no dairy thinks. we should ask. it stays headlines from the international the european union says it's heading for the worst recession in its history with any fragile recovery period frightened by a potential 2nd wave of infections. in the hunt for how the virus took hold in france we speak to one man who was diagnosed with corona virus a month before the 1st official cases were registered. i learned i had coronavirus only 10 days after i left the hospital the doctor called me and said mr amar you were lucky that's true because today this virus has spread everywhere. president putin approves this 3 step plan to relax russia's law but new in tougher restrictions will remain in place of moscow with masks and gloves mandatory in

public. and the american mercenary claims he was tasked with the trip in the venezuelan president bringing him to the united states after 2 american citizens were arrested following a failed plot against nicolas maduro. in the instructions. ensure that we. control the. good afternoon thanks to come to this thursday live from our teams world news center here in moscow my name is kevin know and i'm here for the next 30 minutes with a round up for you 1st the latest covert 19 figures then since the outbreak began 3800000 people are now known to have been infected with the potentially deadly

virus around the world the number of deaths as a result has now surpassed 265000 but the number of people making recovery 2 is also rising but currently stands at 1300000. europe may be moving on from the worst of the pandemic but there's new trouble ahead the e.u. says the region's on course for a recession of historic proportions with already hard hit countries suffering the most is a europe correspondent 1st then peter oliver. gloomy times economically are being talked about as a result of coronavirus the e.u. spring 2020 economic forecast is looking at a 7 and a half percent contraction of g.d.p. over this year just a few months ago although same analysts were talking about a small 'd rise in that index over the same period now those in the know talking

about say an economic downturn of historic proportions it is now quite clear that the e.u. has entered the deepest economic recession in its history the secondary sickness from the coronaviruses its impact upon economies the european union is the latest to announce difficult times on the horizon europe is experiencing an economic shock without precedent since the great depression both the depth of the recession and the strength of the recovery will be uneven such divergence poses a threat to the single market and the euro area analysts are talking about a 6 percent increase in g.d.p. next year but that is very much a best case scenario one in which covert 19 is owned a contrail last or some forecasters were talking about a double digit increase in g.d.p. 2021 those nations hardest hit by the virus will be the hardest hit financially

spain is staring down the barrel of a 10 percent contraction in its economy for this year the spanish retail sector shrunk by an unprecedented 11.2 percent in march compared to february the effects well they're already being described as devastating little mean you i think of the kids' future let's see how this will play out more will lead to we've seen the situation with no work no food how can we provide like this the economy is going under and the aid is disproven. needed boost has generated a level of object poverty that i'm convinced the government won't be able to help everyone. we are very concerned by this dramatic situation that we're facing the number of calls and pleas for help has gone up 4 or 5 times as well food distribution increased some 2030 percent here in germany efforts are being made to

open up the economy but that comes with the ever present risk of a 2nd wave of the virus in a country that dealt with the initial wave particularly well while just this week germany's highest court has thrown a potential sponsor in the works of the eurozone pandemic that sharing initiative sometimes called corona bombs by saying that the european central bank was going to have to provide more assurances before they would give the green light to the german government on central bank on taking part in the project all of this comes together to provide not only a public health emergency the likes of which hasn't been seen in generations but following in its wake and economic emergency that has the potential to wreck our vic on the world's financial systems peter all of a party girl in. breaux 0 spoke to us about it he believes that even the best case scenario europe won't be able to keep up with its economic losses in the short term

. when it comes to the european union especially to the eurozone there is a really big problem and now with this crisis it has completely come out to the open it's a unique situation in which we have an economy that has been almost completely altered so even if the situation with the virus will be easing out it's not like you know just switching off and on what you switch off the economy starting them on again takes back it cannot be halted and he cannot be reversed it has to be traced in the best case scenario so that we manage to contain the spread of the virus in this case in 2021 we will have other problems but the rebound will not call for for all 'd the losses that there's been made and some countries would be in much worse position to be called. one of those if any of the other what his brain and program which are a lot of companies will not survive this on the other hand if we have another

