oh dear thinks. we dared to ask. e.u. leaders scramble to draft a final coronavirus rescue plan as the worst hit countries accuse other bloc members of not doing enough. as italy hopes to turn a corner in its fight against covert 191 former patients from turun shares with his story of how he was admitted into intensive care but managed to beat the virus. in the beginning i viewed it as a positive way to run the situation worse than i realized that the coronavirus is truly a monster. the us is gripped by protests against lockdown measures as the pandemic leaves millions of americans out of a job and small businesses on the brink of collapse. and with the global lockdown

forcing schools and universities to go online not everyone's lessons appear to be going to plan as parents and students struggle to adapt to the new academic reality . it. got out of. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me caring let us begin with the latest figures on covert 93 global pandemic is still raging with 2600000 cases confirmed and the number of lives claimed by coronavirus has now reached 185000 but a total of 729000 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 impacts of the pandemic and agreements already approved by finance ministers is expected to be reached on a 500000000000 euro lifeline for the blog but deep disagreements between certain member states could still be rael the talks are the final hurdle peter oliver has the details but we can expect out of these talks low is some statement some result at the end this is after the shell 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 after 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. confirmed that we are facing the worst economic downturn since the great depression this calls for urgent and decisive action is again a lot of talk about north versus south in europe the harvest and have nots economically southern countries like spain and italy have be the hardest hit in the continent from covert 19 what we heard from the italian prime minister just sepic conti is this very king toward his friends in the north that if italy suffers financially ultimately they will also catch that virus as well our economic system . 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 bones 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 that's with attains 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 it was a little bit out of the european council must welcome the economic package agreed by the euro group demand the finalization of its preliminary works but 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 aid packages that germany was going to give its full backing to were those mechanisms that already exist. and i can imagine sense instruments further 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 bonds 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 recovery on wednesday a 100 year old woman was discharged from hospital in northeastern states away after beating kovac 90 she's one of a number of italian centenarians who have beaten all the odds during the time demick but there are many more remarkable tales of recovery of young pierre campbell let's see is a former coronavirus patient who had to be put into intensive care he told us how terrifying the experience was. a lethal war in the beginning i viewed it as a negative positive later when the situation worsened i realized that the coronavirus 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 interview me at this point i called my wife it was 2 am terrified we were both terrified front god that this doctor sort of opal 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 me i felt i was unconscious after 5 minutes and then 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 troops the doctor told me look 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 in the world when it comes to the pandemic it currently has more than 800000 cases with over 47000 deaths 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 soaring small businesses are also on the brink he's callup more pain reports. 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 am 7 on my. am to go back to her center where her. economic collapse actually 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 who have are

struggling to have that are working or struggle because they 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 i often in. their businesses on the verge of cancer stay in the story longer so i have friends and neighbors nobody's businesses their doctor 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 where the thousands of employees of walt disney were 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 of 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 is going to be 1st in line with a big bank when it comes i'm a piper one of these things and if you're a little guy you know chances are you're going to the back though i like government has been apologetic i was pleased to see that shake shack to return to the money

intent of this money was not for big public companies that have access to capital and 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 afloat with cash you know those who have the correct connections here with a tremendous ration they'll do quite well i mean a good example are the airlines the airlines are going 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 the small business they're the ones that are paid for it and we'll see what happens in terms of the visions of the country in

a country by this is a disaster and it's only going to get worse and the united states is this is an administrative disaster. and with america divided over whether to reopen its economy the pentagon wants mexican factories to come out of lockdown to resume supplies. u.s. defense giants will have the full report on that later in the program. for us medics are also feeling the strain with the launch numbers of covert patients admitted daily and many on the front line feel let down by their government the national knows as united as the organization has faced a protest just outside the white house demonstrators read out the names of medics who lost their lives from covert 19 while on duty they claim that the government's actions have exacerbated the health care crisis. this is across the country have also been demanding the president and congress scale up for tax reduction of personal protective equipment and i guess the p.p. that we need. yet congress has now passed 3 coronavirus bills and none of them have

anything to protect it'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 police feeling awful come on to be 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 there have been employees that have tested positive and that obviously emotionally it's really difficult to see people that you work with who are said this experience has probably been one of the best and one of the worst things simultaneously. 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 affected it is it's painful to be heartbreaking. the global lockdown has seen schools and universities embrace the

digital era with classes going online but in a way of delivering lessons hasn't exactly gone to plan for everyone as the reports . 2020 a pandemic your parent let's be honest this is probably your reality yet again i didn't know they think about that i think it is going to have. some other sort of a i don't i was going name only and then they're going to get what i mean. i'm all right we've got 2 kids and i am sick of them all non parents out there are 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 a married man 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 and met 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 but there is a reason i send my kids to. i had never wanted to be a homeschool mom that headache for those with a computer and a decent wife like connection now imagine you come from the motor area but has 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 way they're also parents and there are some households who all. but what do those

