tomorrow except for those bringing citizens home moscow and regions across russia have started introducing a series of tight restrictions to halt the spread of the deadly virus has got across all of this known to the central moscow our senior correspondent there murat hi tell us about these 2 people that have died in these 2 patients what do we know . well unfortunately they were in the demographic that is most vulnerable to the. virus a 73 year old and an 88 year old with underlying health conditions so they develop severe pneumonia and all of their other illnesses came forward and unfortunately both of them died there had been reports of another casualty earlier on the victim of the virus but doctors later reclassified that to. do a blood clot so so far 2 casualties to the world of ours in russia 840 people confirmed infected russia has so far carried out more than 200000 tests coronavirus tests and 140 about 140000 people remain under medical observation in self isolation and quarantine musher from the initial from the get 2 took took the entire epidemic very seriously it was among the

yourself away from the rest of the world and escape the epidemic entirely moscow itself some some of the harshest measures in russia coming into effect in moscow so started on the 30th of march all restaurants will be shut down shut down all cafes and detainment venues james and swimming pools of already being closed down parks as well for the 1st time in living memory parks shuts you know at any time of the day you'd find thousands of people in moscow. pogs now it's a goose down the traffic either but there's also the international response which is so far been lacking to say the least the united states and china. is now being in gage in a propaganda war about the origins of the code of ours and there will be a g. 20 for the 1st time ever video conference in which leaders hope to come to some sort of. a joint response to this crisis see if they couldn't work together but russia for now preparing for the worst but hoping for the best indeed that's all you can do the moaning and so on chris solve ski host of the epidemic series on r t spoke with people returning home to russia from viral hotspots about what they've

and headlines from moscow this thursday march the 26 russia registers its 1st 2 deaths from 19 as new measures to hold the spread of coronavirus come into force here we meet russian part of the country's 1st line of defense self isolating at home after returning from viral hotspots abroad. flew out from italy i thought it would be safer to just get out and back to moscow i'm currently in the safest place . is a military driven operation though the clampdown on the spread of covert 19 as the global economy tries to batten down the hatches and survive an ever growing public . plus to a u.k. court denies wiki leaks founder julian assange bail despite him not currently serving a sentence amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in prisons we hear from his legal team. it was good to listen. to the. judge is really just. a little too close to. hello there this is art international from moscow it's just so 4 pm here now this thursday i'm kevin. to this 30 minute world news roundup 1st coronavirus is rapidly spreading out around the world the current number of confirmed cases globally stands at n

russia. as. it is an. international news center here in moscow welcome to our team my names you know neil your company. off between greece and turkey has seen top ranking e.u. officials visit the border. is pledging to the ploy additional forces. vide millions of euro in aid to oftens praising it for being europe's shield the visit comes a few days after turkey lifted border restrictions which have been preventing a mass migrant influx to europe tens of thousands have been trying for days to get across r.t. charlotte drove along the border to see the desperation of those stuck in the impasse. come further down south we still on the greek so i did the border with turkey where newtown called fairies and i just want you to get a sense of the action that's happening all around us we're just outside the town hall the local mayor's office and it looks like people are gathering here in the anticipation of going to wards the turkish border and forming some kind of human chain tonight to ensure that there are no illegal crossings from turkey we know that since saturday more than 24000 people have attempted to c

new hospital for drona virus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow russia implement stricter measures the hope. is of shortages because of the pandemic our correspondent checked out the situation in a moscow supermarket. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while any type of project any type of skin is clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announced that they postponed primaries to contain the spread of corona virus with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties. and 19 aggressively spreads across the u.k. and nurse the claims that she was racially abused while on the way to work. is kathleen. is coming physically and verbally abused me my race. mother thanks for joining us this afternoon this is our team. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has reached 220000 will the death toll now at almost 9000. region though where the pandemic started reported no new cases on wednesday world health organization has also started testing a new vaccine against covert 19. you know. russia has registered 148 coronavirus pati

new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow russia implement strict measures to halt the spread of the virus correspondent checks out the level of panic in russian supermarkets. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budge of any type of skin is clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announced safe primaries to contain the corona virus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties. over 19 aggressively spreads across the u.k. nurse she was racially abused on her way to work. these carpool. just come and physically and verbally abuse me very. good morning thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has reached 219000 worldwide with the death toll now almost 9000 john region though where the pandemic started reported no new cases on wednesday the world health organization started to test a new vaccine against covert 90. russia has registered 147 corona virus patients with the majority of those infected located in moscow

