Abroad have no way of getting home as countries close their borders. The u. K. Government faces calls to release those in Immigration Detention Centers over fears many could die from the virus. Into r t u k the u. K. Prime minister and Opposition Leader have clashed over the governments approach to corona Virus Testing thats the heir to the british throne Prince Charles has tested positive after exhibiting mild symptoms r t u k shut the embers dash he joins me now with more on this how theyre shot here so as we keep saying testing times today absolutely Prince Charles himself has tested positive for covert 19 exhibiting only modest symptoms at this stage though the worry is he is over 70 years old not to mention that over 2 weeks ago he was in close proximity with the queen meaning there could be implications as well for the monarchy however online 1 20 users are completely angry over the fact that Prince Charles was a. To test for corona virus in the 1st place where is the key of key workers like hospital staff a medical professionals have not yet been tested nor those who are very sick and displaying respect to distress or even fever many are agreeing that the royalty can simply jump the queue over frontline staff who are even risking their lives to save others well as the number of cases every increase is the time has come now for a big changes in Parliament Wednesday is of course Prime Ministers questions in the house of commons todays session was extended to an hour slot meaning that the such session was split into 2 sections and that was because m. P. s could then rotate being in the commons thats to try and ensure and maintain this social distancing many m. P. s are of course already in self isolation what with dorys the Health Minister already testing positive for covert 19 herself and on the matter of testing leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbin he raised the issue in the house of commons to Boris Johnson who said is the governments top priority. Over the past few weeks ive asked the Prime Minister many times what action has been taken to ensure testing has been prioritized and i received assurances that everything that could was being done yet mr speaker leaked emails shows it was just 3 days ago that the Prime Minister wrote to u. K. Research institutes to ask for help saying there was no testing machines available to buy why wasnt this done weeks ago if not months ago when the government was 1st warned about the threat of a Global Pandemic and what does what action is now being taken to get testing machines is quite right that testing is vital to our success in beating the corona virus and as the Health Secretary has explained many times we are massively increasing our Testing Campaign going up from 5210225008 day and in order to direct you to his question this is been a priority of this government ever since the crisis was obviously upon us for weeks and weeks but as you just heard there from the Prime MinisterBarak Johnson the governments plan is to try and test 25000 people every single day but Public Health england have said that that is the number thats somewhat on reach of a lot at least until april the 25th however the Public Health and also can found that 3 point 5000000. 00 home tests will be made Available Online via amazon and even within a matter of days. The. Millions of in order. But we do need to make sure we understand how they operate the. Tests they have. By us or well other issues raised in todays pm q. s included the matter of what will happen to the selfemployed barras johnson was grilled on the matter he said the government is working on a package to help alleviate the financial pressures and strains on the south employed we understand that richard soon at the chance i will tomorrow unveil that package in tomorrows Daily Press Briefing just to mention though it was Jeremy Corbins final pm cues as leader of the Opposition Leader of the labor party and the leader of the house of commons has said that tonight parliament will be shutting its doors. Im grateful to colin turner into parliament restart for coming together to support the completion of emergency legislation essential to fight against covert 19 including the contingency spahn bill that will our expenditure of 260000000000. 00 pounds on account once the coronavirus bill in the Contingency Fund bill received royal assent and subject to the houses Agreement Parliament will rise for the easter recess later today it is obviously important that poland is able to sit off of the recess further discussions with local continue within government with the poetry authorities and with members to ensure parliament operate safely for all those who work here the Legislature Must be able to continue its vital democratic functions of conducting scrutiny authorizing spending and making laws including the finance bill well there isnt a planned return for m. P. s on april the 21st there in what capacity we dont yet know will shatter in the meantime researchers apparently suggesting that britain could already have herd immunity what do you do side of that absolutely according to one research and her team the governments new measures to tackle the virus could. Be too little too late according to her studies majority of the population could have already contract it 19 professor of theoretical epidemiology at oxford thinks that around 1 50 percent of the population have already been infected they believe the corona virus hit british shores in mid january which is about 2 weeks before the 1st case was formally confirmed and thats around a month before the 1st recorded death in the United Kingdom but its not exactly bad news because if this is true it means less than one in 1000 people who have the fires are ill enough to receive hospital care that means a large portion of the population actually gets really mild symptoms and some make at none at all so if this model is correct the population already has hurt immunity however professor Neil Ferguson who gave evidence to the comment