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00:00:00
World Health Organization says the virus
has reached 166 countries with more than
00:00:05
208000 confirmed cases and 8600 deaths
in the Us President Donald Trump says
00:00:12
the fight against what he calls an invisible
enemy is ramping up. The report he's
00:00:18
a billing it as a war against coronavirus
with him in charge in a sense
00:00:23
a war time president invoking efforts
comparable to ones Americans made during
00:00:27
World War 2 And now it's our time we must
sacrifice together he's tapping into
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rarely used emergency powers to steer
private industries into making critical
00:00:36
supplies like masks and ventilators
the presidents also signed
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a Senate approved aid package guaranteeing
sick leave and free virus tests Next up
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is a massive proposal relief
a bill that could reach
00:00:49
a trillion dollars They include ing checks
to Americans all of this came as markets
00:00:54
again dropped sharply with the Dow race
and nearly all the gains since he took
00:00:59
office Saugor Magni Washington there is
growing concern that young people are not
00:01:04
taking the coronavirus warning seriously
thousands of young people have been
00:01:09
partying on spring break
in the southern u.s.
00:01:12
Many ignoring warnings about social distancing
Dr Deborah Burks is the head of the
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White House response to the coronavirus we
cannot have these large gatherings that
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continue to occur throughout the country
for people who are off work and then be
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socializing in large groups and spreading
the virus you have the potential then to
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spread it to someone who does have
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a condition that none of us knew
about and cause them to have
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a disastrous outcome the Center for Disease
Control says 40 percent of the people
00:01:40
being hospitalized in the u.s. Are between
the ages of 20 and 54 this is v.o.a.
00:01:46
News you know another move the United
States and Canada are temporarily closing
00:01:51
their shared border to non-essential travel
due to the pandemic Shelley Adler has
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more after President Trump tweeted about
it in the morning he spoke. About the new
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restrictions at
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a White House news conference it's nonessential
crossings it won't affect trade or
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law and it was just something we thought
would be good for both countries Canadian
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prime minister Justin Trudeau on c.t.v.
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Essential travel will continue our government's
recognize that it is critical that
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we preserve supply chains between both
countries chatted there relies on the u.s.
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For 75 percent of its exports I should be
after his coronavirus cases rise around
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the world authorities in Mexico's Ciudad
Juarez must manage the public health
00:02:34
challenge with limited funds Reuters would
be Hogan has more in overcrowded migrant
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shelters in Mexico medical advise to
social distancing against the current
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a virus is almost
impossible along the u.s.
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Borders shelter director in Ciudad Juarez
one Year 0 says if Corona virus infected
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migrant tested positive in his shows or
it would present occurrences on several
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fronts see it out Juarez is ground 0 for
the trumpet ministrations remain in Mexico
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policy under those rules asylum seekers
was sent to Mexico to await the u.s.
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Hearing adding to the pressure u.s.
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President Donald Trump is considering
immediately returning any foreigners caught
00:03:17
at the border to Mexico that is Reuters
Libby Hogan reporting the Federal Deposit
00:03:22
Insurance Corporation is warning
00:03:23
a bank scams connected to the corona virus
outbreak Donoghue reported one scam as
00:03:29
a claim banks are limiting access to customers
money the f.d.i.c says there's been
00:03:34
an uptick in calls text messages letters
and e-mails from Scammers pretending to be
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f.d.i.c employees using names of people
who actually work at the f.d.i.c they say
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there are security issues with bank deposits
the f.d.i.c says they're out to get
00:03:49
bank accounts and other personal information
no deposit or has lost money since the
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f.d.i.c was created in 1933 because of the
coronavirus many banks have shortened
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brand. Showers or are pushing customers to
use online banking Donohue organizers of
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the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
receive the Olympic flame in
00:04:09
a scaled down handover ceremony in Athens
on Thursday this despite the coronavirus
00:04:13
spread that has cast doubt on the summer
global multi-billion dollar event the
00:04:18
torch will arrive in Japan
on Friday and kick off
00:04:21
a domestic relay on March 26th the global
stocks are mixed Thursday as investors
00:04:26
continue to deal with the economic uncertainty
of the corona virus outbreak Asian
00:04:31
markets were down more than one percent
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. To learning English
00:29:53
daily 30 minute program.
00:30:00
Thompson This program is aimed
at English learners so we speak
00:30:05
a little slower and we use words and
phrases especially for people learning.
00:30:17
On today's program you will hear stories
from Brian Lamb and John Russell the
00:30:24
hour you close our program with
another episode of The Making of
00:30:29
a nation. But 1st. A new Taiwan law
00:30:36
bars news media from reporting
different kinds of information about
00:30:43
suicides including methods
used limits on media
00:30:49
reporting are aimed at reducing the number
of people who try to kill themselves
00:30:57
Taiwan officials say about 7000
young people between the ages of
00:31:04
13 and 19 attempted suicide and 2018
00:31:11
that number is 19 percent above the
world average notes the island's
00:31:18
Ministry of Health and Welfare
under the new Suicide
00:31:24
Prevention Act newspapers websites
and television stations can
00:31:31
be fined up to about $33000.00
for showing pictures or
00:31:38
videos of suicides they also can
be fined for reporting details of
00:31:45
suicide methods or explaining
how to buy tools for suicide
00:31:53
even explaining why an individual might
have committed suicide can lead to
00:31:59
punishment. The act cleared its
public consultation period last
00:32:06
week Taiwan's government can now make
changes as it wishes or enforce the
00:32:12
law in its current form who chair
ye is with the National Taiwan
00:32:19
University's College of Medicine
who said that suicides normally go
00:32:26
up in Taiwan for 3 months following
reports that identify famous people who
00:32:33
killed themselves as well as how and
where they died according to our
00:32:40
clinical experience and some of our interaction
with patients we've discovered that
00:32:46
the more detailed info the more
influential it is who said
00:32:53
Taiwan's 4 major daily newspapers and
many websites currently report on
00:32:59
famous people who take their own lives
as well as other unusual suicides
00:33:07
the stories may go into great
detail Cedric. Heads the East
00:33:14
Asia office of the group Reporters Without
Borders he said he understands what
00:33:20
Taiwan officials are trying to do but he
thinks the law will limit the media's
00:33:27
ability to get the story right
he said we are perfectly
00:33:34
understand that it is their duty to try
and bring improvements to the society and
00:33:40
address that terrible society problem
that is suicide and especially suicide of
00:33:46
teenagers However the
solution they propose is not
00:33:52
a solution New Zealand is
the only place that has
00:33:57
a similar law. Added. In that
country the media cannot report
00:34:03
a suicide method without the medical
examiner's permission and other
00:34:09
places media companies follow World
Health Organization guidance
00:34:16
w.h.o.
