R. T. International with me becky aaron. Now the u. S. Military confirms that a barrister of rockets has hit a base housing american and other Coalition Troops near baghdad and the 2nd such attack on the facility this week a spokesperson said on saturday that 3 Coalition Personnel and 2 iraqi soldiers were wounded in the incident the 1st bombardments which hit camp taji on wednesday left 2 American Service personnel and one british soldier dead triggered retaliatory u. S. Airstrikes against an iranian linked shia militia but according to the iraqi authorities 5 regular military personnel and one civilian were killed baghdad says there will be consequences for relations with washington the u. S. Bombing of Government Security and civilian headquarters undermines counterterrorism efforts to disrupt the agreement between iraq and the global coalition. The pentagon claims it was targeting the iran backed qatar it has been a militia with the aim of taking out 5 of the groups that weapons Storage Facilities in response to this attack on an iraqi base that hosts Coalition Forces supporting the iraqi fight against isis we carried out precision defensive strikes to degrade and destroy it vance conventional weapons that have been provided to keep conceived as by by theyre already in backers we are in iraq to support the people of iraq in their fight against isis however we always reserve the right to defend our forces whenever theyre attacked or threatened iraqs president said that the strikes which also badly damaged an app or being built in the holy city of karbala amounted to a violation of his countrys sovereignty by him starlee also suggested that such attacks by undermining the iraqi states could risk an ice the resurgence and u. S. Reprisal was also met with anger in the capital baghdad and the 2nd ahead in our ability about it we condemned the attacks on popular move why zation forces sites in the rock iraq has become a war zone for internal and external wars american the run the fighting one of them threatens to be out there and ultimately iraqis are the ones who for victim. Schools are being settled between america and iran and it is happening on our soil it while a tell sovereignty it while its our rights we are calling for the United Nations to intervene. But. I am surprised that the government is ignoring such actions as you condemn both sides iran and america their actions violate iraqs sovereignty which has become a joke among countries in the region and around the world. Middle east expert alley risks told us that despite donald trans the anti interventionist Campaign Promises it doesnt see u. S. Troops withdraw withdrawing from iraq anytime soon. From the beginning trial and spoken about the necessity to withdraw from the endless wars he attempted to draw down on the troopers in syria and theres no basis on just that. But iraq is the one place in the middle east which has not spoken about troop withdrawals or troop reduction and i think a lot of that may be used related to the oil you know iraq is every which country in iraq is a special case. With that in mind i think that will try as much as possible to keep the american troops in iraq but it is expected that the americans will face more and more of these attacks because the bombings of a lot bases or the iraqi actions dont be too up to target these groups from launching more attacks targeting american bases. Several countries declared an emergency on friday in response to the covert 19 pandemic spain joins neighboring european nations which is struggling with containment measures the u. S. Has limited travel from europe restrictions also a face to military personnel there according to the pentagon well donald trump has announced the u. S. Is stepping up its risk level and response to unleash the full power of the federal government that 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. 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 the dramatic measures now being taken in the United States in response to the corona Virus Outbreak now when trump declared a National Emergency that freed up roughly 50000000000. 00 worth of bonds that he can then use to take action and set things up now trump describes how they are setting up these drive through Testing Centers that are being set up around the country in which people are able to be tested they dont get out of their car they just drive up theyll be tested and then drive away and that way theyre not getting out of their car theres no danger of them spreading it in the area in which the test is taking place trump also took the opportunity to tout his travel ban to the European Union a band that has been criticized you know many pointed out it doesnt apply to certain countries but regardless trump did and said it was an absolutely necessary measure and talked about the need for closing the borders and why closing the borders is very very important in a situation like this now trump wasnt the only one who spoke and we also heard from different officials quite interesting remarks but it appears that in addition to measures that are being taken on a local level here in new york city in different parts of the country we see local states of emergency being declared local dramatic measures being taken states have schools closed their schools you know Public Events are being canceled all throughout the United States new york city at this point has outlawed any gathering of more than 500 people broadway has been closed down in addition to these local measures we now have the federal government of the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump declaring a national emerged. See on a federal level an action is being taken a number of u. S. Corporations such as walmart and others were listed by the president as being involved in the efforts to to fight against iran a virus and get us through this crisis here in the United