this is d w news live from berlin russia's celebrate an orthodox easter with indifference amid an alarming increase in corona virus infections mass is celebrated without worshipers to stem the spread after a record increase of 6000 infections on sunday we take a look at how authorities are reacting also on the show lock down 15 in the u.s. protesters across several states call for restrictions to be lifted they want to return to normal life to get the economy going. and the world's biggest music stars call for unity in the fight against the coronavirus. a 6 hour live concert features billy eilish and the roman stones in their living rooms more than $100.00 stars come together while still staying at home. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us orthodox christians in russia are celebrating easter as authorities grapple with a sudden and alarming spike in corona virus in. actions to prevent the virus from spreading most churches in moscow have been closed the head of russia's orthodox church has led an easter service without any worshippers present in a holiday message presiden

early on, i do not think the rabbis who run the orthodox -- the ultra-orthodox do not listen to the staten the same way the rabbis do not understand the significance. they do not understand -- shut down the schools. wasstatete's point of view selective enforcement. israel has had strict rules about social distancing frfrom notre france, bubut it was properly enforced in the ultra-orthodox areas.. the ultra-orthodox rabbis tolold people they could disobey. the police did not enforce it. that is where we are now. >> thank you. virologist from queens university in belfast, northern ireland. whatis pandemic spreads, are the latest developments in regards to what we know about this coronavirus? in the last four months, we have been able to find out a lot about this virus, mainly how fast it can actually spread and how devastating that spread can be. maybe on a scientific side, we are learning more about the fact people might be spreading the virus but are not showing a lot of symptoms, how fast this virus can n spread and maybe identifyg treatments and vaccines. >> are you getting any sense ab

of this is the news live from berlin russian celebrate an orthodox with a difference made an alarming increase in corona virus infections. massa celebrated without worshipers to stand in the spirit after a recording freeze of $6000.00 inflictions on sunday we'll take a look at how authorities are reacting also on the show lockdown fatigue in the u.s. protesters across several states called for prescriptions to be lifted i want ever turn to normal watch to get the economy going. and the world's biggest music stars called for unity in the fight against coronavirus. a 6 hour by concert features billy and the rolling stones in their living rooms more than $100.00 stars came together while staying at hot. american held welcome more than 260000000 orthodox christians in russia eastern europe and the middle east are celebrating easter this weekend awake after most other christians in most countries church ladies urged worshipers to stay at home to avoid spreading the new coronavirus but in some places the faithful did attend services believing that god or simply wearing a mask would protect

russian celebrate an orthodox easter as the number of corona virus infections jumps mass celebrated without worshipers to try to stem the spread after a record increase of 6000 infections on sunday we take a look at how authorities are reacting. to the world's biggest music stars sing for unity in the fight against coronavirus. a 6 hour live concert features billy eilish and the rolling stones in their living rooms more than $100.00 stars came together last staying at home. on exposer welcome. most countries except that the corona virus originated in china but how exactly was it transmitted to people some media in the u.s. are suggesting it could have all started in a research lab in the city of who had fox news closely watched for president donald trump is 1st among them china however says the virus spread in a wildlife market leading american and european scientists agree but for some in the u.s. the debate continues. chinese authorities say this is the source of a new coronavirus the food markets in wu han been unable to track down the 1st person to have the virus meaning it's always ins

this 3rd of april israel struggles to get everyone to stick to the lockdown especially one ultra-orthodox town that's no virus redzone offer of lowering the advice. of it. to the. 3 score and seems the 1st greek migrant camp to be hit with an outbreak further in concerns the conditions inside are easily spreading the virus and. president putin here extends russia's paid leave for non-essential workers and home isolation until the end of april as coronavirus cases fight. over this is art international from moscow has just turned 3 pm here this friday i'm kevin 0 in with this 30 minute world news roundup for you and as usual these days starting off with the latest figures in the covert 1000 pandemic as it stands today this hour even the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe has exceeded 1000000 with the largest numbers of cases registered in the u.s. italy and spain changing by the hour the number of deaths is now more than 54000 however there is some encouraging news too the number of recoveries is also soaring and is now exceeded 220000 this hour. other developments to brief