crisis with the virus bandits duration will get really really serious 'd it is a fetus already but a 2nd phase of the virus coming back and forcing the lock down and again would be disastrous for. british scientists believe the corona virus spread around the world last year sometime between october and december they think the conclusions come from a genetic study of samples from more than $7000.00 people who'd been infected with france being one of the worst hit countries it's strong special attention from the medical community this is who appears to be the country's so called patient 0 he was diagnosed with the corona virus a month before the 1st official cases are registered in france he talked of through his story. around december 20th i got a dry cough and sometime later a fever my temperature rose to over 40 celsius my wife told me to call an ambulance

in winter i usually do fall ill with flu but this time it was different i was taken to the nearest hospital the medics told me you'll have to be put on a ventilator that was because i could hardly breathe i had been coughing up blood and my chest was aching as if i had been stabbed with a knife while i was in hospital i couldn't walk or sit up straight i was lying down all the time i was given a c.t. scan they took me from the intensive care unit to the radiology department 3 or 4 times because they couldn't understand anything they told me there was nothing on your x. rays nothing the doctor said i can't discharge you while you are coughing up blood on the 4th day after i started treatment i asked if i could leave the hospital the doctor warned that if something went wrong i would have to return at home i kept taking medicine for coughing 10 days later i only had a light cough they told me you must have had

a serious lung infection back in december nobody had heard of covert 19 in china it all began around mid january i learned i had coronavirus only 10 days after i left the hospital in france the outbreak started at the beginning of march and i caught the virus in december to me it's unbelievable 2 months apart the doctor called me and said mr amar you were lucky that's true because today this virus has spread everywhere. learning more and more about it every day our way now more from france coming up later in the program which tons of cheese and millions of liters of beer of going to waste it says sales slump of huge proportions for the renowned french food industry. are mixed feelings over the rush to get the world's worst affected country up and running again the united states. has recorded nearly 75000 deaths and more than 1200000 infections more and more states loosening the law to public pressure even though health experts fear said the trigger may be

a 2nd wave most caution is perhaps even the worst affected state new york the subway system the usually a 24 hour operation has begun nightly closures to clean it all for the 1st time but that's how to add to the impact it's affecting the thousands of homeless accustomed to sleeping that nationally more than 30000000 americans have been thrown into unemployment headache for the white house and what to do next as america's trinity chavez explained. just one day after president trump said the coronavirus task force would be phased out today he's striking a different tone saying the task force will remain in place but rather shift its focus to reopening the economy then i think next year i think we're going to one of the best years we've ever had this as rick wright a government scientist takes aim at the president in a whistleblower complaint filed tuesday alleging the trumpet ministration ignored his dire warnings about coded 19 and was demoted for resisting

a malaria drug trump was pushing despite little evidence that it actually helped keep it constant keep it consistent keep the process transparence we can bring innovation to the table and with more than half the country starting to ease restrictions many are still seeing an increase of cases the state of georgia reopening non-essential businesses despite new concerns were all areas in that state could soon see coronavirus hotspots the virus robbing desmond tolbert a georgia resident of both his parents within 48 hours your prayers go to the. parents new jersey also seeing a rise in cases up nearly $1200.00 bringing the new total of confirmed infections to more than $131000.00 and while hard hit new york plans to reopen regions in phases as it comes down the curve hospitals are still seeing more than $600.00 new . cases of cova 19 a day the death toll slightly up from 230 a day earlier to 232 on the virus continues to take

a vicious toll on the city's nursing homes new data revealing as of may 3rd more than 4800 people have died from co but 19 in nursing homes the governor now investigating all long term care facilities in the state to ensure they are following state regulations and as the virus rages on new york city the epicenter of the break struggling to manage the city's homeless population living still cut out hundreds seeking shelter in subway cars amid the outbreak see this 5. years ago are starting to fall for. sure but now for the 1st time ever officials are shutting down all city trains overnight for deep cleaning meantime officials say they are moving the city's homeless to designated hotels while the n.y.p.d. has assigned more than a 1000 officers to secure many of the 472 transit stations reporting in new york trinity chávez are take is

a little better over on the west coast 3 the sun from cisco has for years witnessed a surge in rough sleepers on the streets some of the health crosses my commit so much worse but the authorities are taking measures to try to shelter people. they come here because they believe that they can get a tent and they can get in the system to get housing and so it's really a burden on our system that it's already taxed. before kopechne 18 we are seen on average about 2300 people a day and now are seen on average about 33 to 3400 people day

