because here. we reach. u.s. markets react to a show of support from washington making sure gains after stocks take the worst hit since 97 black monday crash caused by investor fears over the handling of the kovac 19 crisis. but the pandemic is proving to be profitable for some companies and con artists cashing in on people's growing armies. and as the greek island of low spots record its 1st infection locals fear they won't be able to cope while contending with an overcrowded refugee camp. if it gets right to it will be doomed because the army not only has one hospital the school is slow but it's also a lot of people you know you don't know we saw.

a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron it's great to have you with us our top story this hour u.s. stocks have risen slightly this friday after several wall street indices suffered their worst shocks in decades and the fear is the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world towards recession the bounce back comes after the federal reserve pledged to inject $1.00 trillion dollars into the markets to ease the strain on thursday the day jones industrial average fell 10 percent in a single day marking the biggest decline since black monday in 1987 other major american indices also closed significantly lower donald trump gave a rare oval office address to the nation but failed to carmine investors nervous about the economic damage covert 19 is causing. this is not a financial crisis this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as

a world in today's boom bust on r.t. week other expert analysis to try and map out where the stock market rollercoaster is heading as well as covert $1000.00 another factor at play is oil which is seeing a price drop on supplies. this is the beginning of the greatest financial crisis in u.s. history to financial crisis of u.s. of 2008 will pale in comparison as will the severity of this recession the summer when we look back to these numbers it's going to look externally graham i think i differ with with my friend peter is actually think it's possible that we could get out of this thing pretty quickly come the fall in the winter i think peter has a bit of an apocalyptic view to talk about the coronavirus that's not the problem no the coronavirus is just the pin the debt bubble is the problem it doesn't matter the coronavirus can be cured the damage is already done the debt bubble is imploding you know if it wasn't a coronavirus it would have been something else this bubble has been looking for in

3 years and it finally found one the u.s. has done everything wrong this stimulus package is is is utterly pointless the this is just government officials trying to make headlines and make news and do what they think they're supposed to do but it means nothing in the fiscal stimulus would mean nothing but i think we're faced with with the short term deflation as we've seen from from virtually prices and everything from financials to oil to the fiscal stimulus is going to make the situation worse the u.s. is broke the dear is no money to stimulate the economy all we could do is print money we're going to crank up the printing presses we're effectively dropping money from helicopters but if the coronavirus does anything it's going to reduce the supply of goods so after this initial decline in prices prices are going to go up because there's not going to be very much to buy the supply of goods is going to go down meanwhile the supply of money is going to go through the roof. transatlantic

travelers are also being dealt a blow after donald trump announced a ban on foreigners flying into the u.s. from most of europe from later this friday public figures all to me into the risk that the canadian prime minister is self isolating for 14 days after his wife tested positive for covert 900 following a visit to the u.k. and around the world more than 130000 infections have been registered with the death toll now at 5000 countries are clamping down on people mixing in public schools and workplaces are being shattered and major sports fixtures postponed but with anxiety spreading just as fast as the virus is providing opportunities for the unscrupulous as solid defense he reports from paris. with panic in no short supply coronavirus here and from some enterprising individuals well shysters to be more precise have been concocting a variety of scams to make a quick buck now we're all well aware that the 1st line of defense against the

virus is told watch on her and when you're out in the pouch touching everything from. 2 handrails to picking up things in shops it's a bit difficult to run into a bathroom and just scrub. every time well thank goodness of course those little travel sized bottles of hand sanitizer to fight those nasty germs and that is of course if you can still find eddie the phones don't stop ringing this morning we have the schools the town halls the public transport company everybody wants gel we are under siege with demand far outstripping supply the cost of hern jail exponentially increased the problem was considered so serious the french government stepped in to you that today will take care of the degree regulating the prices of hierarchical the jails the number precaution for many is to. on a face mask

a tiny bit of cloth covering your mouth and nose is this season's must have it seems the face mask took over paris fashion week so if you have the money instead of paying a couple of euros for one you can spend thousands if you like except that the type of mask available over the counter or even from a renowned fashion house is pretty useless against the virus that's at least according to the french government which at the same time is requisitioned all stocks and production all flasks for the next few months reserving them for health workers and those who are infected but the scammers have a new ploy france has you probably know a wolf famous ban or fully covering your face in public that's mainly aimed at conservative muslim women but some tricksters have twisted it to their advantage dressing as police officers they've been told getting chinese visitors to paris who

