international world news center is kevin now in here you save us for the next. hello there is called midnight a very early sunday morning and here in moscow welcome to the program live from the r.t. international world news center is kevin now in here you save us from the west is limited to travel from europe now instructions also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon while donald trump of course also this early weekend announced the u.s. was stepping up its risk level and response. to unleash the full power of the federal government to this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly very important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease. if in the meantime elsewhere president truman sold us energy officials to. have oil to fill up the nation's emergency reserves biggest prize crushing need is. an opportunity to boost sales for the pharmaceuticals ind

pm saturday night welcome to the program live from the out international world news center my name is kevin oh in the next 30 minutes for the latest headlines thanks for your time richard and around the world so that it's coronaviruses start again unfortunately several countries in the last 24 hours have declared an emergency in response to the covert $1000.00 pound mc spain joined neighboring european nations which is struggling to contain it the u.s. is limited travel from europe and the structures also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon and of course the big news the last 24 hours as well donald trump announced the u.s. is stepping up its risk level and therefore response to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly. a large amount of money for states and territories are these in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose

here in moscow this thursday the 5th of march my name is kevin oh we're live here at the international world news center. 1st high stakes that underway talks big ones in moscow this thursday have been continue for hours now as the leaders of russia and turkey try to ease the violence in syria's war stricken province the 2 international powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks has got the latest. eject type of a gun is here in moscow qur'an lane meeting bloody murder putting a while ago the turkish leader announced a special gathering on syria in istanbul between turkey and russia but also france and germany but one member put in convinced his turkish counterpart that they do not need mediators i had a rare access to the room where the 2 leaders shook their hands and i can tell you both putin i never got looked very focused and concentrated here their expectations of this meeting. we must talk through everything the entire situation that has unfolded to this day so that nothing like this ever happens again and so tha

there 8 pm saturday night one welcome to the program live from the arts international world news center my name is kevin for the next 30 minutes with the latest headlines and corona virus in the headlines again the no surprise tonight several countries in the last 24 hours of declared an emergency in response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joined neighboring european nations which is struggling with containment measures right now and the u.s. has limited travel from europe restrictions also affect military personnel there according to the pentagon or donald trump's announced the u.s. is stepping up its risk level and response to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly for. a large amount of money for states and territories are loco that is in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining

hello there so let's talk about some nightlife marts international's world news center here in moscow my name's kevin owen thanks taking the time out to watch here for the next half hour the latest for you starting with the situation afghanistan lot to report there tonight afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion near a football ground in the eastern province of cost no one has come forward as yet to say they're behind that attack but parallel to it in other news earlier monday the taliban said it would relaunch operations against the kabul government after president ghazi refused to commit to the terms of a peace deal between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as part of the us taliban agreement or mujahideen will not attack foreign forces but operations will continue against the kabul administration forces so more detail on the stipulated the cardboard government would release 5000 taliban members from prison in turn the group pledged to free 1000 go

international's world news center here in moscow my name's kevin thanks for taking the time to watch i'm here for the next hour with our latest for you starting with all the news coming in from afghanistan earlier today afghan police say that at least 3 people were killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion near a football ground in the eastern province of cost no one's come far to say they're behind it as of yet but worth bearing in mind earlier monday the taliban said it would really launch operations against the kabul government after president garny there refused to. commit to the terms of a peace deal between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violence has ended now an operations will continue as normal as part of the us taliban agreement or mujahideen will not attack foreign forces but operations will continue against the kabul administration forces that pact stipulated that the carb all government would release 5000 taliban members from prison in turn the group pledged to free a 1000 government detainees and that was supposed to pave the way for direct talk

by their welcome when i was kevin owen here at the arts international world news center where this 30 minute live update for you and 1st the news the fallout from the corona virus continues to sink kid it seems tonight the contingency plans are not stopping for. actual markets from plunging worldwide america's dow jones index has dropped another 10 percent within moments of wall street opening up on monday more girls who have a cd of correspondents across it i suppose it was to be expected to spoil all those measures that us put into place the last couple of days never the less rather than coming things it seems to go worse march madness because a coronavirus was going to go what do we know while the zuni one way this is going and it is going down look at yourself in a matter of weeks the dow jones industrial average this is this is an average of many major corporations so an index of their stocks the average it is plunged to levels that we saw that the world was at in 2070 so over the course of a few weeks we've raced all economic progress made over the last 3 years and this is still

international world news center it's kevin owen here for next 30 minutes for the latest headline updates great you chose to watch as tonight's pretty shaded 1st here coronavirus again sadly several countries in the last 24 hours as you probably know of declared emergency in response to the covert 900 pandemic spain joint neighboring european nations now which is struggling with containment measures and the u.s. in a big move limited travel from europe the struction is also fake military personnel there according to the pentagon and donald trump notes the u.s. is stepping up its risk level in response. to unleash the full power of the federal government the for today i am officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of. very importantly for. a large amount of money for states and territories or look at these in our shared fight against this disease and we heard from trump you speaking in the white house rose garden surrounded by mike pence and other officials explaining the dramatic measures now being take

