from bangkok at times but over in southern vietnam the city looking at highs of $37.00 and staying dry south asia weather generally quieting down and here we loose in the showers across eastern parts of india into bangladesh states anyway should be fine in colombia. join the listening post as we tend make headlines 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 in the states misleads the public to still be here reflects the same thing. clonic challenge poll their editorial sho

rain is still there and i think hong kong will see some heavy rain about states some showers for taipei we're also see some showers across northern parts of vietnam but jerry conditions not expected to be too bad let's move into southeastern parts of asia plenty of thunderstorms showing up on the satellite imagery as we look at the forecast is really on southwestern parts of borneo which will see the heaviest of the showers through the mail a plain show there $1.00 to $2.00 showers on show there but i think kuala lumpur and singapore they should also be some draw a fine weather at times for the north a scattering a shower so thailand cambodia much of vietnam expected to stay dry but some heavy downpours across southern parts of me and more across into south asia weather conditions here settling down for the most part we've got fine conditions set for a few showers in central parts of india for the expected to remain largely dry still the risk of showers down towards columbus ohio 32 degrees here and sunshine in bangalore with a maximum temperature of 35. but . the shocking treatment of

the tech heavy taipei taiwan index off by 1.25%.ebound for indonesian stocks after that market fell into bear territory. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: the bank of east asia is considering options including the sale of its insurance assets as part of its strategic review. it is being besieged by activists investors. they earned 8% of the a-shares. they could be seeking more than $1 billion from sale of assets including general insurance asset as well as its pension fund business in hong kong. they announced last week they hired goldman for a review. we continue to monitor that story as of elements come to us. president trump reversed course on the need for economic stimulus hours after markets posted their worst losses and more than a decade. jodi schneider is here. what are these measures that he is considering? jodi: president trump said today at that press conference he would be considering he said significant measures, including looking at a payroll tax cut. that would require congress to approve it. and at thi

lower by 5%, taipei and singapore seeing the same red arrow story.rkets, perhaps some saying this could be one of most hard-hit regions right now. index seeing the manila down 6%, we mentioned the msci index entering the their market. haslinda: to get perspective, the dow sinking lower, the s&p lower. taking a look where oil is right now, brent crude down almost 5%. another crude market down almost as much. in this week alone we have seen oil dumping about 25%. the commodity index slumping about 1.5% as well. on top of that, the msci emerging markets stock index down 25% from its peak, set for a bear market run. you get a sense this is capitulation. there is no floor inside at this point in time. yvonne: if we continue to see how this plays out in the europe session, where we saw stock futures heading lower, u.s. futures as well. we are watching the s&p because the way things are looking now, seems like the s&p could also enter into a bear market during the u.s. session today. , japanese yensh seeing gains of more than 1%, it yeah mastec's having a b

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