when so many find themselves worlds apart. she still looks for common ground. the european union shop sees external borders for a month and a bid to limit the spread of 19 is france and forces a nationwide. correspondent experiences what it's like. anybody leaving the team is also being told that they meet. these tests to see why the. world health organization urges countries to take a leaf out of beijing and impose tougher restrictions to fight the pandemic as the situation in china itself begins to aids. and with the world distracted by covert 19 a controversial bill that critics say would practically end the online privacy makes it way makes its way through the u.s.

comes. in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching international now it's not just people that are self isolating the world over because of it 19 at the moment countries as a whole are russia has become the latest to close its borders to foreigners joining the likes of canada the us and others the european union meanwhile has also restricted access to the block. 2 limits to support of the various bubel we agreed to enforce all external borders both closed and coordinates temporary wish to action of essential travel to the e.u. folk leave 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. reports now on the nationwide origin. france is now on lockdown strict lockdown that would be in school the government has talked about cloying $100000.00 police officers to set up fixed points to check people who are in their vehicles the word from the government to 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 are invisible and elusive that decision came to the french took the calls to

stay at home and self isolate too lightly in fact while balls in 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. restriction these are really centered around self isolation to people who have been told that they can leave their homes but for 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 the existing practice tests or just state why he'd been leaving

their home for some of those reasons that i just outlined anybody who is cool flouting that law or into court going out for a walk just socialize with their friends rather than for health reasons could face a fine of up to 135 years. the message is clear stay at home these are containment measures similar to those in spain and italy all persons travelling must be able to justify their movements each person will have to carry a document certifying the reason for his or her journey. 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 in today to the point of closing almost all businesses in makes no sense to hold these municipal 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 and many played the city possibly going to some of the homes here to stay friends and family anything to be isolated in this time open merge it see here france this idea of self isolation is something that many people fear many people who live below the idea of not having that social

contact face to face for 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 this could be extended many people here in france just have no idea when their lives are going to return to normal charlotte people ski artsy in paris doing the last time there elsewhere italy does remain one of the worst hit countries hit by coronavirus health care workers saying they cannot cope with the influx of patients and complain of exhaustion from overwork we spoke with a nurse in the city. in one of italy's worst affected there. and which literally i'm a computer so i have been talking standing just on the mechanic and if i could joining up there is out. there so we can. enjoy going out ike is a little bit interesting i thought annoyed with the pretty or dos cam will be even

going to see what's in it just the sound difference if i get it was it to be an amalgam or a large amount. of interim into egypt. sisters to sort of be a more downtown atlanta to the better so annoying i'll get on camera 72 up quick. to know what i'm going to hear. and there still is in to get out and push the classic get into but a man a few put down to get a ticket because of it do it it could be time to sit. down 2 percent of them are near 10 percent of the saw and it would have been. the same. oh well the regional director for europe at the world health organization has urged nations to take a bolder approach when it comes to tackling the coronavirus pandemic me says too

that china had set a good example the experience of joining a show that this thing and recent gold binds with social distancing measures. when put in place quickly and effectively but events in fictions and safe lights the spread of the virus in china has been slowly slowed significant leverage bring only 30 new cases on tuesday life is returning to normal in previously hard hit regions local lock downs are being partially lifted slowly as well and domestic travel is starting to resume china's anti virus measures which were widely criticized initially and now being adopted globally on quarter has more 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 to

strict 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 enforcing locked out people confined to their homes streets virtually empty just like in china at the height of the outbreak. gatherings family get togethers and social functions will no longer be permitted 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 have to find 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. to bomb front. 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 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 don't go today will we discuss the situation with your innocent

commentator and with brahms to you he's an assistant professor of public policy at northeastern university in the united states. joel crises tend to strengthen the hand of the executive we're seeing a tremendous increase right now in the federal government power in the united states some of the reason there's even some talk of you know about martial law curfews i think it's terrifying i think it's really disturbing and it's you know there are some constitutional scholars out there that are that debate whether how constitutional is i think it's it's shocking how easily americans will give up their liberty but that said the u.s. is a democracy in china is an authoritarian country but in general in terms of the continuum between democracy human and government in the for carrying a us government is moving more in the direction of china while still trying to

maintain some of our time a kind of norms i think that that max is absolutely correct that if we're seeing just how swiftly the state can expand out how it can come in and become more authoritarian and you know in new york city right now it's a ghost town here and it and you know the mayor wants to quarantine the entire city the governor won't let him know where's where's the dip coming from it's coming from the hysteria that anik i mean we've got every restaurant and bar and retail store closing our biggest cities where i disagree with my colleague is that i actually do you view this threat as extraordinarily severe and and and not just scary. but consequential given the nature of the threat it is reasonable for the government to intervene in reasonable ways to try to mitigate that threat particularly by enforcing social distancing so that we don't infect each other needlessly there's an insane amount of panic out there being driven by

