all trying to combat the corona virus pandemic well the u. k. was the first u. g. seven country to unveil a double pronged coordidinated approach to suppot the econonomy from the effects f that outbreak. withh an emergency rate cut coming from the central bank a just ahead of the budget announcement from the british government. analyst describes stimulus is the kind of measures that are needed to stabilize the financial markets at least in the short term although the remain mixed views on just how effective they'll really b be in supporting the economy. in the face of thatat newly declared pandemic donna. this is our reports. after a decade of. a turning point in britain. the incoming chancellor of the exchequer unveiled the u. k.'s first budget post brexit. rishi sunak pledged to increase spending on public services by two point 8% a year. and do whatever it takes to mitigate the impacts of the coronona virus. i am announcing today in total eight thirty billion pound fiscal stimulus what ever extra resources our nhs needs to cope with corona virus it will get.

and u. k. government has also decided t to makeke loans to bubusinesses interest free for the next twelve months. so that's a great measure for you full uk businesses. but the government isn't actually going as far as that germany has for instance which is making available five hundred billion euros in loans to businesses which would be hit by the pandemic. okay there's- lightht f for the auto industry at least with some operations back to normal over in china. yess so good news a full volvo at least which has announced today that it is now back to normal in china.. which is a small piece of good newss for the auto indndustry which as we know it was s shutting down all across europe. the swedish comicc is said today t that it s shuttingng down its lost you fafactory. and that will even want is cranking up operations again in china. today as well we had jaguarr land rover i think that it was shutting g don alall of its u. k. plans. saying that it plans t to resume operations in april but of cou

there is a fear that deaths are rising faster in the u k now. then in italy so even though italy is the center and the been the most deaths the u k is really if they're stay on this path. things are not going to go well for them, we're all connected. we have all the very latest in the bay area and in the world with our interactive map. >>and ways to say stave on kron 4 dot welcome back 9.16 on this monday morning we are seeing a mix some cloud cover in sunshine. some of us definitely under some gray or conditions and others right now to bear on overall you've been pretty clear this morning, but cloud cover has been increasing you can see some of those gray skies out in the distance you can also make out gray skies here on storm tracker 4 no rainfall this morning for the bay area though you are seeing scattered showers in the central valley as well as down south in the state. >>but overall a calmer start to the morning than the way we finished yesterday which as you remember here in the bay to bring us some isolated thunderstorms. we take a step

once a day either alone or with a family member in the u k. now if the us people have been lit like a walk in the park, they're leaving their me to friends and as swapping the park so much so that the parts are saying we're going to close in gavin newsome set up shop now the parking lot yeah, and in the north bay, we know that they've actually cut shut down the parks themselves. >>to prevent anybody from congregating up in sonoma county that is in effect as of today we've got kron 4 sarah stinson standing by with more on the story sarah. >>i'm live right now and helen putnam regional park in petaluma and this in all of the parks in sonoma county will be shut down you can see right here there's d a barricade over the fence and a sign that says park is closed so get used to seeing that until further notice across sonoma county marine counties already done the same. and i'm sure san francisco's not far behind we heard a maryland brief read pleading with everybody so she didn't have to do this is all because over the weekend, the weather was so ni

but the u k just locking down today. >>after the what our president our governor sought to many people out about so they're locked down as a lot stricter they can only leave their house once a day for exercise. they're not supposed to go to work that is not essential. all of a non essential work and that includes like hotels for tourism things are all closing down. in spain. i just want to make one more a worldwide highlight for you that's just horrible. in spain. they are seen the case so dire there and so many people are dying and they they're so overrun their health care health care system. they're using a huge city ice rink in madrid. as a morgue because they can't take any more bodies. they can't handle them at the at the funeral homes. and that's just the sad reality in spain right now so this is all coming at a time when while our president said yesterday this might in here in the us are locked down he'd like to open up the country for business next week. and that goes against what his health professionals have sa