in russia the faithful celebrate orthodox easter as the number of corona virus infections jumps but mass is celebrated without worshipers to try to stem its spread after a record increase of 6000 infections on sunday we take a look at how authorities are reacting. on nick spicer welcome to the program most countries accept that the corona virus originated in china but how exactly it was transmitted to people is known for some the media in the u.s. or at least parts of it are suggesting it could have all started in a research lab in the city of han and fox news closely watched by president donald trump is 1st among them china however says the virus spread in a wildlife market leading american and european scientists agree but for some in the u.s. the debate continues. chinese authorities say this is the source of a new coronavirus the food markets in wu han been unable to track down the 1st person to half a virus meaning it's all regions are still unclear some american media outlets and even for u.s. president himself have come up with their own theories they claim of i was a scaped from

russian celebrate and orthodox easter with a difference i made and i'm wanting increase in corona virus infection mass is celebrated without worshipers to stem the spirit after a recording freeze of $6000.00 infections on sunday we take a look at how wealth or kings reacted. and the world's biggest music stars seem a figure in a t.v. in the fight against the coronavirus. a 6 hour live concert finches billy eilish and the rolling stones in their living rooms hold on $100.00 stars came together while staying at home. a method he held welcome most countries except that the corona virus originated in china but how exactly was it transmitted to people and then spread a theory is to. in the rounds in some u.s. media that the virus could have 1st been transmitted to a person in a research lab and not as china says in a wildlife market u.s. president donald trump has been arguing for weeks with china over the virus the source germany is among the countries calling on beijing to clarify the situation with australia also backing an international investigation. chinese authorities say this is a so

this is the deadly news live from berlin russian celebrate an orthodox with a difference made an alarming increase in corona virus infections. mass is celebrated without worshipers to stand in the spirit after a recording increase of $6000.00 infections on sunday we take a look at how authorities are reacting also on the show fear and confusion among asylum seekers living in germany over the adapting to a new life in a new country many are now having to deal with restrictive lockdown missions at the world's biggest music stars call for unity in the fight against the coronavirus. a 6 hour live concert finches billy and the rolling stones in their living words all the 100 stars can together while staying at home. american how did welcome more than 260000000 orthodox christians in russia eastern europe and the middle east are celebrating easter this weekend a week after most of the christians in most countries church leaders urged worshipers to stay at home to avoid spreading the new coronavirus but in some places the faithful did attend services believing that god will simply wearing a mask

big stories this struggle in israel to get everyone to stick to the law done especially one ultra-orthodox telling the virus red zone after ignoring the advice. not. even. though i did not mean. to shelve domestic violence victims in hotels abuses on the rise since the law there which started in march. german officials accused sportswear of. exploiting a law about was supposed to protect. the firms for refusing to pay rent stores while customers are told to stay home also ahead. the crew of a virus stricken u.s. warship. is sucking for publicly calling for the vessel to be evacuated the navy says he broke the chain of come up. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment of elements this is the weekly on r.t. international hello and welcome. 1st the broader picture of where the world is right now with the co but 19 pandemic billions of people are currently under some sort of locked on but the number of coronavirus cases still rise there's no more than 1200000 registered infections and more than 67000 have died but over a quarter of a 1000000 people have recovered. le

than 8000 known infections there despite intense movement restrictions one hot spot is an ultra-orthodox time where locals are ignoring social distancing advice as polis leader discovered. welcome to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now we're into science fact this asked you not to prostitute anymore destress i'm dressed modestly but you can already hear people shouting and booing and yelling they don't like journalists here they don't like the police and we're here because we want to monitor the whole coronavirus situation and the fact that most of the cases are coming from ultra-orthodox neighborhoods like this one information is pasted on billboards because there's no television or radio in these communities many of the posters on the yiddish language that was spoken in the 9th century in central europe most israelis don't speak yiddish it's only the ultra orthodox communities who do not some of these posters warn against the koran this virus and also encourage social distancing but it's too little too late the latest ata shows at the highest rates of infe

