the eu? do you fear, though, such a rise in anti—european union sentiment, in this country — one of the founding members of the european unioning the whole european project at the moment? if the european union does not rise to this challenge, could that be a failure? could the european union itself be at blame? playing a much louder part than europe has been others — including russia — for example — that have sent aid and medics to italy. is russia using its aid as leverage for italy to lift sanctions? can you tell us now — does the russian aid have strings attached? borisjohnson is in hospital, as you mentioned earlier. may i ask — have you yourself been tested? thousands of your compatriots have died, mortuaries are overflowing, families have been ripped apart. i wonder, when you go home at night, and your quietest moments, how do you personally feel about what is happening here? over the seven weeks of this crisis, what is the thing that has affected you emotionally the most? and, finally, how long do you think it will take your country to recover from this? prime minister conte, thank you very much indeed. grazie. hello.

explanation for that in the beginning they said they had didn't receive an invitation from the european union the european union set we send one then the u.k. said we did this. but it was a political decision because brics it was already done and we wanted to go our own way that was quickly rejected now met 10 cook the health secretary saying it was not a political decision we joined the scheme and the e.u. deny set so really you have 2 political realities 2 parallel universes there and remember the u.k. and the e.u. will have to find a trade deal in the summer exactly i want to talk about matt hancock here from all but the health secretary he is an unknown figure outside of the u.k. i mean he's really not known as being one of the main brics it's yours if brits it is to blame for anything in this pandemic where are the leaders why are they so silent now. well they are not really silent to be honest matt hancock might not be a brave big break city of the house secretary but. deputizing for prime minister boris johnson the reason why he is in the cabinet to foreign secretary now as i said deputising for stocks i

directly from state owned enterprises like russia today and sputnik now the european union external action which is the european union. european union's foreign policy arm are saying that not only is russia trying to change the global narrative but they're spreading dangerous misinformation about about health for examples and there was a big spreading conspiracy theories they're all i can you give us some examples of what this alleged this information looks like. well we have one example from russia today arabic it's an article about bill gates words suggested that he indeed had some kind of hand in creating the coronavirus now this is a conspiracy theories that's been peddled before by donald trump's former advisor just stone and it's been star only debunked but of course this article has had thousands of interactions on on social media another example is from the kremlin backed news outlets sputnik there's an article suggesting that washing your hands does not help to stop the spread of the coronavirus now the u.s. is saying that there is literally putting people's lives at danger then we have stories which is disc

european union sentiment in italy. some polls show 75% of italians now want to leave the european union, think the european union is hurtingow do you get past that? >> i think you've got to look at the areas where cooperation can work and is necessary and essential to work. as i say, we will look back at this and we will suffer the condescension of posterity if at this moment of destiny the world cannot come together. but the areas that i've highlighted an the 200 who signed the letter to the g-20, brilliant economists, brilliant health experts, former leaders, they wanted to highlight, coordination to finance the cure and the vaccine. now, that's in everybody's interests, and i believe that america could be brought on board and china, too. coordination to build up capacity. so instead of outbidding each other, instead of outbidding for a limited capacity, we build up the capacity for ventilators, test equipment. i think we could get agreement on that. instead of allowing the disease to go right through the developing countries, help them build up their resistance, their resilience, but help them now so it doesn't come bac

of europe as a jamie's chancellor says it is the biggest threat that the european union has ever faced. threat that the european union has everfaced. —— threat that the european union has ever faced. —— germany's threat that the european union has everfaced. —— germany's chancellor. the uk prime minister has thanked medical staff as he prepares to spend a second night in hospital. he was admitted to st thomas hospital in london with persistent symptoms including a temperature and a car. he has been on social media and tweeted that he was going in for some routine tests, adding that he was in good spirits and keeping in touch with his team as we work together to fight this virus. he is keeping in touch with everyone and he first tested positive for this disease ten days ago. downing street has refused to say whether he is receiving oxygen treatment or are suffering from pneumonia. this is the latest from the government daily press briefing. he was admitted to... and that was because some of the symptoms he had persisted. he is in good spirits and is being readily updated. he is still in charge of the government and we