the media and meanwhile when you listen to the experts when you actually listen to them and you listen to the crowd of ira's task force that they're very calm they're not freaking out and they're giving pretty simple basic instructions to people. well with ever more countries imposing street quarantine rules their millions of people have found themselves spending more time at home than usual prospects what everybody relishes but some stuck at home are not wasting time because the spanish couple to exchange marriage vows across windows despite their government imposing a state of emergency on their wedding day they didn't cancel the event and the bride who even 3 who. as tradition demands. of the to $100.00 survived the ordeal. dear 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 in 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 a hot healthy pursuit. 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 a quad but you know what the modern wilde's like hurry 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 your teacher online and get out of 5 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 a pretentious douche bag that you are. i wouldn't miss it there are some downsides to this whole self isolation thing like those tourists who went to spain and such as 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 toad in the coming months. at the risk of thought 1000 words. but really on balance it's not so bad 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 diary don't worry i haven't forgotten the most important thing i know we're all in lockdown i know we all think our houses are safe from the plague but washing your hands is a must. if the hamster can do it so can you. asked to an event i with yet will distracted by the pandemic us will make his own hoping to push through

a controversial rule that some say would end previously online critics warn that the us government is trying to unload. this in the guise of fighting the spread of online child abuse imagery kind of book and has more on the story. 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 technologies lindsey graham and richard blumenthal have introduced it saying that the aim is to protect children from online sexual predators technical systems available to have been 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 in months. 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 encrypts than 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 ungar 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 absent a clear protections for encryption urn it has the potential to make people less safe not more but reducing the security of the over 2000000000 people who use whatsapp to communicate not to mention all the other encrypted services as well the bill deals with a very serious issue of child exploitation on line but it offers no meaningful solutions rather the bills authors have shrewdly use defendant 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 your sperm co-founder of the so i think christians software does thing that will make easy using the coronavirus distraction to pull off a power grab. i think that the government lights 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 'd to. enact these best practices that doesn't undermine what and 10 encryption does in order to be able to say scan content for abusive 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 to hackers so 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 'd the government would likely reach for more and try to apply it to other crimes as well or people in other situations will privacy concerns are also being raised to you which has decided to track people with the coronavirus easing the data on these middle east correspondent poulos lee has more on that. israel is fighting corona virus with a little digital help the government has approved a new emergency measure of tracking 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 locating the sick and stopping the virus from spreading the idea is to use the chair location data from people's cell phones to track who's been in contact with known by was areas and to send them text messages to alert them to the problem and to get them also to self isolate here is it is a measure that all 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 greater 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 core of civil rights and democracy must be preserved i understand that infection in contagion and the spread of the virus must be prevented but it's inconceivable that because of the panic so

arise should be trampled without restraint levers that are totally disproportionate to the threat and 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 it or tracking once the pandemic is over i'm afraid a tough. one time that they had the government for. 4 days. it would be. slipping away to using it again in august 2nd stan says which i'm not sure. i will

agree with your 1st call 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 one is not really important because the other didn't know about everything about yeah 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 will see about. what order glamorous to me at all and think that the lack of public trust in getting yahoo will make it difficult for the government to implement any containment plan for coronavirus 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 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. look at other news now and 1st each has emerged online showing an australian soldier fatally shooting an unarmed afghan man at close range. thought it. quite hard stop. i am deeply disturbed by what has been aired in tonight's 4 corners report where serious allegations are raised

australians would rightly expect their thoroughly examined video was obtained by a stray in 4 corners t.v. programme the show claimed an official investigation by the australian defense force ruled the killing was justified to self-defense something though 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. when 2017 a former defense lawyer leaked the so-called afghan files the documents allege that war crimes by a strike against 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 death and the mistreatment of others brought him back from the antiwar answer coalition says claims of war crimes are becoming a daily occurrence almost for these strain special forces. there's no doubt that

this is a demonstration work right 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 work drawings and they do it anyway shows how absolutely routine killings like this are in the field they are gauged in routine i believe routine war 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. moscow has only to criminal probe after the country's embassy was attacked in kiev ukrainian ultra nationalists

shot at the building with a flag on and desecrated a russian flag during a march on saturday. footage from the event does show the crowd firing a flare which hit the embassy both as protesters chanting anti russian slogans radicals also pelted the premises with smoke pellets from the causeway commemorating volunteer battalions who have fought against the self kind of publics in the east of the country from the demonstration despite a heavy police presence president's office is apparently stood by and did nothing to stop the rioters authorities said that they found no serious violations cheering them on. clapping chaps like that's how things are looking more from us at the top yeah.

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