hi there so lots to talk about life from arts international's world news center here in moscow it's me kevin i am with you for the next half hour thank you for your company to take you through those top stories as reported from russia tonight and 1st afghan police say that at least 3 people have been killed and 11 others wounded in an explosion at a football ground earlier in the eastern province of cost no $1.00 has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet but worth bearing in mind early on monday parallel to that the taliban said it would relaunch operations against the carb all government after president danny refused to commit to the terms of that big peace deal drawn up between the u.s. and the islamist movement. the reduction in violence has ended now and operations will continue as normal as part of the us taliban agreement or mujahideen will not attack foreign forces but the operations will continue against the kabul administration forces so more detail about this pact it stipulated that the government in kabul would release 5000 taliban members from prison in exchange the

kevin 0 in march 6 here in the evening in moscow warm welcome to the program hear about international world news center 1st then is talk coronavirus show with a number of you 1000 cases around the world has now passed 100000 this friday with several countries detecting the corona virus for the 1st time the latest picture is here in russia where 13 cases have been recorded now medical services tonight say they're on high alert and people arriving from the worst hit nations have been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks with fears of a pandemic growing then shoppers worldwide are starting to panic buy as they rush to try to stock up on essential. stripped bare is a stroll is prepared for a pandemic take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasn't a toilet roll in saw a movie panic something happening all over the country the great soylent paper pad it is in full cry swarming stores and clearing selves of staple goods as coronavirus called well want to start a newspaper even left 8 of its pages empty why it was suggested its readers use the middle tentative to toil

good morning welcome to the program my name is kevin here the international world news center with his latest 30 minute update this 28th of march than. starting with the latest figures on the coronavirus pandemic there are now more than 240000 confirmed cases worldwide and the death toll is approaching 10000. italy is no the worst hit country in the covert 1000 pandemic fatalities that have surged beyond 3400 that's greater than the loss of life in china now prime minister just epic contest says the nationwide lockdown there may need to be extended after april 3rd in the northern city of bergen momi time the army's been called in to help move coffins of the victims out of the area this video posted on social media shows military trucks arriving the city cemeteries have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead pergamos in the long body province where almost 2000 people have died from the virus officials though fear the worst is yet to come. it is a heartbreaking image striking with the force of 100 or even a 1000 punches medical staff on the front line in italy have been falling sic

busy news morning here in moscow life from art international's world news center in russia with kevin though and he has taken the time to watch out to say just turned one o one i mean if the next half started with this news for america the democratic race to take on donald trump in the 2020 presidential election is picking up pace but ahead the so-called super tuesday coming up or is today here at least it's been far from that for 2 candidates candidates amy has suspended her nomination and that comes very soon after pete booted judge also bowed out. well march 3rd super tuesday is the day in which 14 u.s. states and one u.s. territory of american samoa votes in their presidential primary and just ahead of that vote we have 2 major contenders suspending their campaigns dropping out of the race and at this point amy clothes shar and p. are no longer in the running they are not running for president now already we've had amy clover shar endorse joe biden pete buddha she's expected to do that as well let's review these dramatic developments right before the big day i lot of people predic

international world news center i'm here for half an hour the updates as reported from russia starting with coronavirus we get them fred the number of new covert 19 cases around the world has passed 100000 this friday is the news with several countries detecting the coronavirus for the 1st time the state of play here in russia at the moment 13 cases have been recorded medical services are in a state of high alert and people arriving from the worst hit nations have today been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks so with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide are starting to panic buy as they rush to stock up on essential. stripped bare is a straw is prepared for a pandemic take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasn't a role inside members panic shopping happening all over the country the great soil and paper palate is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing selves of staple goods as coronavirus called all astray the newspaper even left 8 of its pages empty suggesting you get its readers use them as an alternative to toilet p

hello there good evening live from arts international's world news center of moscow is kevin with me for the next 30 minutes appreciate you chiming in to us where you are around the world tonight 1st the border agency is said it's deploying a rapid intervention team. reinforce greece's border with turkey with thousands of refugees have been gathering the last few days brussels has also promised to provide afghans with a 700000000 euro package to help deal with the crisis the build up to go in after turkey said on friday it would no longer prevent asylum seekers from attempting to head to europe but decision followed a dramatic surge in violence in syria did lead province greece's reacted angrily to its no turning away anyone attempting to enter the country illegally and is suspended asylum applications that's a decision for the un refugee agency has said lacks any legal basis shola dubin ski reports tonight. european commission president delaying in the border towns between greece and turkey she took a military helicopter and was assessing the situation from above in the air now she

