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within 4 gray walls. it's using. art believed through. the headlines this 3rd of april israel struggles to get everyone to stick to the locked out especially one ultra orthodox town that snow a virus red zone after ignoring the advice. of the members. of the. greece quarantines the 1st greek migrant camp to be hit with an outbreak the concerns that conditions inside a recently spreading the virus. here president putin extends russia's paid leave for non-essential workers and home isolation until the end of april as coronavirus
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case is by. very good afternoon this is out international from moscow it's just to midday this friday my name's kevin owen i'm here with this next 30 minute world news roundup for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today to brief you on the total number of corona virus cases around the globe as now exceeded 1000000 with the largest numbers of cases registered in the united states italy and spain the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise it's now more than 53000 however there is some encouraging news as well the number of recoveries is also soaring and it's now exceeded 213.
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in other news in israel making sure all communities abide by strict lockdown rules is proving difficult apparently there are more than 7000 known infections there despite intense movement restrictions one hot spot is not wroth a dog's town where locals are ignoring social distancing advice at their cost it appears in this poll a slayer discovered. welcome to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now when you get into science fact this i ask you not to prostitute anymore destress i am dressed modestly but you can already hear people shouting and booing and yelling they don't like journalists here they don't like the police and we are here because we want to monitor the whole coronavirus situation and the fact that most of the cases are coming from ultra-orthodox neighborhoods like this one information is placed on billboards because there is no television or radio in these communities many of the posters on the yiddish language that was spoken in the 9th century in central europe most israelis don't speak yiddish it's only the
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ultra-orthodox communities who do not some of these posters warn against the koran as virus and also encourage social distancing but it's too little too late the latest ata shows that the highest rates of infection are among the ultra-orthodox and they still not taking heed superintended mickey rosenfeld is the national police spokesperson and he's here to assess things how exactly have the ultra-orthodox been flouting the regulations well here we are located in the area of meshaal in the religious neighborhood we've seen an extremely high number of people that have been in the streets our units are now patrolling all of the different areas because we want to prevent the corona virus from spreading that is something that's absolutely vital here in israel as we see the numbers going up and the main problem being inside the area is the fact that the neighborhoods are very closed very confined and we seeing that the message is not getting out to the public there are large numbers of people inside the families we're talking about couples plus 567 even 10 children and we have to make sure that people stay at home
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and they stay away from each other as much as possible at this stage in some cases police to be removing people from synagogues and closing down places of worship it's really tough going trying to convince people in this ultra orthodox neighborhood to abide by the end on a virus does. buses are allowed to travel with 25 people on board a synagogue is an open place. they allowed only 10 people to carry them with 2 nieces between each other. still closing it so why. not the only seeing the only need is the soles to be opened the only thing for nothing else was not even know he was he was he was actually was that once was or was was not there for the right. time to set up
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their price on people screaming on the balcony i was trying to ask one of the villagers changes because they're not in the c.c.c. that we stick efficiency not designers not people in this neighborhood i'm not shy just in genesis was he just that's not the reason why the piece appears to be saying that she thinks are actually things like are you going to the shop assistant to tell you the moment was. was was was was. so many religious jews here prayer is that on city the coronavirus but with big hospitals reporting that 40 to 60 percent of cases come from ultra orthodox neighborhoods the police will continue to crackdown. masha reem jerusalem elsewhere around the world a migrant camp near athens has become the 1st such facility in greece to record an
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outbreak of corona virus it's now been quarantined there's been concerns for weeks though the poor conditions inside the often cramped compounds spread the disease more quickly reporting next a day charlotte do bensky. security has been reinforced at the camp at cerner where the infection has taken hold it's just 70 or so kilometers north of athens and it's home to around 2500 migrants all living in close proximity all the food baskets and hygiene kits are being distributed charities have warned of the dangers of disease taking hold in a migrant camp for some people some of whom are at high risk of severe disease or death to even do it in unsanitary conditions crammed together in close quarters is a recipe for spreading the virus not to mention it is degrading and inhumane. quarantine was imposed after to merge the new mother from its owner was found to be
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infected with covert 19 now she had given birth in a hospital in athens and it's not yet clear if she contract the virus in there or in the camp but with other residents now testing positive the new confinement rules mean no one will be allowed out for the next 14 days the greek government has held its hands up and admitted the conditions in the camps all problematic but it points the finger at the e.u. the conditions are far from being ideal but it is dealing with this problem basically on its own we haven't gotten as much support from the european union as we want. the reaction is poor europe is returning to the nation states and is moving away from or should have been a common european response to a common global challenge that rebuke came off the elitists clashed over the economic response to the pandemic last week greece and 4 coronavirus spawned
