mr west i am motion your. european union shuts its external borders for a month in a bid to limit the spread of covert nineteen's france and forces a nation wide lockdown on that experience is what it's like. anybody leaving the room is always the piece of code that they need to not want to listen to stuff so to state why. the world health organization urges country to take a leaf out of beijing's book and impose tougher restrictions to fund the pandemic because the situation in china itself begins to leave us. with the world distracted by covert 19 a controversial bill that critics say would limit online privacy makes its way through the u.s. congress. other

very good morning this is r t and. the european union has imposed restrictions on foreigners and the block as it tries to stop the spread of coronavirus. to limits district of the very speedily we agreed to enforce our external borders by closing coordinates temporary wish to action of essential travel to the e.u. folk preview it or so to do this france meanwhile has put the entire country of 67000000 people on lockdown army trucks have been seen in the streets of paris while large numbers of police officers have been deployed to ensure compliance with each other due to ski reports on a nationwide quarantine. france is now on lockdown

strict lockdown that would be in school the government has talked about pouring $100000.00 police officers to set up fixed points to check people who are in their vehicles the word from the government everybody in france is to self isolate president mark warner was incredibly clear when he came to the presidential address on monday night in fact the one thing that came through over and over is the problem is that. we are at war war to be sure we are not fighting another army new another nation but the enemies that invisible and elusive that decision came to the french took the calls to stay at home and self isolate too likely in fact while bars and restaurants were being closed all around them and many here in paris came out to the parks to picnic to meet their

friends all to sit by the same and do the same but no more. the government has announced new measures to limit new infections by limiting contact between people as much as possible to amplify the impact of this measures paris parks and gardens will be closed. the restriction these are really centered around self isolation to people who have been told that they can leave their homes but the very specific reasons that could be to go for a medical appointment it could be to top up on food supplies or it could be to go for a walk for health reasons anybody leaving their property has also been told that they need to have one of this in pakistan so to say why maybe even their home for some of those reasons that i just outlined anybody who is cool flouting that law or unschooled going out for

a walk just socialize with their friends rather than for health reasons could face a fine of up to 135 years. if the message is clear stay at home research these are containment measures similar to those with spain and italy as all persons travelling must be able to justify their movement us each person will have to carry a document certifying the reason of his or her journey if it was another casualty of the new stricter regime is the 2nd round the ring is a collection which will now be postponed but many had already criticised the government for allowing the 1st round to take place while sproles was a partial lockdown. the makris are pushing the limits you do not say to 67000000 french people stay at home for an indefinite period on saturday evening but then on sunday morning leave your house and put your health and those of others in danger if the health situation got this bad losing thursday and today to the

point of closing almost all businesses in makes no sense to hold these misplay elections they must be postponed because they cannot be held fairly. holding the municipal elections is completely incomprehensible and contradicts the measures announced by the prime minister i hope that the government will take responsibility and change its mind as the lockdown began maybe late this city possibly going to some of the homes to stay friends family anything to be isolated in this time of emergency grants this idea of self isolation is something that many people fear many people who live below the idea of not having enough social contact face to face a 15 day period is something that they dreading in fact something else that they dreading is the fact that the government has said it's a 15 day minimum and that these could be standing they need people here.

just have no idea when their lives are going to return to normal charlotte people ski. in paris during the long term. the regional director for europe at the world health organization is urging nations to take a bolder approach when it comes to tackling the coronavirus pandemic he said that china had set the example in this respect the spread of the virus in china has been slowed significantly registering just 13 new cases on tuesday last returning to normal in previously hard hit regions local lockdowns are being partially lifted slowly and domestic trouble starting to resume his anti virus measures which were widely criticised initially are now being adopted globally the quarter explains remember when only china had to deal with the coronavirus the west had plenty to criticize about beijing's handling of the crisis back then when europe and the us didn't have to get their hands dirty. rights districts measures should also be

implemented with consideration to the public's willingness to comply with government control efforts now that the critics are in the same situation that china was in just a month ago it seems like they weren't creative enough to come up with their own solutions after the coronavirus ravaged europe governments across the continent started in forcing lockdowns people confined to their homes streets virtually empty just like in china at the height of the outbreak the. gatherings family get togethers and social functions will no longer be finished it working to meet friends in the park or on the streets will no longer be possible any elderly daredevils that venture out of their homes could face hefty fines or even a police baton and all the while militaries across the continent are mobilizing in switzerland it's the biggest since world war 2 and in france army convoys are becoming a regular sight in the suburbs. michael fauntroy. although

