bottom timer with all our modern. headlines from russia this monday the 23rd of march moscow region leaders tell the elderly and the sick now to stay at home as preventative measures ramp up to keep coronavirus at bay russia says there are a fewer than 500 cases nationwide. russia sends medical experts and vital equipment to italy to help its fight against the disease which has claimed more than 5400 lives. and france passes a merchant see measures to tackle the health choices but there is a wave of anger among medics who accuse leaders of responding with too little too

late. hello there this is art international from moscow is just 12 pm here this monday well welcome to the program with me kevin no it was slightly new show julian place for you for the time being i'll be here with my colleagues will be here every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round up all 1st the new measures are being implemented across the moscow region to contain the spread of covert 19 residents aged over 65 and people with chronic health conditions are being told to stay at home russia says there are now 438 known infections nationwide here but there's been $71.00 new cases in the past 24 hours all of them here in moscow this is a broad though about the relatively small official figures at this time our senior correspondent laura goes to of looks at the numbers and why they're low right now.

how ohio how of this too few infected in russia why hasn't the pandemic hit russia why aren't there more infected and that is a question you hear more and more often in the western press pundits are busily with disappointment the how is relatively simple it's action world c.n.n. and others were busy bashing trump for his racist policies in restricting air travel with china russia shut the. border of thousands and thousands of kilometers without a no frills wild west the need is politicians were busy shooting their business leaders and cooper and bosses russia established quarantine and he would arrive in the country was self isolated at home and talk about tests russia has conducted

856000 coronavirus tests the united states up until march conducted just poor 1000. instead they have grasped at straws cited fringe opposition and conspiracy theories that allege a widespread cover up of putin's machinations that putin is hiding the true infection rate well even the world health organization has denied these rumors and 99.99 percent sure i get there are no hidden cases i don't think that air recurrence see some cases where people have not come forward because they didn't want to self isolation but breaking through the network that walls catch. and understand and advise such cases really are while russia has been fortunate soufan few expect the pandemic to completely pot.

russia but hospitals and clinics are increasingly being prepared to receive the infected who would in quarantine mode about 60000 people in russia under quarantine self isolation or the medical observation for most of the surveillance so well done including indeed community acquired mourning as we are all other cars which are all nested for all that i think we also have our c.v.s. cases are were on that it's because of the rapid structure in russia we've seen an increase a sharp increase in that and finally i can tell you i haven't formally you know i'm saying next where are all people i know in russia you're now or do you know someone who knows someone prison hospital for the hour. and i couldn't find

a single person who answered that who could have predicted that the sanctions intended to borrow and cripple russia would save it. in these times of worldwide economic recession see the point of those sanctions was to deprive russia of this of dollars in your of zulu rooms and financing for the central bank the government or companies and businesses to what russia did was switch to this. the rule of now foreign debt is that the wreck would blow russia produces almost everything it needs 90 percent of what it needs russia now your culture produces for its not the other needs to china now russia is set up the web of a stool with the hearth trillion dollar fund that it set up just in case now

is that case. russia will be a bit better off than other can trees because of this experience because of sanctions and because of reserves when the virus threat passes it's possible things will come back to life faster in russia than in other countries because they won't be the negative drag of that the end result has been the childes supermarkets and shops are still packed with everything you could ever want while there has been something of a run on supermarkets and shops and ordering well they still sell toilet paper and plenty of it. to see it for now at least russia medical experts meantime have been sending equipment to italy as well to help tackle the coronavirus italy is the world's most badly affected country more than 59000 people have tested positive for covert 19 and over 5400 people have died correspondent donald cotton was in the shooting just last hour tell me more about this aid mission has been sent from

russia to italy. russia's top contribution has to be really those 100 medical experts that were sent there just landed near rome actually we're talking about russia's top military veralyn just an epidemiologist highly experienced specialists who have grappled with serious epidemics in the past like anthrax and ebola now loads of russian medical equipment and disinfection trucks were also sent there earlier we saw videos from the russian ministry of defense of these these trucks loaded with medical supplies rolling out onto the airport tarmac and like you said before you know italy was hit really hard by this corona virus and it actually has the highest death toll in the world from the coronavirus so in a country like that of course the leaders are are going to be thankful for getting that kind of aid i would like to express my great satisfaction and gratitude from all the italian people for russia's assistance at such a difficult time i would like to say thank you for the large amount of material and

