i want. headlines this 4th of april french nurses stage an online protest accusing the government believe it was awfully ill equipped to treat patients. with. here's what our government has given as to why they called it 19 as you can see we need a full range of necessary medical equipment we actually don't have to provide sufficient medical help. please from hard hit towns in ecuador as the bodies of coronavirus victims are being left on deserted streets because health services cannot cope with demand.

and across this to the oil markets ravaged by the pandemic slowdown and a price war could see a rally as the big 3 producers including russia prepared to talk solutions. hello this is art international from moscow welcome to the program is just 12 pm here this saturday my name's kevin when i'm here for the next 30 minutes with world news round up we're getting to all the coronavirus new shortly but 1st piece of breaking news to bring it to speed with just happening in 1st time from russia we're hearing about a gas explosion that's caused part of an apartment building to collapse in the moscow region i go to moscow it's understood that there are fatalities and searches are under way for people in the rubble these are the 1st pictures through you can see real devastation of all things going. and it happened in

a town that's around 90 kilometers east of the city of moscow emergency service so services say it was think a gas explosion i think on the 3rd floor apartment there causing the floors above to collapse it's a developing story we'll update you when we get more on it and also another story coming in that the last few hours from france as well we're hearing 2 people have been stabbed to death in southeast france 4 others have been injured police arrested the suspect 1st got a correspondent from one of the penske other charlotte whether police say what was happened here than well this is of course breaking news that we're getting information coming in on the hoof care what we do know is this attack took place in a home also in our sea which is just south of leon in front so we understand that 2 people have been killed in that attack we understand several others what also attacked by the assailant 2 used a knife we understand that the anti terrorism prosecutor's office has taken over

the investigation but it is not clear whether this is being treated specifically as a terrorism bent as of yet do we understand that the individual who has been taken into custody is a sudanese national some reports suggesting that it's a man in his thirty's what we do understand though is that this attack took place in the last few hours and it happened in broad daylight on one of the moon main boulevards all that the city so in the sand but that sudanese national who said to be in his thirty's has been arrested by police and of course the anti terror process now looking into this particular incident to see exactly what happened as i mentioned at least 2 people were killed but we also understand that several others were attacked by the assailant and that at least 3 of those are said to be in a critical condition this of course comes at a time when france is on lockdown there are huge police. at parades all across the

country trying to make sure that people stay indoors and in fact just a couple of weeks ago we had efforts and information that came out from isis leaders actually telling their followers not to carry out attacks but just to be clear this hasn't been labeled as a terror attack in the moments what we do know is that 2 people have been killed and that at least 3 people said to be critically injured we will of course keep across this not date you as we get more information you are in parish old events thank you. ok so let me have him next on the latest figures in the cove in 1900 make today as they stand at the moment billions of people are currently under some sort of lockdown but the number of corona virus cases is still rapidly increasing there are now more than 1100000 registered infections more than 59000 people have died but the little bit the good news almost a quarter of a 1000000 people are recorded to have recovered.

in today's developments about that is about france 1st france has now reported its deadliest day yet with medical staff on the front line saying they're exhausted and still under equipped hundreds of nurses are raising awareness about the lack of protection by photographing themselves naked the symbolic campaign runs of the naked against covert 191 of the nurses involved says the french government's putting health workers a deadly risk. here's what our government has given us to fire the cove in 1000 as you can see we need a full range of necessary medical equipment so that we actually don't have to provide sufficient medical help for our patients and there were risks for us as well as for them the government puts us and patients under threat we decided to perform naked as part of this campaign because our authorities leave us naked in

the face of the pandemic front says no late on special high speed trains to moving infected patients between cities is to try and ease the burden on overwhelmed facilities by transferring the sick to less crowded hospitals. says the country's health care system has been in dire need in fact for over a decade. the middle east i think our interest should be represented but nobody protects us on a governmental level it is not only the current government that bears responsibility for the situation we find ourselves right now france's health care system has been in a dire condition for 15 or 20 years the 5th or the 6th strongest european economy doesn't have the capability to take necessary medical measures we have to understand that you have faced this choice this and you're pretty aware of that this is our reality we have to choose which patient or treat. well just about every countries have a really tough time trying to stay on top of infections in ecuador there are some

stories and scenes of the country as more than 3000 infections and 145 known fatalities but in one city there are reports that families are having to leave the bodies of the dead on the streets now health service is a struggling so much to cope but the government says it is building a special facility for corona virus victims. my brother has just died due to a respiratory problem and he's here outside the house the police told me they can come and collect the body and i have to wait a day more but the body lying here on the sidewalk.