it's not like they have many places to go the entire european union's closed its borders anyway and on top of that they'll be under the watchful eye of those dystopian police drones just like the chinese ones that frightened more than a few in the western media the country taking some extraordinary measures to contain this outbreak police are using drones equipped with a public address system to tell people to wear face masks and stay indoors that's the stop the spread of coronavirus and drones are flying up to people in public and yelling at them for not wearing masks in fact we're hearing of mask shortages drones soldiers lockdowns whatever communist china does it the western media loves to call it all off thora tarion ism but what even makes these measures democratic or not at a time of crisis shouldn't people be focusing on which measures are the most effective. meanwhile u.s. president donald trump to twitter to slam several democratic governors over their

handling of the crisis after himself came under fire for the very same reason and those seeking to vie with him for the presidency later this year. sadly we haven't ministration in washington but are shown the world that it does not believe in science this virus laden. determined to do strange. public use to be camptown to. vicious lack of trust to destroy. the u.s. currently has more than 4000 confirmed cases of the virus with at least 75 deaths last week president declared a national emergency we discussed the situation with journalist and commentator chandra moore and max abrams who's an assistant professor of public policy at northeastern university in boston. i think that there has been a real evolution in terms of the quality of donald trump's response to go

coronavirus initially it is absolutely true that he tried to downplay it he said at one point you know that it was a hoax he said more recently that the administration how the virus under control of any no longer speaks that well i don't think the president was making a false statement or it was just talking out of thin air what he said that he really isn't speaking to advisors there's an insane amount of panic out there being driven by the media and meanwhile when you listen to the experts they're very calm they're not freaking out and they're giving a pretty simple basic instructions to people i agree with my fellow panelists that 'd he is supported by a strong team of medical or otherwise scientific professionals he gives very very long press conferences so sometimes he deviates from the script and when he does that can get in trouble but in general his prognosis in terms of where we are has

become increasingly he has a deep gotten down more the data and the numbers have become a little more solemn and serious but that doesn't mean us and you know this whole time working on on it or at least speaking to experts so yeah they're approaching seems reasonable i mean you know here we are talking about bailouts and and always other things which i did they get it were never thought we'd hear about it in the trunk administration it's more an obama thing but it does seem reasonable to i'm no economist but these sorts of measures seem relatively uncontroversial and yet to really move forward realistically we're probably going to have to wait about a year or 18 months the scientists are saying in terms of the development and distribution of a backs. which will really reduce the amount of you know physical harm from this fire so we need to do everything we need to deal with the economy and we need to

deal with the science in order to mitigate this virus itself and you see this panic and given by the media this media that has despised this president from day one this is the recession the economic hit that they've been begging for they've been trained for this who knows if the markets would be taking such a massive hit if the media establishment and the left were in full on crazy mode and by the way journalists should never be listened to on these things they don't know what they're talking about they never know what they're talking about the experts should be listened to and they are the ones who are basically pretty calm. with ever more countries imposing strict quarantine mills millions of people are found themselves spending more time at home than usual my prospects not everybody relishes some tips on how to survive the ordeal. did diary the last 2 weeks have been a bit surreal it's like we're living in some kind of weird parallel unify us people

have returned to that animal instincts now nothing will come between a man and his new paper. coronaviruses cleared the streets and driven us into our homes i'm not going to lie my main concern was about getting out in the time of corona i mean i know i have to go running in the park like i promised myself the only thing i'm losing at the gym is money but still luckily though there are some fitness fanatics out there who are making sure we all keep moving in these claustrophobic times. but if the idea of exercising and public is your wost nightmare no fear.

