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cities are sanctuaries for criminal illegal aliens coming up on the program the world health organization. situation in europe just. started opening. in china say's its embassy in washington received death threats. being whipped up by the. chinese houston 72 hours. one minute past 9 am and 11 pm in tokyo and 5 in the evening right here in moscow this thursday july the 23rd welcome to r.t. international. an intense standoff is developing in the u.s. city of portland president donald trump's the citizen to send in federal troops to

crack down on anti racism protests appears to have faded the situation. right. there why. it's reported tomorrow portland was among those tear gas federal officers. with protesters the white house they must be has control of the city however more than a dozen u.s. most of them democrats voiced the alarm over the federal crack on the verge the

trump administration to pull troops all its of american cities meanwhile calls from the police amidst all riled the writer. well the mayor of chicago has emerged citizens to inform the police of any unconstitutional actions committed by the federal forces earlier mr trump announced that hundreds of troops would be deployed to the city a city he had previously compared to a war zone. i think in their own way they want us to go and they'll be a time when they're going to want us to go in full blast but right now we're sending extra people to help i've been very clear not happening in chicago we don't need federal troops and i'm calling on all chicagoans that if you see something that doesn't look right please don't hesitate to report it and if we see any steps out of line particularly with v.h.s. or border patrol we're not going to hesitate to take the president to court and

stop any unconstitutional actions. on this issue of cargo which has experienced a spike in violence over the past number of days in fact the recent drive by shooting happened at a funeral down at left 15 people injured murders shooting incidents in the city have doubled in 2020 compared with the same period in 21 but locals say the president's decision to send in federal troops will not solve the crisis. i think that the time and the resources to be better spent in addressing the pandemic that affects all of us across the world so i just think it's just a deflection and it's unfortunate it's violence begets more violence it's just a chain that will just repeat will be continue it's not going to stop it is very dangerous to send federal agents i mean there's i think what happens if i just stay

inside for the couple weeks there and then come back outside when they leave like the rules are very intelligent and you know this is not intelligent the most useful we have. to deal with. the automatic weapons that are in the hands of criminals. you know we're going to get those kind of weapons out of the hands of people. you know the main issue being. the world health organization is sounding the alarm over the coronavirus situation in europe calling it worrying europe correspondent peter all over his across the latest. the summer sun has encouraged a return to normal in europe when it comes to covert 19 but ask coronavirus restrictions that be lifted or.

risk. we still have some worrying trends in southern europe and the balkans so we're not out of the woods just yet in the european environment it requires sustained vigilance just 2 months ago montenegro was declaring itself corona free not anymore it seems 2000 cases of the virus have seen social distancing and lock down measures reintroduced but. you may be forgiven for thinking that western europe could force off the worst the pandemic count too often but there's also been spikes there as well in spain for example the number of new infections has tripled recently but you know this when measures have been relaxed is where outbreaks happen is not only family reunions or other types of gatherings where we've had a good number of new outbreaks but also in places where there's been evening

entertainment they have also generated some new outbreaks some countries are already reimposing measures in austria masks will be mandatory again from friday in response to a rise in the number of covert cases while in belgium which was ravaged by the 1st wave of the virus more pressure is being placed upon the health care system local mayors will be given powers to impose lock downs and curfews in the areas hardest hit we think that this is not really the time to have phase 5 easing the restrictions there will be reinforcements taken to come to this part of the coronavirus instead. germany has been very successful at keeping case. it is low but this time of year is the peak time for holidays and unfortunately mingling with strangers when traveling is a very good way to spread this virus then that's the differences in the precautions

taken from country to country here in berlin it's strictly borton to write public transport without a mask while in no way it's optional but there is nothing stopping me popping off the all slow for a few days taking in the sights of the taiga city by tram and bringing cove it back to germany europe like everywhere else is desperate to get back to normality not least of all for economic reasons but steps taken to quickly can end up being steps taken backwards that comb with tragic consequences coronavirus today is no less infectious and no less deadly than it was a few months back it would a political but mostly economy in europe is more concerned with the economy in the health of its citizens and people the relaxation of the self isolation regime happened too early we do not know much about this virus but it spreads extremely quickly now there have been repeated outbreaks of the virus in many places in spain

in terms of the rate of infection it countries approaching the figure of a 1000 people a day due to summer vacations that there are not enough doctors and nurses we need to act quickly in order to find the source of infections and try to immediately isolate and quarantine the people who are nearby in europe borders have been practically opened some places are being visited by tourists i don't think that the control over of visitors is very strict if europe does not act together then frankly it will be difficult at the beginning of the epidemic the government made the wrong decisions by the end of february a quarantine should have been already declared but this is in the past today it is a. global problem i see that infections are not only occurring in spain the balkans will be a big source of increased coronavirus infections in europe. let's stay in europe after 4 days of tense negotiations the $27.00 e.u.

