a crackdown on protesters demanding political change the death of a young man in libya highlights the hard conditions of migrants held in detention camps and in school one of tennis s fiercest rivalries is set to resume at the australian open on player nick bates in karen catching off to set up a full fair match with rafael nadal. china s president says his country is facing a grave situation over the outbreak of the corona virus 41 people are now confirmed dead and more than 1300 people infected in a meeting with the communist party leadership see jumping warn the spread of the virus is accelerating 450 military medics have been deployed to the epicenter to help travel restrictions are in place across the country the most severe in city where the outbreak began which has been in near lockdown for 3 days it s now banning all non-essential vehicles from monday by july and mosques across the country have been closed including parts of the great wall in beijing and disneyland in
a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake. and in school one of the tennis shoes rivalries will resume at the australian open. carry all speech encouraged to set up a fall from match. hello our top story this hour president xi jinping says china is facing a grave situation as the world s most populous country scrambles to contain a deadly new virus at least 41 people have died after contract ing the new strain of corona virus it can cause flu like symptoms and in extreme cases lead to shortness of breath and pneumonia more than 1300 people have now been infected on the chinese mainland with hospital struggling to deal with the outbreak around 50000000 people are affectively in lockdown after transport links were suspended to and from the city of 100 the epicenter of the outbreak and then also to surrounding cities as well where the virus has already crossed borders 38 cases have been reported in 11 other countries along with the chinese territories of hong kong and macau. scott has o
a dangerous precedent. refusing to back down defiant protesters in lebanon gather outside beirut central government building to denounce the new cabinet. we go inside a detention center in libya and meet with the migrants with broken dreams up to risking their lives for a better future in europe. china s president xi jinping says the outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus is accelerating and that the situation is grave at least $41.00 people have died after contracting the illest well then $1300.00 people have been infected overwhelming hospitals around 50000000 people in the country are ineffective isolation to transport links were cut to 100 percent of all the outbreak as well as surrounding cities dozens of cases have been reported in 11 other countries the u.s. and france have made plans to evacuate their citizens from city scott hyla begins our coverage from beijing. like the past several days the people of china again woke up to news that the corona virus has claimed mo
election. we will get the latest. then as president trump moves to expand his travel ban to seven more countries, we will speak to the oscar-winning actor tim robbins about his new play traveling the country about immigration and refugees calleld t the new colosossus. i was born in moscow in the soviet union. iran. germamany. yugoslavia. mexico. i am a refugee in the year 1979. i am a refugee in 20. amy: we eak to t r robbi about his rentnt fil dark ters, tt tells thstory of rob bilo s twenty-year fight with dupon us as bilott will join well. the chemical is emitted from manufacturing plants, goes up into the air from smokestacks. can get up into water droplets into the clouds a and transfefer over the entiree planet. it is now in the blood of not just 99% of americans, but the entire globe. everybody on the planet. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in the first day of
this is all ages even these are the top stories. he was. 3 jury members have been selected so far for the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd floyd died in may last year triggering worldwide protests the court has set aside 3 weeks to choose the 12 jurors but that could be delayed over plans to have the 3rd degree murder charge the state s asked the court to stop proceedings until that s resolved john hendren has the latest from minneapolis. race is particularly important in this case of a white police officer accused of killing a black man in a racially charged incident that was videotaped by bystanders and went viral that video sent protesters into the streets across the united states and set off riots here in minneapolis and elsewhere it s rare that a police officer is charged with murder and river still that one is convicted in the concern here in minneapolis is that if derrick chauvin is found not guilty of these charges that those riots that began