Hi there thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. Lets begin with an update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections that is now above 4200000 297000 lives have been lost but more than one and a half 1000000 people have recovered. So lets begin in germany where thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets demanding a complete end to the lockdown there but the demonstrations descended into clashes with police. The protests started over the weekend and continued into monday in major german cities the government has already condemned the violence against police and journalists berlins been gradually easing restrictions in the country over the past 2 weeks but now there are concerns over a possible new surgeon infections into oliver explains. While germany has received international praise for the way in which it has handled the early stages over the coronavirus recent figures concerning the rates of infection in the country have raised concerns over the weekend our number as its known rose from 0. 83 on friday to when point 13 on sunday what that means is everyone infected with the virus has passed it on to more than one other person its written back over one for the 1st time since coded restrictions were loosened now its got experts worried if we see a trend towards an increase in the long term about a week we should seriously consider whether dilution is premature or discipline has deteriorated significantly while Germanys Health ministry and the Public Health body the robert cock institute are paying close attention to the our number they are too concerned while the number of new infections in the country continues to fall. Well take it seriously that the reproduction rate has increased again the robert cock institute said it will monitor the situation we cannot conclude that we are dealing with an art of control outbreak what did get out of control at the weekend were demonstrations in cities across germany against the remaining coronavirus restrictions that remain in place. I. I. I. I. I. The demonstrators have been made up of a disparate group mixing a whole host of fringe an extreme organizations on the far right and left of politics with conspiracy theorists and academics worried about the economic implications of corona restrictions. Which are governments have been doing since 58 which is now weeks ago is not use of Public Health concerns what is being done here reminds me of that you know from the cinema the hunger games and i see this lockdown as the staging of hunger games every day germany new tributes and brawls rest senseless lockdown in which every day for the hundreds of businesses go bankrupt and the jobs that are lost and alone merkel spokesman said that the high levels of aggression shown at these demonstrations were worrying but insisted that the vast majority of the population continue to act responsibly the chancellor will get address the bundestag over corona restrictions on that wednesday im going to merkel has been preaching coercion when it comes to opening the country up and should the rates of infection remain high for a significant period of time and we see a rise in the number of new cases of covert 19 then corona restrictions could well make a return peace river r. T. Berlin. Italys been one of the worst hit countries in europe clocking up more than 30000 deaths with hospital struggling to cope with the huge influx of patients an alternative idea was put in place to use hotels to quarantine infected patients lets take a look. So i thought you were going to be one of my we have 50 guests but only 24 coded 19 patients sent by the Health Services we have elevators and consequently under 30 people come to live together because the member needs. To get them out of the moment ago its more of a problem if you go to the supermarket everything is controlled were not a risk if you want we dont have to see them theyre part months the stairs the elevators are sanitized continuously i would say wouldnt be safer than that. If i miss my family bothers me the most is not seeing my family i have a daughter whos expecting a baby so i would like to be with them. Israel says putting into practice this plan to return to normality with schools and kindergartens beginning to open that door but concerns have been raised after the countrys Prime Minister proposed a controversial measure to track childrens social distancing by microchip in the. And you both should. I spoke with their hands of technology in order to find measures israel is good at such as sensors for instance every person every kid i want on kids 1st would have a sensor that would sound an alarm when you get too close like the ones on cars the Prime Ministers proposal received a barrage of criticism especially from Cyber Security experts and he questioned the legality of chipping people ahead of cyber studies at Tel Aviv Academic College parvo believes that it will allow any criminals including kidnappers and paedophiles to track children these senior she might be kind of fraud mind roadmap to disaster and it can harm kids from wide range of aspects since the information of the physical presence geo location of the kids will be on the net it wont be here to be able to hack to breach those kind of geolocation it can be. Criminal to kidnap those kids it can be pedophiles it could be also terrorist because if i you know a target can track his children. Or harm is children the consequences may be far side of very dangerous the government counted the criticism claiming no information will be kept on databases and that the technology is just designed to keep kids at makes a distance from each other and claim no privacy laws would be violated and that the chips would be optional but our public game believes that it could quickly become mandatory. It may be voluntarily today it may be mandatory to morrow so once again when you all print the door and someone enter the door and suggest that it would be voluntary today it will be mandatory to morrow and the consequences may be how will we see so many cases of leak databases at the end of the day lot of data gathered find the way out its invasion to our privacy invasion to our perhaps i dont know body the problem is that we live in an era in the digital era in which our Borders Borders or for privacy of anonymous youre for all and freedom is getting narrower. Day by day. Multiple attacks in different regions of afghanistan have left dozens of people that live now to local journalists. Joins me on the line so what details can you bring us. Just speaking to the ministry of Public Health they confirmed that a civilian bodies off have. Been transferred to the hospitals and 11 more have been wounded so this was a hospital in the western part of the 30 actually it was a surprising incident that everyone was in shock because it was the hospital where the middleton found strong tears. Were