States the Coronavirus Crisis in president ial candidates and boost sales for the Pharmaceuticals Industry at time but his push to buy and there again could hit consumers hard in the pocket and so much im done of course that. Its too little too late for Donald Trumps ban on european visitors panic has already set in and hordes of coronavirus doomsday preppers are already raiding supermarket shelves. But the world. Corona virus has already spread to well over 100 countries and territories worldwide pandemic according to the u. N. It doesnt care about your race creed or class even millionaires like tom hanks and his wife announced they have fallen ill and while chinas all but got its own coronavirus situation under control washington still putting most of the blame for everything and anything connected to the pandemic on china the one virus that began at the end of last year you called it the womb on Virus Chinese Communist Party has said that this is where the virus started china has unleashed this plague on the entire world through their dishonesty and their lack of transparency and corruption at it rather than using best practices this outbreak and why it was covered up youd think theyd understand that being the origin of a pandemic was out of beijings control but while washington continues to throw shade its forgotten one Crucial Point pretty much all u. S. Antibiotics vitamin c. Pills 1st aid supplies are supplied by Chinese Companies americas basically pharmaceutically dependent on china if china banned the experts of drugs the u. S. Would sink into the how of the Novel Coronavirus at the demick and thats given washington more than just the coronavirus to panic about i think its been clear for a while now that we are far too reliant on china for Domestic Production especially for essential products that we rely on and of course our medical supply chain is. The very top of that list the corona Virus Outbreak has made clear we must combat americas supply chain vulnerabilities and dependence on china in critical sectors of our economy the Coronavirus Crisis puts into sharp focus the unacceptable dependence of the u. S. On china for critical medicines and their ingredients by American Trend has gained new traction as a result trumps trade advisories even suggesting a change in federal law that would force the feds to buy from American Companies if we have strong buy american procurement that will establish a robust base level of demand that provides the appropriate incentives for our pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest and locate domestically worried yet with all of big pharma profit making schemes in the past the outrageous lifelong cost of hiv treatment in the u. S. Spiking the prices of insulin it doesnt take an economist to wonder how the already high price of drugs might skyrocket the destruction of the supply chain is what drives the work we have you know shored many of these production of items not maybe the product itself but maybe a component of a product thats very basic and it would come to United States to get more you know manufactured so clearly it underlines how vulnerable we are as a 1st world country you know in china to produce these basic products so while you and i see the coronavirus pandemic as a tragedy of world significance big business will try every which way to turn it into a profit making extravaganza for themselves of course whenever theres a crisis someone is always there to make some money off it come on you know now youre going to start seeing people going to be at home youre going to see netflix go up or other you know online watching platforms hulu or whatever the case might be and same thing with medications. Global stock markets recovered slightly on friday after suffering the biggest drop in 30 years and would still the worlds 20 wealthiest people collectively lose nearly 80000000000. 00 in the net worth as for others with kensi of money in the bank it seems them more keen to use that cash to keep cover and a virus at bay. You know. If. Youre putting extra resources into recruiting and lead educators able to provide interim private tutoring as demand is high this is driving up to their salaries and tuition prices and. You know. Members who are traveling commercial at using to book elite service is a bare boards not your typical 1st class lounge for example private terminals chicken customs and security members can request for the jetted to be cleared so they minimize the interactions with all their best injures on their way to their seat. Because the ration tends to be very active intending virus i think the super rich will be less effective than the rest of us simply because they have the means to us in much more to rise to much more. Large scale plagues United States charges people that. Thousands of dollars for corona virus tests and surely doesnt have enough tests to go around for some reason they have tests available for the richest people and at the same time as so many people are worried about whether or not theyre going to have to miss a chat what theyre going to do about childcare because so many schools are closing all these problems meanwhile you have people spending millions of dollars to go abroad to go to private islands to go to. Private doctors things that the vast majority of people 10 office or and i do think it will continue to polarize society because this is a vast equality and inequality that hasnt been seen in American History and its just continuing to get worse. Anxiety of infections is also impacting people thinking habits around the world as dinahs avoid restaurants and cafes is the are the reports next from london. London is one of the worlds top food capitals with eateries offering cuisine from every country you can imagine chinese on the telly and food are among the more popular choices but as with almost every other aspect of everyday life coronavirus