Youre watching R T International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program and we start with the latest on the corona virus which has now claimed more than 12000 lives worldwide and the number of confirmed cases is edging towards 300000. 00. Italy which this week became the country hit hardest by the corona virus with a death toll surpassing even china a senior only 800 fatalities in the past 24 hours alone and all the pandemic has now killed more than 4800 italians and amid the grim statistics russia has offered to send aid to the country after all the details on that were joined in the studio by artist don of tell us a little bit about what russia is hoping to send well you are absolutely right there is no other place in the world where it is as bad as it is in italy right now so amid this crisis russia is indeed going to help out so what is it doing firstly moscow will be sending personal protection to italians such things as mosques for example also russia is promising to ship mobile disinfection units truck based essentially so that italians can aerosol the streets with this infection spray also russia will be sending some medical equipment to help diagnose and treat more italians all of that will be sure it will be shipped through the Russian Defense ministry in this small school is joining beijing. China has already promised to to help out a tally and they will be sending medical experts there china being the 1st country origin country of the covert 19 so obviously they have right now they have way more experience with dealing and containing this disease than any other country in the world and the situation in italy is indeed for instance some italians have been massively outraged when it was revealed that the country allowed the United States to ship out of italy and into tennessee. Almost half a 1000000 of covert 1000 testing kids italians saying that how can this be going on when they have dying by the hundreds in italy and theres not enough means to help the italians and their government is giving it just giving it away. Weve been seeing some really staggering numbers from the past few days coming out of italy just how bad is the situation at present well just to give you an idea in the past 24 hours alone almost 800 italians have died let the let the figures sink in for a moment in just the past 24 hours now this number is particularly large because italy is stressing that they are counting not just those who were killed by covert 1000 itself but also theyre counting those who died of preexisting conditions that worse because of covert 1000 so this figure 800 almost 800. Is these 2 groups of people combined so this whole thing has put a massive strain on Funeral Homes and s. L. E. And in fact crematoria are saying that they might stop accepting new bodies because theyre overwhelmed of a listen. And obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. Also forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. So just to give you another example in the town of bergamo in italy some some bodies are literally out there in the streets waiting to be waiting to be burnt in the criminal area because they simply cannot its a small town and it has been hit particularly hard. Even even by italys standards and so a lot of people are dying by their bodies cannot be all processed by the existing means but the existing means also for instance in palermo in sicily soldiers patrolling the streets to ensure that people will indeed that they will indeed stay home and not expose themselves and to the dangers so it is really bad and it seems that russias help will be more than welcome at this time of crisis r t is it goes on and thank you for joining us in the studio with that report. Now russia may have heeded a call made earlier by an italian Lawyers Association addressed to president putin which lamented what was described as the European Unions failure to support italy during the crisis lets now bring in alexandra marias really the president of italys criminal chambers of european and International Law that group that penned a letter to the russian leadership we just mentioned there that italy is a long standing member of the European Union and yet you say the block has essentially let your country down why. Yes but the point as you know a budget problem i think it goes you must understand that governments well you are a hoot on plate just only 25000000000. 00 and germany is you is in more or less 8 grants does a comparison so you can understand very well the reason why italians pay taxes on not very very happy because each as you know has no are aware to pay your time required taxes to this to you know to the central euro and we are completely aware that in case of need we dont. Receive almost anything so we are in a very very big problem. I think that we are facing of. A very to a constitutional crisis this is a court that. May be interracial war is a very well understand day but the constitution big televen constitution material gives a division the assets itself governor crisis its a very sad moment i think the most at a good moment that is so who gets to reach a general and surely to the 2nd world war so this is a discussion as our correspondent was just telling china has sent its medical experts to evilly and now russia is offering to lend to have a helping hand as well how come is that their cities far away countries having to come to italys aid and not its close allies. Mada point is that i tended to true well china up hot we can say a little responsibility and felt his responsibility so send 1000000 mosque and keep them so in a certain science sounds shina hot this we can say billet