shortly after the deal was announced syrian president bashar al assad played up his ties with moscow. russia remains just policy away from supporting terrorists and to bring our relations. with thousands displaced by the fighting the international community led by the e.u. is focusing on alleviating what's already a humanitarian catastrophe and earlier a cease fire deal for it live quickly fell apart as turkey and russia accused each other of not sticking to the agreement the world is now waiting to see whether it's that pattern will repeat itself. meanwhile tensions between greece and turkey on their shared border are rising as thousands of migrants and refugees are stranded between the 2 countries greek border guards continue their use of tear gas and other measures to force people back to turkey but on the other side of the border turkey is also deploying tear gas to stop them from returning there ancora is sending in $1000.00 additional special forces last night under the cover of darkness thousands of people attempted to enter the european union but many were arrested in greece and they

new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow russia with strict measures to halt the spread of the virus the response of the level of panic in russian supermarkets. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper well. any type of any type of. this clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announce they primaries to contain the corona virus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties. 19 aggressively spreads across the u.k. .

measures across the country to help contain the spread of the virus fred we're tells more now from moscow. russia is still pretty much behind the curve i mean here the number of cases total cases in the country topped a 1000 today but that's pretty remarkably small compared to a lot of places but any sense of complacency about that has evaporated in the kremlin over the past week or so they're now bracing for a wave that they consider to be inevitable. so they did do some of the things right early on they they sealed their border with china in january they started coren in people coming back from abroad they have almost 150000 people in quarantine. and so far they've only had 4 deaths as of today but as i say they're bracing for more putin did declare a national holiday that's what he called it a paid holiday starting to morrow for a week in which almost all non-essential services in the country will be closed down and there are rumors they're not confirmed yet but there are rumors that moscow will lock down. and that would be quite a remarkable feat for a city of $12000000.00 but it is where the

airports since russia closed its borders. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. there have been dramatic pictures flooding russian social media in recent days, with crowds of migrant workers trapped at moscow airports after boarders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. some of them were even stranded in duty—free because they went through passport control, and then couldn't get back. in moscow, there's no coronavirus pandemic lockdown, not yet, but the streets have definitely got quieter. and even though the schools have all been shut, lots of playgrounds and exercise yards are pretty much deserted. closing its borders isjust one of the measures russia has taken to protect itself in this pandemic, but for central asian migrant workers, that's created a crisis. hundreds of thousands of people come from central asia to russia for work, but the border closure hitjust as the end of the winter season came in, and people's work permits were running out. with flights suddenly cancelled, many people got stuck at the airport —

airports since russia closed its borders. 0ur moscow correspondenthave been dramatic pictures flooding russian social media in recent days, with crowds of migrant workers trapped at moscow airports after boarders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. some of them were even stranded in duty—free because they went through passport control, and then couldn't get back.

you see wearing a yellow hazmat suit and protective gloves when visiting a hospital in moscow. russia has 499 cases of covid-19, one person has died. the state department commending china for rejecting a conspiracy theory in a cbs news interview last month he said there are people who are saying these viruses are coming from some military lab not of china, maybe in the united states. how can we believe all these crazy things? the state department spokesman says they welcome the ambassador's comments adding saving lives is more important than saving face. jillian: treatment for the coronavirus is accelerating. rob: several pharmaceutical company are testing various drugs which may help treat the worst symptoms of covid-19. >> reporter: the most critical covid-19 patients in new york will be given drugs in the hopes they will relieve the virus's worst symptoms. clinical trials are underway testing whether hydroxychloroquine, a drug to treat lupus, and antibiotic combined with chloroquine and antimalarial drug actually make covid-19 patients better. >> optimistic results. >> reporter: th

russia. the turkish defense minister is careful to avoid direct confrontation with moscow and called on russia to help resolve the situation. they already expectations from russia are as follows fulfilling its guarantor ship commitments and exercising its influence over the syrian regime to stop its attacks and withdraw to 2018 cease fire lines we have neither an intention nor a plan to confront russia. since december almost a 1000000 civilians have been driven from their homes and province the biggest single displacement in syria's 9 year war. talks between moscow and ankara a being needed for march the 5th with the leaders of both russia and turkey confirming that their focus is on resolving the situation in syria as it led province. time to look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the opposition party olando has won over resoundingly victory in slovakia's general election the party's popularity soared in recent weeks thanks to its anti-corruption agenda the election was dominated by public anger over the 28000 murder of a journalist who led a high level corruption

