italy suffers its deadliest single day during the pandemic with 620 lives lost. neighboring france police officers threaten to quit the less they're provided with better equipment to protect them from foreign. becomes the latest car giant to hold production amid the pandemic is the health crisis puts more jobs at risk. u.s. senators are accused of insider trading after they made big profits selling off their stocks ahead of the recent.

morning well thanks for joining us here on out international. and we start this hour with the latest news of course on the pandemic the corona virus has now claimed more than 11000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases hitting 275000. it's only suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day on friday with 627 people losing their lives in all the pandemics now killed more than 4000 italians in the beach ends a region one of the worst hit provinces the large scale loss of life is even put a strain on funeral homes from a tour of said that they may not be able to take any more coffins due to lack of capacity. and obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an

emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. while italy remains in lockdown soldiers patrol the empty streets of palermo in sicily and they were deployed to help local police other cities and regions of also considering calling in such army patrols avert an infectious disease specialist says the lockdown needs to continue in order to prevent a full blown catastrophe. epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep very strict measures extol called lockdown in order to reduce delivery stop spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center yes indeed in this certain part that of italy so you have to remember

especially in the north the reason a shortage of birth shown such as a physician nurses able to face at these it be demi very few infectious disease experts are available now with the and it is a whole sort defect a very it considered a whole number of health care work has been could dominate the in the not working up. the mystic view isn't defective that day by day he did these constant percentage of the could easily of the new cases in respect of the tall poll numbers are why our target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the level 'd or below 10 which means that the transmission has a celebrated that and we can look at a did who share it with a little more whole. prison's of paid tribute to the

doctors and nurses on the front line of the battle against the deadly virus applause was heard from balconies across the capital on friday night. was. over $12600.00 cases and now been confirmed in france with $450.00 dead all regions an hour fact and despite a nationwide lockdown in while the police officers who are enforcing the law down they have their own safety concerns and even threatening to strike. explains. as millions of people in from own saw in confinement there is a cool group of workers who are continuing the daily grind including police offices .

yet many continue to fill out these regulations despite hefty fines and the risk of being locked up in jail. never mind. you going to. the authorities are tearing their hair out over france's citizens known compliance with the confinement restrictions. there are people who think they're modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact. when i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities

a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely but as they blame people for not abiding by the rules the authorities themselves are being accused of not taking proper care of those they placed on the front line unions are furious that the ministry of interior hasn't provided offices with basic equipment such as face mosques so much so the biggest police union has warned its members will walk out unless such things are made available there is no reason why we should be victims of a government failure to plan we want to carry out our duties to their fullest but need to be able to guarantee. our own safety if the police themselves become contaminated or strike who will monitor the streets so. security officers police and other people who are pulled law and order in the country need to be protected this parse does not distinguish between police medics and other

citizens we're not even sure that we police officers not potentially infecting people when we do our checks so we need masks and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others if the police get infected who will be able to keep the peace to morrow as force is quarantined drags along each day the list of what citizens can do is being tightened the police are called part of keeping order here if they walk out or if an infection takes hold within the ranks so this could face an uphill battle to carry out its plans in the war on code 19 so much even ski r.t. pairs. the world's biggest carmaker volkswagen this is spending production worldwide the company which owns brands like skoda porsche he built more than 10000000 vehicles last year more than any other car producer given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty

regarding parts supplies to our plants production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by group bronze. volkswagens decision follows similar moves by other carmakers toyota b.m.w. red no fear at and others have all shot plants during the global health crisis in the e.u. alone the sectors responsible for around $14000000.00 jobs rundown is causing huge problems for the u.s. job market with the country's unemployment rate seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u.s. labor department's report is several 100000 claims filed if you took at it or direct at the american institute for economic research agrees that the global economy is under severe strain because there were infinite i don't even think economists have the start recessions start fresh and it's it's it's imaginable levels of of shock and the data are going to it's like that. and give you

a clear prediction what the unemployment numbers are going to look like that we're going to be seen soon but i almost certain that millions have already lost their jobs and this just cannot go on much longer without dismantling everything we call civilized life it just it just cannot go so the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute for one of the politicians to line up their decisions public policy decisions with actual documented health risks which are becoming ever clearer as testing is going on. u.s. senators have been accused of exploiting their privileged access to information about the pandemic to make a quick buck that's after they sold off a large number of shares before the markets plunged among them richard burr head of the intelligence committee who sold stocks worth up to $1700000000.00 but he denies

accusations of foul play amid calls for him to resign him more but has the story. richard burr u.s. senator and head of the senate intelligence committee reassured everyone that the us government had the coronavirus situation completely under control here is what he said back in march luckily we have a framework in place that says put is in a better position than any other country to respond to a public health threats like the coronavirus his words sounded quite calming especially from someone who receives daily briefings about the spread of the coronavirus although a few days earlier he was telling a group of wealthy donors and constituents of a very different story here's a secret recording of richard burr speaking at the capitol hill club we want. you to. she is. probably. even offered some advice to his wealthy friends every company should be cognizant

