Our correspondent is in the. Region. The wall street used to be bustling with. Visit each other. To the children. We hear from a series who are taking shelter in. Their shelling us now with. One week ago. And. It was impossible to take anything from the. From moscow to the world this is our Teacher National from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program get to those headlines stories in just a moment but some news just in from france president mccrone has announced some drastic new measures to country a surge in coronavirus cases the details are starting from saturday night the paris region marsay to lose and several other cities will be placed under a nightly curfew from 9 pm to 6 am its believed that will run for at least 4 weeks and people will have to remain in their homes during those times those who break the curfew will be fined 135. 00 euro which goes up for repeat violations there are similar penalties for failing to wear a mask a state of emergency ha
The question is not just business as usual this. Any business with the European Union is possible tool. A warm welcome to our to international my names you know neal and 30 minutes of news and views. We begin with france where president. Drastic measures to counter a surge in corona virus cases a nightly curfew is being rolled out in the capital and elsewhere. It at this is you we have made a decision to impose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region and 8 other french cities. Lets cross live now to our correspondent in part a shard tube and ski charlotte some pretty extreme measures by be president tell us more. Well this all came of course as it was declared that france was moving into a new state of Health Emergency something that had subsided back in the summer when the numbers of cases had gone down but that is not how back president mark on took to the stage to address the French Public on wednesday night to talk about the new stricter measures that would come into place
Question is not just with business as usual its possible with any business with the European Union. Just a few moments into a brand new day income. Right here in moscow this thursday october the 15th welcome to r. T. International you know. We start in france where president. New rules to be applied to power us. Major cities in response to cope 19 a nighttime curfew will be enforced from this coming weekend for a minimum of 4 weeks. If. We have made a decision to impose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region and 8 other french cities well this all came of course as it was declared that france was moving into a new state of Health Emergency something that had subsided back in the summer when the numbers of cases had gone down but that is now back president marc on took to the stage to address the French Public on wednesday night to talk about the new stricter measures that would come into place he said he didnt want to infant allies people to treat people like children but he
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