00:34:17
Officials suggest avoiding explicit description
of methods details of where people
00:34:23
died and undue repetitions
of suicide stories.
00:34:30
Restrictions on suicide reporting could
open the door for other kinds of media
00:34:35
restrictions notes Joanna may
head of the chimp law 21st
00:34:42
century research group
in Taiwan I see this as
00:34:47
a social responsibility of the media
like I said it should not be legislated
00:34:54
Reporters Without Borders said Taiwan's
government should better organize the media
00:35:00
and talk to news operations about
ethics Taiwan's major media
00:35:07
currently take down social media
posts if experts ask them to sad
00:35:13
most newspapers and Taiwan limit their
coverage of suicides but still put major
00:35:19
cases on their front pages said
function Kai director of the suicide
00:35:26
prevention center at Mackay
Memorial Hospital in Taipei he
00:35:32
suggests putting reports about suicide
with other society news and away from the
00:35:39
day's top stories.
00:35:52
On Scotland's aisle of Sky
scientists have identified 2
00:35:58
areas with evidence of ancient
life forms researchers
00:36:04
believe the markings are in fact
footprints from dinosaurs that lived
00:36:11
170000000 years ago they say
the prints date to the middle
00:36:18
of the Jurassic period
00:36:20
a time from which few dinosaur fossils
have been recovered researchers
00:36:27
reported this month on their study of
about 50 fossilized footprints at the
00:36:33
2 sites the markings are just
00:36:37
a few 100 meters apart from each
other they are said to show
00:36:43
dinosaurs walking in different
directions at least 3 kinds of
00:36:50
dinosaurs left the footprints Steve
Bruce at the leader of the research
00:36:57
team is
00:36:58
a paleontologist with the University
of Edinburgh. The tracks are
00:37:05
located on flat rocky surfaces near
the beach so they are only exposed at
00:37:12
low tide he said the tide laps
across them back and forth
00:37:19
every day one set of markings came from
00:37:24
a 2 legged meat eating dinosaur that
researchers say was about the size of
00:37:31
a car they say its footprints
have 3 toes the creature
00:37:37
with sharp claws appears to be from
00:37:41
a group of dinosaurs called their
oh pods. Bigger 3 toed footprints
00:37:48
came from large bodied 2 legged plant
eaters called or Nyssa Pods or
00:37:55
perhaps the researchers say
00:37:58
a large theropod all of these
prints had worn down toes not
00:38:04
sharp edges the researchers are
especially interested in markings
00:38:11
left by another creature
an early member of
00:38:15
a group of heavily built 4 legged
plant teeters called Stegosaurus the
00:38:21
footprints represent some of the oldest
evidence anywhere of us druggists or notes
00:38:28
page to polo
00:38:30
a doctoral student at the University
of Edinburgh. The Polo was the lead
00:38:36
writer of
00:38:37
a report on the study the findings
were published in The Journal plus
00:38:44
one the most famous member of the
staggers stores was Stegosaurus
00:38:51
which lived late in the Teressa period
it had large bony protective plates
00:38:58
around the neck and back and
00:39:00
a large spiked tail to. Set
was careful to note that
00:39:07
the researchers still have
00:39:09
a lot of unanswered question it's
about this creature I suspect this
00:39:16
Stegosaurus was about the size of
00:39:18
a cow which is fairly small for us to I
guess or whether that's because it's
00:39:25
a primitive smaller
species or a juvenile of
00:39:30
a bigger species we're not sure he
said the researchers noted that the
00:39:37
findings were an important window
into the many kinds of dinosaurs on
00:39:44
the Isle of Skye. Sky has emerged
as one of the most important
00:39:50
windows into Jurassic dinosaur
evolution we know that dinosaurs were
00:39:56
diversifying with
00:39:58
a frenzy in the middle Jurassic but
there are few fossil sites of this age
00:40:04
anywhere in the world that
added I'm John Russell.
00:40:28
A small tell you and company has used 3 d.
00:40:33
Printing technology to quickly
produce oxygen valves to treat some
00:40:39
coronavirus patients Italy has
been battling the world's
00:40:46
largest number of cases of the new
corona virus outside of China
00:40:54
Christian for a Khasi
founded and heads the
00:40:57
a talian start up company is so
Nova he told the Reuters News
00:41:04
Agency that he heard about a
shortage of the valves at
00:41:09
a hospital near the northern city
of Brescia the area has had an
00:41:16
explosion of Corona virus
cases the devices are called
00:41:23
venturi valves they are named
after 18th century at talian
00:41:29
physicist Giovanni but he stuck
the devices are used to connect
00:41:36
patient masks to oxygen
equipment the oxygen masks
00:41:43
are used to treat patients suffering
from breathing problems. For
00:41:49
Cossey
00:41:50
a 36 year old engineer said the
hospital was in serious need of the
00:41:57
valves the devices are impossible
to find at the moment he
00:42:03
said he added that the fast spreading
virus was simply preventing current
00:42:10
production from meeting the growing
demand he decided to offer the
00:42:17
services of his company's 3 d.