of the fact that you may have to travel you might have to look at your employees and judge whether the trip they're making to europe is essential or whether it can be done on a video conference why risk is needless to say accusations are now flying that richard burr used his capitol hill inside info to help out his pals financially you remember when the stock market tanked right and tonight stock market futures are pointing to a higher open after the biggest point drop in history the dow losing more than 2000 points today and lot of investors repriced that a little shy of the crash we saw at markets in a 2000 point swing on the dow fears over the coronavirus leading to the biggest point drop in history today well richard burr was pretty well unaffected because he on loaded up to 1700000 dollars of u.s. stocks just a week before the plunge now he says this is not because of any insider information he had overnight solely on public news reports to guide my decision regarding the

sale of stocks on february 13th but calls for his resignation are growing. as into tam and sent to bergen private briefings about coronavirus weeks ago then you know how bad it would be he tell the truth to heels for house adonis sure in the public that we will find that he sold off 1600000 in stock before the foam he needs to resign senates of bush should resign and prepared to spend some quality time with a federal grand jury that maybe there's an honest explanation for what he did if there is he should share with the rest of us immediately otherwise he must resign from the senate and face prosecution for insider trading but richard burr is not the only capitol hill to well or to make some slick stock market moves at just the right time.

now all of them are saying they had no control over these investment decisions they're also emphasizing that this was just good luck they had no insider knowledge or looks pretty bad especially for a senator burr and laughlin who are pretty well connected of course senator byrd the chairman of the senate intelligence committee he was privy to secret briefings on the coronavirus and what the response to the coronavirus was going to be and how bad it might be all of that would be a problem for him. for the truth senator from georgia she has a no other problem and that her husband is the chairman of the new york stock exchange presumably pretty well connected and she's on a committee that oversees the health industry the bigger picture here is that we

have public servants we have members of congress who are using their power into. not only in stock trades the problem is that the government has too much goodies to give out so it's impossible for some of these people to resist a minute ashville crisis americans want their political leaders to be solving problems managing the issues and getting things done it seems like they're certainly doing that but on a more personal level caleb martin r.t. new york meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state of mind pompei has accused several countries including russia of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this decision missioners a diffuse is pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran but there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing an activity to to do all the things that present trying to set in motion here because there's well accusations against russia for

disinformation and takes 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 archy's asians you need evidence now evidence there can be any claims. it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational campaign. earlier don't trump place the blame for the spread of coronavirus at china's door and that you know the situation would be better if he'd known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big price for beijing supposedly inactive behavior bumppo joined in the blame game accusing china of putting lives at risk. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson took to twitter to lash out at those accusations demanding pump stop lying you know the child is a facade actually saved lives citing the world health organization. until war activists can stone things washington's accusations follow a long running pattern of blaming others for its mistakes. while the whole world

has been looking out without admiration at the way socialist countries such as china and cuba have handled this pandemic. the us administration has been exposed completely as in apps in dealing with the corona virus trampas discovered that the easiest most least controversial way to deal with a problem in the us is simply to blame it on russia or china. you while russia has more than 250 confirmed cases of corona virus with 50 registered in the last 24 hours the government's announced a state of high alert in the country's regions among the actions taken by moscow is restricting foreign nationals from entering the country russians who enter from abroad they must go into quarantine for 2 weeks gathering support of 50 people have been prohibited schools and universities switch to remote learning auntie's you can

start off investigated the impact on the country's cultural scene. right now we're. playing this. greatest musician in the. records. what a story he's playing in front of hundreds of empty seats. disappointed society has been completely shut down but it. just. seems equip them towards this course of. history coming home

seasons and this is just the 1st. many holes will be broadcast live online for millions to see for anyone with a on the classical music. to the sound satisfied which i wasn't sure which was the it is very important to feel that life goes on i'm sure that soon will be playing to packed auditorium is all over the world so i dedicate this concert to everyone who loves classical music i know that music heals and real music can cure any adversity or disease so today's concert is antiviral. there's literally no ticket that can get you into this menu right now what it took us to get and for us our passport. press card the last. thing body temperature. it's beautiful it's meaning because from time to discretion for it and also stops playing my hands just to magic pill i can eat jerk reaction they call. and they

want to stop clapping and i realize how stupid that would be almost a bit stubborn edge but you have to imagine the you are being heard by a huge number of people that's not so easy because it's impossible to replace the life energy of a pact was tory and i hope that i will feel the virtual applause. the more schoolfellow monica cademy is not alone bringing the classical music relieved to the masses via broadband during this outbreak new york's much talked pro or pro the berlin philharmonic society and others are all up there making up the good company all of them underlining one particular truth during this covert 19 pandemic world stay home. and good things will come to you. who are people around the world trying to figure out what to do during quarantine hearties police where the popular streaming services are different to separated