has disrupted the Restaurant Industry google trends data shows that interest in the secrecy and has plummeted since the crisis began from the beginning of the year interest in chinese food has fallen by 33 percent globally by 34 percent in the u. K. This restaurant and so whos famous chinatown was once thriving in crowded now the tables are empty on the city we already. See reference to our own him a nice if we can do you have to go our own 30 minutes ways all the right reasons but there are serious 1st case come from the u. K. We immediately have to come so late for all of the tea leaves reference and maybe one weeks later since the color of ours and. We lost our own think to return. Until no wrong maybe 6 weeks we lost our wrong 68 percent over that our normal business i would no lock down you know but we still lost a lot of our business and italian restaurants tell the same sad story as italy has been on the forefront of the fight with coronavirus interest has plunged by 24 percent globally by 10 percent in the u. K. And again thats had a devastating impact as businesses which did a brisk trade in pieces and passed is now struggling to get by the people who know how to stop these things so the only ways home. On the business side go down down down i dont know how were going to reach the end of the month i dont know how we how we dont know. Were not working enough to keep. It open every day in the morning in the beginning of the week in the morning most of the week we have clothes we feel we. Saw now the weather is strange and we supposed to get. There is nothing as you can see there where i sit on the launch i mean the one i see. In the launch doesnt know about up and we are in the standalone the story hes one of the main street between. Us where. There is nothing new so struggling the people are scared to stay around you know we all slum that is what they make of the corona juice anxiety love italian food but they dont get. Any telly and restaurant no more what they would do the display was people are afraid to being around people so your driver 400 years have you noticed recently that the business is quiet. One is going down and down because people are scared they are scared of handing track down you can see this weekend nobodys here and then like months ago full of people here would put you off eating at restaurants until you think its. Actually a different. Thing. I think if you. Think that people are kind of so since its just sad you cant really just turn. The slightly ok and so on here when were hungry will get a ritual thats probably every day as more countries inevitably go to war with 19 in the u. K. Faces the prospect of an italy style complete looks maybe more than just the once popular italian and chinese restaurants that see the trade devastated east. Still ahead in the program another whistleblower steps out of the shadows with allegations against the International Chemical weapons watchdog well the latest claims against a. Off the back. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday should we let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. You see every passage of the death of something all passages involve some kind of conflict in between where one is trying to reconstitute the old way of doing things but it doesnt work as a service im often working with people in those in between so again the key is how do i find my path through all of this and where do i find innocent those moments we have to start beginning to trust what is coming from within. Welcome back defining a ban on Mass Gatherings that aimed at containing the coronavirus hundreds of yellow vests not vests are out protesting in the french capital based on today is the 70th consecutive week of antigovernment demonstrations and the latest rally has already seen scuffles with police. I. Think. On friday the french government banned all gatherings that seating 100 people in order to prevent the spread is a deadly virus as well stop this weeks protests though with demonstrators saying they want president mccraw to realize they havent gone away around 2000 Police Officers have been deployed to disperse the activists the rally comes a day before french voters head to the polls to vote in local elections which are still going ahead despite the crisis. A lot of whistleblower is calling out the International Chemical weapons watchdog its not a 4th person in a matter of months all casting doubt on the o. P. C. W. s investigation into the alleged 2800 chemical attack in syrias duma then almost employee describes an atmosphere of fear within the orcas that organization working in the organization has been going open and the cause of the professional shame when i became aware of how a key element of the organization was and clearly continues to be mismanaged im one of many who was stunned and frightened into silence by the reality of how the organization operates the threats of personal harm is not an illusion or else many others would have spoken out by now. 2 other former experts earlier came forward to denounce the p. C. To report on an alleged chemical attack in duma in syria where the organization found the government guilty of using chemical weapons against its civilians the former employees it said they took part in the investigation on the ground they claimed evidence that suggested the attack could not have been conducted as described in the report undermining its conclusions others have claims the attack may have been staged. They are p. C. W. Denies the occupations insisting there is no evidence to support those claims in february a 3rd person came forward accusing the organization of attempting to smear the former employees the latest whistleblower has now strongly criticized the o. P. C. W. s behavior the mistreatment of 2 highly regarded and accomplished professionals can only be described as a bar and i fully support their endeavors