Invited to form israels next government. Hello governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movement of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of coronavirus deaths recorded in italy has now risen 25 percent just in the past day to over 800 as europes worst outbreak of the deadly virus continues to expand italy has 25000 cases of the highest number recorded outside china and spain became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths has doubled iran has announced more than 100 people have died in the past 24 hours and confirmed cases there are nearing 14000 to hans says its fight is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions and then the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe have caused chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on non americans traveling from European Countries including the u. K. And ireland or brennan is joining us here in the studio and its a worrying spike in the number of cases in italy it is its been a week since its really imposed that National Lockdown this increase of 368 deaths in just the past 24 hours is key. Cern inc because statistically significant it is the highest single day increase across the world i mean even wu han in china at its worst didnt get anywhere close to this a daily increase in the number of deaths so you can see how its concerning possible the reasons for it well it has a an Elderly Population and the elderly seem to be a particularly susceptible demographic for this virus and the majority of the new deaths that happened up in long body of in the Northern Province where it has been the epicenter so you know you can see there are reasons for it but the italian experience given that thats the potential for an eye for whats happening in the rest of europe is going to be really concerning for governments all across the rest of europe and here in the u. K. Controversy continues over the governments handling of the corona Virus Outbreak yeah pressure in fact we just had it announced in the last hour that Boris Johnson and or a senior minister will start giving daily news conferences from tomorrow from monday that clearly thats been announced by number 10 downing street thats clearly pressure by the government to come up with answers and be open and transparent theres been criticism about the transparency as far as the Strategic Direction of the government goes yes there are still big differences between the u. K. s approach they havent shut schools they arent closing universities theyre not advising people to stay at home yet. Which contrasts sharply with what is happening elsewhere in europe and it remains to be seen which of the 2 strategies the u. K. Or the rest of europe is going to be most effective against this virus all right paul thank you very much for that. Well irans death toll has now risen to at least 724 and almost 14000 people in the country are infected many iranians have ignored official advice this they home and a host of senior officials politicians doctors and clerics have all contracted the disease there renia president Hassan Rouhani says u. S. Sanctions are severely impacting the countrys ability to stop coronavirus to get an update from joining us from tehran and how much pressure is the government under over its own handling of the virus and with this these increased numbers that were seeing. Well certainly it seems that with every single day there is an uptick in the number of dead theres an uptick in the number of overall cases and today tragically there is another record setting day for the death toll from coronavirus here in iran the government has faced a number of challenges in trying to combat the spread of this virus its had a lack of public trust so the population in iran has not been following the government guidance to limit their movement to be able to stop the spread of the virus sanctions by the United States have got a compound in effect limiting the kind of resources iran could have to throw at the problem when its Health Care Infrastructure is currently under the strain of so many patients needing so much help but the virus itself is creating its own pressure system now that is straining not just the Health Services but it seems irans ability to manage the problem what we saw today was another spike in the number of overall cases but also we saw the to who run the figures show that theyre continues to be the main epicenter for the virus here in the country despite that president Hassan Rouhani government says that it cannot and will not lock down the capital that there will be no quarantine in any reports of that are simply rumors and they are not true its really a struggle to balance the Economic Health of the country with trying to manage this Public Health crisis but they did say that the next phase of their reaction to trying to combat the virus will be to start having temperature screening at the city limits of the capital to try to control the passengers that are coming in and out to try to make sure nobody has symptoms and isnt carrying the disease but can the virus continues to spread the numbers continue to go up and the government seems unable to really get a grip on trying to control these figures but we also heard from the counter Coronavirus Task force set up by president Hassan Rouhani here in the capitol earlier today was a little bit of new and perhaps disturbing information if this is not an anomaly it could be a source of real concern for a wider. Group of the population here in iran it seems 15 percent of those that have died of corona virus are categorized as younger people normally use in the virus affect to the very elderly or the sick but 15 percent of those that have died in iran were around the age of 40 the median age here is 31. 