countries reached an agreement on tuesday on a post coronavirus stimulus package the french president hailed the plan historic but opposition members called it a bad deal for france. this recovery plan based on european solidarity is a historic change for the european union and the eurozone think it's a common goal based on solidarity and responsibility because there's a planned refund deadline the goal isn't soley to leave all of this on the backs of future generations so this is a common desire to invest which will enable us to properly face the social and economic but also it's a logical challenges of our european union. macron has just signed the worst deal for france in the history for you to protect his ego he sector feiss our future and our independence european taxes and bandsmen for agriculture colossal financial

commitment of the country micron has given into everything contribution discounts to tight fisted countries spending controls the reduction in the amount of the recovery plan etc spare us the propaganda but just some of the details the brussel some adults or so leaders agree on a 7 year budget for the block worth $1.00 trillion u.s. dollars on top of that to $857000000000.00 were. for the covert recovery plan the sharing if you use all 'd not more on the deal sunday telegraph columnist liz but moot say independent journalist 1st. for once they're out there on the same wavelength i mean the left motion more and more in the front on the right they both criticize with the same arguments the plan of michael. wanted them to be one of the european leaders to be read leader

with mrs america really wants to have an international stature and well for how francis dealt with the coronavirus crisis i wouldn't be proud and also from to come up to speed. and deep trouble and part of it is just trying to politics they are mean they are not against europe in any way ed most of the time they have different areas in which they are against europe whether the left or the right the left is saying that it kills the interest of workers and the right to saying that it makes it impossible to be a free nation but the result is that the felt was complaining in 2017 that he was pro european that he thought that france was stronger within europe than not having a part to play in europe and he's just done a great deal of britain is shaped a little probably the toughest european summit since they created the european union and he and i'm going to merkel had to compromise on some aspects but they

more or less when the deal so he said wrecked with a victory and it's making his enemies very angry. tensions between the united states and china are ratcheting up beijing's foreign ministry voiced its anger after washington gave it 72 hours on tuesday to shut its consulate in houston in a tweet a spokesperson for the ministry said both the chinese embassy in washington had received bomb and death threats because of hatred against the country whipped up they say by the trumpet ministration harsh words were also exchanged in public. as far as closing 'd additional embassies it's always possible they were burning documents or burning papers. move on time china strongly condemns the decision and urges the us side to immediately rescind this wrong decision otherwise that china will take legitimate and necessary countermeasures there's been this long challenge of the chinese communist party stealing intellectual property we actually talked

about this is not just american intellectual property but stalls when european intellectual property in the usa has had ordered the consulate closed to quote protect american intellectual property on private information choose the police and fire officials responded to reports of smoke in the courtyard of the building a video emerged of what appears to be fires in cold slit bins it's widely speculated in the media that consulate employees were burning documents the relations between the u.s. and china have been steadily worsening president trump recently revoked hong kong's preferential trade status he also moved to further sanction chinese officials and businesses over china's new security law which also affects all called on top of that mr trump has been pointing the finger at beijing over the coronavirus pandemic r.t. america hosts rick sanchez the scales the escalating tensions with his guests this week. this was unexpected and it was

a complete slap in the face because they are essentially being forced to shut down the entire console within 72 hours and in fact this is one of the most important console one of the oldest ones ever established in the u.s. so china isn't that said that they are definitely going to retaliate if the u.s. does not reconsider and withdraw this and they said that they are most likely will be it could well be shutting down the u.s. consulate over and as well in retaliation this entire thing was done without any sort of communication at all so it just shows you how deteriorated this entire relationship is mike pompeo then goes on to are looking like he just walked off the set of these soprano's the public in the country is that it comes and goes to look at each of our noiselessly and shake their heads. ask themselves is this great america it's roaming around the world like a bull in a china shop if you'll forgive the pun given the events and 1 the owner of the all these china shops is finally going to say if we don't stop these people

