A bit later and todays anniversary of the iraq war but youre also a novelist and putting your novelist hat on how do you characterize near liberal culture and art given the fact that most peoples cultural imagination of a pandemic is really from hollywood and from films that what we have to go on well i mean you know its lost both of the culture today of fetus is dominated by a form of neo liberalism. Ill carriages individualists some of the most group has sort of you know this and be worshiped of 1st celebrities then someone extremely well known on television or a very strong. Actor is almost greeted as a dog and this is really deep deep you know much much worse so that. 30 to 40 you know so this. Proves various people almost not completely from thinking collectively and actually its not tell by the technology either the old internet revolution that has stayed in place encourages individual ism of course it needs i mean the number of people you run into on the buses all the tubes or o
I dont write to them that but what about the restaurants the work so i take the new learn broke up into a system which is being enforced now effectively since the eightys and charge since the ninetys of the last century needs to be dismantled all the countries there are seriously attempting to come to grips with this epidemic i mean macro in france was korea it was election is based on making france to be near liberal state has now been forced to reverse all that and offering d to pay the utility beers council tax well you know people not so well off except truth shows that deep down this entirely oh through worst major government the western world. Are aware that the system which to be defending and supporting doesnt work for a majority of people thats the lesson to be drawn after the virus has been tackled there and it should if i may just say one of the countries that are shown no panic because it is prepared for these claims is the tiny island of cuba where cruise ships which are n
The European Union is under fire over coronavirus its accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. Hello and welcome again to the program im peter the spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the Free Movement of goods those are the very foundations of the European Union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically theyve also recently squabbled over how to share the debt burden germany and the netherlands are among e. U. Nations objecting to a joint Debt Initiative that also disappointed spain. And italy they were joined by france in calling for a grander plan of action president emmanuel mccrum says his
People not so well off except current shows that deep down this entire and they owe through worst major government in the western world are aware that the system which then being defended and supporting doesnt work for a majority of people that the lesson to be drawn after the virus has been tackled and shown if i may just say one of the countries that are shown no panic because it is bad for these claims is the tiny island of cuba where cruise ships which are not allowed to land anyway on joke anywhere jocking in cuba being greeted by the population of seoul and are being treated by the doctors and the cubans are sending free medicines all over africa now that is the mall where. Isnt the west there still gun to site move or to maintain sanctions against iran or venezuela which is still to be incomplete be discussed stick though this is still going on when those in the higher world is facing this crisis in fairness to morris johnsons Foreign Office and the stand of the British Governme
Hello there this is out international from moscow its just to midday here this monday well welcome to the program with a slightly new show julian place for you for the time being. With my colleagues will be here every day at this time to take you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round up 1st then new measures are being implemented across the Moscow Region to contain the spread of covert 19 residents aged over 65 and people with Chronic Health conditions are being told to stay home russia says there are 438 known infections nationwide but theres been 71 new cases in the past 24 hours all of them here in moscow the suspicion abroad about the relatively small official figures still a Senior Correspondent were goes the of looks at why the numbers are on the optimistic side. How ohio how of this too few infected in russia why hasnt the pandemic has russia why arent there more infected and that is a question you hear more and more often in the western press pundits are brittany w