frances: yep. i agree. [womanan speaking russian] [drum beating rhythmically; people singing] [helicopter approaching]g] [singing continues] frances: when they asked us to go down to the chopper and greet them, i didn't know who i was really greeting. and now that i've spent a few days with them, i think in a year's time, i get my passport, you know, visa, and whatever is required. we are gonna visit a couple of villagers there... weather permitting. the struggle through life, most of it is not all happy. i've gone through a great many things. but knowing ththat you had times where yourur heart w j just fufull... that helps you t to remember tht there's gonna be a better time ahead of you. 04/07/20 04/07/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york city, the epicenter of the pandemic, this is democracy now! >> we are fighting just to get this place closed down and sanitize. with the 27 confirmed virus in there. they are sending them home. they're telling them they're going to quarantin

and france and germany are not on the same track and if france and germany is not on the same track then it would be very difficult in europe we want to we want to come back to that question just a little bit later but let me go now to dr cmyk because we just heard from daniel cohen bend it that in fact there are many people in france who have a sense that somehow the germans are doing it better we've seen some pretty prizing headlines coming out of france. croissant you may you know why are they better across the world not only in europe but all over the world it seems that the corona virus is exposing the gaps and deficits in countries health systems and in their economies so what would you say you have seen about what needs to change in france . well what i can say about the difference of person of maybe it will be it is a different time counting the dead people because in front of the people here we are . also are enduring. that people are counted else. but in germany if you have they have their tears or you have hypertension you may be counted different when i said that i can e

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to work in france. what are the reason why french people have the reputation of being on vacation all the time is because they kind of are compared to other countries and there is definitely a fascination with france's generous. them record many of the seven questions about that give us the detailils willll in france employees get a minimum of thirty days off a year thirty paid days off and that's's a lot more than other eeu countries where by law they have to provide twenty days and that's a lot more than the united states in fact the u. s. is the only industrialized nation where by law employers don't have to get paid holiday to their employees and what's funny is here in france some foreigners say that they almost have too much time off they don't know what to do with all these closely pay yet but trust me you do get used to it. as for friend people they have their ancestors. thank you very generous system. hey vacation days lee quincy bay he was voted into law in june nineteen thirty six by a coalit

that are held in high esteem in france and therefore worthy of respect and politeness france's obsession with good behavior is centuries old but it's a story of manners is somewhat uneven it certainly is no one had okay that's what the kid was in its prime. time and some ducks in court were terrible of ridicule and therefore eager to help polite each other but- what is. it what about it. all of that changed course with french. everything with the french the republican passion for quality trumped the rules of gentility now in the nineteenth century etiquette made somewhat of a comeback with the rise of the bourgeoisie but that all came down crashing yet again- just after the first world war these days a majority of french people say that first i think it is very important and something i actually want to teach the childldren this is called the all important yeah. they well bred crap well that's a french children can be in public like in restaurants right here in the beautiful kathy to come ask where we are now and that brings us to another mine field for non french people table manners an

here in france the archbishop of paris said lead. service in the not i'm- this is a year after it was rocked by fire meanwhile in jerusalem which would normally welcome- foss numbers of pilgrims discolorations this year. have been totally changed there is a backlog. and one mariotti and says you've got to check a report. this site the furniture usually on good friday dozens of monks walk along the via dolorosa. the way of sorrows with the bible tells us jesus carried his cross. but this easter only three friends and monks walk in the footsteps of cheeses. cooler it is exceptional because of course- these- the pandemic inn this moment- the one near the goal- the c. two jerusalem was a sold out crowd o of that the tools impopossiblele to walklk. and. w with this the seventy. christians across into the- alleyway. this year israeli police enforce jerusalem's current issue and to make it through the media. the three monks do manage to reach the church of the holy sepulchre its shots because of the pandemic only the monks are allowedd insi

back both for france and the u.s. -- this time period both for france and the u.s., because when the haitian revolution happens, the french attempt to crash it -- crush it. the fighting that happens in haiti is incredibly brutal. the americans are terrified because the united states at this time depends on an economy of slavery and his friend of the idea of a giant black revolution in doing that -- and is frightened of the idea of a giant black revolution undoing t hat. i want to know more about how you see that example fitting or not fitting into this narrative. >> thank you so much for that question. you kind of indicated it. there's really two sides to this coin happening at the same time. it's true for a lot of different groups. while for example, as part of the military enlightenment, much more care is given to the common soldier for the common soldier's health and hygiene and also for a type of democratization of heroism, to start recognizing the heroism of these individuals. there are really interesting stories of how in masonic lodges, common soldiers who came to fight in the