then all of our china shops are going to be trashed have we gone sanction crazy over the sanctions not worth or. are they going to get on the agenda when. they're really. really independently at what will it work or not there's an exchange to chill that kind of political theater mr trump the republicans are inevitable and thank you jim from breaking. news they're now going to beat up on china and make you know a lot of all of them with french and which what the average person has no doubt are . really are most of these are they're easy to get around. the rest of the world nervous very strange way of doing with your politics between leading countries in the world. let's bring you know

a developing situation in the ukrainian city of poltava where a mom her release the police officer he had taken hostage is no larger earlier he threatened to detonate a grenade. is the latest on this. behold such has been released and we hear from the ukrainian police that he's safe and sound while the queen will drop the car and ease currently on the run actually started when police in ukraine's north eastern city of poltava tried to detain a man suspected of hijacking a car all of a sudden the suspect grabbed one of the officers and was holding him very tight while threatening to set off a grenade we heard that from ukraine's deputy interior minister later they were negotiations and the suspect agreed to release the officer in exchange for a local police chief and and other car and he for some time was driving around the

city until he dropped the car and released the hostages into local media the suspect is 32 year old man who was earlier convicted of drug offenses and reports say that he wanted all the charges against him to be dropped but the governor of that region in ukraine poltava region said that it is impossible it comes just 2 days after another dramatic hostage situation in another ukrainian city in western part of the country this is what happened. i. told the hostages were freed after ukrainian president will admit as

a landscape personally negotiated with the terrorists and agreed to do what he wanted to record this video address feed him some of their duties. so both hostage situations are now over a but anyway it sparks concerns over security situation in ukraine. the coburg 19 infection rate in russia appears to be slowing around $5800.00 new cases have been registered over the past 24 hours that is down from a dealy average of 8000 last month meanwhile the russian prime minister has given an interview on the government's handling of the pandemic and the challenges the world's biggest country is now a facing. also spoke about his own recovery from coronavirus. because it was very open the government was to mr mishra recently you presented your 1st annual report at the state duma naturally the entire report had to do with

the pandemic something that affected you personally how did it happen that the virus got to you and how did you manage to recover so quickly they say you had a high fever when you get back to work. here which it was near with the virus does not differentiate between people based on the office they hold unfortunately it is a very dangerous virus it's still unclear how one gets infected with the coronavirus there are a lot of possibilities i don't know how i got the coronavirus i'm being absolutely honest about it as for the speed of the recovery well i have to say that it wasn't that simple yes unfortunately i had a high fever but as for the quick recovery it wasn't really so it was quite a difficult process soon as i felt better of course i got back to work i want to say right away that doctors played a crucial part in what you called a quick recovery my mom is a nurse with many years of experience so i have revered doctors since i was

a kid because i was always surrounded by people in white coats friends and acquaintances of hers there's more i have to say that i even plans to enter a medical school before i got a job at the tax service the thought had crossed my mind and i have great respect for doctors who have basically sacrificed their time time with their families their lives their health so that those who recovered from the corona virus infection could have it and using this opportunity or i'd like to thank doctors for the work they've done it's not an easy job they have to stay with their patients all the time they have to build a mental report with them and i hope to god that doctors all around the world could do as good a job as our russian doctors. though brooke according to. this list committee. my guest probably wouldn't be far off if i said that the coronavirus disease and its symptoms that you had to endure was not the biggest challenge for you this year you probably had

a different idea about what your work would be like as prime minister how did you manage to shift gears so fast that you do to about it but if you're joining the cabinet especially if you're offered the prime minister's job it's really hard to imagine all the challenges that you might face the offer came from president putin and in the light of that the main goal was of course to implement the key measures and reach the objectives outlined in his general address the pandemic forced us to make adjustments it was not easy when the needed to implement the measures outlined in the address including all the national projects and objectives coincided with a disaster as severe as this pandemic every day we had to make decisions on how to ensure we have enough hospital beds on developing strategies and approaches on training specialists on buying and manufacturing personal protective equipment this was a tough challenge and i think our people should be the judges of how well we did that

but what's important is that this difficult time is behind us and we showed some of the best results in the world when it comes to both the low number of deaths and our testing systems today we're using about 100 testing systems in russia. and of course there's also the vaccines from what i've heard we have already completed clinical trials his address president putin spoke of 2 key objectives to protect the economy and to save lives the choice there was obvious but i'm going to ask you this nevertheless trillions of robots have been spent and that's a lot of money does our economy still have it safety kushan after all the question we hear must often today is whether there is going to be a 2nd wave of. up and being near near the pandemic has been a real challenge as you know it has effectively slowed down economic growth dealt a blow to the budget at all levels and took

