Late. Hello there this is Art International from moscow its just 1 pm this monday will welcome to the program i can tell you weve got a slightly new show julian place for the time being for you im kevin with my colleagues will be here every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute will news round up 1st new measures are being implemented across the Moscow Region to contain the spread of covert 90 residents aged over 65 and people with Chronic Health conditions are being told to stay home russia says there are now 438 known infections nationwide but theres been 71 new cases in the past 24 hours all of them here in moscow but this suspicion abroad about the relatively small official figures to date our Senior Correspondent word of next looks at why the numbers are on the optimistic side. How ohio how of this too few infected in russia why hasnt the pandemic hit russia why arent there more infected and that is a question you hear more and more often in the western press pundits are brittany with disappointment the how is relatively simple its action world c. N. N. And others were busy Bashing Trump for his racist policies and restricting air travel with china russia shut its entire border thousands and thousands of kilometers without a no frills wild west the leaders politicians were busy shooting their Business Leaders and cooper abbass russia established quarantine and he would arrive in the country was self isolated at home and talk about tests russia has conducted 856000 coronavirus tests the United States up until march conducted just for 1000. Instead they have grosse straws cited fringe opposition and conspiracy theories that allege a widespread cover up of putins machinations that putin is hiding the true infection rate well even the World Health Organization has denied these rumors i am 99. 99 percent sure i get there are no hidden cases i dont think that air recurrence see some cases where people have not come forward because they didnt want to self isolation but breaking the network that walls catch. And understand and advise such cases really are while russia has been fortunate so far you expect the pandemic to completely pot. Russia by hospitals and clinics are increasingly being prepared to receive the infected who would be in quarantine mode about 60000 people in russia either under quarantine self isolation or the medical observation for them over the surveillance not including indeed Community Acquired morning as we are all other which are all listed for all that i think we also have our c. V. S. Cases are were on that its because of the rapid structure in russia weve seen an increase a sharp increase in that and finally i can tell you i have been formally all you know im say next where are all people i know in russia youre now or do you know down someone who knows someone prison hospital for the hour. And i couldnt find a Single Person who answered that who could have predicted that the sanctions intended to borrow and cripple russia would save it. In these times of worldwide economic recession see the point of those sanctions was to deprive russia of this of dollars in your of zulu rooms and financing for the central bank the government or companies and businesses so what russia did was switch to this. The rule of now foreign debt is that the wreck would blow russia produces almost everything it eats 90 percent of what it needs russia without euro culture produces for its not the other needs to china now russia is set up to where this storm with the hearth trillion dollar fund that it set up just in case now is that case. Russia will be a bit better of than other countries because of its experience because of sanctions and because of reserves when the virus threat passes its possible things will come back to life foster in russia than in other countries because they wont be the negative drag of that the end result has been the chills and supermarkets and shops are still packed with everything you could ever want while there has been something of a run on supermarkets and shops and hoarding well they still sell toilet paper and plenty of it. Good to see it so well meantime russian medical experts and equipment of arrived in italy to help tackle the corona virus break italys course the worlds most badly affected country more than 59000 people have tested positive a covert 90 and over 5400 people have died correspondent so they will call to talk to soup of the detail about what russia is lost get some more on it lots been deployed take us through it whats been sent to italy that well kevin russias top contribution has to be really those 100 medical experts that were sent there just landed near rome actually were talking about russias top military veralyn just an epidemiologist highly experienced specialists who have grappled with serious epidemics in the past like anthrax and ebola now loads of russian medical equipment and disinfection trucks were also sent there earlier we saw videos from the Russian Ministry of defense of these these trucks loaded with medical supplies rolling out onto the airport tarmac and like you said before you know italy was hit really hard by this coronavirus and it actually has the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus so in a country like that of course the leaders are are going to be thankful for getting that kind of aid. I would like to express my great satisfaction and gratitude from all the italian people for russias assistance at such a difficult time i would like to say thank you for the large amount of material and the specialists who have come from russia to italy to help. Now italys also gotten support in terms of doctors and medical supplies from countries like cuba and china but as for the e. U. Itself so far pretty much nothing i mean brussels