a good american villager asked of what trade his father was in france. father, he replied, does nothing. typical aristocrat. but i have an uncle who is a marshall. very good, said the american, that is a very good trade. france's american allies also represented a political danger at least potentially while many were enthusiastic about the american fight for freedom, the crown and high-ranking military officers were nervous about whether or not the fires of violent revolutionary ferver might jump from american troops to french ones. strict anti-frat earnization laws were implemented to keep american and french soldiers from socializing. officers seemingly avoided one another as well. they remarked that one never sees a french officer with an american one. we had a strong understanding, but we did not live together. this, i think, is the best thing that could have happened. their character being so different from ours, quarrels would have surely broken out quickly. end quote. on the french side, five of every 100 were not noble and outside of sharing in m

and joins me live via skype from western france or natasha france doing the opposite of what some other european countries are doing. yes the french are present a man omar karami gave a speech to the nation as a televised address his 4th since he 1st announced that france would go into lockdown one month ago to morrow mike ross said in this speech that there was a lot of hope perhaps a light at the end of the tunnel because in the last few days here in france admissions to hospitals and intensive care units have reduced a slightly as have the number of deaths however eman michael said you know we are nowhere near out of this crisis yet you have a country where more than 14000 people have died and continue to do so of course each day he said that is why he has ordered that france remain in lockdown until may the 11th so another month 2 months in total when we get to mid may that will of course be very difficult for many people who are perhaps living in very difficult circumstances in very small spaces or on their own but a man or macro has called on the nation with this rather rallying s

rate from cope with 19 in all of france. this health crisis throws a harsh light on the territorial inequalities of which the unit habitants. are victims. well son soltanieh also has an incredibly high unemployment rate one of the highest again if not the highest in france and those who can work are not in the types of jobs way you can tell he can eat this is an area that synonymous with poverty the people who are working or working as delivery drivers or cashiers in shops or home help or care home workers meaning that they are more likely to come into contact with people which means their move risk of catching couvade 19 so the issue is difficult for them and one m.p. for the area described what's going on in this department in france as being akin to a social emergency. and sounded the alarm over says people are starving i'm shocked that in a country as wealthy as ours the authorities do not provide better support. while also exacerbating the situation in. fact it is an area that also has a lot of shanty towns these are sh

their experiences had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. these themes are at the center of her book "military >> war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon." published by cornell university press in 2017. she has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from princeton, a bachelor of music from the eastman school of music, and a phd and french studies. she has been a member of the george mason faculty since 2011. among her many other honors and awards, the society of these cincinnati's fellowship she received to support her research on the military enlightenment. our fellowship program, which was established in 2007, provides support to bring up to six scholars annually to our library to conduct research. i invited her to lunch with her fellow fellows, all the rest of whom were graduate students in the throes of work on their doctoral dissertations. i have always remembered the wise advice the professor gave them. this is a wonderful time in your life. make sure you take time to enjoy it. please j

we that look forward to it being significance and influence in france. the latter line of inquiry has been of particular interest of historians that long sought to trace the influence of political ideals like liberty and natural rights and cultures of leadership and warfare from the american to the french revolution. scholars research and teach atlantic revolutions analyzing the american, french, and haitian revolutions together. there is a 50th anniversary coming up in 2020 and it is dedicated to studying a fascinating age in history in a global context. >> many of my assumptions about the heros of the american revolution and the comradery with the view of american culture, the war for independence, and what mattered that we may not have expected. one of my favorite anecdotes regards our dear friend who transformed himself from a tragically awkward but wealthy (a>Ñ eo%hwh jeffersons, the >+d'washingto6 and more.. kc " d my sis -- these were printed on billets in english. they were meant to be culturally authentic and they succeeded.z o abigail adams

saying that apple really needs to do here yes so essentially what france is saying is that right now when you use a con trick of the contact tracing app that france is trying to use the problem is if you have an i phone and you have that app on and then you switch to something else so now you move over to your instagram or you go to facebook or you just turn off the phone all of a sudden the abstemious running it stops tracing it was subsoil though we knew that's part of apple's operating system currently and so what france are saying is hey apple what we need you to do is we need you to change your operating system for us so that this contact tracing app and tracking app can actually track the user when their phone is off it can track the user when they're on some other kind of application where they're not actively using it essentially turning your phone into 247 surveillance that is what france is asking people to do so let's try if everybody at all times right well randy wants to decoy by may 11th that's just around the corner without using the special measures that apple and goo