also this is a powerful time to combine getting to know your neighbor you've been avoiding for years with heart healthy pursuits. i've also realized it will give me the opportunity to finally perfect my organizational skills. they do say you should have one task every day to keep you motivated also i did always think i had the potential to be an invaluable member of the quad but you know what the modern wilde's like harry hurry hurry no time for anything now though there are no excuses . see. her c soon 6 to move. who said quarantine couldn't run also for the last stooges among you lot of those

hacks trick you teach online and get out of 5 chill plus only for the more adventurous among you ever wonder what a toilet seat tastes like. apparently she thinks coronavirus is for poor people tom hanks' rude monch speaking of the elite if you will mock it and don't want to suffer the humiliation of standing in a queue with hundreds of new roles and you'll try piled up don't worry because i've got you covered this elite ready to go package includes night vision goggles and purify and some with satellite messenger and it will only cost you $5000.00 such a snatch as a bonus to make you look like the potential that you are. i wouldn't miss it there are some downsides to this whole self isolation thing like those tourist who went to spain in search of some rays only to be put in quarantine and realize the sun

never actually hit that balkany i am slightly disappointed that my skin will be taking want to found parrot tone in the coming months better than risk 1000 very high but really on balance it's not so bad at all those times i've wanted to cancel on my friends but struggled to come up with a convincing reason no longer an issue my dislike of standing in places of more than 50 people at a time literally banned i've also was hated when people didn't respect my personal space now they literally have to stand a meter away from me and don't worry i haven't forgotten the most important thing i know we're all in lockdown i know we all think our house is a safe from the plague but washing your hands is a must. if the hamster can do it so can you. with the world distracted by pandemic u.s.

lawmakers are hoping to push through a controversial law that some say would end privacy online critics warn the u.s. government's trying to a lot greater surveillance powers in the guise of fighting the spread of online child abuse imagery it morgan has details now if you follow the goings on in the u.s. congress you'll know that they often take advantage of moments when big news is happening to slip through controversial legislation and the coronavirus has given them a big ideal opportunity they call it the earn it bill that stands for eliminating abusive rampant neglect of interactive technology lindsey graham and richard blumenthal have introduced it saying that the aim is to protect children from online sexual predators to goal systems available to. dream come true. for child predators for every good thing this happened with the internet for lack of a better term there are dark forces that need to be dealt with now certainly

a noble goal no one wants kids to be in danger but this bill could also crack down on end to end encrypt eliminating the ability of americans to protect sensitive data from hackers criminals the government or their employers essentially the bill holds internet service providers accountable for any information that gets posted by users whether they know about it or not our bill would allow individuals to c.u. tech companies that don't take proper steps to prevent online china exploitation and it's an important step to protect the most vulnerable among us however under this law the only way that internet companies cannot be held liable for what users write in private messages is if they fully comply with government standards standards written by an unelected commission now one of the bill's co-sponsors made very clear where he stands on encryption so facebook is talking about in the in

encryption which means they go blind. we're not going to go blind and let this abuse go forward in the name of any other freedom sure hyper encryption can be used by criminals sexual predators and terrorists but it's also a protection that americans have against government surveillance voices from across the spectrum from edward snowden to the head of whatsapp are outraged the government is attempting to exploit anger at tech companies to pass a law that intentionally undermines digital security and sense of speech that such a low res being considered by congress is a national disgrace this morning the u.s. senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the earn it act will not directly mandating a backdoor as written this act would form a commission that would have the power to require services like whatsapp to stop offering and to ending cripps in the bill deals with a very serious issue of child exploitation in line but it offers no meaningful

solutions rather the bills authors have surely used defend and children as the pretense for intact in our free speech and security online now the bill is yet to become law but in a situation like this with one big story dominating the headlines will people even notice if it does it look up and r.t. new york just co-founder of the saif encryption software things lawmakers are using the coronavirus destruction to pull off a power grab i think that the government wants to let any good crisis go to waste so i definitely do think they're trying to take advantage of the fact that people aren't paying as much attention right now and they're distracted by the pandemic and the panic that comes with that and trying to push this through and just say it's a no brainer because it helps children i mean it particularly matters for encrypted because there would be no way 'd to. in fact these best practices that doesn't undermine what and encroaching does in order to be able to say scam content or

abuse of material the content would have to exist as plain text somewhere and even if you trust big tech companies and the government not to infringe on your privacy or not to do anything bad with it that also exposes that information potentially. so it's stablish is some pretty broad powers and gives them to the government for regulating tech companies and how we do things online this bill might be carved out specifically more for trying to combat child exploitation but once that precedent established the government would like we reach for more and try to apply it to other crimes as well or abuse it never situations. privacy concerns are also being raised in israel which has decided to track people with the coronavirus using their mobile phone data montes middle east correspondent paula slayer explains. israel is fighting coronavirus with a little digital help the government has approved a new emergency measure after checking the mobile phones in order to contain the

