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Very well welcome to you its monday the 25th of may and this is r. T. International live from moscow now our top story this hour as france starts to lift its quarantine churches and mosques have opened their doors to worshippers for the 1st time in 2 months and with the weather getting warmer people across france have flocked to parks to enjoy the sun well this week is expected to be critical in determining whether now really is the right time to be lifting the lockdown well as const live now to charlotte da vinci in paris for is that saw the good to see you hows life changed in france since the measures were east. Well restrictions have been easing in france now for the last 2 weeks in this week is considered to be a critical week because it is 14 days since the easing of those lockdown restrictions started and there is a sense of whether well find out whether that is working the north if theres an increase in. Cases of 19 cases or a lot for the moment generally hospital admissions have been down day on day in france and we know that there are fewer number of patients in intensive care than they were at the end of the big lockdown that we saw for 2 months which started all the way back on march 17th now there were fears that over the weekend which just followed a Public Holiday in france the warmer weather could see people coming out to different areas across the country like you said parks in some areas not here though in paris because parks or still restricted and still closed and the idea was that they thought people would come out they may not be respecting the barrier gestures the social distancing and therefore they might sort of be a way of transmitting the disease at sort of give you a sense of some of the things that have been put in place here in paris this is along the side of the sand and as you might be able to see this fencing here all in one place and this is part of the restrictions that theyve tried to put in place to not encourage people really to come out to places like this now people did come out at the weekend but it wasnt anywhere near as packed as we would feel no lead to fear that it could and i was speaking to people outside here in the center on saturday who told me that they just have no fear about this idea of a 2nd wave. Social distancing is respected more or less but i think that there are a lot of people who think the bar is one to. Personally im not afraid that i can see that people still respect in the distance and stuff so. Im pretty confident i dont think anything is going to happen we have completely overcome that its difficult to say but in fact i think this was done by some higher power if the 2nd wave is supposed to happen it will happen and unfortunately we cant do any. Think about it. And work at the hospital im used to Wearing Masks and i think that everybody should wear them i dont want to believe in the 2nd wave because i dont want to experience news life again and i think people should be careful. Well call me here in paris but not call elsewhere in france they were scenes of protests. Which is a place in the west of france near the city of nohant where the police had to intervene and use tear gas. Well small weakening zone of the restrictions have already been announced and we knew that from the weekend that religious services will now be able to take place 1st time that thats happened in many many weeks here in france were also due to get an announcement this week to find out where the french can take their Summer Holidays this year but theres already been a suggestion from one government minister that that will be here in france also an announcement over the weekend that fans will now impose a poor and teen period on people traveling to france from the United Kingdom that will be a 14 day period and that is a reciprocal measure after that announcement was made also by the u. K. Government from people going to the u. K. From france and weve also had no one to have more measures to try and help the economy here in france which is the g. D. P. Expected to be severely down this year as a result of that pandemic and now the economy minister one of the ministers has said that Social Security payments of around 3000000000 euros for those businesses affected by the code that 19 pandemic will not have to be paid to france trying to do lots of Different Things to shore up its economy as it finds out this week whether these lockdown measures did work and whether the de confinement measures now are working. So i thank you for the update there. Live from paris. To the u. K. Now which has registered its lowest daily 1000. 00 death increase since march with Prime Minister Barak Johnson saying its now time to start easing the countrys lockdown. I can confirm that i do believe we will be in a position to move to step 2 of our plan. As part of step 2 we set up plans for a phased reopening of schools in line with the approach being taken in many other countries we want to stalk getting our children back into the classroom in a way that is as manageable and as safe as possible last week the government allowed people across england to go out and visit friends and relatives the move was criticized by some as primitive your anger is also mounting as there is a lack of help for families live lost loved ones in the pandemic we heard from a woman who lost her father to cope at 19 catherine to prove hosseinis officials turned him away in his time of need a man had a cold one more moron earlier that week and at that point they accept he had moderate symptoms of covert 9. And to stay at home continued self isolating him all drink plenty of fluids. And then a couple of days after that my mom was still concerned she called out. And was given the same up by. And it was only when you know he resists clearly very very young while there and im going to came in talking to hospital later that day going to renal failure and we were asked if submission to withdraw life. And he died. These are the last photos of katherine father when he was still alive she says there is no psychological support for families with europes worst infection rate in the u. K. Has registered over 36000. 