and it just a way of saving those mentally healthy meters and you're not as good as the. brazilian president. receives a court order to take over the. governor's accused. threats of the virus. his residence to start eating fries twice a week to save tons of potatoes as industries are left reeling from the pandemic. british police are preparing themselves for a crime wave once the country comes out of lockdown thousands of young people face losing their jobs. and new evidence suggests that f.b.i. agents tried to disgrace or framed the former u.s. national security adviser over alleged ties to russia 2070.

begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the global pandemic is into a new month confirmed cases are still soaring 3400000 there is some hope though 1100000 people have recovered but the grim number you can see fatalities more than 243000. 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 postes $6000.00 shy of all sonora earlier dismissed the virus as being nothing more than a little flu and on friday a brazilian court gave the president 48 hours to release his covered 19 test results something he hasn't done yet he's kind of open as 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 victims brazil's president has been reluctant to acknowledge the threat of coronavirus now with over 6000 deaths this is his response. so i want i'm sorry what do you want me to do both of messy as is my middle name but i don't get 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 and devote that says to public information should 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 morrow cues the president of having fired the federal police chief and implied that he had done so for political reasons apart you starting from the 2nd quarter of the last year the president began to insisted change the command of the federal police the president told me more than once that he wants a director 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 narrow insists he didn't do anything illegal they defeated up we were talking about my interference within the federal police i well if i can by 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 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 of the most interesting ability that's a sergio mora is a popular figure who fought corruption able to. being the government and not feeling good there it's a terrible sight years for your. side 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 this 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. lot of traffic is coming from sao paolo 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. i voted the reinforcement of venezuela's border with brazil to create an epidemiological barrier paraguay recently dug a trench on its border and 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 veliz could be catastrophic local gang leaders have impose strict containment measures in poor areas like the rules the government has rolled out investigative media team redfish has been taking a closer look at how gang world areas are adapting. and for bella's across brazil local bands the gang members are stopping some of the usual activities to prevent

a corona virus outbreak in your neighbor but very few. i say. despite drugs being the instructions come from the gang leader is to impose a curfew on all the question. this is in stark contrast to the leader of a country. and there was still people to go back to work in reverse lockdowns put in place by regional fish. in for villas like this the gangs are in charge the only visible government institution here are the armed police they come in to do raids. i was walking in died she. saw push each maybe so much time on each that you know the seal died it was so much cooperation.

i have done what i do and i think that they would. rise a lot i don't want to. just. start going to. jail just scale mayor daley's not just that. when the tourism tree restaurants and shops closed in march this shut off the income of the many are now reliant on food parcels. although the populace balsam 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 smart phones for what you need to access support. the price of food and basic goods it's also risen sharply in the 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 just.

aging fries could help you come. at least save potatoes from going to waste in belgium that running cold from brussels to eat up comes as the pandemic has shut down the whole. but ality 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 contain to get belgians to eat more of them there were 3 of 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 law margins and rely on large volumes if all humans don't go up the entire sector is in trouble it's been reported 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 whether they would go with the extra calories to save the economy. put but why not if we can support the potato produces pleasure yes why not everything that can support the belgian economy the economy of our country and be a patriotic act but i live in this district and i'm also a merchant and it's very interesting that the shop going to reopen because it will give a boost to life here it will help everyone to stay on course because during the quarantine it was rude. but more to preserve i won't eat pork fries because there is such a coffee maker with another kind of food 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. is trying to help prop up the industry for instance chip shops were allowed to stay open for takeaway orders during the lockout we spoke to the owner of one about the struggles brought on by the pandemic. there's been an overabundance of potatoes the government and also the producers and workers make an appeal to eat rice several times a week it's understandable there's a glass of potatoes because the coffee shops restaurants and so i want to closed listen it's going to be very hard in difficult but we'll try to survive we close the shop on the 18th of february because we thought that nobody could come i mean being allowed out when we reopen i think we're going to work at 30 percent capacity 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. a former u.s. national security advisor was apparently being set up by the f.b.i.

over alleged russian contacts back in 2 of the 17 revelation comes from newly unsealed documents that say there was a lack of a derogatory evidence against michael flynn 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 called raise or don't do so yet according to the documents f.b.i. agents the scuffs the possibility of tricking for lying so you could be prosecuted or fired some believing the bureau deliberately targeted him regardless of evidence michael flynn of course pleaded guilty in 2017 for lying about contacting the russian ambassador weeks before donald trump took office the charges were brought

up as part of the investigation into alleged russian meddling during the $26.00 the us election for him is currently seeking to withdraw his guilty plea 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 back to your administration. while 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 yes i would. a legal and media believes these new documents will play right into flames had 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 that 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 speculated speculating of a stage but do you think from. the job all for and does take place what sort of capacity will sort of role do you think we can see the former security advisor 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 press 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 a bag of persian 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 crowd of are a separate that and more off to the shore break.

