Saudi aramco releases eagerly awaited results for the 1st quarter well be looking at how the Global Economic crisis is hitting the Worlds Biggest Oil company. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today the krona virus pandemic has brought the work of nurses into sharp focus as they struggle to care for patients suffering from covert 19 now since today is International Nurses day were focusing on the sacrifices theyve been making to save lives starting with a look at the woman credited with creating the modern profession Florence Nightingale today also marks her birth 200 years ago. The original queen of hygiene Florence Nightingale she revolutionized Battlefield Medicine during the crimean war when more british soldiers were dying of infections than battle wounds the principles remain is just think not be the same today as they did you im sure you see i reach it is you need to wash your hands and you need to make sure that the environment is incredibly clean. And. Thanks treating patients and the need for ventilation the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals around the world thats led many nurses to protest from peru to washington d. C. Outside the white house. Briefing at white across the country and we demand to be heard. President from hamburg and all other government that if we demand that you immediately get b. P. And doctors and Health Care Workers on the front lines of the pandemic. If you cant protect that we cant protect our people. In senegal this nurse says theres a strong sense of duty in the profession. We have no choice from the moment you set out to become a nurse to practice this profession and i think its a source of pride to be a nurse to be able to help people to be able to help them recover their health. One person who does appreciate nurses street artist banksy whose latest work game changer is on display at a london hospital. And were joined now by the European FederationNurses Association secretary general told rob from brussels thanks so much for being with us paul let me thank you and everyone in your profession for all youve been doing during this crisis an estimated 179 Health Care Staff in britain alone have died during this and demick many of them nurses whats the biggest risk that theyre facing in this pandemic. I think good and then it came to us quite suddenly so many Member States in the uniform in union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such a Protection Equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patients to wash the patients and feed the patients to not just the banks and whats not available so even from be born a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time title last week are not prepared at the nest we are told prepare and then next report be up and make clear recommendations released government give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients that b. P. East the masks to mock the aerials that they need to protect themselves and i think everybody trying to do will get best ok now of all that report was 6 years ago calling for Protection Equipment what went wrong why did National Governments why did the European Commission brussels not listen to your call for help. I think in that time to next Americas Summit on health was that preparedness and walnut crisis you know we had a few noses who came to london to muggeridge who were affected will cain from from africa but you know disband that make historically different as an overly different scale and do 2 governments by surprise also the neck of the nation you know the commission has no there is still this subsidiarity principle and you know in relation to Health Governments has always said yes but this is not your responsibility until you have a serious problem and then you miss out on the right so we have always said please make sure that the 16 recommendations are in that report they are huge a bill today and we are not knocking much we just us the things that we need to do our job properly and to not good our selves at risk using could be very simple to get masks and gloves to the people who need it most paul thank you so very much we have to leave it there thank you for all your work and wed like to recognize you on this International Nurses the people in your profession thank you thank you like other european nations spain has started easing some of its coronavirus restrictions Restaurants Hotels museums and some cities are now allowed to reopen but many regions are still on lockdown the government says about half the country has yet to meet the criteria for lock downs to be lifted and even in cities that have received the green light Business Owners remain cautious we have this from syria. This is the 1st time in 2 months until a new one has opened its doors he stands at his coffee machine at 7 in the morning just like he has in the last 28 years and this is open a cafe in the center of civic but things are very different now new regulations state he can only serve custom house outside with half as many tables as he would nonetheless until you hold a few patrons book or its cafe might not survive. The last few months have been really tough we had operating cost but absolutely no income state assistance help but it still just learned we have to pay it all back and somehow keep our business afloat. We have to try at least to be honest its all very depressing. But i can but we dont. Civill fulfills all the criteria to qualify for an easing of social restrictions a low rate of infections and a good supply of hospital beds that puts it at a better footing than the capital madrid but many civil businesses will still stay closed this time of year is peak