>>because as i told you what's going on the u k right now i saw pictures of their 200. >>full of people shoulder to shoulder as you take a look at the screen and i talk about our web site that has all of the news that you need. >>locally and worldwide when it comes to coronavirus now they're saying that not only is italy surpassed china with the death toll that the deaths are rising at a faster pace in the u k now then in italy like day by day of all of these countries are saying that you have to clamp down early and and as much as you can to try to stop the spread before things get more on of hands and they already are starting to get 8 oh 9 right now we've here on the kron 00:04am morning news. another thing that we're going to have to clamp down on is a local parks. parks from the bay area all the way down to southern california and beaches are closing now in reaction to what we saw over the weekend. people not heeding the call to stay home. and organizers for the olympics are going to have to figure out will they really have the 2020 summer games. as the coronavirus

now the u. k. prime minister has become the first leader of a major nation known to have contracted to cave in nineteen. johnson revealedd the heaealth update in a video on twitter i developed model symptoms over the corona virus that'ss to o sy a temperature and a persistent cough. andnd on the advice of te chieff mededical officer i'v've taken a a test t that i is comet posisitive side i am working frm home i'm so fly slating. johnson insists thahat he will continue to leadad thehe british government's response to the corona virus. using video conference. prime minister has been. for his government's initial lax response to the outbreak before u. turning and bring in a nation w wide lockdon earlier this week. british health secretary mattt hancocock also confirmed he tested positive for the virusus with mildld symptoms so i'll be self isolating here until next thursday. several other government stoffer also now self isolating including chancellor richie c. knock he took part in a tribute for heal

i was on the u. k. more than a half a million people have volunteered to help the national health service. to cope with the coronavirus crisis after a governmentt appeal he's a report from france twenty four platt rush. a call to service that britons took to heart since tuesday more than half a million people have signed up to volunteer with the national health service or nhs heeding the government's plea. an army of volunteers that will play a key role in fighting the outbreak according to the prime minister. they will be driving distance from pharmacies to patients they'll be bringing patients home from hospital. very important they'll be making regular phone calls to check on and support people who's staying on the right in. time and they will be absolutely critical in the fight against this virus. as of wednesday the uk has recorded more than four hundred deaths and more than nine thousand cases including prince charles first in line to the british throne. he has mild symptoms but is otherwise in go

>>happening we just found out first of all the u k is joining us today in a lockdown there are now 15s joining california locking down by midnight tonight and james india is locking down. yeah that breaking news just crossing moments ago that india's prime minister has now ordered a lockdown of the country's 1.3 billion people. >>for 21 days. so they're taking some drastic steps on there and to try and stop the spread of coronavirus there and meantime in this country we're still trying to get some really financially because of our shutdowns house speaker nancy pelosi says she is optimistic congress can reach a deal on a stimulus plan and the next few days she just made that comment to this morning. yes, senate democrats have twice now block to nearly trillion bill because they say it favors corporations over employees they want more oversight over the money that's going to industries like the airlines like the cruise ships they want to make sure executives aren't using it to fill their own pockets when terms of bonuses and stock buybacks but republicans argue that they've already give

into r t u k the u.k. prime minister and opposition leader have clashed over the government's approach to corona virus testing that's the heir to the british throne prince charles has tested positive after exhibiting mild symptoms r t u k shut the embers dash he joins me now with more on this how they're shot here so as we keep saying testing times today absolutely prince charles himself has tested positive for covert 19 exhibiting only modest symptoms at this stage though the worry is he is over 70 years old not to mention that over 2 weeks ago he was in close proximity with the queen meaning there could be implications as well for the monarchy however online 1 20 users are completely angry over the fact that prince charles was a. to test for corona virus in the 1st place where is the key of key workers like hospital staff a medical professionals have not yet been tested nor those who are very sick and displaying respect to distress or even fever many are agreeing that the royalty can simply jump the queu