magazine and this is al jazeera valley from doha also coming up the leaders of turkey and russia to meet in moscow fighting in northwest syria's threatening to drag them into direct conflicts. we're on the turkey greece border where syrian refugees are taking ever more dangerous risks to reach europe. and billionaire mike bloomberg endorses joe biden's white house bid to bring out the race. my. hello there an emergency has been declared in the u.s. state of california for corona virus has been a rise in cases there and the 1st fatality a 71 year old man had recently returned from a cruise that ship the grand princess is now being held off california's coast where thousands of people still on board she has returned see reports on how californian authorities and i are trying to determine if other passengers are infected. this cruise ship appears to be a potentially another major vector for the coronavirus to spread this man who was elderly had underlying health problems which is what we often see in people who die from the coronavirus but he was all in this ship and he does some bug having already f

by day, just hours before ceasefire talks began in moscow, this devastation was russia ‘s handiwork. 's handiwork. last night, i was sleeping here, here. this is my home. here. when the russian aircraft bombed. this is from the bomb? yes. civilians. civilians. all civilians. and they were killed as they slept. though the syrian regime and its russian backers say they are targeting terrorists. when you take a look around here are among the scattered belongings, you can see this was a home, a place where parents were trying to keep their children safe. some of the toys are still here and the dishes are smashed at my feet. what possible justification could there be for bombing a place like this, full of civilians? but in idlib this has been happening day in and day out and there is a sound now of more explosions and we have been hearing bombings in the distance since we arrived. this man tells me it's fine if he dies but he is worried for his children who, by chance, were not here last night. where will you sleep tonight? i don't know, he says, wondering if anywhere in his broken homelan

the new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia implemented stricter measures to hold the spread of the virus. and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at food supplies in the capital . to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any side with a budget any type of skin there is clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announce they respond primaries to contain the coronavirus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties and 19 aggressively spreads across the u.k. and nurse their claims.

they're supporting opposite sides russia supports the syrian government while turkey has backed rebels fighting the regime of president bashar al assad well as you arrived in moscow area one phrase would you called. it relations with russia turkey wants both sides to agree to a cease fire during the meeting to ease the situation and live. and we can take you now to do. is in the moscow monitoring those talks for you emily what are these leaders trying to signal with this meeting well ahead of their talks both leaders talked about the importance of easing tensions in is live and as you mentioned editor on head of the meeting said that there would be that he hoped for a cease fire ahead of the meeting the russian side the russian foreign minister talked about trying to return to the is a live agreements from 2018 that's when basically russia and turkey agreed a deescalation zone in live province and the russian side has really been demanding since then and in those agreements as well for turkey to kind of sift out the radical elements from the opposition and from the moderate opposition in that province that was one of the parts of the agreement that they came to i

headlines a new hospital for coronavirus patients being put on the outskirts of moscow as russia brings in strict measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at food supplies in the capital. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budget any type of screening is clearly enough for everyone in the u.s. several states announce they are responding wrong reasons to contain the spread of collecting virus but the democratic national committee warns of penalties and a nurse in the u.k. she was racially don't have to work because the country's health services struggle to contain the spread of the doctor's. fees carpooling. just come in physically and verbally abused me for my race. hello there you watching r t international where she's gone 6 o'clock here in moscow now let's start with the latest figures from corona virus because the number of confirmed cases has reached 220000 worldwide with the death toll more than 9000 in other developments today the world health organization says it has started testing a new vacci

keen to maintain relations, a good relationship with turkey and russia sees political benefits and this. by cozying up to ankara, moscowies. russians have a dream, a long—term dream that they could somehow ween turkey away from the western alliance towards russia. they did not really want to throw all of that away over syria. in moscow for us, thank you and paul adams on the border with syria, thank you as well. complicating all the diplomatic efforts and moscow is the growing tension between turkey and greece. thousands of migrants are once again massed on the border between the two countries — putting pressure on europe's southern frontier. some are fleeing the fighting in syria — others have travelled from afghanistan and even africa. after turkey abandoned its policy of not letting migrants move to the border, these people hope they will be able to cross into the eu. one of the hotspots for those arriving by sea is the greek island of lesbos. jean mackenzie has been there for the last few days and shejoins us now. hello, a deal which stops fighting and ad lib presumably stopped migration where you are and lesbos, i