now and now and for that recovery plan they know big threat is this to the european union as a whole union as a whole the european union because so dirty as a concept this is. at the brink of failure then then we don't in brussels thanks so much for that. the world on time in living memory predicts that world fade could drop by almost a living memory predicts that world fade could drop by almost a 3rd of this year in the months ahead. off during april the coronavirus epidemic has had its. but aid but aid organizations warn of the province where over 3000000 people has been keeping in touch with people in need keeping in touch with people in need lives like to live in a live in confidence will resume. for weeks now 26 year old child city in syria where the coronal it's difficult has been holding an adlib for 4 weeks now for 4 weeks now the city is coming back to life for this week in other countries but the coronavirus here is serious that he will. to hundreds of thousands of people are trying to raise an interesting jurist to tackle this pandemic she. took to talk to her to is an anesthesiologist and general mana

the u.k. was part of a european union scheme to procure more ventilators paul brennan explains. there is some confusion as to the motivation for the u.k. not joining the european union procurement scheme there are several procurement schemes that the european union is coordinating to prevent each individual member nation of the european union from going off and trying to do its own deals and therefore probably end up bidding against each other and thereby driving the price up now the u.k. chose not to join some of those schemes and the reason why it was said as far as ventilators goes was because the government said there had been some missed emails and there was kind of a breakdown in communication then it was said this afternoon by apparently the senior civil servant in charge of the foreign office simon mcdonnell's that it was actually a political decision not to join the european union and that's put the cats amongst the pigeons somewhat apparently he's issued a clarification as to exactly what he said or what he meant i haven't seen the clarification yet but there is apparently one being issued to see. that said the shortages of p.p. is the shortages of ventila

european union. >> the next few weeks will represent the first real challenge fofor the eueuropean n . we will see what europe looks like without the european union citizens realize we will longer be able to engage in those activities we have taken for granted for so long. this will create a lot of pressure on the european union and member states to coordinate better what they are doing. now we have a roadmdmap put forward by the european commission. [no audio] the way in which member statetes will modify the measures. the european union is helpless at the moment. it is not listened to by the member states. i expect more litigation at the european and international level because citizens are clearly affected. they cannot understand why suddenly the european union is not there. anchor: thank you for joining us on "france 24." i apologize for the quality of the skype session. over 17 million pepeople have en driven from their homes by war and unrest across the world. at 210 million live in refugee camps and informal settlements. almost none have been tested for coronavirus. one camp in serbia has opened its doors to "france 24" to show how they are

the u.k. was part of a european union scheme to procure more ventilators. there is some confusion as to the motivation for the u.k. not joining the european unioncheme. there are several procurement schemes the european union is coordinating to prevent each member nation from trying to do its own deals and ending up bidding against each other and driving the price up. the u.k. chose not to join some of those schemes. said, asn why, it was far as ventilators go, is the government said was because of missed emails and a breakdown in communication. then it was said by the senior civil servant in charge of the foreign office that it was a political decision not to join the european union. has issuedhe clarifications to what he meant. have not seen the clarification yet, but there is one being issued this evening. that said, shohortage of ppe and ventilators initially at least has been a bone of contention in the u.k. because the global shortage is impacting all the countries, and the u.k. is simply one of them. barbara: meanwhile, strict measures continue to be imposed across asia as countries try to reduce covid-19 cases. singapore extended its lo

nevertheless, what we want to see everyone to keep trading with the european union is the european unionrecovery. so it is in everybody's interest. trade is one of the drivers of growth in all our countries. even a few months ago when the european union was discussing its budget before corona, a budget about half the size of what they are talking about now, they could not agree. there is plenty of hard negotiating yet to come in brussels before countries decide they are willing to “ pay countries decide they are willing to —— pay for recovery. it is a big political ask. ok. we will be watching it closely. thank you both. thank you very much, stay safe. the headlines on bbc news: the first human trials in the uk for a coronavirus vaccine are starting at oxford university today — — a stage which can often take years to reach. uk government scienctific advisers look set to say the public should not wear medicalface masks, but should feel free to cover their faces with scarves. the german chancellor angela merkel says germany should be prepared to pay more into the eu's budget to help foster

