to unleash the full power of the federal government to separate today i am officially declaring a national emergency the u.s. steps up to its response to for the support of the coronavirus following countries across europe and asia. while the trumpet ministration also seeks to restrict medical imports from china which could cause prices in the u.s. to surge. and abased hosting u.s. and other coalition forces near baghdad is struck for the 2nd time in a week leaving 5 people injured. a very warm welcome to you it's 5 pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron. the u.s.

military confirms that about hours of rockets has hit a base housing american and other coalition troops near baghdad in a 2nd such attack on the facility this week a spokesperson said on saturday that 3 coalition personnel and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded in the incident the 1st bombardment which hit camp taji on wednesday left 2 american service personnel and one british soldier dead triggered retaliatory u.s. air strikes against an iranian shia militia but according to the iraqi authorities 5 regular military personnel and one civilian were killed baghdad says there will be consequences for relations with washington the u.s. bombing of government security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts to disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition well the pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed. militia with the aim of taking out 5 of the group's weapons storage facilities. in response to

this attack on an iraqi base that hosts coalition forces supporting the iraqi fight against isis we carried out precision defensive strikes to degrade and destroy it vance conventional weapons that have been provided to keep continued hizbollah by their already in backers we are in iraq to support the people of iraq in their fight against isis however we always reserve the right to defend our forces whenever they're attacked or threatened. iraq's president said that the strikes which also badly damaged in at ports being built in the holy city of karbala amounted to a violation of his country's sovereignty bombs are also suggested that such attacks by undermining the iraqi state could risk an i still researching with the us surprise there was also met with anger in the capital baghdad and i think i had to marvel at the about it that we condemned the attacks on popular move through the sites in the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external war american the run the fighting one of them

threatens to be out there and ultimately iraq is the one so victim. schools are being settled between america and the round and it is happening on our soil it violates our sovereignty 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 action if 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. middle east expert ali risks told us that despite donald trump sounds a interventionist campaign promises he doesn't see u.s. troops withdrawing from iraq anytime soon. from the beginning trump has spoken about the necessity to withdraw from the endless wars he attempted to draw down the troopers and serial there's no maybe. just there but iraq is the one place in the middle east which has not spoken about troop withdrawals or

troop reduction and i think a lot of that may be used related to the oil you know iraq is very frustrating iraq is a special case. with that in mind i think he'll try as much as possible to keep the american troops in iraq but it is expected that the americans will face more and more of these attacks because the bombings of the possible operations all the iraqi actions don't be to up to target these groups and launching more attacks targeting american bases. several countries declared an emergency on friday in response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joins neighboring european nations which are struggling with containment measures the u.s. has limited travel from europe the restrictions also affect military personnel that according to the pentagon well donald trump has announced the u.s. is stepping up its risk level and response. to unleash the full power of the

federal government the effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly for. a large amount of money for states and territories are these in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being taken in the united states in response to the corona virus outbreak now when trump declared a national emergency that freed up roughly $50000000000.00 worth of funds that he can then use to take action and and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through testing centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they don't get out of their car they

just drive up they'll be tested and then drive away and that way they're not getting out of their car there's no danger of them spreading it in the area in which the test is taking place trouble also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the european union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesn't apply to certain countries but regardless trump touted it and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is very very important in a situation like this now trump wasn't the only one who spoke and we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken on a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local states of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have school closed their schools you know public events are being canceled all throughout the united states new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of the. or than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local

measures we now have the federal government of the united states under the leadership of president donald trump declaring a national emergency on a federal level and action is being taken a number of us corporations such as wal-mart and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against iran a virus and get us through this crisis here in the united states the coronavirus crisis has seen presidential spine opportunity to boost sales for the fun state schools industry at what is pushed to buy american could hit can see most in the pockets his domed quota. it's too little too late for donald trump's ban on european visitors panic has already set in and hordes of coronavirus doomsday preppers are already raiding supermarket shelves. in. the world. corona virus has already

