From australia if you look at all but us to do with calls for a full probe into the origins of the pandemic. By the very good afternoon this is international. Where we will begin as is traditional now with an update on the latest coronavirus figures around the globe 1st of all the total number of infections that has risen to just over 4400000. 00 more than 298000 people have lost their lives and more than 1600000 people have recovered. With the summer fast approaching the here opinion is starting to emerge from the spring nightmare of the coronavirus with countries taking their 1st steps towards normality some including germany have already begun the process of reopening their borders with direct neighbors but it might all prove too little for the vital Tourism Sector which has been brought to its knees by the pandemic peter oliver has more. Even in the midst of the corona pandemic many europeans are thinking about Summer Holidays but the word from brussels is that those wanting a getaway may well get their wish we are helping europe interest get back on track of all staying healthy and safe we propose a common european approach to manage for them remain a difficult 2020 Summer Season while preparing for a more sustainable and digital tourism eco system in the future the plan is fairly straightforward Member States will open up their borders gradually eventually allowing people to go on their holidays germany will lift border controls with looks in denmark in the coming weeks with the plan to do the same with france austria and switzerland next month but that still leaves a number of other Member States including those bordering germany with no timetable in place for the ultimate goal. Is a quick directive to restore free travel in europe from june and that is what were aiming for that requires the action will be on the same level as we have these days we have thousands of new infections every day now with hundreds mr z. Hoffa went on to explain that how this develops would be dependent on the situation with the virus something thats been viewed with caution by the chancellor but when it comes to tourism foreign minister must seems relatively big we can surely ease the travel warning for europe sooner than for other western nations assuming the positive trend in several countries hold steady talk of tourism comes during troubled times for the travel industry Holiday Companies are pleading with the government for answers when it comes to whats next for them mine below my firm has been around for 21 years if nothing changes i will have to file for bankruptcy in 3 months its not fair. We have 11000 travel bureaus in germany where all only no money at the moment however. Who. I want help from the Government Support funds where not only as a struggle dural seed vantages but also promoters can get their targets the customers can get their money back and we are commission and we need immediate not troop able aid the plan is hopeful but ultimately dependent on covert cases being on the contrary which is not an easy task when you look at 2 of europes main tourism destinations being spain and italy 2 of the hardest hit by corona. Even if sun seekers are packing the beaches its not going to make up for losses already sustained but what it does provide is a glimmer of hope for an industry thats already being pushed to its limit by the virus peter all of our r. T. Burley. Journalist and commentator Thomas Fassbender believes that despite the risks of a 2nd wave its still better to open our borders to try to avoid a devastating Global Economic crisis. Testing unchartered waters that theres no objective authority that can tell us this is the right time and others a bad timing it is time to do something to open up the only door collect experience with the virus with the coming of a 2nd wave we see now what happens in china are the 1st signals of a 2nd wave but there is no way other than to test if you go with the scientists logic we also have to stay inside dont until we have a vaccine this will kill our economy our social lives our societies so that there is no alternative then try and be ready to restrict again partially regionally locally i see it as as equally a top down and the bottom up in the should the e. U. Was basically absent during the lockdown that was a very very poor performance by brussels the nation states took the initiative with closing the borders and now it is about lifting that restriction lifting the lockdown of the e. U. Tries to or get in the drivers seat again do not see it discriminatory approach by the side of brussels i would rather say they try to do as much as possible to avoid discriminatory situations but we in reality are of course people who wish which was very careful where they go and where they when they cross the border. The facemask becoming a key line of defense during this Health Crisis for some covering about is proving more of a curse than a cure for deaf people face coverings mean they cant read lips and therefore understand speech and thats why u. K. Charities are urging other ways to communicate so the no sectors of society feel even more isolated. The move to advise people to wear face coverings will create new challenges for 12000000 people across the u. K. Who have some form of hearing loss many of these people rely on liquid into communicate and this will be unavoidably needed by face coverings this has the potential to create