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the idea is that the debt as a result of this crisis would be guaranteed by all countries however that was rejected by germany and it was also rejected by the netherlands now a new $100000000000.00 euro fund for the hardest hit countries has been unearthed the european commission president says that every year are still available in the budget would be spent on tackling the crisis we have developed the concept of short time work. it is intended to help italy spain and all other countries that have been hard hit this is european solidarity in action mundelein says the nearly agreed initiative does demonstrate european solidarity but for europe's poor countries in the south such as greece and italy countries that already feel that they are shouldering more than that fashion when it comes to migrants this new fund
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may feel more like a drop in the ocean roll over the life raft issues surely they have transformed to reach into into a kind of. county for immigrants and for a few jews and this is some acceptable especially as it's coming from members of the same union they exploited to they did not simply abandon greece in their i believe the same to some extent has happened to see jerry will have to find a more general solution to any way i don't believe that this union can exist too far longer if it continues to do what it is doing to its poor and a smaller members it will be destroyed. a french medical emergency chief says government efforts there to get protective equipment to medics isn't moving fast enough the country is dealing with more than over 59000 cases more than 5000 have
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died dr eric charles he has been describing the deluge of patients is region is treating. your issue for in the ills of france region with sort of playing a game of tetris meaning that whenever we take a patient out of intensive care their places immediately taken by another patient the date by which these must should arrive is actually within the next $10.00 to $15.00 days is that reassuring to know because there is a period during which we will continue to work and lack equipment or early spring claim to that a batch of masks jus to be sent to france from china was instead diverted to the united states after by a swooped in with cash now washington denies making such a move but the head of one french region says securing future orders now is vital i think ultimately we have included 60000000 marks for all regions but this morning in china right a polluting dock the americans brought up a french order for cash the plane which was supposed to fly to france headed to the
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united states with similar problems i must secure the cargo of the cargo is not intercepted overboard by others directly at the losing bridge or the demand for marks in france has rocketed to 40000000 a week just for medical personnel right now the country can only produce 8000000 even with more factories joining in production will only reach 10000000 a week by the end of april independent journalist told us the world's learning a big lesson here. can it be shark off the 30s you know the americans cannot manage things that way it is totally unacceptable here it is really bullying it is being on the chinese airport in offering 3 times the price cash and that's it and we don't care about the people we're supposed to receive the good governance of the regions masks in in china because they can't rely upon the state of prompt
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president mark or the liver that it's a big lesson probably for americans true and for europeans and for everybody in the world that you cannot simply. send all your industry is out of the country abandon production when you come to epidemics like this one or a pandemic it's impossible now to find mouth masks anywhere because everybody wants them britain's race to quell the pandemic has seen the government pledge to boost testing by the end of the month as it grapples with close 234000 infections putting the u.k. indeed in the top 10 nations in terms of confirmed cases nearly 3000 people have died in the u.k. so the doctors facing difficult decisions awful things to have to think about prioritizing patients with a higher probability of survival a temporary mortuaries no being built in east london should there be a predicted sharp rise in deaths destruction should be complete by the end of the week also the behavior being witnessed elsewhere in britain as well medical starter
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and pharmacists say they're bearing the brunt of the public's anxiety more and more in a recent survey 77 percent of pharmacist said that they've noticed an increase in verbal abuse 16 percent said they'd even been physically attacked a partridge next today than looks at the darker side of their difficulties despite the very public show the affection though every week. the u.k. recently joined the rest of the world in an emotional tribute to its front line terrorists in the battle against covert 19. 30 2. i've definitely seen and to get the next week the country even the most vironment and patients seem to be very grateful for the care that we wait with the boys medics are our new soldiers risking their lives to save others but this global war has an ugly side in a short space of time these brave workers are also falling victim to verbal and
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physical abuse i hear from community nurses that they're being heckled debt and verbal abuse and called to see spreaders this is supporting behavior it must stop right now society needs us more than ever headlines from around the world are grim to an australian nurse punched in the face and coughed at a hospital janitor in the philippines has bleach thrown in his face in india at least one doctor was assaulted by police besieged new york medics are also suffering abuse while some french care workers have had to hire gods the u.k.'s national health service has told its nurses not to wear their uniforms in public for their own safety while some medical workers have even been evicted from their homes basically. all n.h.s. . going to weaken the uniforms and to keep. your thoughts in the u.k. that i mean.
