Transcripts For RT Going Underground 20240713

Oligarchy run government while a lot of very much have been rumors that chance the dutch of lancaster one of johnsons deputies michael gove is supported by Rupert Murdoch i dont remember donald trump in interview when i was 1st with the British Press here michael did the interview Rupert Murdoch was in the room the entire time and michael gove actually went on the sunday political shows here in the u. K. To defend Boris Johnson and he offered this kind of less than spirited response to some question it was a really really simple question is it correct that by late february the u. K. Sent 266000 pieces of protective equipment to china. But i wont get into details to and fro on the sunday times story more details will be not so really simple. Yes why not to get into the u. K. To foreign help did issue a statement later that day and every some eyebrows because its actually sounded like downing street spin offering a play by play reporter at the sunday times this one particularly interesting ted. It states that the equipment they provided to china was not from the pandemic stockpile and that china has since reciprocated our donation many times over between april 2nd and april 15th we have received over 12000000 pieces of p. P. In the u. K. From china was p. V. Becoming increasingly crucial to the whole Coronavirus Response here may be we dont have the real figures here maybe 20000 have died from grown a verge why the briefing from downing street which has been there over the past few weeks against chinas it coming from Dominic Cummings well it does kind of seem like advised a job yes that does seem to be kind of a theme thats developing in regards the governments media line were going underground and no longer the only ones asking questions about the transparency of the governments press briefings and whether or not theyre actually providing valuable information or if theyre just an exercise in kind of real time narrative crafting and smoothing their for the lancet Richard Horton d who will get back to later even called them a sure rod at one point the u. K. Government declares it is transparent i think arguably the fact it has Daily Press Conferences every day shows that at least part of the problem lies in the limitations of the kind of social distancing Technology Like journalists are limited in sustained questioning even though the government have now allowed journalists to ask follow up questions are allowed one follow up question its kind of a stilted back and forth i know that you know very well the limitations of trying to pin someone down over skype but theres another thing that even casual observers have commented on and that the government ministers seem to be deflecting tough questions the medical professionals who kind of flank them at these press conferences and the skeptics in the press comes essentially as a front makes the government look transparent and science led without actually having to face the difficult scrutiny that would be required of these press conferences and all while presenting a front of calm while tens of thousands are dying kind of away from the t. V. Cameras and it seems to be working as according to hugo over 60 percent of british people think the u. K. Government is handling the current of our sponsors well so basically the British Government may be using press briefings to doj scrutiny about they have to give coronavirus. Well even in the best of circumstances getting answers out of government ministers obviously requires probing questions and adversarial journalism something which is arguably been hit and miss especially the beginning of this pandemic westminister journalists seem to kind of rally around the government after Boris Johnson suggested the u. K. Could take coronavirus on the chin through herd immunity i. T. V. Political editor and spectator columnist Robert Paston wrote kind of unchallenging article explaining the strategy there was at that time being predicted that it could lead to 500000. 00 deaths and then a day later the telegraph stated those questioning the governments current virus strategy are not only wrong theyre a danger to the rest of us and then subsequently when the government approach did change the b. B. C. Political editor laura can. Claim that the science of change when in reality it was the advice that changed since those early moments the housing fantasy slightly more scrutiny of the government ironically most vigorous from traditionally right wing figures like piers Morgan Andrew neil but so those journalists who are invited to the daily number 10 press briefing have been facing criticism for either not ask important questions or only asking them once theyve received backlash on social media but one b. B. C. Journalist surely shines as a i dont know whether it is navel ward where he seems to have stumbled into a great truth or one of these governments as well yeah so i was even following his presence as closely and there was one exchange from sunday night on the i thought it kind of embodied all the issues weve been talking about its was hosted by education secretary former secretary defense govern william one who said russia go away thats him and he was asked by the b. B. C. Is he pim this can you comment on reports today that stocks of he were allowed to run joan in the couple of years before. And why was more not done to get hold of more p. P. In march in early february including using British Company its nothing especially combative that hes then met with this government from the 1st moment we were in a situation where the scientific. Defiance was highlighting to us we were facing a real challenge in terms of a career and a virus and this could potentially evolve into a pandemic every resource of government has been to preach every resource of government thats kind of a big claim but then without really addressing anything further about the 2nd part of that question he throws to dr Jenny Harris Deputy chief medical officer who then says that the u. K. Regardless of the position that we may be in now or comment tree has been an international exemplar in preparedness and i think we have had if if i might say from my own professional perspective. We could perhaps have a more adult and more detailed conversation about p. P. Surprise so pim is allowed to follow a question this but he doesnt follow up on govern williamsons comment that the government has used every