were wearing face masks telling them that they had broken the law and had to pay an oath in the sport following these students were 1st stupid 150 years and finds most policeman for having broken the law that bans complete face covering in public spaces police investigation found the d.'s police were pretending to be police wearing a mask for health reasons is absolutely not illegal and then there are those trying to pick on the weak and the elderly in the district around bordeaux there are reports of people selling door to door decontamination services for a snip at 1500 euros these con artists use a pressure washer to do a little bit of cleaning that's not all they're up to this type of canvassing allows these crooks to enter your home check the press. it's

a valuable object so the presence of an alarm system will perform if they have the opportunity a robbery by trick the majority of the victims of robbery who are physically weaker tell your loved ones to take precautions and the scams it seems gaining momentum the french national consumer and fraud office says it's received thousands of reports of dog dealings we're talking everything from magical lamps with disinfecting properties to anti virus air purifiers the simple and most effective method to stay virus free is something that we should all been doing anyway and that is thoroughly washing our hands with soap and water it's that simple so remember to kiss well not physically as we've been told what to believe is a search but the acronym keep it simple stupid and don't get caught. r.t. paris here in russia 11 new cases of corona virus have been confirmed bringing the

total number of those infected to 45 across the country officials of the cases involve people who had returned from italy france and austria the coronavirus crisis is posing unique difficulties for one of greece's smaller outlying islands one case has now been registered on les pauls which is host to a densely packed refugee camp with more than 20000 living in dire conditions evangelos tips as has been speaking to some of the islanders. i'm standing here in front of the laurier refugee camp in the lesbos reese we're about 20000 refugees are held in an area that was initially built for 2000 people area it's not the best when it comes to fighting in the conditions are not the ideal for people living in such a small area but now with the spread of corona virus in the realm of the world a lot of the people are concerned he went around and spoke to the locals to see what they had to say about a fear of

a virus like that spreading among the camp and this is what. if it gets like italy will be doomed because the island only has one hospital it is good if they manage to isolate one or 2 of those infected with corona virus one of the feel and let the infection spread further you can imagine what will happen to them of them ago there will be many issues and they will be big the virus is likely to spread very fast it could be maria that's affected but also mightily the whole island of lesbos will be in trouble i have family on the island and of course i'm afraid here we have our homes our farms our jobs they say many bad things about us but it's us who are dealing with this issue but as the locals are raising concern about such that that leaf iris on the island and jewels are ensuring that nothing of those cases have been confirmed here at the morea camp but as we went around and we spoke to refugees who are living in this cow for many many years now they have a different opinion displaced slaves but at least. a lot of people here now i don't

know we saw somebody told me yesterday that 2 people have it's yes men and good men . that's why i'm sick but they're not even treating me nobody's paying any attention but these kind of viruses already here even if you are in the hospital it does not help much because you cannot be cured you know i sleep in a container with other people. and while this foreign minister has some of the british and american ambassadors for questioning after u.s. led air strikes allegedly left 6 iraqis dead early on friday morning the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran qatar hezbollah militia which is accused of carrying out a deadly rocket attack against coalition personnel 2 days earlier mr held an emergency meeting in which the ministries and the secretaries advisors and official spokesman discuss the measures regarding the recent american aggression he has

ordered the summoning of the united states and british ambassadors to baghdad the u.s. claims it strikes targeted 5 weapons storage facilities belonging to the shia paramilitary group iraq your thirty's those say that they killed 3 regular soldiers 2 police officers under civilian finish the villian airport in the holy city of karbala was also damaged the attacks have triggered protests in the capital. and the think ahead are the let the about that we can do some popular move. aside from the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars america in the run of fighting one of them threatens to be our but ultimately iraq is the one so. schools are being settled between america and iran and it is happening on our soil it while it also rinty it while it's our right now we are calling for the united nations to intervene. but. i am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions as you

condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraq's sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world. let's go live now to dr archimage rushdie here's a foreign policy adviser for the iraqi parliament thank you for joining us on the program is a pleasure to have you how come iraqi authorities responded to these thoughts of actions. well actually the iraq authorities authorities talk to the 2 sides fighting each other on the iraqi to the americans and the iranian it's jeopardize the somewhat here for iraq it's also a job at times the life of iraqis let us not forget the american attacks actually killed iraqis just civilians and policemen so at the end iraq is always the victims that so i think the americans should think to assist iraq rather than to attack those camps that already have so many difficulties especially the financial

