A fresh fruit and vegetables last migrant farm workers arent allowed to cross europes borders because of the coronavirus so farmers fear their crops will drop in the fields plus biking through brussels georg matters explores the cities are usually quiet streets as lawmakers in the European Parliament debate a package to help keep the e. U. Economy afloat during the crisis. Time sarah kelly welcome to the program the japanese government is banning arrivals from 21 European Countries and setting up a Coronavirus Task force as it warns that the epidemic could spread rapidly and widely 40 new cases have been confirmed bringing the countrys total to 1300 a japanese people have been slow to get the message about. Curbing the spread of the virus. Enjoying the outdoors people in tokyo have been taking to the citys parks to soak up the spring weather and admired the seasonal Cherry Blossom crowds gather in public spaces despite appeals by the authorities to help contain the corona virus outbrea
Who wants to defend its interests and i think weve come up with a duty to nominate compromise if i can describe it between the United Kingdom and ourselves and what i can say you can still cause you questions. This week ok yes and you have been listening to michelle there the chief brag that negotiator confirming there is a draft withdraw agreement with the u. K. And brags that he said that this text should provide Legal Certainty in every area war breaks out like any separation creates uncertainty even on the key point of how to solve the issue of avoiding a hard border between the republic of Ireland Northern ireland he said theyve also laid the groundwork to open negotiations on a future Free Trade Agreement now lets break down all of what we just heard there we have our correspondents are on the story for us and brussels at the ports in london good to see you both garrick we have to start with you were all the action is at the moment youve been listening in there to Michel Barnier
Either welcome or if youre tuning in this is r. T. International from moscow im calling bray with you Headline News this hour a big story this hour then a trove of leaked documents have seemingly exposed the United States as a major supplier of illegal weapons a journalist claims america has been buying millions of serbian munitions which invented up in terrorist hands across the middle East Washington allegedly purchased weapons from 2 serbian state owned Arms Companies apparently for the police in afghanistan but those arms were then seen and Islamic State propaganda video showing militants in yemen you can watch our report on that in full on our you tube channel. And these photos show some of the serbia made weapons and ammunition produced by the same company as we mentioned this time though in syria the 2nd part of the report claims the weapons procured by washington have also been ending up in the hands of rebels and terrorists there too and as the accusations mount r. T. C. Goes
And sadly people have paid the tragic consequence price of with their life last night these are very few genes many of them who left behind warm persecution and have fled to neighboring countries in the hopes of finding safety and instead found themselves held in terrible conditions inside these Detention Centers but also now are no longer have their physical safety guaranteed either we need to evacuate people in these Detention Centers or out as a matter of urgency what exactly is the un position on these camps are you mentioned many of the people being held are people who have been trying to cross the mediterranean to seek sanctuary many of these migrants had in fact been intercepted at sea and brought back to libya do you consider these detentions illegal. Well the status quo now cannot continue there needs to be shifts in approach here we need the Immediate Release of everyone in currently being held inside the Detention Center in tripoli we also need states to come forward to help
An accidental toxic spill is a gold mine in the u. S. Turns the Colorado River yellow. First, saudi backed forces loyal to yemens exiled government has retaken a key Southern Province from Houthi Rebels and say they pushed the rebels from the lost town in the province still under houthi control and the offensive is seen as important because it is where exiled president hadi is from and also believed the Deputy Speaker of parliament and former interior minister were wounded in this last round of fighting and our correspondent has reported extensively from the country and joins me live now at the news desk, what is the significance of the latest gain . This is quite important because forces loyal to the exile president hadi are in control of aiden and still need to control shewa and then if they do it will be a base where they can start a push to the capitol sanaa. Okay, that is what is happening on the ground. What about a solution to this conflict . There are efforts to find a settleme