To. A very very warm welcome to you from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International bringing you the days top stories from around the world our 1st dominating headlines protests over the death of george boyd while being detained by Minneapolis Police have raged for a 3rd night late on thursday night a local Police Station was set on fire. It was. Because it was. The police say protesters forced their way into the building and set it on fire personnel had been evacuated from the precincts before hand the city of minneapolis via social media said there were unconfirmed reports gas lines leading to the building had been cut they advise people to leave the area to the protests calling for justice for George Galloway to have spread from minneapolis to other cities. I. Was. I. R ts alexy are says kaye has witnessed similar events unfolding in baltimore and ferguson reports. Everything happening in the United States these days for the last 3 nights at least is somewhat of a groundhog day when it comes to the protests against Police Brutality in the u. S. Turning very very violent now in this particular instance it was spawned by the killing of george lloyd a 6 year old africanamerican man who was essentially killed by a Police Officer when that officer kneeled over his neck and the man suffocated later died for 3 nights minneapolis the city of minneapolis has been on fire there have been protests all around the country and you may ask yourself whats the reason for this protest not just the killing but the fact that the 4 policemen who were involved in this unfortunate event in this death of george floyd. Indeed fired by the Minneapolis Police but the people in the streets they demand that they should be in jail. Nevertheless the situation is very serious it has reached the u. S. President and the authorities and this new turn in general if you very general to take a very strong look and see what went on because it was a very very bad thing that i saw. The department of justice has made the investigation a top priority and has assigned experienced prosecutors and have been a criminal investigators to the matter its not just president sean penn the authorities who are reacting to this this nightmare hole happening in minnesota right now but also different celebrities Justin Bieber you know many many other pop stars and different socially important people are reacting to this the United Nations even had their say on what went on in minnesota this time so it is causing a lot of attention so i did say it reminds me of a groundhog day even the scenario of what is now happening in minneapolis is exactly the same as i saw in ferguson and baltimore us the full force the start of the protests then the police rolls and then the whole country is reacting to this and the National Guard walks and we saw the National Guard in ferguson we saw National Guard in baltimore and that speaks volumes about you know how the situation is repeating itself all over again even the last words of george floyd when he was killed by the Police Officer i cant breathe is a direct you know direct relation to the woods said by eric garner another man killed in the hands of police that happened in new york city at long island in 2014 in july later on there was also a case of mike brown in ferguson missouri i went there in november 2040 in the whole town was on fire it felt really scary to be out in the streets and you know the buildings what burning there was gunfire heard all across the region all the cross the place and even the fact that the 2 notorious africanamerican gangs the bloods and the crips Alliance Together in the streets of against the police that speaks volumes about how intense the situation was the same the same story happened in baltimore which is just next door to washington d. C. 2015 and april when another africanamerican man fred to gray was taken for a rough ride in the back of a police van so hot that he had nearly fell off and that caused even scarier protests in the streets of baltimore i remember well you know riding into baltimore and the firemen of the policemen tell us do not go into the south in part of the city because it is own fly it is unsafe we walked in with saw the National Guard in the streets at some point we were filming a piece to camera and we even saw a National Guard you know a National Guard soldier pointing a gun at us thinking that we were. I dont know looters or bandits or anything like that so you know this is happening all over again you would think that by this point the police would think about their actions would try to prevent things like that from happening again but we can see it all over all over and its the country again we see protests in new york we see protests and then where we see a rest and attainments of people in those protests so you only have to wonder whether any lessons have been learned from those things happening 656 years ago. When the minnesota governor Jesse Ventura told us that one its difficult to look him in minneapolis burning came to the motives of those protesting. Where you see the rioting take place on lake street many haha thats my Old Neighborhood im all for protesting the figure that you gotta remember are you as a white person still cant understand what these black people are going through and let me give you a quick example i have a friend whos a ph d. Hes the head of the sounds of blackness or grammy Award WinningMusical Group and he lives in minneapolis he said before he drives hes a black man before he drives his car at night he puts his license here his insurance here he puts his car registration here so he doesnt have to reach for anything i looked at him and said are you kidding me ive been driving in minnesota for 50 years and i have never that fought has never