further isolation of monster knowledge in my Journalist Community of people. On firm in the United States has come up with an Innovative Solution making masks with a clear window to enable lip reading but the British Charity says as they are not available in the e. U. Europe needs to come up with other ideas also the masks wouldnt be useful for Health Personnel because they dont provide protection from fluid droplets. We spoke with Florence Tasker whos been suffering from progressive hearing loss from the age of 6 shes an entrepreneur and graphics designer who runs or own Company School she learned lip reading rather than sign language but the new reality of life at present is causing her more problems than most. I have a successful free also my own company designing and making. Films and t. V. Shows it is a busy frantic with a lot of pressure to get the details right and its all about asking the right questions and communicating to the john to my hearing when i was thanks i have to be. Hearing aids and creating to communicate. Most people have no idea how. This could have it i really struck. Out on mind and how if i just didnt see what that was a face must become cold case i. Just try to have. To ask people help time. To sway. Me i think of the question hear me. Because this is being different from everyone else. I want people like me to be showing. Me how the they see me i dont shy away to try to hear communique i want to do good. To be good friends and all those things. I just quickly shut myself off it is all. I have. Been reading understanding. For the life creating communities. Cause i. See me to. Be a place to be with everyone not be able to be. Me im just asking. U. S. Sanctions and australian beef turns out that it calls for a probe into the origins of the coronavirus to explain all the hairs on the scale of. U. S. Pressure on china is rising senator graham a longtime opponent of beijing has put forward the coded 19 accountability act this is a law that it casts would give donald trump the ability to put new sanctions on china im convinced that without cheneys communist Party Deception the virus would not be here in the United States china refuses to allow the International Community to go into the war hung allowed to investigate they refused to allow investigators to study how this outbreak started this hard hidden piece of legislation will sanction china until they cooperated with investigators china immediately spoke up you crying the bill may work with the bill introduced by several u. S. Senators absolutely neglects fact they want to start the investigation with the presumption of guilt to shift their responsibility on china for the failure and incompetence in the fight against the epidemic this is not possible we express our resolute protest in my op evenings i think some fairness for all of the United States sometimes like a. Paper tiger and then they just pretended to high and makes track scare insets son of the dont need here it shoots from china so i think this scene is very very obvious yeah now already in america there are all 80000 people die and in a future you know we will be more so this is a this is true these failed to protect people and they you want to shift is a risk with me so thats why they just dont want to make china to be the school books and i think its the equal. Australia. It seems to be echoing the anti china chorus coming from the United States down under there are lots of calls for a probe into china so far the United States has only gotten warnings of retribution from beijing but australia has already started to feel chinas wrath china has suspended beef imports from australia plus china is now threatening an 80 percent tariff on astroland barley imports both sides than the tensions are a factor in these dramatic trade moves to will have 3 chinese customs found that multiple batches of beef products exported to china by certain Australian Companies violated the inspection and quarantine agreed by chinese and Australian Authorities in order to protect the health and safety of chinese consumers china has decided to suspend taking import declarations for Meat Products from forest trail and companies. I think we have to be careful not to Grow Alliance between these 2 things its an end to dumping issue from the chinese perspective they certainly havent raised this connected to any all that is shes now big story were disappointed that it was but theres no reason for me to think based on the way that the approaching it that i could draw that conclusion the media has been quick to recall recent remarks from a chinese official i think in the long to if the mood is going from bad to worse maybe ordinary people say why should we drink australian wine or eat australian beef and action or not china is australias largest export market jobs and livelihoods are on the line australia is calling for trade talks as well as an investigation into the origins of the corona virus the media now accuses china of waging a trade war amid the pandemic now australian beef may simply not be up to Chinese Standards however many interpret this as china reminding the world that it does not take accusations and sanctions lightly and its capable of striking back if china will and it didnt stop. Conflict i think the watch. Word is worse so thats a lie a trying to keep to the street to australia its a different austrian here trying only to d use to. Its d very point 8 for chinese people. To promote the states courts so thats why now we just have to do something to spot. The us state secretary mike pompei it was taken a whistle stop trip to israel on his 1st International Visit during the pandemic and wednesday he touched down in the country meeting with both Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu and his new Ruling Coalition partner benny gantz a compose trip gained much more attention than usual due to an almost complete lack of protective equipment and the fact that it seemed the trip itself nonessential i guess the have reports a pair of gloves cost 50. 