the specialists who have come from russia to eataly to help now italy has also gotten support in terms of doctors and medical supplies from countries like cuba and china but as for the e.u. itself so far pretty much nothing i mean brussels has been talking about the central bank has been talking about a possible 410000000000 euro bailout plan but hundreds of people in italy are dying every day from this virus and this still amounts to just talks and to make matters worse some leaders are even restricting the export of medical supplies to italy because they think that they're going to need those supplies for their own responses to the pandemic so as long as at least left to fend for itself in this time of crisis by the by by the e.u. of which it's a bloc member you know it's hard to see how the situation is going to be. cold who have just lost the president of the italian conservative think nation says you nation's different reactions shows little in the way of unity old solidarity the.

eastridge. between the nation inside the european union is not true in these situations these imagined situation the question that we asked to hold the european union a government that would be the utility of the european union the and when to help the nation state in the european union they didn't have so many cases of people with coronavirus like he's only has the country to close borders too easily the house of country decided not to help keep the least in the european union and especially the european bank is decided not to help the family much after that after few days when the coronavirus arrived or soon from when the coronavirus arrived in germany arriving now for sore eyes also. hold down the country immediately the european union changes the way to react to the coronavirus so

that's not possible you may believe 16000000 of people we are pursuing the quantum you said the european union every year we spend a lot of money. and we expected a response from the european union to help our country. france has now surpassed 16000 registered cases of the 674 people who died most were over 70 years old the french parliament declared a health of motion c. on sunday it sets a loss for at least 2 months it gives the government more powers during the break including the implementation of restrictive measures support for struggling businesses and the requisition of goods or services france went on lockdown last week to limit the spread of the deadly virus people are only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips the fish oils are still being accused of negligence nonetheless in their response to the crisis as our correspondent in paris charlotte do bensky reports next. death rate rises the infection rate goes up

but here in france we are hearing from french medics that they are unhappy that they feel that not enough was done enough to stop the pandemic here in france they've actually filed a legal complaint against some of france's talk officials including the prime minister and the former health minister on you to sell what they say is that these officials knew as early as january how bad things were going to get and yet they didn't do enough some of the evidence for their complaint comes a real interview with the former health minister herself who had talked about france holding the 1st round of municipal elections just over a week ago in saying it was a masquerade and saying as she stepped down from her job as health minister she did so crying because she knew that a tsunami was coming. for the medics has told r.t. that the government was simply lying to the google doodle we're dealing with

a government that's lying to us they say we'll be taking measures and they'll say again we need to do this we need to do that the truth is we've lost the advantage and struggle to catch back up if you want an example you must remember the president stark speeches last week when he used his wall. as commander in chief to convince us that marched will arrive soon because mass of the main tools in this war may help medical workers where are those. where the french government says it's doing all it current to handle the crisis in regards to those shortages we have heard from the french prime minister edward phillipe requisitions have been made and requested be made to manufacture some researches to come up with new prototypes for things such as mosques this is more of what he had to say because of all see we have asked the ministry of the the ministry of defense to find alternatives more precisely to engage in a wide range of industrial activities some research either to multiply the

production lines or to come up with alternatives disposable or usable well another accusation from the medics told us about was the lack of testing for 19 they think that this is problematic now from isn't the only country that's been experiencing shortages for the kits to test for the virus many of the countries are experiencing the same shortages that other medical supplies as well we've been hearing about this over the past few weeks and that is why the current health minister says that it's just not possible to test everyone. today we don't test automatically so far we made the choice like most countries and as per the european recommendation to reserve the priority members of the public the targeted people are just like in neighboring european countries those who are most at risk. of 19 is course panic across the world and each country is handling the crisis in the way that it feels

is best and it could of course be months before we see a fax developed and a vaccine usable humans and what governments including the one here calling for is a sense of togetherness that we are all in this together. this is a sense of unity so perhaps it would feel at the moment a legal complaint like this is particularly unwelcome. most news in the last hour the german chancellor angela merkel is no self isolating after finding out she'd come into contact with someone who tested positive for covert 19 it was on the same day she introduced tougher measures to curb the spread of infections there let's talk about what's happening in your league or europe correspondent in berlin hey there peter how is germany faring in this ongoing fight against coronavirus where is it. well monday morning we've been getting one of our regular briefings from the public health authority here the robert cock institute and their head. of.