has been talking about the central bank has been talking about a possible 410000000000 euro bailout plan but hundreds of people in italy are dying every day from this virus and this still amounts to just talks and to make matters worse leaders are even restricting the export of medical supplies to italy because they think that theyre going to need those supplies for their own responses to the pandemic so as long as at least left to fend for itself in this time of crisis by the by by the e. U. Of which its a bloc member you know its hard to see how the situation would probably go to. What they think about it put it on thanks for that now its nice to see that russia can spare that bit extra to help if its so needed but really against the wall isnt it you know all full stops come about from there. Well mentioning the view from rome the president of the italian conservative think future nation spoke to me just last he says even nations different reactions shows little in the way of unity or solidarity here. Each trip. Between the nation inside the European Union is not shew these the situation is the imagine situation the question that we asked to hold the European Union a government that would be the utility of the European Union the and when to help their nation in the European Union big thing they didnt have so many cases of people with coronavirus like hes only has the country in the state to close borders to easily has a country decided not to help keep the least in the European Union and especially the European Bank at the side and not easily but after that after few days when the coronavirus arrive also in france once the coronavirus arrives in germany arriving now for sore eyes in all those holes the other country immediately the European Union changes the way to react to the coronavirus so thats not possible in middle east 60000000 of people we are pursuing the quantum it says the European Union every year we spend a lot of money. And that we expected a response from the European Union to help our country. Meantime theres a warning that the e. U. Could face Food Shortages if it doesnt do more to fast track the movement of goods and work his farming industry representatives believe the supply chains at risk off to more than a dozen countries tightened or closed the borders. Given that the agri Food Supply Chain is highly integrated and operating across borders any blocks of supply and workers will inevitably disrupt business our ability to provide food for will depend on the preservation of the e. U. Single markets the use internal borders are usually open and are monitored of course alone there are strict to the flow of goods and workers the e. U. Leaders are backing a proposal now to launch fast track lanes but theyve not agreed to keep those internal borders open the Food Industry though says that will be enough and severe disruption they warn should be expected the trade body food drink europe says the industry should be given special status right now to keep moving we would very much like the commission to focus on providing green lanes this would enable drink products and also so seated products like packaging to be able to go across borders quickly and efficiently to be up to meet their intended markets and at the moment now its not happening there are more delays for many reasons drivers going into corn scene or or delays due to large monk use or even some drivers are being asked for paperwork they didnt know existed or if there are a Food Shortages of course the public more irans it is our job to make sure that there will not be serious shortages and weve identified 5 Major Pressure points in the food chain where if Member States of the European Union of the European Commission can act and act quickly we believe that we can continue to maintain a steady supply of food and drink people also need to eat and they need drink and so we need special measures for food and drink industry. France has now surpassed 16000 registered cases of the 674 people who died most were over 70 years old the French Parliament a clear Health Emergency on sunday that set to last at least 2 months it gives the government more powers during the break there including the implementation of restrictive measures support for struggling businesses and the requisition of goods or Services France went on lockdown last week to limit the spread of the deadly virus people are only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips but officials are still be accused of negligence in their response to the crisis a shiela do burns can reports now from paris. Death rate rises the infection rate goes up but here in france we are hearing from french medics that they are unhappy that they feel that not enough was done enough to stop the pandemic in france theyve actually filed a legal complaint against some of frances talk officials including the Prime Minister and the former Health Minister to sell what they say is that these officials knew is really is january how bad things were going to get and yet they didnt do enough some of the evidence for their complaint comes a real interview with the former Health Minister herself who had talked about France Holding the 1st round of municipal elections just over a week ago and saying it was a masquerade and saying as she stepped down from her job as Health Minister she did so crying because she knew that a tsunami was coming. For the medics has told r. T. That the government was simply lying. Were dealing with a government thats lying to us they say well be taking measures and theyll say again we need to do this we need to do that the truth is weve lost the advantage and we struggle to catch back up do you want an example you must remember the president stark speeches last week when he used his war like trying