Putin said the new date for the referendum on amending russias constitution which of allow him to stay in power once his term ends it will take place in less than 30 days. Good morning russia tuesday the 2nd of june 2020 live from arties will use h. Q. In moscow with no one here than to take you through the headlines in more detail and 1st the big story in from the United States is more of it to come morning the United States worst race riots since the 1960 s. The big as with the nation gripped by violent protests for 7 days straight now over the death of george floyd at the hands of the police at least 40 cities have imposed curfews with a National Guard activated in at least 23 states as well as washington d. C. So lets round up the situation as it stands now the mayor of new york has extended a citywide curfew as more looting erupted in midtown manhattan thousands of a straw forces were sent to areas where they were particularly bad since the damage to property the governor of new y
Year. Of the program. Italy has expanded its response to the corona Virus Outbreak by locking down of the entire country restrictions originally applied to regions in the north now nationwide italians have been told they should move around for work and health needs or insist they also need to carry documents declaring their reasons to travel its. Confirmed more than 9000 cases a 160 deaths. A rare sight in rome the coliseum with few visitors it was so silent you could almost hear the ancient romans cheering on their favorite gladiators modern day romans seemed willing to accept the governments antivirus lock down regretfully. Ive seen the government directives they are quite precise they must be followed and everything must be done to ensure that they are respected. If. I live here and its always full of people but this morning theres no one its not noise this reality. The governments measures to restrict people to all but essential travel commuting for work is allowed if people have d
Im filled to help welcome to the program italy has expanded its response to the corona Virus Outbreak by locking down the entire country restrictions originally applied only to northern regions now than nationwide the talents of been told they should only move around for work Urgent Health needs or an emergency i also need to carry documents declaring their reasons to travel italy has currently confirmed more than 1000 cases more than 460 deaths. A rare sight in rome the coliseum with few visitors it was so silent you could almost hear the ancient romans cheering on their favorite gladiators modern day romans seemed willing to accept the governments antivirus lock down regretfully. Ive seen the government directives they are quite precise they must be followed and everything must be done to ensure that they are respected. If. I live here and its always full of people but this morning theres no one its not noise this reality. The governments measures to restrict people to all but essent
Your comments directly and think you very much for joining us thank you. But just to remind you kevin live on r t how was talking to bianca who is the chairwoman of the upper james burke of the Russian Parliament which if the amendments to the russian constitution do take place will indeed also gain more powers as a result of these 1st very important signals from the russian president and we heard about during this annual but this time i guess its more important than just because we are just at the beginning of a new decade with this address. A lot of our poll not only to the nation but more importantly to all russian government officials and the members of parliament new decades to fresh thought so fresh was maybe do things. Thank you for now and great guest as well thank you very much well i can tell you more of this weve got more reaction to president putins address in the coming hours here on our blog no doubt. Among. The. More you. Can come. Closer. And really. Get into the column
Soon. Very nice to have your company this morning. The top story on this Tuesday Morning is were one day out from the chancellor handing down his spnng chancellor handing down his Spring Budget, where rejuvenating the economy and addressing the cost of living will be front and centre. Politically, though, there is pressure to try and turn the tide in the polls as the conservative supporters fallen to its lowest level on record, according to a new humiliate ing ipsos poll. And to top it off overnight, the government has suffered a string of defeats in the house of to its immigration of lords to its immigration policy , the rwanda bill. Policy, the rwanda bill. So ahead of the budget tomorrow, to the tomorrow, weve taken to the streets in east streets of cottingham in east yorkshire , as well as glasgow in yorkshire, as well as glasgow in scotland, see what want scotland, to see what you want to see the chancellor. To see from the chancellor. Like to see him listen to id like to see him