by they were going to even cheer my name is kevin owen here live the international world news center with a half hour update for you mention those headlines then following 6 hours of high stakes negotiations earlier here in moscow this thursday the leaders of russia and turkey finally agreed on a cease fire plan in syria's war torn province the 2 international powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict of course which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks and that was the. big worry though it still seems to be averted if so talk to me if no shows down there in central moscow the kremlin these when this meeting took place in iran so just to recap for viewers joining us what came out of today the. hi kevin well the test at that meeting between clinton and the gun law said 3 hours indeed and then the 2 countries delegations joined their leader as including iran and defense ministers of both russia and turkey and the discussion continued 1st 3 more hours it was clear from the beginning it's not going to be an easy conversation journalists were t

and guide you through it best we can hide their money is kevin owen here they are to international world news center with his 30 minute live update for you from moscow and there's the fallout from the coronavirus continues to sink in it seems tonight the contingency plans are not stopping financial markets from plunging worldwide america's dow jones index has dropped another 10 percent within moments of wall street opening up on monday earlier i discussed was driving markets to the brink of collapse then right now with our senior correspondent. well the zuni one way this is going and it is going down look at yourself in a matter of weeks the dow jones industrial average this is this is an average of many major corporations so an index of their stocks the average it is plunged to levels that we saw that the world was out in 2070 so over the course of a few weeks we've raced all economic progress made over the last 3 years and this is still early days yet i mean the pandemic in the united states it is predicted to get much much worse essentially what we're seeing is the equivalent of a run on banks so

a morning when the some of the march of moscow just turned warm welcome from the arts international world news center i'm here for the next half hour with the top stories and pretty much as you guessed it we're going to start talking about coronavirus latest on that the number of new covered 1000 cases around the world has passed 100000 now this last friday with several countries detecting the corona virus for the 1st time situation in russia as far as we know it at the moment here 13 cases have been recorded and medical services are on high alert people arriving now from the worst hit nations the new bit of news in have been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide to start to panic buy as they rush to stock up on those essential. stripped bare is a straw is prepare for a pandemic take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasn't a toilet roll inside movies being it's happening all over the country the great soil of paper pad it is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing selves. as coronavirus called wi

or their life or most international world news center here in moscow this very early thursday morning as they just turn midnight here my name is kevin owen here for next 30 minutes for the latest from the newsroom for you as reported from russia around the world 1st the race for the white house we're sticking in the united states for the top story for us price vice president joe biden has become a front runner in the democratic party now it's after his decisive victory on super tuesday as 14 states have ended counting votes biden won 10 out of the 14 states that voted while the progressive senator bernie sanders claimed 4 including the. big one california the state with the most delegates up for grabs following super tuesday as polls biden is no clearly leading in what looks set to become a 2 man race but some of his earlier decisions have been question 2 now 2 u.s. veterans confronted biden for one supporting the iraq war. wondering why didn't you get it really wouldn't. you. say right. now. you might find. one are here. oh yes. you don't do it you know awkward moment for him the mai

international h.q. world news center for the next half hour with a recap of the news as reported by us to you and of course it was coronavirus dominating going to get to that in a moment but 1st a story that came in earlier today in croatia there was no earthquake 5.3 magnitude and 2 aftershocks striking the north of the capital zagreb local media say that a 15 year old who was found in the rubble of a building there is in a critical condition in hospital several other people are reported to have been. well that was the moment the 1st tremors kicked in the parity caught by the c.c.t.v. inside the shop streets across the city have been littered with debris there's been significant damage to several buildings quakes reported to be the strongest in the region in the past 140 years among the damage the top of one of the spires on the city's iconic cathedral collapsed there also power outages and problems with water supplies in some areas the earthquake saw worried citizens come out onto the streets despite current advice to

don't fret too much stay well by the way as well thanks for watching r t international live with me kevin away from the world news center here check out our t. dot com for more from those 247 whatever social media have your say about with more in a while but. 39 minutes from now with the next update. these policymakers are grown accustomed to the idea that every single problem can be solved with money printing why can't we solve the coronavirus of money printing the market now is starting to add a little bit and saying wait a minute that's the same so therefore valuations look like they're going to be marked already in correction territory on these markets down 10 percent are going to have to bear market valuations down 20 percent probably i think the likelihood is extremely high 50 to 60 percent drop that's probably a 10 to 20 percent probability. time of the time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability very important. transitions to sustainable prize board sustainability stay number man a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely hama's. companies want us to feel good a

