Lockdown forcing schools and universities to go online everyones lessons appear to be going to plan parents and students struggle to adapt to the new academic reality. And it. Was. A very warm welcome to you watching r. T. International with me nicky arun let us begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the Global Pandemic is still raging with 2600000 cases confirmed and the number of lives claims by coronavirus has now reached 184000 but a total of 723000 people have recovered. European leaders are back at the negotiating table albeit remotely via video link for another round of discussions on a package to address the Economic Impact of the pandemic and agreement already approved by finance ministers is expected to be reached on a 500000000000 euro lifeline for the bloc but deep disagreements between certain Member States could still be rael the talks are the final hurdle peter or the has the details. Out of these talks low is some statement some result at the end this is an aftershock michel the European Council president said he wouldnt be pushing for a joint statement from all of the heads of government which proved to be such a problem last time off to italy said there was no way they were going to put their name to a statement that they were they were they had come to what we are expecting though is to hear something coming from this meeting its often said that the e. U. Doesnt agree on anything until it has to but its really getting to the situation whereby it really does have to come to some form of agreement in fact we heard from the euro Group President just recently he described just how dark these Financial Times potentially are the i. M. F. Confirm that we are facing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression this calls for urgent and Decisive Action well as again a lot of talk about north versus south in europe the harvest and have nots economically southern countries like spain and italy have been the hardest hit in the continent from covert 19 what we heard from the italian Prime Minister just sepic conti is this piece very keen to warn his friends in the north that if italy suffers financially ultimately they will also catch that virus as well our economic systems are connected with each other and interlinked when one country has problems it triggers a domino effect and thats something we should absolutely avoid whats needed here is the European Unions full firepower namely through the joint issuance of bonds well the spanish Prime Minister. Chairs this also backed that bond issuing scheme in fact himself and just said because they have talked about the princely sum of 1. 5 trillion with a t euro worth of bonds being issued in order to aid fiscal burden sharing across the block. Sanchez was quite confident about an agreement being reached on thursday d because it would appear to be out of the European Council must welcome the economic package agreed by the euro group demand the finalization of its preliminary works so that all instruments are ready by no later than june the 1st this is the key to europe and this is the key to our country well the main opposition to corona bonds as theyve being called comes from the netherlands and from germany although the german chancellor has well perhaps somewhat warmed a little more certainly been seeing 2 of warmed a little more to the idea in recent times however in the past shes been very clear that the only way the only a package is that germany was going to give its full backing to you with those mechanisms that already exist. And i can imagine since instruments know that down the line more generally i would like to say that germany not only wants to act in solidarity but that it will act in solidarity well the german chancellor has been addressing the bundestag on thursday morning she said that germany could only do well if europe is doing well and she talks an awful lot about solidarity there is she addressed the German Parliament ill be bringing you all the latest throughout the day and well see if those words coming from angola merkel in the bundestag on thursday morning turned into well it german attitude changing towards corona bombs and debt sharing across the block across the e. U. That is in the wake of the coronavirus. In italy the number of corona virus cases has now surpassed 187000 more than 25000 people have died but the nations spirits have also been cheered by some remarkable recoveries on wednesday a 100 year old woman was discharged from hospital in ne in sicily after beating coded 90 shes one of a number of italian centenarians who have beaten all the odds during the pandemic but there are many more remarkable tells of recovery jumpier capillarity is a former coronavirus patient who had to be put into intensive care he told us how terrifying the experience was. In the beginning i viewed it as a negative positive later when the situation worsened i realized that the corona virus is truly a monster and thats when the fear and terror started i quickly went into respect retreat crisis doctors informed me they would have to intervene at this point i called my wife it was 2 am terrified for we were both terrified front god this doctor sort of open the gates of need to be insured because if we waited another day it could have been too late from when the doctor arrived telling me that she was going to interview me i felt i was unconscious after 5 minutes and in these 5 minutes i had so much fear she told me it can take more than a month but i got better in 7 days the most vivid sight that i can recall was when they removed the truth the doctor told me now you have to start breathing on your own so he removed the tube and said cough a few times and start breathing and i started breathing and thats how another life for me started. The u. S. Is the hardest hit country over 47000. 