in the u k, we have a massive package support from the government. in the u.s., europe, germany weak the so however economic scenario is, we don't expect in norma's amount of corporate bankruptcies given the monetary and fiscal support for the government. i actually agree with your host that credit is a very strong buying opportunity. i want to go back to the point about the two potential mistakes that could be made from is favorable. to the investors you speak to favor making the error of excessive caution over buying risk assets too early? marija: that is actually a very good point. at this point, two sided. another leg down in the market, but equal stocks can rally very aggressively. market a measure of fragility for the systemic risk index and it measures the probability of disproportionate calls. so youxceptionally high, can see markets moving disproportionately either high or down. that is something we are monitoring very closely. , our view on the medium-term is positive. i would probably caution against very large positions either way, bullis

what about me economic impact of the current a virus then what are the current projections for the u k. well it's going to hit a lot of people very very severely a lot of people have already love lost their jobs those who work in the tourism industry for example. tourists of course are avoiding london at this point but also those that are self employed you know have to live off. the allowances that the government gives them the government has announced some extraordinary measures yesterday to help those that are affected by the crisis promising to pay up to 80 percent of their wages just to give you a very quick example the 6 london airports for example have said they might shut down within a matter of weeks if the government doesn't help out more so a lot of people very severely affected by this economic crisis indeed. thanks very much for the up doc. let's take a look now at some of the of a coronavirus related headlines from around the world 2 german states have imposed restrictions on the movement to curb movement sorry to curb the spread of the disease officials in bavaria shuttin

pressure intensive care starforce to look after more and more patients says one clinician tells r t u k testing medics is found over fears the true scale the poison nationwide clinic . with the u.k. a power each 2 weeks behind each of these outbreaks under lockdown there are a fair.

>>making sanitizer the product will then be sent to health care workers in the u s u k italy, india, kenya, australia, and brazil. diageo produces get a spear smirnoff vodka and johnnie walker whisky among others. cbs is stepping up to help its employees who do not have the option of working from home cvs pharmacies are remaining open so pharmacist tech store managers and employees all have to go into work. the company announced it will give $500 bonuses to its employees who have to go in because of the pandemic cbs ceo is saying in the statement that the move is a way to make the company help its employees and also let them have peace of mind in uncertain times. the company is also hiring 50,000 more people to fill full time part time and temporary positions. joining us now from home is our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is what the weather is looking like for this week, a lawrence. >>justine we've got cold system coming our way of course of the weekend we had a few scattered showers that was a warm system come out of the south is one entirely different. this is coming right do

>>and in the u k a local and mayoral elections have been delayed for at least a year there this initiative is part of an escalated response to delay the spread of the coronavirus in that country. a spokesperson says that the cabinet will. bring forward legislation to facilitate this postponement adding that the cabinet will work with the devolved administrations to ensure that they have the necessary powers to do the same man you know what that is starting today in paris the eiffel tower is closed the landmarks official twitter page sent out the announcement saying. >>it will be closed for an indefinite period of time this comes after the french government announced a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people and called for schools to be closed across the country. customers holding pre purchase tickets will be reimbursed. >>and climbers hoping to summit mount everest this spring will have to suspend their expeditions, nepal and china have close to both sides of the mountain climbers over fears of coronavirus spread. nepal is also closing its other 400 some peeks to whispering expeditions.