what are your views about -- host: what are your views about how the european union has regulated big tech? sarah: the european unionas moved out a little bit ahead of where the u.s. is, to be sure. we have seen some moved to germany in particular with facebook they have basically said you can't share data between different platforms that you run. we are seeing investigations being taken all over the world. told amazonample something very important. that they cannot compete with the sellers that use them like marketplace. this is a basic sort of antitrust where if you are the railroad you can also determine what the rates are with other people writing those rails. you could get goods to market or compete on that platform. we are seeing things happen all over the world. it is really a fundamental problem that democratic institutions are going to have to break. we will only see them wiggle out any sort of constraints and ultimately be in the exact same position again. you don't seem terribly enthused about the moves that you has made yet? sarah: we have seen proposals like taxing digital platforms, which i think in so

dictatorship no and so what we have been trying to do for example with the european union is to ask you know why does the european unionontinue to provide extraordinarily generous subsidies to this trojan horse within european democracy you know why for example is the european people's party the center right alliance in the european parliament why does it continue to treat feet aushev or bounce party as a member or rather than to formally expel it suspended it but it didn't expel and you know why it is the european union's budget to you to provide so these are the kinds of things that can be done but frankly so far european political leaders have been quite timid they issued a so-called protest when or by a stablished that's dictatorship but they didn't name hungary it was just a go at me and blanche and eric statement of principle it was so bland that orbán joined it was you say it's a question of. accountability it's a question of pressuring hungry i want to get to that a little bit later but 1st i want to turn to surveillance now. that is another measure that we have seen emerged amid this coronavirus crisis you hav

very difficult situation and the european union must show that exists it is not only a group that represents financial and economic interests it is almost as if the european union is europe's worst enemy i think the selfish as jews are different countries opposing the european union inject the if a bloc which is restricted to being an entity based on trade and commercial treaties is not a union we need we can just go back to square one and become the european common market square in the e.u. or any super national organization that may follow its mirror to try to find more common ground. a french medical emergencies chief says government efforts there to get protective equipment to medics isn't moving fast enough the country is dealing with more than 59000 cases more than 5000 have died dr eric charles is being describing the deluge of patients his region is treating. not sure i was sure it before in the elder france region we're sort of playing a game of tetris meaning that whenever we take a patient out of intensive care their place is immediately taken by another patient the date by which these most should arrive is actually within the next 10 to 15 days is t

the european union itself. at this level of policymaking the european union is about national leaders and the accounts are made up of 27 heads of state of government. those are the ones making decisions. we can updpdate the union on the results of this global process. >> thank you for joining us on the program, today. covid-19 about continues to spread online, the united states, and canada. one. gaining traction is that the pandemic has been exaggerated by the media. people are sharing videos of empty hospital corridors and wards, saying it proves the pandemic isn't as pat -- as bad as people thought out. >> ovever the last few weeks soe people online have been sasaying the virus is harmless or that it doesn't exist, has been made up, and they filmed these videos to prove it. >> [speaking french] >> covid-19 center, not a single solitary soul. shut down the entire country, 43,000 employees at walt disney world laid off today bececause f this? >> [speaking french] >> the emergency room is basically empty. clearly, there is no covid-19 epidemic whatsoever. >> a lot of these videos have film yourag hospital. this

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to democracy so we've seen also a bit of time to once again sending a message to the european union saying european union is in danger if it doesn't take and action with. with a conviction you will have forgotten europeans and a lot of a some time now the spanish government has also been sounding quite optimistic about potentially having reached the peak of the outbreak there what's the sense there. well they've been saying that we haven't been reaching that pete we saw the slowdown tendencies trend in the past few days but yesterday and a day before do you so these are only effected cases were increased by a 4 percent on monday yeah that's 1.30 in on a 4 percent on tuesday and a 4.3 percent on wednesday so still would have to be very cautious of things in spain remain like a week ago we're still hold health care workers complaining that they don't have the project. the protective gear of the project at whitman and essential their retreat using the same protective gear they have put 24 hours is very risky we don't have to test it so we have to be really really cautious well we will have it shortly health