we can define it. I must be expressed my thankfulness up to defend the Russian Federation because in the we directed to the Russian Federation because d we understood that you wrote was not you know a very trustful bond there this is this is the reality and i have a very clear provision that. It could be to 2nd kountry after u. K. To mumbai from up from the European Union i just want to tell you one thing if you give mediocre to unity because i want to send a message to president putin and this i would like to point out his attention to help more south for more than meets only because its very hard to tell it but i can say that the hell that you mention of mo can we tell he is special he is lost for lack of l o s t i think there is no way out in lumber yet were running out we are maybe and i say every great maybe the possibility to say. That the bots didnt preachin is so spread away and more of an elite i think very. Very we have no way to. Turn around the situation. Alexander maria to l. A. The president of italy as criminal chambers of european and International Law thank you for your time and your comments thank you. Now as dramatic as the situation and italy make her it may be there still room for some positive stories one doctor from the city of baghdad who like thousands of his colleagues across the country is battling the disease recently became a father for the 3rd time. I was on duty in the covered 19 ward when my wife who herself had previously tested positive for the corona virus went into labor but i still tried to stay in touch with her as much so i could and i heard from her until the moment she was taken for a c section my friends and colleagues from the hospital she was asked let me know as soon as my daughter and it was born they told me both she and my wife were right my biggest fear at the time was that my wife would have the respect to treat crisis during the delivery and would end up in intensive care fortunately that didnt happen we were very lucky i mean my little girl was tested for kovi do indeed and the result was negative we will tell our daughter the she was born in a very difficult time for europe but that she was holding out like a real warrior and we will tell her how much we love. Infectious disease specialists are about to cow to believe the lockdown and italy needs to continue to prevent an even worse catastrophe. The epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep a very strict measures. Down in order to reduce the risk of spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center of things in this on the part that of italy so you have to remember especially in the north the reason a shortage of. Such as a physician nurses able to face of these appeared demick very few Infectious Disease expert are of a level now with the and that is a whole sort of the fact that a considerable number of Health Care Worker has been contaminated in the not working optimistic view is a defective vet the day by day that the constant percentage of increase of the new cases in respect of the total number to target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the new level d of below 10 which means about the transmission as the a celebrated that and we can look at the diffusion with a little more hope. For reasons have paid tribute to the doctors and nurses on the frontline of the battle against the deadly virus applause was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night. Thank you. More than 12000. 00 cases have been confirmed in france with 450. 00 dead all regions are now affected despite a nationwide lockdown the French Health system is under strain and a french union shared it with r t france is statement from one medic who volunteered to work with current virus infected patients. My 1st day in intensive care for coronavirus patients. On tired 12 hours in closed premises i want to share my feelings today ive seen terrible things and ive never in my life seen such images. Ive seen people in Critical Condition i call. Because of everything that could take care of yourself take care of your Family Friends until everyone to stay i mean meanwhile police and forcing the lock down and friends are threatening to strike claiming they dont have the basic equipment needed to protect themselves from the biased trial of difference he reports. As millions of people in from own saw in confinement there is a cool group of workers who are continuing the daily grind including police offices. Yet many continue to flout these regulations despite hefty fines and the risk of being locked up in jail. Why are. You going to. The authorities are tearing their hair out over frances citizens noncompliance with the confinement restrictions. There are people who think theyre modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact. When i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely but as they blame people for not abiding by the rules the authorities themselves are being accused of not taking proper care of those they placed on the front line unions are furious that the ministry of interior hasnt provided offices with basic equipment such as face mosques so much so the Biggest Police union has warned its members will walk out unless such things are made available there is no reason why we should be victims of a government failure to plan we want to carry out our duties to their fullest but need to be able to guarantee. Our own safety if the police themselves become contaminated or strike who will monitor the streets so. Security offices police and other people who are polled law and order in the country need to be protected this farce does not distinguish between Police Medics and of the citizens were not even sure that we Police Officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others if the police get infected who will be able to keep the peace to morrow as ford says quarantine drags along each day the list of what citizens can do is being tightened the police are a core part of keeping order here if they walk out or if an infection takes hold within the ranks so this could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even ski ati towers. Economic ramifications are starting to hit Major Companies the worlds biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the company which owns brands like skoda audi and porsche built more than 10000000. 