glycol. 23rd of march in the headlines germany imposes yet another round of harsh restrictions as a huge scandal over political profiteering from facemask sales hits the top no with the health ministry of self in the firing. protesters hit the streets across europe against pay for people tell us why. take it anymore. we are fed up we no longer know wishful to stand we are a little lost the soul of their being if you call on the streets life so much we are here in castle today because all the measures that are being taken here in germany no longer serve the people. until now u.s. forces journalists have in egypt stand in another country to photograph what's

happening in the united states. cheerless when the president binds a ministration that is stopping them from filming the migrant crisis as the us grapples with the biggest surge of refugees in decades. moscow time good morning from in this is r.t. international here with the latest for the next 30 minutes or because stick around there's a take you through it in small detail this 1st german chancellor angela merkel has warned the covert situation in the country is very serious as she announces a new round of harsh nationwide restrictions till mid april that includes a ban on gatherings and the closure of shops it's effectively shutting down public activity over easter. even you that we are in a situation which is very serious the number of cases is rising exponentially and

intensive care beds are filling up again it comes after a german research institute confirmed the country had entered a 3rd wave of infections nurse new in last week saw the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in 2 months and a massive corruption scandal to have a face mask has now reached the top with the health minister himself facing questions wrap it all up our europe correspondent with the latest this morning. the federal government here in berlin has extended covert 19 restrictions across the whole country but that is amid a mask crisis which is in snit a new face the german health minister a report over the weekend in the online version of news magazine dish bagel claimed again spawn authorized the purchase of more than half a 1000000 masks from a company called bird bird as berlin boss mr spawn's husband himself down your phone care the company insists mr frewen care had nothing to do with this transaction that no commission was paid and denies any wrongdoing whatsoever and

1st on to order media that the board of hooper bird media over the health ministry test system is a mask perhaps you imagined when the german government was an urgent need for this the c.e.o. approached the minister directly to kindy effect and the minister of defense but that means that the board a representative in berlin mr phone was not informed about the mask business neither by his company nor his husband who had been the direct contact person that contradicts common sense. and i can only repeat that according to bird there mr spawn's husband was not informed or involved in the transaction at any time and earlier version of the article had to aim the bird it was owned by the health ministers husband that was later corrected to reflect mr frewen his role as an employee but that hasn't stopped lawmakers from seeking clarification from the health minister this salami tactic with the bit by bit information from the

ministry of health about the procurement of masks undermines the trust in the institutions of our democracy it has to stop we now need an independent transparency officer to shed light on what is going on the health minister himself is biased mr spawn's allies have dismissed the article as thin soup but opens. parties are circling and can smell blood the birds are publishing house owns papers like the dow also deals in masks half a 1000000 went to spawn's health ministry has been representative this spawns husband both like to attend buddha parties because somehow the villar has to be paid what does one actually have to do in the merkel cabinet to be dismissed of course procurement had to be done quickly during the crisis but the wording of 4600000000 euro suave out a call for tenders is under considerable suspicion in view of the corruption scandals to ruling coalition politicians of already fallen jew to personal business

dealings in mosques for profit scandals but what started out as a probe into a pandemic profiteering now morphed into a wider investigation into what money german politicians have been making aside from their ministerial salaries the scandal has caused real damage to the ruling conservative union's reputation they suffered for huge historic losses in recent local elections with the green party taking up the slack in one of those areas and nationally when it comes to polling they were emerging as a real potential challenger in this september's bundestag elections in what's being called the super election year here in germany there couldn't be a worse time to have the whiff of corruption surrounding you peter all over r.t. earlier. i discussed the situation in germany in a bit more depth with a member of the ruling party embroiled in the mosque he told me the country is more

divided than ever and to make things worse people are fed up with contradictory locked own rules introduced by the government. germany has never been as polarized as this and in post-war history we have a gap between rich and rich and poor country and city young and old left and right nationalist and patriotic people are fed up or see a lockdown as i've just heard reports from from a different source from russia that pretty much life is back to normal it's it's tough it's one of the toughest countries in germany some other european countries too but germany politicians are basically toppling over each other to raise the bar to make it even more difficult for people plus the vaccination council germans if they used to one thing are used to an orderly state orderly administrative procedures and we don't see any of this and we see contradictory. administer of all those we see contradictory and failing state policies so germans are fed up but

