A very warm welcome to you which 2 pm here in moscow and youre watching r. T. International with me aaron its great to have you with us. And our top story Iraqi SecurityOfficials Say a barrel of rockets has again hit a base housing u. S. And other Coalition Troops near baghdad is the 2nd attack on the facility this week on wednesday 2 American Service members and one british soldier were killed the u. S. Retaliated on friday with an strikes against an iranian linked group but 6 iraqis were killed in that operation because in baghdad say there will be consequences for relations with washington the u. S. Bombing of Government Security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts and disrupt the agreement between iraq and the Global Coalition of the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed qatar militia to take out 5 of the groups weapons storage facilities. In response to this attack on an iraqi base that hosts Coalition Forces supporting the iraqi fight against isis we carried out precision defensive strikes to degrade and destroy it vance conventional weapons that have been provided to keep could keep his ball up by there already and backers we are in iraq to support the people of iraq in their fight against isis however we always reserve the right to defend our forces whenever theyre attacked or threatened but iraq stays friday socalled precision strikes actually killed at 3 government soldiers 2 Police Officers and a civilian and that was under construction in the city of karbala was also damaged the u. S. Were prize will have been met with anger in the capital. Thats going to head to our ability about it we condemned the attack some popular move lies ation forces sites and the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars american the run the fighting one of them threatens to beyond it and ultimately iraq is of the once and for victim. Schools are being settled between america and iran and it is happening on our soil it violates our sovereignty it while its our rights we are calling for the United Nations to intervene. But. I am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions as you condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraqs sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world. Middle east expert allie risk told us that despite Donald Trumps anti interventionist Campaign Promise that if he doesnt see u. S. Troops withdrawing from iraq anytime soon. From the beginning trial and spoken about the necessity to withdraw from the endless wars he attempted to draw down on the troopers and serial theres no maybe. Just there but iraq is the one place in the middle east which has not spoken about troop withdrawals or troop reduction and i think a lot of that may be used related to the oil you know iraq is very rich from saying iraq is a special case. With that in mind i think they will try as much as possible to keep the american troops in iraq but it is expected that the americans will face more and more of these attacks because the bombings of the hospital are places all the iraqi factions dont be too up to target these groups and more attacks targeting american bases. Several countries declared an emergency on friday in response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joined neighboring european nations which are struggling with containment message much as the u. S. Has limited travel from europe the restrictions also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon while donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level and response. To unleash the full power of the federal government of this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly for. A large amount of money for states and territories or look at these in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the United States in response to the corona Virus Outbreak now when trump declared a National Emergency that freed up roughly 50000000000. 00 worth of funds that he can then use to take action and and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through Testing Centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they dont get out of their car they just drive up theyll be tested and then drive away and that way theyre not getting out of their car theres no danger of them spreading it in the area in which the test is taking place trouble also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the European Union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesnt apply to certain countries but regardless trump touted it and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is very very important in a situation like this now trump was the only one who spoke and we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken on a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local states of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have schools closed their schools you know Public Events are being canceled all throughout the United States new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of the. Or than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local measures we now have the federal government of the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump declaring a National Emergency on a federal level and action is being taken a number of us corporations such as walmart and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against iran a virus and get us through this crisis here in the United States and the Coronavirus Crisis has seen president ial buying opportunity to boost sales for the funds to sickles industry at home but his push to buy american could hit can see this in the pocket has done a quarter. Its too little too late for Donald Trumps ban on european visitors panic has already set in and hordes of coronavirus doomsday preppers are already raiding supermarket shelves. But the world. Corona virus has already spread to well over 100 countries and territories worldwide pandemic according to the u. N. It