thinks. we ask. german government prepares to gradually lift the nation wide lockdown saying the code 19 hour break is under control but refugee shelters see a surge in infections also coming this hour. the largest state sponsor of pandemics and this is the 3rd or 4th pandemic that came out of china u.s. politicians continue to blame china with one republican senator there saying washington should respond with sanctions. thousands of orthodox churches around the world stand believe the stay at home for easter this year holy fire ceremony in jerusalem will be taking place even without the congregation.

either welcome thanks for joining us here on our to international here with your global news. and we will start now with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic the number of confirmed cases has passed 2200000 more than 154000 people with the virus have lost their lives most of those fatalities are in europe and the u.s. so far 575000 patients have recovered from the disease. the coronavirus outbreak in germany appears to be under control after a month long lockdown that's according to the country's health minister germany has a far lower death rate than other major european countries and restrictions on movement are being partially lifted and some shops reopening as early as next week

a government spokesman has cautioned. there are no guarantees that the infection curve will keep flattening out there are also risks when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must keep an eye on the infection curve and what it means for our health system and our hospitals. as in many countries germany shut down has devastated the hospitality sector in dresden restaurant workers set out tables and chairs on the central square to highlight the crisis they are dealing with and in munich people held a safe distance demonstration calling the lockdown disproportionate where most of the population is staying safe refugees in shelters are at much higher risk as peter oliver explains. as germany gets set to ease coronavirus restrictions not everywhere in the country has been successful in stopping the spread of the virus some refugee centers have seen

a spike in the number of cases at one in the south of the country almost half of the 600 residents tested positive this week due for mood and isolation we suspect that maybe people with coby 19 have been in the facility for a long time and that they've shown no symptoms of the disease and that they could have passed on the virus the facility in but involved in book houses people from nigeria iraq syria and turkey who are waiting to have their asylum applications process the action taken by authorities to this localized outbreak is causing concern they are seeing these people as a kind of threat and danger it seems to be an acceptable strategy to pack the police outside and make sure nobody comes in and nobody comes out another center not far from frankfurt there's a similar picture with around 60 residents testing positive out of 170 in the far northeast of the country the refugee council of mecklenburg west pomerania has

voiced some serious concerns about an asylum application center on their patch we've been bad required minimum distance of 1.5 to 2 meters cannot be maintained this is added and anyone who recklessly last people leave in a massacre mandation in this situation there have authorities in the region which just so happens to be represented in the book the start by chancellor angela merkel have been quick to rubbish criticism of the way coronavirus is being tackled among asylum applicants in coordination with the health of dorothy's every effort is being made to prevent the spread of infection within the country's primary care facilities and in community commendation in the current emergency situation infection control. asylum seekers and the population is a priority that comes as berlijn is quite rightly being praised for having tackled coronavirus nationally in a robust and fact based way on friday health minister yen spahn described the

situation in germany as under control. we have managed to bring the dynamic growth back to linear growth the infection numbers have decreased significantly is because she was relatively increases from day to day the outbreak has now become manageable and controllable again ultimately what these localized outbreaks in asylum sent to show is that if you drop your guard for just a moment when it comes to fighting or trying to stop the spread of this virus then it will be exploited peter all of the r.t. berlin. president terms so that he expects between 60 and 65000 americans to die of covert 19 that's down from his earlier estimate of 100000 the president claims the country's infection rate has now pig and these unveiled plans to gradually ease the lockdown artie's 20 chavez has details. white house pushing to

get the economy moving again our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring our economic life and we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time issuing new guidelines to get the country up and running the 1st phase officials must see a 2 week decline in the number of people with covert symptoms and the percentage of people testing positive for the virus must also decrease than face to allowing all non-essential travel school activities and elective surgeries to continue some states will be able to open up sooner than others. but hard hit new york and new jersey have to wait state continues to see an increase in covert cases new york governor andrew cuomo extending stay at home orders he calls new york pause until may 15th but it could be longer what is the final conclusion of this rb chapter i still believe it when we have a vaccine with more than 226000 infections and more than 16000 deaths