00 death but americans generally are being negatively impacted by the outbreak the country has seen widespread protests with people outraged by lockdown measures and with the jobless rate thawing a Small Business is also on the brink. With the United States as the global epicenter of the pandemic protests have broken out against the lockdown measures the National Guard has been deployed to keep order. 7 7 on my. Am to go back to her tent were putting. The economic collapse act our enemy at this point one in 3 americans cannot pay their bills 22000000 americans have filed for jobless benefits in the past month these are the worst numbers since the Great Depression half of all low income americans have lost jobs or wages my employer let have us go and those have a struggle that are working were struggle because we dont have the other half of what im looking to help me with friends and family members that i know that have been impacted by this and they are in. Their businesses on the verge of cancer stay in this very long hours and i have friends and neighbors know these businesses theyre dotting theyre dying theres a lot of businesses that will not be able to reopen the big corporations are not ready to lend a hand they are scrambling to protect their profits not their employees 4000000 Hotel Workers are expected to lose their jobs in the coming months furthermore the hotel chain known as mariya is expected to furlough tens of thousands of workers the same goes for the employees of General Electric and dreams will not come true were the thousands of employees of walt disney who are expecting a furlough in florida however the government says it will protect those who are losing their jobs millions of american sacrifice their jobs in order to battle the virus and save the lives of our fellow citizens where have a solemn duty to ensure these unemployed americans regain their jobs and their livelihoods the major corporations are tapping into government relief money intended to help. Small businesses meanwhile the 4 biggest banks in america have been hit by a lawsuit saying theyre giving unfair priority to big corporations and not providing loans to the Small Businesses that desperately need help the issue with with big chains getting funding that was was message to as big or Small Business out even understand what that means a company thats doing tens of millions or hundreds of millions a year in revenue and is going to be 1st in line with a big bank when it comes time to apply for one of these things and if youre a little guy you know chances are youre going to the back row i like government has been apologetic i was pleased to see that shake shack return to the money intent of this money was not for big Public Companies that have access to capital many see the big corporations as putting the needs of their employees last and manipulating the system in order to protect themselves however they dont turn to helping the little guy soon the coronavirus pandemic could be a catalyst for a violent backlash the corporations you know they really shouldnt be getting anything a lot of the Big Companies before this occurred theyre loading up on cash theres a dash for cash there are a flat lot of these companies are fraught with cash you know those who have the correct connections here with the driver ministration theyll do quite well i mean a good example are the airlines the airlines are getting 58000000000 dollars the big corporations are are are quite well taken care of and you know its the folks in the middle its the middle class is a Small Business theyre the ones that are paying for it and well see what happens in terms of divisions and to come in a country about it this is a disaster and its only going to get worse in the United States is this is an administrative disaster. And with america divided over whether to reopen its economy be dependent on one for mexican factories to come out of the down. Seems to playas to us defense giant. U. S. Medics are also feeling the strain with large numbers of patients admitted daily and many on the front line feel let down by their government the National NursesUnited Organization has staged a protest just outside the white house demonstrators that read out the names of medics who lost their lives from kovac 19 while on duty they claim that the governments actions have exacerbated the health care crisis. The classic country have also been demanding the president and congress scale up for tax reduction of personal protective equipment and against the p. P. D. That we need. Yet congress has now passed 3 coronavirus bills and none of them have anything to protect thats really hard to take care of patients day by day with nurses that are going out sick on a regular basis instead of being fully feeling awful democracy complete. And the United States government has but this happening. The medical director of a hospital in massachusetts shared his experience of the pandemic with us have been employees that have tested positive and that obviously emotionally is really difficult to see people that you work with who are said this experience has probably been one of the best and one the worst things simultaneously done and the worst is related to some of the things we talked about before the seeing patients who are dying seeing people who are healthy and reduced to distribute critical illness. The scope of the number of people that are that are affected is its painful to be heartbroken. Well global lockdown has seen schools and universities and brace the digital era with classes going online but the new way of delivering lessons hasnt exactly gone to plan for every one of the reports. 