because. you're going to. hear opinion shuts down its extra no borders for the next 30 days in a bid to limit the spread of coded like t.v. . plus the white house scrambles to shield the u.s. economy from a further stock market battery over the coronavirus and unveiling a huge stimulus package. an australian special forces face a backlash after graphic video emerges showing a soldier shooting dead an unarmed afghan man at close range.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. view has closed its external borders for the next 30 days germany's angela merkel announced the measure which is one of the most drastic so far in tackling the coronavirus. we have introduced and she restrictions basically an entry ban for citizens from non e.u. countries each you last for 30 days in germany it applies immediately. belgium is the latest country to join those clearing a nationwide quarantine spain italy and france are also on lockdown military trucks have been filmed on the streets of paris. looks at the weather the era of free movement could be coming to an end. 3 years populists have been advocating tighter border controls within the european union which you and the national governments have criticised yet in 2020 that is exactly what we're seeing happening

it all started with italy and border controls being imposed from people trying to leave it to lead to go into austria but since then a host of other e.u. countries have done exactly the same we have seen slovenia hungary denmark and now even germany shutting up shop saying its borders are closed shanking which is the idea of free movement within the european union to do that without passports is essentially over well for now at least. the borders of the entrance of the european union and the schengen zone will be closed concretely all travel between known european and we were up in country will be suspended for 30 days or we are forced to stop flight connections to these countries and establish controls at the swiss border just like the ones we have already implemented with italy when you're

hungry border in the direction of italy remains closed. without a valid reason travelling in and out of the can through will no longer be allowed. to ban on entering the czech republic. except foreigners with permanent residency or residency or 90 days life in the e.u. as we know it is over museums shops bars cafes schools have all shut up shop in many countries in a big. to pause the peak of the infection rates in france the bees which is the way that people sort of greeting each other with kisses on the cheeks has been pretty much banned people have been awkwardly bumping elbows or knocking their heels together but even that has been petering off as people are becoming more and more whipped up into hysteria that they could get contamination from just being close to another person the government's line is keep your distance from each other

yet in the e.u. this conglomerate of $27.00 countries which are all meant to be singing to the same tune it doesn't seem that there's one rule that all are applying even the european commission is warning that the closing of borders could actually pause supplies thousands of bus and truck drivers stranded at internal borders on parking lots creating more health risk and disrupting our supply chains if we do not take action now shops will start facing difficulties in refilling their stocks of certain products coming from elsewhere in the single market some see the idea of governments in europe essentially locking down their countries as being the start of a slippery slope even warnings that this could be a nail in the coffin for globalization as we know it the coronavirus crisis threatens to assure the last globalized world was the pandemic and panic

a bates those who believe the openness to people and products from around the world is generally a good thing we need to make a case for it afresh in persuasive ways. and he says this could be a gift for populist parties who have been advocating this this tighter control of borders for many many years and also those title restrictions 19 has highlighted the downsides of extensive international integration while funding fears of foreigners and providing the gist of missy for national restrictions on global trade flows of people your pet store oakley has been a cultural hobbits bars it's cafes its restaurants hazes of people coming together discussing and debating ideas and some fear that this idea of self isolation as we've been told to do could actually cut through the fabric of that some of also said that it will see the nation fighting loneliness as people self isolate in their homes and their apartments now in italy some people are already trying to

overcome that we've seen these marvelous comes together of people singing on their balconies as there's a sense of we're in this together oh god 'd . but the longer that self isolation goes on some say could be weak some say it could be months for many people their homes which are meant to be their safe haven the place that they go to relax and rest could become more like a prison cell future historians will remember the time 90922020 as the heyday of european global integration which came to an end free borders of free movement.

inclusion etc. all of a sudden we see a complete this mode goes into reverse. the called the consequences would be grave no question i do not expect any return to the status quo ante we would see a different view i do not expect a disintegrated europe but how this will how this will work out how it will look in . reality for example with border controls that's a completely different question remey days of the past with no border controls at all i see is permanently over gone. according to the latest data the number of confirmed cases has topped 190000 worldwide with 145 countries now affected the number of infections is also growing across russia but the figure now standing at $114.00 bottom or putin has online measures in response to the outbreak with