spread to well over 100 countries and territories worldwide pandemic according to the u.n. it doesn't care about your race creed or class even millionaires like tom hanks and his wife announced they have fallen ill and while china's all but got its own coronavirus situation under control washington still putting most of the blame for everything and anything connected to the pandemic on china the one virus that began at the end of last year you called it the womb on virus chinese communist party has said that this is where the virus started china has unleashed this plague on the entire world through their dishonesty and their lack of transparency and corruption and rather than using best practices this outbreak and why it was covered up you'd think they'd understand that being the origin of a pandemic was out of beijing's control but while washington continues to throw

shade it's forgotten one crucial point pretty much all u.s. antibiotics vitamin c. pills 1st aid supplies are supplied by chinese companies america's basically pharmaceutically dependent on china if china banned the experts of drugs the u.s. would sink into the how of the novel coronavirus at the demick and that's given washington more than just the coronavirus to panic about i think it's been clear for a while now that we are far too reliant on china for domestic production especially for essential products there we rely on and of course our medical supply chain is the. the very top of that list the corona virus outbreak has made clear we must combat america's supply chain vulnerabilities and dependence on china and critical sectors of our economy the coronavirus crisis puts into sharp focus the unacceptable dependence of the u.s. on china for critical medicines and their ingredients by american trend has gained new traction as a result trumps trade advisories even suggesting

a change in federal law that would force the feds to buy from american companies if we have strong buy american procurement that will establish a robust base level of demand that provides the appropriate incentives for our pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest and locate domestically worried yet with all of big pharma profit making schemes in the past the outrageous lifelong cost of hiv treatment in the u.s. spiking the prices of insulin it doesn't take an economist to wonder how the already high price of drugs might skyrocket the destruction of the supply chain is what drives the work that we have is all you know short many of these production of items not maybe the product itself but maybe a component of the product that's very basic and there we come to united states to get more you know manufactured so clearly it underlines how vulnerable we are as a 1st world country you know in china to produce these basic products so while you

and i see the coronavirus pandemic as a tragedy of world significance big business will try every which way to turn it into a profit making extravaganza for themselves of course whenever there's a crisis somewhere there's always there to make some money off it come on you know now you're going to start seeing people going to be at home you're going to see netflix go up or other you know online watching platforms hulu or whatever the case might be and same thing with medications. global stock markets recovered slightly on friday after suffering the biggest drop in 30 years and root still the world's 20 it's wealthy and the 20 wealthiest people collectively lose nearly $80000000000.00 in their net worth those with plenty of money in the bank it seems they're more interested to use that cash to keep colona virus at bay. you know.

we're putting extra resources into recruiting and lead educators able to provide interim private tutoring as demand is high this is driving up to their salaries and tuition prices and. you know. members who are traveling commercially choosing to believe service is a bare boards not your typical 1st class lounge for example private terminals

chicken customs and security members can request for the jetted to be cleared so they minimize the interactions with all their best injures on their way to their seat. because the ration tends to be very fact is intending the virus i see the super rich will be less accepted than the rest of us simply because they have the means to us all and much more to rise to much more. large scale plagues united states charges people. thousands of dollars for corona virus tests and surely doesn't have enough tests to go around for some reason they have tests available for the richest people and at the same time the so many people are worried about whether or not

they're going to have to miss work a chat what they're going to do about childcare because so many schools are closing all these problems meanwhile you have people spending millions of dollars to go abroad to go to private islands to go to. private doctors things that the vast majority of people 10 office or and i do think it will continue to polarize society because this is a vast equality and inequality that hasn't been seen in american history and it's just continuing to get worse. anxiety ever infections is also impacting people's ating habits around the world as dynamism voided as dinah's avoid restaurant sounds café so he thought the reports next from london. london is one of the world's top food capitals with eateries offering cuisine from every country you can imagine chinese an italian food are among the more popular choices but as with almost every other aspect of everyday life coronavirus has disrupted the restaurant industry

