Good afternoon and welcome thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Well start with an update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections that is now above 4200000 284000 lives have been lost more than 1500000 people have recovered. France is taking its 1st tentative steps back to normality today its a week lockdown these being eased back although some restrictions will remain in place for instance masks are mandatory on public transport while some see the overall move as being positive for this fear it could lead to a 2nd spike in infections or do risky has details. 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 of had to have a personal permission slip and act to say exactly why theyre leaving the house for a select narrow set of reasons that has now been disbanded with them people will be able to move freely within. The country is split into some regions still in the red zone which means there are a heightened concern. To the fires in those regions and here in paris is one of those regions this is what the Prime Minister said when he. Was definitely going to be the easing restrictions from. Me the president the republicans confirming that given the latest results the progressive lifting of the measures can start or maybe. Its another step in the fight against the epidemic it is good news for france and for the french people well not so much good news is that public parks and green spaces will be reopening for the moment thats expected to take place. Will start late june now already. People coming into the. Sanitizer but now shops will also be able to. Wearing face masks they are also. All public transport in france with people. Facing a fine of 135 euros now there has been criticism over the plans as to how thats going to. Transport network saying you know they didnt have enough people on the ground to be able to enforce that and looking for. Help and in fact this morning many fronts t. V. Stations have been showing some of the chaotic scenes not just in the metro here in paris but also in stations and connecting stations around the country showing carriages full of people not respecting the fact that despite there are moved freedoms now that social distancing is according to the government in parity of those also criticism of teach from teachers saying you know we shouldnt be opening the schools while some businesses are concerned that some of the advice from the government hasnt been the exactly clear in the not really sure what they can and cant do there are also those businesses who can open such as cafes and restaurants and bars you off that they havent been included in this easing over the restrictions and theres also criticism from the public a sense from the public that they not quite sure that the governments got perhaps the right strategy all the government is going to succeed in its strategy one poll showing that 74 percent of people didnt think public transport would be safe to use another poll showing that some 58 percent almost 6 in 10 people didnt think that the government would be able to successfully implement exit strategy and of course there is also this fear that while many people are hoping to see more freedoms down to get out and about that they will be that predicted the 2nd wave of the coronavirus of the french government has stated very clearly if there is a 2nd wave if there is a rise almost restrictions that people are hoping to see in the back of they will be back. Well with life in the United Kingdom put on hold now for almost 2 months the Prime Minister took to the nations t. V. Screen sunday night to outline a possible way forward will be a gradual easing of restrictions although every step will be strictly monitored theres also no exact date when the full lockdown will be lifted what is the hourly has details from london the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson addressing the country on sunday evening analysing his plans to resolve a lot of the measures that have been in place in the u. K. Since the end of march but the Prime Minister was also stressed that the country isnt in a position to lift those lockdown measures in any meaningful way it will know this is not the time simply to in the lock down this week it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay alert we must continue to control the virus and saved lives. Now with the u. K. Having the highest death toll in the whole of europe mr johnson announced perhaps a new strategy moving forward the announcement of 8 fight it system ranking a threat from coded 90 similar to the type of Anti Terrorism threat level assessments weve seen in countries like the u. K. And elsewhere with the ranking government front low level one all the way up to critical level 5 and obviously the lower the rating the more those locked out restrictions can be lifted to chart our progress and to avoid going back to square one where establishing a new alert system run by a new joint bio Security Center could be the look level would tell us how tough we have to be in our social distancing missions the lower level the fewer the measures the higher level of the top and stricter we would have to be now to have been some accusations that mr johnson wasnt particularly clear when he came to explaining some of the measures for example saying that people who couldnt work from home should go back to work but of course many workplaces like restaurants like theaters remain closed so unclear exactly how those people could go back to work now this is johnson also of course announcing gradual easing of restrictions on wednesday we could see unlimited exercise being allowed in