Well good evening 6 oclock here in moscow you with r. T. International i will start with the latest on the corona virus which has now claimed more than 11000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases exceeding 280000. Well italy suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day on friday with 627 people losing their lives in all the pandemic has now killed over 4000 italians and one of the worst hit provinces there the large scale loss of life has put a strain on Funeral Homes and some crummy turia have now warned they may not be able to take more pain to a lack of space. And obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. Also forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space meanwhile this is lee remains on lockdown soldiers are patrolling the empty streets of palermo in sicily they have been deployed to to help the police of the cities and regions will say considering bringing the army but an Infectious Disease specialist believes the lockdown does need to continue to prevent an even worse catastrophe of. The epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep very strict measures the short called lockdown in order to reduce delivery stop spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center oh yes indeed in this certain part that of it so you have the remember especially in the north the reason a shortage of birth such as a physician nurses are able to face at these it be demick very few fractures disease experts are available now with the and it is a whole sort of trick to read it consider. The number of Health Care Worker has been contaminated that in the not working optimistic view is a defective that day by day the constant percentage of increase of the new cases in respect of the total number of our target our goal is to reach as soon as possible d the new level or below 10 which means about the transmission as there a celebrated that and we can look at the diffusion with a little more hope. But ill swear persians have paid tribute to the doctors and the nurses on the front line of the battle against the deadly virus approaches was heard from balconies across the capital on friday evening. More than 12600 cases have been confirmed in france with 450 dead all regions and i were affected despite a nationwide lockdown the French Health system is also under a lot of strain. Shared with r. T. France a statement from one medic who volunteered to work with corona virus infected patients. My 1st day in intensive care for coronavirus patients i wont talk much im tired 12 hours in close premises i want to share my feelings today ive seen terrible things i have never in my life seen such images of lungs ive seen people in Critical Condition are constantly on my feet because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of your Family Friends until everyone. Police officers and forcing the lock down in france or threatening to strike they claim that they dont have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the virus. Reports as millions of people in france are in confinement there is a core group of workers who are continuing the day grind including Police Officers. Yet many continue throughout these regulations despite hefty fines and the risk of being locked up in jail. If you give them. If. The authorities are tearing their hair out over frances citizens noncompliance with the confinement restrictions. There are people who think theyre modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact. When i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely but as they blame people for not abiding by the rules the authorities themselves are being accused of not taking proper care of those they placed on the front line unions or fewest that the ministry of interior hasnt provided offices with basic equipment such as face mosques so much so the Biggest Police union has warned its members will walk out unless such things are made available there is no reason why we should be victims of a government failure to plan we want to carry out our duties to their fullest but need to be able to guarantee our own safety if the police themselves become contaminated all strike who will monitor the streets. Security offices police and other people who are polled law and order in the country need to be protected this parse does not distinguish between Police Medics and other citizens were not even sure that we Police Officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others if the police get infected who will be able to keep the peace to morrow as force is quarantined drags along each day the list of what citizens can do is being tightened the police are a cool part of keeping order here if they walk out or if an infection takes hold within the. Thanks so this could face an uphill battle to carry out its plan in the war on cozied 19 solar jeevan ski r. T. Terrorists meanwhile the economic ramifications of the virus is starting to hit Major Companies the worlds biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the company which does own brands like skoda audi and porsche built more than 10000000. 00 vehicles last year given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by a group bronze the decision does follow similar moves by other auto manufacturers toyota b. M. W. Run a theater among those who have shut their plants during the crisis the year alone the sector is responsible for around 14000000. 00 jobs well in the latest episode of artes boom bust automotive expert the car coach lauren fix to tell us the Auto Industry will take a long time to recover from the difficulties caused by the coronavirus. For the Auto Industry on global basis were looking at a huge impact with every single manufacturer pretty much shutting down production were not just talking about high end cars but everyday cars weve already seen a huge negative downturn when it comes to china theyre off by about 80 percent so far for the 1st quarter but that may change theyre starting to get back on line but here in the u. S. Were looking at last years sales 17100000 cars. Is recommending and theyre stating them somewhere around 14900000. 