as for karma several countries witness the wave of panic buying with shoppers stocking up on essentials and anticipation of the worst named hope at 19 epidemic. to tell the people we've got to get. letters from the e.u. accuses turkey of using us phylum seekers as political pawns as the block and bolster security of the greek border leaving tens of thousands of migrants stuck in no man's land. to whistleblowers confronts the world chemical weapons watchdog demanding a fair hearing after breaking rank to disagree with the organizations findings

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 it's friday the 6th of march and you're 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 wasn't 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. it's called how mystic alpha in german literally translates as hamster buying but it

doesn't mean that people here in berlin and across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've 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 china's 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

what's clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak it's 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 it's massively exaggerated i'm 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 it's 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 there's 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 don't 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 callista's 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 we've had images from the greek side that they say shows turkish c.s. gas being deployed into no man's land into their territory and what they described as being a series of coordinated attacks they've 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 don't 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 we're 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 that's not true in fact they've 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 they're 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 we've seen new barbed wire fencing passing us as we've 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 doesn't 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 republic's 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 wasn't 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 that's the truth that at least we've the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the right new nation room and we're 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 country's 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 that's 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 that's one reason why it's 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 it's 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 it's not unlike what's happening in syria where everyone knows that the united states the europeans the turkish government they've all been supporting al-qaeda but they're 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 they'll make excuses or they'll be silent about it in the media so what extent have u.s. sanctions we can see the iranian house system and impeded the country's 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 it's 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 they're 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 it's 97 percent of it's 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 iran's 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 it's likely that trump will heed to that calls . it really doesn't matter for iranians the united that the moderates in the united states and the hardliners are not really very different they're they're 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 there's no good side in the american political establishment so they know they have to stand on their own and that's 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 it's one of the few countries that's completely open about this situation 7 times the number of people who died as a result of the virus have been cured and that's a major. breakthrough in the country that's 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 there's a lot of talk about what's going on in europe and especially the united states and

how things are being under-reported 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 body's 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 can't be overcome with more money printing that's the big question. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports

business i'm showbusiness i'll see you than. anyone else seem wrong. why don't we all just don't 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 it's 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 more than daring to speak out the smearing started back in february with a report in response to what the organization called a breach of confidentiality leaks that casts doubt on the o.p.c. w.'s conclusions about duma they said the gas cylinders were likely place there rather than dropped from an aircraft and that one area was likely not even subjected to a chemical attack but the report barely even touched on any of that the authors were too busy trying to tear the whistleblowers inspectors a and b. to pieces inspectors a and b. are not whistleblowers they're individuals who could not accept that their views were not back but evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous uninformed and rone erroneous uninformed that doesn't seem very becoming for 2 guys who are apparently the inspection team leaders why would

a pair of the top inspection team leaders both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west and group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue did these old circumstances not ring some warning bells they sure are confident in their qualification. but it goes farther than that inspectors a and b. categorically rejects one of the o.p.c. w.'s biggest claims against them that they have pretty much nothing to do with the investigation and no access to important information when i joined the team shortly after the start of the deployments to do inspect a b. and i continued playing a central role in the overall investigation the final report didn't exactly benefit from the editorial turnaround information was slashed details removed and facts don't explain why it's not like the inspectors didn't try to get answers to their questions before pressing the big red leak button something had gone wrong inside the o.p.c. w. sir and we wanted you to know it's that simple they even think there might have

been a bit of deception at play the investigation was conducted by a british investigator and a lawyer from the us. the activities of the fact finding mission were managed by o. chief of cabinet from fronts whose views are echoed in both the narratives does it not strike he was somewhat biased in that the 3 individuals represent the 3 defendants the 3 countries who were responsible for the missile strikes in response to the allegation of a chemical attack in duma and o.p.c. w. leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers as to what really happened we've always their p.c. it up if worst response to the claims in the meantime we spoke to a former f.b.i. agent on whistleblower rally who suspects a smear campaign not the. the allegation and accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the delegation that they went

rogue makes no sense at all and again given that they were amongst the top professionals in it with the expertise in engineering and in chemical weapons these were the top people so it really is really defies believability that they would have gone rogue they were close to retire you know they have done a many many years of faithful service to the o.p.c. w. they believe in the mission of truth in times of war truth becomes the 1st casualty and syria is no different at this point it would have to be one side is not telling the truth here and the the entity that changed conclusions out of reports would be the suspected entity that is not telling the truth. burton says it will deploy the navy to prevent a fishing vessel from entering its waters and becoming a key sticking point in the brags that trade talks with

a somali explains. the town of poole on england's south coast is one of the u.k.'s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry it's a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u.k.'s tory government to warn the e.u. that if their ships try to access british waters they'll deploy the royal navy to keep them out setting the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased a. sufficient the u.k. is currently in a so-called transition period in the gauche a should have begun which will determine what kind of deal the u.k. will leave with at the end of december this year but when it comes to fishing the 2 sides are still far apart in the months the u.k. wants the e.u. to follow british law and for negotiations to take place annually similar to an

agreement they have with norway they you however wants to have a long term agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the deaf or secretary warned the e.u. against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french have hit back saying they're more than ready to get nasty if the u.k. isn't willing to play ball all we played with emotion was drama was passion we seem bolts and we know how to make it a very i think about both sides both sides very nice about them playing nasty could mean the french blockading channel ports and some british fishermen say that the french are provoking the u.k. into taking harsh measures if elements decided to take that action. i think that it would just. we need to self manage ourselves and on we're fully prepared for things like that i don't think it would worry that the u.k.

fishermen to talk we should have our own waters back in the past we haven't adam and if it's belgium's fides everyone gets bigger quote those than the english fisherman so if sanctions are to be done if the english freshman down and if and that would be arrested on the other side of the channel the feeling of mistrust is neutral and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but on a sort of a definite no we haven't really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean a no deal at the end of the year in this case would be excluded from british waters this would be a disaster for the fishermen of the whole to france but also for french fishermen in general. about this year so obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards a no deal the u.k. as ourselves the european union not only france would lose a loss anyway it is not in our interest or u.k. interest we must find an agreement with great britain. the u.k.

negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies. and the news across the globe officials into near 05 police officers on one civilian have been wounded after 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up close to the u.s. embassy in the capital there will be no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack. health officials in afghanistan say 27 people have been killed and 29 wounded after a known gunman opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the capital kabul after the our a leading political figure in the country was in attendance but here skates unharmed the taliban has denied carrying out the attack which comes just days after the u.s. on the islamist group signed a peace deal to end the 18 year conflict in the country.

where police in the colombian capital used tear gas and water cannon against students protesting nearby go to national university of palumbi on thursday protesters have been building barricades torching police vehicles and hurling projectiles interesting months of demonstrations as calls grow for improvements to the education system. here at r.t. we love to hear your thoughts on our stories so to get in touch by following us on social media we're back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines it's either. do you believe in miracles it would seem democrats do after the job i do surgery on super tuesday for them the fear of the bernie sanders candidate see me now be

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