u.s. becomes the at the center of the code with 19 pandemic most confirmed cases in the world new york accounts for half of the 85000 infections with a 40 percent surge in hospital admissions in just a single day. nothing. we were open waiting for patients to come never came now they just keep. the spine dealing with a health crisis on home soil the u.s. pressure on venezuela accusing president maduro of narco terrorism nothing at $15000000.00 reward for his capture. pileup incriminatory with hospitals overwhelmed as it leaves struggles to cope with the

impact of the coronavirus and. french police unions voiced their anger against the government over the lack of protective equipment for offices and threaten to stop and forcing the nation wide lockdown. so much for joining us here with your global news updates this is r.t. international. well 1st let's get the latest on the scale of the covert 900 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered world wide with 24000 lives lost so far 124000 people have recovered from the virus the united states now has the largest number of confirmed infections outstripping china. a growing number of countries have in force the nih the partial or full lockdown to control the spread of the

novel coronavirus an estimated 3000000000 people almost half of the world's population now under various forms of restriction. you know i think the united states has enough to deal with with the ongoing epidemic but the state department's turning its focus to venezuela or for gay multimillion dollar bounty for the capture of president durham supposedly for narco terrorism let's get an update on the story now from our senior correspondent ryan gets the if he's there right across the story as i just mentioned the united states has got all kinds of problems to deal with and indeed have all countries around the world to get their found time and the energy to focus on venezuela what's going on while they've made venezuela a problem for themselves for now for a very long time it is a state that when the united states says heal it doesn't come to heel and not as

irritated that the americans they have done so much to try to get rid of madeira they have condemned him they have sanctioned him and his entire circle they have sanctioned the state and then there's the hope was that by shooting that israel and by depriving them of their billions in their funds and their foreign assets and their all trade by depriving them of imports of food and medicine that they would get the people to turn must do go and do the american job for the eaters it is all failed they have funded the opposition why do ease running funded by the united states they've provided them with a world platform they've got a bunch of countries 60 countries to. recognize the venezuelan government and nothing has worked nothing short of short of military invasion it is universally difficult to see now how they could get rid of madieu or his supporters

to widespread in venezuela so they came up with with this you know this is something you might find in a in a hollywood movie a wanted poster plastered on a saloon in the wall. west and the united states says you know what it is doing it isn't protecting venezuelans or trying to change the regime in venezuela it is protecting americans in america from venezuelans in venezuela we're not acting as the world's policeman we're acting as policeman for ourselves and people rob a gated to protect the american people. the underlying charges that they've managed to come up with is that nicolas maduro organized to help to organize with colombian drug cartels with colombian guerrillas to traffic cocaine into the united

states and to flood the united states with cocaine. i'm honestly not hard pressed to name a country in all the latin america that isn't trafficking cocaine to the united states but there you go this is this is their latest play this is their latest bet or attempt at trying to get rid of nicolas maduro. that clearly with their already had a full plate he's got a bottle of corona virus in his country there was already a political target on his back that target just got a lot bigger now with this bounty how's he reacted well i wouldn't say that he's going to let this get there they have tried all manner of things in all manner of ways to try and get him out of office you know we just went through that he has he has weathered a lot of pressure a lot of pressure and he still looks for there's no predicting what will happen tomorrow venezuela is a very very bad shape but nicolas maduro believes that what the united states is

doing their behavior is they've really magical themselves on the international stage as some sort of cowboys. this is an extreme vulgar and miserable action from donald trump's administration they've released a set of false accusations and slander acting like cowboys racists of the 19th century they put a price on the head of revolutionaries but we are ready to fight them wherever they are if the u.s. imperialist all agog he dares to touch a single one of us prepare yourselves for the bolivarian fury of our people which will devastate all of you. good fully that is just siebel rattling on both sides because their israel is a powerful country it is a strong country with a powerful military and this god forbid it comes to a military conflict this isn't a conflict that is going to be over easily quickly all without much bloodshed but