doesnt care about your race creed or class even millionaires like tom hanks and his wife announced they have fallen ill and while chinas all but got its own coronavirus situation under control washington still putting most of the blame for everything and anything connected to the pandemic on china the one virus that began at the end of last year you called it the womb on Virus Chinese Communist Party has said that this is where the virus started china has unleashed this plague on the entire world through their dishonesty and their lack of transparency and corruption and rather than using best practices this outbreak and why it was covered up youd think theyd understand that being the origin of a pandemic was out of beijings control but while washington continues to throw shade its forgotten one Crucial Point pretty much all u. S. Antibiotics vitamin c. Pills 1st aid supplies are supplied by Chinese Companies americas basically pharmaceutically dependent on china if china banned the experts of drugs the u. S. Would sink into the how of the Novel Coronavirus at the demick and thats given washington more than just the coronavirus to panic about i think its been clear for a while now that we are far too reliant on china for Domestic Production especially for essential products that we rely on and of course our medical supply chain is. The very top of that list the corona Virus Outbreak has made clear we must combat americas supply chain vulnerabilities and dependence on china in critical sectors of our economy the Coronavirus Crisis puts into sharp focus the unacceptable dependence of the u. S. On china for critical medicines and their ingredients by American Trend has gained new traction as a result trumps trade advisories even suggesting a change in federal law that would force the feds to buy from American Companies if we have strong buy american procurement that will establish a robust base level of demand that provides the appropriate incentives for our pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest and locate domestically worried yet with all of big pharma profit making schemes in the past the outrageous lifelong cost of hiv treatment in the u. S. Spiking the prices of insulin it doesnt take an economist to wonder how the already high price of drugs might skyrocket the destruction of the supply chain is what drives the work that we have you know short many of these production of items not maybe the product itself but maybe a component of the product thats very basic and then we come to United States to get more you know manufactured so clearly it underlines how vulnerable we are as a 1st world country you know in china to produce these basic products so while you and i see the coronavirus pandemic as a tragedy of world significance big business will try every which way to turn it into a profit making extravaganza for themselves of course whenever theres a crisis someone is always there to make some money off it come on you know now youre going to start seeing people going to be at home youre going to see netflix go up or other you know online watching platforms hulu or whatever the case might be and same thing with medications. Ok well stock markets recovered slightly on friday after suffering the biggest drop and those who did is the route saw the wild 20 wealthiest people collectively news that 80000000000. 00 and let worth as for all those with plenty of money in the bank it seems that all of them came to use that cash to keep coronavirus a day. You know if. Youre putting extra resources into recruiting and lead educators able to provide interim private tutoring as demand is high this is driving up to their salaries and tuition prices. You know. Members who are traveling commercial at using to book elite services a day or ports not your typical 1st class lounge for example private terminals check in customs and security members can request for the jetted to be cleared so they minimize the interactions with other passengers on their way to their seat. Because the ration tends to be very. Into any virus i think the super rich will be less effective than the rest of us simply because they have the means to us in much more terasa get much more. Large scale blades United States charges people die. Thousands of dollars for corona virus tests and surely doesnt have enough tests to go around for some reason they have tests available for the richest people and at the same time as so many people are worried about whether or not theyre going to have to miss work a chat what theyre going to do about childcare because so many schools are closing all these problems meanwhile you have people spending millions of dollars to go abroad to go to private islands to go to. Private doctors things that the vast majority of people tend office or and i do think it will continue to polarize society because this is a vast inequality in inequality that hasnt been seen in American History and its just continuing to get worse. Anxiety have infections is also impacting people dating have bases around the world has done is avoid anything out athalie reports next from london. London is one of the worlds top food capitals with eateries offering cuisine from every country you can imagine chinese on the telly and food are among the more popular choices but as with almost every other aspect of everyday life coronavirus has disrupted the Restaurant Industry google trends data shows that interest in the secrecy and has plummeted since the crisis began from the beginning of the year interest in chinese food has fallen by 33 percent globally by 34 percent in the u. K. This restaurant and so whose famous chinatown was once thriving in crowded now the tables are empty. We already have. The restaurant. For example if a week you need to queue our own to face him a nice if we can do you have to go our own 30 minutes ways all the right reasons either since force the case from the u. K. We immediately have to come so late for all of the reference and