a new york is still seeing around 2000 new cases a day city remaining the epicenter of the outbreak officials working to open testing sites in the city's poorest and hardest hit communities so we're talking about folks in some of the lowest income communities in a city people in communities of color that have borne the brunt of this crisis immigrant communities while governor cuomo is issuing an executive order directing all public and private labs in new york to coordinate with the department of health to ensure prioritizing of diagnostic testing he says that's still not enough to test the millions of people needed to reopen new york's economy we don't have a testing system that can do this volume or there can be ramped up to do this von. we don't have a public health care system by the way it's de minimis if you look at what our government departments of health we need a clean. approach between the federal government and the states right now the main

testing lab for the state can perform about 300 antibody tests per day while officials believe they can grow that number to 2000 test a day in the coming weeks with nearly 20000000 residents in new york the governor says the state needs all the help they can get from the federal government meanwhile u.s. politicians continue to blame china for the pandemic and republican senator lindsey graham suggested washington should punish beijing with sanctions as the largest state sponsor of pandemics this is the 3rd or 4th pandemic that came out of china what should we do to the largest state sponsor of pandemics on the globe which is saying in china which is the coronavirus appeared in december numerous conspiracy theories have flooded the internet and idea that the virus was created in a bio weapons lab in. widespread coverage in the us media trump and is administration have been more than willing to fuel the speculation. that

a lot of people are looking to seems that make sense they talk about a certain kind of bet but that was it in that area if you can believe this that's what they're down to know is vats but that is not in that area that bat was installed that went zone it was insult there that bat is 40 miles away so a lot of strange things are happening but there is a lot of investigation going we're going to find out if we know they have this lab we know about the wet markets we know that the virus itself did originate in a will haunt so all those things come together are still a lot we don't know as a member of the white house coronavirus task forces debunks the theory of the virus being created in a lab she who's a leading expert on infectious disease is the pattern of mutation shows that the virus jumped directly from an animal to human meanwhile china reserves the u.s. to start making claims with no scientific basis. to it would. have

repeatedly stated that there is any evidence that you corona virus was produced no tree many well known medical experts in the world also believe the so-called liberal elite hypothesis has no scientific basis the british foreign secretary has echoed the anti china rhetoric coming from washington dominic rob said that there can be no business as usual with beijing after this crisis and hard questions need to be asked about how the outbreak began genest done a lot of the blame game being led by donald trump is merely a way of deflecting responsibility. clearly of what we're seeing here are charges that are are political in nature i mean trump has mishandled this whole crisis so gangel. america has gone to many a few cases having more cases than any other country in the world in a matter of 2 months and trump has contradictory half hearted ineffectual saying one thing one moment and another thing another moment this crisis began so

clearly just trying to strike out at a distract attention from his own there's more record and and by attacking china that's just plain as day the evidence so far is against the the allegation that they're really fighting an uphill battle they have nothing to go on it's religious based on pure anti chinese hostility. millions of orthodox christians around the world having to celebrate easter in the confines of the homes the holy final settlement in jerusalem is one of the main events in the calendar taking place the day before easter sunday but this year we happening without a congregation spotlessly reports. holy fire has always been a symbol of hope hope that the end of the world has not yet come but this easter the most significant religious holiday for some 300000000 people things are different this easter is different we will not go to our villages we will not

barbecue in our yards we will not go to our churches and of course we will not gather in the homes of relatives and friends for us to continue being together this year we stay apart there are no good find oprah sessions no hugs and kisses no joyous celebrations that christ has risen instead this year many worried that the miracle of the holy fire would not happen this is the main church where the miracle takes place but it is closed as part of a nationwide lockdown on saturday for a short time there will be a handful of priests who will conduct a ceremony but there will be no large crowds of worshippers no crowds of poll grimm's it's all part of the government's attempt to push back on the coronavirus and as a result is banned or mess gatherings something that has the country's ultra orthodox jewish community up in arms was. i was right there when i write about those that.

all across the world churches urge people to pray and stay at home some churches even live stream through social media other christian communities celebrated easter 7 days ago with pope francis praying alone in st peter's square many christian churches urge programs to spend this holy day at home. we have used facebook to transmit our have seen a marked increase in attendance we have seen more than triple the number of people attending church virtually compared to physical attendance our slogan is stay at home and the church will come to you and the fervent prayer is that the miracle of the holy fire will happen this year even though the. and says on pace advantage. and i'm. not a nation says warning the economic hardship caused by nationwide shutdowns could cost more lives than the coronavirus itself that story after the break.