00 deaths catherine to protest against believes it was the governments delay in imposing a nationwide lockdown that led to the storing number of cases. Just i feel dont respect the people that have died and the families left behind if different decisions have been made in march. My dad would have been able to fly to the u. K. Cause we did get a lockdown and he would still safely be in a French Village where there were no cases. Flown in and had been tested in the air or all the people all the people on flight had been tested. Maybe a sort of an identified soon or you might of call it a lock on a truck in the earlier bill that the government are not giving the people about the wrists and so because of that people are now taking brits. And were not being asked to wear those no emotional support available to families grieving families been affected by the virus. Long ventilators have become a prime necessary during the pandemic doctors try to avoid immediately placing covert patients with their spiritual problems on lung ventilators but when it comes to severe cases these machines are critical for survival and on cost of ski the host of arties epidemic series talked to those who have experienced life on a ventilator and are now returning to normality. Robbery spree in their dream fix on the issue is a must and should. Be a more thoughtful more informative of bullying much of course if your review of the movie as much as was a shot in bali made film robot School Reform a short of dollars a month or for. 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Just little get it from the ministry of justice i expect mobsters to be in jail. Now the citizenship wage is 600. 00 euros a month italians living below the minimum wage are eligible 101. 00 mobsters were involved in the forward worth half a 1000000 euros received illegally in order to get the payments they used false identities now only money has now been confiscated by the italian or thorough these days the mafia operates through clans mostly across the italys south in sicily alone there are estimated to be 94 clans they use extortion Drug Trafficking and illegal gambling to amass wealth their activity can ruin peoples lives. Had a sharp business in sicily and looking back i can see the mafia ruined their lives mobsters who come to us and ask for money the socalled racket practically attacks the mafia is ever present i can recall they would come 2 or 3 of them demanding money from me and my wife every month they would threaten us they would say for you dont pay up will rob you we will disrupt you and i honestly having little children i decided with my wife to pay them and then perhaps we would be left alone but that didnt happen they kept coming and it was a torture for us we worked and worked for 1. 00 for nothing our hard won money went to them between the taxes and the crisis when the evening i turned to my wife and told her were closing because i cant stand them anymore. They are going to see at the march to rebel against the mafia i believe this is the most Important Message together we can do it we can defeat the mobsters we know how much the mafia can take advantage of the Economic Needs of the people i believe this crisis is the mafia opportunities to probe and take advantage of all this. In the southwestern region of campania the camorra clan is trying to regain control they reported to be competing against Civil Society efforts to support those in desperate need by giving out loans and food parcels and the mafia campaigners say it makes a mockery of the official government. The point is that its not that the mafia needs this money this 450. 00 euros a month but rather its an example of how the mafia can make a mockery of the state the mafia has an impressive economic capacity and they can wait wait for water for Small Business owners to run into financial trouble so they turn to them for assistance for loans italian suffer greatly we have to consider that the money the mafia takes from the state coffers means less money goes to Citizens Public Services become pork assistance for the needy becomes limited. We live in a context where in spite of a targeted inefficient approach by the police in the legal system its not always easy to prevent organized crime and how it seemed grained in the southern territories the risk posed by the massive becomes greater and more real if the states response is not fast and affective enough if the state doesnt provide the needy with subsidies and support that its inevitable that criminal syndicates will continue to take advantage of. Great to have you with us this monday weve got more news coming up your way after this short break. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see that. You cannot be both with yeah you like. Were told with a new cold war with china it is not coherently explain to us why even worse is the Strategy Change there is it was also designed to get arms. Welcome back now to the u. S. Where the number of covert deaths is expected to reach 100000 in a few hours while some accuse the government of grossly mishandling the crisis washington is trying to pin the blame on beijing as compared to what it alleges was a chinese cover up all the initial outbreak to the 4th it was spawns 2 they should know both nuclear disaster. Reports. The u. S. Is feeling a bit how bold at the moment they dont always insisted it was exceptional and it really did exceptionally actually handle the case pandemic so if your unseeded you need to deflect some an economic crisis soaring unemployment and a high death toll but also require busy testing out disinfectants you dont have the time for a whole new political strategy so you look to history and sure enough an old friend of nigers she days of the cold war shes a r. T. To the ship. We must be good judgment against the fact that some us Political Forces hijacking the china u. S. Relations in an attempt to push our 2 countries to the brink of a new cold war decades ago if you want is poor press people behind the iron curtain to taste freedom and a cocacola bottle so now you need to find some 21st century poor oppressed people who are just busting for your liberty i was. I. Was i was and with china about to toss in north hong kong its the part that pretext president ial role as Global Finance of the freedom to have a hong kong has flourished as a bastion of liberty the United States strongly urges beijing to respect hong kongs high degree of autonomy Democratic Institutions and Civil Liberties which are key to preserving special status on the us law and you dont even need to splash out of marketing you can see here some of the old posters because conveniently the enemy you are fighting all those cold war years ago theres a menace is still hanging around swinging sickle medias focus on the current pandemic risks mess and the Bigger Picture of the challenges presented by the Chinese Communist party. 