00 vehicles last year given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts applies to our plans production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by a group bronze that follows similar moves by other auto manufacturers toyota b. M. W. Or not and fia are among those who have shut their plants during the crisis in the e. U. Alone the sector is responsible for around 14000000. 00 jobs in the latest episode of artes boom bust automated expert the car coach lauren fix told of the Auto Industry it will take a long time to recover from the difficulties caused by the crisis. For the Auto Industry on global basis were looking at a huge impact with every single manufacturer pretty much shutting down production were not just talking about high end cars but everyday cars weve already seen a huge negative downturn when it comes to china theyre off by about 80 percent so far for the 1st quarter but that may change theyre starting to get back on line but here in the u. S. Were looking at last years sales 17100000 cars. Is recommending and theyre stating theyre somewhere around 14900000. 00 we have not seen a downturn like this since 2008 this is going to impact a lot of us because if you look at the dow jones half of it is impacted by the Auto Industry either by a supplier or something that supports the Auto Industry so this is going to be a huge impact and its going to go a long time for us to recover. I dont to be to doom and gloom here but we have had gas after gas telling us we are already facing a recession maybe even a depression is coming will all of these auto manufacturers the giants will they make it out of this crisis or we could see consolidation what is going to happen moving forward. I think youre going to see some consolidation it makes sense that Companies Partner to Share Technology to share platforms to share drive trains everybody makes it to a leader turbo engine if more people start sharing that technology what thats going to do is allow them to make it personalized when it comes to the vehicle the features themselves so i think youre going to see a lot of consolidation i dont think were going to see them going out of business but the impact to the stocks is going to be a long time to turn around theres also some talk about the Auto Industry wanting to delay the implementation of the u. S. Embassy a trade deal known as the new nafta do you know whats going on there. Yeah the us n. C. A. A. Is supposed to start on june 1st but everyones now off no ones working and so this is a problem so they cant get the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back to delay because thats going to make 75 percent of cars being built here for north america using north american components which is good for restarting the industry but we dont have the regulations in place so theyre asking to push it back just a little bit its supposed to go in place june 1st and that all depends on this pandemic and how long it takes for us to start were covering. The pandemic is starting to hit the u. S. Job market as well but the countrys Unemployment Rate seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u. S. Labor department has reported several 100000. 00 claims being filed recently we spoke with Jeffrey Tucker editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research and he warns that the Global Economy is under severe strain. Because there were i dont even think economists have agreed that its not recession its not its its its imaginable levels of of shock and the data are going to. Give you a clear prediction what the unemployment numbers are going to look like that were going to be seeing soon but i almost certain that millions have already lost their jobs and this just cannot go on much longer without dismantling everything we call civilized life just just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute tour for the politicians to line up their decisions Public Policy decisions with actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing has is going on. A number of u. S. Senators have been accused of exploiting the Privileged Access to information about the pandemic to make a quick buck that after they sold off a large number of shares right before the markets plunged among them is richard burr hes the head of the Intelligence Committee and sold stocks worth around 1700000. 00 but he denies the accusations of foul play and it calls for him to resign kill martin has the story. Richard burr u. S. Senator and head of the senate Intelligence Committee reassured everyone that the u. S. Government had the coronavirus situation completely under control here is what he said back in march luckily we have a framework in place that says put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a Public Health threats like the coronavirus his words sounded quite calming especially from someone who receives daily briefings about the spread of the coronavirus although a few days earlier he was telling a group o