Lawmakers push for a cross party rescue deal to save the economy of the pandemic leaves markets dealing with there was weeks in the 2008 financial crisis. A very warm welcome this is r. T. International with the biggest stories of the past 7 days im neki errol good to have you with us our 1st to croatia earlier today a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake into aftershocks that struck the north of the capital zagreb local media say that a 15 year old who was found in the rubble of a building is critical in hospital several other people are reported to have been hurt. That was the moment the 1st tremors kicked in apparently caught by c. C. T. V. Inside a shop. Streets across the city all littered with daybreak and theres been significant damage to several buildings quake is reported to be the strongest in the region in the past 140 years among the down which the top of one of the spires on the citys like torn a cathedral collapsed there are also Power Outages and problems with Water Supplies in som
And i welcome 6 pm here in moscow you watching r. T. International now the number of confirmed cases of coronaviruses top 200000 worldwide with the death toll now at more than 8000 as the World Leaders to scramble to contain the spread of the outbreak europe has become the center with a growing number of countries going into lockdown while the u. S. Has not confirmed infections in all 50 states. Well its not just people that are self isolating at the moment because of coburg 19 entire countries are doing the same russia has become the latest to close its borders to foreigners joining the likes of canada and the u. S. The e. U. Has also restricted access to limits to support of the various bubel we agreed to enforce external borders both a close. Temporary wish to action of essential travel to the e. U. Folk you at or 30 deuced france meanwhile has put the entire country of 66000000 people on walk down army trucks have been seen on the streets of paris while large numbers of Police Offi
Youre watching our 2 international bring your live news updates from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. Putting the u. S. Onto a war footing against the coronavirus President Trump has said hes invoking the defense production act you know all the senate has passed a Coronavirus Relief plan to expand expand a paid leave an unpleasant insurance as us markets remain volatile and are headed into yet another bloodbath despite a massive financial stimulus package announced by the government on tuesday hell often has the latest. As everything seems to be called a native and quite a crisis we have donald trump invoking the defense production act now that is a law that was 1st invoked during the korean war gives the government the ability to have industries aska late production the hope is that with the government invoking this act there can be an escalation and rapid production of masks medical supplies and other needed materials now donald trump has got a lot on his plate becau
U. S. Lawmakers pushed for a cross party rescue deal to save the economy of the. Markets to their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. With the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment of elements as well this is the weekly are to international of the welcome. There is of course just one inescapable issue dominating everyones thoughts at the moment. Claimed over 13000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases at more than 300 on a and its reached a grim milestone this week surpassing china as the country to have suffered the most fatalities currently more than 4800 people have died on saturday alone almost 800 succumb to the disease italy is now is shutting down all production of nonessential goods. We hear a pin union seal that self off to travelers from outside europe this week as part of wide ranging efforts to stop the spread of covert 90. 2 limits to support of the various bullet we agreed to we enforce external borders by applying coordinates te
Lawmakers push for a cross party rescue deal to save the economy as the. Markets dealing with their worst week since the. 8 financial. With the top stories for the past 7 days on right up to the moment of elements well this is the weekly on r. T. International hello and welcome. We begin in croatia in Southeast Europe where a 5. 00 magnitude earthquake and 2 aftershocks struck just north of the capital a 15 year old found in the rubble of a building is said to be critically ill in hospital several others are reported to have been injured in the streets littered with debris and with significant damage to several buildings the quake was the strongest in the region in the past 140 years among the damage youre seeing here. Of the top of the wall of the spires on the citys iconic cathedral collapse there are also Power Outages problems with Water Supplies as well in some areas the quake so worried citizens come out onto the streets despite current advice to stay indoors to tackle coronaviru