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beenz at to make a pre recorded speech which in fact was filmed by a single camera mounted print tacked of here in order to protect the queen where you have the pictures of the queen just being at welcome by the local officials there as well so as we say we're just waiting for the queen to make a speech and she will of course be talking about the n.h.s. the national health service and at what's at job what find jobs they hope means doing there. she has just begun so let's in fact cross to london queen elizabeth the 2nd for her dress on tree and destruction that has brought grief to some financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. i want to thank everyone on the n.h.s. frontline as well as care workers and there's carrying out essential roles who selflessly continue their day to day jiu-jitsu outside their home in support of us
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all i'm sure the nation will join me in assuring you that what you do is appreciated and every hour of your hard work brings us closer to our turn to more normal times i also want to thank those of you who was staying at home thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones together we are tackling this disease and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute then we would overcome it i hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge and those who come after us will say the britons of this generation were as strong as any. but the attributes of
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self-discipline of quite good humored resolve and a fellow feeling still characterize this country the pride in who we are is not a part of our past it defines our present and future. the moments when the united kingdom has come together to applaud it scared an essential workers will be remembered as an expression of our national spirit. and its symbol will be the rainbows drawn by children across the commonwealth and around the world we have seen heartwarming stories of people coming together to help others be it through delivering food parcels and medicines checking our neighbors or converting businesses to help the relief effort
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and those self isolating met times be hard many people of all face and of none are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down pause and reflect in prayer or meditation it reminds me of the very 1st broadcast i made in 1940 helped by my sister we as children spoke from here it winds up to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety today once again many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones but now as then we know deep down that it is the right thing to do while we have faced challenges before this one is different this time we join with all nations across
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the globe in a common endeavor using the great advances are science and our instinctive compassion to heal. we will succeed and that success will belong to every one of us we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure better days will return we will be with our friends again we will be with our families again we will meet again but for now i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to all. the address by queen elizabeth the 2nd they're really invoking a wartime spirit to gets her people through the coronavirus that democrats are talking about international cooperation being an important 1003 in all speaking for a few moments there in a prerecorded televised address to the british public and of course going to run
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the world well well i know the u.k. correspondent isa ali was also listening in to. a very rare thing the queen making an address apart from christmas messages of course just a 100 full over her entire reign the main aspects of the queen's address what were they. well i think the queen summed it up when she talked back to 19 40 'd when she said i was helping her sister she had made a speech to the nation then of course 940 being towards the beginning of well war 2 really invoking the kind of gypsy in the kind of crisis not just the country with a well defined self and she also pointed to the fact that imposed a strong cold children used to be sent away to morrow isolate the rural areas so that they would be safe from the bombing campaigns that were going on in the bull
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comparing that to people being isolated and not being able to see family members being able to see the elderly in their bodies and so on and redrawing those comparisons show so stock that by sending thanks to those n.h.s. work has been to the house of being a real company called conversation and much debate in the country because while the n.h.s. members of the n.h.s. wakas have more scope can argue amongst the ordinary people but many complaints that they haven't been receiving the right type of support 'd the right parts of. the protective equipment to do with this crisis and also pressure on the governments as well to make sure that the n.h.s. protected and supports and beyond made the goals of the testers as well and it comes really the queen's speech a little over a week off the house. to the throne prince charles tested positive for coded 19
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he did give a speech a few days ago updating the country and saying that he was one of the lucky ones because his symptoms if you will mild but also the prime minister of kings of boris johnson he's been pretty much stuck in the sense out of the street isolated and having to so isolated continuing because more than a week off the cuff the part of the coded 19 he's still showing them all again for back. yet another devastating day on terms of the number of deaths almost 700 people killed in the last 24 hours off the. coded 19 taking the figures close to 5000 not of those who have died in the u.k. type i think of china which is thought to be where this. outbreak took place lautrec stock that iran is well not a country which on the heavy u.s. sanctions struggle to deal with this crisis is not just rock complext eliza's.