you dave. is it good to do this with good beer is a. good. 3 bit of well. 'd awful in it well also a member of the british science group responsible for mapping infections once the herd immunity strategy to be reconsidered that would involve allowing 60 percent of the population to get infected it had been suggested initially a few weeks ago but was abandoned as hospitals rapidly filled up professor graham medley says the lockdown at the moment isn't enough this disease is so nasty that

we had to suppress it completely then we've kind of painted ourselves into a corner because then the question will be what do we do now in broad terms are we going to continue to harm children to protect vulnerable people or not if we carry on with the lock down it buys us more time we can get more thought into it but it doesn't resolve any think it's a placeholder. now has more than 38000 cases more than 3 and a half 1000 have died that's now more than the number of fatalities recorded in china. another tracking solution has been floated by the health secretary there who's just recovered from the virus himself but hancock's looking at issuing immunity passports to people who've developed antibodies. are looking at munity certificate how we can how how people who are have had the disease have got the antibodies and therefore have immunity can show that and so get back

as much as normal to as much as possible to normal life but it's it's too early in the science of the immunity that comes from having had the disease. you know couple of problems there though right now the u.k. hasn't yet approved an antibody test and the health experts said still not at all clear whether people with antibodies are truly immune to reinfection we discuss possible ways forward with british law and to get off the liberal democrat party politician helen belcher. there is no antibody test that is functional and which has been currently developed and we've got 66000000 people in the country to try and test it gets it if it's for and naturally some of them will require retesting so the practicalities of this are impossible practicalities it difficult no one plane is going to be easy but it can be managed you know germany has implemented

a system that which we are attempting to model and i think we can't do is underestimate the economic damage of the entire population being on lockdown you know we're seeing a 1000000 new claims for social security where you're going in this country going in suggesting people are either losing their jobs feelers or they're about to lose their jobs of course the government is not going to allow any system of testing there is certain but if we can get. a place where we let people return to work if they have the necessary antibodies if that is scientifically possible then in principle it's something we absolutely have to support part of the government's strategy i think is to try and make sure that we flatten the curve as much as possible but we're trying to do that at the moment without adequate testing a tool and so i would much rather government focused on getting the current tests out to everybody you need them and we need to concentrate on get solving that problem 1st rather than trying to design pie in the sky schemes around something that doesn't even exist yet can't allow that uncertainty to lull us into

a state of complete inertia and i don't disagree that obviously p p is an absolute significant priority but we also have to recognize that getting people back to work is a priority i think one of the problems with the government messaging so far has been not giving people a sense of the way out of this what we're living with in the moment is a sort of indefinite state where people have no idea when they're going to get back to that level of uncertainty is killing british business and it starts to do a lot more damage in the virus itself from coronavirus from men that all prices have rallied slightly all for a glimmer of optimism in a global feud overproduction prices have tanked as demands dried up because a coronavirus about the seems to there's also a row over cutting world supply of current there's a glut of correspondents asking taylor. the oil sucked it was already in a precarious situation and that's only been wason by the spread of covert 19 but it seems that some leaders are trying to mitigate the fool out so on friday in

a meeting with the country's top oil executives russian president vladimir putin suggested that he be ready to cut oil production in a bid to try and revive the price collapse of carney at seeing an $18.00 yet low price should grosser considers it necessary to join forces we were not initiators of the consolation of the opec plus deal we are ready for agreements with partners and we are ready for interaction with the united states on this issue but i think it is necessary to join efforts to balance the market and reduce production as a result of these coordinated efforts and actions he also did specifically emphasize to say to be a joint coordinated effort not a case where one or 2 countries make some sort of compromise and the others just sit back and really reap the rewards. just when we are in close contact with our partners in saudi arabia recently i had a conversation with the united states president we all are concerned about the

developing situation everyone is interested in joint and i would like to emphasize coordinated actions for ensuring long term market stability. a couple of weeks ago an impasse started between the wild top oil producing nations and not exactly was over slashing production so prices plunged that was only wason when saudi arabia decided to essentially just open it stops and flood the market and that really caused chaos that's how we got to this moment but luckily it seems that the market is already responding quite well to this latest initiative from russia we saw in fact a record breaking percentage climb in oil prices so you stabilize ation measures will likely be the prime rate top. well top of the agenda at the opec plus meeting which was very hasty very unexpectedly organized for monday and actually we're getting reports that the majority of opec members do actually support cutting down

