south korea military exercises are suspended and saudi arabia stops issuing visas for religious travel amid growing concerns over coronavirus. because of the risk to the american people are very low on the u.s. president donald trump defies medical experts and downplays the risk of the virus spreading throughout america. watching all just their own life from a headquarters. also ahead hindus and muslims burry their loved ones in india some of the worst rioting in decades leaves at least 27 people dead. a brewery in the us becomes the latest scene of a mass shooting. and conflict through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movie at the berlin film festival. helo the united states and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military exercises as a result of the corona virus outbreak south korea has recorded its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people infected to almost 60 and hundreds in the middle east saudi arabia has announced it's temporarily holding visas for both the on the pilgrimage as well as for people ente

korea and also where this outbreak is concentrated in south korea in the city of digger which is the 4th largest city in south korea in particular around this particular church church there's a lot of public anger directed at this church saying that the members of this church were not forthcoming about their activities they weren't forthcoming about when about finding out when members were 1st affected they didn't cooperate with the authorities and indeed we've just heard that the mare of degre has actually valid to take legal action against this church because to see whether they were in violation of some infectious disease control was so we're definitely seeing just outside of the control of this virus from medical side from hospital sides a lot of action but also a lot happening in what is south korean society as a result of this outbreak as well all right katrina thanks for that. right to latin america now where officials are bracing themselves for a surge in the cases as the summer holiday season comes to an end the continent's 1st case has been recorded in brazil the patient is

the number of new infections that south korea is reporting. you know this has been the largest single spike in new cases 334 bringing the total up to nearly 1600 so it is a cause for heightened concern here there are some respects quite alarming but then to look at the positive side there is increased testing the especially around the daegu city area in the southeast corner of the country the government's been really pushing its testing testing centers on the number of people being tested so we could expect to see a spike like this in fact in the last 24 hours 7 and a half 1000 tests and these tests are quite complicated. involve a lot of personnel hours to conduct them so they have been conducted in the past 24 hours and in particular we are seeing more members of this church the sheen showing g. church of jesus which is at the center of the outbreaks down in the southeast of the country we're seeing more of those members being tested who are proving positive and in fact of the 1000 test results that have come back from church members a stagg

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

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

in asia, south korea. obviously, in places where we operate, we are training our people and giving them all the safety precautions that they need because that's most important to take care of them. they follow all laws and authorities as far as where we can operate. >> we have all the world leaders at the g20 in riyadh right now. you are here in new york for an event that focuses on corporate responsibility. when you look at how u.s. leaders are tackling the issue of climate change, do you feel that they are doing enough? >> i don't think we can ever say we are doing enough. just saying, continuous improvement. we have to be better. the reason i am here is the fact that it's almost like preaching to the choir. the ceo's that are here, we all social anda environmental responsibility. and we meet once a year and i have been going to these meetings since i have become the ceo. it's really to talk to each other, and second, we meet with investors that are really focused on sustainability issues. oneustainabili

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

and south korea are calling off their joint military exercises rob. that's right there i think there was a growing expectation here that this would be made that it would be postponed at least i think it would have been strange if they hadn't called off these exercises given this is a government that's advising its own people to avoid crowds it can hardly then stage war games that bring together thousands of soldiers especially as the u.s. military is now recording its 1st case of coronavirus one of its servicemen on a base down in daegu which is the center of this outbreak has been confirmed with there have been a number of quarantine restrictions and restricted access announced a number of bases across south korea meanwhile the south korean government is having to deal with a growing number of countries and territories totaling 40 now that have imposed travel restrictions on south korea and in some cases the foreign ministry is appealing against that urging countries to reconsider the south korean case being that look we are completely transparent ab

korea which is the largest epidemic outside of china i think many people in south korea are scratching their heads how the situation could happen so quickly because we have to remember at the beginning of february there were only true dozen cases or so in president when julian said at that time that he was confident that this would disappear very quickly and that obviously has not been the case because of this we're seeing a lot of public anger directly directed an interior directions 1st and one day and in his administration with opposition members saying that he's been incompetent accusing him of mishandling the situation of not closing south korea's borders to china quickly enough because he was reluctant to offend china and there's also a lot of anger directed at this particular church called the church of jesus which is its sect in south korea and more than half of these 2000 more than 2000 cases are members of this particular church and there's been a lot of public outrage directed at this church saying that the members did ministration of the church they were not cooperating ver

