To make sure that they do not have the virus that they have had to turn. And then then they have the right to enjoy themselves. Very well welcome youre watching r. T. International with me carrying our top story turkeys landmark Hagia Sophia Museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim press to enjoy i mean like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims hagia sophia humanitys common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday. Since worshipers have to wait another 2 weeks for the high gears of fear to reopen for pres this friday saw them gathering outside the newly reconverted mosque the president s announcement comes shortly after turkeys high court i know older 934 decision to turn it into a museum local journalist yousif has more. Turkeys councils reach the decision to the no 1934 Ministers Council decision that had turned high stop you Must Immediately so this decision being i know that my so p. B. S. Has now been reverted back to a mosque now what will change with the ideas so looking forward well the main thing thats going to change is now sophia will be open for islamic worship now there are many very important christian icons in mosaic so rest goes inside islamic laws that worship did not take place in the presence of icons but turkish government is planning on using light Mapping Technology to provide an artificial barrier blocking these icons from the view of worshippers during prayer hours so the mosque will still be open for tourism but also be open during prayer hours for worshipers that want to come here as well many turkish officials see the decision to turn. Back into a mosque messick issue but there has been a lot of International Criticism of the United States views a change in the status of the hagia sophia as diminishing the legacy of this remarkable building and its own supposed to been a decent rare in the modern world to serve humanity as a much needed bridge between those of differing faith traditions and culture you know School Deeply regrets the decision of the turkish will so it tastes made without prior discussion and calls for the universal thing more World Heritage to be preserved the ruling by the Turkish Council of states to overturn what a modern take decisions and present decision to place the monument under the management of the religious Affairs Presidency is regrettable the decision which came as a result of the political will of present another one in open public. Is the unique value and ecumenical nature of the monument circus president ial spokesman ibrahim cones. Having insurance is that turkeys going to try hard to make sure that the religious identity and the historical significance of this Beautiful Mind you made is preserved all of our major mosques such as the blue mosque and silly money mosques they are open to both visitors and worshippers opening Arpaio Sophia to worship doesnt keep local or Foreign Tourists from visiting the site so a loss from the worlds heritage is not in question. Is actually a very old structure dating back to the 6th century when byzantine emperor justinian. Help construct this very important current its served as a church for the record not. In the empire and its actually a very important symbol to the Greek Orthodox religion. Consider what the vatican is the roman catholics the i. S. O. The Greek Orthodox. Wedding were looking at the reactions coming domestic we regarding the decision to revert by sophia back into a mosque we see members of the ruling party very very happy we see tweets from the turkish president weve seen tweets from the finance minister the president S Communications director as well expressing pleasure weve seen the opposition take a very wide stance many positive reactions coming out of the muslim world they are celebrating this decision that. Is once again open presuming or ship a film i can boss just told us he believes talking snakes will reignite tensions between religions. And screen belong to the initiative what were learning so. It was an initiative that was started about 10 or 15 years ago which aired as you. Know the one next week we can it be is i dont think it has been what it is a shame. It new should be taking such a measure were going to have tensions between. The. World and this is something that. I think were going to europe but the rebels had mentioned in his 1st reaction. Yes are becoming a more. He won in berlin the push to change the supposedly racist name of that train station ends up raising eyebrows that you suggested by transport all parties controversial say when i have more on this story later in the program. Aside from the impacts on health and leaving millions stop less the coronavirus is also threatening to leave people hungry to a new report by oxfam warns that covert 19 is triggering a food crisis that could potentially double the number who die from hunger each year now do you trust scott is the head of humanitarian policy for Oxfam International and says its even affecting well developed countries. Whats really worrying us reports is were seeing new essentials of hunger developing in an otherwise middle income in developed countries some of the countries we do look at the reports include India South Africa brazil these countries where there recently developed economies and yet the impact that were seeing from coronavirus is going to have dire consequences on the most Vulnerable People in those societies and say its going to happen i mean theres this poor people in every country and the same impacts are going to slow down so what were seeing from coronavirus is that both it makes its more sort of vulnerable for poor people but it also makes them more vulnerable to the economic side as well and thats going to be across the world 8 of the biggest food and drink manufacturers have paid after that 18000000000. 