headlines this hour a new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia brings in stricter measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages over the pandemic our correspondent checks out situation in the moscow secret market now to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper well. any type of budget any type of skin is clearly enough for everyone also to come in the u.s. several states announce they are perspiring primaries to contain the spread of coronavirus but the democratic national committee warns and all things and a nurse in the u.k. claims that she was likely being used on her way to work because the country's health service struggles to contain the spread of the by. these car pool you. just come in physically and verbally abuse we my race. i welcome you watching r.t. international start with the latest figures to you on the coronavirus because the number of confirmed cases of the virus has reached 225000 worldwide with the death toll now more than 9000 and in another development 2 the world health organization does say it has star

in moscow, russia's parliament laid out path today for president vladimir putin to stay in power. existing law requires him to step down when his latest six- year term ends in 2024, but lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment to change that. putin welcomed the move. >> ( translated ): technically, today we could lift the presidential term lits. such precedents exist in other countries, including our neighbors. in principle, this option would be possie, if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that such andm amt would not contradict the principles and main provisions of e constitution. >> woodruff: putin is 67, and has been russia's leader for more than 20 years. if voters approve the proposed constitutional amement nextmo h, he could stay in power until 2036. the u.s. general overseeing the middle east warned today that have to let up, or u.s. forceses may not withdraw as agreed. marine general frank mckenzie said the militants must keepth r part of a bargain that calls for cutting u.s. troop vels from 13,000 to abou 8,600 by summer. he spoke at a u.s. house hear

plus building work starts on the new hospital on the outskirts of moscow as russia ups its efforts in the fight against the virus and amid fears of panic buying a look at supply levels in the capital. particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. the budget any type of. this clearly enough for everyone. and a nurse in the u.k. claim she was racially.

plus a new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia brings in stricter measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic look at supplies in the capital. particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. this clearly enough for everyone. and a nurse in the u.k. claim she was racially abused on her way to work as the country's health service struggles to contain the spread of the virus. and physically and verbal abuse we brace. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach in moscow thanks for joining us this hour now 1st let's give you the latest figures on the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases has reached 227000 worldwide with the death toll at more than 9000 and another development the world health organization says it has started testing a new vaccine against kobe in 1000. italy's prime minister says the country's lockdown may need to be extended beyond the 3rd of april as the death toll continues to rise alarmingly army has now been called in to the northern town of bear g

also this hour a new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of the moscow as russia brings in stricter new measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at the supplies in the capital. particularly sensitive subject like the toilet but. any type of budget. there's clearly enough for everyone. and the nurse in the u.k. claim she was racially abused on her way to work and the country's health service struggles to contain the spread of the buyers these cops who. just come and physically and verbally abuse me for my race. you're watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. let's start 1st with the latest figures on the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases has reached 227000 worldwide with the death toll at more than 9000 and another recent development the world health organization says it has started testing a new vaccine against kobe 19. the death toll in italy has now surpassed that of china topping more than 3400 the countries also recorded its highest

plus building work starts on the new hospital on the outskirts of moscow as russia ups its efforts in the fight against the virus and amid fears of panic buying we look at supply levels in the capital. particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. the budget any type of. this clearly enough for everyone. and a nurse in the u.k. claim she was racially abused on her way to work as the country's health service comes under severe strain. these cops who. just come and physically and verbally abuse me for my race. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. now 1st let's start with the latest figures on the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases has now toppled 230000 worldwide but the death toll at more than 9000 and another development the world health organization says it has started testing a new vaccine. the death toll in italy has now surpassed that of china topping more than 3400 the country has also recorded its highest number of infections detected in a single day for the most 4 and a half 1000 new cases the prim