Science Committee completely disagrees with those findings and he bases his research on a case and it to me. This very. Year is the last. Of you to be. Your very. Very good. There is a good. Soldier this is very. Well a big statistic to bring to us that now a quarter of the worlds population is in lockdown as for the United Kingdom of course we are awaiting the Daily Press Briefing that comes out around 5 oclock local time with you just under one hours time and well bring you the latest as we get it day chaldea thank you very much indeed thank you. Well amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic president person has announced a nationwide lockdown in russia starting on saturday and last until april the 5th or but essential workers will be instructed to stay at home so they may appear to advise russias citizens not to underestimate the challenge that lies ahead arties Saskia Taylor reports from moscow the russian president has just spoken out in his much anticipated nation wide address and fast and foremost he does all the medical professionals who are on the front line of the battle with covert 1000 he says he said they deserve the most admiration and respect and it was really a very comprehensive set of new social guidelines and economic measures that will be taken by the government as they start to try and fight this pandemic there are lots of key points to run through but lets start with probably the most important which will affect every single russian citizen barring those who walk in the Critical Services and that is the announcement of a non working week so lets listen to the details on that hes just getting your version of what it is that if you took. The 6th really important to prevent the threat of a fast spread of the virus thats why im declaring the next week of your holiday with ongoing salary payments this week long holiday which provided to slow down the speed of the spread. Im appealing to all citizens of the country you do not think were happy to be used if you can to anyone you believe the safest thing you can do you know is. Also worth mentioning is. Of a referendum that was due to take place on changes to the constitution the date that was put into the calendar was april the 22nd but the russian president said that obviously in this climate where certainly people cannot be gathering together in masses that is out of the question health must come faster so that will be delayed until a later date which will be determined again later were not sure what the exact date will be. And then he said now its a series of economic measures which are all intended to alleviate the Financial Burdens on people like families small Small Businesses local businesses that includes for example delaying your tax payment getting a brief response from loans and thats all of course to ensure that they are adults theyre not dealt rather a heavy blow from which they cannot recover so a really comprehensive set of guidelines russia is still behind europe in terms of numbers of coronavirus suffer as currently were looking at around 658 thats at last count but inside we cannot be complacent we have to take all the preventative measures that we need to as early as possible so every must unite in this challenge and he expressed confidence that it was something that they would be able to deal with together so in all this flux with numbers constant going up and down of borders opening and shutting a really clear message here from from the russian government on how they are going to ensure both the physical and Economic Health of russia and all of its citizens when we were here in the u. K. Groups representing Frontline NationalHealth Service staff say they feel abandoned and are expected to take risks with their own health due to shortages of personal protective equipment. The longer this epidemic goes on for if doctors feel that there is a Widespread Lack of personal protective equipment then some doctors may feel they have no choice but to give up the profession they love because they feel so abandoned by not being given the p. P. A. That the World Health Organization recommends but it comes after the government announced a new n. H. S. Volunteer responder scheme on tuesday but some n. H. S. Staff have said theyve had to improvise nonmedical materials such as plastic bags to protect themselves while the Royal College of nursing has also expressed concerns over serious shortages of face masks our priority is to make sure nursing staff in frontline care have the masks and equipment they need but the governments of the n. H. S. Must be able to offer reasonable protection and assurances to those who lend a hand in these times nursing staff should never be forced to choose between this safety and their livelihood this equipment must desperately reach the front line and in response the u. K. Health secretary matt hank has promised to strain every sinew to get frontline medical workers everything they need to protect themselves thats as the government announced the opening of a temporary hospital with 4000 beds at londons xcel center to tackle the crisis and more than 3000000 antibody tests have been ordered to tell people whether or not theyve had coronavirus. And to discuss this further ill be joined in the next out by an intensive care dont well critics continue to accuse the government of not providing enough protection for selfemployed people many are unsure if their work is deemed essential by the authorities and can claim just 94 pounds 25 a week in universal credit if they dont turn up. Well currently the government says anyone who works in the oil and gas electricity and Water Industries the utilities hockey was and all permitted to travel to work while buildings and laborous all not designated because the housing secretary robert genic said that they can continue to work on signs chewing the lockdown restrictions a significant portion of those workers all self employment but the government advised his workers to off their employer if their role is an