Remembering the fall and commemorations to mark the end of world war 2 in europe are muted this year because of a pandemic. Libyan warlord plea for help those forces attacked tripoli with rockets landing close to the turkish and Italian Embassy. And accusations of slavery at sea indonesia demands answers from china after the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. Or turns to south korea the elite starts today after being delayed for months by the korean virus pandemic and no fans will be allowed into the stadiums. First begin in russia which is rapidly becoming a new hot spot in that global fight against krone virus with more than 187000 cases russia now has the 5th highest number of infections in the world its recorded more than 1700 deaths and 1st 6 days in a row now new cases of gone up by more than 10000 the day. Is warning the number of a. Factions is far higher than even those official figures show about us as more. Russian police and Fire Fighters patrolling the streets with instructions observe the corone teen take care of yourself and stay home as countries around the world start to open up much of russia is closing down case numbers have escalated to put it in the top 5 of the world with more than 177000 cases but most goes mia fears and maybe even worse that is the year for according to straining studies the entire number of infections in moscow ranges from 252300000 thats 3 times the official figure there could be a modest budget at the table and now we have to toughen the requirements for travelling through the city and for the cemetery protection of people starting may 12th they will be strict measures for using public transport and masks and gloves will be compulsory in public places. Moskos 11000000 residents would be allowed to leave home for essential services only with restrictions extended until the end of may the only exceptions affect trees and construction sites of which many will become medical facilities prefabricated clinics are being built next to 13 most hospitals and other is a getting urgent extinctions moskos all russian exhibition seem to is also being transformed into a field hospital. When there is that here we will have patients of moderate severe itching we will not host seriously ill patients they will go to actual hospitals with more sophisticated and treats of care a quick matter. Russia had avoided the exponential growth seen in other countries in the last week of march it had 1000 total cases is italy in the u. S. So past 100000 president putin sent troops to help initially now. We needed at home. I think russia should be proud because many europe and the whole world was struck by the code 19 pandemic you came to lend a helping hand and not surprisingly russia has had similar problems and this is admirable its 2 hands to the front line is russias battle against coronavirus as well and truly arrived at dallas. Since the initial cases were reported russia has downplayed its infection rates there wasnt until march the 2nd the 1st case of local transmission was confirmed in moscow but it would be nearly a month before the government began its lockdown a large number of infections were traced to russians returning from china that prompted the suspension of inbound flights shortly after night clubs gyms and cinemas were shut down and the nationwide stay at home order was issued then it only took a month for infection rates to skyrocket with officials reporting 100000 cases more than china time well that brings us to today where russia is now in the dire situation of having the 5th highest number of infections in the world for the 6th day new cases of gone up by more than 10000 realist men is a senior associate at the institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies George Washington University she joins us on skype from moscow good to have you with us so this is a case of the authorities being slow to act at the beginning to counter this pandemic. Well i think they may have been slow. Well this is true of almost any country all countries of the world or nearly all were unprepared for this pandemic i would point out however that the number of deaths in russia is relatively low compared to the number of those infected and that the official authorities are telling russians that actually there right is a number of infections is the effect of the growing number of testing. So if it remains to be seen of course but in the other thing about the pressure that should be borne in mind is that half of those infections and over half of deaths are in moscow which is russias largest city but also there wealthiest place in russia and a place where Health Care Quality is the highest where doctors are the best hospitals are more equipment is more state of the art and protective gear is not a shortage to the extent that it might be elsewhere so moscow mary sounds confidence number of grave cases is not growing anymore and passed but olds are not yet overwhelmed whether or not we should necessarily believe everything that authorities are saying is an open question but it should be remembered that we may be in for a worse crisis when the epidemic moves to the provinces full force. I wanted to ask you about the number of deaths that you pointed out there is it that russia has a really effective way of treating p. Form thats why the death rate is relatively low given the number of new cases every day or is it a matter of perhaps not i. Q. It revolting of the number of deaths. It may be a factor of inaccurate reporting not necessarily hiding though this too may be a factor but inadequate and inefficient and inaccurate reporting again it is not just to russia which has this problem was the only thing i can say of course i only have the numbers that are reported officially. My point is that if the number of their debts were 10 times higher this would be absolutely impossible to hide overwhelm or exempt refrigerators are not their reality today rusher has a very Internet Exchange between people not just in