there there is the economic war that is being waged the livelihoods and the lives of ordinary venezuelans they are there they're at this point willful sanctions have been turned into a weapon of mass suffering these people are deprived of in the midst of an epidemic a deprived of the most basic medical goods must anything nothing is allowed and venezuela without u.s. sanctions or without u.s. approval suso you know people they're there and few illusions they understand that life in the foreseeable future is going to be difficult. it is ascension they have always had what more sanctions have they given to venezuela look at what is happening here in venezuela the epidemic affects everyone and everyone is suffering now they come with more sections look how this country is more sanctions for what enough of the saying that they're giving to venezuela and

then there where donald trump is not the judge nor is he the world's prosecutor all the americans who voted for him last lost so much because they have lost the friendship of the entire world because of the crazy man they have there but they're not getting any better whatever has to happen happens really because already i say we can't stand this much longer now enough of so much corruption look for yourself because the truth is that things are hard. as you say you know you took you to a latin american countries in the exporting of cocaine i mean i'm sure there will be some countries that that aren't. caught up in that it's hard to know where the drug trial begins and sometimes though we are gods. i can't recall the top of my head seeing this kind of situation before like you said a kind of a wanted dead or alive type post we seen anything similar in the past well not 1st

1st off i would argue that almost every north latin american country has cartels cartel operations running through it i mean to get cocaine from from colombia for example up to the united states you have to go through all those little countries near parliament and parliament parliament 30 years ago the head the head of state of parliament stood before us judge facing nearly identical charges to what nicolas maduro is now being accused of and that is enabling colombian cartels to run drugs through his country up into the united states. here apparently took a 4600000 bribe according to the us nevertheless the situation easy it is almost if you wasn't so sad it would be comically similar because he was as a head of state he was also indicted by the united states accused of the same thing

as nicolas maduro and there unfortunately it ended with the us invasion and them capturing him but the point man that was behind that operation and that is behind this operation accusing the special envoy to venezuela of the united states now is the same person elliott abrams i mean even american media all over on t.v. on the internet they're drawing parallels because it is impossible not to ignore the fact that these are almost identical cases and the united states is trying to get rid of mud. it's tried everything it was trying to get rid of in the you with that succeeded in the past and that is by indicting him on drug charges made up all otherwise it's just a come back to you on the point you were making that you know the lines run through pretty much all the countries in latin america that we're talking about en route to

the government we're talking about cartels here and therein lies the big difference and makes the charges against but there are that much kind of harder to which is the point try to try to prove try to prove that you had nothing to do with it it's virtually impossible many thanks mark as the would be in the studio with the story . well we heard from venezuela in his story miguel think he thinks that the latest threats against caracas touring a global health crisis are pointless the cruel. it's obvious that this administration feels that it can do whatever it wants the fact that bill barr has to start his conference by saying we are not the policeman of the world in fact speaks of the fact that this action is highly political and really reinforces the notion of the us as an imperial power able to dictate policy able to order the arrest of world leaders heads of states as it wishes so this is very much of a clearly a political more a moment a cruel inhuman action at

a time in which the country is reeling not only from the pandemic but also from the low prices for oil and also dramatic shortages created in part by the sanctions imposed by both the obama administration and now the trump administration . united states has found itself at the center of think of a 900 pound with the number of cases now even outstripping china home with a t. 6000 americans have tested positive for the virus more than 1300 have died you'll city's been by far the worst it's nearly 14000 cases that surround half of the national total 466 people have died in you york state the governor than cuomo says that there's been a 40 percent surge in hospital admissions over just the past 24 hours and there is a civilian shortage of hospital beds and a ventilator with more his to see each of us from new york.

today hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pandemic people come in they get into bed it they die the cycle repeats elmhurst hospital in queens the bureau with the most coronavirus cases in the city in the center of the outbreak the hospital confirming at least 13 patient deaths within 24 hours right now it's every day it's nonstop literally and. unfortunately it's my get to suggestion you have to pick and choose what you're going to do are you going to do. as the doctor say a lot of people call you not to the survivor to expire but you put the same machine in the not the 1st shot as medical staff operates out their limit hundreds of more people wait lining up outside to get tested for kovan 19 but officials say the 545 bed hospital is overrun and in desperate need of medical supplies you know the system's overwhelmed all over the place the shortage of safety gear out one new york hospital so dire nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags the situation in

