as the number of dead and leave from the corona virus outbreak overtakes china armies drafted in to deal with a huge buildup of coffins after cemeteries are overwhelmed with the sheer number of victims. also this hour a new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of the moscow as russia brings in stricter new measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at the supplies in the capital. particularly sensitive subject like the toilet but. any type of budget. there's clearly enough for everyone. and the nurse in the u.k.

claim she was racially abused on her way to work and the country's health service struggles to contain the spread of the buyers these cops who. just come and physically and verbally abuse me for my race. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. let's start 1st with the latest figures on the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases has reached 227000 worldwide with the death toll at more than 9000 and another recent development the world health organization says it has started testing a new vaccine against kobe 19. the death toll in italy has now surpassed that of china topping more than 3400 the

countries also recorded its highest number infections detected in one day alone with almost 4 and a half 1000 new cases the prime minister says the nation wide lockdown may need to be extended beyond april the 3rd of the army is also now been called into the northern town of berga mo to help move the backlog of coffins a video posted on social media shows trucks preparing to transport bodies the military was called in after the city cemetery became overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead which is located in the worst affected region of lombardy has seen at least $93.00 deaths and $4300.00 cases officials though fear that the worst is yet to come. it is a heartbreaking image striking with the force of 100 or even a 1000 punches medical staff on the front line in italy have been highly infected at least 2629 have tested positive for the virus since february that represents 8

percent of all cases in the country it's only workers under pressure and italy but the whole health care system itself there's an increasing lack of staff and equipment or not enough lifesaving ventilators or face masks while some retired staff are being asked to return to work in a bid to turn the tide against the crisis one of the country's leading health experts claims the government's brought some of these problems on itself. the problem right now is the supply of protective gear the government should have thought of this some time ago we already have a limited number of doctors nurses under extreme circumstances we could even ask them to help working even if they tested positive for corona virus so they should be equipped with protective devices to avoid spreading the virus fun though. we are expecting that with this enormous demand on emergency departments that you know one of the most critical things is to look after and. care for our medical

professionals as much as possible with plenty of training and equipment most of the time medical professionals will be protected really well i think what we have is known president and situation in italy where the intensity of the outbreak is so high. actually risk of infection from so many different directions that it's been really really hard to protect the workers in the way that we would want to what we expect to see in emergency situations we have emergency responses so i think governments will be pulling out all the stops to respond the best way they can. russia has registered almost 150 coronavirus patients most were in moscow the authorities are gradually implementing stricter measures to prevent the mass spread of the virus as seen elsewhere among the actions taken by moscow is restricted entry for foreign nationals people who enter the country from abroad must go into quarantine for 2 weeks schools will be temporarily closed from march 23rd and

gatherings of more than 50 people are prohibited as the outbreak began to dedicated a brand new hospital just to treat coronavirus patients saudi authorities are planning a hospital town just outside the capital while his own sewer and water filtration systems and it's own little part of the countryside with an exclusion zone. moscow mayor's office has warned about misinformation spreading across the internet regarding the pandemic and the measures to contain it this includes post saying that the russian capital will go into total lockdown and that there will be shortages of essential products in the shops retailers have tried to calm concerns by releasing video of their warehouses some chains say that they have enough supplies to last at least 8 weeks this includes the most popular items that are being ordered at this point the russian ministry of industry and trade is assuring the public that grocery stores will not close supermarkets are reporting increased demand for 2 categories in particular grains and hygiene products especially

popular among russians is buckwheat check out the situation at a large moscow store. panic buying has become one of the key manifestations of the coronavirus scare all over the world so now we've come to one of most schools largest retail stores parts of europe so shown chain just to get an idea as to how badly this thing is affecting the russians in fact we're in the very same store that had previously introduced so-called apocalypse shopping carts pre-selected bundles of essential goods for about $45.00 per cart it was a one time action but it turned out to be a clear success because those cards have been already swept and they're nowhere to be found but now let's have a look as to how well this particular and a very large store is stocked itself. first stop is well good old soap and the situation here is quite interesting because all

cheaper ones they are gone like for instance here like 15 cents 30 cents by they are not making up the prices these are actual prices on the soap here they're gone but the more expensive stuff over here. in abundance in fact let me show you one thing you can literally if you are if you are in a panic situation if you are in a panic mood you can literally buy soaps in canisters like this is liquid soap 5 releases of liquid soap but we're going to be opting for something different something. so. particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budget any type of skin there's clearly enough for everyone and i feel like a plenty at home but for the sake of the experiment let's get some why not.