even entered my mind that thats what the white people need to understand we dont get it because its never been part of our lives like it is with these black people the 4 officers involved have been fired the one who is pending flowing to the floor has been identified as derrick sheriff and he was previously investigated of another death a Fatal Shooting in 2006 as well as they have a other shooting incidents in 20082011 another policeman identified in the video totality reportedly being sued in the past excessive use of force activists Michele Gross told us the police think they can act with impunity. Its essential that these that these officers face murder charges. And sack their all that much just today face murder charges but they should be arrested right now one of the reasons that people the community are so upset is because this officers are still running the streets and these are dangerous men and theyre running the streets and they have been arrested and if any of us and the videotape monitoring the man we will all be in the jail waiting for our trials were not going to be able to cop the community down. Until we see that these officers are arrested these officers really have a sense of you know impunity that theres nothing going you know that there will say its no consequences for their conduct and thats kind of their usual feeling is they have a sense of the people he literally was smiling for the camera as he was need mr boyd in the next you respect me smiling for the camera knowing that people were recording him he had no problem with that because he was more than certain that he was going to get away with it because thats been the history in minneapolis. The french government says it will further relax the countrys lockdown starting in june the 2nd its been 3 weeks since the korean team with 1st aid and things looking up according to Health Officials the number of private patients requiring intensive care has reduced significantly of late so a dip into camp hours explains what new freedoms the way the french. Positive signs approach said the french Prime Minister it with felipe as he announced the next phase of the de confinement plans before all of us who was at the zoo. During the 2nd phase to insist on this element which is important freedom will finally become the rule the ban will be the exception so what will change for this next phase will 1st of all the 100 kilometer thats around 60 mile limit for which people could travel from their homes will be scrapped so people will be able to travel all around france however the borders with other European Countries will for the moment remain closed we know the balls restaurants and cafes and parks will also be opening across the country and cultural and sporting events will progress if we start to take place so for the next weekend c n n c it is will be able to open and by the end of june sporting events should be able to also take place in the city of bordeaux there was relief at the new measures that have been announced that would be. Happy to welcome customers again its nice to know that we can work on the quite acceptable conditions given the situation were going to. Weve rearranged the tables weve marked on the floor for customers and weve got a lot of ads on the walls just dont work sure. We take out food the lifting of self isolation and made the 11th did not change much but i think people will want to go outside and do the work that its not toping back to normal here for life in front groups of more than 10 people will still remain from britain in public spaces not so in private spaces such as peoples homes and the measures are not completely uniform across the country either paris is in now whats considered to be an orange showing meaning that the virus is still spreading at a higher rate of circulating at a higher rate than in the rest of the country and as a result of that while bars and restaurants and cafes will be able to open the only be able to open if they have terraces outside to serve their customers the government will also be launching it. Storm could be 19 application this is a controversial app for mobile phones to help let people know if theyve the news something has had a virus or for people to let them know government that they have symptoms it was passed by parliament tyrants this week but some have suggested that this application is a step closer to total surveillance by the state here in france but the application will not be mandatory. We have wanted to provide the french people with an additional to use the mobile app store. It is not a magic weapon against the pandemic but its new additional tool which enables us to fight against it and fight against it even more effectively in the near future. The french Prime Minister also talked about the economy which is in a dire state facing a record recession here since the end of the 2nd world war a really was nailed to the post this week with the unemployment which paints a grim picture for france theyre at a record high the highest theyve been since 1996 thats almost 25 years with some 4500000 people now out of work so france may be emerging from its chrysalis of a lockdown but it is a country that is still far from ready to fly. Demand for anti anxiety and anti depression medications has risen significant if a country in the us a recent Study Suggests every 3rd american show symptoms of anxiety depression or both we heard from psychiatry who explained this rise in numbers. The nature of the pandemic has increased peoples desire to campaign is i had a depressed patients and thats because of the virus its worry worry about getting infected and also financial worries weve got a new Global Economic crisis people are worrying about how theyre going to pay their bills i think another maybe more amorphous