we'll hear from south korea and the doomsday cult that's driven the spike in infections they're. also coming off a landmark ruling here in germany the country's highest court has overturned a 2015 law that effectively prevented doctors from helping terminally ill patients and their lives. are rising death toll down was hit by the worst sectarian violence in decades as abuse and muslims come to blows over a controversial citizenship law. and the real carnival guests political parade participants taking aim at brazil's far right government for its treatment of minorities and indigenous people. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the world health organization says the world is not ready to fight the new coronavirus known as coded 19 as the disease continues to spread to more countries. outside china the w.h.o. is warning governments to brace for a possible pandemic south korea remains the country with the highest number of infections outside china the u.s. military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to c

korea. well i mentioned in that report schools and churches but it goes far beyond that all kinds of public institutions of across the country have been shuttered including sports venues theaters museums it's really the impact is across all social life here in south korea additionally rallies in the capital have been banned although there is apparently another rally scheduled to happen this sunday and they intend to go ahead and again have a large demonstration although there is also another petition on the presidential website calling for a banning of chinese from entering the country because of course the center of this contagion is china and south korean government has been hesitant really to prevent visitation from from all over china and just prevented visitors and travelers from that one hugh bay province all right correspondent frank smyth reporting from seoul thank you very much. well italy has now confirmed that 11 people there have died from the corona virus 323 people have been in

south korea among them. we are just getting that market reaction after the infectious diseases level was raised at a high. following 2.3% and reaction in the korean won, plunging to the low -- 7/10 since august. muddled at best supply chain situation. level toof the raising the highest for south korea, there's a feeling that when it comes to the infections we are seeing, the amount has faltered. yvonne: it seems like the focus is trying to avoid a global pandemic outside of china. you're seeing the most alarming spike in south korea. the number of confirmed cases topping 600. that's a 20 fold increase in a matter of five days of the death toll has risen to six. what we have learned so far, the latest batch of cases, it is still tied to that religious group in day will where we are learning that followers may have infected a psychiatric ward in a hospital after these members attended a funeral at the same complex. that's perhaps why we are seeing the government raising the threat level to the highest, red ale

when it plunged 4 percent on news that korea south korea was on high alert so not as big as a drop as we saw in the u.s. markets but definitely investors are rattled especially at concerns that this could turn into a global pandemic but it seems sort of all of that at least investors in china and in south korea have confidence in their government's ability to contain this and they're not really selling their stocks as much as we've seen in north america all right to katrina you there in beijing if you know thank you let's cross have a now to the south korean capital seoul and talk to rob mcbride reports that both the u.s. and south korean militaries are considering scaling back their joint training exercises juta the coronavirus what more can you tell us the. there had been reports that the exercises they traditionally take place these spring exercises between south korean and u.s. forces in march would actually be postponed but the military here in south korea is denying that but it does look likely that they will be scaled down obviously the military would be concerned about putting

korea and rob the number of cases in south korea as a whole have doubled within 24 hours. that's right the increase that we've heard reported today sunday was 123 that's a similar kind of increase that we had yesterday saturday these numbers are produced twice daily we're expecting another increase or to be announced when the 2nd round of numbers are come to us in about an hour or so but it is another steady increase similar to the kind that we had over the weekend we know that $75.00 of these new cases are again members of this one church this church here in daegu city is very much at the center of this cluster this outbreak these were members of the same congregations who were attending services who seem to have all fallen victim to this cross infection and we know that hundreds more of the same church members are reporting flu like symptoms so we can expect to have more cases confirmed if you want to look at the on the positive side of things at least all of these church members know who they are they know if they are at risk of having been infected they have all been t

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

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

south korea raises the alert level to the highest is the number of coronavirus cases surges. welcome to al-jazeera life and i martine dennis also coming out. of the 7 people have been killed after an earthquake in turkey is easton environment province the we have now won the battle clark was bernie sanders takes the 1st contest in the west in the race to become the democratic presidential candidate. our 13 year blockade of gaza or is forcing people to come up with innovative ways to beat the siege. there is really around and south korea are imposing restrictions on tens of thousands of people as they try to contain the coronavirus south korea's president raised the disease alert level to the highest in an effort to get urgent help to the overstretched health systems in the south of the country another increase in cases has now brought the national total to $602.00 with 5 people killed when are you going to do we have vividly witnessed how dangerous it is to have mass meetings in an enclosed indoor space in terms of the spread of a contagious disease i urge everyone to restrai

korea people linked to this area have been going to other parts of south korea they have been taken ill and they have been detected the fear is that we're going to see other clusters in other parts of south korea and the president has accepted the we are at sea he said watershed moment and that the next few days will be critical really adding a sense of urgency now to the government's efforts he says that local governments and local authorities should have to take whatever precedented and powerful measures they deem fit and not be limited by regulations it almost seems as though the central government here is giving special powers for cities and provinces to take whatever measures they think appropriate to try to prevent this from spreading further. all right rob thanks for that rob mcbride there live in daegu in the southeast in south korea let's go now to the iranian capital tehran our correspondent there said beg and as ed says this outbreak of current virus in iran does seem to be quite closely linked to one specific location and that is the holy city of qom yes it does it seems