>> thank you for joining us here on "france 24." we begin in france, where the prime minister will announce details on how the country will exit its lockdown on the 11th of may. adouard philippe -- philippe is expected to mention how to travel within regions. what exactly will life be lockdown reststrictions are eased? want to balance restarting the economy with a minimized risk of the outbreak. france is expected to remain very vigililant. the scientific council remains the waearing of masks in public. it is highly likely the french will have wear masks on public transport. more details will l also be givn regarding plans for widespread testing. what measures will be taken to ensure safety of children going back to school will be high on the agenda. there will be questions about whether masks will be compulsory and the reduction o of class sizes. some businesses will be around -- allowed to o reopen u under strict measures. workining from home will be encouraged, if possible. experts recommended staggered maintntain social diststan

we begin in france where they have begun to relax lockdown measures in n place. bars will remain shut until further notice. the measures would be reviewed every three weeks but it was warned that easing of the lockdown would not happen if the numbers in france started to spike. protect, test, isolate. france's three-pronged strategy to progressively lift lockdown measures starting on the 11th. they presented the government's roadmap for easing the quarantine. the key announcement regarding businesses. french]g restaurants and bars will remain closed until early june. as for school, students will return on a voluntary basis and reopening's will be gradual. day's and elementary schools will be t the first too reopen starting may 11 with middle schools following a week later. there e can be no more than 15 students per class. new details yet for high school. regarding public transport, all passengers be required to wear a mask starting may 11. [speaking french] >> restrictions on personal movement will also be eased. as a first step, people will be able to travel up

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in france the french willing to move. i think america and- and consumers outside the world's i'm looking at. is the idea of. what the french. out and then there's the french at is. he i think everyone is sick of all this mess of the told and skinny mitigating weight and those books even called why french women don't get fat away french women don't get faceliftfts which is complete live by the way- and thehen. decide to show face and from stats that stuff is front loaded country you know. this country and yet it's never what you see now you have. a date buster posey one hundred esteem campmpaign and i in houses in ao very very white so and there's- no there's- people starting point show. within face. alex does not mean that died not feel that is totally a perhaps face with that we don't use see some way from some mind a and showing how may be the more call to reality about. no all the picture people come to find know not the got not not the key of the got people to find. to the stephanie rebellion against against the polic

will share from his new book "escape from paris", a true story of love and resistance in wartime france which is based on official american french and german documents, history, personal memoir and as well as personal interviews. it is a thrilling wartime adventure story of american aviators rescued by fighters taken to not the and hidden under the noses of gestapo. please join me welcoming stephen harding. >> no pressure there. i would like to personally thank you all for coming, i really appreciate it when people show up, and hope not to bore you. i want to give you some quick background on my stuff, people wonder how you military history. i was born and raised in southern california long time ago and my father and all my uncles fought in world war ii in the pacific. so i grew up hearing their stories of fighting the japanese in sealing the broad ocean and everything else. when i was 19 i am listed in the united states army in 1971 and in retrospect it was not the best decision i ever made because six months later i got run over by an army personnel carrier. as a result i'm a disabled

in france students or gray out of. in the system is not harsh. t.t. in public primary and secondary schools s are s supposed. nearly millllion members of staff of e mininistry of national education is frae'e's largest employer in education the government's biggest budget the driving philosophy behind french education is in getting everyone should have the same education and that g goes as far as everyryone having the same hand right it's funny g. because that's something that foreigners tend to pick up on french people don't really seem to notice the fact that they have the same. handwriting at least when they're but when you grow up you kind of grow into your own handwriting but when you're learning how to write there's a special kind of hand writing you learn and it's a special kind of hand writing the teachers use as well. and moreover everyonone here learns to write in ink not even in its right in france if you use a fountain pen and all your homework is hand written it's not written on the computer and then printed that goes for a season high sch

