some time to livery of parts and services mostly from slave wages china is interrupted by a global pandemic and can't be overcome with more money printing that's the big question. that night here in moscow good evening in the headlines for you calls for calm with several countries witness a wave of panic by shoppers stocking up on essential is in anticipation maybe of a worsening 19 epidemic tell you all about the latest plus to be able to tell to people going because deval this open letter structures the game the e.u. accuses turkey of weaponize in refugee flows as the bloc bolster security at the greek border leaving tens of thousands of migrants stuck in no man's land without live comments coming up and also adding headlines to whistle blowers confront the world chemical weapons watchdog running a fair hearing after breaking ranks disagree with the organization findings about

an attack in doomer in syria in 2080. why would a panel of the top inspection team leaders both with impeccable records both incidentally from the west a group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue. hello there my name is kevin as mentioned is friday evening 6 march here in moscow welcome to you from the r.t. international world news sentence so unfortunately it's coronavirus we're talking about start let me give you the latest up some as we know it here the number of new covert 19 cases around the world has passed 100000 this friday as logged with the several countries detecting the coronavirus no for the 1st time picture here in russia as best we know it 13 cases have been recorded medical services are on high alert people arriving from the worst hit nations have been instructed to self

isolate for 2 weeks now when they get back here to russia so with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide of started to panic buy as they rush to stock up on those essential. stripped bare is a straw is prepare 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 inside here members. being it's happening all over the country the great soil of paper pad it is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing shelves unstable chords as coronavirus called want to start a newspaper date of its pages empty yeah you can see what's come in suggesting its readers use them if push comes to shove as an alternative to toilet paper there's more of the supermarket onslaught around the world paid for r.t. next it's called hamster calford in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesn't mean that people here were leaning across the federal republic of

being stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've been panicked by essentially 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 past rice toilet paper hygiene products and other basics have been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 90 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tents 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 it to the means you know china's corona virus outbreak has become a global pandemic 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 viruses be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the german. i love tanzer is canceled hundreds of flights with around 150 aircraft are 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 wide of an issue and these are the supermarkets have been blunted and you take what you can carry in order to have something at home as a fat ass i will wait for a bit it's important not to be so hysterical. fabric that is there greasy i mean once you have a small staggered home which would last for 14 days supply in some food and again food is all right but there are a familiar i think it's messily exaggerated i'm not doing penny buying and in my usual grocery shopping it would be nice terry if others who did the same then you

would not need to drive to multiple stores you might be the mule in that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this corona virus theatre it's absolutely sickening in a 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 paltry system of sick pay compared to other european countries that could see some force to survive on just over 100 year old we 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 peter all of us r.t. . well as we've heard different countries affected differently around has been

really one of the epicenters here it's been scrambling to contain the virus a friday know it limit travel between cities as a number of cases a surge to over 3500. least $107.00 people have died in that country including advisers to to the supreme leader in the foreign minister with the islamic republic healthcare system buckling under the strain of the crisis the us president as made an offer he said washington is willing to come to to ransom systems obviously didn't go down too well unfortunately in tehran. 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 say we have done the iranian nation wrong and we apologize no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine do we have the medicine and to ship medicines and food as well that's one of the key

issues humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the united states sanctions against iran but as we just heard other financial strictures including those that target the country's banks are impeding to iran's ability to import vital medication the sanctions for instance lead to shortages of drugs used to treat cancer in epilepsy there are however some in the u.s. establishment all that said they've been pushing for even tougher measures case in point is the advocacy group united against nuclear iran which is spearheaded by some former u.s. government officials including the torricelli hawkish john bolton prior to the coronavirus break it had been pressuring big pharmaceutical companies to stop trading with to run altogether its soften its stance since it says the humanitarian needs of the iranian people must be met to guess what thoughts on the professor said mohammad marandi from the university of tehran who told us just how detrimental these existing sanctions are being. 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 purchase through the network but not only are they blocking bad but they're also imposing conditions on pharmaceutical companies that are so tough that in reality no one will work with iran so they're americans through the sanctions have killed the iranians and right now they are impeding iran's battle against the coronavirus. for ministers from across the us from their full support behind greece on friday after meeting for a 2nd day to discuss the escalating refugee crisis that its border with turkey. clashes have been continuing along the frontier under a heavy haze and teargas with greek police repairing masses of asylum seekers attempting to cross to europe tens of thousands of refugees have been gathering along the border with turkey since tookie said last week that it would no longer

