it's a go is the u.s. making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little land of mine. come in spokes person to meet the press scoff test positive for cope with 19 becoming the latest senior official in russia to catch the virus. protesters clashed with police in germany crowds demand a complete end to the lockdown it comes as figures show the risk of infection is once again on the rise in the country. and afghanistan is rocked by 2 large attacks leaving dozens dead gunmen stormed a hospital in karbala while a suicide bomber targeted a funeral in jalalabad. good

afternoon thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. ok before we get to breaking news story that i can bring you in just a moment let's get a quick update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections is now more than 4200000 over 280000 lives have been lost more than one and a half 1000000 people though have recovered. you know. ok let's go to the breaking news now coming out of russia because the kremlin spokesman to be to post scott has been taken to hospital of the testing positive for corona virus let's go live now to our to correspondent matthew taylor who's been across the information of the story which has just broken what do we know at this early stage about the condition of the meter prescott's

what if there's anything that we've learned over the last couple of weeks and months it is that with coronavirus james change by a minute and duckie as the news that's just come in in the last half hour it is that spokes possible the russian president dmitri scott has indeed tested positive for cocaine 98 as you said it is a new story very little information at the moment what we do know is that he can foundation sulky said that he is in hospital and quote i am ill i'm getting treatment now because. states here in russia and he has been present at the majority of meetings for example with the russian president he's often and he's been bypassed. like many many yes he said though that. into contact with the russian leader was that a month ago so many hope because that threat level is massively decreased for the president now this makes him one of just a few high profile international figures in recent times to have tested. positive

we all of course remember the u.k. prime minister boris johnson he suffered quite as acute symptoms and was treated for several days in an i.c.u. unit but he is back at his post he's even managed to welcome a son into the wild since his recovery. as the russian politicians probably the most high profile is of course the prime minister himself who helped me shoot at the end of april he announced that yes he tested positive he too is undergoing treatment but doctors have said that he is well on the road to recovery since and the minister of culture has also been in fact it now let's go to my decent people who have probably done the utmost to try and limit contact with other people have taken all the necessary safety precautions for the most part. to limit what i've seen of course in recent days when i battle it in speech nation it's always from an office on the outskirts of moscow so when the russian president came out yesterday and said that yes ok the country is going to now start. doing

restrictions and moving out to knock down that in no way means that the threat is low and there sat at risk groups for whom this really is a question of life and death i'm going to show. i have people to hold people about i understand how hard it is for you consummated their home often separated from their children and grandchildren but for now you need to be patient is not empty words it's a matter of life and death restriction to be maintained because we worry for you doing everything possible to protect you from the virus. so 14 the kremlin spokes person today becoming officially a statistic in russia's coronavirus fight just to recap the number of any cases reported this morning is 10899 so far around 2100 have lost their lives but on a positive note more than 43000 have recovered now these numbers and more fraction of the lie comprehensive system test here in russia run 870000 tests are

done daily the number of patients being admitted into i.c.u. and those who are and the death rate is actually very stable and starting to slowly go down which is why the government felt that this was the time to end the watching period that we've been in for 6 weeks and start slowly to to fire up the economy again it's regions going at that own pace and deciding which restrictions can be lifted which still need to be put in place depend of course on the situation on the ground but stories like this one of prescott for you know really a reminder that while the structures might be easing the risk of course is still out there. a reporting live for us thank you. let's turn next to germany who are thousands of protesters of taken to the streets they're demanding a complete end to the lockdown that the demonstrations have descended into violent clashes with the police.