as commander in chief to convince is that marched will arrive soon because most of the main tools in this war may help medical workers where are those marks. Where the french government says its doing all it current to handle the crisis in regards to those shortages we have heard from the french Prime Minister edward phillipe requisitions have been made and requested be made to manufacture some researches to come up with new prototypes for things such as mosques this is more of what he had to say. We have asked the ministry of the column in the ministry of defense to find alternatives more precisely to. In the wide range of industrial activity some research either to multiply the production lines or to come up with alternatives disposable or usable well another accusation from the medics told us about was the lack of testing for code 19 they think that this is problematic now france isnt the only country thats been experiencing shortages for the kits to test for the virus many of the countries are experiencing the same shortages that the other medical supplies as well weve been hearing about this over the past few weeks and that is why the current Health Minister says that its just not possible to test everyone. Today we dont test automatically so far we made the choice like most countries and as per the european recommendation. For the priority members of the public the targeted people just like in neighboring European Countries those who are most at risk covered 19 is course panic across the world and each country is handling the crisis in the way that it feels is best and it could of course be months before we see a fax developed and a vaccine that usable all need humans and what governments including the one here are fronts a calling for is a sense of togetherness that we are all in this together this is a sense of unity so perhaps it would feel at the moment a legal complaint like this is particularly unwelcome shiela do basically there in paris i can tell you were reporting worldwide and will continue to do as countries work to fend off the coronavirus monks the latest news just in the german chancellor will tell you why shes taking extra precautions with our correspondent in berlin after this break. Its. A little bit messed up by our d. N. A. And something way over. 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I get live from moscow thanks for watching out international with me kevin now and so is months before the break but a news just in to tell you about the german chancellor Angela Merkel we hear is no self isolating after finding out she had come into contact with someone who tested positive for covert 90 it was say that she is used to toughen measures to curb the spread of infections this go over to europe correspondent peter all of the peta tell us more than tell us about how germany is faring in the fight against corona virus. Or get to chancellor merkel in just a moment she has gone into isolation as you said but on monday morning the big news coming out of here in berlin comes from the head of the Public Health institute here in germany thomas failer he said looking at that the statistics that have been clear related so far that the there seems to be a trend in the trend an exponential growth curve the curve that showed just how many people were getting it in getting it and getting it that appears to be flattening out essentially meaning not as many people are getting it he did say though it was too early to get excited about that news and that he would wait until perhaps wednesday before coming back to us with more information but it does look like its that way at the moment he also stressed that one of the most important things to be doing is to keep on testing people for covert 19 for the coronavirus to find out who has it and who doesnt have it now one of those that as we mentioned earlier has gone into self isolation after coming into contact with somebody who tested positive for covert 19 is the german chancellor Angela Merkel she received a vaccination from a doctor who is later found out to have had covert 19 this was after of course on friday she was pictured or we understand that this is a picture of her it hasnt been verified yet and the berlin supermarket pushing a or rather frugal trolley around the supermarket with a few things in there perhaps shell need a few more groceries than that if she is going to be self isolated thats in there but what we have seen from the German Government though is they put out even more stringent rules on social distancing on keeping yourselves apart from one another that gatherings of more than 2 people well theyve been banned amongst a number of other things. Often in Public People are wrongly allowed to move around alone or with one of the. Person who is not a member of their own household or they can move around with members of their own household in Public People must keep a distance between each other of a minimum of 1. 00 metres preferably 2 metres. Germany has tried to stay away from the type of total lockdown that weve seen in countries like italy and in parts of spain as well so far were registering over 25000 cases of covert 19 here in germany with just under 100 deaths confirmed so far but as i mentioned at the top of what i was talking to you this news from the robert cock institute the Public Health institute here in germany seems to suggest that theyre hoping that the the peak of of this disease being passed on from person to person seems to be flattening out somewhat at the moment. Its good to hear any bit of good news and a little chink of good news you can bring us please do peter all over the. Berlin take calls itself we will continue were all right now. Maybe a home youre getting for all those books that try to solve motors at the Entertainment Industry seems to see that wont come in so i could tell it in next. So i think im dealing with quarantine pretty well i will admit i hit a bit of a low point asked night and it a deep dive into the internet and i kept coming across this same question could we have seen this all coming well ill tell you what back in 2011 hollywood was definitely on to something on day one there were 2 people. 