google trends data shows that interest in the secrecy and has plummeted since the crisis began from the beginning of the year interest in chinese food has fallen by 33 percent globally by 34 percent in the u.k. this restaurant and so whose famous chinatown was once thriving in crowded now the tables are empty. we already have. the restaurant. for example if a week you need to queue our own him a nice if we can do you have to queue our own for 30 minutes and waste all the references but there are serious 1st case come from the u.k. we immediately have to come so late for all of the tea leaves the reference. may be one weeks later since a can or a virus and. we lost our own think to return. until no wrong maybe 6 weeks we lost our wrong 6080 percent over that our normal business i would no

lock down you but we still lost a lot of our business and italian restaurants tell the same sad story as italy has been on the forefront of the fight with coronavirus interest has plunged by 24 percent globally by 10 percent in the u.k. and again that's had a devastating impact as businesses which did a brisk trade in pieces and passed is now struggling to get by the people who know how to read these things so the only ways they home. in the business i go down down down i don't know how we're going to reach the end of the month i don't know how. how we don't know. we're not working enough to keep it open every day in the morning in the beginning of the week in the morning most of the week we have clothes we feel we. saw now the weather is strange and we supposed to

get. there is nothing as you can see there where i sit on the launch i mean the one i see. in the launch doesn't know about up but we are in the standalone this story is one of the main street between. us where. there is nothing new so struggling the people are scared to stay around you know we all slum that is what they make of the corona juice anxiety love italian food but they don't get. any telly and restaurant no more but what they want to do the display was people are afraid to being around people so your driver 400 years have you noticed recently that the business is quiet. one is going down and down because people are scared they are scared of handing track down you can see this weekend nobody's here and then like months ago. people here would put you off eating at restaurants until you think it's. actually

a different. thing. i think if you with. people that kind of stuff says well it's just sad i tell you and many restaurants. it's lovely ok and so are we when we're hungry we're getting richer and probably every day as more countries inevitably go to war with 19 and the u.k. faces the prospect of an italy style complete looks maybe more than just the once popular italian and chinese restaurants that see the trade devastated east. still ahead on the program another whistleblower steps out of the shadows were at with allegations against the international chemical weapons watchdog more on the latest claims against the o p c w right after this short break stay with us. special

times require special reporting of course the kaiser report has been anticipating so much of what's going down around the world it's not a big surprise for those of you who've been watching us for so many years. you see every passage of the death of something all passages involves some kind of conflict in between where one is trying to reconstitute the old way of doing things but it doesn't work as a service i'm often working with people in those in between so again the key is how do i find my path through all of this and where do i find in it's in those moments we have to start beginning to trust what is coming from within.

welcome back another whistleblower is calling out the international chemical weapons watchdog is now the 4th person in a matter of months all costing doubt on the a.b.c. news investigation into the alleged 2800 chemical attack in syria's duma the anonymous employee describes the not misfit of fear within the organization. working in the organization has been knowing open and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged i am one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the threats of personal harm is not an illusion or else many others would have spoken out by now to other former experts earlier came forward to

denounce the p.c. to abuse report on an alleged chemical attack in duma in syria where the organization found the government to guilty of using chemical weapons against its civilians the former employees and said they took part in the investigation on the ground they claimed evidence that suggested the attack could not have been conducted as described in the report underlining its conclusions others have claimed the attack may have been staged. but their p.c. deputed nice the accusations insisting there is no evidence to support those claims in february a 3rd person came forward accusing the organization of attempting to smear the former employees the latest whistleblower has now strongly criticized the o.p.c. behavior the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded and accomplished professionals can only be described as a parent i fully support their endeavors and russia is now calling on the watchdog to not be hasty in dismissing the claims. of particular interest is the fact that