more hears it was done of. well it was the 1st time that the russian president has addressed the issue of coronavirus of the spread of the new disease here at least at such a level of detail and while russia is seeing a daily increase in those infected in the numbers so far it has managed to prevent the massed spreading of this disease here and the russian president has addressed that fact here's what he had to say. as we know viruses don't have any state borders and today we're facing a particular situation with massive movements of people thanks to swift measures we've taken in advance federal and regional levels in the 1st weeks of the worldwide epidemic outbreak we managed to restrain the massive and i would like to emphasize that massive infiltration and spread with the disease in russia. from that a lot of them who have been as are you lying to some measures that are some of the

measures that russia is going to take to keep its track and to try and even make the situation better both medically wise and socially wise for instance lattimer putin has talked about how such things as doesn't fact tens and world millions of personal protections i.e. medical masks that they are available to everyone should be medical equipment and drugs he also talked about how things may have to move into the online realm for instance he has talked about how over the counter drugs may be sold online also you talked about support for online learning systems because some universities and schools have already been shut down because of the spread of the disease and also the russian president has visited a the 1st operational center the monitoring center for this coronavirus disease the key focus the key goals that this center is pursuing is essentially staying in

touch monitoring how the russian pop. relation reacts to the spread of coronavirus and keeping and essentially keeping the population with russian citizens up to date as to how bad or how good the situation is here in russia with the spread of cold with 19 especially it has been tasked with battling fake news and fake information and the russian president has addressed the spread of such messages as well. every russian citizen must get all the necessary information on the threat with good measures your government is taking and the steps every person should do to protect themselves and their loved ones it's extremely important to eliminate the reasons for pointless rumors and moreover malicious speculation on this issue. while when it comes to how the citizens are reacting to this there has not been any widespread panic but some people are concerned that there have already been some outrageous cases of misinformation like messages deliberately spread on what sub

groups and in general just online trying to seed panic trying to trying to see baloch among the population and spreading such messages as for instance that over 1000 can be can be passed from a domestic animal to human and so on and so forth obviously not true so right now it looks like the russian government is trying to prevent any sort of mass panic and anything that could lead to a larger crisis to a larger crisis here in russia than it is u.s. stocks have rebounded from monday's bloodbath on wall street major indexes have risen following today's briefing by the coronavirus task force and the trumpet ministrations out to calm jittery markets but the promise of a major economic response a key industry is still face the threat of collapse. because you know this is worse than 911 if for the airline industry this is they are almost ground to a halt the president wants to make sure that although we don't want people to

travel at such critical we want to maintain for critical travel the right to have to master one of our by making shared sacrifices and temporary changes we can protect the health of our people and we can protect our economy because i think our economy will come back very rapidly one day we'll be standing possibly up here will say well we won and we're going to say that sure if you're sitting there we're going to say that and we're going to win and i think we're going to win faster than people think i hope. during that briefing trump on build some of the plans being put in place including 1000000 checks to americans congress will also be discussing a multi-billion dollar aid package to prop up sectors of the economy such as the airline industry all the federal reserve is set to reintroduce additional crisis era tools in a bid to stabilize the system markets reacted positively to the news which shares jumping slightly after a dramatic sell off on monday when u.s. stock markets suffered their worst trading day since the 1987 black monday crash

share prices tumbled to 12 percent wiping out trillions of dollars in market value with more on the current global economic situation here is our. unless you majored in finance everything that's happening may seem a little overwhelming what is going on why are markets melting down why a bank is whirling around like headless chickens and a few minutes with this monopoly set i'll explain why everything seems to be crashing and burning what the hell is a fiscal stimulus and why is everyone crazy about rate cuts 1st that said the pieces here are investors meaning millionaires you're middle class with modest savings your pension is here all of them have some money saved up these days you don't keep your money under your mattress you want to return it right interest a big good pensions you take this money and you put it in the banks pending how

smart they are all how greedy they are they promise you x. amount of profit per month the banks then go ahead and loan out this money to whoever needs it they drive our entire economy the new hotel built in your city the new jet purchased by british airways the new hips the bar bill down the road from you your mortgage to buy your house comes from the bank so all this money goes into the economy to keep things running and here is how it runs every month these people make payments to the bank here every month the same payment goes back to the bank the bank then pays the investors the investors then put the money back into the bank this is obviously simplifying things but you get the gist of it it's a cycle it all works great while it works but then something unforeseen happens like a mortgage crisis or