season for until in your specialty snails but currently at his restaurant he hasnt even said the shots hes running a small Delivery Service but had to lay off his whole staff is frustrated by a lack of clear information from the government. Im not going to go we were just told ok from today on you can open again but up until the day before they told us they didnt publicly announce anything about what that meant and exactly what regulations would have to be met with. These sites restaurants Small Businesses and hotels are being allowed to open this week at least on paper many shopkeepers also keep the businesses closed due to the strict regulations have already given up empty shop windows and forensics are becoming more and more common in spanish cities french us spain is one of the countrys most affected by the crisis that is why the pictures of overcrowded hospital only a few weeks old the latest economic figures are causing you experts are warning of unemployment rates of more than 30 per cent. The terrace is slowly beginning to fill up hes been able to reemploy 3 Office Format stuff hes hoping the next easing off restrictions might mean he can soon invite customers inside to. Were joined now by the correspondent who filed that report for us john philip shelves good morning to you in. Philip 1st off more than half of spain returned to a semblance of normality today or yesterday rather but half the country is still on lockdown. Yes thats true but still for the people here in spain its been a huge step it might seem still strict compared to other countries but we have to keep in mind that and so some days ago all of spain was under the strictest lockdown in all of europe so the new rules that i would now they include besides the opening of restaurants that we saw in there in every part they also includes a relaxation of measures on a personal level for example people can meet in small groups again and what is very interesting about the spanish model is that each region has to apply for the relaxation of measures. Measures and then the Central Government decides the region can move on or if the region has to right ok so handing a lot of the responsibility for reopening down to the lowest level thats the most local level lessons like a good idea what do people think of the loosening of the measures in general. I think in general people are. Easing off of the measures because its been very tough on them for more than 2 months now you can see a lot of families out on the streets now strolling around you can see people having a drink on the streets so generally welcoming the steps but we also have to keep in mind that spain is still very heavily affected the memories of overcrowded hospital its still very fresh in the memories of the people so the people welcomed the steps but they are still cautious at the same time ok theyre still cautious right now but what are the next steps especially regarding the big cities like madrid barcelona and the other regions are still under tight restrictions. Exactly barcelona and get it they are still under title restrictions because theyre out thank you rights. Very high so they cannot move on to the further levels of relaxation when the. Head of the local governments that its trying to relax their restrictions see it received huge protests a lot of her colleagues from other regions protests that and said that the capital should not get special treatment so just because thats the captives of the country so that still a lot of discussions ahead but what is for sure is that many regions can move on to the next level 2 weeks and this will also include the opening of cinemas and yes ok young told thanks so much for that update from c. B. S. And for your report as well to pay. Bills take a look now at some other developments in the pandemic a new outbreak of the corona virus in south korea has been linked to a man who visited a number of nightclubs while infected the number of related new cases has surpassed 100 germany has also seen a rise in new infections after some relaxation of lockdown restrictions and after the 1st day of easter stretches in france a country reported an increase in deaths from the virus on monday. Well the war of words between the United States and china over the crown of virus continues with chinese officials suggesting the outbreak actually started in the u. S. And with President Trump and other american officials describing the trend of virus as the chinese virus a point the president emphasized again last week came out of china ok whether people like to say it or not Everybody Knows that it could have been stopped right at the source and it would have been easy to do. Something something happened. Something happened. While one vocal critic of this high stakes blame game is accusing President Trump and the murdoch media empire which includes fox news of intentionally stoking the war of words the former australian Prime Minister kevin rudd wrote he is currently president of the Asia Society Policy institute joins us now from sydney good day to you mr rudd thank you so much for coming in for us today is it only the Us Administration or is beijing also playing a role in this ask elating war of words will both sides are engaged in this and to the detriment of actually establishing the truth of what has transpired in terms of the origin of the virus early notification or lack thereof in china by the provincial authorities to the central authorities and furthermore in terms of notification from china to the w. H. O. And what the w. H. O. Then did about it my own view is that in order to get to the bottom of this we need to have an independent International Inquiry and mind