e.u. leaders scramble to draft a final coronavirus rescue plan is the worst hit countries accuse other bloc members of not doing enough. as italy hopes to turn a corner in its fight against covert 19 not one former patient from turin shares with both his story of how he was admitted into intensive care for money to beat the virus. in the beginning i viewed it as a positive later when the situation worse than i realized that the coronavirus history of. the us is gripped by protests against lockdown measures and the pandemic leave the millions of americans out of a job and small business is on the brink of collapse. and with the global

lockdown forcing schools and universities to go online everyone's lessons appear to be going to plan parents and students struggle to adapt to the new academic reality . and it. was. a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me nicky arun let us begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the global pandemic is still raging with 2600000 cases confirmed and the number of lives claims by coronavirus has now reached 184000 but a total of 723000 people have recovered.

european leaders are back at the negotiating table albeit remotely via video link for another round of discussions on a package to address the economic impact of the pandemic and agreement already approved by finance ministers is expected to be reached on a 500000000000 euro lifeline for the bloc but deep disagreements between certain member states could still be rael the talks are the final hurdle peter or the has the details. out of these talks low is some statement some result at the end this is an aftershock michel the european council president said he wouldn't be pushing for a joint statement from all of the heads of government which proved to be such a problem last time off to italy said there was no way they were going to put their name to a statement that they were they were they had come to what we are expecting though is to hear something coming from this meeting it's often said that the e.u.

doesn't agree on anything until it has to but it's really getting to the situation whereby it really does have to come to some form of agreement in fact we heard from the euro group president just recently he described just how dark these financial times potentially are the i.m.f. confirm that we are facing the worst economic downturn since the great depression this calls for urgent and decisive action well as again a lot of talk about north versus south in europe the harvest and have nots economically southern countries like spain and italy have been the hardest hit in the continent from covert 19 what we heard from the italian prime minister just sepic conti is this piece very keen to warn his friends in the north that if italy suffers financially ultimately they will also catch that virus as well our economic systems are connected with each other and interlinked when one country has problems

it triggers a domino effect and that's something we should absolutely avoid what's needed here is the european union's full firepower namely through the joint issuance of bonds well the spanish prime minister. chairs this also backed that bond issuing scheme in fact himself and just said because they have talked about the princely sum of 1.5 trillion with a t euro worth of bonds being issued in order to aid fiscal burden sharing across the block. sanchez was quite confident about an agreement being reached on thursday 'd because it would appear to be out of the european council must welcome the economic package agreed by the euro group demand the finalization of its preliminary works so that all instruments are ready by no later than june the 1st this is the key to europe and this is the key to our country well the main opposition to corona bonds as they've being called comes from the netherlands and

from germany although the german chancellor has well perhaps somewhat warmed a little more certainly been seeing 2 of warmed a little more to the idea in recent times however in the past she's been very clear that the only way the only a package is that germany was going to give its full backing to you with those mechanisms that already exist. and i can imagine since instruments know that down the line more generally i would like to say that germany not only wants to act in solidarity but that it will act in solidarity well the german chancellor has been addressing the bundestag on thursday morning she said that germany could only do well if europe is doing well and she talks an awful lot about solidarity there is she addressed the german parliament i'll be bringing you all the latest throughout the day and we'll see if those words coming from angola merkel in the bundestag on thursday morning turned into well it german attitude changing towards corona bombs

and debt sharing across the block across the e.u. that is in the wake of the coronavirus. in italy the number of corona virus cases has now surpassed 187000 more than 25000 people have died but the nation's spirits have also been cheered by some remarkable recoveries on wednesday a 100 year old woman was discharged from hospital in ne in sicily after beating coded 90 she's one of a number of italian centenarians who have beaten all the odds during the pandemic but there are many more remarkable tells of recovery jumpier capillarity is a former coronavirus patient who had to be put into intensive care he told us how terrifying the experience was. in the beginning i viewed it as a negative positive later when the situation worsened i realized that the corona virus is truly a monster and that's when the fear and terror started i quickly went into respect