well this is trouble all right because we're in the poultry section and the well it's been ransacked there are people all around filming on their phones as well together with us what's going on here but the store has put up a reassuring messages reassuring sign saying essentially that the product is the products are on the way don't worry if you haven't found what you wanted here it will be here we will restock it in the nearest future together with the supplies we're doing everything to maintain the needed stockpile. cheaper me like chicken or turkey more expensive mead like before you pour while it's gone just some of the most expensive stuff is here but here nothing. well judging by the amount of sweets next to

me one thing can be said with certainty children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to us all. well this is of course just a symbolic cut it's not really serious but if i were to go all in and defy wanted to get everything that i needed for a nuclear winter scenario so to speak i would have had very very few problems with doing so and even with that said supply is have been talking a lot and posting photos and videos of their storage is really filled up to the brim with produce saying that there is literally no reason to panic that whatever whatever empty shelves that we've just seen while there will be filled up there will be back fully stocked so right now it looks that the appetite for panic buying here at least among muscovites is not that strong. with the whole world battling

not only the pandemic but a wave of december mation around the virus as well the e.u. believes it knows who's to blame and once again it's the kremlin something dismissed outright by moscow we notice that it was because. of this information from outside of the e.u. among others also from russia or from providers reach are based in russia or at least somehow to draw crimean sources and all the store as well accusations against russia over disinformation and fakes about the coronavirus president europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence is there are accusations you need evidence with no evidence there can be any claims to morrow where it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational comparing. a new e.u. report claims russia is sowing panic and anger in the west over the coronavirus it

also states the aim is to undermine public trust in national health care systems trying to prevent an effective response to the outbreak professor at the national institute of languages and eastern civilizations in paris bernard rescue believes it's wrong to blame russia for baseless claims. it looks very. funny in a certain sense because their. western media is a western governments their friends government especially because i'm basing my friends are so ridiculous in their in their their way day to day treated all of the karun up here is. to be demure from the very beginning so day to day they may do fake news and know their i.q. seeing erosion and jaw. is it is not due only country with. which ask questions about the origin of the epidemic. do behavior of different governments so it's just ridiculous to. treat russia

as derisive of fault of teams. we are witnessing all over the world. now to the us where donald trump has announced he's invoking wartime powers to force industry there to tackle covert 19. will be invoking the defense production act and just in case we needed. no words if you will know what it is and it can do a lot of good things if we need it must sacrifice together because we are all in this together and we'll come through together in all 5 states and the us have postponed their primaries and the corona virus outbreak or the democratic national committee has issued a warning that hasty changes to the primary process may result in penalties artist and explains. all of society hunkers down in the face of a global health pandemic the democrats have decided to point fingers and play the

blame game this crisis is going to demand more from all of us more from an administration and a president that has been far too slow in waking up to the scale of the challenges we now face i have been incredibly frustrated and concerned by the trump administration's missteps and slow response to this crisis so far the trumpet ministration has made a serious of false promises about the country's diagnostic capacities spreading confusing on true information about the availability of tests for the general public and so to hear the leader of the federal government tell us to work around the federal government because it's too too slow is just it's kind of mind boggling to be honest now there is no question that donald trump is taking this very seriously as a public health crisis we're asking everyone to work at home a possible postpone a necessary travel and limit social gatherings to no more than 10 people by making shared sacrifices and temporary changes we can protect the health of our people at

the d.n.c. is very happy to call out donald trump but their own political goals are not on hold 5 states have canceled their presidential primary votes and now the d.n.c. says that there could be consequences each the 1st determining step must take place by the 9th of june if the state violates the rule on timing or any other rule that could be subject to penalties including at least a 50 percent reduction in delegates we advise states to follow the recommendations of local health officials and prioritize health and safety of all individuals that's right the democratic leadership is now demanding that senior citizens and everyone else drop everything rushed to the polls and vote in the democrats' primary risking death in some cases now if you don't do it they say they will make you pay no small. sense of entitlement there in states that have had their primary vote the turnout has been rather low big shocker at this point all public