currently at the moment they believe that the exponential growth curve the number of people that are getting this virus and then passing it on to others you pass it on to others you pass it on to others well that that is kind of leveling out at the moment he said it was too early for real optimism about that but if this should continue until say whedon's day was the time limit he put on it then they would start saying that perhaps the exponential growth of this virus in germany would seem at least to be leveling out he stressed though the importance of testing people for this virus he said it was really important to know just who had it and who didn't in fact there's been an awful lot of tests carried out here in germany so far around 25000 confirmed cases of covert 19 in germany just under a 100 people succumb to that and have died from the virus so far what we've heard

announced from angola merkel and from the government are strict new guidelines when it comes to social distancing this is what they believe is the way of the way forward to stop the virus spreading is to keep your distance from people wherever possible. often in public people are wrongly allowed to move around alone or with one other person who is not a member of their own household or they can move around with members of their own household in public people must keep a distance between each other of a minimum of 1.5 meters preferably 2 meters. where one of those who is in quarantine at the moment is the chancellor angela merkel as she's isolating that's after she came into contact with a doctor who had given her a vaccination against something else. in that doctor later proved to have tested positive for covert 19 now there's no question at all of her being unable to carry

out her duties as chancellor at the moment due to her being quarantined in fact to her party the christian democratic union party currently supposed to be picking essentially her successor is supposed to be a election campaign underway to elect who will be the new leader of that party that's certainly not happening at the moment in fact one of the front runners for that election friederich meths he has tested positive for covert 19 and his is himself currently quarantined away now before chancellor merkel went into quarantine she was spotted in a berlin supermarket pushing around a shopping trolley of a rather well rather frugal collection of groceries she had in there if that's what she's taking into her 2 week self isolation i think she may well be sending some of the secret service out to pick up a few more supplies but that's the way it looks at the moment one of the

particularly interesting things though to go back to what i talked about at the beginning and this this press conference that was given by the head of the robert cock institute 57 percent of those that have tested positive here in germany fall into one particular demographic and that is 45 year old men so that's particularly different to what we've seen in some countries where it's been. it's been the elderly and those particularly with underlying conditions it would seem that 45 year old men are the main people who certainly have been catching the covert 19 here in germany call you the series now and men seem to be more susceptible to it as well don't they were euro not the moment that he was going to have a lab or out of the moment you know not going to i'm over 45 anyway let's not even think about that at the moment i was trying to look to see. what was in anglo merkel's basket there a couple of bottles of physical water maybe in some fish fingers i don't know maybe you can get a closer look later tell us what was in the little rolls of toilet paper just

a couple are all that i have and i would definitely one thing i know this time it seems that what i want to think about thank you thank you or that's the view from berlin as well talking of. stuff to buy or not to buy in the there is a warning that the e.u. could face food shortages if it doesn't do more to fast track the movement of goods and workers farming industry representatives believe the supply chains at risk after more than a dozen countries tightened or closed their borders given that the agri food supply chain is highly integrated and operating across borders any blocks of supply and workers will inevitably disrupt business our ability to grow food for will depend on the preservation of the e.u. single markets the use internal borders usually open or monitored of course alone the unrestricted flow of goods and workers in usual times but these are far from usual times the leaders are backing a proposal to launch fast track legs but they have not agreed to keep those internal borders open the food industry says there isn't going to be enough and severe disruption there warning should be expected the pan e.u.

trade body food drink europe told us the industry should be given special status to keep things moving. we would very much like the commission to focus on providing green lanes this would enable food and drink products and also sociate of products like packaging to be able to go across borders quickly and efficiently to be up to meet their intended markets and at the moment no it's not happening there are more delays than many reasons drivers going to corn scene or or delays due to large monk use or even some drivers are being asked for paperwork they didn't know existed or if there are a food shortage of course the public will they land is our job to make sure that there will not be serious shortages and we've identified 5 major pressure points in the food chain where if member states of the european union of the european commission can act and act quickly we believe that we can continue to maintain