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carbonite. ok letting us through the key points there from the queen's address which took place just a few minutes ago is solely in london he said thanks for the. well let's continue on with our review of the week here on r.t.e. international beginning off in israel making sure all communities abided by strict locked on rules was proving difficult for the nation there are more than 8000 new infections there despite intense movement restrictions one hot spot is an ultra-orthodox time where locals are ignoring social distancing advice paula slayer discovered that for us welcome to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now when you enter signs like this ask you not to prostitution in my district i am dressed modestly but you can already hear people shouting and booing and yelling they don't like journalists here they don't have to please and we are
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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 are in you dish in language that was spoken in the 19th century in central europe most israelis don't speak yiddish it's only the ultra-orthodox communities who do not some of these posters warn against the virus and also encourage social distancing but it's too little too late the latest ata shows at the highest rates of infection among the ultra-orthodox and they still not taking heed superintendent 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 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
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israel as we've seen 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 famine. yes we talk about couples plus 567 even 10 children and we have to make sure that people stay at home and they stay away from each other as much as possible at this stage in some cases police to be meeting 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 to come on a virus or does. buses are allowed to travel with $25.00 people on board the synagogue is an open place to be allowed only 10 people to pray there with to the masses to choose each other. still closing innocent why. the only thing that we need is the souls to be open the only thing for nothing else was she was not even know. that everybody. was was like that
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when somebody offers. to the was. i was not there it was right. that he said prophet rise from people screaming on the balcony i was trying to ask one of the religious community to see what is going on and he says he sees the institutions not designers not people in this neighborhood on the outside that they don't misunderstand the scene just like that's happening so much the peace appears to be said have to break down and change things like money money resources to take to you moment. was.
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the threat 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 rim jerusalem. let's bring attention back to europe where the french prime minister's indicated that they're locked in in france is likely to be extended beyond the current april 15th threshold the government's keen not to further stretch the overwhelmed health service even so one medical emergencies chief ses government efforts to supply protective equipment to medics isn't moving fast enough dr eric shaughnessy has been describing the situation. in the ills of france region results of playing a game of tetris meaning that we never we take patients out of intensive care police is immediately taken by another patient there is a period during which we will continue to work and lack equipment. affronts is
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currently dealing with around 90000 confirmed infections over 7 other half 1000 deaths being for stay at home regime is mentally taxing for everyone but the dangers in lockdown are far worse for some child timothy reports or not aspect from paris. president macron has described domestic violence against women as front says shame or average one woman is killed by her partner every 3 days it's one of the highest femicide rates in europe times of crisis always conducive to a rise in violence for those suffering home it can quickly go from psychological abuse to physical and sexual violence and can even lead to famine side as france enters its 3rd week of lockdown it's becoming clear how dangerous it's been for those in abusive relationships reports of domestic violence sought in paris they
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were up 36 percent across the rest of the country it was 32 percent to the victims were murdered this is often used to what infuriates us representatives of feminist associations is that now it is believed that domestic violence is a national problem in addition we are in crisis this means that the total number of pieces of violence committed against human relationships increased and instead of increasing the working time of the hotline which used to work until 10 pm now due to lack of funds the service stops working at 7 pm given the surge over ports of domestic abuse france's gender equality minister has announced the government will pay for hotel rooms for victims it says pop up counseling centers will be opened while an extra $1000000.00 euros is being funneled into empty domestic abuse organizations my biggest concern is to multiply the points of contact with women as
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is difficult for women to get out we want to make sure the support systems can reach them for many domestic abuse charities confinement and all roys in domestic abuse was already a foregone conclusion there was already anecdotal evidence from china. this happened there with incidents reportedly trebling ash tag translating is empty domestic violence during epidemic also went viral even though this was in january some are questioning why european countries like france didn't put a safety net in place at the start the answer is that our politicians are simply ignoring women's rights that aren't human rights so basically they're very scared now about the barriers but what about the safety of these women with children living in this houses you know trapped in with men who clearly have a raging hunger problem so who cannot control themselves until we don't raise the