israel struggles to get everyone to stick to the lockdown especially one ultra-orthodox town that's now a virus spreads after ignoring the advice. of the. i. agree scoring team is the 1st greek migrant camp to be hit with an outbreak further in concerns that conditions inside there are easily spreading the virus. over a good morning this is art international from moscow it's just turned 11 am here now this friday my name's kevin irwin with this 30 minute world news round up for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe as exceeded $1000000.00 with the largest number of cases registered in the us in italy and spain the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise it's now more than 53000 however there is some encouraging news too the number of recoveries is also soaring and has now reached 213000. here in russia there are currently over 4000 registered cases 34 people have died as the number of cases spiked yesterday president putin extended the country's coronavirus lockdown until the end of april to get the

this 3rd of april israel struggles to get everyone to stick to the locked out especially one ultra orthodox town that snow a virus red zone after ignoring the advice. of the members. of the. greece quarantines the 1st greek migrant camp to be hit with an outbreak the concerns that conditions inside a recently spreading the virus. here president putin extends russia's paid leave for non-essential workers and home isolation until the end of april as coronavirus case is by. very good afternoon this is out international from moscow it's just to midday this friday my name's kevin owen i'm here with this next 30 minute world news roundup for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today to brief you on the total number of corona virus cases around the globe as now exceeded 1000000 with the largest numbers of cases registered in the united states italy and spain the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise it's now more than 53000 however there is some encouraging news as well the number of recoveries is also soaring and it's now exceeded 213. in other news in israel makin

it's too little too late the latest ata shows at the highest rates of infection among the ultra-orthodox and they still not taking heed superintendent mickey rosenfeld is the national police spokesperson and he's here to assess things how exactly have the ultra-orthodox been flouting the regulations well here we are located in the area in the religious neighborhood we've seen an extremely high number of people that have been in the streets our units are now patrolling all of the different areas because we want to prevent the corona virus from spreading that is something that's absolutely vital here in israel as we've seen the numbers going up and the main problem being inside the area is the fact that the neighborhoods are very closed very confined and we seeing that the message is not getting out to the public there are large numbers of people inside the famine. yes we talk about couples plus 567 even 10 children and we have to make sure that people stay at home and they stay away from each other as much as possible at this stage in some cases police to be meeting people from synagogues

you this last week israel struggled to get everyone to stick to the lockdown especially one ultra-orthodox town that's now a virus red after ignoring the best of. the. uk. 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 rap

this 3rd of april israel struggles to get everyone to stick to the long list specially one ultra-orthodox town that's no virus read. best medical advice. for the. things. i. greased quarantines the 1st greek migrant camp to be hit with an outbreak now further in concerns the conditions inside are easily spreading the virus. here president putin extends russia's paid leave for non-essential workers as well as home isolation until the end of april as coronavirus cases. this is art international from moscow has just turned to p.m.a. now this friday i'm kevin owen with this 30 minute world news round up for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today as it stands this hour and the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe has now exceeded $1000000.00 with the largest number of cases registered in the united states in italy and in spain the number of deaths to continues to rise it standing at. more than 54000 however there are some encouraging news as well the number of recoveries has also soaring it's now gone up even more from last hour now 219000 exceeded have re

countries germany is already will come to rebuild nearly 50 miners will begin a new life here plus orthodox christians are gearing up for their easter celebrations this weekend but in moscow churches have been forced to close due to coronavirus restrictions and congregations must instead get together online. i marry in evanston it's good to have you with us africa has officially recorded more than 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the united nations economic mission commission for africa predicts that the pandemic will likely kill even in a best case scenario at least 300000 people in the continent and it could push 30000000 into extreme poverty africa's 54 countries have so far reported a small fraction of the world's coronavirus cases but health officials say. that's because of limited testing capability they warn that in the next 6 months africa could see as many as $10000000.00 infections and global economic groups say well over $100000000000.00 is needed to assist the continent. well joining us now is emma naylor in google and she's the regional director of the aid group care in kenya's c

