Good afternoon great to have you with us this is r. T. International. Ok lets 1st get right up to speed on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections that is now above 4200000 284000 lives have been lost and more the 1500000 people have recovered. France is taking its 1st tentative steps back to normality today its a lockdown is being eased back although some restrictions will remain in place for instance masks mandatory and public transport but while some see the overall move as being something positive others fear it could lead to a 2nd spike in infections on the do b. Sc expects. From today thats monday many shops will be able to reopen schools will start to reopen public transport will be running more efficiently than it has over the last 8 weeks people hoping to get the taste of freedom for the last 8 weeks every time theyve left the house that had to happen a personal permission slip an act to say exactly why theyre leaving the house for a select narrow set of reasons that has now been disbanded with them people will be able to move freely within the towns and cities the country is split into some regions still in the red zone which means there are a heightened concern. To the far east in those regions and here in paris is one of those regions this is what the Prime Minister said when he. Was definitely going to be that easing restrictions from. Me the president of the republic has confirmed that given the latest results the progress of lifting of the measures can start on may be. Its another step in the fight against the epidemic it is good news for france and for the french people well not so much good news is that public parks and green spaces will be reopening for the moment thats expected to take place. Which theyre hoping will start late june now already. People coming into the. Sanitizer but now shops will also be able to a mandatory wearing of face mosques they are also mandatory on all public transport in france with people not wearing at the age of 11 facing a fine of 135 euros now there has been criticism over the plans as to how thats going to. Transport network saying you know they didnt have enough people on the ground to be able to enforce that and looking for. Help and in fact this morning many fronts t. V. Stations have been showing some of the chaotic scenes not just in the metro here in paris but also in stations and connecting stations around the country showing carriages full of people not respecting the fact that despite there are moved freedoms now that social distancing is according to the government in parity of those also criticism of teach from teachers saying you know we shouldnt be opening the schools while some businesses are concerned that some of the advice from the government hasnt been the exactly clear and no not really sure what they can and cant do there are also those businesses who can open such as cafes and restaurants and bars you off theory is that they havent been included in this easing of the restrictions and theres also criticism from the public a sense from the public that they not quite sure that the governments got perhaps the right strategy or the government is going to succeed in its strategy one poll showing that 74 percent of people didnt think public transport would be safe to use another poll showing that some 58 percent almost 6 in 10 people didnt think that the government would be able to successfully implement its exit strategy and of course there is also this fear that while many people are hoping to see more freedoms noun to get out and about that they will be that predicted the 2nd wave of the coronavirus and the french government has stated very clearly if there is a 2nd wave if there is a rise almost restrictions that people are hoping to have seen the back of they will be back. With life in the United Kingdom put on hold for almost 2 months now the Prime Minister took to the nations t. V. Screens sunday night to find the way forward will be a gradual easing of restrictions although every step will be strictly monitored theres also no exact date when the food will be lifted these are the house details from london. The u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson addressing the country on sunday evening analysing his plans to resolve a lot of the measures that have been in place in the u. K. Since the end of march but the Prime Minister was also keen to stress that the country isnt in a position to lift those lockdown measures in any meaningful way it will know this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay alert we must continue to control the virus and saved lives. Now with the u. K. Having the highest death toll in the whole of europe mr johnson announced perhaps a new strategy moving forward the announcement of 8 fight it system ranking the threat from covert 90 similar to the type of Anti Terrorism threat level assessments weve seen in countries like the u. K. And elsewhere with the ranking government from low level one all the way up to critical level 5 and obviously the lower the rating the more those locked up restrictions can be lifted to chart our progress and to avoid going back to square one were stablish in a new alert system run by a new joint bio Security Center could be the look level will tell us how tough we have to be in our social distancing missions the lower the level the fewer the measures the higher level of the top and stricter we would have to be not to have been some accusations that mr johnson wasnt particularly clear when he came to explaining some of the measures for example saying the people who couldnt work from home should go back to work but of course many workplaces like restaurants like theaters remain closed so unclear exactly how those