retreat crisis doctors informed me they would have to intervene at this point i called my wife it was 2 am terrified for we were both terrified front god this doctor sort of open the gates of need to be insured because if we waited another day it could have been too late from when the doctor arrived telling me that she was going to interview me i felt i was unconscious after 5 minutes and in these 5 minutes i had so much fear she told me it can take more than a month but i got better in 7 days the most vivid sight that i can recall was when they removed the truth the doctor told me now you have to start breathing on your own so he removed the tube and said cough a few times and start breathing and i started breathing and that's how another life for me started. the u.s. is the hardest hit country over $47000.00 death but americans generally are being negatively impacted by the outbreak the country has seen widespread protests with people outraged by lockdown measures and with the jobless rate thawing

a small business is also on the brink. with the united states as the global epicenter of the pandemic protests have broken out against the lockdown measures the national guard has been deployed to keep order. 7 7 on my. am to go back to her tent we're putting. the economic collapse act our enemy at this point one in 3 americans cannot pay their bills 22000000 americans have filed for jobless benefits in the past month these are the worst numbers since the great depression half of all low income americans have lost jobs or wages my employer let have us go and those have a struggle that are working we're struggle because we don't have the other half of what i'm looking to help me with friends and family members that i know that have

been impacted by this and they are in. their businesses on the verge of cancer stay in this very long hours and i have friends and neighbors know these businesses they're dotting they're dying there's a lot of businesses that will not be able to reopen the big corporations are not ready to lend a hand they are scrambling to protect their profits not their employees 4000000 hotel workers are expected to lose their jobs in the coming months furthermore the hotel chain known as mariya is expected to furlough tens of thousands of workers the same goes for the employees of general electric and dreams will not come true were the thousands of employees of walt disney who are expecting a furlough in florida however the government says it will protect those who are losing their jobs millions of american sacrifice their jobs in order to battle the virus and save the lives of our fellow citizens where have a solemn duty to ensure these unemployed americans regain their jobs and their

livelihoods the major corporations are tapping into government relief money intended to help. small businesses meanwhile the 4 biggest banks in america have been hit by a lawsuit saying they're giving unfair priority to big corporations and not providing loans to the small businesses that desperately need help the issue with with big chains getting funding that was was message to as big or small business out even understand what that means a company that's doing tens of millions or hundreds of millions a year in revenue and is going to be 1st in line with a big bank when it comes time to apply for one of these things and if you're a little guy you know chances are you're going to the back row i like government has been apologetic i was pleased to see that shake shack return to the money intent of this money was not for big public companies that have access to capital many see the big corporations as putting the needs of their employees last and

manipulating the system in order to protect themselves however they don't turn to helping the little guy soon the coronavirus pandemic could be a catalyst for a violent backlash the corporations you know they really shouldn't be getting anything a lot of the big companies before this occurred they're loading up on cash there's a dash for cash there are a flat lot of these companies are fraught with cash you know those who have the correct connections here with the driver ministration they'll do quite well i mean a good example are the airlines the airlines are getting 58000000000 dollars the big corporations are are are quite well taken care of and you know it's the folks in the middle it's the middle class is a small business they're the ones that are paying for it and we'll see what happens in terms of divisions and to come in a country about it this is a disaster and it's only going to get worse in the united states is this is an administrative disaster. and with america divided over whether to reopen its

economy be dependent on one for mexican factories to come out of the down. seems to playas to us defense giant. u.s. medics are also feeling the strain with large numbers of patients admitted daily and many on the front line feel let down by their government the national nurses united organization has staged a protest just outside the white house demonstrators that read out the names of medics who lost their lives from kovac 19 while on duty they claim that the government's actions have exacerbated the health care crisis. the classic country have also been demanding the president and congress scale up for tax reduction of personal protective equipment and against the p.p.d. that we need. yet congress has now passed 3 coronavirus bills and none of them have anything to protect that's really hard to take care of patients day by day with nurses that are going out sick on