. >> you remember that was the report that said there would be 500,000 deaths in the u k and 2.2 millioned states. they have adjusted that in the million20,000, half a to 20,000. we are looking into this in great detail to understand that adjustment. i will say something that is complicated but i will try to do it in a way we can all understand together. in the model, either you have to have a large group of people who are a symptomatic, who have never presented for any test in order to have the kind of numbers that were predicted to get to 60 million people infected or 6 million people. you have to have a large group because in noics country to date have we seen an attack rate over one in 1000. either we are only measuring the tip of the iceberg of asymptomatic cases -- we are working hard to get that antibody test. that is a good way to figure out who are these people and do they exist, or we have the transmission wrong. these are the things we are looking at, because the predictions don't match the reality on the ground in either china, south korea or italy. we are about five times th

welcoming our viewers from around the world life from central london this is r t u k. m developed tomorrow symptoms of the corona virus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough a cold medical advice i was tested not tested positive u.k. prime minister boris johnson and health secretary matt hancock are confirmed to have coronavirus as the pandemic hits the heart of government. doctors in northern ireland claim they're being forced to work in special virus centers risking cross infection to their practices and families we hear from a frontline physician. and critics say it out of the business leaders including celebrity chefs the sacking staff despite the government bailout. welcome to our team u.k. prime minister barak's johnson and health secretary matt hancock have tested positive for corona virus but the pm has confirmed he'll continue to remain in charge of the government to evers' deputy choice for now with the latest on this so they shot it coronavirus hitting the heart or even dare we say the lungs of government absolutely coronavirus has indeed hit th

what about in the u k? .k.?g -- what about in the u is boris johnson ordering this lockdown now? thingst is one of those that appears to be inevitable. italy had to do it. china did it earlier than anywhere else. california and new york it are doing it. -- california and new york are doing it. you have to take these draconian measures to stop people moving around and spreading the virus. the key is to flatten the curve of virus increases. this may be the only way to do it. as china showed today, they are ready to lift the lockdown on wuhan. there is a silver lining. you can get out of it if you take the harsh measures at the beginning. the u.k. may not need to do this for as long as some people. just because china did it for -- just because china did it for nearly two months does not mean everyone has to. matt: right now, it does not look like only two months is that big of a deal. jim bullard -- i thought it was unusual to hear a fed president say he wanted to reduce economic act to the. -- economic activity. he was saying we need a three-month work stoppage and the government s

a u k negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies. r.t. in called. in other news now on cross the world this was the scene on friday and at the news in capital as one of the worst terror attacks in recent times hit the african nation 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up on a motorbike outside the u.s. embassy in tunis killing one police officer wounding several others in no immediate claims of responsibility. in afghanistan an unknown gunman his rampage through a memorial ceremony in kabul officials have confirmed 32 were killed dozens more wounded. a leading political figure in the country was in attendance he escaped unharmed the islamic state says it was behind the attack the atrocity comes just days after the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal to end the 18 year conflict in afghanistan. police in the colombian capital used tear gas and water cannon the gates students protesting near b

to the u. k. now where boris johnson has told brits that everything is being kept undnder continuous review when it comes to the pandemic. and that his government will not hesitate to do more. mr johnson says that measures are being worked on to support businesses individuals and families throughout this health crisis the death toll over the english channel now stands at one hundred and four. that's up from seventy one the previous day. the rumor mill still turns in london that tougher and more draconian measures might soon be ushered in like those seen elsewhere in europe with the capital recording the most number of cases and in a bid. to stop the spread of the virus the prime ministster has rung in changes starting this friday for the education system. hi guys today and- guy williams is making the statement on the in house of commons fast all of the screens shop that dates from friday all the news they will remain closed for millions of people to the vast majority of people's until further not

the world i'm talking about developed countries where really far far f far compared to germany to u. k. including uk even the us i mean. human centered managagent is really something that is kind of cultural for instance for swedish people which is not the case for france. and is there also a sense that until quite recently the french didn't view management as a separate skill set that you need to learn and apply a but insteadad is just a step up the professional ladder a power move. yeah the problem is that. it should become a manager if you you've been working in a company for twenty years and okay as a reward you you will be manager which is kind of stupid or you're the best- salesman so you're going to be- does sell territitory which is nonsense and we don't care about soft skills. meaning being able to listen to people being able just to be calalm and not shell all the timime just ununderstand that you cannot asa manager sent an email during the weekendd or duriring the holidays. so it's reallyy not technical is just taking care of the people so the notion of a superior french wor