honor a 2060 migration deal breaking down latest developments tonight shiloh dubin ski. well e.u. chiefs have said they won't be pressurised foreign ministers were meeting on friday to discuss the situation here on the border between greece and turkey amid fresh tensions as you can see some of the army vehicles leading the border area now and this is both sides have been accusing the other of using tear gas we've had images from the greek side that they say shows turkish c.s. gas being deployed into no man's land and 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 julan means using violence to demand access to not just greece but the e.u. but those are of course unconfirmed reports now the e.u. foreign affairs minister has been defiant about the situation and has said that the borders will remain closed if you want to. critical situations. people have to. they don't have to tell the people. and people have already passed. lead to these. well turkey has said it borders will remain open they have been open now for a round a week and we know that camps are 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. .

right 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 i just want to give you a sense of how many people have tried to get through a temp bin 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 syrians 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 to 40 kilometers and in fact we've seen new barbed wire fencing passing as it stands defiant and has the e.u. to back it the message to migrants is you shall not pass. ski r.t. casting yes on the greek turkish border. she's the turkish ambassador of the czech republic pre-show your time to live with us in our truth to see you so well turkey's willingness to accommodate so many refugees many would say is hugely admirable many people also cause i'm sure you've heard this yourself whose decision to ferry asylum seekers to the greek border is indefensible what is your response to the. we have been taking care of the asylum seekers for the last 10 years and we

have spent more than 40 billions. worrying about them as a concept which can be described as a day late a dollar short europeans should not have caused their ears to our warnings for the last 7 years we know all them numerous times and we're still telling them the solution is to bring democracy to syria result is that for the user to choose to go to europe or for them to stay in turkey the solution is for these people to feel comfortable enough to go back to their homeland and rebuild their own country and. he says if you're really an army using these people as pawns are you that's the problem people would say well it's over well and good you saying you've looked after these people for years now you're washing your hands of them it's not a very good way to do it they will forever without washing our hands with them we are just incapable of carrying out this responsible you

are not wrong it is time for our allies our neighbors our partners is soon some of the responsibility it's a huge humanitarian crisis even though we heard somebody at either the other countries responsible even even though the allegation is somebody died there they've been shot maybe with live runs great denies that of course greece denies that of course and these people in pushing them towards greece are suffering the same people that you have looked after and wanted the best for are you concerned about the fact that they're suffering on the border you are they are being used as an arm twisted towards the e.u. no. well. the human rights well ations on the part of greece should be investigated as i mentioned we have been taking care of millions of them. for the last 7 years and thank god we are never any violence we were the only one of them and in the 1st day unfortunately greek security forces started shooting at people and forcing the courts to sink with children in them this is the inhumane

we're not getting ones that are according to the international convention refugees have the right to exit from these movies being forced out we have 4000000 of them and these are only the volunteers who want to go to europe and the former soldiers in syria we had another 1000000 are. ordered trying to get into turkey so we can handle any more our allies to help us build a city in syria at the border and help these people rebuild their country by building new homes schools hospitals ok up the account of it but that i see eventually but i think i'm going to source other thick end of it now at this border and it's a huge headache for turkey is a huge headache for greece and the e.u. its nightmare for these people are kind of stuck in this no man's land lots of allegations going around we're hearing as i mentioned just now i was saying

yesterday that maybe crease had fired live rounds at these people that's been denied also allegations that turkish made tear gas canisters being fired a greek border police do you know think about the. first time i ever heard of that. so what does what do you want to hear from the e.u. i mean we heard the yes they were telling representatives there in brussels saying that turkey has been given lots of money in the past from the e.u. and this is the function given back to europe for it allowed u.s. population one to be with you know after this. let's make one thing clear turkey has not been given a penny about this issue the money has been given to n.g.o.s predominantly european n.g.o.s to take care of the problem but unfortunately they have not been taking care of the problem now we are we are demanding is european contribution to build a safety zone in syria where homes can be built so that these people can go back