00:42:20
Printing equipment and of his 14
employees to help ease the shortage
00:42:28
when we heard about the shortage we got
in touch with the hospital immediately we
00:42:34
printed some prototypes the hospital
tested them and told us they worked for
00:42:41
a cost he said so we printed $100.00
valves and I delivered them
00:42:47
personally the company's team was
able to effectively copy the valves
00:42:53
using a 3 d.
00:42:55
Printer at the company
headquarters in Milan the company
00:43:01
produces
00:43:02
a series of technology products they
include high tech luggage for Italian
00:43:09
designer Gucci and
00:43:11
a special paint developed to survive
temperatures up to $1000.00 degrees celcius
00:43:19
for
00:43:19
a costly told Reuters It cost his company
very little to produce the plastic valves
00:43:26
which way around 20 grams each
I'm not going to charge the
00:43:33
hospital he said it was the least I
could do to help doctors and nurses
00:43:40
who work all day long to save human
lives. The company's quick action
00:43:46
to help coronavirus patients was praised
by Italy's minister of innovation
00:43:53
technology digitalisation
power peson know in
00:43:59
a Twitter message she thanked for Cossey
and his employees for supplying the valves
00:44:06
she also published a picture
of the freshly made 3 d.
00:44:11
Devices at least 10 hospital patients
had used the new valves as of
00:44:18
March 14th reported must symbol
temporally the president and co-founder
00:44:25
of Italy's fab lab the organization
creates technology based
00:44:31
solutions for companies it has
worked with it's on Nova in the past
00:44:39
in a Facebook post for a cause he said
he did not want to be called a hero or
00:44:45
a genius for the actions he took
sure people were going to die but
00:44:52
we only did our duty he wrote
precocity added that refusing to
00:44:59
act after learning of the need could have
likely resulted in more patient deaths
00:45:06
in the message for Cossey said the company
does not plan to profit from its value
00:45:12
of production and will only use its
designs and manufacturing methods to help
00:45:19
those currently in need he added
Let's focus on the real heroes
00:45:26
those who save lives who work 16 hour
hospital shifts and are day and night next to
00:45:33
the sick and praise them I Brian Lynn.
00:45:50
Welcome to the making of a nation
American history in v.o.a.
00:45:56
a Special English I'm Steve
ember. History is full
00:46:03
of examples of leaders joining together
to meet common goals but rarely
00:46:10
have 2 leaders work together with as much
friendship than cooperation as Franklin
00:46:16
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill did Roosevelt
was president of the United States
00:46:23
Churchill was prime minister of Britain
the 2 men had much in common they were
00:46:30
both born into wealthy families and they
were both active in politics for many
00:46:36
years both leaders also shared
00:46:40
a love of history and nature and
been see. Roosevelt and Churchill
00:46:47
1st meant when they were lower level let
facials during World War one but neither
00:46:53
man remembered much about that meeting
however as they worked together during the
00:46:59
2nd World War They came to like and
trust each other. Roosevelt and
00:47:06
Churchill exchanged more than
$1700.00 letters and messages over
00:47:12
a period of 5 and
00:47:14
a half years they met many times at
large international gatherings and in
00:47:21
private talks but the closeness of
their friendship might be seen best in
00:47:26
a story told by one of Roosevelt's
close advisors every Hopkins Hopkins
00:47:33
remembered how Churchill It was visiting
Roosevelt that the White House one day
00:47:39
Roosevelt went into the church. Chill's
room in the morning to say hello but the
00:47:44
president was shocked to see Churchill
coming from but bathroom with no clothes on
00:47:51
Roosevelt immediately apologized to the
British leader but Churchill reportedly
00:47:57
answered the prime minister of Great Britain
as nothing to hide from the president
00:48:03
of the United States.
00:48:10
The United States and Great Britain where
the most powerful left the nations that
00:48:16
joined together as allies to resist
Germany's out all fit player and his axis
00:48:22
partners in January of
194226 of the allied
00:48:29
nations signed an agreement promising to
fight for the goals of peace religious
00:48:35
freedom human rights and justice.
The 3 major allies were the United
00:48:42
States Britain and the Soviet Union. But
governments in Washington and London
00:48:49
did not own ways agree for example they
disagreed about when to attack Hitler's
00:48:56
forces in western Europe and Churchill
resisted Roosevelt suggestions that Britain
00:49:03
give up some of its colonies but in general
the friendship between Roosevelt and
00:49:10
Churchill and between the United States and
Britain led the 2 nations to cooperate
00:49:17
closely this was not true with
the Soviets the Soviet Union was
00:49:23
a communist country it did not share the
same history or political system as the
00:49:30
United States or Britain and the
Soviet Union had its own interests to
00:49:36
protect along its borders
and in other areas.
00:49:51
Relations between the Soviet Union and
the Western Allies were mixed on the one
00:49:58
hand Hitler's invasion deep into the
Soviet Union at forced Joseph Stalin and
00:50:05
others Soviet leaders to make victory over
the Germans their most important goal
00:50:12
on the other hand shadows of future
problems could already be seen the Soviet
00:50:19
Union was making clear its desire to
keep political control over Poland
00:50:26
and it was supporting communist
fighters in Yugoslavia and Greece these
00:50:32
differences were not discussed much as the
foreign ministers of Britain the Soviet
00:50:39
Union and the United States
gathered in Moscow in 1943 Instead
00:50:46
they reached several agreements
including on a plan to establish
00:50:51
a new organization called
the United Nations.
00:51:02
Finally Roosevelt Churchill and stompin
met together for the 1st time they met in
00:51:09
Teheran in late 1943 mainly to
discuss the military situation.
