Part of the country went into lockdown. How locals are coping. Hello, thank you for joining us. Tona has urged the u. S. Fulfill its obligations to the world Health Organization, this after President Trump said he was going to halt funding to the u. N. Agency, accusing it of mismanaging and covering up the spread of covidd19. The editor and chief of the land set medical journal calls this a crime against humanity. And its dangerous, says bill gates, whose foundation is the whos number two contributor. Critics say hes trying to deflect blame for his own failings. Nancy pelosi said on tuesday that trump had caused unnecessary death and economic disaster. As the u. S. Covid19 death toll continues to climb, President Trump has halted funding to the organization charged with leading the global response. But not before laying out his accusations. Had the who done its job to get medical experts into china to object the assess to objectively assess the situation and call out chinas lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death. This would have saved thousands of lives, and avoided worldwide economic damagage. Tookad, the who willingly chinas assurances at face value. Key to the grievances, his claim that the who opppposed his decision to ban nonus c citizes arriving in the u. S. From china from february 2. However, even after the organization declared a Global Health emergency on the 30th of january, President Trump was downplaying the threats. Continuing to hold rallies and referring to covid19 as a new hoax by his political rivals. His move has drawn disbelief and alarm around the world. The u. N. Secretary general insisisting t that now was the e for the International Community to Work Together to stop the virus. And not a time for funding cuts. Cho year, the debbie way received 400 million from the received 400ho million in the u. S. , by far its largest contributing. Ththis is a hammer blow as the u. S. Works to combat its Largest Health crisis in recent memory. Claire because of what trump said in that report, that the china inend a team to early february and would have done so even sooner had it not taken two weeks for beijing to give the goahead. Francis finance minister has announced that dozens of countries, mostly in subsaharan africa, can expect a debt moratorium this were this year. Later, the g20 is expected to finalize the deal. Calls for debt cancellation for the worlds poorest nations has been growing amid coronavirus. Overfrancis made an appeal easter, after the french along with the french president on monday. The predicted global collapse threatens to hit african countries particularly hard. The finance ministers from g7 countries have agreed to throw them a lifeline with a moratorium on payments if g20 governments also agree. With our sister radio station, macron on our sister radio station, macron said it was a good start. [speaking french] critics say a temporary delay does not go far enough. Subsaharan africa is on the brink of its first recession in 25 years and its economies are unlikely to be in a position n o restart payments anytime soon. But any debt write off would require beijing to take a leading role because chinas now top of africas creditor list, lending 40 of his 365 billion debt percent of its three hunters six to 5 billion debt 306 he billion dollars debt. Billion debt. 365 and with its own economy expecting to contract for the first time in three decades, china has signaled little appetite to o do so. Recorded its biggest oneday rise in covid19 casese, confirming 30 new infections, thats almost 400 and all. The government extendiding a lockdown on three major states by an extra two weeks. Area say they one feel increasingly unsafe. Lagos streetof this market have struggling to make ends meet since lockdown began two weeks ago. With few clients, little income, and no savings, many find it difficult to feed themselves. [speaking foreign language] , it alldont have money comes from somewhere. Despite these economic hardships, it was announced that the lockdown would be extended for two weeks. Nigerian police also dispatched three enforcement to deal with troublemakers, after it arrested around 200 suspected criminals on sunday. Residents say they have seen a rise in crime and insecurity since the start of the lockdown and are beginning to fear for their lives. House,s outside of my they are breaking into peoples homes because of coronavirus. M mohammed 2wood ari the president also promised aid, including food to the poorest of households. Several ngos including Human Rights Watch has called on nigeria to prevent the covid19 epidemic from bringing about widespread panic. Claire some schools have reopened in denmark. Anderies, kindergartens, primary schools, not everywhere. They were shot from month over the coronavirus. Schools were asked to make sure that there are two meters between desks and children only play together in small groups. Secondary schools are not expected to reopen b before may 10. Guest, ae now is our doctor and the head of the Global Health security alliance. Thank you for your time. Able, it that denmark is already, to reopen schools . Has a specific in the country, they have based everything on gps which are the on the health population. Al danish citizens have direct link through their smartphone and any internet link with their own gp and can exchanange information regarding their health status, temperature, blood pressure, anything. So the couountry has the ability to have an exact picture of the health state of the population. So they can make decisions accordingly. And they have a good view of the amount of patients that are actually suffering from covid19. Of course, this is a political decision, and they have to handle that in the future. Claire looking at the situation in france, where the end of the wall lockdown is at