supporting this hospital and. It has hundreds bad and still the Police Special forces are struggling to to clear the whole building they are still in the 1st floor ministry of interior actually no. You know they have to wait and see what would be their yellow casualty figure because the attack is still ongoing and for sale and have been involved in that as the attack and one of them have been gunned down by the Afghan Special forces so on the other side there is there was another deadly attack in this eastern part of afghan the song where a funeral was held and some local prevention also shows have been killed or injured and that number is also a complex thing because recently the spokesperson for the provincial governor said 15 people have been killed and 56 people have been injured so ive been to some has been experiencing a very specially to date in a couple of days probably bombs for several check posts and outpost but today taliban denied involvement in both attacks in kabul in eastern afghanistan been easy tales of those 2 attacks in afghanistan local journalists who come sizing thank you. Lets turn our attention to russia now where the nonworking period brought in to fight the rapid spread of covert 19 is officially come to an end the news was announced by Vladimir Putin during a video address but that doesnt mean an immediate return to life as normal the number of new cases reported in russia just this morning was 10899 more than 43000 people have recovered in total but 2116 have died so skewed taylor explains why the nonworking period has been cancelled despite the number of infections remaining high. In recent days weve seen how many european nations have started the delicate process of easing the way out lock down and it appears that russia feels confident to do the same not monday and televised Conference Meeting that we know now that the country would slowly and for it can really start getting back to what its doing not sort of almost from the 12th of may the national nonworking period will end the entire economy but the fight against the epidemic will continue we must not allow a breakdown or backsliding a new wave of the epidemic and the growth of cases with serious complications the lifting of restrictions will not be quick it will take a considerable amount of time. Some will say but the number of cases in russia still rising is it too early yes the rise but that is simply as assault of white attesting russian now does 170000 tests today the more important number is how many people are still being admitted to i. C. U. And of course the death rate which is either stable or slowly going down so on the back of that information advice of medical professionals it was decided that that 6 week nonworking but fully paid period would end and that the sectors of the economy such as construction and agriculture could start running again Mass Gatherings are still banned facemasks club strict sanitation standards and social distancing are still compulsory and while many breathe a sigh of relief for me they can finally if their apartments of them to throw out the rubbish will walk their dog unfortunately not everyone will be able to feel the wind in the hat quite yet. I feel to older people about i understand how hard it is youre constantly to stay at home often separated from your children and grandchildren but for now you need to be patient these are not empty words its a matter of life and restrictions of being maintained because we worry for you doing Everything Possible to protect you from the virus so people older than 65 and those with Chronic Health problems have to be patient and sit tight for a while longer this also doesnt mean that people can just flood out onto the streets rush is obviously an enormous country and situation in regions varies fast the government is in all corners of the country are assessing the situation themselves and deciding which restrictions need to be kept and which can be eased so for example in some siberian citys parks and clothes shops are opening today but here in moscow weve been ordered to continue self isolating until the 31st of may everyone is going. To fire up the economy while still of course prioritizing health and safety and just as the country started to see perhaps the light at the end of the tunnel a sad story broke 5 code that 900 patients who are being treated in an i. C. U. Instant petersburg died after a fire broke out there so. Paul suggests that if i broke out as a result of an electrical fault in one of the phantom latest that something around 150 people were in fact reach but the good news is that the fire has been put out. Still to come the Russian ForeignMinistry Gives an angry reaction to washingtons Video Tribute to the mosque the 75th anniversary of victory of nazi germany after it failed to acknowledge any role played by the soviet union well bring you that story on that this after this break. When else seemed wrong why dont we just dont. Let me. Get to shape out this day become active. And engaged because betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. You cannot be both with the yeah you want. But. Welcome back. In russia force a postponement of moscows will famous victory day parade this year marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany but that was in there anything that casts a shadow over the historic celebration the white house failed to mention the soviet unions king role in that achievement and its special Video Tribute clip gets the effects of the story. Every year they add a little more spin to it they rewrite another word or 2 a little more about america every year and a little less about the u. S. S. R. On maybe 8945. 00 american Great Britain had victory over the nazis americas spirit will always win in the end thats what happens the pentagon coming up with a revised history of the 2nd world war one where the soviet union didnt seem to play much of a role in defeating hitler one where fronts bore quote much of the brunt of the fighting it was only natural it would come to this theyve been at it for decades your theory moments ago. Executives hollywood officials have been conditioning the public to see russia as the enemy red dawn red menace and of course how to spot a communist recognizing a communist physical appearance counts for nothing if he openly declares himself to be a communist we take his word for it if a person defends the activities of communist nations while consistently attacking the domestic and Foreign Policy of the United States she may be a communist but it wasnt always like this there was a brief period when america needed the soviet when it couldnt deal with a problem that soon with its allies that problem was hitler and that time was the 2nd world war the cataclysmic event which changed the entire course of Human History behind the walls of the kremlin youll learn the secret of the russian power the spanish the nazi time over 3 years hollywood. Thout blockbusters one after another they consulted with the soviet embassy on what russian names to use in movies song of Russian Mission to moscow the north star. The white house needed the public to like the u. S. S. R. Back then because it was the soviets fighting and dying instead of the American Public if i read too much am ive come here and i am on the evenings recall of that one time you list more for you im about to become a guerrilla fighter of the soviet union i take fish imo i will not play down leads i am cynical i was just driven from on line to make this nice. To make a fever or call me no matter how the white house or the pentagon to hollywood try to rewrite history the numbers cannot be a raced 8 out of 10 nazi soldiers who died were injured a surrendered did sue at the hands of soviet troops 8 out of 10 the Eastern Front was an unimaginable horror with 45000000. 