1st the basic facts trying its been ruled by a brutal authoritarian regime risks that the Chinese Communist Party Presents to the United States Chinese Communist party failures disinflation campaign that the Chinese Communist party the Chinese Communist Party Presents the central threat of our types i would never mind that cost and wish them a happy birthday now the polls say that november might not be quite the slam dunk when you are expected you have to change will soon especially when its not just about saving a few hong kong students waving the starspangled banner this is about saving the world trying to be held responsible for what theyve done they have. Hurt the world very very badly but you dont want to be the only one so like any good democrat who believes in the freedom of choice you money people into following your lead from encouraging them to today projects to making them get on board a huge investigation even with madame selves in the middle of the biggest recession in history or threatening a breakup if they carry on with the deal you just dont like we will simply disconnect we will simply separate were going to preserve trust networks for Important Information we hope our friends and partners ours across the world especially are 5 eyes partners like australia will do the same times have changed a bit though waving your new you know what happened used to be a good stat tactic but its a bit passe so you want to nice and instead reach for your new feature a Foreign Policy tool economic strangulation you need healthy competition right now youre going to a crisis so decked out one way to get the chips they need to survive and bounce in Chinese Companies from last year in the u. S. Stock exchanges oh easy one i doubt sanctions secretary pompei would likely be unable to certify that hong kong maintains a high degree of autonomy and if that happens there will be sanctions that will be imposed on hong kong and china that oh no guarantees of course but if you do all this you might be to shift just enough of the blame and attention from yourself to crawl back to reelection position and by the time get an actor realizes i have that with of which shot who pass youll be in school still your faith Threat Office chair john professor of economics and finance at New York University only says washington is capitalizing on the Current Situation to create problems for china. A lot of folks have bought into a lot of the cuaron conspiracies and therefore. Believes that trump you know is the only person that they can trust in u. S. Politics in washington is worried about china becoming too powerful and eclipsing a superpower washington. Or to. Stop trying to contain china isolate china it sees this as an opportunity to ensure that china cannot advance well in the cold war certainly has been used a lot in describing the very tense relationship between us and china right now but i would say that a better analogy would be the rivalry between u. K. And germany leading up to world war one. And many families have been space apart by the restrictive measures and closed borders during the pandemic but one woman from new zealand has managed to reunite with her terminally ill sister and australia. Oh oh oh oh. Christine archer applied to the home office in australia 6 times but repeatedly failed it wanted to prove that she really was the sister of dale archer the fact that gayle who has cancer potentially only has a short time left to live didnt seem to make a difference to them only off the story attracted the attention of the media and went viral that australia grants christine permission to come christine told us her story. On my employment they wanted Something Else they wanted to know my Music Ministry ive no idea why because i wasnt coming here to new just to. A companion and look out to my sister until she dies if i could have given me a good reason why. The only thing is the virus and i understand it the coronavirus satiric also. Every country wants to keep the people straight but you need to have some compassion restrictions the a very strict rules. Daughter who lives 3 hours away could only come and see her for half an ear and she didnt get to see her grandchildren and there it was really upsetting for houda. She here it was just awful sorry if i hadnt. Come over to look after gail my sister she would have been in hospital until she died and its not what she wanted it all and you should be i will be given a choice you should be i dont come into your own home and live in your own time for your final weeks months and weve a long term fix a coronavirus that you a shot in both countries seems to be stable new zealand has had no positive cases for the past 5 days when australia started to ease its restrictive measures in some of its most populated states in a bid to boost the economy Christine Archer again states that the restrictions are still needed to prevent a new outbreak. Things are looking good theyre opening careful and in hotels and things may im sorry i think if you keep people want to shout and people are sensible and follow the rules. It will be i mean im not saying its not going to come back new zealand could have another outbreak it could happen when people when they are going to come to new zealand are going someone could bring it on but they will close and be anything like it is around the world now. And people alex just being kept from their families during the pandemic animals to our uniting with the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 well. I am not ashamed for you to hear me. Because this is one of the most conditional demonstrations of. Thanks for joining us here on out the international and wherever you are we hope youll stay for a while and having a great day were back in 30 minutes with the latest will see that. I know. No shots. Actually well to. Go to. Which your thirst for action. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe side. Tyson nation will community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. Direct. What is truth what is faith. 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