resource from the very beginning to tackle the pandemic seemingly in contrast the fact that the u. K. Death toll is one of the highest in the world at the moment and he also doesnt follow up and dr howard has gone to the u. K. As an exemplar in preparedness and her pound suggests that the conversation around p. P. Is childish as n. H. S. Staff are told where aprons because gowns are running out and off the deaths of at least a 100 u. K. Health workers so the government deflects these questions with revisionist statements and journalist kind of failed to pin them down and thats the problem you mentioned the editor of the lancet Richard Horton earlier he said after that press conference when you see supposedly independent medical advisers to government tell what a manifest untruth to shore up a political regime whose credibility is rapidly collapsing you have to say that those advisors have lost their integrity and our trust and i contacted obviously number 10 in the u. K. Department of health but then gave out all the time to this board thank you. Nature is sending us a message those are the words of un environment chief in granderson and today on earth day she joins me from copenhagen in denmark thanks so much anger for coming on our get. The message nature is sending us but is coronavirus shaking up geo politics maybe no more fracking after the collapse of oil futures Greenhouse Gas emissions apparently their focus to reduce by a quarter in europe at 2020 thanks to all the lockdowns. Well 1st of all i dont think that we should consider the lock down civil lining to in my mental helps because we know that a 1000000000 children are out of school and people falling into poverty so the connections between Climate Change and coronavirus are somewhat they are not as clear as many people think they are clearly the virus appears nothing to do with Climate Change but we could say this that is Climate Change in hanss on increases we expect to see ecosystems shifts we expect to see the movements of some of the vectors that bring about Climate Change bring about pathogens and to see uses ticks mosquitoes etc and so we need to understand that Climate Change and of course if we see permafrost melt then we could see the release of completely unknown viruses and its in thats setting now we need to think about Climate Change and viruses so there really is that link though between climate and prevalence of pandemics i mean what the whole capitalist idea of destroying forests that is related to future prospects of pandemics forests of course are very helpful as c o 2 up so over as we know but thats not the issue the link between the virus and Climate Change we have course the virus by moving species into places where they dont belong either legal wildlife trade or encroaching into wildlife have habitats of course Climate Change you need to think about future impact that Climate Change may have in a 3 to 4 degree world what would happen which new viruses would occur and unless we take action really with us and there was there was shifts happen we will see species who would or and more and that could lead to a whole new set of eyes. So one thing is a virus the current current next in which we will get through Climate Change thats a different story we need to take action now on Climate Change exactly so that we do not see something much bigger and much worse than what were seeing in todays weather so the message that nature is sending is not as some people have accused the government here of saying basically eugenics on the mace of cluster because it was grown a virus hit disproportionally the poor you think it is very much to do with biodiversity which of course is impacted on by Climate Change of course i mean we know that today 75 percent of new Infectious Diseases are so not sick in nature what does that mean it means that they come out of the animal world. 75 percent thats not a small percentage humans have altered 75 percent of the worlds surface and so that was terrestrial so therefore in that in gauging and and altering we had moved species iran and and so yes i mean by any any any epidemiologist can tell you that of course so no c. S. And zoonotic diseases are the primary. Diseases Infectious Diseases of course to date 60 percent of known effects seizes us an article in nature so yes absolutely by most years that the core of the solution does not mean that we need to be enemies of nature because we need nature and nature only produces it would read there were we drink and the clothes we wear i know you said the 25 percent or 50 percent of pharmaceutical products are derived from genetic or sources and of course that the whole so in the context of lack of biodiversity but what about Health Care Systems just finally because i know you had a long experience of the world bank do you think that our experience with kobe will mean that the world bank and i. M. F. Will no longer threaten developing nations with privatization of universal Health Care Provision in the global south well what weve seen certainly from our friends at w t o is that when you have strong Health Care Systems these systems have been able to stand up and we should obviously loot all the Health Care Workers and everyone else and working in the Health Sector and making our societies go around what we need now is to ensure that Health Systems across the well theyre talking to each other and exchanging Information Science knowledge insight and as the secretary general has called for Global Solidarity at this time we 3 know if we did not know it before we know that we are all connected on this world and so one virus is not not the war also by a virus is harmed by good house care for all. You say that because the w. H. O. Secretary general is governed attack from the president of United States and indeed the entire w. H. O. Has been threatened with the funding because of its alleged lack of competence when it comes to world health well lets take a look at smallpox which is quoted as a disease that thanks to w h o o and the global effort it has been eradicated from from the face of the us lets i have lived many many years in africa and i can tell you that to support the w. H. O. Provides the research that w o h o does is 2nd to none then grants and thank you. After the break on the 1st earth day amidst a Global Pandemic we talked to the architect of the 2015 paris Climate Change agreement christiane if you get as about why politics is critical to give out a few survival all the people coming over but theyre going underground. Has changed lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs to people who are chronic pain patients and believe that their prescription is working for them in the remedy. To the price that they pay closer dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isnt scientifically just now study actually suggest that. The long term effects may not just be the absence of benefit but actually that they may be causing long term. Welcome back today marks the earth today but with global emissions set to drop 5 and a half percent this year thanks to growing a virus according to one ngo its still way off the 7. 