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public opinion that domestic violence is essential until that day our quality shows will keep thinking and treating this problem as a minor problem it's not just women who are too risk children's charities sounded the alarm to over the heightened risk of compiling. millions of children around the world will likely face increasing threats to the safety and wellbeing including mistreatment gender based violence exploitation social exclusion and separation from caregivers because actions taken to contain the spread of the 19 pandemic with children no longer in school and social distancing in place it's hold up the younger victims of abuse to be recognized the problem is compounded by cellphone isolation measures given that social workers aren't able to make regular calls in
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person. is supposed to be the safest place that any of us can be right now for victims of abuse that small case it can mean being trapped in so i'd within a limited. access to help while the governments in france has now recognized this it's already too late to suffer the abuse desk in the 1st week of the lock down show that you can ski. paris the problems are not restricted to france of course self isolation has seen domestic violence increased in countries around the world there's also a spike in divorce supplications us couples struggle to get along in close proximity for so long domestic abuse survivor and come pain or rachel williams say yes it's important to take prevent measures before it's too late. but the the the rise that we've seen across the current the advent countries that are currently
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unlocked and we are we've seen a 304050 percent increase reilly's and we know this is going to be coming to the u.k. and we need to be paid going forward. you know is it a pandemic upon a pandemic and this lots of things that can be done before we have this massive influx i mean in the u.k. we've seen 9 deaths in the last 3 days and 2 of those would be the treatises so 2 families again by james and 3 separate killings of women i think we've seen a rise in new and cases of domestic abuse being reported and also ben the the ones who have been living with this for a while. for many years may be that know and they feel that it's really had
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to be unlocked saying with the traits of the 247. and i think it's people reaching i am because they cannot take it anymore. well a global movement is gathering pace as well calling on lourdes to stop charging rent for housing but one that multi-billion euro firm has launched on to be idea to adi das is refusing to pay rent on its stores in germany because of the current lockdown politicians are furious payroll over reports stay at home to save lives as being the all encompassing mantra of this pandemic but for those that can't work from home well it has meant losing their jobs for some and having to rely on state benefits for one of the world's largest sports money $5.00 jurors it's made them well refusing to pay rent for some of the stores they've been forced to close off or adi da says done but it's drawing fire from the german government it's indecent
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and then acceptable if financial district firms now just stop paying their rents. the brands famed for their 3 strike design made over $3000000000.00 in profits last year and they're being accused of trying to save a quick buck in times of crisis with some european leaders saying they're not going to buy the dust product ever again added us responded by saying they weren't the only ones but that appropriate arrangements had been made and that smaller landlords would get their money they're not the only ones to be sure clothing giant h. and m. as well as german giant stores like soft or medium are have also announced that they would be either suspending all delaying the page and read in the future. by the way these are the last pair vida to swivel by such a shame that a global corporation with 3200000000 in profits in 2019 is exploiting
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a little protecting tenants existence. but what about the private renter and landlord slightly more than half of the people in germany own a home last week the german government promised well over 800000000000 euro in emergency funds to tackle the financial fallout from corona virus one of the big pieces of legislation is that all the victims will be suspended from april until september of this year with the option of actually extended not until july of 2021 something which is pleased the unions politicians must send a clear signal the home must be safe but where this leaves landlord sees well a little love in the air renters must pay if they can but what happens when or if they can't that's one charted territory one would presume that it falls to loans of
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some kind from the hundreds of billions that have been put forward by anglo merkel's government but just how one goes about getting one of these loans how much will be made available nobody really knows just yet what we're seeing is that as governments are trying to stop the actual spread of the coronavirus they're also trying to insulate business and financial systems from infection of their own kind peter all of our party belin. now the captain of the 1st u.s. warship on deployment to report an eye break was fired on thursday after he sent a scolding memo pleading for help hundreds of sailors gathered on deck the theodore roosevelt or a prop carrier cheering the captain and he walked off the ship since then he has himself tested positive for cool of r.'s.