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service. alas for those of you who prefer a little light reading marvel is used to a new comic book series that's supposed to be representative of the times the reaction online however has been less than positive some readers taking issue with what they see as being the satirical level of woken us of the new characters skeeter shares her thoughts in the latest quarantine diary entry. diary it's day 756 of my quarantine i have cleaned every car but looked out of every window and watched every and i mean every film and series on netflix so i've been left with no option but to turn to comic films not my usual thing but desperate times and i'm so glad i took that leap because in these times of life threatening pandemonium marvel house welcome to the wild

exactly what we all need snowflake and search space are the twins and their names are very similar to screen time fast off how imaginative all those names snowflake unsafe space must have taken a serious brainstorming session so these twins are black or white nowadays is so passe that both. morton culture i mean who is a snowflake with cropped blue haran matching layer todd is non-binary of course they are i'm saying space is a a big burly man and little hot pink shorts why not the part of a series called new warriors so obvious between shooting out snowflakes and creating full fields to protect against unkind enemies these twins would leave the enemy quaking in its boots but apparently not everyone agrees with me the marvel new warriors are so badly designed i genuinely thought they were parodies of stuff

as many bt minority terence's in the main cast as possible series. oh good lord snowflake in say space actually part of this crew marvel even the ninety's is way better than what you're bringing out now for the new worries at least marvelous producing toilet paper during this corona crisis with the new warriors now these 2 are just the latest jewels marvels added to its growing diversity crowd with my sisters in arms are also herald the decision to cost a woman as captain marvel back that whole thing had a real rough times a child and all the flashbacks we see there's a horrible man telling her she caught this and then one even told her to smile. about smarmy smile. that. i don't know about you but violence as a result for any unpleasant situation strikes me as a very positive and empowering message in real life they are just free lawson is

super malou too i do not need a 40 year old white dude to tell me what didn't work for him about a wrinkle in time rival d.c. comics also isn't lagging behind they went big with the all female birds of prey and light hearted film that delves into fun topics like misfortune ie tears all man down and day 5 women even when that clearly unstable. i'm shocked that it flopped at the box office but i mean we all know who's to blame . i'm sure lots of pieces on my birds of prey is under around at the box office but let's be real here it's sexism you expect me to believe that birds of prey is doing poorly for any reason other than sexism everyone keeps blaming their

marketing but nobody dares to name the real culprit sexes than of course force have . gender reassignment but mans cost you need a nip and tuck and while no one has a clue what form bond james bond will take on next time so many exciting changes to look forward to but what we're i love most about this whole vocal movement is how you can make it is i mean i don't know about you diary but treat it doesn't feel forced to do all this new with of political agenda signaling here it's just hollywood really caring about diversity. issues through without. enough now. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary that is spinning to assess donald trump's performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short will any of this really matter. and we're going underground 17 years to the day the world woke up to the aftermath of the initial bombing the head of an illegal u.s. u.k. invasion of iraq which would lead to tens of millions across the middle east killed maimed or displaced coming up in the show as coronavirus displaces all of the news

we ask legendary activist and inspiration for the rolling stone street fighting man tariq ali if anything is changed since he took part in the biggest global peace protest of the 21st century against the unchecked imperialism the destroyed iraq and destabilize the world plus as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage europe what does it mean for capitalism kashmir and the future of the world's most famous publisher judy and. also more coming up in today's going on the ground but let's go straight to one of the greatest living political activists and writers who has inspired antiwar figures from malcolm x. to john lennon tariq ali joins us from his north london home via skype chart thanks so much for coming on the program i have to declare an interest because you brought . channel 4 in the 1980s knew my boss but what would you say now to the millions who have been inspired by your work the fight for freedom and justice that you've undertaken in your life what would you say to them who are now profoundly pessimistic about the neo liberal response to

a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically we find. it difficult to come out on the streets because of the nature of this epidemic but i think what the epidemic actually teaches us is that the system under which we live is a soundly floor. and it does not alter the world a future that is worth living to put it at its heart i mean the notion that well is the only do not and later they approve of the. names and thence to this day and wealthy people will get their way. by saving their lives i don't practice them that but what about the restaurants the work so i take the new learn broke up into a system which is being enforced now effectively since the eighty's and

charge since the ninety's of the last century needs to be dismantled all the countries there are seriously attempting to come to grips with this epidemic i mean macro in france was korea who was election is based on making france a job in their liberal state has now been forced to reverse all that and offering to pay the utility beers council tax you know people not so well off except truth shows that deep down this entirely 0 through worst wage gov the western world. aware that the system which to be defending and supporting doesn't work for a majority of people that's the lesson to be drawn after the virus has been tackled there and it should if i may just say one of the countries that are strewn and no

panic because it is bad for these caves is the tiny island of cuba where cruise ships which are not allowed to land anywhere on joc anywhere are jocking in cuba being greeted by the population most all and are to be greeted by their doctors and the cubans are sending free medicines all over africa now that is the model whereas in the west this didn't come to site move there to maintain sanctions against iran or venezuela which is totally and completely disgusting this is still going on when those in the higher world is facing this crisis in fairness to bars drugs and foreign office and a stand that the british government have thanked the cuban government for taking the ship the braemar into port but certainly no condemnation from here about the u.s. sanctions on the island i want to get on.