and another breaking news this week killed in a stabbing incident in southeast france police arrested a suspect. in other news east a warning coming up french authorities telling people tend to travel next week that the coronavirus is not on holiday medical staff say they're still woefully ill equipped. here's what our government has given asked. as you can see we need a full range of necessary medical equipment so we actually don't have to provide sufficient medical house. please for my heart. as the bodies of. being left on deserted streets because health services cannot cope with demand. that. international for more welcome to the program is just. south of day i'm kevin here with his 30 minute world news. and and as we've just been describing in the headlines there are a couple of developing stories to brief you on 1st one for russia one person has died after a gas boiler explosion in apartment building in the moscow region it happened in the town that's around 90 kilometers east of the city of moscow at least 4 people have been injured there we gather 3 are in intensive care accor

the lockdown in france has been extended until may 11.dent emmanuel macron said the country still needs to build its capacity to test every citizens symptoms. the governor of new york says the worst of the outbreak is over in his state but the top u.s. health official says the national peak is still to be hit this week as the number of dead tops 20,000. fired atave been residential areas in tripoli by forces -- the attack comes after the internationally recognized government retook three cities from the rival administration in the past 24 hours. it appears to show fighters on the street, which were seized. int puts the government control of a stretch of the coast from tripoli to the tunisian border. the latest from tripoli. half the forces are not listening or responding to the international calls for de-escalation. thousands of rockets landed in residential areas, including this area where our bureau is based. i saw three explosions today by rockets only in this area. halfhe military say that those forces are trying to take revenge on th

france 24. we start with wuhan. the chinese city at the origin of the outbreak which has oll byd its death t 50%. the adjustment comes amid mounting criticicism of the countrtry's hahandling of the pandemic.. authoritieies initially try to cover up the outbreak, reportedly punishing doctors who raised the alarm online in december. the foreign ministry claims there was no lack of transparency. i asked our beijing correspondent to break the numbers down for us. figure ofook at that an increase in 50% of the number of covid-19 fatalities in wuhan. the authorities i in the city explplained the increase byby te fact t they cononducted an invevestigation, a d detailed investigation into the data collected over the past few months, whether at hospitals or funeral parlors or the city's securityty services to see if their previous estimates w were correct. they amended that data with these new deaths. they explained it is sort of normal this happens because the cityty's i infrastructurure was overerwhelmed at t the begeginnf

is saying is don't make it opt in they wanted on every smartphone in france they want everyone to be required to have it if you have an apple or google phone well that's a problem the other problem is is that whatever apple does and google does in one country they have to do it in every country you can't just isolate the phones in one country for your operating system and say this is the french operating system and so you can't just say well we're going to go ahead and violate privacy laws that would be a violation in other countries just because france is telling you to do it here lastly what's really interesting about this sarah is that france is the country that keeps wanting to levy higher taxes agh. well against google because they say that those companies are violating user privacy and remember the e.u. keeps finding google and facebook for violating user privacy so why all of a sudden do they no no longer think user privacy is important pretty ironic especially like you said they've been fined not only by france but other members of the european union as well and still sometim

the president the prime minister i'm sorry of france. edward felipe says that lockdown has helped save $62000.00 lives this month but keeping it in place risks economic collapse plans to roll back the 6 week locked out in france being discussed in the national assembly the u.k. so health minister says the government will start to include deaths outside of hospitals in the government's published figures it comes after the independently run office for national statistics of the number of people who died england and wales is 52 percent higher than government figures show. to the us now the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is fast approaching 1000000 president donald trump is promising to expand testing as some tate's states begin to ease lock down restrictions florida's governor is in washington to meet with the president of the moment let's go live now to our white house correspondent ghibli hell could of florida kimberly is one of those states that is planning to ease restrictions. yeah it's a populous state is a state that many peop

every day 3000000 animals some notice in france. 21. before all the stops and thinks the attack on butcher consumer style is absolutely justified the fact the consumer is an organic butcher and cares about the welfare of the animals is a relevant to him. according to radical vegans the french should also do with cheese because they say dairy industry is cruel to animals and will products should be banned as a matter of principle in the country of cuisine this causes some indignation. whether mussels from normandy or jumbo on the beyond many french delicacies are made from animal products french cuisine even has unesco's world cultural heritage protection. also people like restaurant owner florian p.r.t. could be targeted by the militant feedings but he's not afraid he could lose his customers. if you try to all those people you've only got a fair bit of it they're not going to eat less meat. on the contrary. develop a counter-reaction and say to themselves this is annoying now i'm going to eat meat more than ever. to get on my own. neve