. >> host: given that come what are your views about how the european union has regulated big tech? >> guest: so the european union has moved out a little bit ahead of where the u.s. is, to be sure. we've seen some moves in germany in particular where for example, with facebook they basically said you can't share data between different platforms that you run, so if you are facebook you can't share data with what's apt and you can't share data with instagram. it's kind of a semi-breakup and that's important step. we are saying investigations been taken all over the world. india, for example, told amazon which is something very important, that they cannot compete with the sellers that use them like marketplace. it's a basic sort of antitrust where if you are the railroad you can also determine like what the rates are with other people that are writing those rails. you can choose, you can get goods to market or you can compete on that platform. we are seeing is happen all over the world and think what we want to try to establish a session with the tech companies like facebook and google is that power is really a fund

not joining the european union procurement scheme there are several procurement schemes that the european union is coordinating to prevent each individual member nation of the european union from going off and trying to do its own deals and therefore probably ended up bidding against each other and thereby driving the price up now the u.k. chose not to join some of those schemes and the reason why it was said as far as ventilators goes was because the government said there had been some missed emails and there was kind of a breakdown in communication then it was said this afternoon by apparently the senior civil servant in charge of the foreign office simon mcdonnell's that it was actually a political decision not to join the european union and that's put the cats amongst the pigeons somewhat apparently he's issued a clarification as to exactly what he said or what he meant i haven't seen the clarification yet but there is apparently one being issued this evening that said the shortages of p.p. the shortages of ventilators initially at least. as is has been a bone of contention here in the u.k.

the european union provides 6% of hungary's gdp some years. couldn't it just say stop this? >> fareed, if only. that's clearly the most important lever. but the european unionk, is to weak they fear if they apply that lever, hungry will walk. where hungary will walk to is not clear. i think it's a lever that should be applied, but they certainly have had many occasions where they could have brought that hammer down and have not done so. this is just, i think, a sign of the extraordinary fragmenting impact of the coronavirus on the -- on european politics and on the capacity of european states to act together and act against what i think is a threat to the democratic values of the whole continent. >> mike galanos, v >>. >>> all these spring breakers making it clear how difficult it is to lock down america, a country of 300 million people. how about a country of 1.3 billion? we will take you inside history's largest ever lockdown when we come back. when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go

the european union. >> this should be recognized by all european union member states and they should open the way for northacedonia. i cannot think of any other alternative. butut these hopes have been repeatedly dashed by eu countries. north macedonia has been waiting at the door of the european union for 15 years now. -- was a child when her country obtained candidate status. >> for a lot of people in my generation, it is like a fairytale. something that might happen and it would be nice but i don't know if f we still believe it is going to catch our generation. >> however she is an environmentalist at heart t and sees aigig potentialal advantage to align with european environmental standards. living in brussels, she regularly enjoys the outdoors and these woods, a stone's throw away from the city center. >> you can see animals during thee summemer like birds and squirrels. it is a big jewewel of the city. she hadad abandoned the idea of doing yoga outdoors. too much p pollution. she ended up dedicating her walks to garbage collection. a worsese problem for me is the situation that you can't just clean i

hospitalized but is expected to recover the european union which has been hit hard by covert 19 is urging people to be wary of quick fixes according to our european union agencies the amount of cybercrime in the european union has increased and the number of fake medicines disinfection sprays a miracle cures sold online is staggering in the meantime russian scientists have taken the 1st microscope images of covert 19 the information is welcome to munition in the fight to developing vaccines and drug treatments that will be effective against the coronavirus for r t i'm alex. all right before we go to break let me present to you the brand new exercise app brought to you by our good friends at the federal bureau of investigation called the f.b.i. but ms test yes the parents of the bureau is so worried about your present will help now that so many of us are stuck at home that they want you to work out like a g. man which makes sense i mean i don't know about you but when i think of physical fitness i think of yes the one and only j. edgar hoover and speaking of j. edgar many critics are pointing out but apparently the f.b.i.'s new app while helping train l

we are members of the european union and if there's a debate with any of the agencies, the european unionata to the commission and through the government the announcement that i just told you is reassuring, we are ready for being tested because all other countries are being tested. i look forward to detailing the relationship with the other european members in a moment. one more question on how your government is using this emergency to enact legislation and take measures which may not be connected to the pandemic at all, let us just go back to one specific issue, which is migration. last month, hungary indefinitely suspended access to its border transit areas for asylum—seekers. your migration minister claimed, quote, "we observe a clear link between coronavirus and illegal migrants." can you explain that to me? all borders in europe are closed for free movement as we speak. there is only limited movement, especially available for goods, which is essential in the european union as a unified economic area. but, otherwise, even yourfreedom to travel and my freedom to travel freely to, say,