the. protests started over the weekend and continued into monday in major german cities the government has already condemned the violence against police and journalists berlin has been gradually easing restrictions in the country over the past 2 weeks and now there are concerns over a possible new surgeon infections all over explains. while germany has received international praise for the way in which it has handled the early stages of the coronavirus recent figures concerning the rates of infection in the country have raised concerns over the weekend our number as it's known rose from 0.83 on friday to when point 13 on sunday what that means is everyone infected with the virus has passed it on to more than one other person it's written back over one for the 1st time since coded restrictions were loose and got experts

worried if we see a trend towards an increase in the long term about a week we should seriously consider whether the loosening is premature or discipline has deteriorated significantly while germany's health ministry the public health body the robot corkins the jews are paying close attention to the our number they are too concerned while the number of new infections in the country continues to fall. we'll take it seriously that the reproduction rate has increased again the robert capa institute said it will monitor the situation we cannot conclude that we are dealing with an art of control outbreak what did get out of control at the weekend were demonstrations in cities across germany against the remaining coronavirus restrictions that remain in place. i.

the demonstrators have been made up of a disparate group mixing a whole host of fringe and extreme organizations on the far right and left of politics with conspiracy theorists and academics worried about the economic implications of corona restrictions on. what our governments have been doing since 58 which is now weeks ago is not use of public health concerns what is being done here reminds me of that you know from the cinema the hunger games and i see this lockdown as the staging of hunger games every day germany new tributes and rules are a senseless lockdown in which every day for the hundreds of businesses go bankrupt and the jobs bit lost angle merkel spokesman said that the high levels of

aggression shown at these demonstrations were worrying but insisted that the vast majority of the population continue to act responsibly the chancellor will again address the bundestag over corona restrictions on that wednesday i'm going to merkel has been preaching caution when it comes to opening the country up and sure the rates of infection remain high for a significant period of time and we see a rise in the number of new cases of covert 19 then corona restrictions could well make a return peace river r.t. berlin. multiple attacks in different regions of afghanistan have left dozens dead with details his local journalists will turn 5. ministry of public health they confirmed that 8 civilians bodies of 8 civilians are being transferred to hospitals and 11 more have been wounded so this was

a hospital in the western part of the city that actually it was a surprising incidentally that everyone was in shock because it was a hospital where medicine sounds from tears. were supporting this hospital and. it has a 100 beds and still the police special forces are struggling to clear the whole building for assailants have been involved into this attack and one of them have been gunned down by the afghan special forces so on the other side there it there was another deadly attack in this eastern part of afghanistan where a funeral was held and some local provincial officials have been killed or injured and that number is also all conflicting because recently the spokesperson for the provisional governor said that 15 people have been killed and 56 people have been

injured so afghanistan has been experiencing a very deadly day since couple of days taliban storm several check poll sent out polls but today taliban denied involvement in both attacks in kabul and eastern afghanistan. italy has been one of the worst hit countries in europe recording more than 30000 deaths with hospital struggling to cope with a huge influx of patients an alternative idea was put in place to use hotels to quarantine infected patients is a look. so i thought you were going to be it's one of my we have 50 guests but only 24 cold 19 patients sent by the health services. elevators and consequently be under 30

people coming together because remember needs. to be about a minute ago it's more of a problem if you go to the supermarket everything is controlled we're not a risk if you want we don't have to see them their partner and the stairs the elevators are sanitized continuously i would say wouldn't be safer than that. people i miss my family bothers me the most is not seeing my family i have

a daughter who's expecting a baby so i would like to be with them. with coronavirus restrictions being eased back around the world it means that people can start to embrace the great outdoors once again but the decision to wear medical masks or not that's become not only a health debate but also a political statement for example in the united states the decision to don the facial covering seems to be split along party lines with a recent poll suggesting democratic vote. is more likely to wear masks compared with republicans over $36.00 and jurisdictions including new york and connecticut have face covering requirements while in public areas however the use of mask has become a bone of contention in many other states and the government's own guidelines merely advise the use of simple cloth coverings residents from husband so saudi with a more relaxed approach. i just were in myself it's

