Into a mosque however turkeys move triggers anger especially from abroad. And broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Launch on thomas certainly glad to have you with us now aside from the impact on health and leaving millions jobless the coronavirus is also threatening to leave people hungry as well a new report by oxfam warns that over 1000 is triggering a food crisis that could potentially double the number who die from hunger each year Matthew Truscott is the head of humanitarian policy for Oxfam International he says its even affecting developed countries as well. Whats really worrying in this report is we are seeing new centers on developing in an otherwise middle income in developed countries some of the countries we do look at and the reports include India South Africa brazil these countries where there are recently developed economies and yet impact that were seeing from coronavirus is going to have dire consequences on the most Vulnerable People in those societies and say its going to happen i mean this this poor people in every country and the same impacts are going to slow down so what were seeing from coronavirus is that both it makes its more sort of political to put people but it also makes them more vulnerable to the economic side as well and thats going to be across the world 8 of the biggest food and drink manufacturers have paid off of the 18000000000. 00 its to their shareholders now looking back to what we were speaking about the humanitarian aid the global humanitarian appeal is just over 7000000000. 00 so clearly theres something wrong and also its just the money is flowing to the Big Companies and its really not getting down to the people that need it the World Food Program estimates the number suffering from crisis level hunger will double by the end of the year reaching 270000000 people and oxfam says 12000 a day could die from starvation if nothing is done now the worst hit are countries already deemed unstable before the pandemic such as yemen or afghanistan where many citizens had already been suffering from hunger for years they will see the numbers at risk rise and in some middle income and the developed countries such as brazil and india are also on the danger list matthew trust again insists there are measures to minimize covens effect on hunger but governments need to act fast for the time being there are 3 things we need to do so firstly we urgently need to increase humanitarian aid and im at the moment the United Nations has put out an appeal for about 7000000000. 00 and thats only been 24 percent funded so were not getting nearly enough money for the humanitarian aid that we meet at the 2nd thing that we can do is looking into issues like counseling if we can. Until d the death of of some developing countries we estimate that could free up up to a trillion dollars for those countries to be using to help those people and that can pay for things like food they can pay for Social Security social protection it can pay for things like health so sharing up the debt could make a huge difference and thats just a matter of wealthy nations really giving up some of the debt owed to them by other countries and the 3rd thing that we need to do and in and this is a long term change is we need to change our food system works we need to build able to deal with Climate Change thats able to respond to shocks out is able to be sustainable and to support that the small scale farmers and small produces rather than just putting money into Big Companies if a 2nd rate does come we know the people who are going to be the most trouble for that and if there are restrictions put in place by governments to take that to address that 2nd wave those restrictions have to be have to be able to case thats the needs of the poorest people so we need to make sure that the food systems that you get where its needed to make sure that people have the resources to buy it that actually. The u. K. Government is allowing british citizens to travel to 59 countries without having to quarantine upon return it comes as life has slowly been returning to normal in the u. K. In the past few weeks with many bars restaurants and public spaces gradually real burning. As of this weekend artists musicians and dancers can stop performing live outside to outdoor audiences will also have the resumption of recreational sport followed later by the reopening about gyms swimming pools and Leisure Centers however despite of the positive attitude towards easing coronavirus measures and reopening borders the u. K. Has one of the highest death rates in the world followed by spain italy the us and france and while the governments announcement will allow british tourists to visit many European Countries it seems they may not get the warmest of welcomes and recent poll reveals many europeans are not thrilled at the prospect of taking in british travellers without the self isolating the people we spoke to had mixed feelings. To welcome people and they would also give us a big hand. In my opinion all tourists who come to italy will be well received. First of all we need to make sure that they do not have the virus that they have and chill ok and then then they have the right to enjoy themselves. I think its better that the border stays at home not just the british everybody should stay home i think thats the most reasonable. But i dont see any reason to stop them from coming theyre still part of europe is now just. As they respect social distancing. It favors the development of tourism. With the virus restrictions lifting around the world fears are growing about a potential 2nd wave and in the u. K. There is concern a lack of personal protective equipment could be an issue all over again. Shoddy edwards daschle has more in store as a u. K. On knox the lockdown it seems many a bracing for a 2nd wave of the corona virus but also a 2nd wave of a shortage of people its not new news there was throughout the entire pandemic and it just stopped on the front lines really struggle to get hold of