this whistleblower unlike the other 3 whistleblowers is possibly a current employee at the o.p.c. w. technical secretariat and is watching this unfolding mess in the hague 1st hand we hope that the mounting criticism of the technical secretariat from the people concerned over the o.p.c. w.'s health will not be left unheeded with or with the majority become recently get the culprit there who say that they are role 6 extra and of course we would hope maybe even more works of lords would come out at this time this is a classic problem powerful entities and especially if they are linked to the us government and they think that all were being protected by you know powerful entity so that we need to go on and you know let's just hope that there is more integrity and more the the integrity that the 4 whistleblowers have charlotte let us hope

that they can muster more people with that kind of integrity again and to fix this organization which is really needed in the world. to sway this nurses who say they were denied jobs as midwives because of their religious beliefs have failed to get their case heard by the european court of human rights it declined to take up the case saying sweden acted unlawfully the court observes that sweden provides nationwide abortion services and therefore has a positive obligation to organize his health system to ensure that the effects of exercise of freedom of conscience of health professionals does not prevent the provision of such services the nurses retrained as midwives but refused to carry out abortions because of their christian faith swedish law requires midwives to carry out the procedure the women had to lead the last several court battles against feel thora t. saying they suffer discrimination but they case is dividing opinion. it is not

a human right for nursing staff to refuse to provide care this is an important decision that in the long term will help to protect women's health who i do good quality care and to be treated with respect when seeking an abortion we are very disappointed by the court's decision not to take up the cases medical professionals should be able to work without being forced to choose between their deeply held convictions and their careers i think that the owner of a hospital has every right to hire or fire somebody bed is a will is not willing to do something that they want that person to provide so for example somebody owns a hospital they can say i want every doctor here to be willing to provide an abortion and those only hire doctors were willing to provide an abortion but the idea that the government should step in and tell bad hospital owner that he can't hire who he wants and that people can act according to convention to do their convictions is just a basic violation of personal sovereignty if you as a person have a conviction that life is precious and worthy of protection and that to be saved

and that you are doing the job because you believe just that there the procession should make accommodation for that there are many medics around the world and indeed just as these midwives themselves say who went into the profession who chooses profession because that all about life they're all about saving life not about ending life and the very nature of the washing ends life. and was being described as france's worst ever child sex abuse scandal are tied surgeons go on trial accused of abusing hundreds of children many alleged victims have come forward including the doctors 2 nieces. i think when he arrived and joins our cost battle the authorities i don't know at

what level were already aware of this and no one intervened to prevent him from being recruited. but often. if it's not his family who revealed the esquire next problem it's a little 5 year old girl who was raped in her own garden shed light on one of the biggest sexual predators one of the biggest pedophiles in french criminal history short of the goal clinical 6. so you can go kill all the good news for people to feel secure he acknowledges deviant behavior and he doesn't dispute the possession of child pornography but he

denies acts of penetration to prevent his paedophilia from getting out he locked himself up a couple social ties his only obsession with his collection of images and this need to put his fantasies on paper. and other news today egypt's worst stones in decades the foes have killed at least 20 people many of the deaths of being i should you attribute it to collapsing buildings road accidents and electrical incidents that they have a very effective transport links and many say that. without power over running water. down on public gatherings in chile hasn't deterred angry crowds from running against the president calling for him to quit widespread anger over inequality and a push for constitutional reform has 2 months of young west violence of the latest

protest song riot police respond with tear gas and water come in. and it's only streets may be deserted because of the coronavirus curfews but they are certainly not silent nationwide italians are taking to their balconies to break the requires as people pick up an instrument or burst into song in a flash mob move to lift the spirits while stuck at home. thanks for joining us here on r.c.m. from national we're back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines join us then. the little guy you know that. you.

want. to. look. it up. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport sustainability. a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this must be going to.

be doing. soon in. a state of emergency has officially been declared here in the united states as markets have made a light rebound after one of the worst face of trading in history and this is the one business shows you can't afford to miss unfair montevideo and i'm branch aboard washington called the go shox have seen a slight recovery following a devastating week of trading but investors are still reeling.