president vladimir putin announces that the perspiring to military parade marking 75 years of the soviet a victory over north of germany will be staged at the end of next month adding that experts have assured him that russia has passed its covert 19 keat. france bows to pressure from its health care sector promising to start talks on far reaching reform as medics pushed to the limits by the pandemic take to the streets . of the russian this through because they cannot afford to freeze the anger of your viewers the anger is real. the british prime minister his chief aide fights for political survival after violating strict lockdown rules city officials around the world are also getting course out pops and accusations they think they're above the law. under threat to food security of biblical proportions and the

largest locust swarms in decades ravaged their way through crops in east africa and southwest asia. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me making air and we start with breaking news this hour president vladimir putin says he's been assured by specialists that the coronavirus has now passed its peak in russia he went on to reveal that moscow's postponed victory day parade commemorating the defeat of nazi germany will now be held next month as getting more from our senior correspondent wideouts you have been more odd how significant is the news for russia. well money must bear in mind how important the victory day celebrations are for the average russian i mean

the price that the country paid to win the 2nd world war was was tremendous it was absolutely huge tens of millions of russians soviet citizens perished died stopping the nazi war machine so obviously you know with most russians having relatives who died in that war it's important to come together and to celebrate their sacrifice to that end we know that the government left the laying the parade until the last moment they they had hoped that the pandemic would russia by wouldn't be serious enough to threaten those days it was still unclear fortunately they delayed until the situation got better and now let me have putin says he was assured by specialists that the worst is over the peak has been passed and he has ordered the minister of defense to prepare for the 1st part of the victory day celebrations there are 2 parts the 1st part is the military parade with vehicles and jets roaring move ahead with thousands of troops marching down the red square over

russian cities that part of the parade will happen on the 24th of june unfortunately the 2nd part of the parade that is the march of the immortal regiment where millions of russians all over the country marched with portraits of their grandfathers all grandmothers were veterans who so many veterans who died during the 2nd world war they march in massive columns and massive crowds massive march as it obviously is not meant putting themselves said it's impossible to to guarantee safety at the demick pandemic safety in those conditions. says union. throwing you unfortunately for objective reasons we can't show it to strict safety rules during the march of the immortal regiment which unites millions of arabs citizens in a single form. nation with an endless stream of people marching along the streets of our cities and in these circumstances it is impossible to maintain any social

distancing therefore i propose to hold the march 1 month after the victory day parade on july the 26 that date also marks our military glory it's the day of the navy. look. tentatively the date is on the 26th of july but with the situation of the pandemic as they are there's no telling whether it will happen or whether it will be delayed again in the interest of public safety and that is why they cancelled the initial quake initial march of the immortal regiment because people's safety comes 1st and the parade or the celebrations can always come a little later when the situation is safe for both but i must say this is welcome news and it's been an incredibly difficult few months for everyone all over the world for millions tens of millions of russians and a little celebration memorial and show you know this is the time for them

absolutely right thank you for those details. now as to france where the pandemic is posed the very pressure on the country's already strained health care system calls for an overhaul have now been met with a government promise to initiate talks with hospitals to come up with a plan for reform now it comes off the back of heavy criticism of the government's failure to address the health crisis during the pandemic artie's show dubinsky reports from paris this is a 2 month review that's been announced by the french prime minister will look through the whole of france's health care system health care system has public hospitals with debts of around the 1000000000 euros and for a long time this is a system that is being creaking we saw way before the pandemic way before hospital services were completely stretched that medical workers were already out on the streets protesting about issues around their working conditions and salaries some medics telling me that it just wasn't safe for patients to go to hospital so this

was even before 900 to give you a sense of how much of a pressure there has been on hospitals here in france now this new plan is being formulated what will it look at and how will it operate well it's going to include 300 staff from across the medical community so who will be advising the government on the issues that need to be addressed some of the big issues salaries and working hours now we know that the prime minister has said that stuff will see a significant boost in their wages and we know that he said that 35 working hour here france working hour week here in france will also be looked at and he said there will be a move towards in the future perhaps more online consult a sions we physicians now speaking as he launched up plan the prime minister of france edward felipe really stressed that pay rise stuff. don't

follow me but the the issue is not to be. the constraints of all kinds must be removed working hours must be looked at in the same way that one of the challenges is to show our gratitude to the carers to preserve their motivation and vocation this recognition is immense in our country and as the president said it will be reflected in the salaries on this point i see it without ambiguity the increase will be significant well the french prime minister also talked about investment in the systems talking about a 150000000 euros on here and he said that some of that nice in public that all the hospitals would be taken back in parents now you also acknowledge that they have been vos criticism of the government not just during the covert ninety's and demick with how it instigated the hospital systems in the meeting up to that and as i mentioned we saw crew test off the protests by health care workers over a lot of the issues that they saw with the herring that profession apart. was.