people could go back to work now this is johnson also of course announcing gradual easing of restrictions on wednesday we could see unlimited exercise being allowed in Public Places like parks but again there are fears that the public could just take advantage of that to flout the law rules that later on in the summer we could see the lifting of the strict sions on children going to Primary School and secondary school for example and also later on in the summer we could also see for example bars and restaurants opening one small albeit with social this. Measures in place but mr johnson was also keen to stress that should we see one small increase in the rate of infection or even in the number of people losing their lives after testing positive with coke and 19 then the harsher restrictions could once more be put back in place well be monitoring our progress locally regionally and nationally and if there are outbreaks if there are problems we will not hesitate to put on the brakes and it tests dr and author Malcolm Kendrick believes that the easing of restrictions will be good news for patients with other conditions who are now get more medical attention. We be relaxing restrictions now because of the there are also other problems that were not theyre not talking about you are not coming to us with all because theyre got chest pains if you are staying whole children i was really going to want you all to diabetes which the major problems are teaching us that those children are arriving each of us it was. Terrifying to bring them to us but all because were told that so so theres a lot of time science going on and. You know patients with cancer are not being treated patients with other serious conditions that are not immediately life threatening and not being treated so i think even just from a Health Perspective not an Economic Perspective we should definitely be lots in this in my opinion we should have planned it earlier i think that they now recognised that actually we shouldnt be trying to fill our share homes with people who are either doc who would or potentially have got what i call some unexploded boxes that oh its all right they dont have any symptoms you know and then they sent me. Now recognize that this is not you know the. Fire that broke out at the hospice in the russian city of cranston of course kovan itasca claimed 10 lives the report suggests the fire was caused by an electrical fault also revealed that the home was registered as residential with no permission to carry out the functions of the hospice for the investigation has been launched the owner is reportedly being questioned. New york remains the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak in the United States as it struggles to deal with a rapid rise in infections some neighborhoods in the bronx queens and Staten Island have been hit far harder than wealthier areas as a new r. T. Documentary highlights. The. Quarantining new york is a little bizarre because there is theres like 2 worlds right so were in a world where we feel very isolated were working from home but were still working and then theres this like other part of new york that we dont see when you look at like the map of how home it is politically some of the wealthier neighborhoods its been far more contained and the numbers are much lower than some of the flora neighborhoods its like 2 different worlds. Im a livable how many absent certainly allowed to be early we probably dont argue over the last 2 weeks and we have more than 100 more to go and were going round going in new york which is considered one of them or our area. Of the we were with the other core population are dying water because in everyday circumstances when you go to a hospital in new york city and probably not any of. The 1st thing they actually are you having to put the body is the end to you willing. To ease the side this is a real. The. In the meantime the new york states governor is already outlining his post outbreak plans but his decision to call on americas richest to help out with others prompted anger in the big apple killer more picks up story. United states has the worlds top number of coronavirus deaths and 33000000 americans have now filed for unemployment u. S. Officials are saying this is a catastrophe on par with 911 or pearl harbor many have accused the u. S. Government of dropping the ball failing to provide Adequate Health care and effectively mobilize relief however the new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo has found some saviors to help reimagine new york in the aftermath of the pandemic billionaires. Cuomo has given eric schmidt the c. E. O. Of google the task of helping to reimagine new york in the aftermath of the pandemic with Talent HealthRemote Learning and broadband probably the best mind in this country if not in this on the globe to do this is i believe a true visionary especially in the field of technology and thats eric schmidt and weve asked him to come work with us now google has already earned the distrust of millions with their project nightingale that acquired the personal medical records of millions and their ownership of fitbit. The new york governor has also decided to bring bill gates on board bill gates the microsoft founder and billionaire is set to help revolutionize schools across the state bill gates is a visionary in many ways and his ideas and thoughts on technology and education hes spoken about for years but i think we now have a moment in history where we can actually incorporate and advance those ideas advocates of Public Education have slammed his initiative as pushing privatization. Both the Gates Foundation and your coma have a history of pushing privatization and agendas that have the potential