6 percent agreed under the 2015 paris climate agreement joining me now is the architect of that agreement Christiana Figueres your thoughts how humans can avoid extinction in a new book the future we choose surviving the Climate Crisis in north way everyone from Leonardo Dicaprio to former u. N. Secretary general ban ki moon also on this show in the past few weeks he joins me now via skype from costa rica thanks for coming back on so its us today in this book you say everyone understands that were all in this together do you think that an earth today amidst a Global Pandemic illustrates that well thanks for having me on on such a special day actually i mean exciting to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of earth day and. Asked what town will what contacts to be celebrating earth day when we are so deeply reminded about the direct relationship between nature our and our human lives how and when were so deeply reminded of the 5 that there is no such thing as one person being completely immune to either Climate Change or to coronavirus if there is someone else that is suffering under it we are only protected if everyone is protected that is true of the coronavirus that is true of Climate Change so what a day whatever reminder except of course somebody might say were not in it together it affects some people disproportionately i want to go to an event in the book where you are obviously very aware that where were all word to knit together you talk about how when you were negotiating the Paris Agreement and un security given ohanlon an officer came in and told you a bomb had been found people are against the things that you represent yes that was not 2 weeks or 2 and a half weeks after the terrorist attack and terrorist and hence we were under very very high security because we had 150 heads of state under one roof in one day and of course it would have been very tempting to to do something terrible so we were under very high security we did find a bomb a few days after the heads of state our had laughed and and there was a decision to be maims do we then close the negotiations and very possibly not ever get a global structure to lead the economy to lord de carbon ization as science is demanding or do we brave it through and thats not an easy decision to take but the common. Good and what is actually beneficial for all has to be paramount you know all about not being as we emerge out of the Coronavirus Crisis who do things winning in the lobbying because theyre lying their companies are obviously begging for money and obviously airlines are something your book suggests are not exactly the greatest industry as regards. Whether humanity will survive into the future well every sectors of course begging for support to our and lets remember the priority of the sequence in which support has to be given number one the acute Health Crisis and number one we have to support Health Systems are and Health Professionals in every country number 2 we have to be able to d build a much better social protection that especially for the people who have lost their income and lost their jobs and number 3 your question about airlines comes as number 3 wave of Financial Support in those are the recovery packages sit fact is that the Airline Industry has already committed itself to Emission Reductions and they need to be held to that they cannot be all of a sudden lifted out of those are out of those commitments because of the koran or various pandemic quite to the contrary lease support that they will receive and that any other sector will receive has to be contingent on responsible Environmental Management because if we dont do that the trillions of dollars that could go all the way from 10. 00 to 20. 00 trillion dollars of bailout and recovery money that is going to be injected as fresh capital into the economy that if that goes to high carbon acids in high Carbon Industries then there is no way that we will be able to meet the Climate Crisis that is orders of managed to worry. Its in the pandemic converse league if we bring these 2 together if we converge the solution to the Climate Crisis with the solution to the to the Health Crisis and to both of them to gether with the same injection of capital then we actually can harvest 8 silver money every called to your friend Richard Branson about that hes in the news here because not only of course his history of suing the National Health service as regards health care hes saying he desperately needs government money for his airline and i actually thought airlines were going to become less efficient because theyd need to have social distancing on on their huge jumbo jet planes yes well i did read that he is requesting support for various in australia. That is owned by some of his other companies time splats others so i dont think that makes them any different from our from the other airlines that are requesting support i do hold everybody to account and that we cannot afford the luxury of addressing the immediate crisis well being blind to the longer term chronic crisis so everyone corporates governments Financial Institutions we have to actually see that we can and we must do both at the same time she arguably the Global Pandemic has revealed what kind of prevail sions were endorsed by the world bank the i. M. F. The people used to hang around with it its illuminated quite how horrific the privatization of health care in the global south has been you say in your book ultimately the most important election is politics and you you highlight Extinction Rebellion how can the Extinction Rebellion protest against Climate Change on earth day when theyre all locked up in their houses well try just for a future fire drill fried as that. Extinction