Saudi aramco releases eagerly awaited results for the 1st quarter look at how the Global Economic crisis is hitting the Worlds Biggest Oil company. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today there coronavirus pandemic has brought the work of nurses into very sharp focus as they struggle to care for patients suffering from covert 19 now since today is International Nurses day were focusing on the sacrifices theyve been making to save lives starting with a look at the woman credited with creating the modern profession Florence Nightingale today also marks her birth 200 years ago. The original queen of hygiene Florence Nightingale she revolutionized Battlefield Medicine during the crimean war when more british soldiers were dying of infections than battle wounds the principles remain is just exactly the same today as they did you introduce the guy reaches you need to wash your hands and you need to make sure that the environment is incredibly clean. And. The space between patients and the need for ventilation the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals around the world thats led many nurses to protest from peru to washington d. C. Outside the white house everything are white across the country and we demand to be heard. President from hamburg and all other government that if we demand that you immediately get b. B. Q. And doctors and Health Care Workers on the problem of the kidnapping. If you dont protect that we cant protect our people. In senegal this nurse says theres a strong sense of duty in the profession. We have no choice from the moment you set out to become a nurse to practice this profession i think its a source of pride to be a nurse to be able to help people to be able to help them recover their health. One person who does appreciate nurses street artist banksy whose latest work game changer is on display at a london hospital. And were joined now by the European FederationNurses Association secretary general paul de rob from brussels thanks so much for being with us paul let me thank you and everyone in your profession for all youve been doing during this crisis an estimated 179 Health Care Staff in britain alone have died during this and demick many of them nurses whats the biggest risk that theyre facing in this pandemic. I think good and im it came to us quite suddenly so many Member States in the European Union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such a Protection Equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patient to wash the patients and feed the patients to not just the banks and whats not available so even from being born a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time the title last week are not be fair the next 3 are all prepared and in the next 3 for the up and make to the end recommendations released government give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients that b. P. East damascus demobbed aerials that they need to protect themselves and i think everybody trying to do all their best ok paul that report was a 6 years ago calling for Protection Equipment what went wrong why did National Governments why did the European Commission brussels not listen to your call for help. So i think in that time to knock some berkshire me down help was that preparedness and border crisis you know we had a few noses who came to london to muggeridge who were affected wont gain from from africa but you know this pandemic historically different as you know few different scale and due to governments by surprise also the neck of the nation you know the commission has no there is still this subsidiarity principle and you know in relation to how old governments has always said yes but this is not your responsibility until you have a serious problem and then you miss out on the time so we have always said please make sure that the 16 recommendations are in depth report they are huge to build today and we are not knocking much we just us the things that we need to do our job properly and to not good ourselves at risk using could be very simple to get masks and gloves to the people who need it most paul thank you so very much we have to leave it there thank you for all your work and wed like to recognize you on this International Nurses day people in your profession thank you thank you. Like other european nations spain has started easing some of its coronavirus restrictions Restaurants Hotels museums and some cities are now allowed to reopen but many regions remain locked down the government says about half the country does not meet the criteria for easing restrictions and even in cities now reopening Business Owners while theyre remaining cautious we have this from syria. This is the 1st time in 2 months until a new one has opened its doors he stands at his coffee machine at 7 in the morning just like he has in the last 28 years and this is open to tempt fate in this sea of it but things are very different not new regulations state he can only serve customers outside with as many tables as he nonetheless until you hold so few patrons book or his cafe might not survive. The last few months have been really tough we had operating cost but absolutely no income state assistance help but its still just learned we have to pay it all back and somehow keep our business afloat. We have to try at least to be honest its all very depressing. But i can. Civill fulfils all the criteria to qualify for an easing of social restrictions a lower rate of infections and a good supply of hospital beds that puts it at a better footing than the capital madrid many said bill businesses will still stay closed this time of year is peak season for antonio specialty snails but currently at his restaurant he hasnt even said. Hes running a small Delivery Service but had to lay off his whole staff is frustrated by a lack of clear information from the government. We were just told ok from