well over a welcome this is out international live with me kevin kevin oh in from a world news center here in moscow the next 30 minutes of you stick around to take through the top stories tonight and 1st off imprisoned us chelsea manning than recovering tonight in hospital after attempting suicide in jail she was due to appear in court on friday mornings but in prison since may refuse to testify against we can expect for a grand jury saskia taylor earlier got more on the latest developments from our senior correspondent. but it was allegedly a very very close run thing because the gods when they found her she was hanging by a sheet in her cell unresponsive unconscious and blue already blue they got their entire unfortunately the they took her down administer 1st aid she was still breathing they rushed her to hospital and then it is now 5 there is no danger to her health she she's responsive she's talking to her lawyers and unfortunately for you to appear in court tomorrow a day after you know a near death experience ms manning is still scheduled to appear on friday for a previously c

news, the other world international criminal court has ruled a prosecutor can investigate atrocities committed by all sides in the afghanistan conflict including u.s. forces and secret detention centersdonaldonse to ththe case, trump's administration imposed travel restrictionss and other sanctionons against icc c emplos a year ago. stephanie vanderburg sent us this update from the hague. stephanie: there has been already april limit arerea examamination and the prosecutor has conclcluded therere is regil grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the afghanistann conflicict. that onlnly by afghan government forces and thehe taliban, but i u.s. forces. -- but by u.s. forces. they a are taking a measure of whwhat is going onon now. they will look closely into these allegations and possibly also issue indictments and arrest warrants. it will tatake several years. --y h have some groundsds untnl to look into what is going on. anchor: haiti's prime minister said he would focus on infighting, security, and inequality. in thes a pledge made first public appearance after his appointment by presidential decree. he also called on haitians to stand by

world health organization is warning the u.s. could be the next global epidemic center. hello this is art international welcome to the program is just in midday here than this wednesday with a slightly new show julie in place for you for the time being it with my colleagues will be here every day at this time to the latest in a full 30 minute world news round. 1st that the corona virus overall number of cases confirmed around the world today the supposed 420000 with the death toll varying towards 19000 but there is plenty of hope to more than 100000 people have recovered since the outbreak started late last year. in. the current situation billions of people around the world right now being told to simply sit tight at home one of the nation's currently on lockdown in spain where the numbers of infected continue to surge hundreds a dying daily the making it the 4th worst hit country globally health workers a stretch to the maximum as they try to get any kind of a handle on the outbreak it's a courageous an admirable job they're doing but a role that comes a great risk we can report according to the latest figures medical staff now account for almost 14 percent of the country's total cases

they can, at which point the convention center in madrid, spain, will be one of the largest hospitals in the entire world. here's "the new york times" international chart of where countries are at in their epidemics right now. this shows the death rates, the deaths over time in various countries. china, of course, is the country that has had this crisis the longest. that's their long navy blue line there. they obviously had a ton of deaths. that scaled up rapidly, but they have since flattened out their death rate drastically. you see italy up there in the top in europe with the worst epidemic now and the worst one by far in europe. then you see spain close on italy's heels. and if you look at the curve for spain, it's just on an incredibly steep curve. the total deaths in spain are doubling every three days. and you know what? our curve is exactly the same shape as spain's right now. we here in the united states have a curve that is worse than italy's and that is exactly parallel with spain. our death rate is rising just as steeply as theirs is. here in the united states, our death rate is doubling every three days as well now. in madrid, that w

new efforts to combat the coronavirus, calling on people not to use public transportation, and closing schools, universities, and cultural centers. the world health organization has declared the outbreak an internationallth emergency. for more, we are going to speak to dr. kamiar alaei, an iranian global health-policy expert and co-founder and co-president of the institute for international health and education. visiting professor at the university of oxford. welcome to democracy now! doctor, can you start off by talking about why you think iran has been so hard-hit at this point? >> as you know, iran undermined the reality. -- from china to iran. not only did they not close the direct flights, but in some occasions come the increased the number of flights. they used iran as a kind of transferring p point. were twome time, there other important occasions. one was the anniversary of the revevolution. after that, in pararliamentary electitions. the e main concern of the government was that. discourage the p population to come to participate. amy: i want to go to secretary of state mike pompeo speaking on friday before the house foreign affairs committee about iran's response to the coronavirus. >> their

international diplomacy like many other ways of work around the world is struggling it's normally done by personal interaction the center is the united nations where i am right now at u.n. headquarters here in new york and as you just heard from gabriel the situation in new york makes it absolutely impossible for people to meet face to face in their identities are living there now thanks very much indeed james bays there in new york. when not of those they marks the start of a 3 week lockdown in south africa where there's been a dramatic increase in infections the country recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days and that's taken the confirmed number of cases to more than $700.00 it is the highest rate in africa police and the military have been deployed to enforce the lockdown which includes bans on dog walking and alcohol sales let's speak to for me to miller our correspondent who's life was in johannesburg for me to how people reacted in the lead up to this lockdown which begins in what just under 4 hours well people in south africa are such neve very worried oh they are concerned about this rising number of confirmed cases of the coach at 19 which in fact in the last few hours it's been confirmed is