Good afternoon great to have you with us this is r. T. International. Ok lets 1st get right up to speed on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections that is now above 4200000 284000 lives have been lost and more the 1500000 people have recovered. France is taking its 1st tentative steps back to normality today its a lockdown is being eased back although some restrictions will remain in place for instance masks mandatory and public transport but while some see the overall move as being something positive others fear it could lead to a 2nd spike in infections on the do b. Sc expects. From today thats monday many shops will be able to reopen schools will start to reopen public transport will be running more efficiently than it has over the last 8 weeks people hoping to get the taste of freedom for the last 8 weeks every time theyve left the house that had to happen a personal permission slip an act to say exactly why theyre leaving the house for a select narrow
Cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy his latest book is churchill and stalin comrades in arms during the 2nd world war right gentlemen crosstalk roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want the house appreciate it or i let me 1st go to demon here in moscow you know d. M. A. Here we go again this is almost like our tradition with our calling jeffrey we do this every single year commemorating victory in europe over fascism and for every single year that we do it we find ourselves in more and more in a revisionist mode here i mean as i understand as were sitting down doing our chat right now is that facebook has banned a colorized version of the of the soviet banner over europe on the very very iconic one of showing victory in europe and you know ive searched around its a true story i mean what in the world is going on here the black and white version seems to be except for the color one. Not are there different meanings or is this a revision and sell and why in the
In the fall of the berlin wall im joined by my guest John Laughlin in paris he is a political scientist and historian in washington we have harold james hes a professor of history and International Affairs at Princeton University as well as author and editor of a number of books including when the wall came down reactions to german unification and in cork we cross to Geoffrey Roberts he is emeritus professor of history at University College cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated let me go to john and paris 1st i mean 30 its been 30 years now believe it or not because i remember it so vividly when it happened a few months before i had been living in poland for a number of years and an avid student of Eastern European communist affairs at the time john 30 years on what is its meaning because i look at cursory reviews of you know that in commenting on it it is the peopl
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Live from moscow thanks for joining us that n. R. T. International and Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. And lets begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the Global Pandemic is into a new month for those confirmed coronavirus cases are still soaring now supporting 3300000 there is some hope though 1000000 people have recovered the grim number there you can see fatalities now at more than 234000. And we start right here in russia the Prime Minister. Has tested positive for corona virus that makes him the highest ranking russian official known to be infected. It just became known that the tests that i took for corona virus gave a positive result in this regard and in accordance with the requirements i must self isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors i have to do this to protect my colleagues im planning to remain in active contact with my colleagues via phone and Video Conference. Yesterday it was reported that he had to see a High Temperature this night celsius but