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military has confirmed its 1st case among soldiers based in south korea meanwhile officials there are racing to contain an outbreak that has swelled to almost $1300.00 cases. south korean children will be cooped up in their homes as schools occur. the country remain close to combat the spread of covert 19 gun me race office also closed leaving her to look after her 2 sons and try to keep them busy. and help the kids study cook for them at home watch t.v. and sometimes play board games together and spend time reading books i won't let them keep the ball around in here but they will get bought. as a child psychologist ms khan worries about her children's wellbeing she says that relatives of those afflicted are more likely to develop phobias but her main concern is the virus itself south korea's recorded near a 1000 cases and more than 10 deaths. virus has spread around hospital it's near my workplace so i was worried about getting it when i went to work and because they can stay at home all the time sometimes they meet friends but again i've already about them catching the virus at anyo

snaking around the block queuing up for face masks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases i cite mainland china this store is packed with people trying to get their hands on masks nearby the streets are almost empty as the general public take precautions pretty much what are you doing i work for a welfare organization but it has shut its doors for the time being and says it will remain so until the corona virus outbreak has subsided so i have to find another place to work but i'm finding that difficult because of the outbreak. my university is forcing me to go home i've only been here for a week so i mean better than nothing but i'd rather not go back one woman square here in the center of the south korean capital seoul usually functions as a hub of activity including cultural events and rallies but demonstrations in public yeah the rings here have been banned schools museums theaters and sports venues have all suspended operations as the government tries to stem the spread of covert 19 and that government is now coming under increasing pressure. and the cape scene i

and jordan is now banning entry to any citizen from iran, china, or south korea. in iran, eight people have died and 43 people are confirmed to be infected. in south korea, this church is at the centre of the outbreak, and it's been vandalised, with eggs being thrown at it. there are now more than 600 confirmed cases in south korea, and six people have died. president moonjae—in has raised the nation's disease alert to its highest level. laura bicker is one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the worst hit city of daegu. this hospital should have been a safe haven from a deadly infection, but nearly 100 of its already vulnerable patients are now battling coronavirus. some are being transferred to specialist clinics. two have died on the way. nearby in daegu, the worst affected area, they've created several crisis centres. outside, the ambulances are lined up, each with a patient waiting to be admitted. the spread of this virus may be relentless, but so are the efforts to stop it. how are you coping? oh, yeah. we have to overcome this situation. do you t

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

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

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

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

korea to 346 and bear in mind it was only last tuesday that south korea was recording and recorded just over 30 cases so there has been a big spike and these figures are updated twice a day so this was saturday morning's figures of 142 new cases so we can expect by the end of today saturday increase so again a lot of these new cases are based and linked to they said church where there has been this massive infection it seems all the congregations who attended services there and the priority now for health officials here is working through the members of this church going out and testing for the corona virus but also it's worth noting that the 2 neighboring cities of daegu in chung go that have been now set up is this what they call a special care zone 91 of these cases were actually in a hospital in john doe and it seems as though the link between these 2 outbreaks 2 clusters is that a members of the congregation of the church in daegu had attended a funeral there so that seems to be the link as we go forward the pharisees here in daegu have set up factual testing centers and also are c

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

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

korea for example seems to be recovering yesterday it tumbled 4 percent off the news that south korea was raising its alert levels its are cut a little somewhat up about hoth a percentage point and also singapore seems to be doing ok it's up about 0.8 percent so we haven't seen the same kind of panic selling that we saw in wall street on monday evening but there have been some losses and what analysts are really more concerned about here in asia is of course the effect on consumer confidence in south korea they've said that consumer confidence is dropped to a 6 month low which is going to show that even though our current current virus is not as deadly as all saws it can potentially have more of an impact on people's long term the hevia so people could be traveling less going out less buying less and on top of that of course this chrono virus has brought china and many of its factories its manufacturing sector to pretty much to a standstill and that is having a huge impact on the global supply chain so definitely this is not the end by any stretch of the imagination of the economic im

the main shopping district of south korea's fourth—largest city is almost abandoned. the few who do venture out can use technology to help them stay away from infected areas. alarm sounds they're using your phone to locate where you are, and then they will send you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. south korea is now facing a race against time to trace the potentially thousands who have been infected and prevent this epidemic from getting out of control. laura bicker, bbc news, daegu. moving to italy, where around 150 people have so far been diagnosed. the bbc‘s mark lowen spoke to us from just outside the town of codogno, the centre of italy's coronavirus outbreak. he could not go into the town without being put into quarantine. this is the point in which police are now stopping all the ca i’s police are now stopping all the cars trying to go down the road towards codogno, which is the epicentre of italy's outbreak. if we go beyond this point, we would have to quarantine, we would have to quarantine, we wo