children think don't have access to the private education system we're going to see their exams in just if you go to learn generally they are going to their brain will fall behind what are we going. these children then i would suggest the last of that should be provided or something must have been provided some show the right education right now as far as i see a lot of these children now heels and not wanting to wake up and go to school one or 2 mornings a year will fall but that's now turned into a chronic problem and a strict attendance is hard at twin post 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 tony not full 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 it does the question of safety zuma has become the hero of quarantine life bringing together dozens of people of different continents all for free all on a single call but it's also been drawn into a debate on its misuse of pastoral day sat and then that as soon bumming the f.b.i. is now warning that these virtual meetings can be hijacked you can have the g. injure type of actor profile or you can have the server print all that really wants a listener in a security floor and aus uninvited cyber gets to hack into you and disrupt soon cools which michael's harmless giggle for bored 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 divide classroom will always fall short and people bouncing ideas off each other teachers not just spewing facts but engaging with their students 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 engaging 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 the technology and the robots simply can't do as well as the humans lived before and after coronavirus will likely look a bit different businesses will close people will travel less we might not shake hands but i do you know esko is warning if there's one thing we don't want to stick around it's online. what about with most henri's off this very short break.

people are really remarking that 2020 is a mirror image of 2008 is the exact same problem banks over leverage blew themselves up and are now demanding a bailout at the point of a gun from the fed and other central banks and except this time the dislocation in the economy combined with the coronavirus is so great that we've tripped over into medieval ism that's all messed up this. world is driven by shaped by one person.

who. thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back while the u.s. grapples with the pandemic it's still urging its neighbor mexico to reopen production so as to aid the american defense industry well the pentagon encouraged the mexican factories to resume best supplies to u.s. defense giants. we are seeing impacts 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 primes 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 essential leading to the closure of most of the sectors factories however thousands of mexicans have continued to work in factories used by the u.s. for its cheap labor leading to protests there have been reports of covert 1000 deaths among workers mexico currently has over 10000 confirmed cases of corona virus the number of fatalities reaching nearly 900 we discussed the pentagon's request with all guests the part may not be fair if prioritizing its own needs. the expense of mexicans and this is what is more. about their needs there are there are i mean the needs of great use arms the need for priorities for the people and at the moment often don't and this is very in these times are very complicated with regard to human lights and if mexico and the united

states are friends. who are supposed to be friends as president trump has different occasions but regards to the president of mexico and mexico which should be there should be a plan b. and the production can be done in different times i mean because these 2 men you're going to put people at risk the same as for mexico so far from god so close the united states seems to ring true than ever they want to now they're using the coronavirus demi there is fear itself. across the border in the much. well as of mexico is still demanding supplies and mexican workers have been on strike as why should we put ourselves in at risk how is it in the interest of these mexican workers to be risking their lives and the lives of their loved ones to produce these supplies which are anything but essential. speculation is rife in the us media that the leader of north korea is extremely unwell after undergoing surgery

reports ranging from kim jong un have a contract to coronavirus or even being brain dead all slight nameless u.s. government sources. u.s. official with direct knowledge tells me that the u.s. is now monitoring intelligence that kim jong 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 a cardiac surgery and slipped into a coma according to one u.s. 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 could 19 from a chinese doctor flown in to help with his heart valve surgery he appears to be in stable condition for now well south korea and china have both dismissed the health

room as pentagon officials also say they have no reason to believe that kim jong un is in poor health and donald trump says the reports have not been confirmed i think that he doesn't place much trust in them well these are reports that 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 the came out with very very serious medical reports nobody's confirmed that it's. lucy and then that came in and so when c.n.n. comes out with a report i don't place which credence in. despite the denials there's further media speculation on who might replace the north korean leader they've named to kim jong his younger sister as a possible candidate the story 1st emerged from a south korean web outlet itself like a single source in the north media analysts lionel's theys this story is 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 good days 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 discussion of off the cuff almost negligent so to speak you know whatever what are you going to do this attitude. 40 years ago what it would have been just unheard of what you are seeing right now is emblematic of the complete and told all collapse of

mainstream media news. and some wild 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 a social distancing. and staying in germany the capitalist seen a wave of covert inspired graffiti in one park you can see from a lot of the ratings eyeing some toilet paper is being squirrelled away by scraps from ice age and monkeys sporting facemasks can be spotted among the trees. holding on to what has become the 1st to test smart bracelets to prevent corona infections that work the devices remind workers of social distancing by admitting a warning signal whenever they come too close to one another the bracelet also has a contact tracing feature which allows workers to know whether they've come into contact with an infected colleague. i thank you for

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claiming that the united states government was either swooping in and out bidding them after sales were already finalized or the us was just playing down right stealing or as we like to call it here confiscating everything from face mass to ventilators as the item sat on the tarmac in china waiting to be shipped off to the country that rightfully purchased them well appears that there's no holds barred loop grab perpetrated by the united states bedroom government as of correspondents way back home yes multiple state officials and local health groups from massachusetts to illinois to texas have been sounding the alarm that various federal agencies have been scooping up shipments of personal protective equipment and other valuable medical supplies for quite some time now according to a letter published in the new england journal of medicine by a medical doctor andrew artin steen with bay state health massachusetts 1st step.