aspect to it is that patients are suddenly people are suddenly discovering that they have very little structure in their day the structure of workers they used to rely on is no arent there and lack of structure is a major trigger frames i had to approach isolation and kind of too much contact and both of those can create current plantings i crash the latest data indicates that the number of prescriptions that think if a country and recent months the number of antidepressant prescriptions alone rose 86 percent in march and april compared with january and february thats prompted doctors to raise the alarm about the with fiction and among them and olenka. Really important for people to understand that medications in the benzo days of pm class like a xanax that alan carr can are highly habit forming thats really just a general way of saying theyre very subjective and patients even patients who are taking those medications for bona fide has the id disorders can become dependent on and addicted to those medications which is why we strongly recommend that patients dont take them every day and dont take them for more than a couple of weeks and many patients come in specifically asking for certain types of pills as a lot of pressure on doctor to prescribe those who are to have this for satisfied customers i also think it has to do with you know some aspects of American Culture in particular that people just expect to be happy and are willing to take a pill in order to try to get rid of any kind of uncomfortable emotions its sort of part of American Culture more of the days top stories coming up after the shop bike. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowness. Economy because in charting the future we demand any good period to proceed it is time to assess the economic damage as the price and change the game will come to be and if there is going to be a recovery what kind. And are there lessons to be learned. Welcome back Nursing Homes around the world seem to have been hit particularly badly by the pandemic registering some of the highest death waits in some cases its believed that negligence has been a k. Fact a one woman in the us told us why her family is suing the nursing home her father died in. I lost my father due to negligence at a nursing home. Will be 19 i have a lot of people that i know endured it took him my father so its actually a nurse that i know of that told me that there was a time for peace an inmate that i was able to see my dad on his last day and told him that i loved him very much but he couldnt respond because he had an oxygen mask all writs face so those were his last hours of being here the way said goodbye to my dad and in the last 3 elections on video. The father left in glen Haven Health Care and glendale california the administration that that if exchange be proud of its Ongoing Service we talked to the familys attorney who says glen haven covered up its negatives instead of proactively protecting. Their residents and the status quo and he even covered up the fact that they were allowing a nurse or been exposed to the coronavirus to work there they refused to allow their staff and their nurses to wear masks and specifically forbidden so at a time when. Everyone needed protection. And these are the most Vulnerable People they go to him said. Fail to take appropriate measures to protect them or the opposite they cover it up they minimize the significance of the coronavirus and then tried to pretend it didnt exist. That doesnt work we need responsibility we need accountability so that we can protect the power in this doesnt happen again. New york state saw over 6000 people die in Nursing Homes and adult care facilities the number doesnt include deaths in hospitals the state governor facing scrutiny for his handling of the crisis in fifths no Nursing Homes were forced to take in patients the obligation is on the nursing home to say take your covert positive person im too crowded im too busy i dont have enough people whatever the answer is doesnt matter is if they said i q take the person they take the person that sparks a backlash as early in march the new York Department of health released an advisory on Nursing Homes and which it was stated that they should not deny residents admission in case of confirmed 19 infection under this controversial directive over 4500 patients recovering from corona virus were sent to new york Nursing Homes but according to the Health Department the real number could be far higher we talked to money how last a lawyer and former candidate for new York City Council she says Nursing Homes that shouldnt be blamed for following guidelines. You know i think this is really one of the worst decisions made in this and. Its not Rocket Science i mean why would you say an orrible seniors actually were nurses are where its you know its an environment where the disease are all higher you know why would you do that. You know so i think that. You know makes. You know very pretty chair and i. Answer. It also its really disingenuous because now you have lamey Nursing Homes are for following is an interactive you know if youre going to lose your license has just made up your head start or if you are. Really going to. In a move to defend his countrys Health Care System the italian ambassador to sweden has criticized the nordic countries state epidemiologist the thanks doc home should have done better than italy. We had really thought that in a modern the wealthy society in sweden we should be able to protect our elderly we thought it didnt need to be like china and perhaps even italy where they have less resources for this but that we should as a society be able to manage this better the challenge of good 19 is not a Football Game nor the losing fence in the stance of hope of the crew of the team