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

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

346 and bear in mind these figures are produced here in south korea twice a day so it's gone from friday being 204 to saturday morning being 346 by saturday evening we can expect another big jump as you mentioned we are testing center at the main medical center one of the main hospitals here in daegu which is being now quickly dedicated just to the treatment of coronavirus people if they believe they have symptoms of cough or fever they come here they present themselves that they are being tested we know that many of the cases here in daegu and chango a neighboring city which both have been declared as being a special chasm down here in the southeast of south korea many of the cases are centered on this particular church in daegu amongst the congregation but also we are seeing a big cluster in the neighboring city of chong go at a particular hospital there where 2 of the 2 fatalities that we've had here in south korea were former patients there at the hospital and that's where we've had a big cluster of the 142 new cases 91 of the cases are there at the hospital amongst patients and also

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

that's right so 6 countries and territories have bad travelers from south korea. rain israel jordan and then also 2 countries. and qatar have also importers compulsory 14 day quarantines for any travelers coming from south korea and certainly in south korea this seems that they're just at the beginning of tackling this epidemic is numbers are sky spiking very high. recent days we've seen 161 new cases of current virus in south korea just in the past 24 hours bringing the total number to 763 and 7 deaths as you mentioned earlier south korean president has called this. a grave turning point in addressing this crisis and they've raised the alert level to its highest point and that means that the government will be able to allocate more money towards fighting this outbreak they'll be able to access more medical information and people's personal information and if they like they can also impose lockdowns so far the outbreak in south korea seems to be concentrated around the city of digger a city of about 2 and a half 1000000 people in particular half of these confirmed

for people to actually shut down the borders in terms of flights coming in from south korea we don't have any flight restrictions yet but that is something that some people here in china are calling for yeah and to treat i mean was the chinese government is the low risk areas to resume work activity have they been successful. that's right the chinese government is extremely concerned about the effect of the current virus on the chinese economy they want to get people back to work and one thing that they're doing is that they're urging provincial governments to drop blanket bans on travel and work restrictions they're saying give it over to municipal governments to decide on these restrictions based on the number of cases in those areas and already we've seen 15 provinces in china lower their alert levels that's half of half of china saying that they're ready to go back to work but of course this is easier said than done there are simply. there's simply as many workers simply cannot get to their cities where they work because of travel restrictions or there they are because they're st

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

answer the call there's also things like shortages of face mask we're now having here in south korea so the government is working with companies not to export the new face masks that they are churning out by the millions but to keep more of them here meanwhile we're also hearing today from the epidemiologists from the specialist doctors in a news conference they're very much trying to project what is going to happen here in the experience south korea will go through based on what happened in china and as we know that there break talk about 2 months from the 1st cases to really reach a peak and you've got to remember that here in south korea we're still in the early days it's only about this time last week that south korea was dealing with cases in the dozens and we are now well over $1100.00 so you would have to conclude we still have a ways to go rob thanks very much. in the news ahead this half hour for you why some fighters backing the libyan warlord early for her after being described as the new ice. also ahead the former u.s. vice president joe biden faced with a do or die conte

korea and now south korea has escalated its testing capacity in the last 24 hours it's tested around 9300 people about the government's top trying to track down members of that religious group whom it at that particular gathering trying to identify who they are and test them in a bid to try and contain the spirit across south korea but the concern in the area of daegu which is the area where that church group met the concern there is a lack of the number of hospital beds to deal with the rising number of cases or infections of the coronavirus that the government has announced 2 tranches of a relief package in total around $30000000000.00 where they'll try and deal with not only the economic fallout from the corona virus spread in south korea but also target all boost and medical supplies to deal with the situation now while the crown of our spirit continues globally china appears to be stabilizing at the moment 327 cases on friday 44 deaths but most of those were in the province and this is been the last rise in the new cases since january 24 panshin zurab i mentioned on thursday tha

