brazilian president receives a court order to take. governors accuse him of denying the deadly threat of the virus. also easing becomes a national duty. as residents to start eating fries twice a week to save tons of potatoes as industries are left reeling from the. british police are preparing themselves for a summer crime wave once the country comes out of lockdown as thousands of young people face losing their jobs. new evidence suggests that f.b.i. agents tried to do all frame the former u.s. national security adviser over alleged ties to russia in 2017.

live from moscow thanks for joining us stars r.t. international. welcome to the program. and let's begin this hour with the latest figures on covert 19 the global pandemic is into a new month and those confirmed coronavirus cases are still soaring. 3.4000000 there is some hope that 1100000 people have recovered the grim number there you can see fatalities more than 242000. well the brazilian president is being blamed for not doing enough to stop the outbreak of corona virus as the death toll in the country goes past 6000 sables and dismiss the virus as being nothing more than a little flu of friday

a brazilian court gave the president 48 hours through release his covert 19 test results something he hasn't done yet he's kind of open and has the details new cases of corona virus are turning up in brazil each day the numbers are mounting the death rate is estimated to be much higher due to limited testing we've got brazil preparing big graveyards anticipating lots of dictums brazil's president has been reluctant to acknowledge the threat of corona virus now with over 6000 deaths this is his response. so i want i'm sorry what do you want me to do messi is my middle name but i don't do miracles questions have been raised about both scenarios only coronavirus test courts have ordered him under threat of penalties to reveal the results all power emanates from people and people have the right to be informed about the real state of health of their elected representative their refusal to provide test results is illegitimate transparency end of out of that system public

information ship prevail the political climate in brazil is heating up as well also noro is now facing lots of opposition the supreme court has ordered a probe into allegations that bolsa naro interfered in police investigation this could lead potentially to criminal charges as well as removal from office sergio moro cues the president of having fired the federal police chief and implied that he had done so for political reasons a part you started from the 2nd quarter of the last year the president began to insist to change the command of the federal police the president told me more than once that he wanted to direct to who was a close acquaintance of his someone he could call gather information intelligence reports a director or a superintendent who could do that this is not the federal police throw to report this kind of information also naro insists he didn't do anything illegal. they

defeated up they were talking about my interference within the federal police i well if i can buy your change a minister why can't i change the head of the federal police i don't need to ask for permission from anybody to change the director or anyone in the pyramid of the executive power for the resignation has sparked fears that a wider political crisis could soon unfold for their support for more resigning is a bad thing a shot in boston irish credibility that's a sergio mora it's a popular figure who fought corruption has. living the government and not feeling good there it's a terrible sight for the last side of his exit is an indicator of the things not right should not happen since everyone wants things to be ok so i believe his exit will also cusco all the changes in the government and everybody hopes there will be good changes for brazil. brazil's neighbors are quite alarmed by the country's lax

approach to the pandemic they fear that the largest country in south america could become a super spreader if you can a lot of traffic is coming from cell policy where the infection rate is extremely high and it doesn't appear to me that the brazilian government is treating it with the seriousness that it requires that worries me a lot better for us i voted the reinforcement of venezuela to do with brazil to create an epidemiological barrier paraguay recently dug a trench on its border amid the pandemic many are watching brazil very closely the country could be sitting on a political timebomb it would mop and r.t. new york. the main outbreaks in brazil have hit wealthy communities but cases in the poor and densely populated for veterans could be catastrophic local gang leaders have imposed strict containment measures in poor areas like the rules the government has rolled out media team redfish has been taking a look at how. infidel is across brazil local

gang members are stopping some of the usual activities to prevent a corona virus outbreak in your neighborhood. so. i say that. despite drug sales being down the instructions come from the gang leader is to impose a curfew on all the rest and. this is in stark contrast to the leader of a country and there was still people to go back to work in reverse lock downs put in place by regional officials. in the bill is like the gangs are in charge the only visible government institution here are the armed police they come in to do raids. so push each.