00 we have not seen a downturn like this since 2008 this is going to impact a lot of us because if you look at the dow jones half of it is impacted by the Auto Industry either by a supplier or something that supports the Auto Industry so this is going to be a huge impact and its going to go a long time for us to recover. I dont to be to doom and gloom here but we have had guest after gas telling us we are already facing a recession maybe even a depression is coming will all of these auto manufacturers the giants will they make it out of this crisis or we could see consolidation what is going to happen moving forward. Well i think were going to see some consolidation it makes sense that Companies Partner to Share Technology to share platforms to share drive trains everybody makes it to a leader turbo engine if more people start sharing that technology what thats going to do is allow them to make it personalized when it comes to the vehicle the features themselves so i think youre going to see a lot of consolidation i dont think were going to see them going out of business but the impact to the stocks is going to be a long time to turn around theres also some talk about the Auto Industry wanting to delay the implementation of the u. S. Embassy a trade deal known as the new nafta do you know whats going on there. Yeah the u. S. N. C. A. A. Supposed to start on june 1st but everyones now off no ones working and so this is a problem so they cant get the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back to delay because thats going to make 75 percent of cars being built here for north america using north american components which is good for restarting the industry but we dont have the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back just a little bit supposed to go in place june 1st and that all depends on this pandemic and how long it takes for us to start recovering. And the pandemic is starting to show up in the u. S. Job market think is staying with the countrys Unemployment Rate now seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u. S. Labor department has reported several 100000. 00 claims being filed recently Jeffrey Tucker editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research warns that the Global Economy is under severe strain. Because there were i dont even think economists have to start recession and start fresh and its its its imaginable levels of of shock. Are going to. Give you a clear prediction what the unemployment numbers are going to look like that were going to be seeing soon but more certain that millions have already lost their jobs and this shift cannot go on much longer without dismantling everything we call civilized life just just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute for for the politicians to line up their decisions Public Policy decisions with actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing is going on. Now u. S. Senators have been accused of exploiting their Privileged Access to information about the pandemic to make a quick buck that after they sold off a large number of shares right before the markets plunged among them is richard burr he is the head of the Intelligence Committee and sold stocks worth around 1700000. 00 but he denies the accusations of foul play against him despite calls for him to resign because of more pain has the story. Richard burr u. S. Senator and head of the senate Intelligence Committee reassured everyone that the u. S. Government had the coronavirus situation completely under control here is what he said back in march look we have a framework him. Place this is put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a Public Health threat like the coronavirus his words sounded quite calming especially from someone who receives daily briefings about the spread of the coronavirus although a few days earlier he was telling a group of wealthy donors and constituents of a very different story heres a secret recording of richard burr speaking at the Capitol Hill Club and one of those who will receive. She is. Probably. Even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant of the fact that you might have to alter your travel you might have to look at your employees and judge whether the trip theyre making to europe is essential or whether it can be done on a Video Conference why risk its needless to say accusations are now flying that richard burr used his capitol hill inside info to help out his pals financially you remember when the stock market tanked right and tonight stock market futures are pointing to a higher open after the biggest point drop in history the dow losing more than 2000 points today a lot of investors repriced had a little shelf a crash restart markets in a 2000 point swing on the dow fears over the coronavirus leading to the biggest point drop in dow History Today well richard burr was pretty well unaffected because he on loaded up to 1700000 dollars of his stocks just a week before the plunge now he says this is not because of any Insider Information he had or about solely on public news reports to guide my decision regarding the sale of stocks on february the 13th but richard burr is not the only capitol hill do well or to make some slick stock market moves at just the right time. As into. Private briefings the coronavirus. Then you know how bad it would be to tell the truth to the house of diners showing the public that we were fine that she so dont want. To talk before the phone he needs