it is a common generational challenge to guarantee everyones health since the start of the pandemic sweden has chosen not to impose Strict Lockdown measures shops restaurants bars and schools have remained open while self isolation and social distancing are encouraged but not enforced so far among nordic states sweden has been hit the hardest in terms of deaths per 1000000 meanwhile travel bans across europe are set to ease by some of a suite may end up being excluded from the socalled northern europe. Travel bubble swedens neighbors all declared strict lock down measures in march and are concerned about reopening their borders to suede. I certainly do not believe that it is the case that one should wait to open the border to germany until just consider just a fireball to open the border to sweden if it is not safe to open the border to sweden let the swedes stay out but let the germans come. Norway denmark and i seem to have managed to stabilize the situation in sweden the situation is more worrying on norway will allow business travelers from other nordic countries including sweden to enter from june the 1st the inclusion of swedes has locals worried when you think about how sweden handled the whole situation and. Kind of fair in my opinion to. At least keep it close for some time i dont think they should be to come in here you know because they do have a lot more corona and theyre not as careful as we are some sort of way down on the lot of us i think it is important to take care of ourselves 1st and the number of those since that to distil house with him i think it is good that we keep the border closed for a while. Lose good on that i think about him i just talked to a friend in sweden yesterday and she told me that their only knowledge going to start was working for him. I was surprised because we are opening up now so therefore im a bit concerned devote opening of the border. And shops in the us have seen a surge in demand for private firearms during the pandemic many of the customers appear to be 1st time buyers but shooting ranges are closed meaning theres nowhere to practice the legal basis for firearm possession is reached in the 2nd amendment of the Us Constitution however gun control remains one of the most divisive issues in american politics where the regulations varying from state to state federal law sets few limits on who can buy a gun or to spoke to a gun shop owner in new jersey he says the recent level of demand is unprecedented. People are afraid of of a breakdown societal breakdown so theres a stronger demand the present time people want to make sure that they obtain a firearms before the restricted in any way nothing has been like this this is unprecedented in this field and now it seems that the people on the left the liberals or the inside firing people are getting more and more into the mode of buying firearms or preparing to buying a firearm because they see that there could be a societal breakdown due to what they see in the newspapers what the media has been saying and also mass release of criminals from institutions onto the street and people who are of course fearful for their families a lot of these people they come in and they almost want to say it feels like you know its the end of the world. Society in general such as hollywood and of course the mass media a lot of books magazines articles show a lot of movies and a lot of stories of society breaking down pandemics zombies if you will and people love a good story and they actually see some types of parallel with this they see the. The actual virus as being so highly contagious and you know it can in some of the life so fast and they can they can see it playing out to the end. A lot of people that come in to buy a firearm from us or other gun shops are rather surprised when they can just come in and buy one and walk out the door we informed them that the actual process to purchase a firearm could take anywhere from a month up to 10 months i think a lot of people on the left are going to realize that its a lot more hard to purchase a gun than ever thought it was. 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At the same time virtually every culture on the earth moon rewards you enormously if youve killed the right person in one setting it is the most tremendous down missing singing match in a ball and in another setting is a wondrous thing that they will give you a medal for their people who vote through because of that the people will meet with you because youre good at doing that sort of say. Problem drugs dont always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the United States we see me very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids it invaded america under the banner of medicine he persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so whos to blame patients doctors manufacturers or the government. Former new york governor George Pataki who helped lead his state through the devastating aftermath of 911 is here with his take on the federal and state level response to the coronavirus its all of this edition politics. One of the politicking on larry king he slammed andrew como the new yorks 19 nursing home deaths he also wants war and donald trump could drive the g. O. P. Over the cliff hes a former republican governor George Pataki of new york he helped that state through the devastating aftermath of september 11th hes. Putting what he calls americas great divide and whether it can be bridged thanks good seeing you again delta. Larry nice thing youre going to bring on with the appreciate the efforts that are all right as the covert 19 death toll nears 100000 of the it broke and the transition for greatness has started ahead of schedule tom says this will be year of ups and downs but next year will be on the best ever