new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for roughly half the cases across the country this grim video shows team setting up a makeshift morgue outside of bellevue hospital something that was done during hurricane sandy and 911911 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to columbine never came. ok now they just keep coming however a small sign of hope governor cuomo announcing that for the past few days the rate of hospitalizations is slowing although he cautions that the peak of the crisis could still be about 20 days away the governor as that while only about 15 percent of cases have required hospitalisation the state into supports 140000 people will need to be hospitalized warning that he does not have enough beds or lifesaving ventilators and as medical personnel remain on the front lines we are learning that a member of mt sinai is nursing staff who has been treating coronavirus patients. he has passed away from colvin 19 the hospital saying in

a statement today we lost another hero a compassionate colleague friend and selfless caregiver meantime the hospital system initiating a procedure called plasmapheresis where they transfer antibodies from patients who have recovered from cold the 19 to those who are critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . the containment measures in place across the united states have forced business is to close the doors and lay off staff jobless claims hit 3300000 this week that smashed or previous records the number is 5 times higher than during the peak of the $992.00 recession and the main to in the senate has just passed a 2 trillion dollar stimulus plan to keep businesses afloat. turning to italy now where they have suffered the largest loss of life of any country because of the pandemic more than 8000 people there have died and there are

80000 confirmed cases now the north of the country has been hit hardest this video here shows a local climate or in that it's been completely overwhelmed by the outbreak it is simply overloaded with coffins additional refrigeration devices have been brought in as workers there are unable to clear the dead in time hospitals they're also swamped with doctors and nurses in lombardy under immense pressure. on. all. 3.

months ago they were great to 5 days you. know you. would almost. all 3. simply. leave it. there. is so. you want as different countries come to italy's aid more voices there are questioning the solidarity of european union members this video shows and it tallied entrepreneur replacing the unions flag with a russian one at the entrance to his factory went viral this video we spoke to the factory owner about the gesture. we deceive you for a mission. russia people say and you need to really. airplane

full of montreal. and the doctor all ok instead of you gloss everything. and i don't want to intrude in political question i'd prefer to change the. drop will we flush or why russia explain very lovely to each of the only question i want only to give birth to russia or for that . is the question why change this right i want to choose to work for my friend a russian we need. french police are threatening to stop enforcing the nationwide lock down there which has been in place for almost 2 weeks unions are accusing the government of failing to provide protective equipment after an officer died from kovi 19 on wednesday. he has the story. during foresman agencies been particularly hard hit of this latest news that one of their own has lost their lives to cozied

19 what we know about that individual is that they were dom 51 years old and as soon as they felt ill they were placed into self confinement but unfortunately the condition worsened on wednesday before the gendarme who's only been named as patrick g. in the french media it could reach the hospital he had passed away now that latest development has ratcheted up the threats from police unions that unless they're given the protective gear that they need that they will stop enforcing the law down this is what the unions had to say in a joint statement to the ministry of interior the eater union is issuing his solemn warning to the minister who the means of protection are lacking police officers who carry out urgent missions and will no longer and force the lock down for the lockdown in françois has been going on since march 17th and since that around 800000 finds have been given out by the police officers and john downs across the

country there are around a 100000 have been deployed to do just that but they have been angry now since the beginning of that lockdown over fears of the lack of protective masks that they've had many police unions have talked about the fact not just that they fear because they coming into contact with so many people to issue these fines to check the permission slips that we need to be out on the streets in france that they could be liable to catch the virus but also then could be a vector of transmission so this is something that's really been consuming the union since the start now the ministry of interior is infuriating police officers and the unions even further in the last few days after it requisition the f f p 2 masks these the highly protective masks took them away and said the police officers had to give them to the health workers now we've been talking to one police union in the last. week about some of the fee is that they have their members. security

officers police and other people who are. in the country need to be protected this farce does not distinguish between police medics and other citizens we're not even sure that we police officers not potentially in fact some people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others well nor new names to use the junior interior minister says that the government is policy is to pass those highly protective mosques on to the health workers and that they all working to provide the police with other mosques and a working on alternatives for the situation but this is a lack of mosques isn't just a problem for the police it's been described by one nursing union here in france is akin to a state scandal and that's because france doesn't have enough mosques for its emergency workers and this is just the latest headache for the french government in the last few days we also know that a group of medics filed

a complaint of negligence against top officials here in france that includes the prime minister edward felipe saying that they didn't do enough to avert the pandemic of the coronavirus pandemic here in france and this comes of course as france is trying to battle against kofi 19 as the numbers of infected and the numbers of those who have apparently died 19 continue to rise. the european space agency has come up with some tips on how we can cope better with long periods in isolation and bring you their advice under the stories after this break.