on production the u.s. as the top the oil producer also want to see this issue settled very quickly especially unfortunately it's found itself in the terrible position of being a country in terms of the coronavirus pandemic. as you see on the road to the couple of breaking news stories around one from france 2 reportedly killed some injured after a stabbing but before we go to the break let's check out what's happening here in russia it seems a gas boiler explosion has caused part an apartment building to collapse in the moscow region i go to moscow it's understood that there are fatalities in the search is under way for people in the rubble this big old mess it happened in a town that's around 90 kilometers east of the city the emergency services say the explosion as far as they can make out how did a 3rd floor apartment cause the floors above to collapse.

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do you believe in miracles it would seem democrats do after the job i searched on super tuesday for them the fear of the bernie sanders candidate see me now be contained however this is far from over taking on trial no easy task. again this is all it's international with me kevin no image just before the break the 2 developing news stories we're looking at one was the gas explosion just outside moscow about 90 kilometers to the east of it was coming from france but more clarity on lots of pictures to show you we're hearing that 2 people have been stabbed to death in southeast france at least 4 others have been injured these pictures just in it's a video apparently showing what happened immediately after said incident police have arrested the man but details still sketchy. and. more details of an alleged motive but the story is 2 people stabbed to death in south east france few hours

ago and at least 4 others are injured. let's take a look at some of the news a nationwide 3 minute silence has been held in china leaders including chinese president xi jinping pay their respects to the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and to the medics who lost their lives while battling the disease more than 3000 health care workers have contracted covered 900 since the outbreak began there last autumn. elsewhere other countries is what panama is doing imposing a unique quarantine rule by separating the sexes what's the plan there were men and women now each have specific days of the week when they're allowed to venture outside by the way it was going to stay on a sunday officials say too many people are still circulating despite the law rules and they hope that this new plan will tackle it by stopping men and women going out together similar measures have been introduced in peru to now the u.s.

. in with specifically san francisco a car horn protest is against the way that immigrants are being detained in holding centers it's claimed it puts them at risk of contracting covert 19 so the protest is kind of mass because of self isolation right now we're taking to the cause similar caravans in los angeles san diego and sacramento too. there's a warning on top of everything else for people to be alert to scammers profiting from the pandemic right now britain's fraud reporting center says it's logged $105.00 coronavirus linked online scams since the beginning of february with losses amounting to nearly a 1000000 pounds edwidge daschle reports from london. the corona virus pandemic and the u.k. locked down together mean a lot of scared people cooped up at home relying on the internet like never before news health advice shopping and communication are all now online and that's the

perfect environment for fraudsters cyber criminals are capitalizing on covert 19 cashing in on fare with fake cures posted on social media and sending scams directly to your e-mail inbox honey and even drink will silver those advertises virus treatments for sale on facebook marketplace don't be fooled by the promises make your immune system stronger and help protect against the disease there's no proof any of them work even fake home test kits were listed for 65 pounds before they were removed with the site saying it would ban sellers making health all medical claims related to the corona virus is not just social media though the banking industry has warned of a surge in so-called smiting scams when hackers impersonate government departments or banks to get money or personal information they might be offering cash related to the government bailout or say you've been fined for not following the lockdown rules don't fall for them the metropolitan police report

a 400 percent increase in scams due to coronavirus related fraud and total losses reaching over $970000.00 pounds so far and if you're tempted to use your time online to chat with those friends you're not allowed to meet up with you also need to be aware you might have heard of house party a popular video calling up this quickly made a viral comeback during this lockdown the app lets friends and family make video calls play games and hang out in a virtual house party but terrified uses a now deleting the over thing as it has been compromised large numbers of users are reporting that they've had spotify pay pal and bank accounts hacked after downloading the out definitely delete that house party it's talk to me and sign me up 10000 a month to see. think old only fans whatever that is be careful online folks the chat up says though it ensures all accounts a safe all house party accounts are safe the service is secure has never been

compromised and doesn't collect passwords for other sites and its owners deny they've been hacked we found no evidence to suggest a link between house party and the compromises of other unrelated accounts as a general rule we suggest all users choose strong passwords when creating online accounts on any platform but however you are using the internet to keep occupied entertained and in the loop make sure you do it with caution as now is the time to be vigilant not just with your physical health but with your safety online to sharjah edwards daschle r t u k. it is a lot of people been coming up with plenty of creative ways to try to break the boredom of self isolation with a constant look at the fridge from online workouts to virtual night clubs there are all sorts of solutions to get us together without actually getting together from some people who really know what it's like though to spend months unable to go out the front door.