a regular basis instead of being fully feeling awful democracy complete. and the united states government has but this happening. the medical director of a hospital in massachusetts shared his experience of the pandemic with us have been employees that have tested positive and that obviously emotionally is really difficult to see people that you work with who are said this experience has probably been one of the best and one the worst things simultaneously done and the worst is related to some of the things we talked about before the seeing patients who are dying seeing people who are healthy and reduced to distribute critical illness. the scope of the number of people that are that are affected is it's painful to be heartbroken. well global lockdown has seen schools and universities and brace the digital era with classes going online but the new way of delivering lessons hasn't exactly gone to plan for every one of the reports. 2020

a pandemic your parent let's be honest this is probably your reality yet again i get that they think about that i think of it. some other sadly i don't get out of what's going to. be and then they're going to get what i mean that i'm all right we've got 2 kids and i am sick of them all non parents out there probably chuckling but others are struggling to see the funny sight because coronavirus apart from threatening our house and our finances is not jeopardizing the education of 1500000000 children as you might not it has taken over the computer has become the classroom but we all know sometimes technology just isn't our friend online portals in a number of the straight and cities crashed on the fast day and in the us one virginia schools technological fadia net the suspension of all face to face classes

and then when the system still couldn't cope with the cancellation of classes leaving parents in the deep end it's making me a homeschool mom there is a reason i send my kids to but i had never wanted to be a homeschool mom that's a headache for those with a computer and a decent wife i connection now imagine you come from the most area where there's no signal or ringback you come from a low income background and you couldn't even dream of having your own laptop remote mining is exacerbating the difference between rich and poor meaning only some will get the education they have a right to. have access to the internet and don't have that so once it's in the will there are some parents and there are also households who all that. but what do those children think they don't have access to the private education system we're going to see their example in just if you go to learn generally they are going to

their brain will fall behind what are we going. this too and then i would suggest that that's what's actually provided or something else in providing. access the right education but right now as far as i see a lot of these children are being unfair now wheels and not wanting to wake up and go to school one or 2 mornings a year will all but that's now turned into a chronic problem and a strict attendance is hard at twin posts online there are fears that mass absenteeism will mean many will have to repeat it yet and that offends some students say there isn't much turning awful with the standard of online classes disappointing that poor quality in fact triggered one student in new zealand to start a petition demanding a refund for the entire academic year when i think about this is that i paid my money to the university and i should get the product that i'm looking for this product here now is not complete it's not the best quality then that's the question of safety zuma has become the hero of quarantine life bringing together dozens of

people of different continents all for free and all on a single call but it's also been drawn into a debate on its misuse of passable day sat and then that as soon. the f.b.i. is now warning that these virtual meetings can be hijacked you can have the g. injure type of actor profile and are going to have the cyber criminal that really wants a listener in a security floor at ows uninvited cyber gets to hack into and disrupt soon cools which michael's harmless giggle for board students if they want for the reports of racial slurs pornographic images and swastikas being shown but even if all these problems are fixed does one way device classroom will always fall short and people bouncing ideas off each other teaches not just spewing facts but engaging with test you don't none of us can delude ourselves that we're able to replicate the high quality of what you do in normal circumstances in schools learning isn't just about people delivering information it's about you then. gauging with it being asked

questions being assessed on it the gift of a great teacher to be able to explain things to listen to your answers and be able to give you feedback which is something that technology and the robots simply can't do as well as the human's life is full and off the coronavirus would like to look a bit different businesses will close people will chapel last we might not shake hands but as you know escrow is warning if there's one thing we don't want to stick around it's online not knowing what is coming up after this short break stay with us.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

welcome back while the u.s. grapples with the pandemic it's still urging its neighbor mexico to reopen production so as to aid to the american defense industry well as off of the pentagon encourage some mexican factories to resume their supplies to u.s. defense giants. you're seeing impact on the industrial base by several pockets of closure internationally particularly of note is mexico where we have a group of companies that are impacting many of our major problems today i am writing the mexican foreign minister to ask for help to reopen international suppliers there these companies are especially important for our u.s. air frame production mexico has not designated its defense industry as