different difficulties that iraq has now because of what's happened to the drops of the oil prices and at the end it's the hope that withdrawal of the iraq of the american forces from iraq it is it becomes a real hope because at the end so much between iran and the and the united states on the iraqi soil so what do you think will be said to the british and american ambassadors. well at the end the american ambassador should talk to the iraqi authorities about. at least announcing the iraqi thorough authorities that the americans should help iraqi military to overcome its decouple ities or let's say a few capable of his that has against the militia in baghdad at the end it's a coalition forces that it should help iraq against terrorist groups so rising up

their assistance for the iraqi military and the iraqi army will help to change the situation on the ground instead of attacking cams and killing in iraqis that are already been civilians or already been by the syrians and in the streets so i think at the end there will be some sort of a solution for this problem or or maybe the political blogs will go to the parliament raising for the door of the american forces that are things like public discontent over u.s. presence in the country has been rising for months already what's the general mood right now. well with the koran or virus with what's happened with the with the draw of the oil prices with the present. with the with so many problems inside the political blogs that didn't manage to how the prime minister it's a chaotic situation in iraq you cannot say there will be some sort of

a real good 'd 'd real decision real decision is that getting rid of the american forces or let's say withdraw the american forces it will not happen i think it will not happen like that because of those all those problems that are on the hand of the political blocs and on the hands of the caretaker government so i don't think it will happen now but at least if the iraqi authorities could solve some problems there and there will be some sort of a negotiations between the iraqi authorities and the american forces that existed on iraq to solve the problem of its existence on the iraq's oil there are those who are unhappy with the government's slow response to u.s. actions do you feel america is somehow standing in the way of baghdad and the iraqi public. well decisive the we have so many problems we have financial problems we have political problems and

also we have security problems but in a way or another the caretaker government cannot stand like that the resign prime minister said we need to make early elections then we will have a government that it can take some sort of an action against the presence of the. american forces in iraq it's now illegal it's now not sure that there will be some sort of consensus about inside the parliament to get some sort of real decision about the presence of the of the american forces locals not forget it's not on the american forces we're talking about coalition forces so there are already there existed on iraq to help iraqi army and iraqi security forces against russia still a threat inside iraq's oil coming back to u.s. troops in a country that the u.s. was asked to withdraw at that ships out of iraq by the end of the year by the beginning of the year event do you still expect that to go ahead and how long could

it take. i don't think the americans will withdraw it will not happen by themselves while the actually they paid trillions of dollars since 2003 it's it's not it's my thought is that there is no sense of withdraw from iraq without getting anything from iraq so. it can be helping the iraqi political blocs and the iraqi people united together and say to to iran and to the united states ok that said we will not accept you when you are destroying our country you are killing our civilians so on that way i think only on that way we can change the situation in iraq the rushdie foreign policy adviser for the iraqi parliament thank you for joining us on the program we appreciate them. so it can be virus tracking up sold to help people keep infections at bay later in the program

we have concerns that that also is perhaps gathering a little too much private data that's coming up after the break.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back the covert 900 faked his whipping through the u.s. election process to democratic presidential hopefuls joe biden and bernie sanders go head to head on sunday and another round of debate under serious restrictions not only is the debate being moved from arizona to washington d.c. there will also be no studio audience one of the moderators is also pulled out of a medical concerns as for the candidates themselves saunders who is now behind

biden on delegates say is that he isn't using momentum donald trump must be defeated and i will do everything in my power to make that happens on sunday night in the 1st one on one debate of this campaign the american people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal some of his songs this loss of momentum is being blamed partly on his campaign's failure to get enough disaffected young people out to vote kellett morgan explains why. the last day of democratic primary voting did not go too well for bernie sanders and now many voices are calling for him to drop out of the race and clear the road for joe biden however sander says he is not willing to give up just yet now sanders says his campaign actually has the upper hand over his rival when it comes to the youth but it is done just behind your larger goal.