protective good to adequately safeguard against the virus for months and it seems like they looked at lessons havent been over the department say hes committed to building the stocks to meet longer term demand we are not convinced that it is treating the market with sufficient urgency or that. The government is adamant that the stock of p. P. Has never run out on a National Level but with demand increased by 20000 percent those on the front line would beg to differ in fact 50 percent of and it starts so there was not enough p. P. And although day to run its usage is hard to get hold of a survey of nurses and carers found that nearly 90 percent worried. About catching the virus at work while the government stresses that the main challenge it faced was getting the right p. P. To the right place at the right time initially. Masks were issued and then the statement was made that actually we have tested. And these masks are ok having said that they now say we need to improve this mask so theres a lot of luck so freight and you need to answer this but rather than to say the market has now been resolved with demand spiralling to u. K. Hard to look further afield and source p. P. O. In International Markets but that came with its own set of problems a plane from turkey landed at the peak of the pandemic in april carrying a batch of 400000 much needed p. P. Counts upon arrival it emerged at the equipment didnt meet british Safety Standards in a very embarrassing blunder for the government though the u. K. Is able to produce a fair share of its own people theres no imminent guarantee that it wont need to source from abroad again with experts in the field saying that the quality is the key component of effectiveness in protecting against the virus perhaps the government should try before you buy theyve been dealing with the shortages by revising their counting tactics why not double the numbers instead of counting each pair of gloves as one why not count each club individually and hey presto youve doubled your stock without even lifting a finger this catalogue of errors certainly warrants an inquiry surely to get it right the 2nd time around if theres a 2nd time around that is but in line with most of the governments coronavirus responses they say its too soon i didnt consider the moment. Is a good use of official talk earlier this week the charts are announced a 15000000000 pounds boost to p p but will it be a case of too little too late especially as some of those in government say were only halfway through this pandemic charge every artsy london. Turkey landmark Sophia Museum which is through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mask has been converted back into a place of muslim for muslim prayers. To joe i mean like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and non muslims hagia sophia humanitys common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status and a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july 24th 2020 with friday prayers since worshipers have to wait another 2 weeks for the sophia to reopen the president s announcement comes shortly after turkeys high court an old a 934 decision to turn it into a museum journalist. Has more. Turkeys councils reach that decision no 1930 or Ministers Council decision that turned high so pure muslim in the museum so this decision being an old. Now be reverted back to a mosque now what will change with the idea so yes go be looking forward well the main thing thats going to change is now sophia will be open for islamic worship now there are many very important christian i. Pressed goes inside islamic laws that worship did not take place in the presence of icons but turkish government is planning on using light Mapping Technology to provide an artificial barrier blocking these icons from the view of worshippers during prayer hours so the mosque will still be open for tourism but also be open during prayer hours for worshipers that want to come here as well many turkish officials see the decision to turn. Back into a mosque messick issue but there has been a lot of International Criticism of the United States views a change in the stages of the hagia sophia as diminishing the legacy of this remarkable building and its own supposed to been a decent rare in the modern world to some. Humanity is a much needed bridge between those of differing faith traditions and cultures you know sco deeply regrets the decision of the turkish will so it tastes made without prior discussion and calls for the universal sale deal more World Heritage to be preserved the ruling by the Turkish Council of states to overturn what a modern take decisions and present at a wise decision to place the monument under the management of the religious Affairs Presidency is regrettable the decision which came as a result of the political will of president other one in open public. Is the unique value and ecumenical nature of the monument search president ial spokesman it brian cones giving it sure is that there is going to try to are to make sure that the religious identity and the historical significance of this Beautiful Mind you made is preserved all of our major mosques such as the blue mosque for t. V. And silly money in mosques they are open keep local or Foreign Tourists from visiting the site so a loss from the worlds heritage is not in question the i. S. O. Is actually a very old structure dating back to the 6th century when byzantine emperor justinian. Help construct this very important character its certain that the church for the record the docks. Is in the empire and its actually a very important symbol to the Greek Orthodox religion. Consider what the vatican is the roman catholics the i. S. O. The Greek Orthodox. Wedding were looking at the reactions coming domestic we regarding the. Decision to revert ice if youre back in 2 months we see members of the ruling party very very happy tweets from the turkish president weve seen tweets from the finance minister the president S Communications director as well expressing