supposed. to implement the cigar plan you need to have court ability you see the small scale it took weeks for the mosques to riot but today we hear politicians claiming there was never any shortage this undermines the confidence that professionals in the field can have when negotiating with politicians. knew their medals nor holiday vouchers will satisfy us our demands to remain the same more nurses medics fire on their dicks and laboratory stuff and the financial recognition that goes with it that's what we are looking for the government is giving money to everybody to vanno to airbus but for me the most important thing is not right now it's not airbus because when people are sick they're not going to try

to. they're not going to travel far by plane well there is still a long road ahead as those discussions take place but what we do know so far is that the french haven't taken too kindly to the reforms that have been instituted by president macaroons government reforms that are addressed in reviewed as part of this 2 month negotiation now and look at the health care system is due to be implemented as part of the new social security law which will be presented to the parliament in the autumn we talked to the wrong rubenstein who's a french medic he suspects the government is making empty promises. we're supposed to be about this every year eyestrain i think that improvements will happen but they won't be enough hospitals have been screaming about the problems for a year and a half and then we also got caught they will tell us yes excellent because that epidemic has passed we have raised your salaries but frankly it's hard to believe

there were so many plans already we have huge doubts we don't know how the situation will develop we don't even know what situation we are in now what will actually happen to health care and our profession. one will for the people another for the elite of the charge being thrown to the british government as the prime minister's chief advisor refuses to step down after apparently violating strict lockdown rules the incident happened in march during the height of the u.k.'s quarantine the revelation has infuriated the british public dominic cummings the amount of the center of the storm remained unapologetic during a grilling from journalists and downing street throws guarding do you regret what you did no i don't i don't regret. what i did and so as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree your own scientists are worried they said this last night by introducing an element of personal discretion into the interpretation of the

group it was the trip to hospital and then there was the dr on day 50. but apart from the. night of his life. he said in terms of just trips to break the rules if people are not going to funerals people not even going into hospital when their kids have been happy to treatment why are you so different don't you think you are at the very least open an apology. i don't think of so i don't think i'm so different and i don't think there's room for it and will be for the people. well that rose garden performance wasn't enough to have. the fury of some with cummings a junior minister for scotland has quit thankee cannot in good conscience face his constituents while the government banks the p.m.'s adviser other officials are not just in the u.k. also seem to think the rules don't apply to them artes that taylor explains.

hoops looks like no one's it and that my friends is the shoot us of our bar stance and see you're a dominate coming sounds himself in the doghouse when his wife was showing code 900 sometimes he thought what a tough time for cheap he wrote trip pumping hiring that childish was car and driving 260 miles north to visit his l.t. parrots not down. there just ring the bell was up hypocrisy yes a far friend also found friend i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. and with the overwhelming aim of stopping the spread of the virus and saving lives i mean i know the u.k. government itself does not start its recent polls but i think most would see that the prime minister backing cummings on this slightly goes against the message the

critical thing we must do is stop the disease spreading between households by staying at home we can protect already h.s. and save lives a message that's been blasted through the airwaves it's trying to don't want to that's kept people imprisoned in that part of them separated from family at amoeba even to attend funerals of loved ones what was though just think a suit he must have known he was setting himself and his psychic up to be batted from all sides from the quarantined public. week operating. cash. thank you very much did not do a degree where they feel that she played a tape of her the way they do usually mild mannered christians and listen very soon we see clear repentance including the sacking of cummings i no longer know how we