least four weeks away. What did you make of the National Address on monday . Does it make s sense to extend e lockdown by a month . It does indndeed. I would personally think its w withrt, the difference denmarark is that dadanish citis are proud to follow the instructions. They even started to lock themselves down before the government. Problems withhave people following the lockdown. Its not quite understood, and many Health Professionals went to the media to explain how important the lockdown is. Its not being followed properly , so the lockdowns should be for longer. Is a bit soon. Claire t this decision by the u. S. , donald trump announcing that hes going to stop funding or the u. S. Is going to stop sending funds to the world Health Organization, what do you make of that . Hes not the only one critical of the World Health Organizations handling of this crisis. Theres two sides of thahat issue. Beginning, there w were countries that follow w the adve of t the world healtlth organization, and ththe worldd Health Organization is gathering willingm a free and process from Different Countries , which have a national focusus point to gatheher all of the informrmation. The world Health Organization is working o on communicable and noncommunicable diseases, which means lots of data to handle every day. So when the organization warned the world about the outbreak, many people do notot believe it was that serious. If you remember, this organization warned e everyone abouout disease x. And d it is s quite likely thehe covid19. I think there is misunderstanding b between what the world Health Organization should do, can do, actually do, and what we expect. Thats a mix match mismatch and we should discuss it. Claire we appreciate your time and analysis, thank you. Has beenh government discussing his latest e emergeny budget in response to the pandemic, its latest emergency budget in response to the pandemic. It has risen to 10 billion euros after confinement measures were extended to at least m may 11. Our guguest joins s me now, whas in the new budget . . This is the second emergency budget in just over a month this is the second emergency budget and over a month. We know there will be a 1000 to the publicage and private Sector Workers in france, prison guards, teachers that are still working to care for children, and custom officers w were liststed by the budget ministry, its a tax free bonus for them. Medical workers will also bee getting a bonus. Businesses in the hotel and Restaurant Industry will not be reopening after may 11, the friends the french government is going to cancel some of their social chaharges, which business have been calling for. That will be a huge Financial Relief for those companies with nothing coming in. And the biggest partrt of thata0 billion euros are the temporaray layoff insurances as therere are 8. 7 million french workersrs lad off. Euros the 110 billion final bill . Thehe we dont know when frfrench econonomy will be ableo return to normal business, the cost of the temporary unemployment scheme is expected to rise and the hotel and Restaurant Industry will get their own separate rescue package because they are expected to be the worst affected in terms of the delay and what it will take for them to reopepen when confinement measures are lifted. We also have to worry about the drop in revenue for the french government, there will be 43 billion euros left coming in. C current predicted deficit will be 9 , and that may be conservative in this situation. Claire thank you very much for joining us. , stay it for this edition tuned and take care. Rios military compound is in the citys northern disistrict. Anniversary of the infantry parachute regimen, the arnie unit t the army unit to which i are Bolsonaro Jair bolsonaro belongs. We paratroopers by Popular Democratic rule climbed the steps of the president ial palace. One year after his election, public appearances still have the atmosphere of a campaign rally. Here he is surrounded by his most devoted followers. Here he is, its him. Damn it, i dont believe it. Some waited for hours in the blazing sun, just to see him. Hes meeting peoples expectations, talking about our reality, thats what we want. Priderestored confidence, in our blood, in our veins. Since his election, the International Community has been worried. In latate augustst, firires ravd the amazon forest, but he wants toto exploit its resouources, ad face with crcriticism he largely boy carted boycotted media intervrviews, speaking directn social m media. Tvrotten journalism from global. Vence group rios rascals, you only disclose whats going on. When he does hold a rare press conference, the media swarms. Criticized by the international press, he lost a lot of allies, whats your assessment of the first year in office . Brazil changed its president , there is no longer a government subject to the interest of certain European Countries area i dont worry about losing allies. What i dont want to lose is brazil. Propelled to the top of pauls after the former presiden was convicted of corruption, he was unpleasantly surprised to see his main political opponent released from prison on november 8. When he left jail, the anticorruption group organize rallies across the country, like this one in rios copacabana district. This is the movements local leader. The gang ofof rotten peopople from the supreme court, they are the nations greatest enemies today. Attheir anger is aimed supreme coururt judges who allod the political rival to be free. Protesters say that this proves the Justice System is plagued with corruption. Page, his turn the release is a step backwards. The demonstrators dont say a word about the president s son who is under investigation for money laundering. Told you, be tried, i we dont defend people, but ideas. Banner displays, call return tosk brazils