00 to their shareholders who are now looking back to what we were speaking about humanitarian aid the global humanitarian appeal is just over 7000000000. 00 so clearly theres something wrong and the money is flowing to the Big Companies and its really not getting down to the people that need it the World Food Programme estimates the number suffering from crisis level hunger will double by the end of the year reaching 270000000 people and oxfam ses 12000 a day could die from starvation if nothings done the worst hit are countries already deemed unstable before the pandemic nations such as yemen or afghanistan where many citizens had already been suffering from hunger for years will see the numbers at risk rise and some middle income in developed countries such as brazil and india are also on the danger list matthew trust scott again insists there are measures to minimize coverts effect on hunger but governments need to act fast. For the time being there are 3 things we need to do so firstly we urgently need to increase humanitarian aid and at the moment the United Nations has put out an appeal for about 7000000000. 00 and thats only been 24 percent funded so were not getting nearly enough money for the humanitarian aid that we need the 2nd thing that we can do is looking into issues like canceling debt if we cancel d the debt of some developing countries we estimate that could free up up to a trillion dollars for those countries to be using to help those people and that can pay for things like food they can pay for Social Security social protection it can pay for things like health so sharing up the debt could make a huge difference and thats just a matter of wealthy nations really giving up some of the debt owed to them by other countries and the 3rd thing that we need to do and in and this is a long term change is we need to change our food system works we need to build a more fair more robust a more equal food system food system thats a bit of that able to deal with Climate Change thats able to respond to shocks the table to be sustainable and to support the small scale farmers and small producers rather than just putting money into Big Companies if a 2nd wave does come we know the people who are going to be the most trouble for that and if there are restrictions put in place by governments to take that to address that 2nd wave those restrictions have to be have to be able to cater to the needs of the poorest people so we need to make sure that the food systems are there to get food where its needed to make sure that people have the resources to buy that actually the. U. K. Government is allowing british citizen allowing british citizens to travel to 59 ton trees without having to quarantine upon return and it comes as life has been slowly returning to normal in the u. K. In the past few weeks but many bars restaurants and public spaces gradually reopening. As of this weekend our artists musicians and dancers can stop performing live outside to outdoor audiences will also have the resumption of recreational sport followed later by the reopening about gyms swimming pools and leisure centers. However despite this positive out of cheer towards easing coronavirus measures and reopening borders the u. K. Has one of the highest kovi death rates in the world followed by spain italy the u. S. And france and while the governments announcement will allow british tourists to visit many European Countries it seems they may not get the warmest of welcomes a recent poll reveals that many europeans are all thrilled at the prospect of taking in british travellers without the cells isolating the people we spoke to have mixed feelings. To welcome people and they would also give us a big heavy economically in my opinion all tourists who come to italy will be well received so i think they will be regarded as suspicious. First of all we need to make sure that they do not have the virus that they have to test until ok and then then they have the right to enjoy themselves. I think its better if the border stays at home not just the british right now everybody should stay home i think thats the most reasonable. Chance but i dont see any reason to stop them from coming theyre still part of europe is now just. Long as they respect social distancing. It favors the development of tourism. With coronavirus restrictions lifting around the world fears are growing up as a potential 2nd wave and in the u. K. This concern i lack of personal protective equipment could be an issue all over again shoddy at woodstocks she has more. As a u. K. R. Knocks the lock down it seems many are bracing for a 2nd wave of the corona virus but also a 2nd wave of a shortage of p p its not new news the us throughout the entire pandemic and has stopped on the front line really struggle to get hold of protective gear to adequately safeguard against the virus for months on and it seems like the lockdown lessons havent been over the Department Says it is committed to building the stocks to meet longer term demand we are not convinced that it is treating the market with sufficient urgency or that. The government is adamant that the stock of p. P. Has never run out on a National Level but with demand increased by 20000 percent those on the front line would beg to differ in fact 50 percent of and it starts so there was not enough p. P. And although day to run its usage is hard to get hold of a survey of nurses and carers found that nearly 90 percent were worried about catching the virus at work while the government stresses that the main challenge it faced was getting the right p. P. To the right place at the