a day even up to 3800 people a day. here in new into. 2 rules on the way from moscow from may the 12th everyone in the city is going to be required to wear a face smalls can gloves in public places and went taken transport to be on announce the new rules just now adding that he suspects the number of actual infections in the russian capital is far in the test results suggest overall the country has the world's 3rd highest number of active infections at the moment with moscow accounting for just under 2 thirds of them because they saw most don't quarter correspondence cross the story today they don't take a cut it was expected but here it comes gloves and masks forever in this city than . thank heaven yeah well it was on thursday that said john and gave some startling

updates about the situation with regard to the corona virus in moscow although the official number of cases in the city stands around 92000 cases he actually said the real much the real number is more likely around 300000 now moscow's mayor didn't initially expect the lockdown to be necessary for longer than 2 weeks actually and he also said that residents will now have to prepare for a longer period of this new normal for their lives part of that will begin on the 12th of may when wearing a mask and gloves will be compulsory in public as we start to allow more people to return to work there will be more people taken transport there will be more interaction and has to be balanced out so that's why we are introducing additional isolation measures on public transport it is now compulsory to wear a mosque and gloves digital process will stay in force now on the same

day as sebi on ins announcement russia confirmed over $11000.00 new cases that's a record breaking figure and that's even after 4 consecutive days of increase is greater than $10000.00 cases of the coronavirus so president vladimir putin already explained that this is a complicated situation that requires a flexible approach from the authorities. and usually is. of course life is much more complicated than any plan and nevertheless it's important to have a reasonable if you verified algorithm of actions for each region of the country taking into account the opinions of specialist so we see that the situation with the spread of coronavirus in each of the regions is different as i've already said in one region tough justified preventative measures need to be maintained or even tougher and in others it's possible to plan to ease them if justified but that's only possible based on the opinion of scientists and specialists and taking into

account all factors and possible risks i emphasize again we must not run ahead of ourselves with any negligence or haste can cause a breakdown a rollback to the price of the slightest mistake is the safety lives and health of our people therefore the responsibility for each decision is extremely high. now and no one in the country has really been immune to the. spread of the coronavirus it's also taken its toll on russia's leadership a number of top deputies including the country's prime minister have had to take time off of their duties because they were coronavirus confirmed after being diagnosed with cold at 19 so while the russian authorities originally thought this was going to be maybe a 2 week lock down they now understand they're going to be in it for a while for the long haul as you say and all the big cities around the world are such a huge headache and it don't stay safe well thanks for updating us on a quarter of the. she is very by the way to much more ahead this thursday from moscow with me kevin i would hope you stick around for the next 10 minutes at least

a u.s. mercenary claims he was tossed with capturing the venezuelan president of for a failed coup which has seen 2 other americans arrested we'll tell you much more. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. seems wrong. to me. to

shape out they become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. again the venezuelan president says 4 more people have been arrested after a failed incursion attempt a former us veteran says he organized the raid which venezuela claims was ultimately orchestrated by washington the no one son i have to report at for new terrorists have just been captured but i've already ordered the foreign minister to

send a set of reports with the corresponding videos with the corresponding contacts on this aggression is conducted by the united states government and donald trump against venezuela. or the u.s. denies any involvement 2 of its citizens were among the 1st arrests though they were detained on monday and identified as former special forces soldiers during president maduro virtual news conference the questioning of one of the members even televised the story more detail from caleb maupin. u.s. venezuela tensions are high once again latin american socialist country says it has held off an armed incursion now they've captured mercenary fighters 2 of which are u.s. citizens and one of the mercenary fighters says the plan was to detain the durham and hand him over to the united states the only instructions there season jordan. was to ensure that we should. ensure that here for the forces.