to destroy Public Schools this collaboration raises a red flag and real questions about what shape our reimagined Public Schools will take postponed demick and whether there will be recognizable as Public Schools at all the Gates Foundation or big advocates of common core and initiatives aimed at advancing americas performance and education which is already quite low especially in the field of mathematics the Program Actually has made things worse since 2013 when it was implemented at this point test scores are at a historic low. Or new york city mayor Mike Bloomberg has been drafted to help out in the field of health care you set to create a human Contact Tracing network mayor Michael Bloomberg has volunteered to help us develop and implement the tracing program we thank him very much for taking it on because it is going to require a lot of attention a lot of insight a lot of experience and a lot of resources big tech wrong based out of Southern California is now setting up shop in the big apple many fear that while this could create billions of dollars in profit for the Silicon Valley monopolies it will result in even more dependence from new yorkers on these mega corporations can think of a worse or more Dangerous Development in this one hope new York Education and Health Care Unions are getting prepared for defied of their lives. Trying to take out the troubling democracy play acting goes straight through by billionaires monday gates tuesday smits next abbesses to imagine the future of the economy and is it to rematch in news friday maybe black or just runs everything. 1st bill gates and now eric schmidt these are all people who should determine for us how best to provide services to everyday new yorkers instead we should tax them all so people whose job it is to decide state policy can do so more effectively now the pandemic is far from over and why c. Is still shut down but the race to dominate the postcode at 19 world has already started and not surprisingly the billionaires have gotten a head start you know it doesnt surprise me in hollywood you sell you know let me tell you about that are real new yorkers see what. We see that just in the recent state budget he cut 2000000000. 00 from medicare 400000000000. 00 from hospitals in the middle of a pandemic i mean we see have we have any and also you never taxes are all you never never taxes are just so many proposals and status and. To tax the millionaire surtax corporations you know to me its like a bunch of billionaires getting together and creating new institutions and this host our own they live in this echelon this is rural onto their own was you know and you really see how they lose touch with you know the normal ordinary person. In the present president ial hopeful joe biden is spam is feeling more confident now in the sex abuse scandal hes been dragged into recently after the media started to play on the fact one of his accusers was appeared to be a long standing supporter of President Trump while the other one previously worked for the Russian News Agency sputnik although i think nor in the fact that the alleged sex assault happened back in 1993 full story for you after the break. You cannot be both with the yeah you like. Welcome back now what makes your words less trustworthy in the current us political and media circles same as any correct connection to russian President Trump the woman who accused democratic nominee joe biden of carrying out a Sexual Assault back in the ninetys is now being treated as a russian agent for exactly that skit a looks about stands behind the accusations. So many of us do not just be the perfect time to explore new things in my own days of solitude i think how do you my skills and im going to show you guys something ive been watching i call it the diary of a bull sheet democrats im going to get into character. Russian russian should try to double tops that have always had a lot of president ok im ready. Like my fellow democrats i was blindsided by the section so not actually suggestions made it gates to bite and by someone tara reid i mean i know some woman has come forward for accused by reason of your caught with that snipping and touching and there are all those photos of him and then theres the hash i keep job i said but i think convincing know somethings fishy here and of recent days new evidence has come tonight revealing reids accusations for what they really are a huge russian conspiracy an attempt to get that pop it up and that it not to fasten our bells meisel who is representing Reid Torah Regis go to new lawyer his name is Douglas Wigdor he supported donald trump in the 2016 election and gave 55000. 00 to the Trump Campaign and the r n c juror in that cycle surprised coincidence i think not i mean we do did also donate to a bunch of Democratic Candidates in 516 and he defended fox employees an agenda discrimination case and he didnt represent Christine Lacy for what she confronted by counting up but as you might have meant that lets just forget also making the super suspicious the other lawyer being defended by one of the tour knees working for terror read is bill moore im a former employee of sputnik the russian governments english language propaganda arm i mean i couldnt put it better than this very professional and unbiased and i said to see john list between that and read alexandra lawyer who was fired from sputnik yes that sputnik could get this incorrectly reporting a wiki leaks story something about this whole story and its timing stinks to high heaven also seems. To high heaven the fact that we have cell is p. T. A question pont i mean she criticized America Chris imperialism whatever that means and last week talked up president putin back chested on a horse she