a sensual leading to the closure of most of the selective factories however thousands of mexicans have continued working in factories used by the u.s. for its cheap labor leading to protests the have been reports of coded 1000 death among the workers mexico currently has over 10000 confirmed cases of corona virus the number of fatalities reaching nearly 900 we discussed the pentagon's request without death. the president of the family is prioritizing its own needs. the expense guard mexicans and this is what is more. about their needs there are there are i mean the needs of great use arms the need there were for priorities for the people and at the moment often done and this is very in these times are very complicated with regard to human life and if the united states our friends are supposed to be friends as president trump has different occasions

but regards to the president of mexico and mexico we should be should be a plan b. and the production can be done in different times i mean because this time in you're going to put people at risk the same as saying for mexico so far from so close the united states seems to ring true than ever they want to now they're using the coronavirus very very scary time. across the border in the mix. he was a mexico is still demanding supplies and mexican workers have been on strike as why should we put ourselves in a risk how is it in the interest of these mexican workers to be risking their lives in the lives of their loved ones to produce these supplies which are anything but a century. speculation is rife in the u.s. media that the leader of north korea is extremely unwell after undergoing surgery reports ranging from kim jong un having contract to coronavirus or even being brain

dead also like nameless u.s. government sources u.s. official with direct knowledge tells me that the u.s. is now monitoring intelligence that kim jong il health is in grave danger this is following a recent surgery north korean leader brain dad according to 2 u.s. officials he recently had cardiac surgery and slipped into a coma according to one us current and one former u.s. official n.b.c. news confirms and adds to c.n.n. scoop breaking multiple u.s. officials tell one american news network that kim jong un card code 19 from a chinese doctor flown in to help with his heart valve surgery he appears to be in stable condition for now. south korea and china have both dismissed the health room as pentagon officials also say they have been that they have no reason to believe

that kim jong un is in poor health and donald trump says the reports have not been confirmed adding that he doesn't place much trust in the. well these are reports it came out. we don't know we don't know i've had a very good relationship with them i wouldn't. you know i can only say this i wish him well came out with very very serious medical reports nobody's confirmed that it's. lucy and then that came out so when c.n.n. comes out with a report i don't place too much credence in it. despite the denials there's further media speculation on who might replace the north korean leader they've named kim jong his youngest sister as a possible candidate the story 1st emerged from a south korean web outlet itself fighting a single thought in the north media analyst lionel stays at the story of symptomatic of the current state of mainstream media news in a world we live in right now where there are being claims bandied about of every

version of misinformation and disinformation and the like how is it and all the times by the way advanced by c.n.n. how in the name of all of that is rational how could the in today's epoch this particular way of thinking could the ever countenance or agree to something of this international prominence when you have cavalier statements that maybe kim is dead maybe he's brain dead maybe he's unable to. continue as leader maybe maybe this this this kind of off the cuff almost negligent so to speak you know whatever what are you going to do this attitude. 40 years ago it would have been just unheard of what you are seeing right now is emblematic of the complete and told will collapse of mainstream media news.

from world news in brief now germany has seen more protests against lock down restrictions even though these are gradually being lifted nationwide in nuremberg people are demanding the right to assemble in groups though during their rally in the city they still maintained solutions distancing. saying in germany where coronavirus inspired graffiti and artwork is appearing in some of the park's famous movie characters such as gollum from lord of the rings there are scraps from ice age holding toilet paper have been spotted there during the ventilators people in monkeys wearing face masks can also be seen around the german capital. in support of and work has become the 1st to test a smart to test smart bracelets to prevent corona infections that work the new covert bracelet aims to remind workers of social distancing by emitting a warning signal when their employees come too close to one another the bracelets

also have a contact tracing feature which allows workers to know whether they've come into contact with an infected. thanks for joining us and wherever you are we hope that you're having a great day we're back with the latest in just over 30 minutes 3 of them. oh.

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