they don't or all of the requisite and appropriate conclusions in the right numbers that this government has failed. but germans are the only ones in the even critically for straighted with the handling of the pandemic next them for you from paris our correspondent charlotte devinsky gauging the mood of other europeans as they to warn they'll no longer take economically damaging restrictions with the following images from the weekend maybe reflecting that anger. on the streets of europe these are all the scenes that have been playing out those countries what's again are announcing

a fresh wave of restrictions as the 3rd wave hit rallies protesting against what they branded health dictatorships were held from austria to sweden serbia to switzerland from poland to france demonstrators say they simply have enough we don't know we are fed up we no longer know which flew to stand on a little lost the soul of blur we have the impression of being muzzled we're not free. we no longer have a social life this restrictions are totally useless i don't feel like i'm a log we can go out like we want as long as we have our sophistication so should we change the restrictions maybe. in germany more than 20000 troops to the streets in the city of care so one must protest is to cry to recent reversal on the easing the destruction was a threat to freedoms. we are here in castle today because all the measures that are

being taken here in germany no longer serve the people. i consider coronavirus to be a serious disease just like the flu which can also be very serious but to make a pandemic out of it as we are experiencing now with many restrictions on our basic rights i don't think that is justified. we want to cannons and pepper spray we used to disperse protest as the tactic was also used in the netherlands protesters were left wet but they were made. undeterred across in the u.k. in the capital of london protesters defied a current ban on public demonstrations they demanded the rules change a cool echoed by more than 60 and he's they've written to the whom seche trees sing for malloy sing people for protesting was no to acceptable at all do you believe was no proof who dozens were arrested as tempers for 8.

in mass a different turku was taken in deploying of health regulations the house loose popped the streets for the un declared callable a party atmosphere shut down by officials as it descended into destruction. nothing justifies destroying collective efforts to contain the virus nothing justifies desecrating the side of the route by and building collapse nothing justifies attacking children's games and public facilities. while the evil is trying to tackle vaccine shortages it's admitted to making mistakes during the

pandemic but have lessons been learnt and i think this isn't so still being made on the go and not very thought free. i think they're not doing a very good job at it even if it's working but by luck not really by design i think that. extends is a land. is the most important thing is and series a new consent europe and a little i think we have learned some and we took action. the thing is you can't restrict life so much easier citizens are once again feeling the pain of tightening restrictions but after more than a year of living by the rules it seems now that more and more people believe that they are if they do damned if they don't. ski paris. or away from this next the u.s. is struggling with an unprecedented migrant crisis on the southwestern border right

now a record 5000 unaccompanied children alone are reportedly being held in border patrol custody these pictures coming up to the investigative journalism group project veritas than releasing these shocking images from. donna texas 3000 immigrants apparently have been kept in tight spaces wrapped in those silver space blankets 50 of the refugees are believed to tested positive really recently in the last few days alone for covert the managing editor of project veritas told us more. there is a major influx of illegal immigrants and that is according to the source of my view 50 of them are coded. that sexual assaults you does it go assaults take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility and donna texas at one time they're very cramped they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of

a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush the border encouraging people to climb any barriers just any way you can over it under it get in and we will take care of you a plain and simple people are coming over sick or not legal or not and they're being processed and it's being done in an awful matter now that we've uncovered the conditions here but it just seems like mass chaos and yes there is again other care and it seems gearing up. while the democratic party lawmakers also released images from the same city in texas my goodness including youngsters being held in these overflow facilities as have been described in cramped conditions hundreds of children have allegedly been stranded in patrol custody across the area of more than 10 days breaking guidelines border crossings from mexico face a 20 year high reco of presenting

a really difficult challenge than you'd think for the by the administration but despite that it played down the emergency. children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence or fleeing prosecution who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis well it does point we've got washington d.c. officials going back and forth about whether or not what's happening at the border is really a crisis we've got biden promising that he will visit the border meanwhile we've got the border officials and leaders of the democratic party in congress urging the administration to get back to reality take their share of the blame for the policies that seem to have mentioned this crisis and really get a grip on what is happening you have a breach on national security levels that have never before been seen in modern history it just blows my mind how disconnected from reality they are or maybe they