Public Places like parks but again there are fears that the public could just take advantage of that to flout the law rules that later on in the summer we could see the lifting of the strict sions on children going to Primary School and secondary school for example and also later on in the summer we could also see for example bars and restaurants opening one small albeit with social this. Unseen measures in place but mr johnson was also keen to stress that should receive one small increase in the rates of infection or even in the number of people losing their lives after testing positive with coke and 19 then the harsher restrictions could once more be put back in place well be monitoring our progress locally regionally and nationally and if there are outbreaks if there are problems we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. And incest doctor and author Malcolm Kendrick believes that the easing of restrictions will be good news for patients with other conditions who are now more medical attention. We need to be relaxing restrictions now because of the there are also other problems that were not theyre not talking about if youre not coming to a hospital because theyre got chest pains if you are staying at home children only really going to want to take one diabetes which the major problems are to us that those children are right each of us who says this is terrified to bring them because were told that so so theres a lot of times that its going on and. You know pieces with cancer not being treated patients with other serious conditions that are not immediately life threatening are not being treated so i think even just from an old perspective you know i think you know with respect we should definitely be a lot in this in my opinion we should have planned it earlier i think that they now recognize that actually we shouldnt be trying to fill up. With people who are either got kuwait or potentially have got what i call somebody unexploded boxes that oh its all right they dont have any so you know and then they sent me here now recognize that this is not. A fire that broke out at a hospice in the russian city of charisma gorski overnighters claimed 10 lives early reports suggest that the fire was caused by an electrical fault also revealed that the hole was wedged in his president ial with no permission to carry out functions as a hospice a criminal investigation has been launched with the owner reportedly being questioned. New york remains the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak in the u. S. As it struggles to deal with the rapid rise in infections and whether some neighborhoods in the bronx queens Staten Island theyve been hit far harder than wealthy ones as the new documentary highlights. The. Quarantining new york is a little bizarre because theres theres like 2 worlds right so were in a world 2 where we feel very isolated were working from home but were still working and then theres this like other part of new york that we dont see when you look at like the map of how home it is played some of the wealthier neighborhoods its been far more contained in the numbers are much lower than some of the flora neighborhood its like 2 different world. Service im all evil how many absent certainly allowed to be early we probably dont argue over the last 2 weeks and we have more than 100 more to go and were going round going in new york which is considered one of the or areas. In the we were with the other core population are dying water because in everyday circumstances when you go to a hospital in new york city and probably not any of. The 1st thing they actually are is you having to put the body of the in to you will ya please do you think this is a real. Me while the new york state governor has already outlining his post outbreak plans but his decision to call on americas richest how about this prompted anger in the big apple at the moment as the story. United states has the worlds top number of coronavirus deaths and 33000000 americans have now filed for unemployment u. S. Officials are saying this is a catastrophe on par with 911 or pearl harbor many have accused the u. S. Government of dropping the ball failing to provide Adequate Health care and effectively mobilize relief however the new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo has found some saviors to help reimagine new york in the aftermath of the pandemic billionaires. Cuomo has given eric schmidt the c. E. O. Of google the task of helping to reimagine new york in the aftermath of the pandemic with Talent HealthRemote Learning and broadband probably the best mind in this country if not in this on the globe to do this is i believe a true visionary especially in the field of technology and thats eric schmidt and weve asked him to come work with us now google has already earned a distrust of millions with their project nightingale that acquired the personal medical records of millions and their ownership of fitbit. The new york governor has also decided to bring bill gates on board bill gates the microsoft founder and billionaire is set to help revolutionize schools across the state bill gates is a visionary in many ways and his ideas and thoughts on technology and education hes spoken about for years but i think we now have a moment in history where we can actually incorporate and advance those ideas advocates of Public Education have slammed his initiative as pushing privatization. Both the Gates Foundation and your coma have a history of pushing privatization and agendas that have the potential to destroy Public Schools this collaboration raises a red flag and real questions about what shape our