00 said a mask is about a dollar but getting in the plane in the middle of the pandemic and flying halfway across the world just so you can stand there and smile that your good friend tell him what a great guy he has and look at the his eyes smile some more. Its priceless and kind of cheesy youre a great partner you share information from other countries to train up your skin and hide that information now i know what youre thinking could we have just who would have saved millions of dollars and potentially even lives but heres the counter question would netanyahu specific area have felt quite as keast if he had just cool of course it wouldnt which is the point come on theyve violated almost every safety precaution out there just just to stand there without mosques and tell each other how nice they are and how much they missed each other and missed looking into each others eyes how glad they are that the ayatollah isnt there to spoil the movement do Something Else plague in your region which is unremitting aggression in turkey during this ben demick the iranians using using the ayatollah as the regimes resources to foment terror crossed the world when the people of iran are struggling so mightily kind of a false equivalence i mean the coronavirus is killing hundreds of israelis and their own well iran isnt iran is trying to survive a terrible pandemic under sanctions that the private of essential medical supplies but come on these days when in the merican and an israeli get together in small instead logan hard into each others eyes and the rainy and somewhere get screwed. Especially interesting coming from a person who has himself how to weaponize the virus against the iranian people by imposing sanctions and increasing those sanctions during the corona virus pompei 0 has a very close relationship with the Israeli Regime and of course we we have. The deal of the century we have the increasing difficulties that the Israeli Regime is facing at home because of netanyahu is legal problems and the issue of forming a government and of course the virus has cause a lot of difficulty inside israel itself as usual people like pompei o are trying to scapegoat iran for all of their own shortcomings and their own deficiencies in addition compare reportedly discussed israels plans to alex a huge part of what remains of palestines west Bank Territory as well as israels business dealings with china which made compare sad and i still know what you think it could have just cool its important for a number of reasons that we do this face to face face to face and with a smile and long stares into each others eyes while telling each other how nice they are to hell with pandemics and viruses in danger sometimes 2 grown men who like each other just have to do what they have to do. So ahead for you with the ad industry plunks into crisis by the pandemic advertisers turn from t. V. To the internet in a bid to keep the money flowing that story after the break. Seemed wrong why dont we all just dont all. Get to shape out this day become educated and in gains from it equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit Dramatic Development only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. And. Welcome back with much of the world in long down to fight the spread of coronavirus some Safety Measures of proving to be more difficult than others here in russia stuff and volunteers from orphanages hospices and going to quite extraordinary lengths to protect the vulnerable. Lisa bloom you know tuesday leaving aside the facility in a family ensures minimal contact of course this digital life is much safer for any person. Maurice writes the reps i didnt know via send till the day they brought him to me and that was when we 1st met him and i went through the files of all the children that could be taken and vice to grab my attention than your own a stock you know boss is a very cheerful droid has fragile bones so a lot of care is required in moving him around hes a special dye through a tube in a few days the hospice and over his bad equipment change diapers and anyone. In the ad now will tell you an idea for a long time for years ive been working with them at the education center. Mash some youre for mango its a submerged. Car. The quality of communication has gotten worse not all the children have phones. Children that end up an orphan and all have a story to tell it teaches them to distrust others they have a hard time for men lost in relationships which is important for their future life the mentor brings the child peace of the world they communicate face to face showing that they are not alone and have someone to rely on this is very important for the boss their children and those who care for them. Weve now been living for 3 weeks and everything is going very well