today you can open again but up until the day before they told us they didnt publicly announce anything about what that meant and exactly what regulations would have to be met for you. Besides restaurants Small Businesses and hotels are being allowed to open this week at least on paper many shopkeepers also keep their businesses closed due to the strict regulations some have already given up. Empty shop windows and forensics are becoming more and more common in spanish city centers spain is one of the countrys most affected by the crisis that is why the pictures of overcrowded hospitals only a few weeks old the latest economic figures are causing you experts are warning of unemployment rates of more than 30 percent. Say the terrace is slowly beginning to fill up hes been able to reemploy 3 Office Format stuff hes hoping the next easing up restrictions might mean he can soon invite customers inside to. Well the war of words between the u. S. And china over there coronavirus continue with chinese officials suggesting the outbreak actually started in the United States and was President Trump and other american officials describing the coronavirus as the chinese virus a point the president emphasized again last week came out of china ok whether people like to say it or not Everybody Knows that it could have been stopped right at the source and it would have been easy to do but. Something something happened something happened. Well earlier i spoke with the former australian Prime Minister kevin rudd whos been a vocal critic of the escalating blame game hes calling for a United Nations based independent International Inquiry into the origin of the virus whether china informed the World Health Organization early enough and how the w. H. O. Then responded. No institution in the world at present is going to be universally free from criticism but the bottom line is the un secretary general occupies the only position which in my own view has the appropriate balance as well as an independent standing to convene a High Level Panel of medical experts it will be then to the International Community to judge whether their inquiry has been conducted in a fair and impartial manner or not i will go in that my fear is my deep fear is that this will continue just to descend into National Politics as china closes down domestically in terms of International Medical experts getting to the truth of what transpired and. d others in the International Community simply engaging in a polemic so what went on i think the peoples of the world want to know what the truth is. The former australian Prime Minister kevin rudd speaking with me there earlier hes now head of the Asia Society Policy institute lets get you break down some of the other stories making the news at this hour Irish Airline ryanair plans to increase flights to 40 percent of its usual capacity that by the july the 1st as the company charts a route out of the crisis since mid march ryanair has run just 30 flights a day as restrictions have effectively closed european routes. Electric carmaker tesla has resumed factory operations in california defying a local order restricting nonessential businesses the company is suing local officials to overturn the order c. E. O. Elon musk is threaten to pull operations out of california if officials not allow production there to continue. Oil giant saudi aramco has seen a massive 25 percent drop in its profits and warns of a challenging few months had among its concerned production cuts saudi arabia announced monday you would deepen cause for further 1000000 Barrels Per Day that is Global Demand continues to plummet its a blow for the company which celebrated the worlds biggest ever stock market listing just a few months ago. The world was a very different place last december when saudi aramco the Biggest Oil Company of the mold went public in a blaze of glitz. The coronavirus pandemic means the battle has well and truly told for the oil sector even for a company then valued at a mind boggling 1. 00 trillion dollars the pandemic has quickly burned through balance sheets. The price of crude oil has plunged dramatically since coronavirus lockdowns led to a massive reduction in demand in the 6 months since around coal launched its shares oil has lost well over half its value under lobel markets. Saudi aramco has already felt the impact of the stock price has been in steady decline since the i. P. O. Yet so far it has not fallen anywhere near as sharply as the overall price of oil that may be because the Company Still plans on paying out a 25000000000. 00 dividend for the next 5 years. However and watch looks an increasingly barren time for the sector all bets are off in the oil kingdom. Or violence in afghanistan capital kabul saw gunmen storing a Maternity Hospital according to the interior Ministry Civilians were injured in that attack Security Forces say they evacuated more than 80 people including newborns and their mothers the clinics supported by the humanitarian Organization Doctors Without Borders on monday a series of roadside blast wounded several people including a child stories believe the bombs were meant to target afghan Security Forces. We have some sports now in formula one ferrari have confirmed that germanys boss in federal will leave the team at the end of the now suspended season his contract runs out in 2020 but that contract would be renewed after talks over an extension broke down that will join ferrari in 2015 after winning 4 world titles with red bull but he never achieve the same level of success with ferrari and had seen his position as the teams number one driver threatened by teammate. This is deja vu news live from berlin dont forget theres always more to our website e. W. Dot com or at our twitter and instagram feeds im brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being here. And language courses. Video. Anytime anywhere. W. P. S