and also in the u. k. do you you have potential clusters of infection rather hot spots where the virus is circulating in the community. and so what you'u're trying to do is you knw you can't contain not but what you can do. is trying to limit the ability of the virus to spread. to other parts of the of the country and in doingng s. i was- a and talk to ted ross- from who's pointed out thehe moe titime. that you combine the mall- impact you have on the spread of the virus and it means that your health systems. have a better chance of coping with the with the patients and the e most sererious cases when they arise. mr at the- of nottingham jonathan. uneasy calm in syria's idldlib province one day afterer a ceasefire was brokered by russia and turkey therere were some reports of clashes in the province this friday but the agreemement h has largely held elsewhere that ceceasefire c coming a aftereekf intense fighting bebetween the syririan army. russia rebel groups in sia's lasast opposition strtrongholds but

tuesday the budget carrier would operate at a maximum 10 percent of capacity serving the airports in the u k. here in germany but varia is leading federal states in the country in tightening restrictions on people aim to curb the spread of the virus and unlike other european countries germany has refrained from imposing a total lockdown on the country but variant state premier marcus soda stopped short of using the term lockdown in his speech today take a listen. up for i dart it's right out from friday this friday beginning tonight at midnight by phone an initial period of 2 weeks there will be general restrictions on movement into varia house guns be showing through and we're not closing the very year off so that we are shutting down public life in bavaria almost completely by amnon souffles shouldn't be shut into. it was the state premier there of bavaria here in germany the disease control center says the number of corona virus cases has jumped again there are now 13957 people with confirmed infections 31 people have died but varia is leading all of the states in germany in tightening re

london by skype song if that's not good news but at least encouraging news would you say out of the u k. well yes it does paint a picture that so far they seem to be sort of bracing themselves for them to the system to be able to deal with the numbers that but of course he did mention the lag in terms of the transmission and that's what we have to really be looking out for it's not the case necessarily what's just happening now but preparing for what's happening in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks time where you have a transmission which could be asymptomatic right now then of course with people not being aware of this then costing it on to a whole of the group of people and their will increasing that load of transmission dramatically but he did state how for example such measures that were taken such as the decreasing you solve of public transport especially in hopes that big cities and in london which counts for the hearts of the coronavirus cases and in the country really is has so far been having an effect as well as close as of restaurants and so full but really if they all spread if they are

out this time every day we'll continue to bring you live bulletins from here in russia also from r t u k they're going to be on air in fact in 30 minutes from london the team they're on the team in washington d.c. in the last few years they're out to america will be on here as well around the clock you can find the latest headlines at r.t. don't carmen stay in touch with us social media as well many ways to keep in contact with us at r.t. international we thank you for it. as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invents to be important even right. what they don't tell you is how the political center is collapsing in today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo. thinks. we hear to ask. welcome to the show from storming the home of the northern irish assembly 100 years ago the elderly those of this province to clear the promised land for a protestant state after 20 years of peace with things are very different no but we're father political change on the way. what is the future of unionism and northern ireland today to true leading politicians with very dif

e u u k negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies. r.t. including. a lot of us election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventy's but hawaii congresswoman tulsi got bodies still in the race she won 2 delegates in american samoa and so it makes it through to the next democratic debate that the party executive wants to shift the goalposts along that. explains. the democratic party's machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to presidential candidates the latest example of this is the treatment of tulsa gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote tulsi gabbert gained a delegate and was thus eligible to appear in the televised debate so the d.n.c. then changed the rules we have 2 more debates of course this threshold will go up by the time we have the much debate almost 2000 delegates will be allocat