rebellion samurais nomen im all right or were all hiding our own behind our the 4 walls of our home and yet ash and i have to say that i have never seen more capacity to reach out and to touch other peoples lives to demonstrate that last we are behind a wall but that wall does not stop us from interacting with each other from exchanging views from making each others lives better and for those activists that are used to taking to the streets theyre actually also taking this online and doing a lot of the pepper tarried work for an Even Stronger demonstration on the streets as soon as we can all get out sell and i would call it prep time your book does emphasize civil disobedience why do you think civil disobedience is key to saving the planet as opposed to Democratic Politics and voting in elections i know you say both but you emphasize civil disobedience not not a bang the law yes civil disobedience as long of course as is peaceful so very much in the gandhi tradition of civil disobedience now what history shows is not there has hardly been a major social economic political transformation that has not benefited from civil disobedience whether you think precisely about the independence of india or you think of suffragettes in the u. K. Civil rights movements in the United States and now Climate Change you can see that civil disobedience plays a very Important Role in democracies and it is of voice that that has to be heard and that is heard and the other the 2nd last and that is very interesting when you study this is that actually you dont need 100 percent of people out in the streets once you get through. Point 5 percent of the population thats civil disobedience already is Strong Enough to be able to to turn the curve and it would not surprise me if as soon as we can come out of our homes their preparation and the further outreach that is being done now while we are all are sitting in front of our screens if that is going to lead to a surge in civil disobedience in almost every country 3. 5 percent of the viewers of this show they better take note of what you just said you mentioned gandhi of course your book though and this may surprise some people talks about churchill of course who described the gun the not exactly glowing terms you talk about obama who is known i suppose in africa for destroying africas riches per capita country libya why this emphasis on these figures in your book when today amidst coronavirus its cuba that appears to be the shining example of sending tens of thousands of doctors around the world cuba which is of course been persecuted by nato nations huber of course is doing really well in on environmental goals as well apparently yes well you may is not a very interesting case is an addict as it has been doing pretty well on environment and has been doing exceedingly well on health there is decade Long Investment in the Health Sector in cuba and that has been not has been known and has been experienced by many countries around the world for a long time. But what theyre demonstrating right now is not only that they have up to help expertise but that theyre willing to share it is it this is not something that we have to trigger foster because we are not quite seeing the International Collaboration yet that we need for the development of the back scene for that seeing to be. Made financially accessible to all countries for it to be universally applied and lets remember as long as one person has the virus we are all threatened by the virus so anybody wants to be just a collaboration well i mean ive got it as the husk viney then because you measure all these people in the world that advocated for intellectual Property Rights as a fundamental part of neoliberal capitalism do you think after this pandemic the main part of the pandemic is over in the sense that we can start going out youll be able to talk to the kind of people you were talking to during the bears agreement setting up of that and say to them we need socialized health care we need the end of intellectual Property Rights for vaccines well you know there are 35 countries that are that are investing right now into the development of the vaccine im actually quite hopeful dogs the business served of solidarity that we have seen of her over the past month is going to carry in to the the 2nd part of dealing with the crisis and yes i do think in fact my own country costa rica has already made a proposal to the World Health Organization to ensure that that both the testing as well as the vaccine is universally our acceptable accessible to everyone and it has been that puzzle has been met with out with quite a bit of enthusiasm sell when we dont know theres no guarantee but im quite hopeful that we have all suffered so much and realized so deeply that were all in the same boat. This is going to be one of those cases in which we rise to our better selves because trying to figure thank you. Thank you very much thats it for the show will be back on saturday 9 years after we could explode the release classified cables detailing u. S. Torture of one ton of a bay and its founder Julian Assange is todays allegedly said just a death by u. K. Authorities and the coronavirus struck prisoner one to conceal that keep in touch by social media wash your hands and dont forget to join me on the ground on your twitter soundgarden scrubber facebook. Geysers financial Survival Guide liquid assets not those that you can convert in 6 hours 20 easily. To keep in mind no assets i mean to a place of. Record. Something man has used to put on a chain young enough to continue a little spot that same day and chew up at you one quick association with nothing to do and that i desire to know. How much although the. Local just a minute. Im still. Up on the show were still up. Use them up or should. You put its not just on thoughts the most and you will not only with so we stop to teach students what you. Call. Because if. That. Welcoming viewers from around the world live from Central London this is all to u. K. I just want to thank everyone from across the country for that steadfast commitment in following the rules including in this house it is making a difference we are at the peak of the Health Secretary claims the country has reached the peak called the corona Virus Outbreak as the daily death toll reaches over 755 says the labor leader to head south of the government for being too slow in testing and procuring protective equipment. The