pleasure weve seen the opposition take a very wide stance many positive reactions coming out of the muslim world they are celebrating this decision that. Is once again. Worship in former great can bassett or told us he believes turkeys move will reignite tensions between religions. And spain belong to the initiative where we are lying since it was a nation it was an initiative that was started to about 10 or 15 years ago which and as you. Know the one thing next we can it be and. I dont think it has been success what it is a shame that turkey and say who found literal it new should it be taking such a mission we are going to have tensions between. Me and the world and this is something in his 1st reaction. To the possibility. Yes oh yeah becoming a monster. Meanwhile in berlin a push to change the supposedly racist name of a metro station ends up raising eyebrows as the new suggestion by transport authorities proves controversial as well you have more on this story and much more after a short break this is our international. You cant be both with the yeah you know what. My. Young people for a while you know its up to them to make it in their own image and the millennialism jancee im a boomer you know i already had. 40 or 50 Year Experience in the United States post world war 2 coast landing do you know stock markets never had a work day in my life because of that and you know so its up to them to decide whats great make it great and good luck with the. Welcome back this is our t. International now donald trump is facing a backlash after granting clemency to his former aide roger stone this comes hours after the Appeals Court refused to delay the start of stones 40 month sentence which he was given for lying to congress and during the rush of collusion probe parties came up and explains the decision from the white house comes just 4 days before roger stone was expected to present himself at federal prison and start serving his sentence of 40 months in prison after being convicted of obstruction of justice now the white house presented a lengthy report just thriving and roger stone as essentially a political operative briefly worked with the trump. Campaign in 2016 and became a victim of the russian collusion hoax the white house in question the partiality of the decision and sentence which roger stone faced mr stone was judged by the same prosecutors from the miller investigation toast with finding evidence of collusion with russia because no such evidence exists however they could not charge him for any collusion related crime instead they charged him for his conduct during their investigation this improvement is that if the special counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation mr stone would not be facing time in prison now according to the white house report bob mahlers prosecutors charged roger stone simply with process crimes that were quote soley from their own improper investigation and the white house went on to say that the prosecutors quote took pains to make a public and shameful spectacle of his arrest they tipped off c. N. N. Allowing his arrest to be filmed on Live Television now at this point weve got democrats speaking up and saying that donald trump is essentially abusing the rule of law and legal processes in the United States essentially for the president saying if you lie for me you cover up for me i will reward you on the other hand if you are a rat you cooperate then like a mafia boss i will come after you Richard Nixon at the height of watergate never pardoned or commuted the sentences of any of the people involved in watergate i have no doubt donald trump is going to pardon himself he is going to pardon evolved to trump he is going to pardon gerald questionnaire the charges on which roger stone was convicted flowed from the special counsel Robert Muller investigation into allegations that trumped colluded with russia during the 2016 elections now no evidence of trump russia collusion was ever discovered but a number of individuals associated. With the Trump Campaign were charged with process crimes as well as unrelated charges now roger stone admitted that during the 2016 elections he did indeed promote the wiki leaks emails emails that were provided to wiki leaks from Clinton Campaign manager john podesta however he says he had no prior knowledge of any emails that we leaked was going to publish and he certainly was not involved in any hacking or data dumping or anything to that effect the founder of the news side 21st century wired patrick kennington told us that the claims against stone are questionable to say the least. To say that roger stone. Committed a crime is to say that it would be the same as saying covering up about about an alien abduction about being abducted by aliens basically how can you lie about something that didnt exist even after a lie has been completely disproven like russia gate the total collapse of the mother of korea even that the narratives still linger they linger on theyre adopted as his kind of belief set and thats the whole basis for the stone prosecution so you know and the jury was tainted clearly tainted the foreman of the jury was a Democratic Party hopper to it but that wasnt seen by the judge is grounds for a mistrial so this is being portrayed as the some miscarriage or transgression of justice by the Trump Administration but in fact roger stone did nothing wrong at the end of the day. Almost to 2 months after the resurgence of the black lives that Matter Movement sparked by the killing of george floyd in the United States the impact is still being left around the world in the german capital steps are being taken to rename a metro station which is now said to be racist but an alternative suggested by transport authorities is proving to be no less controversial arties peter all of our reports now from berlin. The killing of george floyd by us police and the rise of the black light amounts of movement around the world led to a reckoning from monuments to racism colonialism and slavery. The