moscow but everywhere in i think were well we would learn about that so while the number of deaths may be higher and this may be the effect of misdiagnosing whether intentional or just imperfect maybe some of the deaths are a diagnosis not this girl in a virus but otherwise still my point is the russian in russia the number of deaths is relatively low compared to the United States to italy to spain for instance or im in the thank you so much for your analysis on pleasure. As the world battles a new kind of war europe is marking the end of one of the most brutal its been 75 years since the conclusion of world war 2 on the continent while most nations are in lockdown a number of leaders including Frances Emmanuel mark owen Germanys Angela Merkel are attending close ceremonies paul brown joins me live from london where victory in europe day is being marked with 2 minutes of silence so paul is 3 quarters of a century since world war 2 a big milestone but celebrations no doubt going to be much smaller this year. Its a strange sort of the spirit here in Central London were here on the senate the National Memorial to the war dead in the center of london just around the corner from parliament and from downing street where the Prime Minister has his official residence and there was a decent crowd of hospital workers ambulance staff some civilians as well coming to pay their respects and mark the 2 minute silence which happened just a few minutes ago at 10 am g. M. T. That said the intention for ve day was for a much larger celebration and in fact to the normal bank holiday which would have taken place the 1st weekend of may was postponed to this weekend with the intention of National Parties all of those now having to be scaled back as a result of the Coronavirus Crisis its impossible to overstate the importance of the day to the british psyche frankly the sense of victory also the enjoying memories of churchill his oratory his famous v. For victory hand signal and the enjoying memory of those lingers in sporting parlance and political parlance as well you know when britain plays germany even today there are parallels drawn with the 2nd world war but the reality is that in this book the 75 Year Anniversary we are fighting a new battle and. People here are acutely aware of the need for social distancing and that is the reason why for example we have the red arrows still flying over there are some street parties which will go ahead with people staying in their own front gardens that said the plans for big celebrations have been scaled significantly back. Right thanks so much paul brown there from london in the u. K. A government minister says the public should not expect big changes to the current virus long now Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson is set to announce what restrictions will be eased on sunday barnsley is in the seaside town of wits the ball it relies on tourism at this time of year as the weather is Getting Better there is some concern about people not observing social distancing rules lauren so what are people telling you most about. Well its it is quite difficult for me to be honest with you and a day like today is something of a test of national will power in britain its a Public Holiday its v. Day the weather is gorgeous and left their own devices frankly what people want to do is to go and sit outside the pub no you cant do that because the pubs are all shuts well then what about going to the seaside thats not allowed either actually you not allowed to go and sit on the beach but there have been a lot of instances over the last few weeks around the country where people have been flouting that rule and pushing the health of local communities very much at risk and in places like which to pull which as you say traditionally relies on tourism the behavior of tourists has become a source of genuine anger for a town which relies heavily on tourists with civil tells a story of totally changed priorities its deserted many businesses are suffering but theyre adapting. Well says change his food and drink store to pick up and delivery only and is proud of how the community has responded whats been super positive is the. Vast amounts of it have been coming on to the high street sensibly in sensible numbers but to support the Small Businesses sara has a business cleaning the houses of wealthy londoners who have 2nd homes here thats has evaporated but shes managing with others as long as people keep their distance it would be a case of not if im walking downstairs then they go into another room or maybe up there is us while ive been with doing my customers off been able to go to you know weve all been in different rooms and then its a case of musical rooms so to thing you know but the control over the crisis is under threats with the summer here and the government promising easing of the lockdown and the rights of the water its. Because this is what things look like here at the end of march hundreds of londoners having a day out of the seaside risking which doubles health the town was furious people were were outraged by what we dont want is particularly londoners because of the high degree of infection thats in london and therefore the perceived greater risk we dont want lots of londoners or visitors coming down potentially bring in their additional hoyer risk to the area the new normal after lockdown depends on people accepting social distancing this weekend in which civil could prove informative the best Case Scenario of course is that people have learned something over the last 6 weeks about what constitutes appropriate behavior in the new normal the worst Case Scenario is in the coming days and weeks crowds begin to form again and that would surely mean that the lockdown rather than being eased might have to be extended the towns m. P. Has some advice dont bother coming at all i really hope they dont come to us well its not a holiday its not business as normal and we have to get that mindset into our heads in our own families