for the world and to receive it but and on wednesday we heard a full denial from mike peo he says the united states was not in on the plot however he's now making threats unless the 2 detained u.s. citizens are released as no he wes government direct involvement in this operation . would have been a ball that would have gone differently if the majority regime decides to hold them will use every tool that we have available to try and get them back the president maduro maintains he knows exactly who is responsible for the raid that we were able to uncover these terrorists incursion of which we have been victims we know the united states government assigned the drug enforcement agency to plan b. section and the signed of drug company silver corps for the operational planning the government of the united states of america is fully and completely involved in these really defeated by the soul and civic military police union of venezuela

awful silvercorp is an american corporation headed by jordan gondor there's now video of him confirming the botched operation silvercorp has also threatened to kill an r t spanish correspondent after she tweeted about an alleged invasion into the on his way law but only then you'll see ended up went as a journalist a how policy online account of this alleged war veteran and who is said to have been decorated. 3 times back home for his participation in iraq war after a long period of absence he has 32 to date on that account of silver pour usa claiming that his incursion would involve over 60 people here in venice well i made a report and this person replied that mercenaries may be paid to kill people but he would kill me for free fortunately i have received many messages of support from both the vessel and government and also from abroad and so now we move forward with

our work because the most important thing is to continue denouncing what's taken place in our country. the russian embassy responded to this public threat of violence. we noticed an explicit threat to their tea journalist us health authorities and human rights activists who came and seeking out the violators of freedom of speech outside the united states keep silence apparently they continued to celebrate world press freedom day with the world shut down by the ongoing global pandemic many would argue now is the time for cooperation between countries however it's pretty clear that u.s. leaders have decided that their efforts to destabilize venezuela and topple its government must not be put on hold it is clear is that the venezuelan opposition won wydow the so-called interim president has his name on as the contract with the crew leader silvercorp mercenary jorgen goudreau and at the very least the

venezuelan opposition has turned to private means to carry out a military coup which is technically an act of war u.s. state department is very embarrassed by this they don't want anything to do with it whether or not they did have fingerprints on the operation and now it appears that jordan goudreau the ringleader who was a contract to buy one wydow will be prosecuted by the u.s. government for arms trafficking said they're clearly trying to establish legal distinction here with one why go there are other pieces of evidence to indicate that the u.s. government had to have had some knowledge of. individuals who are us former army green berets training with a paramilitary forces in colombia so it just looks makes trial and his team

look. like a bunch of buffoons on the world stage. with all the code words these days fine dining might not be top of everyone's priorities at the moment of course but france's prestigious food makers are hoping the world's up with i will bugs bugs so it's also trying to get locals to indulge in a spot of changes in wine consumption along the way currently a lot of it simply is going to waste has been finding out. front's is internationally renowned for astronomy a big part of that for locals and visitors is the produce made by artisans i mean what would france be without its cheese and wine we. would. have.

but the health emergency has a big hole in these industries french from are flocking up that their market is in melt down. there are producers experiencing drops in prices that a catastrophic today it's the france of a 1000 cheeses that's being threatened the downturn in international trade coupled with the closure of restaurants has caused a 60 percent slump in sales and some $5000.00 tons of cheese could be left to go moldy they are not the only ones who are cheesed off wine makers say they are staring at the bottom of the glass already bruised by donald trump's import tariffs close restaurants and postponed wine face have hit them hard with one crew is flooded with unsold stock they're pinning their hopes on the french staying home

this year and we already know that we will have few or no foreign tourists at all even though we usually have a large number of clients coming from northern europe we hope that french tourists will come here and that some people who are planning to go abroad will prefer a holiday in provence and at home instead it would be really nice they've also come up with the code. by launching roy's wine tasting. is composed of green knowledge sun saw and shiraz although if you're the one behind the wheel then perhaps it's not recommended that you join in now it's not all beer and skittles for the others in the drink either one works stopped overnight the bar. had to close at the order. to deliver beer everything was cancelled there was a monstrous shark lost 80 percent of our revenue brewers are expected to poor away

at least 10000000 liters of expired beer that's more than is usually drunk during the whole of germany's famous october fest that really is a lot of beer there has been government help for these. produces but the cry from almost all is that it simply hasn't been enough and without more france could lose some of the big cheeses from its gastronomically culture in the meantime though i'm going to be doing my best to help the businesses sell to a celibate ski otty paris. strange times of let's keep smaller best we can this way things looking so far this thursday the 7th of may from moscow pier r.t. will continue to keep the fully posted 247 from our studios around the world of social media on r.t. dot com the name is kevin owen as ever thanks so much for watching to stay safe well and have a great day. you

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