i'm anthony how would welcome more than 260000000 orthodox christians in russia eastern europe and the middle east are celebrating easter this weekend away most other christians in most countries church leaders urged worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the new coronavirus but in some places the faithful did attend services believing that god will simply wearing a mask would protect them from harm. in georgia some churches were open but because of the nationwide curfew orthodox worshippers had to stay at services the whole night long from 9 on saturday evening until 6 in the morning. yet is not. enough and i saw no virus threat here today instead i felt much safer. it would have been much better if more people were here that's of it obvious that now it's just a dog of a sort of milo. in baton rouge where there is no lockdown and to no official fear of the pandemic hundreds of thousands attended services all over the country. but in neighboring russia where half of all eastern orthodox christians live easter was celebrated in practically empty churches patrie after carol head

in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea have been taken to a porn change ship off the italian coast nearly $180.00 by france are now on board the vessel which is to remain off the coast of sicily for 2 weeks italy has blocked all rescue bargains. disembarking on its shores because of the corona virus. in canada a man wearing a police uniform is killed at least 13 people including a police officer in the eastern province of nova scotia the gunman went on a 12 hour rampage shooting people in several locations is now dead after a chase down a busy highway. germany is marking the anniversary of the liberation of the bergen belsen concentration camp in april 945 it was one of the 1st camps to be liberated by the western allies more than 50000 people died there including the direst and frank. and we turn to sports now. clubs are feeling the financial strain grow each passing week during a leag

as movement restrictions across israel are tightened in response to the coronavirus in ultra-orthodox neighborhoods the message has struggled to get through few here have a television let alone the internet and many rely on community newspapers for information last week a mass funeral procession for a rabbi in the televisa have been a broch caused nationwide anger a public flouting a rules banning mass gatherings after weeks during which some rabbis were contradicting government orders encouraging schools and synagogues to carry on as normal police toughened their response making several arrests some of been abused called nazis one ambulance crew was attacked with rocks what we are dealing with is a small percentage of ultra religious extremists who are not paying attention and not listening and also receiving the information in a delay their week behind israel's 1000000 strong ultra-orthodox community lives and often parallel life with her knitting government may be met with distrust large families often subsist on welfare payments to men whose sole task is to study religious texts a

we brought you this week israel struggle to get everyone to stick to the lot especially one ultra-orthodox virus read after ignoring the advice. of the. fronds from a says to shelter domestic violence victims in hotels abuse is on the rise since the long started in mid march. german officials accuse the sportswear giant added this of exploiting a law that was supposed to protect low income tenants refusing to pay rent on its stalls while customers are told to stay home to. the crew of virus stricken u.s. warship cheer their captain after he was sacked publicly calling for the vessel to be evacuated the navy says he broke the chain of command. by their life malts international's world these h.q. here in moscow i'm kevin 0 in with the weekly around of the big stories of the last 7 days and of course the news totally dominated by one subject so 1st on the update today the broader picture of where the world is right now with a covert 19 pandemic millions of people are currently under some sort of locked but the number of coronavirus cases is still rapidly increasing there are now more than 120

still ahead here on out is iraq or crude a virus is spreading it israel's ultra-orthodox communities that story after the break. and of their pension reign as usual krause much of indonesia was a cloud showing up in the last few hours somebody clearly heavy rains over the next couple days really developing across much of papua new guinea and also once again borneo fairly widespread rains and some archer with one or 2 showers into more southern areas of the mill a peninsula and then through sunday we have got more rain again particularly heavy across central western areas of job and one of 2 showers really as well across into and also areas of vietnam now the rain is on its way still across into the southeast of australia victoria new south wales we're also watching this a tropical cycle and how old it's on its way to the islands we've got some pretty strong winds heading into melbourne so ahead of that the windsurf is enjoying some good clear skies but the rain is on its way feeling cooler as well just 16 degrees celsius a very blustery wet day saturday into tasmania as well but mana