00:51:16
However the 3 leaders also considered
political questions such as the future of
00:51:23
Germany Eastern Europe and East
Asia later the Allies made further
00:51:29
plans for the new United
Nations they arranged for
00:51:33
a new international economic organizations
the World Bank and the International
00:51:40
Monetary Fund. And the allies agreed to
divide Germany entered different parts
00:51:47
after the war for
00:51:48
a temporary period the Soviet Union would
occupy the eastern part while Britain
00:51:55
France and the United States when I
came by the West Washington London and
00:52:02
Moscow were united during the early years
of the war because of military need
00:52:09
they knew they must fight together to
defeat their common enemy but this unity
00:52:16
faded as allied troops marched
toward the German border Roosevelt
00:52:23
continued to call on the world to wait
until the last bullet was fired before
00:52:29
deciding what would come next but
Churchill Stalin and other leaders
00:52:36
already were trying to shape but world
that would follow the war. Now differences
00:52:43
between the Allies became more serious.
00:52:58
The most important question was Poland
Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939
00:53:05
and started the war. Roosevelt and Churchill
who believed strongly that the Polish
00:53:11
people should have the right to choose
their own leaders after the war Churchill
00:53:17
supported
00:53:18
a group of Polish resistance leaders
who had an office in London in 1040
00:53:25
Polish flyers and taken part in the
Battle of Britain I lived in the British
00:53:31
warplanes against the German Luftwaffe
it but Stalin had other ideas
00:53:37
he demanded that Poland's border be changed
to give more land to the Soviet Union
00:53:44
and he refused to help the Polish
resistance leaders in London instead he
00:53:51
supported a group of Polish
communists and help them establish
00:53:56
a new government in Poland.
Churchill's visited Stalin late in
00:54:02
1944 the 2 leaders met with Roosevelt
00:54:06
a few months later in the
Crimean coast. Agreed that free
00:54:13
elections should be held quickly in
Poland and they traded ideas about the
00:54:19
future of Eastern Europe China
and other areas of the world.
00:54:26
Roosevelt was in good spirits when he
reported to Congress after his return from
00:54:32
they don't like Conference I come from
a crimea conflict with the bungle e.
00:54:38
We have made a good start on the road to
00:54:41
a world of peace the road to my clubs
in this vine here on. The 1st of the
00:54:48
bring the feet. Braided possibles
be the smallest possible
00:54:55
long I live man. That
would be carried out.
00:55:03
On. Feet I'm feeling the ever
increasing my fighting men and of
00:55:09
it alive oh me every
call. Pride the her bum.
00:55:18
A mob who didn't drown. Dylan saw it. Saw
00:55:24
a meeting with
00:55:25
a gallant red on. The
00:55:32
2nd but with the continual build the fall
and the. Barn and an eyeful of coal.
00:55:40
Bring forth on here the opposite wall.
Would give someone who are on the left and
00:55:47
he. Will. That gold. In them
00:55:54
will. Call that
00:55:57
a tremendous ride with me Roosevelt
went on to say that the peace cannot be
00:56:03
a completely perfect system
at 1st but it can be
00:56:08
a peace based on the idea of freedom
Churchill had the same high hopes
00:56:15
he told the British Parliament after the
conference that Stalin and others Soviet
00:56:21
leaders wished to live in honorable
friendship. I also know that their word
00:56:28
is honest Churchill said.
But as history proved
00:56:35
Roosevelt and Churchill were wrong about
the Soviets in the months after they
00:56:41
yelled the conference relations between
Moscow and the Western democracies grew
00:56:46
steadily worse the Soviet Union moved
to seize control of Eastern Europe
00:56:53
Stalin began making strong speeches
charging that Washington and London were
00:56:59
holding secret peace negotiations with
Germany and the Soviet Union refused to
00:57:05
discuss ways to bring democracy to Bolton.
00:57:12
Churchill wrote later that he had always
held the Russian people in the high honor
00:57:19
but their shadow darkened the picture after
the war Britain and America had gone to
00:57:25
war not just to defend the smaller
countries but also to fight for individual
00:57:31
rights and freedoms Churchill went on to
say about the Soviet Union and add other
00:57:38
goals its hold tightened on Eastern
Europe after the Soviet army gained
00:57:44
control and Churchill said that after the
long suffering and the efforts of World
00:57:51
War 2 It seemed that half of Europe at
just exchange one dictator for another.
00:57:59
Churchill and Roosevelt agreed in secret
letters that they must trying to oppose
00:58:05
the Soviet effort but before they could
act Roosevelt died and the world
00:58:12
began to live through
00:58:13
a new war the Cold War in the years
to follow. Roosevelt's death
00:58:20
from bleeding in the brain also ended
00:58:23
a deep personal friendship between 2
world leaders Winston Churchill later
00:58:30
rode to about hearing the news of the death
of his close friend. I felt as if I had
00:58:36
been struck with the physical blows Churchill
wrote he said he was overpowered by
00:58:43
a sense of deep and permanent loss. The
free world joined Churchill in mourning the
00:58:49
loss of so strong a leader as Franklin
Roosevelt but it could not weep for
00:58:56
a long war was giving way to peace
00:59:00
a new world was forming and as we
will here in future programs it was
00:59:05
a world that few people expected.
00:59:21
And that's our program for today listen
again to more to learn English through
00:59:27
stories from around the world on Jonathan
other ones and I'm Ashley Thompson.
00:59:49
This is v.o.a.
00:59:50
News I'm Jim Burchill Thursday was
00:59:53
a day of contrasts on the front lines of
the battle against the coronavirus you
00:59:57
know sign of hope the Chinese city of
reported no new homegrown infections but in
01:00:03
a stark warning for the world Italy appeared
set to surpass China's death toll from
01:00:07
the virus Meanwhile Reuters
Olivia Chan reports Beijing saw
01:00:11
a record number of Corona virus cases
imported from abroad aging has seen
01:00:16
a record number of imported coronavirus
cases as new missions in China.
01:00:24
For new confirmed cases across the
country on Wednesday where imported from
01:00:28
a fever quitting to the Chinese health
commission since last week Beijing airport.