recommendation is being done so by the un secretarygeneral convening a High Level Panel of scientists has drawn from china and the rest of the International Community but this is a rolling up killer a virus of accusations in both directions doesnt hope to get us to the fundamental scientific truths of what transpired ok well is the un the best forum for that the United States is raising questions about the w. H. O. Its not alone and about the un in general and its role in this crisis is that the best forum to look into the words ends of the coronavirus itself. Well i think what the peoples of the world are interested in is as i said the origins of the virus transmission notification what the w. H. O. Been did and frankly what governments around the world then did themselves nationally once that notification was received and the various levels of National Response affective or otherwise in terms of the available mechanisms for conducting any such investigation everything at present is deeply politicized even the Un Security Council where you have the rolling danger and all prospect of chinese and russian veto u. N. General assembly the w. H. O. Out examine itself because its part of whats being asked about here so my recommendation is the secretary general United Nations who has an independent political personality who occupies a position who independently can convene High Level Panels like hes done in the past and previous secretary generals have but make sure this is an appropriately balanced panel of medical experts 52 of them in china but also elsewhere in the ok let me jump in there if i could how do you think this is going to separate politics from science is the u. N. The forum to do this we need to get the politics out of this question dont wait is that possible with the u. N. Well im all ears from you to hear from what the alternative mechanism or machinery is we can Start Talking about money i mean i dont have a suggestion right now but the bottom line is questions about the u. S. The point is. Well you should have questions about how the w. H. O. Is performed and its the relevant United Nations agency no institution in the world at present is going to be universally free from criticism but the bottom line is the un secretary general okeefe is the only position which in my own view has the appropriate balance as well as independent standing to convene a High Level Panel of medical experts it will be then for the International Community to judge whether their inquiry has been conducted in a fair and impartial manner or not all of them that my fear is my deep fear is that this will continue just to descend into National Politics as china closes down domestically in terms of International Medical experts getting to the truth of what transpired and all of those in the International Community simply engaging in a polemic so what went on ok i think peoples of the world want to know what the truth is i think this is important impulse and rather id like to thank you former Prime Minister of australia for coming in and for your insights today and and for the call initial start look at the right forum internationally to discuss this perhaps it is the u. N. Thank you so very much mr rudd for coming in good to be with you. Lets get you a brief look now at some of the other stories making the news today were going to go to a story now about aramco saudi arabia announced on monday that it would deepen its cuts of oil by a further 1000000 barrels a day as Global Demand continues to weaken as a blow for Aramco Company would celebrated the worlds biggest ever stock market listing just a few months ago. The world was a very different place last december when saudi aramco the Biggest Oil Company of the mold went public in a blaze of glitz. The coronavirus pandemic means the bell has well and truly told for the oil sector even for a company then valued at a mind boggling 1. 00 trillion dollars the pandemic has quickly burned through balance sheets. The price of crude oil has plunged dramatically since coronavirus lockdowns led to a massive reduction in demand in the 6 months since around coal launched its shares oil has lost well over half its value under lobel markets. Saudi aramco has already felt the impact of the stock price has been in steady decline since the i. P. O. Yet so far it has not fallen anywhere near as sharply as the overall price of oil that may be because the Company Still plans on paying out a 25000000000. 00 dividend for the next 5 years. However in what looks an increasingly barren time for the sector all bets are off in the oil kingdom be ok are any bets on for more lets find out from claudia kefford Energy Expert of the German Institute for Economic Research good morning cloudy nice to see you what it comes that morning when it comes to saudi aramco there its problems are they strictly a result of the virus hitting them bad for oil or do they predate the crisis. Well i would say its predating the crisis because we already saw before the corona crisis extend that there are severe difficulties not only in saudi arabia but especially to saudi aramco so the stakeholders are basically domestic they are geo political recess a corruption and a lot of uncertainty so even now with a core and a crisis the problems are increasing all the challenging the challenges are increasing so we now are facing a difficult situation ok its a challenge is not just for Oil Companies like around co the entire oil base Saudi Arabian autonomy is in a position that was absolutely unimaginable last quarter can riyadh get out of this crisis. Well only if they do a lot off reforms and only if they are changing also their Business Models for the whole country because they are now very dependent on oil and gas experts said they need oil price a buffer level of 70. 