and why the virus is spreading in israel's ultra-orthodox communities. a decades old defense law is now being used by u.s. president donald trump to fight the coronavirus off to criticism over the white house response the u.s. recorded 1200 more deaths on why than state's highest daily toll it has a quarter of the world's 1000000 cases new york city's mayor is urging everyone to may wear a mask or face covers in public the number of cases in the state of new york is now 92000 with nearly 2400 deaths state governor andrew cuomo has warned its supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in 6 days president donald trump says a lot more medical equipment is on its way after he struck deals with private firms for face masks ventilators and other equipment but americans are not just fighting a highly contagious virus more than $6000000.00 say they are jobless that's 2 percent of the entire u.s. population last week at was hof the number who said they were unemployed. we're now conducting well over 100000 corona virus tests per day over at that $100000.00 t

stories the situation in israel is getting ugly authorities have decided to lock down the ultra orthodox communities where a lot of the infections have been coming from and they're getting a lot of pushback in this community showing is our correspondent who visited the area you're going to have to see for yourself here what happens now when our team correspondent paula slayer shows. in this particular neighborhood watch. but come to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now when you're into science fact this asked you not to prostitute anymore destress i'm dressed modestly but you can already hear people shouting and booing and yelling they don't like journalists here they don't like the police yet and we're here because we want to monitor the whole coronavirus situation and the fact that most of the cases are coming from ultra-orthodox neighborhoods like this where information is placed on billboards because there is no television or radio in these communities many of the posters are in yiddish a language that was spoken in the 9th century in central europe most

millions of orthodox christians are celebrating easter under tight restrictions.ed people not to attend services, fearing it would lead to a spike in coronavirus infections. but in georgia, orthodox leaders are at loggerheads with the government over their decision to keep churches open and offer holy communion using a shared spoon. the bbc‘s caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie reports. holy communion in the time of pandemic. taken from a shared spoon. georgia's orthodox church has defiantly refused to adapt the sacred ritual despite the risk of spreading infection. translation: we parishioners come here in such high spirits that it is impossible to have doubts and fears. holy communion is the greatest thing. under georgia's state of emergency, gatherings of more than three people are banned. but last week on palm sunday, at billy's's main cathedral, there were no police to enforce it. these markings here indicate the distance that people should be keeping apart from each other but u nfortu nately, from each other but unfortunately, outside, and most importantl

and the holy fire is lit in jerusalem as orthodox celebrations get underway for thousands of churches around the world t.v. because of the pandemic. so joining us here with your global news updates this is art. here the latest figures on the coded 900 make the number of confirmed cases globally has now surpassed 2200000 more than 154000 people with the virus of lost their lives most of those fatalities came in europe and the united states and so far 581000 patients have recovered from the disease. well 1st this hour the corona virus outbreak in germany appears to be under control following a month long block down that's according to the country's health minister germany has a far lower death rate than other major european countries and restrictions on movement are being partially lifted some shops reopening as early as next week however a government spokesperson hazards of caution. that's the infix there are no guarantees that the infection kovel keep flattening out there are also risks and when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must keep an eye on the infection cur

the holy fire is lit in jerusalem as orthodox means to celebrations get underway thousands of churches around the world to stand then change the pandemic. so they welcome you watching out international this saturday even if she's gone on a clock a mosque ok let's start with some numbers then on the outbreak because confirmed cases of nih past 2300000 more than 158000 people have died from the virus most of those fatalities are in europe and also the u.s. so far just over 588000 patients have recovered from the disease. now the corona virus outbreak in germany does appear to be under control after a month long lockdown and according to the country's health minister germany has a much lower death rate than other major european countries and restrictions on movement are being partially lifted and some shops reopening is there really is next week however a government spokesperson has stressed that caution is needed skip. the statistics there are no guarantees that the infection kovel keep flattening out there are also risks and when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must