k. does have a similar support scheme to the one here in france. an internal letters employees across the c. e. o. i said that the company was bleeding cash and unprecedented speed. he said that more far reaching job cuts could be in order in order to. ensure the survivall of the need first quarter results this week as well as a matter rival boeing a b boeing c. thihis thee eighty. to could take e up t to. threree yearss r recover. the u. trying to send some of its employees on furlough there were reports that it's considerining cutting upp 21010f its work force i in the uninited stateses. it's also seeking financncial aid from the americn government. it's not just manufacturers carriers are suffering as well the air france klm got about ten billion euros in bailout funds last. week this monday the low cost carrier norwegian air has said that most of its fleet could remain g grounded for a further twelve months- it's restructuring a billion dollars in debt.t. which it says is likely to wipe out some 95% of its share value it's a very very bleak pic

here in france before the start of september recession among. football champions to lose the rugby champions. leading in that respect league tables set their ambitions to retain their titles now of course to spend it due to the pandemic. take your balls and go home. french professional sports matches including football and rugby are canceled until at least september. bringing a definitive end to the twenty nineteen twenty twenty sports season. prime minister edouard philippe driving the point home tuesday as he unveiled the government's plan to gradually unwind to the country's coronavirus lockdown legal manchester school stuff do you. could you l lead with only fift. the gospel vision l. twenty seven oak hill group. produced i mean possible loopholes to. i've only what's that don't. less is on duty deserve to be the- disproportionatete of the most of. nevada button. did you to leave the country's league- and leagague do comompetitions withthout a clearar victor the french football federation had hoped to resume those matches in mid june and com

it's one of france's smallest departments and now new figures from frances it is dick's agency all see shows that it also has one of the highest mortality rate from cope with 19 in all of france this health crisis throws a harsh light on the territorial inequalities of which the unit habitants. are victims this is an area that synonymous with poverty the people who are working or working as delivery drivers or cashiers in shops or home help or care home workers meaning that they are more likely to come into contact with more people which means their move risk of catching. the area's describe what's going on in this department in france as being akin to a social emergency. and sounded the alarm over sense on the people are starving i'm shocked that in a country as wealthy as ours the authorities do not provide better support but also let's exacerbating the situation in. fact it is an area that also has a lot of shanty towns they have. but it by rumor communities and also by immigrants in these areas that have chronic conditions this school war led one charity medicine to more and is con

we be testing't more people in france? >>>> the decision has not been made. one of the reasons was certainly that tests were not avavailable for everyone, for just the reason i mentioned. ththe tests anand the kits are produced mainly overseas. we definitely are not enough. we decided to test people who , except inymptoms marseille where there is a propososition toto test everyy citizen in the city and treat those who have something. the more a test is available, the more eveveryone will be tesd thed this will be part of -- at t the end of the confinemt and containment policy. hisway toto slow down generalized safety, localizing down n ist to slow generalizezed safety, lolocalizg people who are expected d -- suspected to be infected with the disease. and this i is the only strategyt the end of generalizedd coconfinement. it is something we should increase as early as we could have the tests. thank you very much for your time. is flying their flags at half mast to mourn the more than 12,400 people who died of covid-19. the nation of 60 million people has recor

in today's developments about that is about france 1st france has now reported its deadliest day yet with medical staff on the front line saying they're exhausted and still under equipped hundreds of nurses are raising awareness about the lack of protection by photographing themselves naked the symbolic campaign runs of the naked against covert 191 of the nurses involved says the french government's putting health workers a deadly risk. here's what our government has given us to fire the cove in 1000 as you can see we need a full range of necessary medical equipment so that we actually don't have to provide sufficient medical help for our patients and there were risks for us as well as for them the government puts us and patients under threat we decided to perform naked as part of this campaign because our authorities leave us naked in the face of the pandemic front says no late on special high speed trains to moving infected patients between cities is to try and ease the burden on overwhelmed facilities by transferring the sick to less crowded hospitals. says the country's health ca

welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. firsrst to our top story. e.u.eaders will meet later thursday to examinine financinga recovery fund for the bloc, a package of anywhere from one trillion euros to 7 trillion euros. there are divisions over how the money should be handed out, as loans or as grants. the commission says it could borrow against the security of the future e.u. long-term budget. >> bringing e.u. economies out of the covid-19 pandemic will require a stimulus package of hundreds of billions of euros. no one is questioning that, but how it should be funded is a different matter. southern countries like spain and italy demand solidarity, financial help from the richer north. pushing for corona bonds, a mutual icu debt. [speaking foreign language] >> other countries, including germany and the netherlands, argue any, debt instrument would end up punishing countries that have the foresight to save in anticipation of such a crisis. the dutch prime minister said he could not see any circumstances in which the netherlands would accept euro bonds.