to resign senates of bush should resign and prepared to spend some quality time with a federal grand jury that maybe theres an honest explanation for what he did if there is he should share it with the rest of us immediately otherwise he must resign from the senate and face prosecution for Insider Trading now all of them are saying they had no control over these Investment Decisions theyre also emphasizing that this was just good luck they had no insider knowledge he looks pretty bad especially 1st senator burr and laughlin who are pretty well connected of course senator byrd the chairman of the senate Intelligence Committee he was privy to you know secret briefings on the coronavirus and what the response to the coronavirus was going to be and how bad it might be all of that would be a problem for him as for the senator from georgia she has a no other problem and that her husband is the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange presumably pretty well connected and shes on a committee that oversees the Health Industry the Bigger Picture here is that we have Public Servants we have members of congress who are using their power and position not only in stock trades the problem is that the u. S. Government has too much goodies to give out so its impossible for these for some of these people to resist i mean a National Crisis americans want their political leaders to be solving problems managing the issues and getting things done it seems like theyre certainly doing that but on a more personal level caleb mop and r. T. New york meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state my pump has a key several countries including russia spreading false information about the plan then. Issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this does it for missionaries of diffuse really diffused unfortunately but weve certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran but there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing or activity to to do other things at present trying to set in motion here because theres well accusations against russia over disinformation and takes about the coronavirus president europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves lets take a look at the presumption of innocence is there archys asians you need evidence with no evidence there can be any claims moral right it can be used as a part of such an aggressive Informational Campaign will earlier donald trump place the blame for the spread of the coronavirus of chinas door alleging the situation there would not be so it was a situation would be better if hed known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing suppose it inaction to join in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk while the Chinese Foreign ministry Spokes Person took to twitter to lash out at those accusations demanding the palm postops lying she noted too that chinas efforts have actually saved lives size in the World Health Organization and he wore activist ken stone does think that washingtons accusations follow a long running pattern of blaming others for its mistakes while the whole world has been looking out without admiration at the way socialist countries such as china and cuba have handled this and. The u. S. Administration has been exposed completely as an apt in dealing with the corona virus trampas discovered that the easiest most least controversial way to deal with a problem in the us is simply to blame it on russia or china. But many people facing quarantine at home at the moment will probably turn to Video Streaming Services to help pass the time but come may actually cope with the spike in demand and will you be left disappointed. Its been fine to get. Self isolation is where being on list is as much about spending time with netflix as it is about saving your ground law from coronavirus. Catching up with your favorite shows that i am getting one see. Guilt free. In this definition but as were all settling in to this warrantied. Stream of thought on brand which are our animal videos. Metrics and you tube have let us all down this concern that the volume of netflix and chilling which is about to take place will break the internet very reducing less streaming quality by 25 percent just when we needed the most guys pornhub is offering its premium content for free now that its customers. Allows for those who do prefer a little Light Reading instead marvel has introduced a new comic book series that is supposed to be representative of the times the reaction online though has been less than positive with some readers hes me taking issue with what they see as the satirical level of the new characters shares her thoughts on this and her latest quarantine diary entry. Diary its day 756 of my quarantine i have cleaned every car but looked out of every window and watched every and i mean every film and series on netflix so ive been left with no option but to turn to comic films not my usual thing but desperate times and im so glad i took that leap because in these times of life threatening pandemonium marvel house welcome to the wild exactly what we all need snowflake and search space are the twins and their names are very similar to screen time fast off how imaginative all those names snowflake and save space must have taken a serious brainstorming session so these twins are black or white nowadays is so passe that both. Culture i mean who is a snowflake with cropped blue haran matching layer todd is nonbinary of course they are im saying space is a a big burly man and little hot pink shorts why not the part of a series called new warriors so obvious between shooting out snowflakes and creating full fields d to protect against unkind enemies these twins would leave the enemy quaking in its boots but apparently not everyone agrees with