a significant toll on the people as well as on businesses and organizations as for our economic reserves the safety cushion as you've called it i'd like to assure everyone that russia's macro economic stability and the tax revenues collected at all levels before the start of the pandemic still allow us to retain a sense of strength and security 1st of all i'm certain that by the end of the year we will have no less than 8 trillion roubles in the national wealth fund secondly our foreign exchange reserves are stable i believe they are currently at more than $570000000000.00 so there is no need to worry as we do have sufficient resources to execute all the strategic goals for russia's development through 2030 as outlined recently by president putin in his decree and that's what we are working on and they also want to say that all of our measures were relevant and produced the desired effect we carried out steps to support consumer demand we also supported

the people who found themselves in a difficult situation and we introduced a whole range of measures to support businesses as part of the national action plan now you've asked whether we are to expect a 2nd wave as you know the number of covert 1000 cases has been going down across the country in moscow it's not point to one or 2.3 percent of the population and in terms of the total population the number of cases is within one percent but cases are certainly declining and the virus is becoming less virulent as for the possibility of a 2nd wave only medical experts can answer that question so far our experts have not reported anything that would indicate a. 2nd wave so let's hope that we can prevent a resurgence of the virus by following the safety guidelines issued by the federal agency for consumer rights and human well being and the expert community which

just because we often hear that a crisis is also a time of opportunities and there is no doubt that we are looking at the global crisis these days during the crisis of 2014 the agricultural business a seem to have been able to seize those opportunities is it possible that this way we could help develop some of the other businesses and russia like tourism for example if we keep the borders close for a while maybe we will stimulate some economic growth in our domestic destinations reason i sure was governor tourism is a very important area indeed i believe our national project for tourism is the answer to the challenges of today including the pandemic the president has already approved this project we are now working on developing various aspects of it and will be ready to present it in autumn it would be an amazing opportunity to explore your own country this way i mean russia has some wonderful destinations and resorts

we still have to build proper infrastructure there so we need significant private investments and we certainly need affordable fares so that people could get there by different kinds of transport so this means we don't necessarily have to hold off on opening the borders in order to start developing our domestic resort to spread or to introduce domestic vacation options rather than keep the borders closed for no solid reason it would take investing in infrastructure roads and utilities to make sure those places have running water gas and all the other things required for a comfortable vacation we are also working hard on ways to offer affordable airplane and train tickets so that people could travel to those destinations i really hope these efforts will mean that people get a choice of vacation destinations i hope they choose traveling around russia. going back to the action plan we know that the major overhauls of the past such as the solid new economic policy or the still open forests were also designed to help

develop the country but they were often hampered by inefficient state governments are you worried that you will have to face the same issues of corruption administrative barriers and feel yourself implementation of the local level all those issues that have historically present adopts the course. as a besom union there is no doubt that the existing barriers should be lifted how could we do that the answer is by changing the governance model we all share this view we've been analyzing the most advanced systems of administration including state governments we've already set up the center for national projects which acts as a sandbox for all the latest advances in terms of governance and administration these new mechanisms will later be used to carry out the national projects i do know that this strategic planning our systemic approach and having a team of professionals selected to work on it will help us achieve the 2030 goals when can we expect to see the 1st results we know that the government's performance

will be assessed based on specific key performance indicators included in the national projects programme we're talking about exact figures the length of new highways built the number of houses renovated or the number of square meters of new housing constructed it cetera after we had just some parameters in accordance with the changes in the national goals plan we are going to publicly present these target figures they are expected to be approved in autumn these will be the key performance indicators to assess the efficiency of the government and the performance of every sector of the economy as well what we have been hearing a lot about national projects national goals the national plan the amendments to the constitution does that mean that our priorities are changing and is it at all possible to devise any long term plans or set in concrete deadlines and these changing circumstances. our priorities don't change as for the amendments to the

constitution they formalized and solidified the priorities approved by the majority of our people who voted in favor of the amendments and presently national projects are a tool to achieve national goals so in this sense as you rightly pointed out the most important thing is how to achieve these goals how to organize our work better just the model of governance i think that today we have clarity in this regard both on strategic and executive levels the only thing left to do is to carry those projects out but. we have been talking about national projects and infrastructure projects this is probably something that requires monitoring at all stages at all times right on line on line monitoring yes members of the government deputy prime ministers work around the clock sometimes it depends on each specific case and on the overall situation the pandemic has changed a lot in our lives.