head of the World Food Programme warns a pandemic famine of biblical proportions across much of the developing world if cliental aid isnt delivered soon we hear from a un advisor shortly. Immigration expected half of the governments announcement on visa extensions for frontline medical staff saying it now one to project all those it promised to cover. And adults in the months frontline staff whove lost their lives working with coronavirus patients receive an inquest into their deaths it comes as Research Reveals many doctors still dont have the protective kit. Ill be talking to an intensive Care Specialist a little later. And also this Court Documents claim a Spanish Security firm that allegedly spied on june in his songs resorted to blackmail in order to keep it security contract. Health secretary matt frankel claims britain has reached its coronavirus peak because the daily death figures reach 759 but thats as the new Opposition Leader rails against government failings on testing and procurement of protective kit and it seems one particular p. P. S. Simply. Dont go away he joins me here live in the studio for more on this so 1st these are the final at the peak thats according to the Health Secretary the Health Secretary matt hancock claiming that the country has now reached the peak of the corona virus crisis in terms of how many people have lost their lives in the balance of infection rates that these are seeing however of course its still very early days to be able to conclusively say whether that is the case but the Health Secretary also again reiterating that despite his belief that we have reached the peak there are still the certain number of conditions which have to be met if the country is to leave if it is to lift. I just want to thank everyone from across the country for their steadfast commitment in following the rules including in this house it is making a difference we are at the peak. But before we relax any social distancing rules or make changes to we have set out the 5 tasks that have to be mapped 1st that the n. H. S. Can continue to cope 2nd that the operational challenges have been mapped 3rd that the daily death rate falls sustainably and consistently forth but the rate of infection is decreasing and most importantly 5th that there is no risk of a 2nd peak. Now thats as weve seen the daily death toll coming in for the most recent 24 hour period 759. 00 people sadly losing their lives following a positive test for covert 1000. 00 that takes the total u. K. Death toll to above 18001. 00 of the highest globally now of course mr hancock also addressed the issue of p. P. East saying that the government had been engaging with over a 1000 companies in order to try to source that personal protective equipment for frontline n. H. S. Stuff but weve also seen the 1st Prime Ministers questions for the new labor leader. And he took the government to toss for what he said was their slow response not just in imposing locked out but also with regards to people testing we were slowing to look down slow on testing slow in protective equipment and now slow to take up these offers from british. The Prime Minister said this is a National Effort and hes right about i dont accept his premise that weve been slow were being joined by the scientific advice the chief scientific advisor the chief medical officer at every step along this road if he thinks he knows better than they do with the benefit of hindsight then thats his decision but that is not the way we proceeded and its not the way we roll in the future. And he said what about the used p p e scheme this is a route that seemingly wont go away no and its a role which really took on a life of its own yesterday when the permanent under secretary to the foreign and Commonwealth Office of Simon Macdonald made the quite astounding claim in committee that the decision for the u. K. Not to take part in the e. U. s procurement scheme was a political decision well mr mcdonald has now done a u. Turn and has said that hes written a letter actually to outline that he had made a wrong inadvertently and wrongly told the committee that ministers were briefed by the u. K. M. I. A. s on the scheme and that he was mistaken in saying that the situation not to join that scheme was a political one he also said that ministers werent briefed by the u. K. s mission in brussels about the scheme owing to communication problems the u. K. Didnt receive an invitation in time to join that scheme now of course initially ministers that claimed it was a communication mix up they had received the emails the e. U. Commission has hit back today claiming that the British Government knew perfectly well a more informed about this acumen scheme and that there wasnt any mix up with communications with the costs of that so there might be some who claim that mr mcdonald has possibly been pressured to change his mind and to turn back on what he said yesterday but number 10 deny putting any pressure on the foreign and Commonwealth Office for mr mcdonald to do so he said thank you very much indeed for that. Dozens of countries could experience widespread famine as a result of the pandemic if rich nations dont act soon thats according to the uns World Food Programme. It wants at least 30 countries in the developing world are at risk of famine if action isnt taken of those 10 already have at least 1000000 experiencing acute Food Shortages when i say she needed most urgently but hundreds of millions more is needed for the just ticks including airlift to get food and medical supplies to remote areas of the World Food Program David Beasley said that if action isnt taken the results will be catastrophic. We are not talking about people going to bed hungry were talking about extreme conditions emergency status people literally marching to the brink of starvation we dont get food to people people will die this is truly more than just a pandemic is creating a hunger pandemic this is a humanitarian in through to catastrophe were looking at a widespread damage of biblical proportions is comments karmas a w f p report estimates that the number of those suffering from hunger this year could double to more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people while the pandemic makes this worse hotspot countries already been impacted by years of war Climate Change and economic stagnation in yemen the doubling of p. T. Feeds around 12000000. 