me the Marvel New Warriors are so badly designed i genuinely thought they were parodies of stuff as many bt minority characters in the main cast as possible series. Oh good lord snowflake in say space actually part of this crew marvel even the ninetys is way better than what youre bringing out now for the new warriors at least marvelous producing truly paper during this corona crisis with the new warriors now these 2 are just the latest jewels marvels added to its growing diversity crowd with my sisters in arms are you also harold the decision to cost a woman as captain marvel back that paul thing had a real rough time is a child in all the flashbacks we see theres a horrible mom telling this and then one even told her to smile. About smarmy smile. Back. I dont know about you but violent as a result for any unpleasant situation it strikes me as a very positive and empowering message in real life the actress bree lawson is super malou too i do not need a 40 year old white dude to tell me what didnt work for him about a wrinkle in time rival d. C. Comics also isnt lagging behind they went big with the all female birds of prey and light hearted film that delves into fun topics like misfortune e has old man down and day 5 women even when that clearly unstable. Im shocked that it flopped at the box office but i mean we all know whose to play. You expect me to believe that birds of prey is doing poorly for any reason other than sexism everyone keeps blaming their marketing but nobody dares to name the real culprit sexes than of course force having a gender reassignment but mans cos you will need a nip and tuck and while no one has a clue what form bond james bond will take on next time so changes chip for to what really i love most about this whole vocal movement is how gammick it is i mean i dont know about you diary but to me it doesnt feel forced at all theres no with of political agenda. Here its just hollywood really caring about diversity. A much criticize us based Election Monitoring Organization has reelected it secretary general sparking concern of continued alleged misreporting magro is a former youre growing your requirement for a minister during his time as secretary general though the organization of american states has called into question a number of elections in latin american countries who are at odds with washington including the most recent in bolivia. I. Think then i want to denounce to the bolivian people and the entire world what is taking place as you know brothers of the press it is a coup detat against a democratically elected government. Or jazz i can franco bolivias former ambassador to brazil told us that im outgrows reelection is a dangerous sign for the continent. I think that the reelection of al microbe means more tragedy for all nations he does not represent the needs of our peoples overcoming poverty and injustice and achieving development he represents the interests of us imperialism for some time micro was a supporter of social groups that suffer from poverty and injustice but unfortunately he could not stay true to those principles something happened and he lost his principles and bowed to the interests of the us gov not. And that is how the news is looking so far the same here not saying were back again in about half an. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest in the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. We were going underground 17 years the day the world woke up to the aftermath of the initial bombing ahead of an illegal u. S. U. K. Invasion of iraq which would lead to tens of millions across the middle east killed maimed or displaced coming up in the show as coronavirus this place is all of the news we ask legendary activist an inspiration for the Rolling Stone street fighting man tariq ali if anything has changed since he took part in the biggest global peace protest of the 21st century against the unchecked imperialism the destroyed iraq and destabilize the world plus as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage europe what does it mean for capitalism kashmir and the future of the worlds most famous publisher julian assange. Also more coming up in todays going on the ground but lets go straight to one of the greatest living political activists and writers who has inspired antiwar figures were malcolm x. To John Lennon Tariq Ali joins us from his north london home via skype thanks so much for coming on the program i have to declare an interest because you brought me to channel 4 in the 1980 s. And you were my boss but what would you say now to the millions who have been inspired by your work the fight for freedom and justice that youve undertaken in your life what would you say to them when are profoundly pessimistic about the neo liberal response to a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically. We find. Difficult to come out on the streets because the nature of this but i make but i think what the epidemic actually teaches is that the system under which we live. Sound to the floor. And just another also. For the world a future that is worth living to put it at him. I mean the notion of lead well is the only do not enter to prove they are so much time and that still this day in wealthy people will get their way you know by saving their lives i dont write to them that well what about the restaurants the work so i take the new little broke up into a system which is being in full snout effectively since the eightys and charm since the ninetys of the last century needs to be dismantled all the countries there are seriously attempting to come to grips with this epidemic i mean macro in france was korea it was an action is based on making france and to be near liberal state has now been full struve us all that
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