russia is now calling on the watchdog to not be hasty in dismissing the claims. Of particular interest is the fact that this whistleblower unlike the other 3 whistleblowers is possibly a current employee at the o. P. C. W. Technical secretariat and is watching this unfolding mess in the hague 1st hand we hope that the mounting criticism of the technical secretariat from the people concerned over the o. P. C. W. s health will not be left unheeded with or with the floor to become recently difficult for them to say that they are rolled 6 extra and of course we would hope maybe even more work of lords would come out at this time this is a classic problem powerful entities and especially if they are linked to the Us Government and they think that all were being protected by you know powerful entity so that we need to go the law on and you know lets just hope that there is more integrity and more the the integrity that the 4 whistleblowers have charlotte let us hope that they can muster more people with that kind of integrity again and to fix this organization which is really needed in the world. To swedish nurses who say they were denied jobs as midwives because of their religious beliefs have failed to get their case heard by the European Court of human rights its a claim to take up the case saying sweden acted lawfully the court observes that sweden provides nationwide Abortion Services and therefore has a positive obligation to organize his Health System to ensure that the effects of exercise of freedom of conscience of Health Professionals does not prevent the provision of such services but nurses are trained as midwives but refuse to carry out abortions because at that Christian Faith swedish law requires midwives to carry out the procedure the women had already lost several Court Battles against the authorities saying they suffered discrimination but that case is dividing opinion. It is not a human rights stuff to refuse to provide care this is an important decision that in the long term will help to protect Womens Health who i do good quality care and to be treated with respect when seeking an abortion we are very disappointed by the courts decision not to take up the cases medical professionals should be able to work without being forced to choose between their deeply held convictions and their careers i think that the owner of a hospital has every right to hire or fire somebody that is will is not willing to do something that they want that person to provide so for example somebody owns a hospital they can say i want every doctor here to be willing to provide an abortion and theres only higher doctors rule and provide an abortion but the idea that the government should step in and tell that hospital owner that he cant hire who he wants and that people cant act according to convention could do their convictions is just a basic violation of personal sovereignty if you as a person have a conviction that life is precious and worthy of protection and that to be saved and that you are doing the job because you believe just that that the procession should make accommodation for that there are many medics around the world and indeed just as these midwives themselves say who went into the profession who chooses profession because that all about life theyre all about saving life not about ending life and the very nature of abortion ends life. And was described as frances worst of a child sex abuse scandal over time surgeons gone on trial accused of abusing hundreds of children many of our victims have come forward including the doctors 2 nieces. I think when he arrived in johns our cost but all the authorities i dont know at what level were already aware of this and no one intervened to prevent him from being recruited. If its not his family who revealed the less chronic problem this little 5 Year Old Girl who was raped in her own garden shed light on one of the biggest sexual predators one of the biggest pedophiles in french criminal history is sure will be called clinical 6 or. You can go kill the good news for the viewers that he acknowledges deviant behavior and he doesnt dispute the possession of child pornography but he denies acts of penetration to prevent his paedophilia from getting out he locked himself up a couple social ties his only obsession with his collection of images and this need to put his fantasies on paper. And other news today egypts worst storms in decades our thoughts have killed at least 20 people many of the deaths of being out of it its a collapsed buildings road accidents and electrical incidents flooding has severely affected transport links and many say that without power. All running water. A ban on public gatherings in chile hasnt deterred angry crowds from rallying against the president s calling for him to quit widespread anger of inequality and a push for constitutional reform have seen months of unrest violence of the latest protest song riot Police Respond with tear gas and water cannon. Literally streets may be deserted because of the coronavirus curfews but theyre certainly not final and nationwide italians are taking their balconies to break the eerie quiet as people pick up an instrument or burst into song in a functional move to lift the spirits while stuck at home. Thanks for joining us here on r. T. International kevin will be here at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines. Join me every thursday on the all excitement and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics or business im sure business ill see you there. Max kaiser this is the kaiser report the pandemic it dition special times require special reporting of course the kaiser report has been anticipating so much of whats going down around the world stop a big surprise for those of you who have been watching us for so many years is that right stacy max it is a continuation of the pandemic and the pandemic response