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bankers by shifting the center of gravity of money from the dollar and fear to bitcoin and that's perfectly within our purview into our scope as a global citizens who wish justice justice through free competition and hard money that's the only justice that matters that sustainable that's real that doesn't rely on politicians. welcome back economists are making dire predictions for the long term impact of the pandemic with most saying the crisis will be far worse than in 2008 according to the international monetary fund the united states will suffer its worst recession since the great depression but china's economy the impact has already been severe and we can see that a sudden attack you could be 19 has indeed had

a great big impact on the economic performance of our country which you had in the 1st quarter major economic indicators clearly declined by as we must also see that in march those indicators showed signs of a rebound and a decline has been reduced. bill for the economics research service is predicting a global recession twice as bad as the last financial crisis of 2008 they're saying the u.s. and china will suffer a 12 percent slump in alpert and actual commentator charlie boyle believes the impact will be long lasting. most of the economies around the world will have recovered from initial shock but people have to understand that. the economy before it's not going to be the same that's after there's going to be a permanent loss and destruction of that economic productivity because people they should be doing nothing for 2 or 3 months economically it's going to take years you know i think this is a global problem pretty much everyone's got the same issue but if you remember what

happened before we came into this crisis we already have large levels of debt in the world and. this is not as a direct result and in my opinion on the back of years of austerity never really got over 3 dimensional crisis in 2008 so this is a really good opportunity to try and make our entire system unlocked and so i think it will get the people to harvest in pretty much every country we're going to have to again increase the deficit and the debts and future generations are going to have to pay. that of the u.s. will food program is one of the economic shock of the cove in $1000.00 pandemic could in some countries be far deadlier than the virus itself he says at least $30000000.00 people are risk of dying of starvation if critical funding is cut these double quarter reports. as the world's battle with the coronavirus rages on one has to wonder what will happen when the smoke clears tens of millions of people

are already dependent on the un's world food program for meals if that were to lose funding all of those people would be threatened with starvation if we lost all funding a minimum of $30000000.00 would die over a 3 month period that would be 300000 people dying put a day that's why leaders have got to balance out the response with keeping the economy going because otherwise a lot more people will die from starvation and economic deterioration than from cope itself even before the pandemic the world had a serious food crisis on its hands the world economic forum says that over 820000000 people were going to bed hungry now many organizations are indicating that the situation can get much much worse we fully agree with the 1st one. of the measures that they can place the police report but we also believe the state will go pulled the food chain. to be able to hold up by level for consumers

to move the potential risk over on the north and of course it's a crisis of the international markets under the lockdown the very supply chains of transnational corporations are breaking apart food can't be processed delivered or received between countries within countries everywhere for the developing world that means famine could be just around the corner especially now that humanitarian relief is also being obstructed by the lockdowns widespread poverty a reliance on imported food and rising prices are all a recipe for disaster according to the united nations for the millions living in lockdown countries that fit that criteria food is running out across africa clashes between hungry people in the police are already taking place. many governments of the developing world are struggling with a terrible dilemma see their people die from the coronavirus or see them die from

starvation while in the developed world of the main dilemma is containing the corona virus through look downs and then dealing with the economic impact in the developing world apart from containing the virus and dealing with the economic crisis the biggest worry now is people dying of hunger that doesn't mean the journey from farm to plate isn't obstructed in the developed world in the united states dairy farms are dumping thousands of gallons of milk a day because they can't be sold at the same time retailers are fearing a shortage of milk and they're limiting the amount that consumers can buy as for fruits and vegetables $5000000000.00 worth had been wasted for the same reason one of america's largest pork processing plants has even been closed because of the virus the closure of this facility combined with a growing list of all the protein plants that have shifted across our industry is pushing our country perilously close to the edge in terms of all meat supply it is