a recommendation they recommended it's a vanity thank you think is the president of the united states he would have the confidence to honor the guidance that you and giving others in the country as he should have on a case met 1st announced that everyone would be required to wear face masks when retail open in the new reversed yourself it became clear to me that there was just a bridge too far that i think you'd see this respectful of people who are ministers i don't want to cover people's faces jim that's the image of god right there and i want to see it in my brothers and sisters media analyst lionel explains why he thinks the issue of mosque wiring has become so polarizing. the mask apparently seems to be considered by many people as a capitulation to tyranny to the illegal confiscation of our individual freedom this is by some people to other people the mask is a sign of health and cooperation the real translation is that if you

are for the mask you tend to be nobody uses terms progressive liberal and trump those individuals who tend to be pro trump republican conservative those individuals who always talk about the constitution the rights that we have under the very same man meant. they tend to be against the mask they see the mask is being handcuffs is a form of subjugation so in addition to this symbology of the mask we've had these schizophrenia changes in directions where a mask don't wear a mask stay home ghost don't stay at home herd mentality so right now indian ited states nobody knows what to do there are no rules it's the wild west somebody as dare i say as simple as how to stop an apple

epidemic has been viewed via the prism of what your particular ideology. the israeli government's talks up the idea of mine chris shipping children to track when they a failing to socially distance us taxpayers will need idea raises huge concerns both moral and safety will bring you the full story a month after the break. you

can't be both with the yeah you. chose seemed wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out just become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

israel's footing into practice this plan to return to normality with schools and kindergartens beginning to open the doors of concerns have been raised to the country's prime minister proposed a controversial measure to trunk children social distancing by microchip in the. and you both should. i spoke with their hands of technology in order to find measures israel is good at such as sensors for instance every person every kid i wanted on kids 1st would have a sensor that would sound an alarm when you get too close like the ones on cars. or the p.m.'s proposal received criticism especially from cybersecurity experts and question the legality of chipping people head of cyber studies at tel aviv academic college believes it will allow criminals including kidnappers and paedophiles to track children these seen she might be kind of broad minded roadmap to disaster it can harm kids from wide range of aspects seems the information of the

physical presence geolocation of the kids will be on the net it won't be here to be able to hack in to breach those kind of geolocation it can be. criminal to kidnap those kids it can be pedophiles it could be also tourist because if i you know a target can track his children. or harm is children the consequences may be far side of very dangerous. for the government countered that criticism claiming no information will be kept on databases and that the technology's just designed to keep kids at a safe distance from each other and claim no privacy laws will be violated and that the chips would be optional pavel again believes it could quickly become mandatory . it may be voluntarily today it may be mandatory to morrow sue once

again when you all pin the door and someone enter the door and suggest that it would be voluntary today it will be mandatory to morrow and the consequences may be harmful we see so many cases of bleak databases at the end of the day a lot of data gathered find the way out it's invasion to our privacy invasion to our perhaps i don't know body the problem is that we live in an era in the digital era in which our board of borders or for privacy of anonymous you all for all and freedom is getting narrower. day by day. the pandemic in russia forced the postponement of moscow's world famous victory parade this year marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany that was in the anything casting a shadow over the historic celebration the white house failed to mention the soviet

union ski rolled in that achievement and its special video tribute clip. has a story. every year they add a little more spin to it they rewrite another word or 2 a little more about america every year and a little less about the u.s.s.r. on maybe $8945.00 american great britain had victory over the nazis america's spirit will always win in the end that's what happens the pentagon coming up with a revised history of the 2nd world war one where the soviet union didn't seem to play much of a role in defeating hitler one where fronts bore quote much of the brunt of the fighting it was only natural it would come to this they've been at it for decades your theory. or. your.