and it does seem like a long week that south korea was dealing with cases in of a few dozen it's now well over $1100.00 so you would have to conclude that south korea still has a long ways to go rob thanks very much well coronaviruses reached at least 5 chinese prisons more than 550 inmates a sick the authorities believe it was brought in by guards who shared a bus with people who'd been to a local hospital do you want what you can't some prison guards did not report after having contact with people from affected areas in who be the failure of complete isolation cause the spread of the virus missions and. the spread in these prisons has revealed the loopholes in management of the prison guards and the lack of effective epidemic prevention and control measures. 5 months from the olympics in tokyo japan's prime minister is calling for sporting and cultural events to be delayed or canceled since the obvious as organization reassess events after 2 weeks once the government knows more about the impact of this outbreak but as a look at the money you are not considering that there is a larg

in south korea, there are more than 760, with seven deaths. most are certainly in the country's southeast at this point. and around the world the number of cases now exceeds 79,000, more than 2600 people have died. our cnn correspondents covering every angle of this story around the world. in rome, our barbie nadeau standing by. cnn's blake essik in tokyo. where do they stand with infections rising in the northern part of the country? >> reporter: well, i think the word of the day is containment, and officials across the north of the country are working very hard just to stop people from moving around. there are ten towns that are on lockdown right now. that means no movement whatsoever, and those who do defy that order risk a three-month jail sentence and a substantial fine. they've got food courts in the ten towns to get people the supplies they need. we're seeing also in venice a complete reaction out of an abundance of caution. i think there have been two cases in that city confirmed, but as you've said, they canceled the carnival celebrat

investors free to safety is the corona virus spreads outside of china a spike in cases in south korea the country under red alert allowing for unprecedented powerful steps to stem the crisis. italian shares dive an outbreak of the coronavirus seized towns under lockdown major events called off in europe worried about the economic impact. and massive crowds welcome the u.s. president's with the popping up donald trump one shortening credible trade deal. i've been physical and let's do business hundreds of further cases over the weekend have seen south korea open up as a key front in the battle against corona virus more than 800 people there have now caught the disease the most in any country outside of china with a booming case is the impact for south koreans and for south korean businesses is just getting started. the cube is as far as the eye can see the south koreans have been waiting patiently in their hundreds outside is supermarkets like this one to get their hands on protective masks it's particularly important here in the city of de q where the vast majority of south korea's in

korea who are going through this at the moment rob mcbride there in de go south korea thank you very much. now it's nearly 4 weeks since the province the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak went into locked in al-jazeera scrutiny you spoke to residents living in rouhani. one month after bronze sealed off its borders its roads are empty and construction sites are abandoned the city's millions of residents have been ordered to stay indoors among them mark leo and his son craft your hands. your hands oh your feet with schools across china closed until further notice eason is taking classes online through a video call mark told us his family was doing its best to adapt to life under lockdown and how they've been coping with the restrictions and in order to lock that is necessary friends of people i know and some of my colleagues have been affected and some died a few days after they found out the cause of virus so i'm really worried for my family can do is to stay at home residents had been permitted to leave their residential compounds once every 7 days but this week loudspeakers pla

south east southeast south korea but have not so far created as far as we know any new clusters rob thank you. well iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the coronavirus outbreak for new infections have been recorded in the capital tehran 7 in the holy city of qom to england province and one each in mccaskey province and to the cabal now in a bid to stop the spread pakistan closed its borders with iran on sunday as have armenia and turkey in the northwest ankara has also halted all incoming flights in afghanistan has suspended all road and air travel to its neighbor 3 afghans are currently being tested for the virus after entering from iran and iraq is scanning arrivals of fears that hundreds of thousands of iranians visiting holy sites could bring the virus across the border dorset baris in tehran with more on how the authorities there are responding. the number is of course significant because they are worried that the containment process is really something that they need to address as quickly as possible the outbreak started in the holy city of wh

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

as take a closer look now at south korea where as we've saying infections have shut up shop play. a struggling to keep the onus from racing further out of control fans of the virus also put putting a damper on the country's pop music industry. snaking around the block queuing up for face masks south korea has the highest number of coronavirus cases i cite mainland china this store is packed with people trying to get their hands on masks nearby the streets are almost empty as the general public take precautions pretty much what the group will work for a welfare organization but it has shut its doors for the time being and says it will remain so until the corona virus outbreak has subsided so i have to find another place to work but i'm finding that difficult because of the outbreak because the. my university is forcing me to go home who i've only been here for a week so i mean better than nothing but i'd rather not go back one woman square here in the center of the south korean capital seoul usually functions as a hub of activity including cultural events and rallies but demonstrat