and this as the european union has now told the bbc the british government failed to take up offers tojoin a european union with any of the procurement schemes, despite being repeatedly invited by the eu to do so, but the eu does say the uk can be part of a procurement programme in the future. to try to boost supplies of ppe, the government has been asking manufacturers in the uk to help, but some are already frustrated with the government processed. we had nothing for at least a month, until we heard from them recently, just to be told we are put in a portal and we will get back to you, but so far, to date, we have not heard anything from central government. the government says it has already contacted 3,000 companies. meanwhile, there are reports some protective equipment is being shipped abroad, despite the shortages here. we are taking in so much more ppe than the small amount we may be exporting. we are a net importer of ppe, and literally millions of items of ppe are coming to the uk every week to get to the front line. as we heard the plane from turkey landed this morning, we had a shipment of gowns

the european union as a whole. actually this is a huge threat to the european union because he did he has a concept is in question here and the german chancellor. really said this is the biggest has that europe has ever faced since his voice was founded 70 years ago and the spenders government issued a statement after the euro group that says if we don't get together now then europe is at it at the brink of failure then we don't need the european union anymore i just want to band in brussels and you so much for that. but let's get you up to speed with the other stories making headlines around the world economists in germany are expecting the country to see its biggest quarterly decline in g.d.p. on record as a result of the pandemic leading researchers say the economy is likely to shrink by almost 10 percent between april and june that would be the biggest drop since quarterly figures or 1st collected in $1070.00. it's fair to 85 percent of the 10 workers in portugal could be temporarily laid off in april the coronavirus epidemic has had a major impact on the country's tourism dependent kaname the hotel association of

material you know the european union which if it had been indeed present in the interests of european countries it would be very much interested in rational oil and gas by the european union did everything to wreck the brought all solid steam and it didn't do any deal save north stream so when they were that the states went. just air broccoli in the north sea and when the you was basically illegal pretty big legal sanctions on any companies that will help russia finish their product basically the e.u. and you are doing anything to stop the united states from doing that i don't need any money to be pushed a little bit that the germans did push back and they made it very clear their position there would be dictated by washington but on the whole i agree with you here you know from the same article as scott ritter that demon was bringing up here and i love this there's a line that really stuck out to me or oil contracts come in go big bad policy is for ever and a big thing that that's really well would not i mean you know up on the one hand it's perfectly fine you want to have competitive advantage in a bandage in the marketplace i get there and that there are consumers ther

mired in cruel in the next moderen your financial framework of the european union and of course germany as biggest contributor in the european union met my own because now the united kingdom has a draft as we are and all of the biggest player they have will of course going to bits are they in so many various with those that how weaker and i think these are important. steps we are taking but of course we need to continue because it is also in our end of germany interest that the complete euro zone have been the european union maintains stable that's where a lot of german exports go down you can bend it noticeable by omission in that list that to motown financial just gave us our of course joint european bonds to fund recovery isn't it time for germany to give up its longstanding resistance to mutualization of debt at least that that will be incurred in future for recovery from this pandemic. well when we heard some us or we see the problem you say we objectivity is that because they pay it germany is the biggest net win that of the european union not only the biggest next day and i think that all the debate now if you have to may u

the european union is all about how everyone for france $24.00 m. falls will be governed paris and i'm melinda crane for dutch of ella in berlin in the european union health care has always been handled at the national level so as the corona pandemic swept the continent it was nation states that were calling the shots even between close e.u. neighbors borders were closed crucial medical exports were stopped and solidarity was looking pretty illusory but that is now changing with french patients for example being treated in german hospitals and melinda with a crisis that we're 2 months into which shows some are calling the biggest test for this continent since world war 2 a lot of questions going forward the french president and u.n. michael calling it a moment of truth ahead of thursday's virtual summit there are those that are eyeing did to. de confinements and then other nations that are doubling down what common response can france and germany often dubbed the motor of european unity a rally a continent that's sure to face some major major challenges both within the european union and from the rest of the world our title today is corona europe's