and just stay where we are having spoken to a dozen local businesses not a single one was in favor of easing the lock down if it meant endangering health if a town reliant on people and suffering so much economic damage thinks this the government should surely be taking things slowly. Well you see behind me the beach is deserted and thats in a very roundabout way actually a piece of good news for which to bill and so maybe based on that you can come to the conclusion some of that there are the people are change their behavior everyone as you said is what its all Boris Johnson says on sunday nights about they the very cautious way that the u. K. Will try to start coming out of the lock down but even apocryphal evidence just just conversations with people when when if the government says you can send your children back to school for example in june are people going to want to do thats the still a lot of fear around and the reason why theres so much fear around is because the u. K. Hasnt gone down the road of mass testing like other countries and so it is very difficult for the authorities to say with a degree of certainty what the real reinfection rate still is of the virus and so for the government having frightened people so successfully trying to save them now you can try to get back a bit to business as usual is very much about psychology as well as the science indeed thanks so much Lawrence Leigh there. Hundreds of people have staged a protest in serbias capital. The rally outside the presidency building in belgrade was held the day after a curfew imposed to curb the spread of crown of virus was lifted protesters accuse alexander voted show of curtailing democratic freedoms ahead of elections. France is expected to start lifting its lockdown on monday not everyone is happy with that decision some are saying its too soon others saying its not fast enough for reports. Charity food handouts in the paris suburb of Clichy Sous Bois many people here last would during the look down and without money coming in theyd struggle to feed their families get along but actually this is really helpful because the cost of food these days is so high the french government is easing the lockdown after 2 months but for some people here the worst is far from over. The lifting of the log than would be difficult for some people because many havent been able to pay their bills or rent during this time and some landlords maybe get them. The end of the log down also presents challenges for teachers many schools will remain shot and some principals worry that getting children to socially distance is nearly impossible schools that open will do so partially and with strict Safety Measures crossing on to its heights be done less closely. Each teacher will have to wear a mask and i have ordered some facial. Despite the new regulations and risks a salima is looking forward to welcoming customers again in her fashion shop in paris masks will be compulsory and shell have to steam clean any clothes but her clients trial now. I think business will be slow for a while many customers are still working from home others are scared to take public transport there are no tourists these days profits will be down by 50 percent this month the french government will ease its meltdown in phases so not all businesses and services will open on may the 11th in fact many of them will have to remain shot including balls cafes and restaurants in the pig dressed southwestern town of laos who call this Restaurant Owners have no idea when theyll be able to open and in what conditions they worry the social distancing rules will dissuade people from eating out i think at the start people will be scared to come even and regulars to a social distancing is hard in a restaurant sometimes we have 20 people here for coffee and they come in to have contacts and be sociable its clear theyre trying to revive the battered economy and avoid a 2nd wave of infections wont be easy the government says it will continue to ease restrictions if all goes well but if corona virus infections rise a new lock down could be on the table Natasha Butler aljazeera. France australia is to ease social distancing restrictions in a 3 step process step one will include reopening schools restaurants and shopping malls measures such as physical distancing strict personal hygiene and making sure people stay home went on well well remain in place the country has been in lockdown since march Prime MinisterScott Morrison says the aim is to remove all curbs by july. It is our aspiration is agreed amongst premiers and chief ministers myself that in july we will have moved through these 3 steps across the country the price i would totally be up to the states and territories but i will be responsible for sitting their own timetable and communicating that to this is a sense and residents in their own states interior choose plenty more to head on the news hour including. Elaborate chant to look around now a former ally of President Trump is now only avoided prosecution. The n. B. A. M. V. P. Feels terrible after a social media account sent out a new series of comments thats coming up with joe in the school. The u. S. Is removing its patriot antimissile systems and other weapons from saudi arabia thats happening as it scales back our noms filled up that began when tensions with iran increased last year Saudi Oil Installations are among some of the facilities being affected the u. S. Sent weapons and fighter jets after saudi aramco plants were attacked last september dozens of u. S. Military personnel will be reassigned when asked about the report donald trump said he wouldnt give specific answers well i dont want to talk about it but were doing some things were making a lot of moves in the middle east and elsewhere were doing a lot of things all over the world militarily weve been taken advantage of all over the world our military and. In the sense that were and this is nothing to do with saudi arabia this has to do with other countries frankly mu