right time initially masks were issued and then the statement was made that actually we have tested. And these masks are ok having said that they now say we need to improve this mask so theres a lot of loss of freight and you need to answer this but rather than to say the market has now been resolved with demand spiralling think u. K. Had to look further afield and source p. P. P. On International Markets but that came with its own set of problems a plane from turkey landed at the peak of the pandemic in april carrying a batch of 400000 much needed p. P. Counts upon arrival it emerged that the equipment didnt meet british Safety Standards in a very embarrassing blunder for the government though the u. K. Is able to produce a fair share of its own people theres no imminent guarantee that it wont need to source from abroad again with experts in the field saying that the quality is the key component of effectiveness in front. Directly against the virus perhaps the government should try before you buy out theyve been dealing with the shortages by revising their counting tactics why not double the numbers instead of counting each pair of gloves as one why not count each club individually and hey presto youve doubled your stock without even lifting a finger this catalog of arras suddenly werent sitting quiet surely to get it right the 2nd time around if theres a 2nd time around that is but in line with most of the governments coronavirus responses they say its too soon i didnt consider at the moment that. A full scale nationally party is a good use of official talk earlier this week the chancellor announced a 15000000000 pounds boost to p. P. But will it be a case of 2 this will too late especially as some of those in government say where any hole for through this pandemic charge edits dashti artsy london. Still ahead still trunk commutes the prison sentence for his former advisor vaughan just stone who was convicted of lying to Congress Join the russian collusion probe a story on small off the brain. You cant be both with the yeah you like. Young people great well you know its good to make it in their own image and the money els and jan see im a boomer you know i already had the. 40 or 50 Year Experience in the United States post world war 2 coast land. Stock markets never had a work day in my life because of that and you know so its up to them to decide whats great make it great and good luck with. Welcome back not donald trump is facing a backlash after granting clemency to his former a while just comes hours off the Appeals Court refused to delay the start of stones 14 month sentence which he was given for lying to congress during the rush to collusion probe caleb maupin explains. The decision from the white house comes just 4 days before roger stone was expected to present himself at a federal prison and start serving his sentence of 40 months in prison after being convicted of obstruction of justice now the white house presented a lengthy report describing roger stone as essentially a political operative who briefly worked with the Trump Campaign in 2016 and became a victim of the russian collusion hoax the white house to question the partiality of the decision and sentence which roger stone faced mr stone was judged by the same prosecutors from the miller investigation toast with finding evidence of collusion with russia because no such evidence exists however they could not charge him for any conclusion related crime instead they charged him for his conduct during their investigation this improvement is that if the special counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation mr stone would not be facing time in prison now according to the white house report bob mahlers prosecutors charged roger stone simply with process crimes that were quote soley from their own improper investigation and the white house went on to say that the prosecutors quote took pains to make a public and shameful spectacle of his arrest they tipped off c. N. N. Allowing his arrest to be filmed on Live Television now at this point weve got democrats speaking up and saying that donald trump is essentially abusing the rule of law and legal processes in the United States essentially for the president saying if you lie for me you cover up for me i will reward you on the other hand if you are a rat as you cooperate then like a mafia boss i will come after you Richard Nixon at the height of watergate never pardoned or commuted the sentences of any of the people involved in watergate i have no doubt does. Donald trump is going to pardon himself he is going to pardon the volga trump he is going to pardon jared cush there are the charges on which roger stone was convicted flowed from the special counsel Robert Muller investigation into allegations that trump colluded with russia during the 2016 elections now no evidence of trump russia collusion was ever discovered but a number of individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were charged with process crimes as well as unrelated charges now roger stone admitted that during the 2016 elections he did indeed promote the wiki leaks emails of the emails that were provided to wiki leaks from Clinton Campaign manager john podesta however he says he had no prior knowledge of any emails that we do it was going to publish and he certainly was not involved in any hacking or data dumping or anything to that effect. Lets discuss this further now with Patrick Henningsen of the 21st century why a new site thanks for joining us on the program but just time did you lie to congress about what hes being convicted of so is it right to spend in jail. Well it is morally reprehensible and unsavory as the public in the media might perceive roger sto