2020 a pandemic your parent lets be honest this is probably your reality yet again i get that they think about that i think of it. Some other sadly i dont get out of whats going to. Be and then theyre going to get what i mean that im all right weve got 2 kids and i am sick of them all non parents out there probably chuckling but others are struggling to see the funny sight because coronavirus apart from threatening our house and our finances is not jeopardizing the education of 1500000000 children as you might not it has taken over the computer has become the classroom but we all know sometimes Technology Just isnt our friend online portals in a number of the straight and cities crashed on the fast day and in the us one virginia schools technological fadia net the suspension of all face to face classes and then when the system still couldnt cope with the cancellation of classes leaving parents in the deep end its making me a homeschool mom there is a reason i send my kids to but i had never wanted to be a homeschool mom thats a headache for those with a computer and a decent wife i connection now imagine you come from the most area where theres no signal or ringback you come from a low income background and you couldnt even dream of having your own laptop remote mining is exacerbating the difference between rich and poor meaning only some will get the education they have a right to. Have access to the internet and dont have that so once its in the will there are some parents and there are also households who all that. But what do those children think they dont have access to the private Education System were going to see their example in just if you go to learn generally they are going to their brain will fall behind what are we going. This too and then i would suggest that thats whats actually provided or Something Else in providing. Access the right education but right now as far as i see a lot of these children are being unfair now wheels and not wanting to wake up and go to school one or 2 mornings a year will all but thats now turned into a chronic problem and a strict attendance is hard at twin posts online there are fears that mass absenteeism will mean many will have to repeat it yet and that offends some students say there isnt much turning awful with the standard of online classes disappointing that poor quality in fact triggered one student in new zealand to start a petition demanding a refund for the entire Academic Year when i think about this is that i paid my money to the university and i should get the product that im looking for this product here now is not complete its not the best quality then thats the question of safety zuma has become the hero of quarantine life bringing together dozens of people of different continents all for free and all on a single call but its also been drawn into a debate on its misuse of passable day sat and then that as soon. The f. B. I. Is now warning that these Virtual Meetings can be hijacked you can have the g. Injure type of actor profile and are going to have the cyber criminal that really wants a listener in a security floor at ows uninvited cyber gets to hack into and disrupt soon cools which michaels harmless giggle for board students if they want for the reports of racial slurs pornographic images and swastikas being shown but even if all these problems are fixed does one way device classroom will always fall short and people bouncing ideas off each other teaches not just spewing facts but engaging with test you dont none of us can delude ourselves that were able to replicate the high quality of what you do in normal circumstances in schools learning isnt just about people delivering information its about you then. Gauging with it being asked questions being assessed on it the gift of a great teacher to be able to explain things to listen to your answers and be able to give you feedback which is something that technology and the robots simply cant do as well as the humans life is full and off the coronavirus would like to look a bit different businesses will close people will chapel last we might not shake hands but as you know escrow is warning if theres one thing we dont want to stick around its online not knowing what is coming up after this short break stay with us. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing Dramatic Development only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back while the u. S. Grapples with the pandemic its still urging its neighbor mexico to reopen production so as to aid to the American Defense industry well as off of the pentagon encourage some mexican factories to resume their supplies to u. S. Defense giants. Youre seeing impact on the Industrial Base by several pockets of closure internationally particularly of note is mexico where we have a group of companies that are impacting many of our major problems today i am writing the Mexican Foreign minister to ask for help to reopen International Suppliers there these companies are especially important for our u. S. Air frame production mexico has not designated its Defense Industry as a sensual leading to the closure of most of the selective factories however thousands of mexicans have continued working in factories used by the u. S. For its cheap labor leading to protests the have been reports of coded 1000 death among the workers mexico currently has over 10000 confirmed cases of corona virus the number of fatalities reaching nearly 900 we discussed the pentagons request without death. The president of the family is prioritizing its own needs. The expense guard mexicans and this is what is more. About their needs there are there are i mean the needs of great use arms the need there were for priorities for the people and at the moment often done and this is very in these times are very complicated with regard to human life and if the United S