reimagine Public Schools will take postponed demick and whether there will be recognizable as Public Schools at all the Gates Foundation or big advocates of common core and initiatives aimed at advancing americas performance and education which is already quite low especially in the field of mathematics the Program Actually has made things worse since 2013 when it was implemented at this point test scores are at a historic low. Or new york city mayor Mike Bloomberg has been drafted to help out in the field of health care you set to create a human Contact Tracing network mayor Michael Bloomberg has volunteered to help us develop and implement the tracing program thank you very much for taking it on because it is going to require a lot of attention a lot of insight a lot of experience and a lot of resources big tax on based out of Southern California is now setting up shop in the big apple many fear that while this could create billions of dollars in profit for the Silicon Valley monopolies it will result in even more dependence from new yorkers on these mega corporations cant think of a worse or more Dangerous Development than this one hope new York Education and Health Care Unions are getting prepared for defied of their lives. Trying to take out the troubling democracy play acting goes straight through by billionaires monday gates tuesday smits next abeds history magine the future of the economy and is it to imagine news friday maybe black or just runs everything. 1st bill gates and now eric schmidt these are not people who should determine for us how best to provide services to everyday new yorkers instead we should tax them all so people whose job it is to decide state policy can do so more effectively now the pandemic is far from over and my cd is still shut down but the race to dominate the post code at 19 world has already started and not surprisingly the billionaires have gotten a head start you know it doesnt surprise me that hollywood you sell you know let me tell you about the real new yorkers see what. We see that just in that recent state budget he cut 2000000000. 00 from medicare 400000000000. 00 from hospitals in the middle of a pandemic i mean we see have we have any and also you never taxes are all you never never taxes odds are so many proposals and status and. To tax the leaders tax corporations you know to me its like a bunch of billionaires getting together and creating new institutions and this post from their car on they lived in this echelon this is rural onto their own was you know and you really see how they lose touch with you know the normal ordinary person. Democratic president ial hopeful joe bidens perhaps feeling more confident now about the sex abuse scandal has been dragged into thats after the media started to play on the fact that one of his accusers lawyers appeared to be a long standing supporter of President Trump build the wall previously having worked for the Russian News Agency sputnik all of that ignoring the fact that the alleged sex assault occurred back in 1993 when the full story after this break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you there. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the death. Or a made in the shallows. Make sure words less trustworthy in the current us political and media circles it seems any connection to russia or President Donald Trump woman who accused democratic nominee joe biden of carrying out a Sexual Assault back in the ninetys is now being treated as a russian agent for exactly that looks at what stands behind the accusations. So many of us do not just be the perfect time to explore new things in my days of solitude i think how do you my skills as an actor and i want to show you guys something ive been watching i call it the diary of a bullshit democrat the 1st to get into character Russian National she drops a couple times a double dose of the president ok im ready. Like my photo i was blindsided by the section some of the actions agents made it gates to bite and by someone tara reid i mean i know some woman has come forward for accused by reason of your already uncomfortable with that snipping and touching and there are all those photos of him and then theres the hash tag keep job i said but i think such a convincing no no somethings fishy here and of recent days new evidence has come tonight revealing reids accusations for what they really are a huge russian conspiracy an attempt to get that topic trump away and that it not the 1st alarm bells when i saw who is representing Reid Torah Regis go to new lawyer his name is Douglas Wigdor he supported donald trump in the 2016 election and gave 55000. 00 to the Trump Campaign and the r. And c. Ger in that cycle surprised coincidence i think not i mean we do did also donate to a bunch of Democratic Candidates in 516 and he defended fox employees an agenda discrimination case and he did so represent Christine Lacy for when she confronted by counting up. My argument that lets just forget also making the super suspicious the other lawyer being defended by one of the tour knees working for terror read is bill moore and a former employee of sputnik the russian governments english language propaganda arm i mean i couldnt put it better than this very professional and im biased and i said see john list between that and read alexandra lawyer who was fired from sputnik your sputnik for get this incorrectly reporting a wiki leaks story something about this whole story and its timing stinks to high heaven also stinking to high heaven the fact that we tell is clearly a wash plant i mean she criticized america for its imperialism whatever that means and l