impossible to keep all grocery stores stalked if not running the chaos of the free market is rearing its ugly head in more ways than just one week by week millions more are flocking to unemployment lines and food banks the early indicators of a global food crisis are there before our very eyes we should ask ourselves how much farther can the global food supply chain bend before it breaks a senior economist at the u.s. food and agriculture organization told us that the crisis needs a concerted international response. than people who stay home and work or stay home does obviously create disruptions to value chain for food no food get harvested than it has to be processed that has to be put on the shelves obviously there may be disruption in this in this line because of the lockdown and because of the fact that people are literally seasonal workers cannot probably move around from one place to another so that is want as

a problem and the other sort of problem is that lot of people especially poor people if they don't go to work they don't have an ng don't have the money they cannot buy the proof we are talking about also countries where man nutrition already is huge government would need to have you know finances of safety net to be able to reach these people and to make sure that they have the minimal food that is really needed the problem is these countries cannot afford it so they need help they need support and the help has to come from the richer countries if the richer countries today are very much engaged of course for their own people the message from f.a. always do not forget the poor once you cause if the problem is not resolved globally you will come back and haunt everybody again. from high up in the international space station back down to a pandemic ravaged us russia crew has landed safely in context and after spending

more than 200 days in orbit as a precaution they were greeted by a team that has spent a month on the medical observation of the global lock down the space travelers may find it difficult reaching their homes one cosmonaut need to get to moscow 2 astronauts to houston confirm. residents of $100.00 neighborhood have found new ways of communicating at the same time each evening they step out onto the balcony the way that each of the 2 friends came up with the idea because they lived on the same street but were unable to leave their homes and the idea was to call home miners last. in 2000 lives 2 corona virus making it the worst hit country in europe. and elsewhere a hospital in jakarta has 2 medical robots assisting frontline health workers its robot can deliver medicine to patients rooms allowing doctors and nurses to keep a safe distance indonesia has been 5000 confirmed cases of over 19 with almost 500 deaths. staying with us here in our 2 years we keep you right up to date with all

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the long term effects might not just be absence of benefit but actually that value my because a long term. oh max kaiser this is the kaiser require if the response has been overwhelming people are demanding for stacey's pro way because the report and you know as we continue with the lock downs and the bailouts because of a lot downs from the coronavirus couvade 19 pandemic situation sweeping the world fairness is what justice really is and that was a quote from potter stewart who was a supreme court justice member sandra day o'connor took over for him afterward

fairness is what justice really is so as we look at these bailouts and the lack of fairness that we've seen. since the intervention of the fed days so say in 1907 when the plunge protection team and alan greenspan came to the rescue of the bad bets made on wall street chicago. and ever since and we've had more and more and more unfair system it starts off a little bit unfair and as we see like a little change of direction way back then in history becomes a huge gap we see that with the wealth and income gaps and we see that with every single crash and the subsequent bailouts gets worse and worse towards the very wealthy and the connected so when we've already covered the trillions going to the banks instantly and the fact that the ordinary person is struggling to well you know waiting desperately for is the stimulus checks to arrive to them the measly little ones you know when the fed is buying these collateralized loan obligations you have to realize that 81 percent of them are owned just by j.p.

morgan wells fargo bank of america and citibank just those 4 banks own 81 percent of it so those are the guys getting bailed out by the fed in the mean. time u.s. housing j.p. morgan chase to raise mortgage borrowing standards economic outlook darkens it just got harder to buy a house from tuesday this week customers applying for a new mortgage will need a credit score of at least $700.00 and we acquire to make a down payment equal to 20 percent of the home's value but this is an interesting concept one of fairness as it relates to the economy and it's not really a big day into the american system is not designed to be fair because fair is what is fair for one person is unfair to another person and that's a highly subjective term what america relies on is free market capitalism relies

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