for the rest of the u k m ostly of england. have a breeze coming off the north sea for places like east anglia, eastern scotland and parts of east england, single figures through the day on friday but mostly dry with some sunshine. further into the weekend and beyond we're looking at a mixed, a few showers in the and the west on saturday, dry conditions more widely from sunday onwards. i buy. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: the us and the uk bring in massive stimulus packages to bolster their economies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. shares on wall street closed up 5.2% on the news the white house was planning a financial rescue worth up to $850 million. britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, said the uk was on a wartime footing as its stimulus package was unveiled. it includes $400 billion of loan guarantees for businesses hit by the fall in trade. and another public health message—turned—music video has gone viral. wash your hands, don't touch yourface. a south african choir are the latest stars

workers suffering abuse with some becoming a target for muggers were in this r t u k shabda evers dash he joins me know how that shot he is so as we heard there some pretty dramatic developments absolutely as state's 3 of the national emergency situation plus a lockdown sonoran the death toll is now at $465.00 which is up $43.00 in the last 24 hours on the number of cases then the united kingdom has got 9 and a half 1000 cases 100000 people though have been tested across the united kingdom yes say those with the highest number since the outbreak began so things really are still expected to get a lot worse before they get better particularly for the n.h.s. who is bearing the brunt of this crisis but now. they are preparing for what is to come yesterday though the government didn't markable near half a 1000000 people volunteered themselves to help alleviate the strains on the n.h.s. those people are putting their names forward for things like escorting patients back from hospital bringing their medicines from pharmacies and also providing essential support to them on the telephone howeve

and in the u k l g b t education has sparked a furious backlash as well starting from september classes covering the issue will become compulsory there and that has triggered protests among parents particularly from religious communities who put the issues up for debate. i think is absolutely right that parents do have a right to teach their own children according to their beliefs but the education system has a responsibility to give children a comprehensive education and to give them information to safeguard their health and welfare to say that the state must come in and muscle in an area which parents be doing extremely well for thousands of years is just simply it's not good for the primary responsibility in fact rest for the parents and parents do have the right to opt out of of sex education a majority of parents think it is the responsibility of the schools to do that they're happy and content for that and if you look around the world in every country where there. anti sex wars and low cost sex and leisure bridge occasion the levels of teenage pregnancies and abortions are much mu

yourself from the disease has been circulating online but how do we separate truth from fantasy on t u k s martin unders has been testing some i think viral rumors. you suffering from information overload let's debug some myths and get the lowdown we have to separate the facts from the fiction. globus will keep me safe but it depends on how you use them because it's all about not transferring the coronavirus your face if you are in gloves whilst in about's and still keep touching your face which we can do up to 20 times an hour useless while gloves provide a barrier in a medical environment if you don't keep replacing them and if you're not very careful they would help. drinking water will kill the virus drinking water every 50 minutes has been heavily debated on social media the theory being that swallowing the virus will kill it sadly professor treated like at the university of oxford says there's no evidence to back that up you can't wash away or spirit virus while it's good for overall health to be hydrated drinking too much water can also cause health problems to. the piracy is muta

around if i was around somebody and didn't have any symptoms i'd go i want to test their own n n n o u k. and you have no symptoms so you're seeing people like really go bare the entire utah jazz including the beat writers that had came with them on this away trip were also tested and they got their results right away mayor de blasio when the brooklyn nets had some of their players test positive going this is ridiculous this should not be about well it should be about the fact that you are sick and you need to get the care you need or you see if you go on twitter you see all of these people lighting up celebrities n.b.a. players n.h.l. players you have 3 of them who tested positive they can't even get their children tested one woman said her some of the i.c.u. by the time rockland county called back and she's like you can't test me in an intensive care and was it really just a goal just come down the money and it was there really any of it was it just the n.b.a. was ahead of the game and they bought these test kits or we would do these really but i'm like barrow you know you're going you

u. k. for now we're back tomorrow from all of us here in westminster my. trade and investment to become magic spells to economic development. most people think about trade they think about goods and services being exchanged between countries and the investment chocked or a trade agreement is about something very different but won't when investment leads to toxic manufacturing that destroys sacred sites all the environment. that means if local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can be sued. the nationals are taking on the whole nation philip morris is trying to use i.s.t.'s to stop oregon from implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates a french company sued egypt because egypt raise its minimum wage to democratic choice of a trump corporate. joint says we try to fund don't want to touch. one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all.