00 the majority of the population is considered to be a useful population so certainly if there is a strain of the virus as many officials would say that is more virulent in iran that is quote deadlier or wilder that could be a problem that they havent even thought about contending yet. Thank you. Well soldiers have been clearing the streets of the philippine capital manila where a mandatory quarantine is in place several Asian Countries have seen a jump in new cases including malaysia which reported almost 200. 00 new infections on sunday and thats the spike tough measures across the region to stop the virus from spreading so has more. The philippine capital manila has begun a months lockdown thousands of police ceding off the city by blocking major roads the current team means Domestic Travel in and out of manila this is spend it with a few exceptions what makes them theres so much traffic to containment measures are disruptive but its ok its for the good of our own health. From monday minute his 12000000 residents will be under a nightly curfew and are encouraged to stay its time during the day schools are closed most government jobs will be suspended and large gatherings are to be banned. The philippines has taken some of the toughest measures yet in the region theres also been a jump in the number of coronavirus cases in malaysia most of them a link to a 4 day event that was held in february at a mosque near kuala lumpur among the 16000 attendees there were nearly 1500 foreigners who went back to their countries majority of cases found in neighboring brunei and now linked to that gathering in australia has strict travel measures are being implemented anyone arriving from abroad must self quarantine for 2 weeks cruise ships entering Australian Waters will soon be banned from docking 30 days Prime MinisterScott Morrison says the restrictions are necessary and is called for an urgent meeting of the g 20. Promised to my to use crane to organize i link up between all the g 20 leaders i think thats i think thats a Commendable Initiative the struggle obviously supports that and even more urgent maybe that would be needed would be the meaning of the g 20 finance ministers and Central Bank Governors this is a whole crisis but it has very serious economic impact. In new zealand the number of people infected has gone up after a person traveled from australia despite having tested positive for corona virus itself isolation period of 2 weeks to travelers entering new zealand has come into force but those coming from small South Pacific island countries with no reported cases are exempt were going to step out there in force and things like spot checks to ensure people self isolating and if you dont stand for isolate there are quarantine powers available to us and all new zealands east coast passengers on a cruise ship docked in akko town are not allowed to disembark 3 people on board are quarantined with one showing symptoms Peoples Movement is being restricted if you choose hope it will prevent a bigger spread the virus. Now the Largest Airline in the United StatesAmerican Airlines is slashing its International Flights by 75 percent until may the cuts were announced hours after the Us Government restricted travel for more countries including the United Kingdom and ireland as a precaution against the Coronavirus International airports across the u. S. Were already in chaos with incoming travelers forced to wait hours for medical screening before being allowed through customs lets get an update from mike hanna joining us from washington so the virus is having a major impact on the travel industry mike. Certainly year so these travel arrangements were announced on wednesday but came into implementation late friday night and now they really beginning to bite a number of his airports completely overwhelmed by the volume of traffic is but specifically by the screening tests that are now suddenly being carried out at 13 designated airports passengers are reporting waits of up to 10 hours coming into these u. S. Airports and certainly creating as many have pointed out a Massive Health hazard in terms of crowding huge amounts of people together for long periods of time standing side to side this at a time when the idea of keeping social distance is being urged as a massive way of stemming the flow of the virus by the administration itself but critics once again pointing out that this an ill conceived and ill implemented a kneejerk reaction this ban on travel likely to get even worse given that on monday night at midnight travel bans start applying to the United Kingdom an island as well which may even swell intensify the log jams at these airports and alongside the coronavirus the republicans and democrats trying to navigate their way through the president ial campaign and to the polls indicate whos whos coping best. Well at this particular stage everybody is just dealing with it day by day to be honest the whole election process under threat from the virus at this particular point remembering as you mention this is Election Year now primaries are going to go ahead in 4 u. S. States in this coming week but they are special precautions are being put in place the polling stations were cited at Nursing Centers they will obviously be moved organizers encouraging voters to vote an abstention or to send in mail ballots but certainly this is going to be a crisis in the months ahead and States Holding primaries next month that is march have now announced the suspension of these primaries 2 states that is georgia and louisiana have