executives hollywood officials have been conditioning the public to see russia as the enemy red dawn red menace and of course how to spot a communist recognizing a communist visible appearance counts for nothing if he openly declares himself to be a communist we take his word for it if a person defends the activities of communist nations while consistently attacking the domestic and foreign policy of the united states she may be a communist but it wasn't always like this there was a brief period when america needed the soviet when it couldn't deal with the problem and it soon over with its allies that problem was hitler and that time was the 2nd world war the cataclysmic event which changed the entire course of human history behind the walls of the kremlin you'll learn the secret of the russian

power the spanish the nazi time over 3 years hollywood. thout blockbusters one or another they consulted with the soviet embassy on what russia names to use in movies song of russian mission to moscow the north star. the white house needed the public to like the u.s.s.r. back then because it was the soviets fighting and dying instead of the american public if i read too much i am i've come here and i am on the eve leak on that one time you list more for you i'm about to become a guerrilla fighter of the soviet union i take fish shamo i will not play down

leads on for the last 5 years just driven from on line to make this. to make a fever or call me no matter how the white house or the pentagon oh hollywood try to rewrite history the numbers cannot be a racist 8 out of 10 nazi soldiers who died were injured a surrendered did sue at the hands of soviet troops 8 out of 10 the eastern front was an unimaginable horror with $45000000.00 casualties compared to a total of $9000000.00 full sides on the western front they understood that then for the sacrifice they praise the u.s.s.r. and film and song and even put stalin on the cover of time magazine non of the year mr davis i'm happy to know you the great pleasures also considerable of a surprise i believe said that history will record you as

a great builder for the benefit of mankind we feel model for and lead toward the government of the united states than any other new. it's but then it ended the movie they didn't need the soviet union so they try to forget it communist 7 attempted to inject their propaganda into the motion picture they have failed miserably we will never permit them to succeed a year later they were well into getting the house un-american activities committee went to town on hollywood with trials and purges blacklisting everything that even looked communist axis and directs is reputed each other to authorities over the tiniest things it was a witch hunt and they were proud of it i certainly do believe that the communist party should be our own not an expert alex but the reaction would be. i had my way about it they'd all be sent back to russia or some other place. 75

years have passed since the end of the war 75 years of historical a mission and with vision and refreezing all of it just so they can pretend they won it all themselves. and finally remind of our breaking news story this hour the kremlin spokes person to me to peskov has been taken to hospital after testing positive for corona virus he's the latest senior official in russia to be diagnosed with the disease however press corps revealed the last time he was in personal contact with president putin was more than a month ago and i wraps it up for now appreciate you staying with us here on r.t. international we will keep you right up to date through our website r.t. dot com our social media channels and of course a live broadcast from studios here in moscow london and washington d.c. indeed time to handover now to. get updates for you with 30 minutes.

the border population are dying water some of the wealthier neighborhoods it's been far more contained and the numbers are much lower than some of the more neighborhoods we're working with good stories of how started their lives there are just stories 'd of the year. i think it's safe to say cold and 19 will be remembered the world over as one of the most trying things of 2020 by the end of march the country with the hardest was the united states in new york city in particular. my friend maria lives in new york

i've asked her it's record a bit of her life during the. time my name is mario adams she. talking to you. which is global epicenter of. atomic so this this cost him this is my 15 month old son who's playing by himself as are most of the other kids in the park and normally there wouldn't be a single patch of grass available to sit on the little erie out here so scoring team in new york is a little bizarre because there's there's like 2 worlds right so we're in a world where we feel very isolated we're working from home but we're still working and then there's this like other part of new york that we don't see when you look at like the map of how it is politically some of the wealthier neighborhoods it's been far more contained and the numbers are much lower than some of the poor

neighborhoods it's like 2 different worlds like i don't. what's going on over there talk to be honest. she said. i got married i moved to new york 10 years ago before that i was toronto that's where i grew up or since i got to new york it's late this is the bizarre crazy manic disgusting greeted by incredible plays and you just get caught. in our brooklyn. to work on wall street we live in park slope in brooklyn. so you go to brooklyn and you see like $5000000.00 apartments and one block over those like a project where it's like people don't have jobs they've been impacted badly because there's no hospitals there we're fortunate that we both work in technology it's very easy for us to work at.