spread of the virus israel is a democracy and we must maintain the balance between civil rights and the public's needs these tools will very much assist us in the case in the sick in stopping the virus from spreading the idea is to use the chair location from people's cell phones to track who's been in contact with known high risk areas and to send them text messages to alert them to the problem and to get them also to self isolate yes it is a measure that will parties normally use for tracking extremists and terrorists it wasn't so long ago that people were asking the same question should we hand over our privacy for a great to good civil rights activists in israel warning it is a slippery slope it's a dangerous precedent and the slippery slope that must be approached unresolved of the much debate and not after a brief discussion even in crises of this nature the court. of civil rights in a democracy must be preserved i understand the infection in contagion and the

spread of the virus must be prevented but it's inconceivable that because of the panic so all right should be trampled without restraint levels that are totally disproportionate to the threat of the problem the prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is still fighting for power claims that this tool is more effective than isolating the whole country this is an effective tool to locate the virus and isolated instead of isolating an entire country israel is not to meet it is joined china me ran in this population trekking journey and it's no secret that our cell phones contain more information about ourselves than even we know of course it's information that can be used for both good and evil which is why everyone is fighting to excess said the question remains are you willing to give up your privacy to contain the virus and while the authorities stop all tracking once the pandemic is over. we asked people in israel what they think of the new tracking measures. 1st must i say that everything needs to be done to stop the disease the

shows that netanyahu makes every evening at 8 o'clock in the news is because of his legal situation i'm afraid after this one time that the government. for this. it will be. slipping away to using it again in august 2nd stances which i'm not sure. i will agree with nothing really important because they're there to know about everything they've actually i'm in favor of following corona patients by phone so that we don't all get sick with it and then the surveillance on the phones will stop i think in any case everything you write on google and facebook and you pass on a card everyone knows your information today so it's no problem to follow you it prevents infection you would see about. what political analyst i mean or and things the lack of public trust in netanyahu will make it difficult for the government to implement any containment plan for corona virus these really probably in this particular crisis would prefer health and prevention of contagion epidemics

over almost anything but this is not the issue for the israeli public but on your government it has lost its credibility and therefore is suspect in its handling of this crisis netanyahu him self he's also a defendant in a criminal trial because he has been indicted for bribery and other offenses so whenever he says something he is suspect of trying to play for rezone personal or political advantage. graphic footage has the most online showing in australian soldiers shooting dead an unarmed afghan man at close range please be aware you may well find these images disturbing . not.

quite. stop. i am deeply disturbed by what has been eroding tonight's 4 corners report we are serious allegations are raised australians would rightly expect their 3rd lead samant video you just saw was obtained by the australian 4 corners t.v. show the programme claimed an official investigation by the australian defense force ruled the killing was justified as self defense something not supported by the video footage of the killing itself is one of a number of cases uncovered by 4 corners the country's defense minister says now that she banks an inquiry into all claims of wrongdoing by special forces in afghanistan in 2017 a former defense lawyer leaked the so-called afghan files the documents allege war crimes by australian soldiers among the claims of the mistaken killings of a father and son joining 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 of work crimes 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 crimes 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 it they appear to still be ok with it even though the video completely contradicts the assertion that this was in self-defense. and i've status

withdrawn as troops from the base in iraq one of 3 have plans to vacate this comes after the baghdad government wrote to the un condemning american strikes for the claims killed 5 iraqi soldiers and a civilian us as it was targeting an iranian backed militia that the white house blamed for a rocket attack last week which claimed the lives of 2 u.s. 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 what is 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 threaten launch 11th 3 coalition troops were killed and 14 wounded after an attack on the jean military base in response the u.s. conducted his strikes on 5 warehouses belonging to local militia jamal what came

professor of history and international relations says the u.s. is exploiting internal 'd divisions to remain in iraq as long as possible where the problem. is an american occupation and the same time the divisions among. the has been dominating. the american invasion. so these good to good to be along sectarian lines. by. damage national unity and at the same time american ideas on the alliances. and. in addition dead alliances with many. so i believe the americans have trained. by down will and with that to stay in it

are inspired. many colds by the it occupied element and by like it archey. on the americans to whittle them down. it's a saying without international news stories available if you had to all website that salty dot com. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with. thinks. we are.