00 people each month on over 60 percent of south sudans population experienced Food Shortages last year. But im now joined by charity right c. E. O. And advisor working with the u. S. Agency for a 1st 3 g. s such as my mood such a very good of you to join us here on our u. K. Thank you for having me bill many richer countries are scrambling to deal with epidemics of their own and so is there a fear that by the time they get a handle on it will be too late to help others. 100 percent i think the timing here this is key i think that was in your and your report earlier that. The phones that have been pledged they need to be released immediately so we can deal with the food crisis in other parts of the world before all those crisis is involved and alternately the we end up spending more to resolve some of the issues so the money is there it should be released but of course what about the Food Supplies themselves what about that is is there plenty of available i think obviously that one of the main reasons that where were going to be going into a food crisis and i think were going to be going to a food crisis weve got this is just the scale of the food crisis that weve been able to manage and one of the key reasons were going to be going into that is because some of those ports are closed and some of the i guess the difficulties exporting to the smaller countries some of that that has stopped now so ill give you an example of a bit like sudan where you mention in europe or in sudan 80 percent of the people rely on the new coach or slowing down of the ports for bringing key see being mean fertilizer is going to have a detrimental effect on on their crops eventually and obviously 80 percent of the or the country will be affected like that and im sure youre aware that india lives on in time has you know many of their. Their population relies on agriculture also as a 14 day quality not any ships coming into into the country which no doubt will have an effect on the polish people and the farmers i usually look after themselves and their family are there other countries though why are you as well that perhaps of going on noticed by the general public to such. Yeah i think a lot of the conversation especially with the numbers that youve predicted and the to do you are in has predicted you know a quarter of a 1000000000 people you know 320000000 students children that would normally go to school to get maybe their only hope me of the day or in some cases their only meal of the day and schools are suspended around the world and and you know India Pakistan bangladesh when langfitt sudan and all these help have knife skills 3 School Feeding programs all of which are affected now so i guess like any sort of disaster whether its a flood its an earthquake or whether its a pandemic like were seeing at this moment time children they are the worst affected and were seeing that you know are approximately 220000000 children will be losing out on school meals and of course your charity advises the u. N. On refugee issues what are the challenges now facing refugees. How unfortunately there are many challenges affecting them countries that we working with us in places like sudan for example we will try to work with the refugees to make sure that we can break the cycle of poverty by providing education and for me this is there one thing that we do in our organization of the last 6 or 7 years and its something that continues to that so is its horrific when you hear the news and you find that you know millions of children you know almost half a 1000000000 children will be out of School Without a school meal this is going are going to have an effect than just the short term but long term effects children that missed out on on school meals to do well were probably not going to education that meets long term so it means that billions will be in poverty for the next 10 to 15 years which means we miss out on the s. T. D. Goals that we set out a while ago. So joe we wish you all the best with the work youre doing at the moment thank you very much indeed for talking to us today such a moment the. Immigration experts have warned that a home Office Announcement to extend visas for n. H. S. Workers doesnt couple all those it promised to and has no Legal Backing aunties Kate Partridge joins me live now here in the studio for more on this occasion how come the changes were not backed by the or indeed bill lets have a look at how the situations unfolded the home office has been accused of causing foreign doctors and nurses in the n. H. S. Unnecessary stress as they fight coronavirus after the claiming they would have their visas extended free of charge for a year only took her a cup the group that would benefit willis follows an initial statement made by home secretary pretty purcell on march 31st doctors nurses and paramedics from all over the world up playing a leading role in the n. H. S. Is efforts to tackle coronavirus and save lives we owe them a great deal of gratitude for all that they do i dont want them distracted by the visa process that is why i have automatically extended their visas free of charge for a further year but this statement has led to confusion among the n. H. S. Staff and immigration lawyers not all the doctors nurses and paramedics on here in the u. K. On the same type of visa and clarification on this only appeared on line 2 weeks later when it appears the automatic renewals only apply to workers on a tear to visa which is a general work permit therefore some medics here in the u. K. Are on different visas but apparently covered by the home secretarys policy could now potentially miss out while other n. H. S. Workers and care workers who could also be deemed essential for keeping the Health Care Systems running such as porters and cleaners are not included which has led to further stress and calls for their inclusion. One of the problems which is imagine is that the home Office Policy on extending leave to remain such passages which was announced and nationally appeared 3 played everybody he was working in the n. H. S. Ad but then has subsequently looks as if it has been limited to the days he may be able to guarantee to a 2 days as a not a webcam it raises in other words and not Family Reunion bases or other things and it may also be restricted to satin types of whack in the n. H. S. And for example doctors and masses and not days for example at hospital cultures and other people that are essential chops in the National Health