60. Its a beauty and thats where we are so the virus originates in china but its transmitted by touch check scientists a scrabbling to develop a vaccine check points or abandon shops or ransacked and doctors are repeating the same mantras to try and hope the pandemic check check check the average person to use their feeds 3 to 5 times everything between touching or not. And each other today start working on not touching your face because one main way viruses spread is when you touch your own mouth nose or eyes and the Entertainment Industry as it were a forsyte and that we know that the simpsons has developed a reputation for predicting the future like donald trump becoming president the invention of autocrat and smart watches and even and the prize winner but hard core fans allow convinced the show anticipated tom hanks is recent Coronavirus Diagnosis but on top of another episode where a nation walk into a box sends it to houma and causes an outbreak in springfield. And if youre a disney fan you might remember 20 tens tangled while turns out our golden had beauty was self isolating and a kingdom called none other than cowrote. Wait a minute here in tangled reponse was trapped in the tower corentin and hidden from the kingdom in corona did anybody else realize this tangled the disney movie about a girl whos isolated from the kingdom of corona well played. So we are all stuck at home like rapunzel trapped in her tower and tangled the kingdom of corona. Bosket ball finds out by wondering how your past your time now that the n. B. A. Has temporarily shut up shop while if youd watch space jam you might have been better morally prepared sure it was a villain the savior who brought the Sports League to its feet up close enough its not just hollywood which is only a city on point 981. 00 novel the eyes of darkness touches on a Deadly Weapon developed in a city few had heard of until 2020 but which now for better or for worse will go down in the history books they call the stuff 10400 i was the 405 strain of man made marco organisms created by Research Center we hunted for hundreds a perfect weapon and in this new pandemic self quarantining reality we finding ourselves at the delivery guy has gone from the man who never got to fast enough to the man who might literally save you after you peaked too early and snuffled all the snacks well if youre a gamer with an eagle why 29000. 00 deaths strontium delivery man is 20 twentieths hero willing to climb any mountain to get you your supplies. So it seems that maybe life isnt actually that much stranger than fiction. Keep myself busy at home from the well thats it for this live update from martys main studios here in moscow 26 minutes past one in the afternoon local time here im kevin and thank you for watching this time every day well continue to bring you live updates from here in russia and also later on in the day were going to be getting more coverage from our london stateside studios to take you around the world not around the clock you can find the latest headlines that are common across all various social media would love it if you checked it out so in these Uncertain Times you can rest assured that well continue to do our utmost to keep you informed and into over the coming weeks with our news from around our studios around the world documentaries and talk shows weve got lined up for you all here on our international. You know what im going to be up there so i dont think about a lot of. Room for. 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Isolate themselves in their own homes on wednesdays show going underground will continue to bring you the news not covered by the Mainstream Media or be it with interviews recorded remotely but until then i made government advice seen by many is confusing and in some cases contradictory weve prepared this for todays program with a Global Pandemic weighing heavily on the mind of the only animal in the known universe aware of its own mortality humans we are the theoretical physicist who helped bring string theory in the multiverse into the public eye professor brian greene about what we can learn about our deaths from the ever present cosmic chaos that could imminently destroy our reality plus why is modern physics like magic why is human consciousness cosmically in called preventable and his free will just a man made construct in a reality based on probability all this more coming up in todays going underground lets not go straight to professor brian greene of Columbia University whose book until the end of time mind matter in our search for meaning in an evolving universe is out brian welcome to going underground we dont have until the end of time obviously to talk about his book but we could talk for ages i know every interview will say that they read the elegant universe the fabric of the cause mostly in reality. This me consolidate some of those ideas but it is very different not only about white death and should be is the beginning of the book yes im a previous books are really about explaining cutting edge science and bring it out in an accessible language this book is more about trying to take the ideas of cutting edge science and show how they are relevant to our understanding of who we are where we came from what we might be doing the motivation for our behavior and what may happen in the very far future and you say that death is a very