rather than going to church and that includes for easter which is the most important holiday for orthodox believers here in russia and now in moscow for holy week so from last monday churches have actually been closed to believers that means that services are taking place but believers worshippers aren't supposed to come to churches and many churches are kind of showing services via a live stream including the church service that the patriarch himself carried out here in moscow that was also streamed to believers who were supposed to stay home and watch that at home but i actually went to one church last week and spoke to people there to see how they were reacting to these measures here in moscow and many is apparent that. many in the congregation were very upset and the priest himself said. that people had been driven out of the church and he even compared these measures from the off already with the persecution that the clergy faced under the soviet union so that's really an angry statement there that we're hearing from many in the in the clergy and even though the church is mostly in l

orthodox communities their apartment and there are well they're getting a lot of pushback for it here's the very latest from israel now from our or to the court our to correspondent there policies leer. welcome to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now when you get into science fact this ask you not to prostitute anymore to strange traced modesty but you can really hear people shouting and booing and yelling they don't care they don't like the police and we're here because we want to monitor the whole coronavirus situation and the fact that most of the cases are coming from ultra-orthodox neighborhoods like this my information is pasted on billboards because there's no television or radio in these communities many of the posters on the language that was spoken in the 19th century in central europe most israelis don't speak yiddish it's only the ultra orthodox communities who do now some of these posters warn against the virus and also encourage social distancing but it's too little too late the latest ata shows at the highest rates of infection among the ultra

and that means they're also telling more people about orthodox christianity board for college or that of course the ideal scenario is that people will come to our church later after watching our live streams was that if there are threats. the authorities in moscow say they may extend the measure after easter sunday but in most other regions of russia churches will stay open to worship us for easter. the japanese for tog for yasser yoshi chiba of france press has won the prestigious world press photo of the year award is photo shows a group of young people during sudan's peaceful uprising last year one man recites poetry by the light of mobile phone screens the war jury said the picture symbolizes hope the lockdown in spain has been in force for more than a month residents who are confined to their homes could be forgiven for losing heart but one group of civil defense volunteers is using music and dance to cheer people up have a look here are. they not be part of the normal job description but the families can fall into that you're not securing not brings in the village. the young vol

news live from berlin russian celebrate an orthodox easter with a difference amid an alarming increase in corona virus infection. mass is celebrated with alberta 1st to stem the spread after a record increase of $6000.00 and factions on sunday we take a look at how authorities are reacting also on the show. lock down in the us protesters across several states call for restrictions to be lifted they want to return to normal life to get the economy going. plus a brewery that can trace its history back 400 years has been forced to close we go to southern germany to see the impact of the corona virus pandemic is having on the beer industry. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us orthodox christians in russia are celebrating easter as authorities grapple with a sudden and alarming spike in corona virus infections to prevent the spread of the virus many churches have been closed the head of the wrong. an orthodox church led an easter service without any worshippers present in a holiday message president vladimir putin says the country will overcome the challenges russia has re

in moscow as in most other parts of the orthodox world this easter is the quietest in the history of the religion. and don't forget you can get the latest news and features around the clock on our website at d.f.w. dot com i british manage and i'll be back at the top of the after that. it's a deadly sin. and the whim of nature. motivates us. and threatens to muslims.

the at tbilisi's so maybe cathedral the orthodox church opened its doors to the faithful leave. the odds of the worshippers who have chosen to participate in the traditional midnight eastern mass had to get here early to avoid breaking a nightly curfew and it's been decided between a church in your forties that they can stay here overnight all together under one roof until the curfew is lifted in the morning. restrictions including a ban on gatherings of more than 3 people have been in place for weeks but for the head of the church and his followers those rules do not apply. to this satirical video illustrates what critics say a double standards. with the state refusing to intervene in matters of faith a subservient to the church because it sure ratings of the church and because of. this year saw the government here to directly or host a church which is encouraging each parish in years to extend their easter services to jews prime. mr has said a balance must be found between staying safe and practicing faith. i want to assure you that both the state and the church fully understa