Broadcasting live direct from our studios most of this is our to International Thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Because in 1000 corn on a virus continues to wreak havoc with the worldwide death toll now over 6000 consequences are impacting businesses and jobs with events being canceled and people told to stay home marty as he goes john off comments. Fear is growing fear is that someone discovered an actual jumanji aboard the real world in an almost biblical like game of. Europe and locusts actually swarming the middle east and africa as you watching this but one crisis is of course overshadowing all of this the coronavirus. And the World Health Organization is confirming our worst fears in the plants 2 weeks the number of cases of. Include is certain fall. And the number of affected countries has tripled we have that for many of the our system and that quoted 19 can be kind of. A pandemic its been a nightmarish shock week for stocks to the worst plunge in decades wiped trillions of dollars from the market for the average american it meant the crisis lifted more than 20000. 00 out of each citizens pocket also fueling the quick sell off season Donald Trumps announcement that all european holidaying plans are to be cancelled to keep new cases from entering our sures we will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days the u. K. Being one of the few countries to evade the initial ban was perhaps some very sad irony when london publicly and apparently gave up on all efforts to contain the disease eventually Vice President mike pence thought better and added the country on the banned list too but americas major indices kept reeling as if it were the stocks themselves that had caught covert 19 shaken with fever even the federal reserves absolutely massive cash lifeline utterly failed to pay to the markets black as trump struggled with a response this is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world meanwhile europe officially took up the torch from china as the new epicenter of the pandemic even big chain offered its going. And as the whole nations went on lockdown reactions have been mixed from ransacked supermarkets to prison riots to some making the best of the situation. Globally almost all major sporting events have been either canceled or postponed leagues championships and public gatherings all on the banned list so until this jumanji board is cleared of what lessons can we learn well be bold. Be careful. And wash your hands. As the anxiety spreads it also provides an opportunity for the unscrupulous to cash in and start to struggle been ski reports now from paris. With panic in no short supply coronavirus hearing from some enterprising individuals well shysters to be more precise have been concocting a variety of scams to make a quick buck now were all well aware that the 1st line of defense against the virus is toll was on her when youre out in the boat touching everything from. 200. 00 to picking up things in shops its a bit difficult to run into a both room to scrub. Every time well thank goodness of course those little travel sized bottles of her unsanitized to fight those nasty germs and that is of course if you can still find the phones dont stop printing this morning we had the schools the town hall the Public Transport Company everybody was g. L. We are under siege with demand far outstripping supply the cost of exponentially increased the problem was considered so serious the french government stepped in. In an ounce to you that today will take care of the degree regulating the prices of hierarchical the jelled another precaution for many is to dawn a face mask a tiny bit of cough covering your mouth and is this seasons must have it seems the face mask took over Paris Fashion Week so if you have the money instead of paying a couple of euros for one you can spend thousands if you like except that the type of mask available over the counter or even from a renowned fashion house is pretty useless against the virus thats at least according to the french government which at the same time is requisitioned all stocks and production all flasks for the next few months reserving them for Health Workers and those who are infected but the scammers have a new ploy france has you probably know a wolf famous ban or fully covering your face in public thats mainly aimed at conservative muslim women but some tricksters have twisted it to their advantage dressing as Police Officers theyve been told getting chinese visitors to paris who were wearing face masks telling them that they had broken the law and had to pay an on the spot following these students were 1st stupid 150 years and finds most policeman for having broken the law that bans complete Face Covering in public spaces Police Investigation found the d. s police were pretending to be Police Wearing a mask for Health Reasons is absolutely not illegal. There are always trying to pick on the weak and the elderly in the district around bordeaux there are reports of people selling door to door Decontamination Services for a snip at 1500 euros these con artists. A pressure washer to do a little bit of cleaning thats not all there up to this type of canvassing allows these crooks to enter your home check the presence of valuable objects so the presence of an alarm system will perform if they have the opportunity a robbery by trick the majority of the victims of robbery and elderly who are physically weaker tell your loved ones to take precautions and the scams it seems gaining momentum the French National consumer and fraud office says its received thousands of reports