lead. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get out of the world of politics or business i'm sure both of us are so you there.

was. welcome back the european space agency is offering its help to millions of people who are now confined to their homes because of the ongoing pandemic the agency held a free online conference aimed at connecting people across the globe with space explorers and scientists one of the participants was samantha christopher that you have us to hold the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a european astronaut and we got a chance here at r.t. to speak with us. on the international space station we have a big space stations we have a lot of space so that it's not that difficult but i can imagine people nowadays right now families having to live in a small apartment all day 24 hours but we also have to think of people who maybe

live alone and so they're they're really isolated there are some strategies that people maybe can use to cope and to help each other the number one thing the really most important one is to communicate a lot we really try to stay connected to our families to our friends to our loved ones on earth but i think it's really important also for people who right now are in isolation you know we really have to because of the phone sky e-mail whatever we need whatever works to make sure that we keep those human connections going the other thing is that our space station we are very very busy and very day and so that helps us i think to keep psychologically healthy because you know every day we get up and we have a lot of things to do. considered among possible impacts of self isolation are post-traumatic stress as well as anxiety anger and health complications that could

even lead to permit your death to match p.s. show and ok medical doctor and social commentator believes that these adjustments are going to be a huge challenge for people the people. of the world we. don't want to do and the world is so isolating for many people this is a new i think the just don't know it's just that from litle before to now it's going to challenge me all the adults do it it's the friends or families and their immediate forward of that can be an excellent television. so i think these people the problem's going to come exacerbated by others it will be especially ssion i think for young people as well we should have a lot going to places going to school to college university that's not young people young adults who suddenly find such cut off from their friends their contacts there or the social lives it may be may be harder to speak. now as lots of people are starting to find out eating out is no longer an option if you have to self isolate

and that has caused a global spike in food deliveries here in moscow artie's me if i'm not sure when to find out how suppliers are bringing food and indeed other goods to people's doorsteps while at the same time keeping themselves safe. with people recommended to stay home delivery services have he'd peak business and they're having to adjust . and it's not only demand on the rise responsibilities rising to normally we have regular inspections of our fulfillment stopped and. every morning and now we have special briefings or all those employee years and we i'm too high in

the of the importance of personal hygiene and we use sanitizers for bam and so when orders of electronics clothes toys messing all moving online but food deliveries are perhaps the highest demand right now. the research in. arms or from previous weeks no one can meet such a big demand or so just work and uncool. or 7 days a week we continue bringing more and more people into or service delivery is just one of the options here in moscow who knows to cross 3 stores toy shops or pharmacy still have their doors open for customers too and run those who come and buy things off line many are aged simply are not familiar with online orders and have no one to help them with it but moscow's mayor is advising this stop over 60 five's are being urged to stay home and self isolate themselves for 2 weeks and move that is

supposed to protect this vulnerable. i mean you can certainly get the work to do but 1st here's a picture that avoid you. do you. believe. and here is the answer those who mayor's office provided a special phone number for all those who are on self isolation and need help so we're going to call them and ask how it works in finding how. to help. you no wait. i try. 132 now i just i don't press anything just

wait. it is if you want line so they're supposed to answer 247. in a practical question or blue collar torques is a person who's calling is 65 or is in the us and request it could be anything from going to show up buying some medicine or any as i tell to ask for them to make an auto it and send the request to social services shortly after on the same days a person is called back to discuss what where and when she. came to the current virus pandemic is seriously testing the country's economies and medical systems but perhaps the biggest challenge ahead is a civil one well people around the globe show erected it's to support and respect each other during these toughest of times. original sheltie from moscow and please stay healthy. while bunch the.