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we're not lawyers and we treat this way it's absolutely disgusting and the top isn't just physical last week in italy 34 year old nurse daniela thread see who worked in the covert 19 intensive care ward of a hospital near milan found out she'd caught the virus. thought of the idea she could have spread it and facing the relentless working conditions in europe aspirants epicenter she took her own life well it's not just nurses it's all health care workers and that includes 1st responders and carers in the community many are experiencing the same manic dieting and they're overwhelmed by will and i think the physical and mental gee mounds of long shifts and excessive workload and fear of catching the fairish is expression is difficult for health care workers at this time danniella tracksuits tragic case highlights the increasing stress medical
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staff are under a new study also shows they're reporting high levels of anxiety and depression as they risk their mental as well as physical wellbeing the u.n. has hailed the world's health care workers as heroes who must be protected one investigator said their tireless work in self-sacrifice shows the best of humanity they now need protection not only from the virus but the worst of humanity partridge r.t. london is just a midday 60 here in moscow where the target is whatever part of the world you're watching and thank you for taking the time to check in to us today this is our international law i've read make over though in moscow h.q. head we look at what's happening here in russia after the break as the scriptures get extended throat april and regions get to decide for themselves how best to respond.
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in london standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher. even life is on the line
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freedom of speech is also on trial. here in russia there are currently over 4000 registered cases now 34 people have died as the number of cases spiked president putin extended the country's coronavirus lockdown until the end of april there on that from our correspondent down off. well it was the 2nd time there vladimir putin addressed the nation in relation to the coronavirus and this time his address was rather brief and sounded and looked like more like an update on to as to what's being done and what to expect and well perhaps the most important part here is that while russians will be
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staying home till the end of the month. according to religious the peak of the global epidemic has not yet passed including in our country because of this i've decided to extend the non-working regime until the end of the month but is through to april 30th i would like to emphasize that employees will continue to receive their salaries. to an extent the address was also even therapeutic in its nature to show the russians that they are not being abandoned by the government and to give them an idea as to what the government is doing to prevent as many deaths as possible glad i'm appalled and also focused on what regions should be doing what measures regions should be taking to prevent the coronavirus spreading across russia and essentially has said that while regional authorities will be given greater powers to be able to handle this pandemic more autonomy will be looked on you glow according to my decree governors will be given additional powers until the
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end of this week they will have to determine a specific set of preventative measures which are optimized for their territories both in terms of ensuring health people security and the sustainability of the economy and key infrastructure in the regions themselves based on the situations we will decide which regime is introduced. to the key outtake from this is that local governments should be acting proportionately to the medical situation in each particular region for instance moscow with the place with most diagnosed called 1000 cases here in russia has been sort of leading the charge in such quarantine measures for example people here are not allowed. to go out unless it's to visit a local supermarket or to briefly and quickly walk the dog vladimir putin also gave orders to the russian government to step up the production of personal protection equipment and disinfectants as well as to start working on developing new covert 19
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testing kits which will be able to do the job book quicker and more efficiently elsewhere with almost all passenger flights currently grounded because the nation's sealing themselves off thousands of travelers are currently stranded abroad still unable to return home but confusion over a punctuation flight is leaving many in limbo as you know neal reports now. the scene at airports the world over this past month stuck in limbo on the able to leave sign from. the arnolds doors is american you are not to leave this building there's a man walking in a bathrobe life imitated art this year when actor tom hanks was forced into self isolation after being diagnosed with corona virus in australia he eventually made it home to the u.s. but there are plenty you haven't like this american stranded at moscow's largest airport after russia locked down its borders but it's his home nation and trenton turbo is most angered by the last we heard from the embassy was to get