we'd love to hear from you write to global street 1000 ad homs and check us out on facebook d w c u c. k . china quarantine diary. journalist sebastian mallaby documents daily life in beijing where protective measures grow tighter every day. the state controls and monitors with a heavy. but there is resistance. which underpin close up. 30 minutes w. a total is for me. beethoven is for a new. beethoven as for hell. beethoven is for her. beethoven is for that. beethoven is for us. beethoven is for the more. beethoven 2020 but 250th anniversary here on the new. world. to go beyond the obvious. little souls that live. as we take on the world. the we're all about heart the stories that matter to you the what ever is the wrong no such law but the law made for minds. in the arena. shows his 1st. lady of. the bank. presumably being the sudras now be seen flooding the surface of a suburban. to. the issue sunshine the mothership of a sudden the sun. come up the misplaced. mug. the sun. the sun. that respects. home. business d.w. news and these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump has an

india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the virus and the u. k.'s prince charles has tested positive for the virus to the british throne a spokesman for clarence house says the 71 year old is showing mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health saudi arabia has imposed tougher measures to contain the outbreak after one person died it's barring an entry or exit from riyadh and the 2 holy cities of mecca and medina king's lone man has also ordered a $21.00 day curfew in 3 cities to start at 3 o'clock local time in the afternoon movement between all provinces has been suspended 767 cases have been confirmed iran has recorded another big rise in the number of infections to 2000 more confirmed on wednesday the total stands at $27000.00 u.s. senate leaders have agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the outbreak the funds are aimed at keeping the world's largest economy afloat and helping frontline medical workers the agreement follows days of arguments with democrats accusing republicans of prioritizing profits over worker health those

in the u k, 22% jump.as also ordered all shops in the country to be closed except for grocery stores and pharmacies until march 25. when it comes to the world health organization finally labeling this a pandemic -- this labeling is very rare. sars was not labeled a pandemic. the last time this was used was 1or the h one and one -- h1n virus. >> there is a possibility that we will get more out of beijing? stateheard from the council and they are talking for targeted reserve ratio cuts. reduce theiro financing costs and help them to restore operation. the council also mentioned steps to stabilize foreign investment. ais is just one part of string of measures the government has been taking to cushion the blow. already cut the one year low prime rate. we are also expecting more infrastructure tax relief, targeted relief. another main focus priority right now is to get the economy back up and running. bloomberg economics and announcing 80% of the economy was operating at full capacity. even at the center of the

results so he today was tested for the virus after she began to show fear like symptoms or is it to the u k. still to come this hoffa concerns of the corona virus could overwhelm an already struggling health system. and a former vatican treasure a fight to overturn his conviction for sexual assault strainers highest court decision. we got some on you some windy weather now pushing across northern parts of the middle east at least the side of the mediterranean seeing a big massive tab is seeing some very heavy rain recently across the north of age at an estate system this dave area of low pressure swirling away his a very very strong winds lift the dust and sand visibility problems to come as the go for the next couple of days some parts of ne ne chipped around the sinai peninsula could maybe see as much as 50 to 60 millimeters of rain in this way there will be some flooding heavy rain pushes across a into iraq you can see some wet weather there to northern parts of saudi arabia and that unsettled weather stretches right out there into a good parts of eastern all mesas way for the race which