maybe one weeks later since the color of ours and. We lost our own think to return. Until no wrong maybe 6 weeks we lost our wrong 68 percent over that our normal business i would no lock down you but we still lost a lot of our business and italian restaurants tell the same sad story as italy has been on the forefront of the fight with coronavirus interest has plunged by 24 percent globally by 10 percent in the u. K. And again thats had a devastating impact as businesses which did a brisk trade in pieces and passed is now struggling to get by the people dont know how to stop these things so the only ways they home. In the business go down down down i dont know how were going to reach the end of the month i dont know how. How we dont know. Were not working enough to keep it open every day in the morning and the beginning of the week in the morning most of the week we have clothes we feel we. Saw now the weather is change we supposed to get busy there is nothing as you can see there where i sit on the launch i mean when i say that. The launch doesnt know about up but we are in the standalone these reserving story is one of the main street between. Us where. There is nothing new so struggling the people are scared to stay around you know we all slum that is what they make of the corona juice anxiety love italian food but they dont get. Any telly and restaurant no more but what it will do to the dismay was people are afraid to being around people so your drive of 400 years didnt have you notice recently that the business is quiet. One is going down and down because people are scared they are scared of handing track down you can see this weekend nobody is here and then like months ago full of people here would put you off eating out of restaurant do you think its. Actually a different. Thing. I think if you with. People that kind of stuff says well its just sad you cant manage restaurants. Its lovely ok and so are we when were hungry will get in the restaurant and thats probably every day as more countries inevitably go to war with 19 in the u. K. Faces the prospect of an italy style complete looks maybe more than just the once popular italian and chinese restaurants that see the trade devastated east. And other whistleblowers. Calling out the International Chemical weapons watchdog its on the 4th person in a matter of months all casting doubt on the o. P. C. W. s investigation into the alleged 2018 chemical attack in syrias duma made on the most employee describes an atmosphere of fear within the organization working in the organization has been knowing open and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged i am one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the threats of personal harm is not an illusion or else many others would have spoken out by now but to other former experts earlier came forward to denounce the o. P. C. Deputies report on an alleged chemical attack and do in syria where the organization found the government guilty of using chemical weapons against its civilians the former employees said they took part in the investigation on the grounds they claimed evidence that suggested the attack could not have been conducted as described in the report undermining its conclusions others have claims the attack may have been staged well the a p c w denies the accusations insisting there is no evidence to support those claims in february a 3rd person came forward accusing the organization of attempting to smear the former employees the latest was a blowout has now strongly criticized the o. P. C. Behavior the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded and accomplished professionals can only be described as a parent i fully support their endeavors or russia is now calling on the watchdog to not be hasty in dismissing the claims. Of particular interest is the fact that this whistleblower unlike the other 3 whistleblowers is possibly a current employee at the o. P. C. W. Technical secretariat and is watching this unfolding mess in the hague 1st hand we hope that the mounting criticism of the technical secretariat from the people concerned over the o. P. C. W. s health will not be left unheeded with for whistleblower to become recently difficult for them to say that they are role 6 director and of course we would hope maybe even more works of lords would come out at this time this is a classic problem powerful entities and especially if they are linked to the Us Government and they think that all were being protected by you know powerful entity so that we need to go on and you know lets just hope that there is more integrity and more the the integrity that the 4 whistleblowers have charlotte let us hope that they can muster more people with that kind of integrity again and to fix this organization which is really needed in the world. To swedish nurses who say they were denied jobs as midwives because of their religious beliefs have felt to get their case heard by the European Court of human rights it declined to take up the case saying sweden acted lawfully the court observes that sweden provides nationwide Abortion Services and therefore has a positive obligation to organize his Health System to ensure that the effects of exercise of freedom of conscience of Health Professionals does not prevent the provision of such services the nurses retrained as midwives but refused to carry out abortions because of their Christian Faith swedish law requires midwives to carry out the procedure the women had already lost several Court Battles against the authorities saying they suffered discrimination but they case is deciding opinion. It is not a human rights stuff to refuse to provide care this is an important decision that in the long term will help to protect Womens Health who i do good quality care and to be treated with respect when seeking an abortion we are very disappointed by the courts decision not to take up the cases medical professionals should be able to work without being forced to choose