and to many other media outlets by the russian defense ministry in an operation dubbed from russia with love moscow has provided italy with special disinfection vehicles medical equipment and around 100 military specialists they reportedly have 1st hand experience fighting outbreaks of other infectious diseases . russian authorities may be keen on showing off their aid operations but in moscow not everyone agrees with the government's policy even if so far only a few 100 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed and russia itself should be should have everyone in but we need to help our own country 1st. we have to help everyone we can whether it's syria or it's really because the good the river out welcome back to us. makes me want to just russia have enough ospital does russia pay it start to snuff what you will which i don't understand why we are helping europe was it your. butt on state t.v. for aid from russia and china is presented as a moral victory over the e.u. . this is essentially a collatz of the european idea in transition to a different political culture and to change values all tho

the president of turkey and russia are meeting in moscow to diffuse the escalating tensions in syria president vladimir putin expressed his condolences for the deaths of turkish troops killed there last week and said the syrian government was not aware of their location the 2 countries that backed opposing sides in the conflict and recently came close to a direct confrontation and in a province in northern syria turkey is trying to push back government forces who are supported by russia. well inside it live witnesses have told al jazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people in farms sheltering displaced say civilians many more are injured. will go in a bit to talk about the situation on the ground in the turkish view of those talks he's in the turkish syrian border but 1st let's go to step vasant who's in moscow step just tell us what is russia's position going into these talks what is it hoping will happen as a result. well came the talks are taking much longer than. they're already talking now for 5 hours that shows how difficult these talks are of course both le

and you hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia or implement strict measures to halt the spread of course mom takes up the level of panic in russian supermarkets judging by the amount of sweets next to me one thing can be said. children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to the school. in the us several states announced that they postponed primaries to contain the coronavirus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties. as cove in 1000 aggressively spreads across the u.k. and claims she was racially abused while on her way to work. these cops. just come and physically. abuse we 3. other very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has reached 219000 globally with the death toll now at almost 9000 john is we've had a region die where the pandemic began reported no new cases on wednesday will health organization has started to test a new vaccine against covert 90. russia's registered 147 coronavirus patients with the majority of those infected

new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia implements stricter measures for the spread of the virus our correspondent checks out the level of panic in russian supermarkets. judging by the amount of sweets next to me one thing can be said. children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to the. u.s. president donald trump invokes a wartime laura as an emergency response for the coronavirus like several states announced that postponing their primaries to contain its spread that sparked anger among some democrats. and 19 aggressively spreads across the united kingdom a nurse that claimed she was racially abused while on her way to work. these can't . just come in physically and verbally abuse me. thanks for joining us of all the places you could be getting your news thanks for coming here to r.t. international. the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has reached 219000 worldwide with the death toll now at almost 9000 john as we reach and where the and demick started reported no new cases on wednesday and less than 14 you c

headlines this new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia implemented stricter measures to halt the spread of the virus and amid fears that the fuel scheme is because of the pandemic we look at food supplies in the country. particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budget any type of screening is clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announced a spike in primaries to contain the corona virus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties and discovered 19 aggressively spreads across the u.k. a nurse claims that she was racially abused while on her way to work. these carpool . just come and physically and verbally abuse me all my race and. i welcome you with r.t. international where has just gone 2 o'clock in the afternoon here in moscow now the number of confirmed cases of coronaviruses reach 221000 worldwide with the death toll now at almost 9000 however china's one hand region where the pandemic did start reported no new cases on wednesday and in other developments

in moscow, russia's parliame laid out a path todafor president vlimir putin to stay in power. existing law requires him to step down when his latest six- year term ends iak2024, but las approved a constitutional amendment toch ge that. putin welcomed the move. >> ( translated ): technically, todawe could lift the presidential term limits. such precedents exist in other countries, including our ighbors. in principle, this option would be possible, if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that such an amendment would not contradict the principles and main >> woodruff: putin is 67, andn. has been russia's leader for more than 20 years. if voters apove the proposed constitutional amendment next month, he could stay in powerti 2036. the u.s. general overseeing the middle east warned that taliban attacks on afghan force have to let u.s. forces marine general fraenzieeed. said the militants must keep attheir part of a bargain calls for cutting u.s. troop levels from 13,000 to about8, 0 by summer. he spoke at a u.s. house hearing that was live-streamed. >> those attacks ar