essential Public Service well this isnt possible for selfemployed work as i do that any protections i could face bankruptcy is that im able to trade we spoke to adam baker whos a selfemployed taxi driver hes been forced to apply for universal credit i just a waiting for the payments to come through. Try has gone pretty much diminished altogether and staying it seems impossible for me to work from home on i went online yesterday shortly after 6 oclock in the evening to crime universal credit it came up 128000 people in the queue is look at virtual q. And that was simply just to register. To register my identification so you have to party on the universal credit and then the verification of identification and 129 times and all the onus to 0. Is 06 all from the government. Ought even if you know that the chance like any possibly live online people awake universal credit the only reason im climbing is hopefully trying to somehow with my rent. But despite being under fire over help for the self employed chancellor richie sinek has emerged as the bookmakers favorite to be the next Prime Minister. So not received widespread praise from the Business World following his announcement of a 330000000000 pound cash injection to help firms throughout the crisis at 5 to see you he is now the odds on favorite for the top job but in a close 2nd place is top labor leadership candidates star his chances are rated at 3 so one of the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster Michael gove and former chancellor sunday javid are toyed with both seeing odds of 20 to one while they believe a ship can do that rebecca long bailey is the outsider with her chances of making it to number 10 rated at 25 to one. Coming up after the break. A judge denies june in a song to play along to the wiki leaks founder requested release from prison over fears for his health i missed the corona Virus Outbreak ill be joined by former u. N. Rapporteur. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. The isolation or community. 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Back we can expand to Julian Assange has also to be released from prison as he believes he is at risk from corona virus but the request for bail has been delayed assault has been held at belmarsh prison in south london awaiting possible extradition to the us throughout his detention consensus be raised over the 48 year olds health last year the un special rapporteur on torture deals meltzer claimed showed signs of psychological torture assad is currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his Team Strongly denies kristen schnapps a wiki leaks editor in chief hit out of the decision not to release him we cant know the strongest possible to the decision today not to release. Little it is just an issue made in light of the cries that we are now facing. Other countries of abusing prisoners of countries like iran well the Boris Johnson government is doing nothing of the sort all prisoners who are facing the end of the drugs with underlying illnesses or elderly should be released right. And of course was prisoner and it is a jew this was just course is aunt beata. He has suffered enough 10 years. In a very poor health is a very vulnerable individual up its more well oh earth. To protest this injustice the injustice or to discuss this aspect of the assault case im joined by former u. N. Expert on detention professor at mass and dane asked professor thank you very much for joining us for despite the viruses potential risk to start his health the court has decided not to grant him bail. It has and its not very easy to explain in legal terms because the extreme isolation a sarge is under was criticized by the United Nations special robert hers and the working group bob trade attention as far back as in 2010 so hes 1st part of or of detention in 2010 hes in isolation not completely different from from now and the un looked at it and the un next expert said this is disproportionate it is disproportionate to such an extent that it constitutes arbitrary detention so its a violation or International Law and International Human rights thought that was what they said about this was in an opinion of year or 2015 and thats what they sent about the tension in in 20102011 now were back into this extreme isolation and several other un rocker terse including the un United Nations report her on torture and a personal smell for house has criticized and also held the to this regime that previous prisoner she in for sarge constitutes a violation of International Law lets look at what the u. S. Lowest requesting his extradition say the. They say he may pose a from a flight risk if his release that didnt he be physically able to do that. Well the point is that whatever they come up with the arguments for that kind of the International Law view which is a very of her attitude after having heard arguments by the u. K. Side looking at this kind of regime of us harsh ease is clear at this constitutes a violation of International Law and now is the new. This isnt the new thing in this situation well there are several things 1st of all he sought refuge asylum in an at an American Embassy where. Is it likely that he could seek refuge in refuge in any similar embassy and now i dont think so secondly its Free Movement is much more restricted today than it has been only a month ago so the likelihood of somebody being able to to leave the United Kingdom under the extreme form of political a Police Surveillance that mr beazley would be in addition to it was a sight in press following him its not very likely one of us at how much at risk is he i mean hes been a fugitive in prison as you said thats almost 10 years what toll has this taken on it you know that thats the that is the most important point and that links in what with what the torture reporter has said hes health has deteriorated into character thats not a question of the find legal argument is the question of the man being in a situation where his health is well hes life he may not so why this the extra added risk of the current and be demick is extremely serious this man should be kept in isolation in a private facility and not in a prison its absolutely clear hes just adds new. Strange to the arguments that has come from these different independent United Nations experts and from Civil Society at large and i think its why its obvious that this should defeat the arguments you just referred to from the United States lawyers professors manse and dana thank you very much for joining us thank you. Now a charity advocating for those in u. K. Immigration Removal Center sas called for hundreds to be released over fears detainees are at serious risk from coronavirus detention action have brought whats believed to be the 1st legal case in england and wales related to the pandemic well according to the charity there are roughly 1500. 