land is also wrangling with the names of its plots an alleyway here in the very heart of the german capital is more in strasser more or more in english is seen as a derogatory term for people from north africa while berlin city Authorities Say it may take a while to change the street name the capitals probably transport provider want to change to the underground stations name quick sharp new transport maps are going to be issued by the end of this year out of understanding and respect for the occasional controversial debate about the street name the deviancy has now decided not to use it any longer as the name of the underground station the problem is that the name that they going to replace it with is going to strasser which runs nearby the station now this is where things start to get complicated the russian born 19th century composer. Is regarded as one of the greats of Classical Music he spent his final days in berlin and as with a street named after him in the german capital the issues arise when you look at the motifs that appear in his work through modernize the opera prince comiskey employees deeply anti semitic things the brute is anti semitic even if anti semitism was prevalent and widely accepted at the time. I dont necessarily think we should get rid of the names of streets all station named after people like but renaming a station after him nowadays in berlin is quite a different matter there are all those who oppose the view of lincoln as an anti semite and say his work on beliefs being misrepresented blaming going for antisemitism is a bit of stretch really you have to understand the context you have to understand history whereas glencoe was not interested in it he had jewish friends and kept in touch with many Famous Artists of jewish origins for him its nice that it was not important this isnt the only part of names are an issue in the vetting district there is enough for a kid quarter where peter. And plots are named after the germans who for the colonialism the city did say that some streets would be renamed in 28. 00 but they still here in stiglitz lindorff they didnt didnt. Named after the victor in the battle of town and good world war one who later went on to be a figurehead for early nazis and appointed hitler as chancellor. Of friedrich schenkel who also has a square named after him the city was a colossus of neo classical and neo gothic architecture he designed the Brandenburg Gate but also the eigen cross the award now so closely associated with germanys period of nazi rule politicians from the green party have welcomed the move to rename the station but have said that k n e to be taken over what it will be called in the future it is welcome that the b. G. Has taken during the naming of the morning star sounder ground station into consideration has to actions are not appropriate in such matters theres been an underground station here for 112 years and whatever the name changes. 2 it will be the 4th incarnation of this particular stop antti Racism Campaign is one to see the streets and the station named after. The 1st black man to be enrolled in a pressure university peter all over r t. Political observer Stephen Meissner fears that the current trend could also have dangerous consequences for future generations. It could go very far because thats one of the more harmless plates really theres theres lots of names of generals there were like you know were even like involved in the colonial war africa there is the whole area of religion called off the couch with a no means like the african quarter its the lean street names are named after places in it for us can call nice so you could say thats not right you could look at bismarck saying he also. Did this in this and said out and out is there anybody that would like to be judged today by the standards that are going to exist in 100 years from now but we wont tell you what the standards 100 years from now are going to be but were going to judge you quite like you agree to that i dont think anybody would like you name it you race everything you basically destroy peoples sense history and their roots its rubble of the roots of the basis of where they stand in the world ill be back in rwanda 32 minutes with another look at your news you are watching our 2 international glad to have with us. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this spilling Dramatic Development only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. Not action returns here were going underground as u. S. Voters in louisiana cast their president ial primary ballots in the race for the white house but will arguably do nothing to help the coronavirus recovery in the country with the most confirmed cases and deaths in the world coming up on the show while the Mainstream Media focused on the lives lost to grown a virus groundbreaking youre a scientist professor adrian owen tells us how covert 970 was may be left with profound long term damage and the china faces criticism from nato nations for its National Security law and on kong we speak to the youngest of a person to become a legislator in the former british colony about fleeing alleged persecution to build an International Consensus all the small coming out today is going underground 1st throughout the current pandemic weve heard that the us has the highest reported number of deaths worldwide while the u. K. Has the highest death count but capita worldwide belgium but we havent heard much about covert patients who have apparently recovered groundbreaking neuroscientist at Western University in canada professor adrian owen is studying the ofter effect of the survivors and believes the findings will show some will develop profound neurological problems hes here to tell me about it via skype from london in on terrio thank you adrian for coming on so normally maybe youd be in i. C. U. For the past few months youve been looking into this now with the Research Well we just we Just Launched a little over a week ago what were trying to do is to recruit 50000 fighters to do