with russian president vladimir putin in a hazmat suit as he got a virus update at a hospital in moscow. russia 500 virus cases and no deaths. the hospital's head doctor told putin that that could change quickly as the number of tests being done increases. >>> back here at home, we're hearing about a potential new treatment for covid-19 set to be tested here in new york. >> it comes as president trump expresses that he wishes to reopen the country by easter. i sat down earlier with pediatrician dr. patel. >> now president trump is saying he wants to reopen america, or at least part of it, at least by easter. is that even realistic? >> we don't have the data to say it is. and i understand that people are eager to get back to work. people want their lives back. but honestly, we don't know that the cases haven't plateaued yet. and you know, we look overseas. we look at china, south korea. we're still waiting to see if they're going to have rebound transmission, meaning a surge in cases when they go back to their normal lives. so as of right now, because cases are still climbing, it's tough to say.

russia's total number of cases reached 658ne on way, with a record daily rise. here is the s bbc'sve rosenberg in moscowhen you consider that russia is such a huge cout ry, the larguntry in the world, and the number of confirmed coronarus cases are in the hundreds compared to the tens of thousands in italy, is que a surprise, and those official figures have been met with a degree of skepticism. hower, i spoke to a doctor this week who said that, firs of all, not enough people are being tested, so that is one reason the figures are lowe . the also concerns that perhaps the tests being used are not sensitive enough. i get the feeling in the last few days that from what russian officials arem saying fat the moscow mayor has been to recognize now that this isg potentially a big problemn russia. the moscow mayor yesterday said that the serious situation was developing in the russian capil. he himself said that the real number of coronavirus cases is probably far greatern te official figures. we have seen a whole ream of measures announced in recent days. from tomorrow in moscow, anyone over 65 will hmee to s

to come this hour a new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow as russia brings in strict measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at supplies in the capital. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budget any type of skin is clearly enough for everyone and a nurse in the u.k. claims that she was racially abused on her way to work as the country's health service there struggles to contain the spread of survivors. these can't you. just come in physically and verbal abuse we. get even you watching r.t. international now at least prime minister says the country's lockdown may need to be extended beyond the 3rd of april as the death toll continues to rise alarmingly the army is now being called into the northern town of berga to help move the backlog of coffins there live video posted on social media to show trucks preparing to transport bodies the military was called in after the city cemetery became overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead which is located in the worst affected r

the new hospital for coronavirus patients is being built on the outskirts of moscow is russia room for mention trick to measures to hold the spread of the virus and amid fears of shortages because of the pandemic we look at food supplies in the capital. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any side budget any type of skin is clearly enough for everyone. in the u.s. several states announced they've disposed primaries to contain the coronavirus spread with the democratic national committee warning of possible penalties and 90 aggressively spreads across the u.k. a nurse there claims that she was racially abused while on her way to work. is carpooling. just come in physically and verbally abused me for my race. hello good afternoon just gone 3 here in moscow you with r.t. international now the number of confirmed cases of corona virus has reached 225000 worldwide with the death toll now at over 9000 and in other developments the world health organization has started testing a new vaccine against 90. 8. well rushers registered more than 140 coronavirus patients mo

headlines this hour a new hospital for corona virus i should since been built on the outskirts of moscow as russia brings in strictly measures to stop the virus and amid fears of shortages. over the pandemic our correspondent checks out situation in a moscow secret market. to a particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. any type of budge of any type of skin it was clearly enough for everyone. to come in the u.s. several states announce they are prescribing primaries to contain the spread of coronavirus but the democratic national committee warns of penalties and a nurse in the u.k. claims that she was late she had been used on her way to word.

of palladium a used every year but only about 230 tons reach the market russia has the biggest supply with 86 tons last year moscow strictly controlled supply russia has followed by south africa with 80 tons and canada with 20 tons. of catalytic converter contains up to 45 grams of petn. which makes the scrap extremely valuable german company able cut recycles the precious metal just one of these exhausts can sell for up to 2900 euros for the palladium alone entrepreneur christophe's rosa has never seen prices like this. these precious metals are used in the emo billeted sector for electric batteries people are speculating on that being a growing demand and that's driving the prices sky high. south africa is the 2nd biggest producer of palladium after russia this mine is about 2 and a half hour's drive from johannesburg palladium is extracted as a byproduct of platinum mining demand is rising the precious metal is vital for the systems that clean exhaust emissions in hybrid and gasoline cars. and manufacturers are under pressure to comply with increasingly strict emission standards so the automotive industry uses