service so the government found itself in an awkward situation in terms of effective a dividing n. H. S. Workers into essential antimony essential and also having made what amounts to a blanket promise to doctors nurses and paramedics which the us simply doesnt support individual let us to stop them this could have covered the naval bases and stopped any confusion and this is a view supported by immigration specialists some finance mintz weve seen awful automatic grants of leave on the some doubts in the Legal Community over whether that actually works as a matter of law because they the legislation seems to require personalised written notice to be given to people to extend their leave or for there to be a stature instruments. Well lawyers are now urging the government to swiftly carry 5 the situation allows an n. H. S. Staff to concentrate on Public Health issues and not private legal ones. Kate thank you very much indeed for that. Well now lets take a look at the latest from the home nations according to the department of health over 133000 the virus 759 of those hospitalized have died in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll to more than 18000 and their been 77 more fatalities in scotland and 15 in wales scottish 1st minister nicholas sturgeon says 384 combs are reporting an outbreak has figures reveal a 3rd of deaths in scotland occur in care homes almost 300. 00 cases are confirmed in 56. 00 care homes across Northern Ireland and the welsh economy minister says that companies flouting the 2 metre social distancing rule wont be given finance to help during the crisis. And for the global updates more than 2 and a half 1000000 now have the virus this is according to Johns Hopkins university of 179000 have died and just over 700000 have recovered. President Trumps Administration is threatening china with lawsuits as u. S. Lawmakers prepare to introduce a bill in the senate this would allow washington to sue beijing never handing off the pandemic the moment germany approves its 1st human trials for a vaccine 200 healthy individuals between 18 and 55 are expected to take part. Still to come. Immigration experts. Warn the governments announcement on the fees or extensions frontline medical start off saying it wont apply to all those it promises to cover that story we have indeed covered but we have all the topics for you in the 2nd part of this program. The world is driven by shaped by one person. The dares thinks. We dare to ask. After a lackluster primary democrats and their media friends have decided on joe biden as their Party Nominee is hell answer bill will the progressive fall in line when hes just offering voters in will the d. N. C. Experience buyers remorse no matter. What. Court papers that claim that a Spanish Security firm allegedly spied on we can expand a june in a songe even resorted to blackmail in order to keep its security contract aunties europe correspondent all of a joins me now with the details on this sophies or whats alleged to have happened. Loan. Well this is all come out in the trial of u. C. Global a Security Firm and in particular their head. As hes accused of privacy violations Money Laundering and bribery and while of the prosecution were making their case theyve accused him of his company of while they were conducting security for the Ecuadorian Embassy in london having spied on julian a songe for the United States and in fact that they took the video recordings and sound recordings once a month to the United States now whats come out in the most recent documents is that there were plans put in place that were incredibly top secret these of come out as part of the documents that have been released emails that have been released from former employees that there were to be kept top secrets that they were to focus in particular on Stella Morris who is the fiance of Julian Assange now among the plans that were put in place were one to steal a dirty nappy from a scientist son gabriel as they were trying to determine whether a songe was actually the father it was later point out to them according to these documents that they couldnt conduct a paternity test through a dirty nappy they then decided they would try and steal a dummy instead now this is. Also blackmailing a female diplomat with what were called in these documents extremely private photographs she was being blackmailed in order to stop the canceling of u. C. Globals contract with the egg. Dorian embassy now perhaps what is has the most perhaps the biggest impact long term of these revelations are these allegations at least that have come out in the Spanish Court is that meetings between Julian Assange and his lawyer were recorded including. Clues that they took at a womens toilet to try and get away from any suspected eavesdroppers now this would be a violation of lawyer client confidentiality and if it turns out that this was done at the order of the United States it could have a big impact on Julian Assange extradition hearings that are coming up if that is of course of the United States come proves to be behind it denies any of the charges and all of the charges against him he says that all of the actions that he and his company undertook were at the behest of the ecuadorian secret service and not the United States during the sarge of course faces a number of charges including 17 violations of the espionage act in the United States he is facing extradition to the United States where he could potentially face 175 years in jail. Peter thank you very much for that peter oliver there a doctor working with covert 19 patients of a London Hospital has demanded those who have lost their lives working on the front line must have an inquest into their deaths people want the assurance that deaths of their colleagues will be properly investigated in the 1st instance means making sure that theyre all referred to coroner says deaths that are potentially a natural occurrence a result employment. It comes after a study found there were very serious gaps in p. P. E. For doctors and nurses 38 percent of doctors have no protection in violation of Public Health england guidelines another 38 percent dont have proper mosques while 47 percent dont have access to long sleeve gollums have also been a total of 69. 00 deaths of Health Service workers jus a covert 19 according to the government but n. H. S. Figures suggest the number is over 100. 