between their deeply held convictions and their careers i think that the owner of a hospital has every right to hire or fire somebody that is will is not willing to do something that they want that person to provide so for example somebody owns a hospital they can say i want every doctor here to be willing to provide an abortion and theres only higher doctors rule and provide an abortion but the idea that the government should step in and tell bad hospital owner that he cant hire who wants and that people cant act according to convicted could do their convictions is just a basic violation of personal sovereignty if you have a as a person have a conviction that life is precious and worthy of protection and that to be saved and that you are doing the job because you believe just that theyre the procession should make accommodation for that there are many medics around the world and indeed just as these midwives themselves say who went into the profession who chooses profession because that all about life theyre all about saving life not about ending life and the very nature of abortion ends life. And was described as frances worst ever child sex abuse scandal a retired surgeons gone on trial accused of abusing hundreds of children many alleged victims have come forward including the doctors 2 nieces. I think when he arrived in the cost but all the authorities i dont know at what level were already aware of this and no one intervened to prevent him from being recruited. Even if its not his family who revealed the esquire neck problem its a little 5 Year Old Girl who was raped in her own garden shed light on one of the biggest sexual predators one of the biggest pedophiles in french criminal history surely the pickle could until 6 or. So you can get a cure or good news for d. V. Also could he acknowledges deviant behavior and he doesnt dispute the possession of child pornography but he denies acts of penetration to prevent his paedophilia from getting out he locked himself up cut all social ties his only obsession was his collection of images and this need to put his fantasies on paper. It was stones in decades of those who have killed at least 20 people many of the deaths being attribute it to collapse buildings road accidents and electrical incidents flooding has severely affected transport links and many say that without power. Running the water. Meanwhile in chile a ban on public gatherings hasnt deterred angry crowds from rallying against the president s calling for him to quit widespread anger of inequality and a push for constitutional reform has 3 months of on breast violence at the latest protest for riot Police Respond with tear gas and water cannon. And italys streets may be deserted because of the coronavirus curfews but then certainly not silence nationwide musicians are taking to the balconies in a flash mob to break the eerie quiet as people pick up an instrument or burst into song to lift the spirits while stuck at home. Joining us here on r. T. International were back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines. So. You see every passage is the death of something all passages involve some kind of conflict between where one is trying to reconstitute the old way of doing things but it doesnt work as a therapist im often working with people and those in between so again i think the key is how do i find my path through all of this and where do i find in its in those moments we have to start beginning to trust what is coming from within. Im after a time and welcome to going underground amidst a Coronavirus Crisis and ahead of next weeks planned in stumble summit between you leaders as nato member Turkey Threatens the e. U. For alleged violations of International Refugee law coming up on the show as Boris Johnsons government declares support for thursdays u. S. Warplane attack on iraq killing Iraqi Soldiers Police civilians how is the Kurdish Community in iraq supported u. S. Policy ahead of mondays anniversary of the massacre weaponized by britain and the United States we speak because of high representative to the u. K. Here and what now for afghanistan of the trunk begins repatriating thousands of us soldiers the revolutionary association of the women of afghanistan tells us what was achieved in the longest war in u. S. History plus up to 10 years of austerity and one of the lowest numbers of all in the western world has new come a tory johnson. Budget promised enough to tackle coronavirus we asked for. Scotland secretary David Mendell all the more good well be in todays going underground but 1st im here of the d. Contemporary gallery in mayfair in london with the high representatives of the United Kingdom of the kurdistan region over iraq cohen jamal to hear thank you so much for inviting us into the gallery can i just ask you 1st tell me about the exhibition here in london and how it is inspired by the journeys of a community that is what up to 35000000 people in the world yes well thank you so much for having me today and thanks for coming to this art exhibit should this art exhibit is part of the concept of cultural diplomacy of could have some original government representation here in london we initiated this project for one to promote the kurdish culture in britain 2nd to create a platform for our artists included some region so they can. Get out from the local exhibit into International Exhibition because theyre from iraq and from syria and the whole different regions know this is particularly from current stump region of iraq so the artist came from could somebody general for iraq we have 5 artists who contributed to participated in this Art Exhibition and it is sad reflection of their years of denial repression of the Kurdish People into some preachers and under the hand of dictatorship saddam assam throughout his role in iraq and also reflected in the value of that we believe in could some region the value of peace the violence of course existence and the value of empowerment of women