a steady supply of food and drink people also need to eat and they need drink and so we need special measures for to drink industry. we will continue to report world wide as countries work to fend off coronavirus best they can on the way after the break here on out international with me kevin are in today the struggle to get emergency measures in place in the united states. all off. pretty. soon. as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is

fitting 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 nobody. else seemed wrong but old old just don't call. me old yet to shape our disdain to come out ahead and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

well from moscow this is art international thank you for taking the time to watch us today review tuned in around the world next the u.s. lawmakers have failed to pass the coronavirus response bill as it was called house republicans say it would provide assistance to families and businesses but the democrats say it doesn't go far enough because it fails to protect health workers or people who've lost their jobs because of a pandemic it will be a 2nd vote later this monday among the most vulnerable americans of those sleeping rough for whom measures like self isolation is simply not an option while donald trump plans to deploy the national guard in 3 states including california charities for the homeless people on the streets need help to. we are not prepared yet for a crisis like this individual who we are doing everything we can but we will be listen precious saul's house on the street if we don't take immediate action california is one of the most affected states for coronavirus but also has the

country's highest number of homeless estimated last year to be around 150000 support groups say the squalid conditions of that many are living in could worsen the spread of the disease is not a problem this is strictly the cost to california europe is thought to have more than 700000 people who are homeless right now an increase of around 70 percent compared to a decade ago france's openness to self isolation centers know it can accommodate up to $300.00 people while the mayor of london says the city will secure $300.00 hotel rooms for the self isolation of homeless people the investigative online news team at red fish has been across those they've been hearing the stories of people sleeping rough throughout europe. we dumped b.p. now but it was the other day when some of the probability. that we don't. know what to do with operational one is to go on if you don't talk to me told me that he was are going to see this visit according. to the hunters

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the into tell him of the industry seems to see this one coming may be. so i think i'm dealing with quarantine pretty well i will admit i hit a bit of a low point last night and a deep dive into the internet and i kept coming across this same question could we have seen this all coming well i'll tell you what back in 2011. hollywood was definitely on to something that one or 2 people made maybe 60. it's a 1000000000 that's where we are so the virus originates in china check but it's transmitted by touch check scientists a scrabbling to develop

a vaccine check points or abandon shops or ransacked and doctors are repeating the same mantras to try and hope the pandemic check check check the average person to use their feeds 3 to 5 times everything in between for touching or not. and each other today start working on not touching your face because one main way viruses spread is when you touch your own mouth nose or eyes and the entertainment industry as it were a foresight and that we know that the simpsons has developed a reputation for predicting the future like donald trump becoming president the invention of autocrats and smart watches and even and the price when i bought hardcore fans allow convinced the show anticipated tom hanks is recent coronavirus diagnosis that's on top of another episode where a nation walk into a box sends it to houma and causes an outbreak in springfield.

and if you're a disney fan you might remember 20 ten's tangled while tongues out our golden had beauty was self isolating and a kingdom called none other than co-wrote. wait a minute here in tangled reponse was trapped in the tower corentin and hidden from the kingdom in corona did anybody else realize this tangled the disney movie about a girl who's isolated from the kingdom of corona well played. so we are all stuck at home like rapunzel trapped in her tower untangled the kingdom of corona. bosket bull finds out by wondering how your past your time now that the n.b.a. has temporarily shut up shop while if you'd watch space jam you might have been better morally prepared sure it was

a villain the savior who brought the sports league to its feet but close enough it's not just hollywood which is only a city on point $981.00 novel the eyes of darkness touches on a deadly weapon developed in a city few had heard of until 2020 but which now for better or for worse will go down in the history books they call the stuff 10400 i was the 405 strain of manmade marco organisms created by research center we hunted for hundreds a perfect weapon and in this new pandemic self quarantining reality we finding ourselves at the delivery guy has gone from the man who never got to fast enough to the man who might literally save you after you peaked too early and snuffled all the snacks well if you're a gamer with an eagle why $29000.00 deaths strontium delivery man is 20 twentieth's hero willing to climb any mountain to get you your supplies.

so it seems that maybe life isn't actually that much stranger than fiction. good sailor working from home well these are uncertain times for all of us of course but you can be assured that we'll continue to do our very best to keep you informed and into tain over the coming weeks with our news from our studios around the world of documentaries now there is talk shows as well all lined up for you and raring to go here on r.t. international. a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells their bodies on the street many.