other. just. yell just. when the tourism restaurants and shops closed in march the income of the many are now reliant on food. although the populace boasts a narrow wants to keep the poor in this by offering them a small basic income during a cold shutdown many don't have bank accounts or smartphones though for what you need to access support. the price of food and basic goods it's also risen sharply in recent months as a result of brazil's existing economic crisis but at least in these frivolous the

cost of protective equipment is being paid for by the time cheap just. eating fries could help you combat cope with 19 or at least potatoes from going to waste in belgium running call from brussels to eat up comes as the pandemic has shut down the hospitality trade leaving a surplus of spuds so to save the industry belgians are being encouraged to do their bit and begin ironically the consumption of frozen fries in belgium is fairly low in comparison with other countries who are now looking into a promotional campaign to get belgians to eat more of them that would free up space now freezers and help us to avoid food waste we don't just invite all belgians to

eat more fries but the entire world when one part of the market collapses that is normally compensated elsewhere now the out of home market has completely collapsed worldwide we are a sector with low margins and rely on large volumes if all humans don't go up the entire sector is in trouble. and it's been reported that over 750000 tons of potatoes could fall foul of the crisis while frozen fries make up about 75 percent of belgium's potato processing we asked people there whether they would go with the extra calories to save the economy. so why not see if we can support the potato producing pleasure yes why not everything that can support a 1000 economy the economy of our country and be a fake character but i live in the district and i'm also a merchant here and it's very interesting that the shop can reopen it because it will give a boost to life here it will help everyone to stay on course because during the quarantine was really hard to ship out more to preserve it but i wouldn't eat pork

fries because there was such a hole you have made with another kind of why not i really like price but i don't think i would like to write every single day just to save the straw that you want to your brussels is trying to help the industry for instance chip shops were allowed to stay open for take away or destroying the block tell you spoke to the owner of what about the struggles brought on by the hand. if there's been an overabundance of potatoes the government and also the producers and workers make an appeal to eat fry several times a week to understandable there's a glass of potatoes because the shops and restaurants and so i want to quote listen it's going to be very hard and difficult but we'll try to survive we close the shop on the 18th of february because we thought that nobody could come see me being allowed out when we reopen i think we're going to work at 30 percent capacity so we're going into the narrative anyway this is the end of the lockdown on the 11th

of may so we'll see what is going to happen. former u.s. national security advisor was apparently being set up by the f.b.i. over alleged russian contacts back in 2017 the revelation comes from newly unsealed documents that say there was a lack of the rocketry evidence against michael flynn but a former f.b.i. agent still intervened to try and keep the case open. the writing notes that since crossfire razor michael flynn was not specifically named as an agent of a foreign power by the original crossfire hurricane predicated reporting the absence of any derogatory information or lead information from these logical sources reduce the number of investigative avenues and techniques to pursue the f.b.i. is closing this investigation hey if you haven't closed raise or don't do so yet according to the documents f.b.i. agents discussed the possibility of tricking flynn into lying so that you could be prosecuted or fired. some believing the bureau deliberately targeted him regardless

of evidence michael flynn of course pleaded guilty that was back in 2017 for a lying about contacting the russian ambassador weeks before donald trump took office those charges were brought as part of an investigation into alleged the russian meddling during the 26th the us election for him is currently seeking to withdraw his guilty plea and the latest evidence will go some way to boosting his chances while president trump has already said he'd give him a job it looks to me like michael sloan would be exonerated based on everything i see. now to judge but i have a different type of power for you back to your administration. well i think he's a fine man i think it's terrible what they did to him it's something that nobody's asked me but you're asking me for the 1st time i would certainly consider it. a legal and media analyst lynell believes these new documents will play right into flynn's hands he pled guilty. he was about to be sentenced now we find his new

information he has now asked the court to allow him to withdraw that plea of guilty thus read re storing his original plea of not guilty which will then allow the department of justice attorney general bill barr to drop the case once the case is dropped he is free he then can pursue civil litigation against the government for abuse of process for violating his civil rights and the like let me remind everyone that as of today's date and i've been following this decision was legal i still don't know what the russian collusion was at all the investigations you name it from just go from from carter page to we still don't know it's as though this female has been so imbedded in our collective conscience is russian interference russian meddling the that we're still waiting for evidence of that so if justice