and international efforts should pressure the bloody dictator of damascus assad not to kill his own people so that people feel say the pipeline back home it's about trying the international community to raise all those and bring to justice democracy is that good enough for european nations it's also be good enough i would also really let's bring democracy to syria obviously you'd hoped it wouldn't got this far you can send the turkey decision to open it saw the board is going to undermine its partnership with the you. well that's mixing apples and oranges turkey and you have a very important relationship we are mostly in nato we are in the same customs union and we have some central trait europe needs turkey at least as much as so why it's you know you to sort this out. we are trying to but it takes 2 to tango and unfortunately the partner was ignoring us and now i think they are starting to take

us seriously how long is this going to go on for how long you expect these people to thousands of them up on the no man's land border they caught between of sort of rock and a hard place they will say alone you think it's going to go on. well there you go p m. godfrey's will open their arms to these people that eat all day will help us build is only c.d.'s so that you can go back. to live keep us posted. the past in the czech republic. on the program thanks for making the time to us to tell us. side of it has appreciated thank you what have you. we as a political analyst and grace them feel the side of this for his take on this piece he told us the country has no choice but to defend its borders because europe's not providing adequate support. the greek government has no other option in his or theirs borders is its dependence you have big guns now there are 4000 of them migrants are already in the zone between greece and turkey if greece accepts them

going to be 500000 more and if the press will keep. being applied i don't see what it is that but their money could be revealed we mustn't forget during the previous refugee crisis. the political system you're actually collapsed over this might be part of this were destroyed. but europe is unwilling to have. some kind of solution because it's afraid of the. counters i will use it it would use the migrant issue as a point against the you it's the it's government's. talking this next to whistle blows a struck back at the world chemical weapons watchdog issuing responses to an earlier inquiry by the o.p.c. w. the organization previously said the parrot gone rogue and they publicly criticize its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack in duma syria 2 years ago they now

want a scientific hearing they say in a letter to the director general the direct 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 in i 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 backed by evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous on. informed and grown 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 qualifications 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 open 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 you 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 a leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers as to what really happened. we are still p.c. to be 1st response to the claims in the meantime we spoke to former f.b.i. agent whistleblower coleen rowley who suspects a snake come pain you know p c w. 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 l a geisha 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 our believability that they would have gone rogue they asked their close to retire you know they have done 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 entity that changed conclusions out of reports would be the suspected entity that is not telling the truth. story from britain france as well britain says it's going to deploy the navy to prevent a new fishing vessels from entering its waters echoes of these fishing disputes in the scope dispute some decades ago it's coming back it's becoming

a king sticking point in the bricks and trade talks now that are about to kick off big time as these rally reports. 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 searching the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased is. 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 that he however wants to have a long term agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the death of secretary warned the e.u. against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french of hit back saying they're more than ready to get nasty if the u.k. isn't willing to play ball always plays with emotion was drama was passion with symbols and we know how to make it a very i think must 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 of provoking the u.k. into taking harsh measures if founts decided to take that action. i think that it would just from apology meant that we need to. we need to manage ourselves and on fully prepared to things i don't think it would worry that

the u.k. fishermen until we should have our own waters back. in the past we have adam and if it's belgium's everyone gets bigger quote those than the english fisherman so shanks call it to be done if the english fisherman 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 by definition 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 c obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards or no deal with the u.k. as ourselves the european union not only france would lose a lot anyway it is not in our interest or u.k.

interest we must find an agreement with a great britain. a you came to go she 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 allie r.t. in called in in 15 go around the world in brief officials engineers here say 5 police officers and one civilian wounded after 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up close to the u.s. embassy in the capital the country's worst terror attack in recent months no one immediately anyways come forward to say they're behind what happened there trouble too in afghanistan health officials say $27.00 killed and $29.00 wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire at a memorial ceremony in the capital kabul a dollar a dollar a leading political figure in the country was in attendance he escaped isis claimed responsibility for what happened there it was to comes just days after the u.s.

and the islamist group signed a big peace deal but it's a rival so quickly to end the 18 year old conflict in afghanistan elsewhere. i. can see from colombia riot police in the colombian capital using tear gas and water cannons against students protesting nearby guitar's national university of colombia on thursday protesters have been building barricades torching police vehicles and hurling projectiles in a country seen months of demonstrations over calls growing for improvements to the education system is in pretty ugly scenes as you can see well as if a no from me i'm back with more half an hour that's where things look in so far this friday evening from russia keep close all the. news new developments in a virus at all to various social media i could tell you. mention between no great company. or an odd sort of she's here after the break.

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