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international flights any european capital they said if you get to the land border with finland that might be ok that's the embassy in moscow they don't understand the situation it's more confusing than helpful when you speak to the u.s. embassy here flights are being arranged however to some destinations from the russian capital new york among them so he still has hope it's a familiar story the world over and bali british holidaymakers have appealed to the u.k. government for an evacuation flight after being told they could be there for months the government's official statement was that we were stranded because there was still commercial flights running we saw in the. local news the next day back in england that they had discussed ok and had said that we when in need of repatch ration flights british embassy in jakarta were fantastic and we don't touch with them straight away and they were the ones over it like that found us
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a flight home i've been saving for this trip for about 2 years so i may show you that was a bit of a bit of a letdown but financially it's totally wiped out all the money i had masses of travelers are in no man's land desperate for updates on flights that are on likely to take off one of the world's toughest lock downs. is in place in new zealand nobody is allowed to leave the country 12000 germans alone are stranded there and it's left their families exasperated you prime minister think she can improve her profile on the back of young travellers who haven't got much money left that's her problem we haven't had any explanation i know in australia all germans have been flown out and the british are flown out you zealand is the only country we're holding people like in prison but while travelers are left under their plight others say it's their own fault with many having gone on vacation despite knowing luck donz could be imminent in any case the new normal is now things are changing
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by the minute let's just hope those stuck between a rock and an erp or terminal get their own hollywood ending. you know only a little softer so we're all stuck in bali john barry she's trying to get back to britain john hay there is going to say things that make it the time to be with us but i suppose you've got a fair bit of time on your hands at the moment despite it being very worrying how long have you been there. seen it back in bali after about 3 weeks what happened then with you ok i went to visit the 7 in australia have an exact count all the for the holiday and then from bali even going to cambodia we went to kuala lumpur to go to cumberland you got stuck there is no help no help it so so we had to get a flight back into can. you say no help at all the british government's been doing its best we've seen the reports ration flights regarding you though you have not had help obviously you know absolutely nothing nothing. chances all i was
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also tried to get at the end. it's just yeah isn't that the there are no flights at all you just late getting a loss what happened in those latter days. it looks like if you are going carry every tell you which you could think of place it just cancels. any idea how long you're going to be there now it's like how long is a piece of string a minute well placed on wednesday can't. now be told go to the airport has trial see this trial and hopefully i'll be on another flight flight just so there could be some hope yes i mean because a lot of people a lot of people going through so much stress around the world are holed up in flats maybe no gardens they can get out small apartments bali's not island paradise of
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course sounds great not great when you're there maybe not knowing where your next money's going to come from etc and how you manage to cope with that kind of thing and this is where it's a quarry obviously it's just a core you just operate in. it's just we are worried and we've got enough to see you through there or you know how long could you stay there if you if you can get on this next flight. that you know and you know i've just been you know and what about emotionally. sounds like has been extremely stressful you. have just been in there with no help out there you know it's being it has been a very german to leave it there all the very best of luck on your trip to britain there are travelers stuck in take care. thank you great. ok well throughout all this we're keeping you posted around the clock 24700 r.t. international only from here in moscow but also with our anchors in our studios reporters all around the world as we get through these tricky times all together as
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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things were considered i'm peter lavelle in london julian assange standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher songs his liberty even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldn't know that from the mainstream media. cross talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest in london joe lauria he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and co-founder of action for
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a song and we're joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to the the legal part of this story here we'll go to alexander me curious alex i mean the mainstream media. when it does report the trial it seems to me there's an enormous amount of or mission being played out here in europe you have a legal mind you have a legal legal experience is he getting a fair trial go ahead of what you have to say there are certain aspects of the trial which to cause me a great deal of unease are i don't want to go into the. details too far but firstly are i have to have genuine concerns about the physical layout of the courtroom the fact that he is care behind a glass barrier he's been complaining that.

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