00 when it comes off the British Medical Association has promised to support staff have refused to work without the right kit the b. M. A. Also says it has been contacted by more than 70 private companies willing to supply equipment to the n. H. S. But they are struggling to gain traction through government channels well for more on all of this im now joined by intensive care consultant Dr Ron Daniels wrong hello to you can hear me ok hello i can hear you work you very much for filling us into your busy schedule in terms of the side of inquests what would they do any good would anything actually change well it would be interesting wouldnt says unknown technically my colleague in london is correct if we as doctors suspect that a patients demise might be a consequence of their previous work in industry then we have a duty to report that case to the coroner so it would be interesting i think to be interesting if this is used form formative late if it is used to understand whether there was a gap and whether there was a connection between an absence of p. P. A. And pay and Health Professionals contract in covert 19 and succumbing to it would be interesting it would also be interesting to know whether a total viral load as in how many patients an individual Health Professional had been in contact with was responsible for deaths this may be used for much of lee of great interest but of course it may be used in other ways because if a doctor doesnt have the right kit goes on to die from the virus that could be a slew of legal cases against the n. H. S. Well there could be of course and that would be potentially a shame i think the g. M. C. Has been relatively clear on this and people have spoken out against g. M. C. Guidance but if they are referred to a Health Professional who has refused to treat a patient based upon an absence of p. P. A. Then they will 1st question what did the Health Professional do about this i think our message to help professionals is relatively clear weve got to 1st protect ourselves but theres no point just bleating about there being no p. P. A. Got to go through proper channels youve got to escalate its quite right if you dont have the right p. P. A. To refuse to treat that individual patient episode youve got to put yourself 1st but if youve done nothing more about it through the official channels then you could be criticised for refusing to treat the next patient so you support the preemies stance here saying it will but doctors refuse to work without the right kit well i do and its not just the b. M. A. Several of the royal colleges have come out saying very similar things but my message is not is that its not simply good enough to say no its ok to say no but youve got to back that up with escalating it through the appropriate channels so that next time you have every chance of being able to treat your patients safely course in times like this doctors i suppose have to make use of what is available and we are seeing homemade protective equipment being used but that really isnt good enough as it is affective or doesnt put a stop at risk. What weve heard about companies have been thwarted because theyve offered their manufacturing supplies to the n. H. S. The n. H. S. Its declined based upon their not being able to meet standards now standards are really important for some pieces of p. P. A. Like the mass they have to have the right standards the right Quality Controls they have to have the mesh of the right size to prevent the viral particles getting through but in terms of Something Like a gal Something Like a face by his or those standards are slightly less important we need to be comfortable that our face is protected our eyes are protected that our mouth and nose is protected from droplet contamination now a diving mask or snorkel mask would suffice in that capacity the regulations arent quite so important similarly account we need something that is waterproof that covers our arms down to our coasts where we have the gloves on and covers the upper parts of our legs now again this is less important that they precisely satisfy regulations as long as they cover us as long as theyre waterproof thats ok briefly how are you and your colleagues coping at the moment as we have seen 84 tons of people come in from turkey today something you welcome or is it actually for you youre not leading this at the moment. Well of course we welcome it we are relatively fortunate in Critical Care we were aware early of the potential demand on p. P. A. And we have scaled up but it is challenging we talk about surgical gowns for example my relatively modestly sized intensive care unit we might use 1215 surgical gowns in a typical week right now were using close on a sows and thats not a doubling of resources thats a huge scale up and i can understand why there have been challenges to the supply chain but weve been well resourced my staff havent been compromised in their ability to dom p. P. To care for patients thats been not the case in some other places we need to be reassured that the supply chain will go on for months to come because thats how long this crisis is going to last so good to talk to you today thank you for getting us into your position as i say Dr Ron Daniels thank you thanks so much and thats it more news in half an hour. Something in this is to put on a chain on the stone to continue a little spike that sent me a inching up at your. Home with nothing to own that i desired to know. That much older than herself but i put a vocal just a little earlier that i was going near them she still. Doesnt know were still a lot. Use them or push. A little you put its not just on thoughts almost unusable not on one notable not so that was to stop it. Was here. The call or just. Plain has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs talk to people who are chronic pain and believe that their opioid prescription is working for them on the remedy be certain to. Price at the. Grocery dependency and addiction to opiates to long term use that really isnt scientifically justified and ill study actually suggested that the long term effects might not just be absence of benefit but actually that they might be causing the long term. Hello and welcome to were all things are considered after a lackluster primary democrats and their media friends have decided on joe biden as their Party Nominee is he electable will the progressives fall in line with his job offering voters and will the d. N. C. Experience buyers remorse come november