prevails general flynn could end up being a very wealthy man because what they put him through and by the by the carter page of s a geisha is still going on but what they did to this and his message should the world is very simple if they can do this to me a lieutenant general retired somebody who is a hero somebody who gave his entire life in support and in print and in defense of his country if they could do this to me and forced me to plead to something that was manufactured what does this mean for the average citizen if the public understands his case that way. sky's the limit so that remains to be seen this may be some way in the future and of course we are just sort of speculating speculating of a stage but do you think from. the job offer and you know if it does take place what sort of capacity will sort of role do you think we can see the former security adviser in if he is exonerated if he is found is called a no name prosequi if they decide not to prosecute he is as as as pure as the

driven snow it never have been people are also asking can deprive president pardon him well there's nothing really to pardon because he will have been exonerated so it's up to the president can you imagine how this will go all the press corps and deep into our state to dare take back a person that the press corps has already sullied and tattooed and deemed to be a security risk or somebody's not worthy of our respect and praise it could be the ultimate slap in the face which in view of such might make it even more unlikely for the president to establish to the world this is my office these are my rules and this man was never convicted of anything he is presumed innocent this is the american way why not bring him back a man of his experience a man of his expertise and a man of his tradition police in the u.k. brace for a summer crime wave on the back of

a coronavirus epidemic and more news after this short break. i guess you know we're going to talk about more about tax in a jobs are not really needed you know other part of this lockdown people the millions and millions of people to use in their job would have something material to impact on the fortunes of the economy as a whole but now it only effects the surface. as. matter of fact it's a great opportunity if you're in the banking only to see stocks trading higher and bank stocks higher workers are needed taxes are needed when you can. her money go burn you know that's. what

we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic to follow can only move. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the program british police of all of a crime wave one looked at measures a lifted of thousands of young people face unemployment west midlands crime commissioner in england says he fears a summer of alcohol fueled vonnegut's social behavior. i have concerns that we could have tens if not hundreds of thousands of young people in the west midlands particularly young men who read about june or july find they have no job to go back

to i fear that we may be facing a summer crime wave young men out of work venues reopening in large groups congregating is a toxic mix for crime i'm particularly worried about public order offenses anti social behavior and alcohol fuelled violence in england alone police have issued almost 9000 fines for people breaching locked up with almost 200000 coronavirus related incidents reported so far fines vary up to 1000 pounds while the authorities also warn that the reopening of pubs could add to the problems peter kirk i'm a former police officer says a surge in crime when the pandemic settles is very likely when we went into the lockdown with all that took specially with the closure of pubs and clubs. and public space effectively. it was predictable that crime associated with those locations would plummet and that is now working its way through in the statistics that we see. violence street crime drug misuse or drug

dealing. lots and lots of things that happen in street some basic problem places have gone down equally predictable is once you release that pressure just like the businesses that have had. no income or very much reduced income for the period of a lot around so the criminals have their. illegal businesses shut down they're all combat with a vengeance needing to make up that slack. the u.k. a charity group has sounded the alarm over care home whistle blows being sacked as they attempt to draw attention to the safety issues they're facing as are in the covert. legal action is now being considered over the smiths all of staff members who organization called compassion and care has claimed that 5 whistleblowers were fired for harding a lack of staff and perhaps personal protective equipment and also said the number of covert 19 patients were being placed in care homes of the released from hospital

the carers contacted regulators or thirty's 4 weeks ago partly without response charities founder eileen sharpe told us that care homes have always been a weak link in the u.k.'s health care system this crisis was forseeable and you know it's been a number of weeks there since stafford been raising concerns about the p.p.a. about lack of staff in as well care homes usually get by on a wing and a prayer. anything goes wrong and everything crumbles and there is the case now where staff are off sick and there isn't anyone to replace them the people that contact us are the good care you know the staff that humble me with you know their compassion for the job and you know you don't hear about these health care workers they're going to be given half of all covert care where people are dying and you know i know it's great that people are clapping for the n.h.s.

