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From moscow thanks for joining us and i thought international on your walk ins with you here welcome to the program. A World Oil Stocks are taking a major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as demand for oil falls of it fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia but war has arties. Quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free is on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop weve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that weve got an Oil Price Drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop weve ever seen in oil cents in 1901 and at this point it being traced back essential each of the negotiations with opec saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in Oil Production due to limited demand
What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They could do would have believed according to quote but the most of the moscow float of could and. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol is a naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The conse
Am. It to me has become the site of the biggest corona Virus Outbreak outside china the number of infections has jumped to more than 7300 overtaking south korea as a 2nd worst hit country italy olsson reported its largest daily jump in. 133 people died on saturday alone this comes as much of the countrys north has been placed on lockdown and no one is allowed to enter or leave the entire body and several neighboring provinces the move affects some 16000000 people theres also been a major spike in deaths in iran the Health Ministry there confirmed more than 6500 infections and nearly 200 deaths and more and more countries are imposing restrictions in a bid to stop the virus from. Spreading over the past few hours france banned all gatherings of more than 1000 people saudi arabia closed all its schools then dynevor cities and oregon has become the latest u. S. State to make an Emergency Declaration so now begins our coverage with this report a city deserted a region under lockdown milan
Other very good morning you watching r. T. International. Criminal trial into the downing of the 17 passenger plane opens on monday almost 6 years after the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down over ukraine killing all 298. 00 on board a subsequent probe allege that a Missile Launcher which hit the plane was transported from russia the probe has been heavily criticized as biased rather dubious give reports from the netherlands. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book Missile Launch from russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 the 4 suspects are not charged with personally firing the missile the men all deny the charges International Arrest warrants have been issued for them but they wont be here and will be tried in absentia some of those that we expect to be here off 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because dutch prosecutors s