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welcome back to the program british police of all of a crime wave one locked our measures are lifted as thousands of young people face unemployment the west midlands crime commissioner in england says he fears a summer of alcohol fuelled violence and antisocial 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 rant 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 lockdown almost 200000 coronavirus rated

incidents reported so far fines vary up to 1000 pounds while the authorities are also warned the reopening of pubs could add to the problems peter cook a former police officer says a surge in crime when the pandemic settles is very likely when we went into the lock down with all that especially with the closure of props 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 the statistics that we see. violence street crime drug misuse or drug dealing. lots and lots of things that happen in streets and busy public places have gone down equally predictable is once you release that pressure just like the businesses that has. had no income or very much reduced income for the period of the last round so the

criminals have their. illegal businesses shut down or come back with a vengeance needing to make up that slack. thing in the u.k. a charity group has sounded the alarm over care whistleblowers being sacked as they attempt to draw attention to the safety issues they're facing during the code 19 outbreak legal action is now being considered over the dismissal of staff members now the organization called compassion and care has claimed 5 whistleblowers were fired for highlighting a lack of staff and personal protective equipment and also said a number of covert 19 patients were being placed in care homes after release from hospital the keris contacted regulators and the authorities 4 weeks ago apparently without response the saudis found told us care homes have always been a weak link in the u.k.'s health care system. this crisis was foreseeable and you know it's been a number of weeks now since staff of 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 west after off sick and there isn't anyone to replace them the people that contact us are the good care you know the stuff 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. by 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. that's all and you can reportedly quadrupled in the last 4 lights off of those numbers you can see there occurred in just 5 days over the british health ministers thinking why wasn't

this response from the pandemic despite being a huge warry from the very beginning. i wonder if you will to make use of what you need to apologize to those families and look ones who died in care homes because government didn't properly protect the. the thing is nick 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 can holmes the government of down when it comes to the m.l.t. care situation and social care is that every scene after this outcry 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 we have empty hospital beds and we've got people dying and residential care homes where there are no no 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 and in a bid to raise much needed funds fast but also in france a number of priceless treasures are set to go under the hama culture ministry will auction 100 pieces some of which they had back to the 19th century shiela do when he has more details from the french capital. warnings and that the french economy could face it's a recession since the 2nd world war have 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 this is a should normally essential activities since the country adopted district lockdown

in mid march and it seems the french are really struggling so much so they're looking for alternative ways to raise extra cash and 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 $100.00 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 at work 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 piece christ mocked by

free when a song. was sold at auction for 24000000 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. 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 directly 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 emmanuel mack wife. charlotte.

r.t. paris. new yorkers who've been bearing the brunt of financial setbacks already in for a strike over rent they want the state's governor to cancel and freeze payments till the end of summer as new york struggles in its battle against the coronavirus initiative called may day. is the morning that stopped paying rent from the 1st of this month so we got almost $14000.00 signatures there are 3 key points to cancel rent for at least 4 months to freeze rental prices and also an urgent really housing scheme for all new yorkers who are in need one of the initiative sponsors farkas from the met council on housing told us the number of people affected is actually much higher. right now york state there are. almost. people that are living in state and city sponsored shelters and people that

are living on the streets the much wider so right now and to make the reality. along with. all those problems we're seeing a situation in new york state maybe 'd campaign actions are around the idea that like look we all the stuff we just need to have a crisis in people or our work and they're not right but of the people in the concrete real life here's where you get your rent or not your rent for the month of may or the months there are associates. that sort of the problem goes well beyond just new york state that activist group called parents together surveyed $1200.00 u.s. families and discovered almost half of them on able to pay rent without cutting down on basic needs such as food and medicine 54 percent of the already lost soul will lose household incomes and many more than the 3rd are already on benefits the

group behind this clip to the u.s. congress. people are in the desperate and dire need of more help there are so many people out of work and out of jobs they're going to be doing again soon i don't know there's our number and you know. your medicaid came before and all of this i'm showing off 14 year old taken care of my grandfather who's in a wheelchair and we are really struggling to. have a father so again from the met council and housing as the come across this has laid bare a problem that's existed for decades already. if you are rich creates the crew of art critics. now. the reality is ringback that for far too long for 304050 years the risk being increasingly to happen wages are staying low interest

rates continue to increase and right now we're seeing a sort of apex of that reality this is the consequence. of a crisis that existed before 'd i was a crisis that existed before this and that is exaggerated and the economic. realities and recency how we go as a country or world where housing is guaranteed as a human right. some european one make is a feeling the paint has more than a 1000 bottles go on tut street or the global health crisis however one friend show me peace come forward with a money saving suggestion using distillation to separate the alcohol. distillation is an 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 breaks caused this negative effect because of people who have to use distillation they weed out the price and so if there is price for then they would have trouble and they could bung crude because when you have players world. over $100200.00 something talented people have to pay any of they have to. even more they would then we'd have big trouble even with some help of the government. or earlier this week france italy and spain asked the e.u. commission to approve a crisis the lation program and a trade group of european wine claims that even supermarket sales are going to help save the industry. the hotel and restaurant sector is closed down practically everywhere and 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 farber again believes the crisis could be an opportunity for smaller wine businesses. to change for us and for smaller family kompany because the big players. we have trouble so far as nobody needed to get to market and also is an opportunity for us to to show the cosima that it is more important to use family wine from media owner winemaker wineries than to use a big volume wine for only cheap wine.