fassie is opening up in a whole new way i cant imagine taking vassie back to the hospice maybe it is hope and damage caused designed so that something would change in the life of children who have never had a home. You have a target in the street is often among the hardest hit steering any crisis and this time is no exception despite millions of people being stuck at home and watching t. V. During the pandemic revenue is actually in freefall attach a sweet reports from los angeles. Some of the biggest advertisers for Television Networks are cutting their existing deals pepsi General MotorsDominos PizzaGeneral Mills are just some of the Major Companies looking to take advantage of an out in their contracts as of may 1st companies have the option of canceling up to 50 percent of their 3rd quarter ad revenue spending and now ad buyers are estimating that up to 1500000000. 00 in commitments could in fact be cancelled insiders say this out if you will has always been in contracts but taking advantage of it is almost unheard of but the future of the pandemic a known owners of the Major Networks are concerned over what the future spending could look like all the revenue for long term ads are down the last minute opportunity buying when Companies Purchase ads closer to the air date is also reportedly low viacom c. B. S. Chief executive bob baucus calling Quarterly Earnings on a call this week quote not pretty amc networks caution an ad revenue could drop about 30 percent but its not to say these companies in key and categories like automotive pharmaceutical food and beverage arent spending some are taking their business elsewhere like facebook and google mexican food chain to pole is just one of many looking to shift their ad dollars into streaming videos on social media chris brandt to police chief marketing officer saying weve seen a lot of great returns with facebook and instagram cereal giant General Mills also transferring some of their t. V. Advertising investments into digital video and ecommerce well some of these Companies Set up their ad contracts with networks well in advance its certainly not business as usual during this pandemic as of right now fox is the only Major Network to release its fall lineup the future of ad spending could decline or shipped all depending on how the economy reacts to the effects from the coronavirus. Thanks so much for staying with us here on r. T. International will keep you informed continue throughout the day of our website ality dot com our social Media Channels and lots of live broadcast our studios in moscow london and washington d. C. All working around the clogged ill be back with updates for you see you i hope in 30 minutes why the form of a photographer. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area rush up. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. Take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. If. You cant. Get the you to do you think you can only take you to get it to fit you. Need to. Get a clue to what is an idealist and does not choose one of. Those who shores me. With. Just the cues and. Theres. The so you can. The food the. Venue for me my sleeping for to do. Before. We go to work so you straight home. With good reason Public Discourse is focused on addressing and finally containing the coby 1000. 00 pandemic now the focus is on devastated economies were in a recession will it morph into a depression will the recovery be a u. D. Or an l. The f. T. s primary role is in regulation of what the label says is and there is actually in the us the f. D. A. Is not regulating Quality Production sourcing any of those things theyre regulating that what you say is on the label is actually on the label the most shocking thing about the pet Food Industry that that has remained since basically i started doing this work is the f. D. A. Compliance policies i still cannot understand how and industry is provided by a federal tax supported organization loopholes to avoid federal law if you go to the f. D. A. Website and just type in compliance policies and then scroll down the pains to hand feed and and theres one after another they allow contamination bypass to sads contain a nation by industrial chemicals. Intimidation bad natural toxins contamination filth micro biological contamination over tolerance for permanent drug residues. Its incredible. The law says that can be but the compliance policy says dont worry go ahead. Enforce. For all practical purposes theres nobody looking out for the average dog in 2006 mystery illness begin to sicken thousands of pets across the United States and canada thrusting the industry into the spotlight like never before. Ok everyone is so forget about this recall tell us what do people need to know about this recall so its menu food menu foods menu foods menu foods of many foods on march 16th 2007 many foods began recalling dog foods produced in their facilities in kansas and new jersey what disturbs me about this incident is that it confirms yet again the pet food as well as human food is a risk more than 60000000 packages were taken off store shelves last month because they apparently contained wheat gluten that was tainted with the chemical melamine veterinarian offices are getting flooded with phone calls from concerned that over in the people on the other end of the phone sound worried yes very wary yes no official estimates on exactly how many have died so far