do know maybe they just don't want to call a spade a spade you know because it's uncomfortable it's a slap in the face i think they're you know just want to let you know what's going on we need to get a handle on this before against out of hand even within a week i was already calling the white house to say hey guys you've got to take a look at it when you create a system that incentivizes people to come across and they're released that immediately sends a message to central america that if you come across you can stay while there are big calls for the administration to get things under control and start responding to what many are calling a crisis it seems like the biden administration does not want there to be media access to what is happening on the border and the u.s. facilities that have been set up one journalist was quite outraged about the fact that he had to go to another country just to take photographs of what was happening here in the united states you had to stand on one side of the border i respectfully ask u.s. customs and border protection to stop blocking media access to the border operations

i have photographed c.b.p. under bush a bomb and trump but now 0. access is granted to media viz long lens images taken from the mexican site until now u.s. faces journalists have needed to stand in another country to face because what's happening in the united states now many will recall that while donald trump was president so to graps of children held in facilities detention facilities that were set up during the obama administration were widely circulated and there was no mass discussion and outrage about you know what they referred to in the media as kids in cages and there was widespread visiting of the facilities your recall congresswoman alexandria because you know cortez had a well publicized visit to the detention facility and there was widespread coverage but the biden administration seems to be rather adamant that it is simply not appropriate to give the media access and to publicize what is going on at the u.s.

borders i don't necessarily think that it's appropriate for a journalist to be inside out of centers that are at that aren't are not permanent places for children that children are not placed there permanently now white house spokesperson jen psaki says that the biden ministration is very committed to what she calls trans parents sick but it seems like when it comes to the situation at the border it's much better to divert people's eyes and change the subject and try to avoid bringing attention to something that is to resolve a situation that many are referring to as a crisis. 17 past the quick break coming up publican stick around because a lot more to come when we're back include investor u.s. judge warning price likely the entire media now echo democratic party narratives as a poll reveals trusted outlets that is.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by shaped by our own personal.

dares thinks. we dare to ask. this is r.t. international next that a senior us federal judge has accused practically the country's entire media from t.v. to newspapers to radio of being puppets of the democratic party and the public appears to agree with most now saying outlets in their view support political positions rather than inform. the increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we're very close to one party control of these institutions the new york times and washington post virtually democratic party broadsheets nearly all television

network in cable is a democratic party trumpet a democratic party trumpet i mean what an exaggeration it's not like they treated his inauguration as the 2nd coming of christ in the inaugural address the beginning had a little bit of soaring rhetoric a teeny bit at the end in the middle it sounded almost like a homily like a priest explaining something from the bible well they were just excited once it was actually in the white house they saw this throwing the tough questions at him. out of them. not to my current crisis that me just not all that but they did go wild of those weird c.g.i. hands and maybe they were just expecting the other president or president harrison i took a virtual tour vaccination centers on or i will admit though that seldom is what great in times of timing because remember that bombshell recording with donald trump pressuring elections investigated georgia to find him ballots he wouldn't

have to move out of the white house while the recording revealed that the post misquoted trump's comments on the cool based on information provided by a source did not tell the investigator to find the frauds or say she would be a national hero if she did so instead transferred to the investigates to scrutinize ballots as in she would find dishonesty there. you will notice that establishment media errors missions mistakes and outright lies always slanted one way against me and against republicans meanwhile stories that heard democrats or undermined their narratives are buried ignored or delayed until they can do the least harm media outlets should be regarded as political entities not journalistic enterprise yes but that's just an exception because when it came to trump the washington post was very sad and honest and objective unbalanced and anyway trump at fox news on his side always share leading yes i have heard how some democrats want cable companies

to drop fox news one american news network on newsmax but maybe they shouldn't spread conspiracy theories no i'm not interested in what silberman said he should be borne in mind that the 1st step taken by any potential tarion or dictatorial regime has to gain control of communications particularly the delivery of news it is fair to conclude therefore that one party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy well that's a huge saturation no one watches the news anymore anyway it's all about social media just go on twitter not a democrat party trumpet to be seen silicon valley also has an enormous influence over the distribution of news and it simply filters news delivery in ways favorable to the democratic party and although upstart conservative networks have emerged in recent years their visibility has been decidedly tailed boys social media either by direct bans or content based censorship while that's not true what about paula what