a pandemic virus clubs and pubs are to be closed along with theaters museums. and similar establishments and retailers to specific. sanctions. in now is the time to take extra steps we're ordering the suspension of already season with the exception of very serious and on the season selling fans who. suddenly mass shut down quarantine factories businesses come to a standstill people lose jobs stop paying mortgages suddenly people aren't paying the banks back and the investors the markets your pension manager they start panicking that is their money stuck potentially lost they see the news pandemic they call the bank they say they want their money out all my money out of the markets out of the dow jones out of b.p. out of up all the markets crash but the banks don't have it here is where the

government step in before this mass panic and a run on the banks the government say the magic word bailout fiscal relief lots of words but it's the same thing the government pulls money out of thin air the money presses and gives it to the banks so that they can keep paying investors it's all pretend play they just simulating that everything's fine by printing ridiculous amounts of money and passing it back and forth between each other the real economy the factories in the businesses these guys are in quarantine and shut down but the entire point of this little show is temporary live this illusion has to work for a little while weeks months to allow the economy to recover to prevent the banks from going bankrupt and recalling all this debt to help these guys get back on their feet and start paying their debts back you don't need to be new to the

economist or an economist to realize how how fickle how fragile this illusion is collapse of the markets down 10 percent. roughly here in the united states in new york city where i'm sitting is a clear very profound statement of the entire investment community which is not the small people who have a few shares i'm talking about the people who manage ancient ones who manage bank what follows and so on have a massive loss of confidence in the government of the united states or in the private economy to get out of this disaster we're running on borrowed time they can't keep printing money for too long or inflation goes through the roof money becomes worthless the illusion will eventually wear off even the most optimistic investors can only live in denial for so long and will realize that banks are living in a dream world then it all collapses see the world up until now has been weighing

lives vs the economy for all the criticism and ridicule of the world through a child that they shut down everything sacrificed their own economy to keep the virus from spreading the west didn't the west ridiculed that dismiss china's response as incompetent they tried to keep the markets happy rather than the people safe and what they got america and europe is the worst of both worlds and economy on the brink of collapse and the death toll fast eclipsing that of china. meanwhile airlines have been among the worst affected of passenger numbers collapsing carriers are now cutting tens of thousands of jobs and sending workers on unpaid leave europe's major carmakers have also gone into 4 crisis mode muffling dozens of factories the tourism and hospitality sectors have been severely

disrupted by the lack of customers amusement parks are being closed and major sporting events canceled millions of jobs are likely to be at risk but the us also now facing a similar scenario the editorial director of the american institute for economic research geoffrey albert tucker believes the effects of the crisis will structure well into the future you know this is a calamity that's more or less manmade actually none of this is actually truly necessary but the us did absolutely everything wrong from the beginning of this crisis and you can't just issue orders from the top everybody stop what you're doing and do nothing you know if you do that you're going to bring about a massive market crash and expose every conceivable vulnerability in the system and that's exactly what's happening right now there's going to be a tremendous price to pay in the future. like economically financially socially culturally psychologically but also very profoundly politically because

people are going to different do be demanding answers and the 1st thing that people can discover right now is is a closer look at why the u.s. was not ready for this testing. graphic footage has emerged online showing an australian soldier shooting dead an unarmed afghan man at close range and warning you may find the following images disturbing. rather than. stop. i am deeply disturbed by what has been aired in tonight's 4 corners report we are serious allegations are raised australians would rightly expect they are sorry leagues and the video was obtained by the australian 4

corners t.v. programme a show claimed an official investigation by the australian defense force ruled that the killing was justified as self defense something that's not supported by the video footage the killing is one of a number of cases uncovered by the 4 corners program the country's defense minister now says she backs an inquiry into all claims of wrongdoing by special forces in afghanistan now in 2017 a former defense lawyer leaks the so-called afghan files the documents allege war crimes by australian soldiers and among the claims are the mistaken killings of a father and son during a raid as well as the killing of an afghan detainee and the mistreatment of others brian becker from the anti-war answer coalition says claims of war crimes are becoming a daily occurrence for the australian special forces. there's no doubt that this is a demonstration work rives there's no doubt about that whatsoever the australian military again is is involved in

a criminal cover up the fact that they're shooting people while they're lying still on the ground and they recognise that a camera may be capturing these were trains and they do it anyway shows how absolutely routine killings like this are in the field they are gauged in routine i believe routine work crimes and crimes against humanity and they know that their bosses their superiors in the chain of command are perfectly ok with that they appear to still be ok with it even though the video completely contradicts the assertion that this was in self-defense. the u.s. has withdrawn its troops from the al qaim base and iraq one of 3 it plans to vacate it comes after the baghdad government wrote to the un condemning american strikes against the iranian backed militia which the white house blames for a rocket attack last week that claimed the lives of 2 american servicemen and a british soldier this is deemed an aggressive acts against the people government