can trust what ministers say sufficiently for church of england to work together with them on the bend demick. and to those who are working and let's shifts on the front line this is me right now heading back into the covert i.c.u. i've worked for the last 2 months this stuff is hard and hard work come see my parents is january frankly coming spits in the face of all our efforts the whole n.h.s. if he doesn't resign i will so incensed the people by the story to even journalists in their hunt for the very latest comment well they just threw away their masts and and shed their flubs and grabbed those cameras because you can't. prove where you go to hook up how to go home and they're going to save the world but quite frankly why should they were asked thought gloves will listen to public guidelines dominic cobain starts it don't it companies has shown us that we can do

anything we want but if you do you'll get chased by trends fined by police and plaster this video that unfortunately there are a whole lot of dominic's just in very positions of power that's the face of thought in spite of coronavirus you just have to get away to a 2nd home twice and the must abide by the not time thought to how 7 the rules i invented i need to see my lover and outrageous hubris isn't just a u.k. specialty the austrian president broke locked out of walls to pull saying i got lost in conversation. i went out for the 1st time since i was done with 2 friends my wired with the last strike of the time while chatting i am truly sorry it was a mistake and states like virginia governor got a very great on his own homework assignment when he was caught bad start a beach having said that and so your homework this weekend is to make plans for

you and your other family members to have facial protection so apparently no more suffocating in masks or sweating in gloves looking longingly through the window or having your family virtually because it seems it's a free for all kids you no longer have to practice what you preach. forms of desert locusts have been ravaging crops in the middle east is in africa and also in pakistan and india is the worst outbreak in 27 years the crop destroying inflicts search for green areas to satiate their enormous appetite although you know that locusts don't pose a direct danger to humans the un food agency says the swarms create a major threat to food security in the affected regions. if the weather continues to be favorable for the locals you know good rainfall basically it goes like this numbers yes they will continue to increase and you have to think about of course in east africa it's already a very vulnerable area you know that they had 3 years of drugs they had it your

rainfall so you know locusts and then coronavirus in addition you know to already this kind of fragile area it makes it very very challenging and that this is an unprecedented threat you know to food security and livelihoods and that's exactly what it is you know the people are just you know below the level of famine to stop the famine the morrison well you know we're not in that situation but you know this is something we want to prevent we don't want to you know have the famine so that that is why you know all of these efforts you peals by a by the feel for financial assistance from the international community it is so important for millions of locusts the time crop fails they can destroy everything within hours they infect the originating dry lungs where the climate forces them to gather in for parties that greenland when it starts raining they stop breathing abundantly the threat of food insecurity has led some to call for

a joint response. this year in addition to the covert pandemic the new challenges facing the people of the south asia and southwest asia region that of desert locusts india has adjusted to pakistan the both countries coordinate locals control operate ins along the border and that india can facilitate supply of the pesticide mollifying on to pakistan also an ak is down this year there is breeding in the indus valley which is very unusual and in the punjab plains up near the capital islamabad and normally breeding doesn't happen in these areas but this year it did because last summer there was such a large breeding on both sides in india pakistan border some of it was quite late and so the locusts it was too cold for them to move to to the coastal plains of iran so that they only made it to the indus valley and that that's why they stayed there so all of this means that more locusts will be coming into the desert areas

along both sides of the india pakistan border and they've already started in fact on india's already received some swarms earlier this month and this will continue for this month or next month and probably into july as well so it's like a successive waves of swarms coming is not just for one night or one week but is it's going to be over a number of weeks and months more stories coming your way after this short break. join me every day. and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then.

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a dozen inmates have been infected with coded 19 inside an overcrowded prison in the argentinean capital the situation worsened off the buenos aires revokes a measure allowing a temporary house arrest transfer as because the number of violent criminals were released but various organizations have been pleading for the measure to be reinstated as the current conditions in the jail could prove ideal for corona virus to wreak havoc this is a video sent by one of the prisoners in the very devoted prison where there is reportedly no medical care and social distancing is impossible a 100 is one of the many who asked to be transferred he's serving the final few months of his sentence and describes the cells as death traps. people are afraid they can die here because of this pandemic there is no medical help and prison and there never has been everyone is nervous including me a lot of time has passed my wife my 7 year old daughter and my 25 year old son are