00 people currently being held in british detention facilities all of those 60 percent could become infected with the virus if theyre kept in their Current Conditions the group is also calling for the release of those with Serious Health conditions such as diabetes or health or Heart Disease who could die if they catch the virus one campaigner said many detainees were receiving very little advice. In Detention Centers living in close proximity. The example that we were aware of in your salute when there was someone who found just a case and the detainees. Were given and a mask and gloves and not told how to use them and then left to wonder not even told who had been infected to know whether they had associated with that person so theres tremendous fear that if theres any case that it can spread very quickly that there wont be any way to stop that from happening and there are quite a number of people who have their own underlying Health Conditions and we know that young people are getting current virus and getting quite seriously ill as well and they have said to any of those people who are inside judging by what youre saying that isolation isnt an option and it wouldnt help anyway well yeah exactly and also it would certainly worsen the depression and that side of things the Mental Health side of things as well because you have to remember that the lifeline of the people in detention is at least being able to get visits or legal visits or family and so want those itll be stopped the u. K. Foreign secretary dominic rob has been criticized by a former immigration minister over the daya situation of britain stranded abroad with no way of returning home. And hes helped find the rings with no answer emails of knowledge but not replying to embassies that are closed and star flown home days ago dole shot to our travelers guidance issued by the Foreign Office yesterday advising british tourists to return to the u. K. Where commercial flights are available but then not available hotels are shutting frights are cancelled borders are closed and there are no free time many are hours away from large airports in countries operating curfews those in australia or new zealand are looking for. Its poncing of course i welcome the comments hes made about working with singapore and allies but to them it looks like my version of those friends words of last week were empty as she said the embassies have being closed actually its a very small number of posts that had to be closed but what we have found and its not a choice that there was made it is a direct result of restrictions that have been placed by the government in those countries is that theyve had to work remotely and indeed a large chunk of the consular staff work from home were trying to respond to what i hope she will understand given her own experience is a incredibly fluid situation some of these restrictions have been being imposed with no notice or limited notice and that is very difficult then of course for our constituents but what were doing is making sure we provide as much advice as much support in real time as we can britons have found themselves stranded as far afield as new zealand in fiji with the u. K. Embassies closed in a number of countries many have urged the u. K. Government to help problems have been worsened as a number of transit points including singapore have close their borders to business. Or britain and when going away he stuck in peru described the situation as an information vacuum and weve been trying to get hold of the m. C. Ever since the 1st day to go down here is a few weeks ago the seas being crazed apparently the sounds of earth and sometimes because you cant get a reply on the same line as they went together you circumstances since so its been a bit of information vacuum really well have you had any support from the government i mean do you have access to Text Messages or are you able to go online is there any way of any communications whatsoever. We get very occasional twitter updates purposely once a day 6 hours Something Like that its. Currently actually its really exciting that the 1st flight backs and leave it and its meant. Unfortunately there are a lot of people to jump around with really serious medical conditions and they havent been included on that flight so were really waiting to hear how many of those people get to lima to get them because everythings completely locked down we cant even walk down the street without you know youre only allowed out to go for groceries. Or indeed absolutely i can imagine the foreign secretary called for all britons to return a few weeks ago how come it is that you are way you are and you havent had access to be able to get anywhere in the past few weeks well he actually only had top sprinter to 2 days ago. With decides not to travel to really was actually issued the day after all right to europe stops from here and we werent given really any time at school to get ourselves organized to get home more news at the top of the hour. A dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. Dozens of women sells their bodies on the street many of them underage. 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