choices they should never have to make about about who gets what if it had to wait on ventilators in the u k. well there aren't enough i mean they're all sort of anywhere really and there but there's a massive rally that's just are up to this morning because the the european union which is in the middle of a mess procurement program for ventilators that invited the u.k. to join even though the u.k. now left it well off the brics it's. now sends out the u.k. says it didn't see the mail. as unbelievable as it sounds they literally saying they didn't see the e-mail in the now not of the european procurement program and instead are all skin companies like dyson which makes vacuum cleaners and rolls royce and other companies like this to try and change our business model and do it in the u.k. instead people who don't like bricks it's. a few areas saying that it's a political move not a health care move by the government to prove it can manage outside of the european union so it's proved a very controversial move but they are now from simply trying to provide as many ventilators they can to mystic

in the u k, there has been one exception of a coordinate case. bank of england they were briefed on the details of the budget before the emergency rate cut. that is something that has never happened before. the bank of england was not in the blind, acted, knowing what the government was going to do. the ecb didn't know, arguably still doesn't. we don't have clarity on that. guy: thank you very much. michael mckee will be joining me on the radio shortly. this is bloomberg. ♪ . ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. this is the european close on bloomberg markets. let's check global markets. taylor riggs is with us. we are still higher today. earlier today, we get the 5% of limit on the futures market. than 10%ecline of more yesterday, 3% is something to get excited about. i wanted to focus on the fangs. big up performers. kbw index, all of these big banks up six, 7%. this after being some of the worst performers. bank of america wells fargo down 50%. finally, goldman sachs saying they are off 40 percent from their lows, we are going to step in

slammed the brakes on it, that decided the government debt so youwere sustainable, saw it here in the u kin the u.s., with a very damaging budget fight in 2011. that ultimately meant for a lot of the last eight years, government policy, instead of filling a hole in demand, was it self helping to restrict growth. hope is the lesson of that is learned that if you are facing a big deficiency can demand, the response should not be to pull back and engage in austerity. the response should be to fill the gap, especially when their own cost of borrowing is extremely low. -- it wasn't that long ago when conventional wisdom was different, but i think we are somewhat encouraged that the current approach to allowing governments to step in and provide support seems to be very different from what it was eight or nine years ago. guy: andrew, thanks very much for your time today. andrew sheets, morgan stanley chief cross asset strategist. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn, along with guy johnson in london. this is the european close on "bloomberg markets." easyjet is grou

it comes as the 1st meeting of the joint u k e u committee set up to implement the would drop agreement took place by video conference britain is represented by michael gove while vice president of the european commission the chef is on behalf of the e.u. but a study by the groups at best for britain and hope not hate reveals that the public mostly disagrees with the government pushing ahead to wrap up talks by the end of the year. over 2 thirds of the general population would like to see the u.k. are asked for an extension in light of the pandemic 44 percent of conservatives back an extension despite their party's hard line to get the bricks it done election stands 84 percent of labor voters support an extension and do 83 percent of lib dems there is also shows a large age gap with 78 percent of 18 to 24 year olds desiring an extension compared to 52 percent of those aged $65.00 and over well for more on this i'll be joined later by politics expert alice to jones. britain's stranded abroad because of the crisis could be running out of basic supplies as other countries go into lockdown

admin stration is anlyzing the items rit now 6 bags of aisles were found in a shipmt coming from e u k into la acts. the labels contain coronavirus and virus test kit. walmart is now shorting hours at all of its stores in sponse to the coronavirus oureak. the chain says the new hours will now be 06:00am to 11:00pm employee chedules arnot changing. the company says this break we'll ve them more time to clean products and also restock shelves. >>gole is helping to develop a web site. quickly done. unlike websites of the best snow go as a 1700 engineers working on this right now they've made tremendous progess. >>so despite what we just heard gole will not to be publishi a national scale web site for coronavirus st any time soon. despite google's response. vice president mike pence said th he would provide an update on the web sites launched by sunday. all that said google says a subsidiary owned by it parent company alphabet will in fact be launching a small scale coronavirus site but only for california based patients the te would have allowed you to go on and type in some of your sympm

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