00:00:00
World Health Organization says the virus
has reached 166 countries with more than
00:00:05
208000 confirmed cases and 8600 deaths
in the Us President Donald Trump says
00:00:12
the fight against what he calls an invisible
enemy is ramping up. The report he's
00:00:18
a billing it as a war against coronavirus
with him in charge in a sense
00:00:23
a war time president invoking efforts
comparable to ones Americans made during
00:00:27
World War 2 And now it's our time we must
sacrifice together he's tapping into
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rarely used emergency powers to steer
private industries into making critical
00:00:36
supplies like masks and ventilators
the presidents also signed
00:00:40
a Senate approved aid package guaranteeing
sick leave and free virus tests Next up
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is a massive proposal relief
a bill that could reach
00:00:49
a trillion dollars They include ing checks
to Americans all of this came as markets
00:00:54
again dropped sharply with the Dow race
and nearly all the gains since he took
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office Saugor Magni Washington there is
growing concern that young people are not
00:01:04
taking the coronavirus warning seriously
thousands of young people have been
00:01:09
partying on spring break
in the southern u.s.
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Many ignoring warnings about social distancing
Dr Deborah Burks is the head of the
00:01:17
White House response to the coronavirus we
cannot have these large gatherings that
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continue to occur throughout the country
for people who are off work and then be
00:01:25
socializing in large groups and spreading
the virus you have the potential then to
00:01:30
spread it to someone who does have
00:01:32
a condition that none of us knew
about and cause them to have
00:01:35
a disastrous outcome the Center for Disease
Control says 40 percent of the people
00:01:40
being hospitalized in the u.s. Are between
the ages of 20 and 54 this is v.o.a.
00:01:46
News you know another move the United
States and Canada are temporarily closing
00:01:51
their shared border to non-essential travel
due to the pandemic Shelley Adler has
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more after President Trump tweeted about
it in the morning he spoke. About the new
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restrictions at
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a White House news conference it's nonessential
crossings it won't affect trade or
00:02:06
law and it was just something we thought
would be good for both countries Canadian
00:02:10
prime minister Justin Trudeau on c.t.v.
00:02:13
Essential travel will continue our government's
recognize that it is critical that
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we preserve supply chains between both
countries chatted there relies on the u.s.
00:02:24
For 75 percent of its exports I should be
after his coronavirus cases rise around
00:02:30
the world authorities in Mexico's Ciudad
Juarez must manage the public health
00:02:34
challenge with limited funds Reuters would
be Hogan has more in overcrowded migrant
00:02:39
shelters in Mexico medical advise to
social distancing against the current
00:02:44
a virus is almost
impossible along the u.s.
00:02:47
Borders shelter director in Ciudad Juarez
one Year 0 says if Corona virus infected
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migrant tested positive in his shows or
it would present occurrences on several
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fronts see it out Juarez is ground 0 for
the trumpet ministrations remain in Mexico
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policy under those rules asylum seekers
was sent to Mexico to await the u.s.
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Hearing adding to the pressure u.s.
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President Donald Trump is considering
immediately returning any foreigners caught
00:03:17
at the border to Mexico that is Reuters
Libby Hogan reporting the Federal Deposit
00:03:22
Insurance Corporation is warning
00:03:23
a bank scams connected to the corona virus
outbreak Donoghue reported one scam as
00:03:29
a claim banks are limiting access to customers
money the f.d.i.c says there's been
00:03:34
an uptick in calls text messages letters
and e-mails from Scammers pretending to be
00:03:39
f.d.i.c employees using names of people
who actually work at the f.d.i.c they say
00:03:45
there are security issues with bank deposits
the f.d.i.c says they're out to get
00:03:49
bank accounts and other personal information
no deposit or has lost money since the
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f.d.i.c was created in 1933 because of the
coronavirus many banks have shortened
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brand. Showers or are pushing customers to
use online banking Donohue organizers of
00:04:05
the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
receive the Olympic flame in
00:04:09
a scaled down handover ceremony in Athens
on Thursday this despite the coronavirus
00:04:13
spread that has cast doubt on the summer
global multi-billion dollar event the
00:04:18
torch will arrive in Japan
on Friday and kick off
00:04:21
a domestic relay on March 26th the global
stocks are mixed Thursday as investors
00:04:26
continue to deal with the economic uncertainty
of the corona virus outbreak Asian
00:04:31
markets were down more than one percent
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stepped up security at his London home not
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. To learning English
00:29:53
daily 30 minute program.
00:30:00
Thompson This program is aimed
at English learners so we speak
00:30:05
a little slower and we use words and
phrases especially for people learning.
00:30:17
On today's program you will hear stories
from Brian Lamb and John Russell the
00:30:24
hour you close our program with
another episode of The Making of
00:30:29
a nation. But 1st. A new Taiwan law
00:30:36
bars news media from reporting
different kinds of information about
00:30:43
suicides including methods
used limits on media
00:30:49
reporting are aimed at reducing the number
of people who try to kill themselves
00:30:57
Taiwan officials say about 7000
young people between the ages of
00:31:04
13 and 19 attempted suicide and 2018
00:31:11
that number is 19 percent above the
world average notes the island's
00:31:18
Ministry of Health and Welfare
under the new Suicide
00:31:24
Prevention Act newspapers websites
and television stations can
00:31:31
be fined up to about $33000.00
for showing pictures or
00:31:38
videos of suicides they also can
be fined for reporting details of
00:31:45
suicide methods or explaining
how to buy tools for suicide
00:31:53
even explaining why an individual might
have committed suicide can lead to
00:31:59
punishment. The act cleared its
public consultation period last
00:32:06
week Taiwan's government can now make
changes as it wishes or enforce the
00:32:12
law in its current form who chair
ye is with the National Taiwan
00:32:19
University's College of Medicine
who said that suicides normally go
00:32:26
up in Taiwan for 3 months following
reports that identify famous people who
00:32:33
killed themselves as well as how and
where they died according to our
00:32:40
clinical experience and some of our interaction
with patients we've discovered that
00:32:46
the more detailed info the more
influential it is who said
00:32:53
Taiwan's 4 major daily newspapers and
many websites currently report on
00:32:59
famous people who take their own lives
as well as other unusual suicides
00:33:07
the stories may go into great
detail Cedric. Heads the East
00:33:14
Asia office of the group Reporters Without
Borders he said he understands what
00:33:20
Taiwan officials are trying to do but he
thinks the law will limit the media's
00:33:27
ability to get the story right
he said we are perfectly
00:33:34
understand that it is their duty to try
and bring improvements to the society and
00:33:40
address that terrible society problem
that is suicide and especially suicide of
00:33:46
teenagers However the
solution they propose is not
00:33:52
a solution New Zealand is
the only place that has
00:33:57
a similar law. Added. In that
country the media cannot report
00:34:03
a suicide method without the medical
examiner's permission and other
00:34:09
places media companies follow World
Health Organization guidance
00:34:16
w.h.o.