on earth in our quarantine conditions this is an easy way to spend time in the conditions during the preparation for a space flight and during the flight itself we are put in a much more extreme situation compared to what we have to experience in a training capsule in which we are completely isolated from any information for 5 days what we are experiencing now can be called a holiday. isolation in space isolation in the workplace not in the circle of family and friends this is isolation in a state of a fairly high risk with an unfavorable external environment and the timing of vice elation is definitely different from what we have now on earth so of course space is a tougher environment. the most important treatment for depression and despondency is to occupy yourself with something after all you can occupy yourself not only with homework but also with

more pleasant things communicate with your family and friends i communicate with my parents on skype every day we drink tea together and show them what is happening outside our window you look around and find all the positive things you can take out of this situation at the end of the day talk to your children talk to your grandchildren talk to your family take things apart do what you promised yourself to do a long time ago we're doing the right thing so try to enjoy it. yes stay positive take a step as it comes now before i go to kevin on your moscow international by the way this just let me update you on the breaking news is coming from russia got some new pictures to show you it's now known that one person has died in a gas boiler has exploded in an apartment building in the moscow region the blast cause part of the building as you can see that collapse up into the town of about $180.00. 100000 people around 90 kilometers east of the city of moscow

a search is underway for people in the rubble emergency services say that the explosion they think is best they can make out of the moment happened in the 3rd floor your guts move in shops and over the phone causing the floors above to collapse they often you see everything from the roof there was to the 1st floor has been reduced to rubble emergencies ministry's despite several fire engines and rescuers to the site. best they can make of the now saying that they think it was a boiler the entire buildings been evacuated. to get more on that we will bring it to you here in r.t. international there's a map of where it is a say it's around about 8090 kilometers east of the city of moscow where i am reporting to you now this hour but i'm about to say goodbye see again in 35 minutes .

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i mention are times when going underground amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic is the un school for a global ceasefire to fight the virus appears to go on hood on the battlefields of libya yemen and syria coming up with a show ahead of the w h o's world health day going underground speaks exclusively to the 8 secretary general of the united nations ban ki moon about tackling global humanitarian crises in the time of coronavirus and what the rest of the world. of can learn from south korea plus can they coronavirus catalyzed climate to operation all the civil coming

up and did a special episode of going underground reverse that goes straight to today's guest the 8 secretary general of the united nations ban ki-moon who was secretary general during the 2013 to 2016 evelyn epidemic he joins me via skype from seoul thank you so much of a coming on balance of before we get to the rest of the world how are you personally dealing with the quarantine and what advice would you in the center for global citizens that you had that were advice would you give to people watching all around the world today i grew up community crappers rent a sprint knock on our congress 19 in this very timely that reflect on the importance of our has our family's health and the health of our communities and the ward now humans i am how the my business as a former as assessed 2nd gen but i'm more sort of doing in many different

capacities as dept of chair of g.l. does as well as chairman on the panel human scent of. citizens and in fact i've been watching that to many what he does including diary. director general ted ted ross the director has praised the right turn leadership wrong on not just in this group but head to crisis but in many international crises around the war and jane my 10 you know are as a 2nd generation. rachel walked to combat tremont the united nations such as h one n one in 20092014 inboards cases the united nations. i said and the director general. exhibited it. and they cross in the incredible leadership for member states

and community in headcount helping us overcome and now days and days of great poverty has the challenges to corporation and sort of mary can i can i just say of course you're applauding the w.h.o. do you think they learned to love the lessons when you it was u.s. equity general who seemed to step in over eveleigh when it hit guinea liberia and sierra leone because the w.h.o. did not respond as well as it might of at that town at that time we had i can tell you down there we had met took governance. girl want to come on a sit down and now our while or each and every country has been taking their own teams and the whatever they could do in their own countries and went at that time the united nations walked a break.