and state of iraq it's a flagrant violation of the conditions the american forces in iraq as well as a dangerous escalation that's meant to make iraq an area for the regional conflicts and agendas 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 on march 11th 3 coalition troops were killed and 14 wounded after an attack on the military base and response the u.s. conducted strikes on 5 warehouses belonging to local militia baghdad claimed 5 iraqi soldiers along with one civilian were killed in the strikes jamal wakim professor of history and international relations says the u.s. takes advantage of in their division to stay in iraq as long as possible. well the problem. is on that of a medical. and under same time the divisions among. the has been going in

well the sooner the company out that the american led invasion. so 'd these good to good to be humans are along sectarian lines. by. national unity and at the same time the americans capitalize on this and all the alliances. and the good that ship in addition to that alliances with many. because the so i believe the americans have trained to. cut it open wide and rule and with that to stay in it are in spite of all. many colds by idiot occupied element time by it archy look to the flood on the americans who told them when they found. the us has scrapped another key strand of its investigation into russian interference during the last presidential election

charges have been dropped against 2 firms accused of running a troll farm that aimed to influence voters my colleague and her former discuss the issue with r.t. saw scott taylor. well time's russia gate on the infamous murder investigation have seemed never ending thought it appears that we might be seeing a ton in the tide because on monday the u.s. department of justice fall to motion to dismiss all charges against 2 companies concord management and concord consulting now these are russian farms which were accused of financially supporting efforts to allegedly meddle in the 2016 u.s. presidential elections before we start talking through the whole back story to this let's listen to the exact reason that the d.o.j. gave for dropping the case in light of the defendants conduct the risk of exposure to law enforcement tools and techniques and the post indictment change in the proof available at trial the balance of equities has shifted it is no longer in the best

interests of justice or the country's national security to continue this prosecution. so washington says it's backed out of the trial on the grounds of national security and it might be linked to the fact that back in 2019 a confidential information from the meter investigation was apparently and leaked online now the d.o.j. never got to the bottom of who was behind the leak never accused anyone but we can see that clearly this is had an impact on it has stoked fears of the breaches but either way given that the trial was just a couple of weeks ago and it was so high profile it was so much anticipated this is really quite a significant quite sensational charge from the justice department just give some details then about why these 2. of this investigation in the 1st place. management and concord consulting are 2 of 3 companies on 13 individuals that were charged in fact with $20000.00 by rote but it was

a huge and that went on for $675.00 days despite the resources that was still no concrete evidence but still that didn't stop the hysteria this was something that was inescapable it was on every t.v. screen in america 13 russian nationals and 3 russian companies accused of a massive effort to meddle in the election if you read between the lines is clearly saying that this was a russian government operation by special counsel robert muller has indicted some 13 russian nationals russian intelligence service for a very very long time has had in their playbook the this information campaign so as we just heard that as part of the meter investigation 13 employees from concord what charged at the time they were watching for the international research agency now this is the so-called troll from dropping this case were undoubtedly be very welcome news that will prepare a 50000000000 dollar lawsuit against the u.s. government for illegal prosecution and sanctions so we'll see how that plays out

but definitely a massive u. turn from the justice department on a bitter disappointment. no doubt for all those who were hoping that this trial would be some sort of a vengeance those who believe that donald trump was elected not by the american people but him by the kremlin itself russia analyst martin mccauley believes the case was dropped to protect intelligence secrets the u.s. justice department has taken a better road see it is not an on president step because if you go back to the cold war ringback. the us just in the pa group decided not to charge us cards because it would reveal too much about the us country intelligence operations and so on so it's not the 1st time as happened they've backed away from it but it's really serious built in the us just as a problem. so in other words the u.s. justice department is now saying a busy day we can go forward with this charge against concord management because it

would reveal too much about how we collect information and how we penetrate the other side and also it might reveal who the group. are in russia. that's a news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well today but we're not conway will be taking over in about 30 minutes time thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. the outbreak of the spread of the corona virus has become a black swan event for the global economy is no longer whether the u.s. and other economies will slip into recession the question now is how deep and how long the recession will last it's going to get worse before it gets better.

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