do you mean apple amazon and google while i'm sure it was for a good reason and as the censoring content yes there was that one time that twitter brought that one link to the new york post article about hunter biden's business dealings but it's a little like it was a big story that kind of i don't know swayed in. lection and anyway there are other hard hitting stories to report on. some media pundits warn that that could trigger an assassination attempt so anyway it's a total mystery to me why faith in the us media is at an all time low so ask a tale of it but the media's alleged democratic bias has failed to protect some of the party's biggest names none the less joe biden case in point says new york governor andrew cuomo should resign if a probe confirms allegations of sexual harassment 7 accusers have come forward in

a matter of weeks but then of course biden faces his own actions tara reid worked as his staff assistant 30 years ago and has tried to have her sexual misconduct allegations against him publicized by the new york times and other leading media insist there's no evidence to support her claims while the white house has denied strenuously those allegations we discussed with her direct on the program last night the a power of double standards in the handling of the case. but what happens with powerful people like joe biden he spent $2200000.00 according to f.e.c. records on public relations to squelch stories that would be just favorable to him i see the same tactic being used towards russia with anti russian propaganda that our political system is being influenced by capitalism and its kind of reach the empires kind of coming to a halt unless we focus inward and look at infrastructure so you have these

corporate entities that own the media the only information. and i find it stunning when i see them criticize other nations about propaganda when actually we need to look inward and clean our own house. like animals to be slaughtered is how the e.u. farmers chief says the blocks of new agriculture policies left them he told us more about why he thinks that by the european commission that has not given him better comprehensive assessment what the impact of the green deal. for particular would have on europe and agriculture and i believe that this is quite important in order to assess what we are up against a gross european hang like any agricultural sector in any part of the world is very much an integrated sector so you can't extract one sex for out of it without being a comprehensive truthers textures and there's of course it's missing and we would

like to see the overall impact you know in a sense that we could actually make i'm a system and what needs to be done and what the risks are and this is what we have been pushing european commission to come forward with. the news 2030 farm to fork strategy that aims to slash pesticide use by 50 percent so called nutrient losses and use of anti micro drugs should also be cut by the same amount your recruits hope by doing all that that allow the blocks organic sector to flourish in the next 10 years and see the eaves agriculture commissioner says an impact assessments been carried out that insisted more comprehensive reviews would be taking place he admitted to there would be a quote short term negative impact from the policies but the farmers' representative again says in fact in his view this simply going to lose market share. in general we are very much interested in maintaining our competitiveness and this means that in dice the consumers we need to be competitive in both the

price and what the product sense it's blake basically price and quality ratio and what we feel that this person they use internal market there's a risk that we lose our competitiveness if the objectives and the principles that the european agricultural have to accept as art of the green deal and the farm to fork are not followed to the same letter and that's also a part of the equation what would be the crowborough impact of all the sustainability initiatives of the european union in our program of training efforts to our trading partners except the same approach or do where do they have a somewhat different if it's different that means that we would most probably face unfair competition in the worst case the end europe but certainly internationally. that's just for the use of so far before ago those this little one the one a year it's been the ups and downs the pandemic time to have some fun then you'd

hope well a bit of brighton use theme parks in the u.s. state of california are going to be reopening a next week after a year long shut the hone but it comes with cove a do's and don'ts what you can and can't do on those roller coasters is dimitry park. remember having fun like a theme parks roller coasters. well apparently they're coming back but 8 maybe not quite as fun as you might remember that bella fornia has announced it will reopen its theme parks but on the condition that people will stay dead silence while sipping through the air on their favorite roller coasters so basically defeating the whole point of the ride if you're having trouble imagining just how depressing boring and sad a silent roller coaster ride could be well japan introduced a similar rule last summer and it was about as fun as you could expect.

while much fun and keeping in line with the whole covert thing a bunch of other measures were also introduced such as how many people can be on a ride seating patter the amount of households that can be on one train you get the idea so basically it's we're open but we might as well not be because all the measures we're going to introduce will make your time as joyless as possible what's the point of even opening it's not like you're going to be making any money off of this plus it's not very clear how exactly they're going to be enforcing the no screaming on the ride rule perhaps ejector seats while on the move. yeah you can do that either although i don't have any candyfloss those rules say well that's more in 30 minutes like some watching this program which want to check

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