but i say to people for these carers they're doing something absolutely amazing they're not trained they've got no equipment and they've got no gratitude and i think that you know at least we can do is to stand up for them. all the death toll in u.k. homes has reportedly quadrupled in the last fortnight half of those numbers you can see there occurred in just 5 days over the british health ministers thinking by westminster's response to the pandemic despite their homes being a huge warry from the very beginning i wonder if you will take this opportunity to apologize to those families of long ones who died in homes because the government didn't properly protect them. the thing is i think. i think that's unreasonable as a question actually from the start we know we knew that there was a very significant challenge with kathy holmes the government of down when it comes

to the city care situation and social care is every scene after this at croi and their mistakes are pointed out and those mistakes should have been made i mean people have died needlessly that could have been saved and as it is we've got. a hospital beds and we've got people dying in residential care homes where there are no nurses and these people are dying gasping for air i mean this is no a air a mistake by the government this is a human rights abuse and it needs to be investigated properly and there needs to be accountability for what's happened here and the care workers that continue to work in these conditions every day are at breaking point their mental health suffered and there's no help or support from them and they just feel abandoned by the whole system. desperate times call for desperate measures that appeared to raise much needed funds for hospitals in france a number of priceless treasures are set to go on the hummer the culture ministry will auction 100 pieces some of which they back to the 19th century solidoodle ski

has more details from the french capital. warnings and that the french economy could face its worcester sessions since the 2nd world war has come to pass meaning that the coded $900.00 crisis has blown a massive hole in the 2nd largest economy this reduced activities may be linked to the says they should have non-essential activities since the country dropped a district lockdown in mid march and it seems the french are really struggling so much so they're looking for alternative ways to raise a 1000000000 extra carriage with little to no money likely to come in from foreign . tourism this year the french have turned to raiding the family silver per se france has been here before selling off pieces of national heritage but pulling off so many valuables at once with around a 100 pieces set to go under the hammer at the same time is reportedly rare and in

a country which prides itself on its heritage this really goes against the grain in the past france has been so precious about conserving natural treasures it's banned it works sold at auction from leaving the country to allow for time for home grown sons to be raised to buy them and to keep them here when the peace christ mocked by free reign a source artist. was sold at auction for 20000000 euros after decades of lying and discovered hanging in a kitchen france stepped in. i saluted the role played by the system of control over the export of cultural goods for the protection and richmond of the national heritage and i thank the members of the advisory commission on national treasures thanks to the time given by this measure every effort can be made to ensure that this exceptional work and reaches the national collections but now as

the economy sputters around a 100 national treasures from the 19th century and particularly from the reign of louis philip the 1st francis last king will be sold to the highest bidders the money from the sale in september is going to right into good hands of course to support the country's hard pressed hospitals particularly the foundation for paris hospitals and french hospitals whose president is emanuel mark wife. charlotte. r.t. paris. some european wine makers are feeling the pinch as more than a 1000 bottles go on tops to to the global health crisis one french has come forward with a money saving suggestion using distillation to separate the alcohol. distillation is no alternative certainly less lucrative than the sale of wine but one which will allow one grows to get by and also to be able to harvest in 2020 what is more the

uncle produce can be used in many sectors for example for the manufacture of hydro alcoholic gel for big companies can be a more busy difficult distillation is a way for sure to reduce volume and to give them place the course this negative effect because people who have to use distillation they weed out the price and. price but then they would have trouble and they could bankrupt because when you have players world. all the 100200 sometime problems with people today and if they have the tunnel even more they would then we'd have big trouble even with some help of the government earlier this week france italy and spain asked the e.u. commission to approve a crisis this fallacious program and trade route for european whine claims that even supermarket sales are going to save the industry. the hotel and restaurant

sector is closed down practically everywhere we have to made it 30 percent of the volume and 50 percent of the value of the european wine market will be lost furthermore there are a few signs of growth in the beginning of march we are now seeing big drops in supermarkets reconfirming the negative trend for the sector. french wine maker pierre again believes the crisis would be an opportunity for a smaller one percent. to change for us and for smaller company because the big players. we have trouble so far as the body needed to get to market and also is an opportunity for us to to show the consumer that is more important to use family wine for media owner winemaker wineries than to use a big room wine for only cheap wine. could you tire of sunshine above us vamp on a buoyant mood in international markets fall out of the bus the team and i are back

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