00:34:17
Officials suggest avoiding explicit description
of methods details of where people
00:34:23
died and undue repetitions
of suicide stories.
00:34:30
Restrictions on suicide reporting could
open the door for other kinds of media
00:34:35
restrictions notes Joanna may
head of the chimp law 21st
00:34:42
century research group
in Taiwan I see this as
00:34:47
a social responsibility of the media
like I said it should not be legislated
00:34:54
Reporters Without Borders said Taiwan's
government should better organize the media
00:35:00
and talk to news operations about
ethics Taiwan's major media
00:35:07
currently take down social media
posts if experts ask them to sad
00:35:13
most newspapers and Taiwan limit their
coverage of suicides but still put major
00:35:19
cases on their front pages said
function Kai director of the suicide
00:35:26
prevention center at Mackay
Memorial Hospital in Taipei he
00:35:32
suggests putting reports about suicide
with other society news and away from the
00:35:39
day's top stories.
00:35:52
On Scotland's aisle of Sky
scientists have identified 2
00:35:58
areas with evidence of ancient
life forms researchers
00:36:04
believe the markings are in fact
footprints from dinosaurs that lived
00:36:11
170000000 years ago they say
the prints date to the middle
00:36:18
of the Jurassic period
00:36:20
a time from which few dinosaur fossils
have been recovered researchers
00:36:27
reported this month on their study of
about 50 fossilized footprints at the
00:36:33
2 sites the markings are just
00:36:37
a few 100 meters apart from each
other they are said to show
00:36:43
dinosaurs walking in different
directions at least 3 kinds of
00:36:50
dinosaurs left the footprints Steve
Bruce at the leader of the research
00:36:57
team is
00:36:58
a paleontologist with the University
of Edinburgh. The tracks are
00:37:05
located on flat rocky surfaces near
the beach so they are only exposed at
00:37:12
low tide he said the tide laps
across them back and forth
00:37:19
every day one set of markings came from
00:37:24
a 2 legged meat eating dinosaur that
researchers say was about the size of
00:37:31
a car they say its footprints
have 3 toes the creature
00:37:37
with sharp claws appears to be from
00:37:41
a group of dinosaurs called their
oh pods. Bigger 3 toed footprints
00:37:48
came from large bodied 2 legged plant
eaters called or Nyssa Pods or
00:37:55
perhaps the researchers say
00:37:58
a large theropod all of these
prints had worn down toes not
00:38:04
sharp edges the researchers are
especially interested in markings
00:38:11
left by another creature
an early member of
00:38:15
a group of heavily built 4 legged
plant teeters called Stegosaurus the
00:38:21
footprints represent some of the oldest
evidence anywhere of us druggists or notes
00:38:28
page to polo
00:38:30
a doctoral student at the University
of Edinburgh. The Polo was the lead
00:38:36
writer of
00:38:37
a report on the study the findings
were published in The Journal plus
00:38:44
one the most famous member of the
staggers stores was Stegosaurus
00:38:51
which lived late in the Teressa period
it had large bony protective plates
00:38:58
around the neck and back and
00:39:00
a large spiked tail to. Set
was careful to note that
00:39:07
the researchers still have
00:39:09
a lot of unanswered question it's
about this creature I suspect this
00:39:16
Stegosaurus was about the size of
00:39:18
a cow which is fairly small for us to I
guess or whether that's because it's
00:39:25
a primitive smaller
species or a juvenile of
00:39:30
a bigger species we're not sure he
said the researchers noted that the
00:39:37
findings were an important window
into the many kinds of dinosaurs on
00:39:44
the Isle of Skye. Sky has emerged
as one of the most important
00:39:50
windows into Jurassic dinosaur
evolution we know that dinosaurs were
00:39:56
diversifying with
00:39:58
a frenzy in the middle Jurassic but
there are few fossil sites of this age
00:40:04
anywhere in the world that
added I'm John Russell.
00:40:28
A small tell you and company has used 3 d.
00:40:33
Printing technology to quickly
produce oxygen valves to treat some
00:40:39
coronavirus patients Italy has
been battling the world's
00:40:46
largest number of cases of the new
corona virus outside of China
00:40:54
Christian for a Khasi
founded and heads the
00:40:57
a talian start up company is so
Nova he told the Reuters News
00:41:04
Agency that he heard about a
shortage of the valves at
00:41:09
a hospital near the northern city
of Brescia the area has had an
00:41:16
explosion of Corona virus
cases the devices are called
00:41:23
venturi valves they are named
after 18th century at talian
00:41:29
physicist Giovanni but he stuck
the devices are used to connect
00:41:36
patient masks to oxygen
equipment the oxygen masks
00:41:43
are used to treat patients suffering
from breathing problems. For
00:41:49
Cossey
00:41:50
a 36 year old engineer said the
hospital was in serious need of the
00:41:57
valves the devices are impossible
to find at the moment he
00:42:03
said he added that the fast spreading
virus was simply preventing current
00:42:10
production from meeting the growing
demand he decided to offer the
00:42:17
services of his company's 3 d.