literally wrote a love letter to the murderer trying to keep biden from the white house. Yet the New York Times is calling for the d. N. C. To establish a truth. And investigation for what we all know the real truth here the kremlin has been cooking us up for decades they thought all the way back in 1000 times to the bike one day run for president so they plucked a random young doctor put herself in a lifelong psychologically dodgy situation to say she qualified to when he finally got close to keep him from the white house but they had to make it believable so they got several people in on it to be like her exhusband on several occasions petitioner tara reid related a problem that she was having at work regarding Sexual Harassment and u. S. Senator joe bidens office and her ex neighbor i remember her saying here was this person there she was working for him she added lies to him and he kind of put her against a wall and he put his hand up her skirt and he couldnt spinners insider she found that she was assaulted and she really didnt feel there was anything she could do and even a mother im wondering what. Would you do besides go to the press in washington my daughter is there after working for a prominent senator and could not get through with her problems i mean at large hes about to payrolls you contrast the thing that comes out of his mouth anyway that when the kavanaugh face came along they probably thought they had it in the bag women do not sit around making these things up these women have come forward knowing they have everything to lose they thought that will do it these women who hounded cavanagh comment like double standards to that oath presumptive president ial nominee who should not be running on character for the president the United States you want him to withdraw i wish he would all have home because one woman says nice things about russia and goes off to my candidate the only one thats not. Shake the on his 7 year old life and apply as much chrissy as i can fit into my hash tag times up. So what you think. You will find too subtle. Legal analyst and for the most to believe that the time sex scandal around joe biden has proved the hypocritical nature of the me to be meant the truth is now that were seen this with joe biden with cher read is that its not me too for all women its me too only to protect the women that accuse donald trump or his associates its only me to if you accuse somebody who we dont like if you accuse one of our guys we cant really believe what you say thats absolutely duplicitous and its exactly what this Movement Similar movements have been supposed to stand against this is complete apocryphal and were finding out more and more that the Democratic Party in america and that includes a lot of the Mainstream Media outlets that the Mainstream Media the Democratic Party in america are just theyre just interested in helping themselves they do not care about women they only care about women that are going to help their political and their social causes thats all they care about as women for their own political gain if it hurts their political gain those women can be tossed aside. Thing with his her amounted to National Jewelry for objects and often are. We go to work. Straight hold. On ill show it still seemed wrong when old rolls just dont hold. The old beliefs yet to shape our disdain for the conflict educated and in dangerous equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Divided the in here will ya please do you think. The war operation or dying are some of the wealthier neighborhoods its been far more contained in the numbers are much lower than some of the foreign neighborhoods to start a city. That we think were working with going to source outside of the state because theyre just d sort of there here so i figured out it was. Good food descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose just pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us then was necessarily good for the pet turns out input food may not be as healthy as people believe and we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders theyve got allergies we are actually creating these problems and its a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets last treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because theyre already making it a 1000000000. 00 on it and theres no reason to do that research. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered Peter Lavelle 75 years ago there was a Global Solidarity to annihilate the scourge of bashes them from europe the soviet union and its western allies prevailed against nazi germany today such Global Solidarity is sadly missing in the face of the current pandemic who in what blocks is very necessary solidarity. This and more im joined by my guest to me bob its in moscow he is a political analyst and editor of you know its me internet project and in court we have Geoffrey Robertson he is americas professor of history at University College cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy his latest book is churchill and stalin comrades in arms during the 2nd world war right gentlemen crossed out roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want the house appreciate it or i let me 1st go to the demon here in moscow you know dma here we go again this is almost like our tradition with our calling jeffrey we do this every single year commemorating victory in europe over fascism and for every single year that we do it we find ourselves more and more in a revisionist mode here i mean as i understand as were sitting down doing our chat right now is that facebook has banned a colorized version of the of the soviet banner over europe the very very iconic one of showing victory in europe