of the. we need the generational. one or 2 in the future you need to. preserve the future oh country now the polls confirm what bernie sanders says young people like him more than they like joe biden and one of the goals of the bernie sanders campaign is to get them more involved in the electoral process but it's not as easy as it sounds how we've been as successful as i would hope in bryggen young people and the answer is no but why young people aged 20 to 35 approximately adds up to roughly 67000000 people if they all signed up to vote sanders would have quite the edge but they haven't done that turnout among younger voters remains comparatively

low some blame the procedure for registering to vote for the 1st time for students who are going to school in another state registering to vote can get quite complicated some said that the electoral college and the party primary process is very confusing and complicated and the quality of education on civic matters is quite low we decided to talk to some younger people here in new york city and find out why the numbers of young people going out to vote is so low did you vote in the last election and now do you plan to vote in the upcoming primary vote maybe. maybe better believe it why might you not vote. it just doesn't make sense that the public's opinion doesn't even matter when it comes to a presidential election now why do you think a lot of young americans don't vote. because it doesn't make any sense to close the most the defense of the. people sometimes the lines are really long but. not as long as adults knew that's what younger people just either don't think it's

important as are so many people in voting or they just. and i checked and well i feel like a lot of them probably think that their vote doesn't make a difference as i hear from a lot of my friends who can vote so that's probably the devil is what happened last election as well i don't think they feel that their voices heard is one of the reasons that i don't think that they really understand what a difference it makes in our democracy today are you going to vote for sanders or biden. sand is to keep that to myself i guess i like both of them i go to go. by the i think as i stand right now is leaning more toward sanders now the sanders campaign has been reaching out to younger voters with catchy slogans and internet memes some say this could hurt him with older voters who don't like the resentful towner radicalism coming from the sanders campaign on the other hand it's the younger generation struggling with historic levels of debt and lack of health care who have the most to gain or lose people in my age group younger and older

than me like you want to people like are working a lot or the rest school or or both so they just don't have time for politics and there's also a lot of political apathy student debt but it's also. health care and it's jobs those are 3 main thing to a lot of people in my generation in generations there's almost no future for us a lot of these people who might bite him just want to keep things the way they are all the old people the old generations they have their pensions they have this and they have the not see anything already being in our i mean no i have to most people think that all the military actions that the u.s. has done in the past 20 years has been justified that's right it just gives people you know to a lot of middle upper middle class liberal types bitin reminds them of things or everything was fine and back to normal even though for the one or more overwhelming majority of the population of the us things weren't normal for people worst. struggling to get by. take companies have been looking to step up their role in

halting the spread of posted 19 various apps are being developed. to highlight the increasing risks but critics fear it's at the expense of users privacy now here are a couple of examples one application asks for your postal code but it goes as far as asking about personal hygiene happy is others get people to publish their virus like symptoms on create a map of high risk areas based on that data but all that use of personal data could fulfill the e.u. laws which heavily restrict which medical data can be gathered for instance is illegal to use location data in any way to track someone who is sick and ploy is also can take random temperature readings of their staff and they can gather other digital information unless medical professionals are involved or we've been discussing whether data privacy can take a back seat when it comes to exploiting tech to tackle the pandemic. if ups can be made to work in that way where data is anonymous and we can have

a service that provides some form of utility to the general population then there is real potential here to to provide a service that would be absolutely necessary in this kind of occasion if people are worried about being surveyed by the state and that's too late the state is surveying everybody and so are private corporations embedded in the state so we take a really security 1st approach that there's no reason why you can't keep the data secure and there's no reason why you can't abide by g.d.p. our dispose of the date data once the virus is over it is potentially a very a useful tool for dealing with a pandemic like this because we've got all of this communications infrastructure which was not liking during the black death for example which was allow us to act collectively to protect ourselves it's all a bit hurried we don't have a single focus on a single up we don't actually have the permissions structure we're not able to identify accurately the people who we actually need to track and actually some of

the security in the privacy provisions haven't been put in and minded about and if we're going to rush this then the chance of it being secure and everything working accurately is very unlikely to be a sufficient we do need laws to protect the citizens but the laws us to be russians are realistic and in a situation like this you could have. basically people being asked to volunteer information about where the bin and what they don't alicia to be any problem in offering the phone to you know legitimate medical personnel so that they can use it to help them fight this crisis. but is this something you'd like to fab out any of our stories and to get in touch by following us on social media and making your comments the latest headlines kevin and will be here at the top. of that.

we have to realize we are all living on a small fragile spaceship together and it's really no different than a bunch of people in a harsh environment trying to rely on each other to survive we are interconnected on this planet we rely on each other everywhere around the world to survive as a species. as a budget we talk about trouble he's gonna demystified to so political space if you weren't clear before like these folks are no better deny us so you know i you know you can reach out to friends say you know take responsibility maybe run for office at the end of the day you know i don't see how we've we've allowed a system where these people get away with you know misrepresenting us why not step up and do it yourself.

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