00:42:20
Printing equipment and of his 14
employees to help ease the shortage
00:42:28
when we heard about the shortage we got
in touch with the hospital immediately we
00:42:34
printed some prototypes the hospital
tested them and told us they worked for
00:42:41
a cost he said so we printed $100.00
valves and I delivered them
00:42:47
personally the company's team was
able to effectively copy the valves
00:42:53
using a 3 d.
00:42:55
Printer at the company
headquarters in Milan the company
00:43:01
produces
00:43:02
a series of technology products they
include high tech luggage for Italian
00:43:09
designer Gucci and
00:43:11
a special paint developed to survive
temperatures up to $1000.00 degrees celcius
00:43:19
for
00:43:19
a costly told Reuters It cost his company
very little to produce the plastic valves
00:43:26
which way around 20 grams each
I'm not going to charge the
00:43:33
hospital he said it was the least I
could do to help doctors and nurses
00:43:40
who work all day long to save human
lives. The company's quick action
00:43:46
to help coronavirus patients was praised
by Italy's minister of innovation
00:43:53
technology digitalisation
power peson know in
00:43:59
a Twitter message she thanked for Cossey
and his employees for supplying the valves
00:44:06
she also published a picture
of the freshly made 3 d.
00:44:11
Devices at least 10 hospital patients
had used the new valves as of
00:44:18
March 14th reported must symbol
temporally the president and co-founder
00:44:25
of Italy's fab lab the organization
creates technology based
00:44:31
solutions for companies it has
worked with it's on Nova in the past
00:44:39
in a Facebook post for a cause he said
he did not want to be called a hero or
00:44:45
a genius for the actions he took
sure people were going to die but
00:44:52
we only did our duty he wrote
precocity added that refusing to
00:44:59
act after learning of the need could have
likely resulted in more patient deaths
00:45:06
in the message for Cossey said the company
does not plan to profit from its value
00:45:12
of production and will only use its
designs and manufacturing methods to help
00:45:19
those currently in need he added
Let's focus on the real heroes
00:45:26
those who save lives who work 16 hour
hospital shifts and are day and night next to
00:45:33
the sick and praise them I Brian Lynn.
00:45:50
Welcome to the making of a nation
American history in v.o.a.
00:45:56
a Special English I'm Steve
ember. History is full
00:46:03
of examples of leaders joining together
to meet common goals but rarely
00:46:10
have 2 leaders work together with as much
friendship than cooperation as Franklin
00:46:16
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill did Roosevelt
was president of the United States
00:46:23
Churchill was prime minister of Britain
the 2 men had much in common they were
00:46:30
both born into wealthy families and they
were both active in politics for many
00:46:36
years both leaders also shared
00:46:40
a love of history and nature and
been see. Roosevelt and Churchill
00:46:47
1st meant when they were lower level let
facials during World War one but neither
00:46:53
man remembered much about that meeting
however as they worked together during the
00:46:59
2nd World War They came to like and
trust each other. Roosevelt and
00:47:06
Churchill exchanged more than
$1700.00 letters and messages over
00:47:12
a period of 5 and
00:47:14
a half years they met many times at
large international gatherings and in
00:47:21
private talks but the closeness of
their friendship might be seen best in
00:47:26
a story told by one of Roosevelt's
close advisors every Hopkins Hopkins
00:47:33
remembered how Churchill It was visiting
Roosevelt that the White House one day
00:47:39
Roosevelt went into the church. Chill's
room in the morning to say hello but the
00:47:44
president was shocked to see Churchill
coming from but bathroom with no clothes on
00:47:51
Roosevelt immediately apologized to the
British leader but Churchill reportedly
00:47:57
answered the prime minister of Great Britain
as nothing to hide from the president
00:48:03
of the United States.
00:48:10
The United States and Great Britain where
the most powerful left the nations that
00:48:16
joined together as allies to resist
Germany's out all fit player and his axis
00:48:22
partners in January of
194226 of the allied
00:48:29
nations signed an agreement promising to
fight for the goals of peace religious
00:48:35
freedom human rights and justice.
The 3 major allies were the United
00:48:42
States Britain and the Soviet Union. But
governments in Washington and London
00:48:49
did not own ways agree for example they
disagreed about when to attack Hitler's
00:48:56
forces in western Europe and Churchill
resisted Roosevelt suggestions that Britain
00:49:03
give up some of its colonies but in general
the friendship between Roosevelt and
00:49:10
Churchill and between the United States and
Britain led the 2 nations to cooperate
00:49:17
closely this was not true with
the Soviets the Soviet Union was
00:49:23
a communist country it did not share the
same history or political system as the
00:49:30
United States or Britain and the
Soviet Union had its own interests to
00:49:36
protect along its borders
and in other areas.
00:49:51
Relations between the Soviet Union and
the Western Allies were mixed on the one
00:49:58
hand Hitler's invasion deep into the
Soviet Union at forced Joseph Stalin and
00:50:05
others Soviet leaders to make victory over
the Germans their most important goal
00:50:12
on the other hand shadows of future
problems could already be seen the Soviet
00:50:19
Union was making clear its desire to
keep political control over Poland
00:50:26
and it was supporting communist
fighters in Yugoslavia and Greece these
00:50:32
differences were not discussed much as the
foreign ministers of Britain the Soviet
00:50:39
Union and the United States
gathered in Moscow in 1943 Instead
00:50:46
they reached several agreements
including on a plan to establish
00:50:51
a new organization called
the United Nations.
00:51:02
Finally Roosevelt Churchill and stompin
met together for the 1st time they met in
00:51:09
Teheran in late 1943 mainly to
discuss the military situation.