now postponed the primaries so this is going to have a major impact in the weeks and months ahead as candidates go to the polls remembering the election takes place in november so massive challenges to the electoral system will be posed yeah sounds like it ok mike hanna thank you. Still to come on aljazeera french president defends his decision to go ahead with local elections despite the coronavirus pandemic. Special prayers are how the new zealand to remember those killed in the Christ Church mosque attack despite coronavirus restrictions. Yet more cloud of rain pushing into western parts of the shadows to data to the southeast this area of low pressure swelling away across turkey central parts to generate settle but you see the Better Weather up towards the northwest pushing across seaports shells into scandinavia High Pressure over spite at the moment its not too bad at present but if you go on through monday quite a bit of cloud of gray will spill in a much colder day on monday 12 cells as a top temperature in madrid next is some snow over the spanish plain pushing up towards boston rather peyronies right sleep the snow coming in here central parts of france also seeing some of that wintry mix when she weather to just around both parts of scotland pushing across Northern Areas of olland as well as a central parts of europe not bad because that snow down into the southeast and coldest weather to around the Baltic States pushing into western parts of russia as it should do at this time of the years ago and its achieved i think squatting down across the the northwests not too bad into western half of spy into political some showers there into the east side of spain for time. Still rather live in the weather on the other side of the mediterranean for northern parts of africa what is generate dry cool for some of the next couple of days just 21 in tripoli. The biggest land grab in history. As powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean 21. 00 geologists are secretly bored. As the struggle for resources intensifies some of the worlds most powerful scientists speak out. On a 0. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera italy has recorded 368 new coronavirus deaths in the past day taking the number of fatalities to just over 825 percent increase in 24 hours italy has the highest number of total cases outside of china at 25000 and the number of people with the virus in iran is nearing 14113 people have died there in the past 24 hours to hong says u. S. Sanctions are severely hampering the fights in the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course they also at airports the u. S. Has expanded its extended its ban on non americans traveling from europe to include the u. K. And ireland. Well the french president of money when my call has defended his decision to go ahead with local elections across the country despite the coronavirus pandemic the government has issued guidelines to polling stations austin people to stand at least a meter apart from each other a partial lockdown is in place in france which has at least 4 and a half 1000 cases that talk about lawyers at a polling station in the capital paris. Well here at this paris polling station as in polling stations across the country people coming to photo have been told by the french government to take very particular precautions they have to stand a meter apart they have to use Hand Sanitizer when they go in and out to clean their hands where mosque where possible bring their own pen to sign the register now of course the french government has put these regulations in place because all of the coronavirus epidemic in the country but really this policy is taking place in extraordinary context you have a country in virtual lockdown with nearly everything shut except for essential services but the french government has insisted that these elections must go ahead now while french people are voting for about half a 1000000 local councillors and those local councils will then elect there may as well for the people who did choose to come to vote they said that they felt that the risks were minimal lettuce or initial count i wasnt worried about coming here because we have to keep our distances we have to take precautions. It was normal to do it and i think if we take precautions its not a problem well a number of french political leaders and Health Experts had called over the past few days on the government to perspire in these elections saying it wasnt necessary at this particular time and to really put so many people at risk in the midst of a Health Crisis the french government those says that the risks of been minimized that care is being taken and they also say that it is important to continue with the democratic process while there is supposed to be a 2nd round in these municipal elections in one weeks time well have to wait and see if that goes ahead. And they dont try and downward trend in the number of cases in china is being celebrated by the government as a major victory beijing had initially can still be open before putting millions of people in quarantine and the sarah clarke reports those locked down restrictions came at a cost. On his 1st trip to the epicenter of the krajina Virus Outbreak chinese president xi jinping went on what commentators called a victory lap visiting members of the communist party and Health Workers on the front line he congratulated the people of one hand for defeating whats now a Global Pandemic the places he went to or was a very choreographed for everything was stepped in a way so they were and it was on message so that it maps to also the signaling in the newspapers t. V. All over try these