of dealings were talking everything from magical lumps with disinfecting properties to antivirus purifiers the simple and most effective method to stay virus free is something that we should all been doing anyway and that is so early washing our hands with soap and water its that simple so remember to kiss well not physically as weve been told not to be used as such but the acronym keep it simple stupid and dont get caught. Arty paris as the crisis develops more and more stories are coming out about the effects on regular people case in point is the small greek island of lesbos which recorded its 1st infection a few days ago that adds fuel to the fire because the island is also struggling to house more than 20000 refugees in a crowded camp where conditions are dire evangelise events has been hearing the islanders concerns. Im standing here in front of the laurier refugee camp in the listless reese were about 20000 refugees are held in an area that was initially built for 2000 people area its not the base when it comes to fighting in the conditions are not the ideal for People Living in such a small area but now with the spread of corona virus around the world a lot of the people are concerned he went around and spoke to the locals to see what they had to say about a fear of a virus like that spreading among the camp and this is what. If it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital it is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus one of the feel and lead the infection spread further you can imagine what will happen to him of them and there will be many issues and theyll be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it will only be morry of the affected but also my touring the whole island of less boss will be in trouble i have family on the island of course im afraid here we have our homes our farms our jobs they say many bad things about us but its us who are they going with this issue but as the locals are raising concern about such a bad leaf iris on the island and jewels are ensuring that nothing of those cases have been confirmed here at the morea camp but as we went around and we spoke to refugees swore living in the scalp for many many years now they have a different opinion this chris sligh but at least. A lot of people here now i dont know we saw somebody told me yesterday that 2 people have p. T. S. And. Im sick but theyre not even treating me nobodys paying any attention but these kind of viruses already here even if you are in the hospital it does not help much because you cannot be cured you know i sleep in a container with other people but senior bankers are. Warning the world to brace for an economic shock the head of the European Central bank says leaders need to act urgently to contain the spread of infections Global Stock Markets have suffered record falls in recent days as well crude Oil Prices Also took their sharpest weekly dive since the 2008 financial crisis has supplies far outstripped drying demand it wasnt just a down to the Health Crisis though a price war broke out which saw saudi arabia diggin after or Oil Producing nations failed to Reach Agreement on cutting production. Looks at the possible consequences 2020 will go down in history is the year where everything that could go wrong went wrong subject that has dominated the news all week. The growth of virus spreading fears grow of a Global Pandemic a huge bike increases delivery prices down more than 22 percent earlier today the biggest loss since the launch of the gulf war the saudis have launched an oil price markets are getting punched in the face a decent bottle of wine is now more expensive than a barrel of oil which as a consumer you might think isnt so bad i mean cheaper fuel truck seems to think its good. Good for the consumer gasoline prices coming down so heres my question whats the point of cheap fuel when you cant drive or fly anywhere because of an epidemic because of coron team al lines are clearly not going to stock up on kerosene all sorts of derivatives fuel derivatives will experience less demand as traveling goes down that is going to be one of the factors that will likely keep b. Or cries depressed now you are starting to get by we the whole world is facing catastrophe it isnt just one problem its many and they feed each other they multiply each other 1st the airlines suffer fuel cheap but no ones flying anywhere no one travels tourism collapses meaning millions of people lose income if millions stop making money they stop buying stuff so the factories shut down meaning more people lose jobs and so on of course we have the impact of the crisis which is made by the corona virus spreading around europe italy we have just seen it and then of course the. Situation with oil which is a bit complicated and so far ive never seen anything like this backed it on the market being even more pressure to it and we have seen what the outcome is now will we get to the crux of it think a little trip back to 2008 he is a graph showing the u. S. Debt market in 20082 trillion it collapsed because bankers high on greed gave out loons to people to buy houses that they couldnt afford we hope that least that they had learned their lesson. Watch what they did next since then theyve loaned out 3 and the hoth times as much the us Channel Industries then now selling oil cheaper than it costs them to produce the adelines with no passing just the hotels with no guests the business is with no clients in 2008 the worlds economy collapsed because a bunch of people missed the house payments now entire industries are on the verge of fooling like dominoes we have had the 1st worst drop in price in the early nineties and the stock market probably everywhere even the dow jones and greedy posted with their worst one day drop ever theres no point in panicking the government still have tools to delay and melt out tax cuts that relief but the loonie work for a while and after that well theyll be no point in padding because it will be too late. The us the democratic parties are to hopefuls are going to head to head in sunday nights debate with joe biden riding the wave after beating Bernie Sanders in this weeks round of primaries that story and much more come your way after a short break this is our t. V. International. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Welcome back this is our to international and the weekly the russian and Turkish Military have carried out their 1st joint patrol along a new security corridor in syrias war torn italy province it comes after the 2 sides finalized of the details of a ceasefire agreement that was struck in moscow earlier this month. There deal established a 6 kilometer deep a buffer zone on either side of the m 4 highway which cuts across syria from east to west the joint patrols aim to ensure the cease fire holds but the court has been rejected by some extremist factions including how tough. Is de facto control inside the shattered province of the Russian Military did encounter some opposition along the road on sunday saying it changed its route to avoid risking civilian casualties. Terrorist strikes the civilians including women and children as human shields the russians Coordination Center decided to shorten the route distance to avoid any incident that could result in civilian suffering. Well video of one disturbance on the highway earlier shows a group of syrians protesting against the joint patrol the men burned tires and used cars to blockade the road so that the military vehicles could not pass. Russia and turkey have been backing opposing sides in the ongoing civil war in syria which will soon be in its 10th year but in recent months coming creasing we close to direct confrontation moscow has accused of failing to abide by the us and sochi agreements not separating the extremist factions from the more moderate groups political analyst use of believes that the joint patrols can still help solve the problem. What we have to realize right now is the area is home to 3 almost 4000000 people and theres about 10012000 i believe fighters that russia and the assad regime label as are designated as terrorists turkey of course designates the. Group as terrorists as well now when you have 10000 fighters entrenched in an area of 3 to 4000000 people its very very hard to extract these people without dealing damage weve seen what the americans have done in iraq go when they tried to extract about 5010000 fighters out of that area the area was leveled massive 1000000 casualties and turkey is trying to be much more careful in removing these terrorists from this area as its creating between assad and the rebel groups and the opposition joint patrols like the one turkey and russia are doing together to create this buffer zone between both sides are very very important but that does not change the fact that these groups that are designated as terrorist do need to be neutralized if we have been hopefully Going Forward turkey will be able to do a better job of this working closely with russia on neutralizing these groups. Under the us a lecture. Now 2 states are postponing their president ial primaries over Health Concerns georgia and louisiana will now have to wait a further 2 months to go to the polls meanwhile sunday night is the 1st one on one debate for the 2 men vying for the Democratic Partys nomination in fact that just started this hour amid the covert 1000 pandemic the decision has been made not made not to have a Live Audience during the debates one of the moderators that has also dropped out over Health Concerns and the event has been relocated nonetheless former Vice President joe biden is on a roll after clinching the big wins in tuesdays primaries for all those who have been knocked down all those have been counted lets be sure this is your campaign. Just to read you many of the pundits declared. Now are very much alive. And biden won in mississippi missouri idaho and michigan a delegate rich state which rival Bernie Sanders picked up in 2016 that hasnt led to biden being presented by some media as the best candidate. To replace placed excuse me to be to donald trump in november but as art has killed comments the Democratic Party establishment seemed to have already made up its mind despite a growing number of biden gaps. The race for the democratic nomination is down to 2 horses and its pretty clear where the bets are going there on joe biden the good guy its a time for us to beat donald trump and it became very clear to me that joe biden is the right person to do that hes the nicest person i think ive ever met but he is just a good guy and why not have a good guy in the white house after all for the past 3 years the media has been working very hard to convince everyone that pure evil has overtaken the u. S. Presidency but it doesnt take very deep digging to discover that you can rub off joe bidens good guy shine take a look at how he insulted Detroit Assembly plant worker who questioned his views on gun rights. He also has hinted that he believes that race and intellectual ability are somehow connected to your kids you just as brady just as towns white kids on top of that he is known to just make things up and say things on the fly that have absolutely no connection