waiting for me at home i miss them very much i have asked my necro nucleon disease that's because i smoke so the risk increases for me if i get killed i wanted the last 24 hours. fears of the virus spreading have seen inmates and riots across latin america including in that prison which is thought at least $160.00 people are known to have died from covert 19 in south american detention facilities 3 quarters of those deaths were registered in peru but with some violent criminals having been released earlier the public has also been responding with protests in argentina as crime is a major concern that one mother whose child was killed in a robbery told us the measure was wholly inappropriate and. it's just not clear we're all feeling bad no i believe the government shouldn't go that way but demonstrate some justice to the victims who have gone through such horrors because now we have to check for you those who murdered raped and kidnapped all children so

they present term as it should be. in a way of easing restrictions across the us new york temporarily allowance non-essential gatherings of 10 or fewer people this makes that person was made for the memorial day holiday weekend which honors the military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces artie's at trinity charges updates on the situation in new york. after spending months inside americans are eager to spend some time now out doors but as did cross the country are easing lockdown restrictions in the coronavirus from demi just in time for the holiday weekend new concerns are surfacing potential 2nd wave of the deadly virus morial day weekend in the u.s. causing concern when you're measured quite a bit actually we get invaded actually as all 50 states east coronavirus lock down restrictions in time for the holiday weekend. alarming video images show flooded

beaches and packed pools many not wearing face coverings and failing to social distance this as the u.s. nears 100000 coronavirus deaths with more than 1600000 infections at least 8 states now reporting a surge in new code 1000 cases hard hit new york cautiously pushing forward with its reopening plan we're still in the midst of this covert battle we are making progress here in new york governor andrew cuomo announcing a comeback of sports camping and that marion offices will stay at home orders remain in place for new york city the epicenter of the outbreak while overall indicators for the state continue to trend downward still 96 lives were lost just yesterday now we have seen in long island regions are set to reopen this week as long as the criteria however it is still unclear when new york's will get back to business reporting from home in new york tradition of us are. welcome to new yorkers have reportedly been offering bribes to plastic surgeons they

desperately think to modify the way they look despite a lockdown imposed by the all thora teeth we got a firsthand account from stephen lavonne one of new york's top plastic surgeons he's worked with some of the world's most famous people. i think there's a lot of focus right now on on our own beauty biggest we're all participating in these in these suman and skype and virtual meetings where where instead of just talking to someone we're actually seeing me yourself in the upper right or lower right hand corner so i think that's their ass i think putting a mask on your face in some ways draws more attention to your face than it otherwise so i think people are thinking about it a lot so yeah and sure i don't think it's uncommon i have colleagues who are dermatologist colleagues request surgeons colleagues who are who are hairstylists all of whom i think have been offered offered higher perks to get their services

during this time. the consequences could range from a financial penalty so having to pay a fine to potentially something to do with license or where you can jeopardize your medical license but also ultimately you want to do things went well and when you feel safe to do so 1st i'm a doctor and and ultimately patient safety comes 1st so certainly at the beginning of this made i had stopped my elective surgery before the government mandated that we stop our surgery. i think the 1st thing i expect is there to be a significant amount of pent up demand. trend wise. you wonder what they're really being and trying to easy to say well people are going to care a lot about their eyes and this region yes they're sort of mass premier goes to their chins about reasonable another thought people have said is that they're going to focus a lot on their bodies because their faces are covered. but we know that they're

just plenty of regions on the planet where people and women in particular routine the cover their faces and yet plastic surgery is extremely prevalent in those areas so i anticipate the demand tin you to. look your best so that you feel your best will be steady. from. the spread of a 1000 has slowed down herring russia but people are still waiting for the country's borders to reopen for travel and not just to go on holiday but also to ring in night with their loved ones among them the son of a jazz legend. the for.

the last 2 dates we had. the virus was just picking up and starting to really really get active so by the time we finished everything was pretty much shutting down it was just a you know. bad time. we had to wonderful experiences with shopping make out a shopping list and then find pictures of the things to make sure that you know he understood what i was saying. but yet still you know what your quote was.

it's been too long since i played. people that would normally go to work. there at home and you know less than we want to hear oh oh oh oh oh just waiting a few boarders till i can get back in. there are moments where she's kind of frustrated. again you know be appreciative be grateful helps alleviate some of the frustration i'm just trying to stay healthy. thanks for joining us here on out the ends

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