00 casualties compared to a total of 9000000. 00 folks all sides on the western front they understood that then they sacrifice the praise the u. S. S. R. And thielemann song and even put stalin on the cover of Time Magazine non of the year mr davis im happy to know its a great pleasures also considerable of a surprise i believe so that history will record you as a great builder for the benefit of mankind we feel modified and lead toward the government of the United States than any other than. Yes but then it ended the movie they didnt need the soviet union so they try to forget it communist 7 attempted to inject their propaganda into the Motion Picture they have failed miserably we will never permit them to succeed a year later they were well into getting their House Unamerican Activities Committee went to town on hollywood with so trials and purges blacklisting everything that even looked communist axes and directors reported each other to authorities over the tiniest things it was a witch hunt and they were proud of it i certainly do believe that the communist party should be our own not an expert alex reaction would be. Right but theyd all be sent back to russia or some other. 75 years have passed since the end of the war 75 years of historical a mission and with vision and refreezing all of it just so they can pretend they won it all themselves. With current of our strictures being eased back around the world it means the people can start to embrace the Great Outdoors again the decision to have medical masks or not has become not only a Health Debate but also a political statement in the United States the decision to donna facial covering seems to be split along party lines a recent poll suggested that democratic voters are more likely to wear masks compared to republicans over 30 states or jurisdictions including new york and connecticut have Face Covering requirements while in public areas however the use of mask has become a bone of contention in many other states and the governments own guidelines merely advise the use of simple cloth coverings President Trump himself has sided with a more relaxed approach. I just or were myself its a recommendation that recommended its a vanity thank you think as the president of the United States you would have the confidence to honor the guidance that you and getting others in the country as he should have on a case met 1st announced that everyone would be required to wear face masks when retail open in many reversed yourself it became clear to me that there was just a bridge too far that i think youd see this respectful of people not to wear masks i dont want to cover peoples faces jim thats the image of god right there and i want to see it in my brothers and sisters. Me down aslan all explains why he thinks the issue to mask wearing has become so polarizing. The mask apparently seems to be considered by many people as a capitulation to tyranny to the illegal confiscation of our individual freedom this is by some people to other people the mask is a sign of health and cooperation the real translation is that if you are for the mask you tend to be nobody uses terms progressive liberal anti trump those individuals who tend to be pro trump republican conservative those individuals who always talk about the constitution the rights that we have under the various amendments. They tend to be against demands they see the mask is being handcuffs is a form of subjugation so in addition to this symbology of the mask weve had these schizophrenia changes in directions where a mask dont wear a mask stay home ghost dont stay at home herd mentality so right now indian ited states nobody knows what to do there are no rules its the wild west some day as dare i say as simple as how to stop an apple epidemic has been viewed via the prism of what your particular ideology. Despite the mountains of bad news the pandemic has brought about the one positive thing that many agree on is that its being good for the environment but it seems those benefits might only be short lived with the global long term putting a strain on current conservation organizations right around the world. Was. Nearly. Im usually the largest being busy raise a lot more eyes and ears out there not necessarily. Yours but its. Yours. Whatever. That worries me more than increased poaching why because of the scale size and speed of deforestation and fires that just destroys the habitat and with the habitat there goes the jaguars you might not see a bloody animal on the ground with a bullet in it but its worse because there are other homes and burned burned alive or they dont have any prey. In conditions like these destructive fishing practices circa tensional increasing and this must remain a concern for all of 40 and regional governments. And i would you rather today thanks so much for staying with us here on out international we will continue to keep you informed through our website amanpour dot com our social Media Channels and of course the live broadcasts from here in moscow as well as london washington d. C. Good food descriptions sound up the even for the owners so how to choose the pet Food Industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the path turns out that food may not be yourself the people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders 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 less 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. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy to go in for interrogation let it be an arms race and of his on offense very Dramatic Development only personally im going to resist i theyll see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. To. Their food both of us the one business. So you can afford to miss washington coming. In the past few days there were. Confirmed cases and the number of cases from. Continues to grow. The economy is have taken steps to reopen. 1000 virus have dampened hopes of a quick opening of the global economy