gatherings movie theaters restaurants are shut down so why not the polls exactly it makes sense to close this down i mean there's just the you know any of these voting centers would just simply be a centers for transmitting disease and it's the responsible thing is then to say look we can postpone this basically they can postpone it will the way up to late may have all the put all the remaining primaries on and some day in late may and that is certainly a much more sensible policy than the holding primaries now when everybody's so anxious about the virus i think that they are thinking entirely in terms of the general election i mean the democrats have absolutely desperate to defeat donald trump they want to wrap this up as quickly as possible before the public has a chance to change its mind the rules across america are changing in the face of the

coded 1000 health crisis but one thing certainly remains the same the only set of rules the democratic national committee plays by are their own and they demand that everyone else play by them as well kaleb up and r.t. new york. in the cave the spread of the virus has picked up pace of more than $2500.00 people now infected and the pandemic also appears to be having a negative impact on people's behavior and british nurse claims that she was assaulted and racially abused on her way to work or to shoddy edwards dashti reports. it may come as no surprise that the n.h.s. isn't exactly thriving what with being on the forefront of the fight against coronavirus staff shortages not enough funding and even a lack of clothing for medical staff professionals make it harder to help save lives but those were predictable evils was less an anticipated is than a phobia towards people who are treating patients but it happened to the n.h.s.

nurse who was allegedly racially abusing itself at just experience something that really opened my mind with today's society so i was coming up from the train station just minding my own business usually get out through the barriers and to come to work as a nurse. and these couple who. just come and physically and verbally abuse me from my race and it gets worse she was attacked on her way to hospital for overtime shift to help her colleagues cope with the outbreak every really to come together you know any chance is struggling my goodness we have a new start no doctors no nothing people who need to wake up and realise that this virus is not an excuse to be racist or to discriminate against everyone period the sad reality is as the fire sort of originates in china and spreads across the globe so does panic and xenophobia for instance the singapore and

student was assaulted and loved by teenagers who punched him in the face creaming we don't want your coronavirus in our country he shouted i don't want your crown of ours in my country you think this is et well no a vietnamese all of us drop white exhibitor earlier this month the u.k. arts are because of fears that she would spread the virus the coronavirus is causing much anxiety everywhere unfairly or not asians are being seen as carries a virus your presence on the stand would unfortunately create hesitation on the part of the audience to enter the exhibition space i apologize for this and hope we can meet and perhaps work together in the future these. case in the u.k. are just the tip of the iceberg across the pond in new york and none of these an asian person on the lecture just are standing next to her and want. to leave. germany and it's not only open aggressions our people are now turning up their noses to asian cuisine and culture and asian people in general are being avoided

and wiki pedia page has even been set up dedicated to covert 19 incidents of racism with governments and international organizations now mate entering countries a cautioned against actions that promote stigma or even discrimination in iraq the principles of our top story of i.h.l. the coronavirus epidemic a sort of a disturbing wave of prejudice against people of chinese and east asian if the city and i call member states do their utmost to combat this and other forms of discrimination it seems increasingly true that in times of crisis and strain bring out the western people the idea that any racial integration these is something which we hope when out of the 2nd world war well our record has been that in a surge of anti chinese racism the consequence of the 'd mislabeling in the midst.

of this. ringback country for the lack of. a lack of ability to mobilize society to maintain 'd a system about health care and coordinated support reflects well badly on the government of the government 90 percent i think you censure the people work together and use racism as a tool to divide and rule and much more important the administration comes bonsa quality to make sure both the stock market work. which are multi-racial the more people are treated equally. also in the u.k. dying patients are being told to say their last goodbyes to their loved ones over skype it's part of new guidelines for british hospitals they're reportedly designed to help medics stem the pandemic spread and besides the farewell recommendations the release document discourages family or friends from visiting patients in critical care or some define the new tips distaste for what they show up for