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$1000.00 spread on board crews your circulated a memo where he outlined the dire situation for down pleaded for his proofs of be evacuated for isolation and eventually find its way into the media navy top brass that proves your cause to all necessary alarm disregarded the chain of command and so was relieved of duty. to allow those emotions to color our judgment when communicating the current operational picture can at best create unnecessary confusion and at worst provide an incomplete picture of american combat readiness to our adversaries 1st the captains actions majors sailors their families and many in the public believe that his letter was the only reason help from our larger navy family was forthcoming which was hardly the case president trump also described the captain's letter as inappropriate by saturday 155-4800 personnel on board had tested positive for the virus more than half of the crew have not been tested on
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friday they began to disembark on the tiny pacific island of where their ship docked but only 1500 have come ashore and will remain isolated in hotels or. will former pensacola analyst michael maloof told us about the unique dangers posed when there is a night break on a military vessel. it's very very difficult on a warship like that unlike a cruise a cruise ship which also was infected on an aircraft carrier a destroyer or submarine you don't have the luxury of individual compartments except maybe for the tap them because they do what they because they're on 247 duty they do what they call hot words that someone who's on duty gives up his bed and someone else sleeps that i mean it's that closely confide and as a consequence the ability to spread the disease such as this particularly if you're in the open ocean is very very very high and people are going up and down the
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ladders holding the same areas costly and to keep those areas germ free is it's going to be a much would be a monumental task. meanwhile the murder of new york's ordered an investigation into why almost socked a worker who led a walkout on monday over concerns stuff weren't getting enough protection against coronavirus later a leaked memo seemed to show amazon executives tried to smear the former warehouse supervisor. he's not small it's what's he can wait and to the extent the press wants to focus on auspices he will be in a much stronger position than simply explaining for the umpteenth time how we're trying to protect workers on their own staff have reportedly tested positive in doesn't solve the firm's where ice is across the u.s. now we spoke to the fired supervisor who told us just how worried the workers or. i
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organized. you know it's a cry for help to close down the buildings of amazon because they're on sea. we got people does home i haven't been paid what entire month of march. these people were underlining health conditions they got lucas they got bronchitis they guy asthma we have an unknown amount of people that tested positive for the corona virus and then not being transparent with employees in ny caring about their employees' health we was asking for was to be protected they're not providing us with enough mask the proper type of gloves just not enough cleaning supplies within the building they very scarce right now and im it's always depleted. to cleaning crew that they hired to clean the buildings they are scared to come to work themselves so. a lot of them haven't been showing up to work you know the people who are afraid to work in that building those types of buildings so the only thing amazon can do is listen to their people it we're asking the close the building down
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a sanitized the state can do in a bid now with him to do that then we should be happy we should be forced to work you know we're not as a sense to help is not as essential as they want us to be. just not fair and it's not right. fired after he'd ignored instructions to stay home for 14 days following his coming into contact with a colleague who tested positive but mr small claims it's more about amazon's bottom line. knows that i was called in the role l j a k a stedman building one of the largest buildings in the tri state area holds about 5000 people. that's a lot of money that they make in that building a lot of money i'm effect in that i'm affecting the business by speaking out so they got rid of me probably to silence me to terminate me to stop the movement but actually empowered me so they motivated me even more oh and i'm going to continue to fight like i say we're going to day won't do it we have global go above the head
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and we'll go to city hall. and we'll fight with the government and so the government steps in to shut the bill down. the rise of victimhood culture in the spotlight next in worlds apart who are crossing to exult for that in moments reverie you are today stay well stay healthy and stay tuned to our to international sees. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.
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do you believe in miracles would seem democrats do after the joe biden surge on super tuesday for them the fear of the bernie sanders candidate c. may now be contained however this is far from over taking on trump is the no easy task. welcome to worlds apart of sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me this frequently parroted outrage has been the use by generations of
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adults to teach their children of emotional regulation but at a time when asking somebody where they're from or stating a preference for identity blind hiring may be seen as a personal affront or even violence does the old saying still holds true to discuss that i'm now joined by bradley campbell associate professor of sociology at california state university and co-author of the rise of victimhood culture microaggression safe spaces and the new culture professor campbell it's good to talk to you think you very much for your time thanks for having me now professor such an interesting topic but before we delve into it defend the woman that you discussed in the book micro aggressions extreme sensitivity just slides safe spaces allegations of cultural appropriation others primarily american predicaments or is .
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