to reality we choose unity over division we choose science over fiction we choose truth over facts and a lot of ways joe biden sounds an awful lot like donald trump lets see if americans can tell them apart i bet youre as bright as you are good looking. Thats actually joe biden surprise we choose truth over facts. I was actually joe biden also poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids by the way. And actually biden and youre a lying dog faced pony soldier. Thats got to be true and actually biden also the narrative is supposed to be that donald trump is a big mean bully and joe biden is a lovable adorable grandpa with good intentions and hes supposed to be way better than that wild eyed radical Bernie Sanders except dont you remember how recently everyone was bashing joe biden i just think by. It is declining i dont think he has the energy and he has been a skilled debater we saw him with sarah palin weve seen him in the past the question is does he still have his job and destroy native and is he how sure are busy can you imagine that man in a president ial did buy with donald trump theres not enough popcorn in the world to do is how subtly biden inserts obama into every possible answer having significant mental faculties issues is everyone ok with biden being president of the United States when hes having difficulty remembering the name of you know politicians that hed be dealing with on a regular basis but now we are told that opposition to joe biden is a russian plot the kremlins english language media aim to influence americans on the home tough act if he promotes conspiracy theories targeting biden one lording trumps efforts to investigate his heating political opponent predicted detroit will win a 2nd term claimed that biden has called him to be unraveling on some eyes that allegations of corruption are doing real damage to his president ial bid now the race is getting heated as the field has narrowed so the question is now will joe biden be able to keep that good guy image when its time to start taking shots at Bernie Sanders. R. T. New york. There has been revealed that scores of south African Women were sterilized in state hospitals without their consent we spoke to one of the victims who only discovered her uterus had been removed when she was trying to get pregnant 11 years later. Burstall of the baby was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have each by nature in my family then they explain that their people is too big and then 26 to make good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. Without me being able to conceive with any thought i should go see a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues dr will prescribe medication opera fine and when it goes there thats when i lend that i didnt have to us at all i dont think there was anything wrong with me i didnt have any complications before birth and i didnt have any complications after birth for some reason for im known reason they just decided to move my uterus im saying its and learned reason because as im sitting in this moment i dont know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr edwards who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i dont know to save my life from white. South africas commission for gender equality has investigated complaints from 48 victims of the country saw sterilization as a way to fight hiv and a hospital staff forced to some of the women to sign consent forms according to the World Health Organization the country suffers from the Worlds Largest hiv epidemic more than 4000000 women are hiv positive according to the report illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 Public Hospitals between 20022005 study was complicated by the fact that hospital staff tried to hide documentation the report pushed south africas Health Minister to investigate the victim we spoke to says shes not even h. L. V. Positive. Im not any hiv positive a la high although a key offices they are quite aware of this and ill say this in the camera they are quite aware of the practice and into doing anything no one has been held accountable it seems like a lot of doctors bought of the lol i didnt find any paper and i couldnt have signed it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didnt find any concern for him no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and what youre all going through is literally needless to realized i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that im singing today because if im bearable with the pain that comes with this from various and variable and most of all rise violated my rights as a human being will rarely heard my relatives a woman who violated my reproduction rights were taken away from me and no woman ever and south africa should go through what we are going through the does it for me the sob of more the weekly in 32 minutes there was. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. A friendly supercool for sure that all the little black. And News New York at the songs from the start will insure us for the cio we are stuck feeling i mean a stressful war for the program or not and i do it is me going for push my will of pushing for socalled bush are going to kill us no. Solution. Yes. As of 2013 the pet Food Industry was dominated by only 5 malta conglomerate companies. You know when a consumer walks into a store its easy to assume that there is a vast array of choices for their dog or cat and the ability to choose that one perfect food. But just how different are these choices and whats really going on inside of those bags is whats inside really is