00:51:16
However the 3 leaders also considered
political questions such as the future of
00:51:23
Germany Eastern Europe and East
Asia later the Allies made further
00:51:29
plans for the new United
Nations they arranged for
00:51:33
a new international economic organizations
the World Bank and the International
00:51:40
Monetary Fund. And the allies agreed to
divide Germany entered different parts
00:51:47
after the war for
00:51:48
a temporary period the Soviet Union would
occupy the eastern part while Britain
00:51:55
France and the United States when I
came by the West Washington London and
00:52:02
Moscow were united during the early years
of the war because of military need
00:52:09
they knew they must fight together to
defeat their common enemy but this unity
00:52:16
faded as allied troops marched
toward the German border Roosevelt
00:52:23
continued to call on the world to wait
until the last bullet was fired before
00:52:29
deciding what would come next but
Churchill Stalin and other leaders
00:52:36
already were trying to shape but world
that would follow the war. Now differences
00:52:43
between the Allies became more serious.
00:52:58
The most important question was Poland
Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939
00:53:05
and started the war. Roosevelt and Churchill
who believed strongly that the Polish
00:53:11
people should have the right to choose
their own leaders after the war Churchill
00:53:17
supported
00:53:18
a group of Polish resistance leaders
who had an office in London in 1040
00:53:25
Polish flyers and taken part in the
Battle of Britain I lived in the British
00:53:31
warplanes against the German Luftwaffe
it but Stalin had other ideas
00:53:37
he demanded that Poland's border be changed
to give more land to the Soviet Union
00:53:44
and he refused to help the Polish
resistance leaders in London instead he
00:53:51
supported a group of Polish
communists and help them establish
00:53:56
a new government in Poland.
Churchill's visited Stalin late in
00:54:02
1944 the 2 leaders met with Roosevelt
00:54:06
a few months later in the
Crimean coast. Agreed that free
00:54:13
elections should be held quickly in
Poland and they traded ideas about the
00:54:19
future of Eastern Europe China
and other areas of the world.
00:54:26
Roosevelt was in good spirits when he
reported to Congress after his return from
00:54:32
they don't like Conference I come from
a crimea conflict with the bungle e.
00:54:38
We have made a good start on the road to
00:54:41
a world of peace the road to my clubs
in this vine here on. The 1st of the
00:54:48
bring the feet. Braided possibles
be the smallest possible
00:54:55
long I live man. That
would be carried out.
00:55:03
On. Feet I'm feeling the ever
increasing my fighting men and of
00:55:09
it alive oh me every
call. Pride the her bum.
00:55:18
A mob who didn't drown. Dylan saw it. Saw
00:55:24
a meeting with
00:55:25
a gallant red on. The
00:55:32
2nd but with the continual build the fall
and the. Barn and an eyeful of coal.
00:55:40
Bring forth on here the opposite wall.
Would give someone who are on the left and
00:55:47
he. Will. That gold. In them
00:55:54
will. Call that
00:55:57
a tremendous ride with me Roosevelt
went on to say that the peace cannot be
00:56:03
a completely perfect system
at 1st but it can be
00:56:08
a peace based on the idea of freedom
Churchill had the same high hopes
00:56:15
he told the British Parliament after the
conference that Stalin and others Soviet
00:56:21
leaders wished to live in honorable
friendship. I also know that their word
00:56:28
is honest Churchill said.
But as history proved
00:56:35
Roosevelt and Churchill were wrong about
the Soviets in the months after they
00:56:41
yelled the conference relations between
Moscow and the Western democracies grew
00:56:46
steadily worse the Soviet Union moved
to seize control of Eastern Europe
00:56:53
Stalin began making strong speeches
charging that Washington and London were
00:56:59
holding secret peace negotiations with
Germany and the Soviet Union refused to
00:57:05
discuss ways to bring democracy to Bolton.
00:57:12
Churchill wrote later that he had always
held the Russian people in the high honor
00:57:19
but their shadow darkened the picture after
the war Britain and America had gone to
00:57:25
war not just to defend the smaller
countries but also to fight for individual
00:57:31
rights and freedoms Churchill went on to
say about the Soviet Union and add other
00:57:38
goals its hold tightened on Eastern
Europe after the Soviet army gained
00:57:44
control and Churchill said that after the
long suffering and the efforts of World
00:57:51
War 2 It seemed that half of Europe at
just exchange one dictator for another.
00:57:59
Churchill and Roosevelt agreed in secret
letters that they must trying to oppose
00:58:05
the Soviet effort but before they could
act Roosevelt died and the world
00:58:12
began to live through
00:58:13
a new war the Cold War in the years
to follow. Roosevelt's death
00:58:20
from bleeding in the brain also ended
00:58:23
a deep personal friendship between 2
world leaders Winston Churchill later
00:58:30
rode to about hearing the news of the death
of his close friend. I felt as if I had
00:58:36
been struck with the physical blows Churchill
wrote he said he was overpowered by
00:58:43
a sense of deep and permanent loss. The
free world joined Churchill in mourning the
00:58:49
loss of so strong a leader as Franklin
Roosevelt but it could not weep for
00:58:56
a long war was giving way to peace
00:59:00
a new world was forming and as we
will here in future programs it was
00:59:05
a world that few people expected.
00:59:21
And that's our program for today listen
again to more to learn English through
00:59:27
stories from around the world on Jonathan
other ones and I'm Ashley Thompson.
00:59:49
This is v.o.a.
00:59:50
News I'm Jim Burchill Thursday was
00:59:53
a day of contrasts on the front lines of
the battle against the coronavirus you
00:59:57
know sign of hope the Chinese city of
reported no new homegrown infections but in
01:00:03
a stark warning for the world Italy appeared
set to surpass China's death toll from
01:00:07
the virus Meanwhile Reuters
Olivia Chan reports Beijing saw
01:00:11
a record number of Corona virus cases
imported from abroad aging has seen
01:00:16
a record number of imported coronavirus
cases as new missions in China.
01:00:24
For new confirmed cases across the
country on Wednesday where imported from
01:00:28
a fever quitting to the Chinese health
commission since last week Beijing airport.
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