discussion. so in the face of it these guidelines and they are guidelines these are rules might seem distasteful and they might seem harsh of course but we have to be mindful of why these guidelines been put in place this is not about stopping the husband of a wife they've been together 50 years from saying goodbye to his wife for example this is around the extended family i speak for a time when a child b. was the big health scare that's when i was a senior sister in the renal unit and in those days you know i'm afraid to say it our priority was treating our patients not the visitors you can use up these valuable staff time on relatives you can't have a situation where you still got other patients treated in intensive care units some patients in intensive care units have 101215 or more people who want to visit them and we can't allow that to happen at the current time because of course that's putting those individuals at risk but also providing huge vectors to disseminate

this virus we'll took for granted as personal liberties they're all going to be taken away and i'm afraid we are led to treat sick people and it is really sad it is really probably only going to be confined to people only 90 you we have got to look at you from individual ism and we have to look at the herd of course we would want that patient at home the reality is for intensive care patients that is almost always not possible in that they wouldn't make it home these decisions are absolutely best left to the clinicians they. and the ones who are in charge of the treatment you looking at $60000.00 patient days on an intensive care unit on the best case scenario clinicians understand they understand how important relatives are but i'm afraid i do have to keep saying it's 100 is more important the stuff are more important than an individual feeling so we do not want to think about the worst case scenario we're preparing for the best in the intermediate case nor is

the worst case scenario is going to hugely challenge our n.h.s. and really redefine the way we use health care services not just during this crisis but for many years to come there after that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter or facebook for up to the minute reports. from which. i think. for the for the river trip improved for. the chairman happens. next to the truth which. i will.

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to the alex salmond show from belfast of the storm assembly as reconvened. 3 years and as a father consolidation of the 22 year peace process but with the political change on the way not peace hold. in this 3 part series on the future of northern ireland alex speaks to those who have enabled the peace process and then to members of both political communities after 4 years where northern irish politics were center stage largely because of its impact on the parliament arithmetic of breaks that we're now in a position where it is breaks it which is impacting on the politics of northern ireland the decisive christmas election in the u.k. helped break this simply deadlock we should paralyze the provinces domestic politics since 2017 and the storm an assembly was he convened within a month of pulling the british politician who had helped broker the deal was publicly funded by the prime minister and then promptly dumped from the cabinet and

last month's reshuffle gillian smith held the post of northern irish secretary for a mere 204 days but he packed a great deal into his term of office and so after 3 years frozen in aspic they simply was back in business emboldened by the success the teacher called an election in the republic only to find the trouble he got bogged down in domestic issues should fade gain credibility from being back in government in the north the subsequent electoral breakthrough means that shin fein are competing for political leadership in the north out of the sofa balance and on a platform of seeking a board of people so what do these developments mean for the future of northern ireland as will become clear the process of bricks it unplayed changes taking place in arlington north and south has caused all sorts searching the new thinking among both the nationalist i'm unionists communities now back to alex in belfast. a peace process requires peace because politicians love the imagination to leap across

history but it also has to be understood today i speak to professor duncan murrell nor i was foremost i could emmott on the subject of to bigotry and reconciliation between communities professor mo welcome to the exam and sure thanks so much to be here. you are probably the most published academic in terms of reconciliation between the communities and northern ireland the good of course of you to expertise to help then to say drive in scotland what how do you get communities to stop distrusting. it's not a simple question and it goes back to so many different dimensions and i suppose actually for us it was trying to find a practical way to enter that right along the border so i mean everything in northern ireland is affected in some way by this division so you're talking about how to sort the police can you get the politicians to work together can you then

get schools to start to educate people in a different way how do people at local level actually stop just walking past each other but start to run things together and a lot of our work was really just almost stepping i don't know that ice trying to find the practical ways forward on an interface you know in the trade unions in the workplace in schools and it was in many ways an experiment how do you do it i mean and we found quite a lot of different answers for that in different ways you see we who you speak of well i think there's a kind of different levels of we i was in the community relations council and i was a very much involved in trying to support and develop those kind of initiative so we were actually looking for them but we were doing that i suppose on behalf of the whole community and really when you look at the number of actors if you current what politicians have had to contemplate working with people who they associated with well it's not too fine a point.