About an attack in duma syria in 28. 00 and. Why would a pair of top Inspection Teams meet with impeccable record both featured gently from the west background who have never set foot wrong suddenly go broke. A warm welcome to you its friday the 6th of march and youre watching r. T. International with minichiello and our top story the number of new covert 1000 cases around the world has passed 95000 this friday with several countries detecting the illness for the 1st time here in russia where 13 cases have been recorded medical services are high alert and people arriving from the worst hit nations have been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks one of the other effects being seen worldwide is shoppers emptying shelves to stock up on essential oils and australia the media being accused of whipping up hysteria with some stores rationing toilet paper after a rush of panic buying. Stripped bare is a stroke is prepared for a Pandemic Take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasnt a toilet roll in so our memories panic shopping happening all over the country the great soil of paper pad it is in full cry warming stores and clearing selves of goods as coronavirus called when i was truly a newspaper even left 8 of its pages empty suggesting its readers use them as an alternative to toilet paper with more on the supermarket onslaught all round the world his piece all of a. Its called how mystic alpha in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesnt mean that people here in berlin and across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable Furry Friends it means theyve been panic buying essential in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as nonperishable goods like pastor rice toilet paper Hygiene Products and other basics of being flying off the shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 19 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tens of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the German Government is being giving its assessments of the Current Situation or sticking to it but he means you know chinas coronaVirus Outbreak has become a Global Pandemic that is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and on the other enabling every day life to continue whats clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak its not just the muse systems that the virus is be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the German Airline lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights with around 150. 00 Aircraft Carrier grounded the German Economy one of the most robust in europe is facing the real possibility of sliding into recession we asked people here on the streets of pearlie whether they are afraid of the virus. The supermarkets have been plundered and you take what you can kill in order to have something at home as a fact as i will wait where they it is important not to be so hysterical. That is their grazie i mean once you have a small stud home which would last for 14 days supply in some food and food is all right. It but they were familiar i think its massively exaggerated im not doing penny buying and doing my usual Grocery Shopping it would be nice if others who did the same then you would not need to drive to multiple stores this is because you might be the new one that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this corona virus theatre its absolutely sickening it is silly which is being the hardest hit in europe all schools and universities have been closed for 2 weeks in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus panic buying is also being seen in the United Kingdom where theres also huge economic concerns over the impact in a nation with a poultry system of sick pay compared to other European Countries that could see some forced to survive on just over 100 euro week the reality is we dont know what is going to happen next with this new virus the best advice we have is to avoid panicking practice good hand washing hygiene and avoid touching bases the trial of a party. I think a is of tear gas has been hanging above the greek Turkish Border this friday both countries are firing callistas in their increasingly fractious deadlock over the swelling numbers of migrants trying to get into the e. U. Our correspondent has been following the story from coast and yes located along the border. Well here on the border there were tensions again on friday with both sides accusing the other of using tear gas and deploying it into the others territory now weve had images from the greek side that they say shows turkish c. S. Gas being deployed into no mans land into their territory and what they described as being a series of coordinated attacks theyve also provided us with images which show c. S. Gas canisters that they say they were able to lay to retrieve which have turkish markings on them now they have also been reports that the. Military and the police force are aiding the migrants to try and cross into greek territory in fact some are even accusing them of trying to. Using violence to demand access to not just greece but the e. U. But those are of course unconfirmed reports as this is been happening here on the e. U. Foreign ministers have been meeting in zagreb to discuss the issues and the tensions with 2 key after it opened its border just about a week ago and we know that the message from them is that the e. U. Would not be pressured by turkey over this situation in fact. Foreign affairs chief. Reminded people that the borders will remain closed. Is. Critical situation. If people have to. If they dont have to tell the people. And people have. Led to. Leave. Well turkey has said it borders will remain open they have been open now for a round a week and we know that camps all forming on the other side on the turkish side as migrants come close to the border in the hope of getting into the e. U. Now amid these skirmishes. Between the 2 sides we know that turkey is now reinforcing its Security Forces on the border. A 1000 special forces officers are being deployed to the merrick river on the border fully equipped 3 people being pushed back now just to give you a sense of how many people have tried to get through temps or have been of people trying to get through in the last week were talking 203040000 attempts in the 12 hours between thursday evening and friday morning they were just under 3000 attempts actually down from the night before when there was some 7000 attempts for people to get through the border now turkey has said this is syrians who are waiting to try and cross into the e. U. 3 says thats not true in fact theyve given the statistics that show all of the around 250 people that have been arrested in the last week the majority were from afghanistan some 64 percent they said in regard to syrian suit being arrested it so far only 4 percent but the feeling here in greece is one of defiance we know that theyre also trying to extend the fence the physical fence between turkey and greece extending it from around 12 and a half kilometers up to 40 kilometers and in fact weve seen new barbed wire fencing passing us as weve been in cast in years on friday but the message to migrants is clear from greece and from the e. U. You will not pass. As a result of the crisis along the border with turkey assess several furious members of the European Parliament have been calling for the suspension of all cooperation with her. This is again a good lesson for us that the European Union doesnt solve our problems it only makes the problems worse we paid 6000000000 euros to the turkish regime and what do we get after some of the several years we only get blackmailed again so it does the other gun just wants more money from us and this has to stop infinity is clear that mr hat out of the store are not a reliable partner sounds so i think that the e. U. Should secure the interim council because i think that your p. R. Taxpayers have lost a lot of money i mean in my view would be an appropriate response for the e. U. To suspend the e. U. Turkish Customs Union with immediate effect. And. We may well be demanding this in the not too distant future. To the current virus update now the author already is in iran that has reported over 4700 