00 per barrel and this is a price we will not see this year even next year if if the oil demand is still low and therefore they need to change a need to invest more into renewable its into Energy Saving programs into reforms like increasing taxes and all this its unlikely that this will happen so fast so they might come severe difficulty. Difficult time ok and that that raises all sorts of stability issues for that entire region lets move on to a very startling statement by the c. E. O. Of oil company b. P. Hes saying its possible that weve reached peak oil that demand might fail to pick up after the Coronavirus Crisis how can the oil industry continue in its current form but yeah i mean this is very difficult that they are continuing in this current form they need to structure they need to restructure and also invest into alternatives to oil because the oil era is ending now with the corn a crisis even faster than expected so the oil demand might might be low only because the flights decreasing the Economic Stimulus Program in many o. E. C. D. Countries are fostering cleaner technologies like electric mobility and also the heating system which i replaced and says the insulation is says boosted by this kind of program so the oil demand might be lower so the Companies Need to change and also diversify also to maul Renewable Energy and also change their supply structure and theres are to be a golden lining to this crisis for renewables cloudy thanks very much for coming in on this today thank you. All Chinese Industrial producers are feeling the full economic wrath of the coronaviruses factory gate prices hit a 4 year low in april the chinese Producer Price index measures what factories charge wholesalers and it has plunged by more than 3 percent year on year chinese manufacturers are struggling to make money as factories are forced to charge less and the question is how far deeply can that go for that for their products. Our Business CorrespondentClifford Coonan joins us now for more on this good day to you clifford good to see you again the prices for goods like t. V. s cell phones clothes coming out of the factory gate right out of the factory are plunging in china right now are we looking at a deflationary phase. Well deep breath here because there are so many factors a play we are looking at a deflationary phase strangely were also looking at inflation in other sectors economist at wells fargo described the situation right now as being all over the place and thats what were seeing were seeing scarcity because theres a slow wait time because the products are taking time to leave the factories theyre not getting the prices they want the same time people are uncertain about the future so theyre not investing so theres a lot of Different Things a lot of different moving parts right now so yes there is a threat of deflation and its a big challenge but there are so many different areas to look out and i think weve all been looking to china to see if it will be a v. Shaped recovery if were just if this coronavirus were just you know eventually to come out of us increasingly with all these different moving parts were seeing it not taking that shape up theres so many Different Things that need to fall into place for the recovery to really happen ok is everyone focused on the v. Shaped recovery and in china perhaps not happening one point. 2000000000 people what are they looking for from the Chinese Government to jump start the economy whats whats beijing prepared to do well beijing is hoping to spend its way out of trouble basically in the way that it did in the 2008 financial crisis that theyre hoping for various stimulus plans at the question this time is whether has the cash to do it because its heavily indebted its got a big problem its got this massive labor market that it needs to do with your talk about 30000000 people out of work in china thats just by official figures it could be as high as 80000000 some people say so theres a lot of problems to deal with also at the same time as youve just been talking with kevin rudd we have this us china rivalry its a political problem its also a massive economic problem because relations were just werent great before the crisis with the us china trade war hasnt gone away its a systemic question as well which system the communist or the capitalist can get people back to work more quickly are there any potential bright spots out on the horizon as far as trying to concerned well i think the key question is going to be demand needs to come back and what we saw yesterday from folks talking was that they were. They were saying that their car sales in china are picking up its a very very thin piece of evidence but its something that we can grab onto we also shanghai disneyland opening again yesterday i was happy to see that theres a sign that people are getting out in business and speaking up at least in china to some degree clifford as ever thanks so much for coming in. And thank you for joining us here with news im brian thomas dont forget theres plenty more at our website and on instagram and twitter as well of course from all of us here in berlin thanks for being a. Boy. Oh boy. The lifeline of communication. The river experience that could take 7. Along the caribbean amazon. River strong religious neutral claims. The countys government has big plans to develop. To the form of environmentalists Indigenous Peoples close off. The fiscal. Cliff past. Their traditions down for centuries the kalash people in northwest pakistan. 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