for russia igor go up in office prepared to take on any enemy including the coronavirus since early february he has been in charge of the special patrol by the ural coast x. they hand out face masks in their neighborhood if you catch a plane book and check people for signs of a cold. igor gorbachev is an ottoman one of the heads of the. people here recognize them by their uniforms and some of their recommendations on how to stay healthy are just as old fashioned you know we recommend the traditional remedies. and keeping to basic rules of personal hygiene when people come in from outside they should wash their hands and take off their clothes. decided to help our government with the coronavirus because we care but the faith of russia. carry holy water along with them for extra protection against the virus these vigilante patrols weren't authorized by the city but in russia cossacks often support the state security forces and act as unofficial guardians of public order. the next morning. try their hand at a paramilitary drill from the late 18th century sachs defended the borders of the russia

two of the suspects allegedly have close links to russia's intelligence agencies. the most prominent is igore will stop according to prosecutors, he was the highest—ranking officer in the pro—russian rebel held territory in eastern ukraine, and was in direct contact with the russian federation. sergey dubinsky and oleg pulatov, alleged former members of russia's gru special forces, and the only ukrainian national, leonid karchenko, who has no military background, but was allegedly acting as the commander of a combat unit. these hearings are taking place within sight of the runway where flight mh—17 took off. the suspects were never expected to appear for a trial, but it's culmination of the most complex criminal investigation in dutch history. in 2014, a conflict was raging — pro—russian separatist militia fighting ukrainian forces for control of an area in the east of ukraine. according to the prosecution, the defendants asked russia's defence ministry for heavy weapons. a convoy was allegedly sent from the 53rd anti—aircraft missile brigade, based in the russian city of kursk, across the b

time outside as possible but it's not a rule it's not a law and it looks like russia is hoping to keep it that way or igor for now thanks for the uptake keep us posted following else more developments come in already headlines happen throughout the day it goes down off there in central moscow. so the race is on to get a truly accurate picture of just how pervasive infections are worldwide scientists at oxford university in the u.k. are developed and developing a mobile app that could help trace the spread of covert 19 they hope if all goes well the is expected to be widely adopted in europe in the u.s. we're not going to do this in a way that has been done in china but there are ways of using these techniques just because we live in a democracy doesn't mean we don't care about other people and we're not going to act responsibly well is a brief look at how it will work in theory the upset to track where the who uses come into contact with if a person then test positive for the corona virus anyone who's been in contact with them over 2 week period will then be notified despite the not yet being available it

in russia, it's notjust the virus that's spreading. so is fake news about covid—19. biologist igordia that coronavirus could be a us biological weapon, and that the americans took out a patent for it. but where's the evidence? but conspiracy theories cannot mask the reality — that to fight a virus, the world's largest country is shutting down. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. turning to europe now, where germany's chief health adviser has warned that the rate of deaths from coronavirus is rising. but so many people have been tested there, that the authorities may be ready for the surge in cases. germany can carry out half a million tests a week, as our berlin correspondent jenny hill reports. they're working day and night in germany's laboratories. this country tested early and it tested a lot. an approach which, it's believed, has saved lives. there were many positive cases picked up early, so people were asked very early, a month ago, to remain isolated, contact people who were traced and were repeatedly isolated as well. but some say germany had luck on its side, too. many ear

in russia, it's notjust the virus that's spreading — so is fake news about covid—19. biologist igorn and that the americans took out a patent for it. but the evidence? but conspiracy theories cannot mask the reality — that to fight a virus, the world's largest country is shutting down. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. some supermarkets are beginning to ease restrictions that were introduced earlier this month on certain products. aldi's now scrapping limits on all but a few items, while morrisons and waitrose have also removed some limits and changed others. it comes as grocery sales in the uk hit record levels in march, reaching £10.8 billion as the country prepared for the coronavirus lockdown. the average household has spent £63 more in the past four weeks, the equivalent of an extra five days of groceries. and sales of alcohol were up by 22% on the same time last year. we spent an extra £200 on wine, spirits and beer. britain's biggest banks have agreed to scrap dividends for shareholders and have been asked by the bank of england not to pay out any bonuses to senior staff bec

been a vehicle for soft power gains for russia and an oil deal had become a trade deal and that was one pushing an argument on the flipside you have to look at igor sechen he has said from the beginning that it should not cooperate with russia because of the tax structure. heap gets more gain the more barrels he puts on the market and his big point is american energy abundance is bad for russia because the united states can sanction everybody we just sanction rothnet trading and we don't pay the price at the pump so i think it is geopolitical and economic for sechen and that's where we stand right now. if the russians decide to cave in and give up those barrels, i think the war ends >> there was a lot of people that will be out there and i've heard from some of them, helima who will say to heck with them u.s. refiners will buy u.s. shale and we don't need the saudis and we don't need the russians and we can put an independent and put an egoole my shoulder and eat a hot dog at the baseball game. here's the problem u.s. refiners probably want the cheaper barrels now floating around right? if they're in a price war instead of buying american barrels