cases of the new virus as of this friday 124 people are confirmed to have died there including 6 government officials among the victims are advisers to this supremely leader and the foreign minister with is that the islamic republics Health Care System is ill equipped to deal with the crisis the us president president has offered assistance to to run the iranian leadership however wasnt impressed. If we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if thats the truth that at least weve the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the right new nation room and were poor joyce no 1st to release banking transactions to purchase medicine do we have the medicine to ship medicines and food humanitarian goods think looting medical supplies are officially exempt from u. S. Sanctions against iran but to run complains that other financial restrictions including against the countrys banks that limit its ability to import vital medication the sanctions have led to shortages of drugs used to treat cancer and epilepsy there are however many in the u. S. Establishment it like to see those sanctions made tougher a case in point is an Advocacy Group united against nuclear iran which is spearheaded by a former u. S. Government officials like john bolton a precious Big Pharmaceutical Companies to stop doing business with to run however since the corona Virus Outbreak it is that it believes the humanitarian needs of the iranian people must be met well as the brain can i guess now for society Mohammad Marandi from the university of tehran welcome to the Program Great to have you with us now how is the Health Care Situation in iran right now is the system capable of handling the current outbreak. No actually a senior official of the World Health Organization just yesterday said that the iranian Healthcare Network is the best in the region and thats despite the sanctions and the problem the trouble that the americans have been causing it is a serious problem but the iranians have been very open about it and thats one reason why its in the news otherwise there are reports from turkey and the United Arab Emirates where there are many tourists and many people pass through these countries that the statistics and the numbers are very bad but they are being suppressed by the government but it is true that the americans have been forcing Companies Across the world not to cooperate with iran its not just the Banking Sector the Banking Sector does not allow any medicine to be purchased through the us through the network and that a violation of International Law a violation of humanitarian law but in addition to that the United States has officially put conditions forward for pharmaceutical companies that are so difficult that they are they refused to work with iran and the American Government knows that those Advocacy Groups know that they all know at the way the American Media knows that the european media knows that no one is going to say anything about it because iran is being targeted its not unlike whats happening in syria where everyone knows that the United States the europeans the turkish government theyve all been supporting alqaeda but theyre called rebels in in the west in the case of iran they know that for medicine is being prevented from being imported into the country but theyll make excuses or theyll be silent about it in the media so what extent have u. S. Sanctions we can see the iranian house system and impeded the countrys ability to acquire vital drugs. It has caused the death of people as i said despite the fact that the World Health Organization has said iran to Health Care Network is the best in the region but when the country needs certain medicines or when they need material to produce medicines and its delayed or they have difficulty purchasing it then you have shortages in the country so someone may have cancer and then suddenly a particular matter of particular type of medicine that theyre using is unavailable for a few weeks or a couple of months or there is a shortage of medicine that person needs it immediately so there are certain people with particular needs that die as a result iran produces well over 95 percent i think its 97 percent of its medicine by itself it produces it inside the country but there are there are 2 or 3 percent. Of the medicine used in the country that are imported and some of them are for very dangerous diseases and also for the current bios iran has difficulty importing certain material so the americans through the sanctions have killed the iranians and right now they are impeding irans battle against the coronavirus so much to action do you think things are headed with some pressure groups within the u. S. Who are apparently calling for even tougher sanctions against iran which would also affect medical supplies do you think its likely that trump will heed to that calls. It really doesnt matter for iranians the united that the moderates in the United States and the hardliners are not really very different theyre theyre both very brutal as we see across the region both sides support apartheid in palestine both sides supported the invasion of iraq both sides supported the destruction of libya both sides are quiet about the genocide in yemen by saudi arabia. The iranians know that theres no good side in the american political establishment so they know they have to stand on their own and thats why iran produces almost all of its medicine on its own and iran continues to cooperate with countries that are willing to disobey the United States and iran will will move forward and will contain the virus and it is doing a good job and its one of the few countries thats completely open about this situation 7 times the number of people who died as a result of the virus have been cured and thats a major. Breakthrough in the country thats a significant achievement whereas countries in the region like turkey and the emirates believe that the numbers are growing very fast and the governments are not reporting them and the same is true with other countries in the region and as we all know theres a lot of talk about whats going on in europe and especially the United States and how things are being underreported intentionally professor side Mohammad Marandi from the best you have to ron thank you for joining us on r. T. As he was always around the world chemical weapons watchdog up pushing back against the bodys conclusions about the attack in syria and 2018 what kind of bout that off the break. The question is ours ben what do you do with Global Economy that relies on just in time to live array of parts and Services Mostly from labor wages china is interrupted by a Global Pandemic and cant be overcome with more money printing thats the big question. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you than. Anyone else seem wrong. Why dont we all just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out these days become active. And engaged because the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Welcome back now to whistleblowers have struck back at the world chemical weapons watchdog issuing responses to an earlier inquiry by the f p c w the organization previously said the pad had gone rogue after they publicly criticized its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack in duma syria 2 years ago i now want a scientific herring to the left of the director general they accuse the watchdog of ignoring their work. Inspect to be annoyed tried on many occasions to meet with you you may also know or perhaps not that these requests were all denied the reason given by a senior official was its my role to protect the director general you will never get to speak with him and if you try to go around me to get him there will be consequences letters to the director of the Global Chemical weapons watchdog courtesy of the gray zone project there the latest development in a ping Pong Exchange of correspondence between david and goliath whistleblowers and the o. P. C. W. Inspector a ny have tried to resolve our concerns with you in private however this saga has unfortunately escalated to a point where we are now publicly portrayed as adversaries inspectors are now being smeared as the into this is of these values for nothing m