with russia and turkey blaming each other for its collation on what is the atmosphere in and around syria ahead of at argonne putin's meeting here in moscow here's my report a new wave of refugees flooding towards europe nato losing his patients turkey russia relations plunging to new lows this is all fallout from the crisis serious last rebel held province dominated by terrorists is a province just the largest al qaeda safe haven since 911 tied directly to iman also hearing this is a huge problem private seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups all of them are new sense of menace and a threat to the civilians damascus with russia's help is fighting them on the ground it says to protect civilians turkey one of the strongest army is alongside militant groups is fighting the syrian military on the syrian territory also it claims to protect civilians. separating hardcore terrorists for a moderate armed groups opposing assad was turkey's responsibility according to 2018 memorandum but it was never done the result of almost 18 months of this agreement was the displacement of all moderate opposition militants by terror groups. the islamic part

from covered 19 related illnesses has now passed $21000.00 russia is holding all flights into and out of the country from friday and moscow's mare's ordered the closure of all shops except grocery stores and pharmacies from saturday russia has also reported its 1st 2 deaths from the disease and iran is banning travel between its cities the government fears a 2nd wave of infections. russia has used more than a dozen military planes to carry medical aid to italy supplies to help combat the coronavirus pandemic were dispatched following a plea from its lease prime minister but there are concerns that russia is using right as a political tool to gain influence in the e.u. . this footage of russian military planes landing in italy was sent directly to us and to many other media outlets by the russian defense ministry in an operation dubbed from russia with love moscow has provided italy with special disinfection vehicles medical equipment and around 100 military specialists they reportedly have 1st hand experience fighting outbreaks of other infectious diseases . russian authorities may be keen on showing off their aid operation

infections were imported while the rest were locally transmitted and russia is halting all flights into and out of the country from friday moscow's mayor has ordered the closure of all shops except to grocery stores and pharmacies from saturday russia has also reported its 1st 2 deaths from the disease. claims for unemployment benefits in the united states rocketed by more than 3000000 last week alone from just over a quarter of a 1000000 the week before that's by far the highest ever jump in a single week according to the department of labor the hardest hit sector was services reflecting the closure of businesses such as restaurants and bars economists expect the number of claiming of those claiming unemployment benefits to rise further while much of the united states remains on lockdown. and the european parliament in brussels has been debating special measures to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic later leaders of the european union member states will hold a video summit to discuss the crisis in a speech with lawmakers european commission president arsal a frontal line expressed her dismay at member states lack of sol

death toll from cova 19 related illnesses has now passed 21000 russia is halting all flights into and out of the country from friday and moscow's mayor has ordered the closure of all shops except grocery stores and pharmacies from saturday russia has also reported its 1st 2 deaths from didn't have disease and iran is banning travel between its cities the government fears a 2nd wave of infection. the japanese government is banning arrivals from $21.00 european countries and setting up a coronavirus task force as it warns that the epidemic could spread rapidly and widely 40 new cases have been confirmed bringing the country's total to 1300 but japanese people have been slow to get the message about curbing the spread of the virus. enjoying the outdoors people in tokyo have been taking to the city's parks to soak up the spring weather and admired the seasonal cherry blossom crowds gather in public spaces despite appeals by the authorities to help contain the corona virus outbreak. we want to go to more still like there are more people here than i expected so the it was right policeman might come and tell us to leave if it's. under

huomreds of migrant workers central asia has been stranded at moscow airportce sin russia closed its rders. here is moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. sarah: thereave been dramatic ctures flooding russian social media in recent days, wgrh crowds of t workers trapped at moscow's airports after borders close because of the coronavirus pandemic ivesome of them been stated-- stranded duty-free because they and couldn't get back.l sarah: in moscow, there is no coronavirus pandemic lockdown, not yet. but the streets of definitely got quieter, and even the schools have been shut, cilantro playgrounds and exercise yards are deserted. closing borders is one of the measures russia has taken to protect itself in the pandemic . for central asian migrant workers from that is created a crisis.sa hundreds of thnds of people come to central asia for russia for work at but the border closure came as the end of winter work season came to th people got stuck aeceled, many airports. nybad at a time, even worsen a pandemic. >> i think it is very bad conditions for people. they really can receive t year