military regime. Institutional act number five was an autocratic decree which plunged brazil intnto the darket years of its dictatorship. On the others of rio, students hang a banner, and did not dashed announcing the gravity of returning to that period. Announcing the gravity of returning to that period. The cabinet minister and one of the president s sons said that a new measure similar to that degree could be adopted today if necessary. Act number five paved the way for torture and political persecutions. U understand,d,oo that the moment is critical. Governmenthat the wants, and people dont realize. Think ofhings make us a return to this period in our country, because they were democratically elected and they openly referred to this period. Lucas and his colleagues took to the streets several times this year, like at this demonstration in june. Universities have been hit with budget c cuts and have become hotbeds of resistance to Jair Bolsonaros politics. On this evening, studedents protest against austerity and security policies. Security policy is embodied by farright governor ally, would law, a former he has now become an opponent, accused of coveting bolsonaros office. When he took office, he gave police greater leeway. Is startingtion today, the mess is over, we will restore order. Since the start of the year, more than 1500 46 people have thousand 546d been shotople have dead by police. This womans grananddaughter was shot dead, they are meeting with a lawyer today. Lost, upset, we carry it for the rest of our livives,n our memory and our heart, the loss of an angel. Vanessa was sitting with her daughter at the back of a small bus when a Police Officer shot in their direction at a passing motorcycle. They tell themselves that they can shoot as soon as they see a trafficker or someone carrying a w weapon without thinking of the consequences because there will be consequent because there wilill be no consnsequences. T they just learned that the policeman will be tried, the blunder he made is rarely puninished. Widenlsonaro is hoping to protection f for police in this circumstance so they can claim selfdefense and escape prostitution p prosecution an ideological ideological alignment, you can see the logic of killing traffickers end anyone i in thr path, and we do not guarantee human rights or the presumption of innocence, so anyone can die, even an eightyearold child. Under the hardline security era of bolsonaro, the Bar Association decided to triple its staff devoted to human rights. The political opposition includes less than a quarter of lawmakers. They tried to block governments and institutes initiatives, before the christmas break they launched a new offensive, 20 five leftwing lawmakers corrected a parlrliamentary grop devoted to human rights. Democracy is today under threat from an absolutely retrograde, violent, devastating government in n the field of social rights. Groot, ag up the new congressman the new group, a congressman works with 25 Civil Society organizations. The army does not need to send saying tanks into the , and the derek and there is the death of the young black people, the indigenous people, we are the country with the most human rights abuses in the world and a government that supports police violence. Congratulations, count on us. Today the opposition believes that the farright government is trying to undo all of the social gains lawmakers achieved, the latest battle was over a pension reform. So f far, the bolslsonaro policyents austerity has failed to revive growth or lower unemployment. An accountant represents the government, she religiously defends bolsonaros budget cuts. Generating income and jobs in brazil is what matters to us. Silva is faithful to the president , who was elected on an anticorruption platform, she also uncovered embezzlement of Campaign Funds in his former party. Even if you take the necessary measures, corruption is impossible to eradicate. I have a Good Relationship with the presesident and i think it would be big be a shame to abandon everything because of one person. Unconditional in her support, she also takes a front row seat in evangelical christian worship next to her office. Results constitution says it is secular, but worship occurs each wednesday morning in a room where parliamentary committees normally meet. Christian evangelicals are bolslsonaros main electoral ba. Today services are led by a lawmaker and pastor. There are people whoho criticize usus, who speak badlyf us, but we are h here undeder te protection of god. The e evangelical caucus now has over 100 lawmakers, and the moral standards of the r religis right are more common in brazilian culture. We have realized that some people use art not to defend art, but values that we consider immoral. Some may be shocked b by a scene of tenderness between two people of the same sex. By evangelical groups, the president and his government has announced that they want to wage a culture war. Brazils Artistic Community h hs denounced their actionsns as indirerect censorship. The intnternationally rececognid company of addresses minority issues. We still have to adjust a little to be in sync. To be booked by statefunded ththeaters and events,s, theiris must pass an approval process linked to the presidency. That has offensive scenes, such as trtrance phohob, transp as trends hobia or lg tb scenes will never be chosen. It was canceled for the first time in september. Sonoko sakakai well, i i grew p in a very smalall town called kamakuura, which is about an hour outside of tokyo. And so i was immersed in the old world, old japan, very artisinal, without even knowing what that word is. Theyey have this craftsmananshi. That was s the way pepeople liv. You had t to know howow to work with your hands. And it was a an awakening for me as a young child looking at the craftsmans work