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and but medical experts warn that safety must not be compromised natasha butler al-jazeera france. now early testing is thought to be one of the reasons why germany's fatality rates remains low around one percent african firm cases in the country have resulted in deaths compare that to italy where the rate is more than 11 percent german scientists are said to started developing a test for the virus late last year as soon as it took hold in china and while nations are extending lockdowns to stop the spread of the corona virus sweden's response has divided opinion some schools remain open and large gatherings where still allowed as recently as last week a scandinavian country has more than 4000 infections and 180 deaths all restrict hoarse from stockholm. just. weeks after the 1st coronavirus case was confirmed in sweden life appears very much as normal in the cities and towns. people are still allowed to gather in groups of up to 50 while isolation is a question of free will the so-called swedish model getting support at least on the streets. but i think there'd have the right posit

the drug but france's drug safety agency says that people should not self medicate the agency says at least 2 dozen patients reported undesirable side effects often taking korak when. there are risks that apply to everyone so you have to be very wary of taking this product without a prescription and without strict medical supervision richard the french government's position on the drug had been unclear until last week when the french health minister said only doctors in hospital should decide on whether to use it local say the high council of public health recommends that this treatment should not be used unless there is a decision to use it by doctors under strict medical supervision for seriously ill hospitalized patients the high council excludes any prescription for the general public or for non-survivor forms at this stage exclude these 800 patients in france are taking part in new european trials of experimental drugs to treat coronavirus including chloroquine as coronavirus cases rise in france finding a treatment is clearly urgent but medical experts warn that safety must not

the current virus has killed over 10,000 people here in france. authorities mulling over compulsory face masks and the city of paris imposing tougher rerestrictioions on vemement. stable, but still in intensive care, boris is reporortedly not intutubated, but t very unwell. the prime minister has been infected with covid-19 and has been admitted to the icu after his condition took a turn for the worse. lockdown listed in wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the pandemic is no restriction free after 77 days of almost total restrictions to stop the spread of covid-19. thank you for being with us. after recording the highest daily death toll yet, france cost to the 10,000 mark -- crossed t the 10,000 mark of number of people killed. withountry on lockdown essential jobs continuing, there are now more than 30,000 people being treated in french hospitals for covid-19. over 7100 of them are in intensive care. in the past 24 hours, 1417 people have beenen confirmed to have died after contracting thte coronavirus. doctor isealth warning that the situation

france promises to shelter domestic violence victims in hotels abuses on the rise there since the lockdown that started in mid march. german officials accuse sportswear joint added this of exploiting a law that was supposed to protect low income tenants firms refusing to pay rent on its stores while customers are told to stay home and. the crew of a virus stricken u.s. warship cheer their captain off the side of publicly calling for the vessel to be evacuated the navy says he broke the chain of. life for martins nationals will do sage q. here in moscow my name is kevin owen here with a weekly a roundup of the big stories of the last 7 days and of course he was totally dominated by one subject so let me update you on the latest on the coronavirus pandemic so far today the broader picture of where the world is right now billions of people are currently under some sort of law but the number of coronavirus cases is still rapidly increasing on the less there are now more than 1200000 registered infections more than 64000 have died but some hope around the quarter of a 1000000 people have recove

masha reem jerusalem elsewhere the french prime minister has indicated that the lockdown in france is lucky to be extended beyond the current taper 15 threshold the government's keen though not to further stretch the overwhelmed health service even so one medical emergencies chief spoke to some the wakin says government efforts to get protective equipment to medics isn't moving fast enough so to egg shells he's been describing the deluge of patients his region's having to treat. not sure a visionary do for in the ills of 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 there is a period during which we will continue to work and lack equipment that france is currently dealing with there are 90000 confirmed infections and over 7 and a half 1000 deaths the in for stay at home regime is mentally taxing forever but for some the physical dangers are far worse the shallow do bensky reported from paris in the week. president marc cohen has described domestic violence against w