british prime minister announces tough new coronavirus restrictions with large fines for rule breakers after a surge in case numbers. worker gets ready to start a nationwide clinical trials of a nother covert 1000 vaccine. the us begins its 1st ever remote general assembly world leaders deliver video speeches with the pandemic and global conflicts at the forefront. and. who has examined julian assange says the wiki leaks founder has severe mental health problems and extradition to the u.s. will put him at high risk of suicide.

for broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the british prime minister has unveiled a range of new coronavirus restrictions to counter the latest surge in case numbers and boris johnson warned of tough penalties for those who failed to abide by the regulations as to that minority who may continue to flout the rules we live in for those rules with tougher penalties and fines of up to 10000 pounds we will put more police onto in the streets and use the army to backfill if necessary and they want doctors and medical advisors a rightly worried about the data not the risks overwinter. they are unanimous things will be far better by the spring the new rules will initially be enforced in england and similar measures are being introduced in other parts of

the u.k. has more. in the wake of the number of rising cases across the whole of the united kingdom when it comes to coated 19 the government have sprung back into action announcing a number of measures and in all of this in response really to those rising numbers with government experts health experts and scientific advisors all warning that the prospect of a 2nd wave is very real and that all of these measures are absolutely necessary now some of these measures include workers working from home unless they have no ability to do so they also include the wearing of mosques being made mandatory to start off working in shops in restaurants people in taxis and also finds increasing to 200 pounds up from 100 pounds if people refuse to wear a mosque in certain situations and also from thursday parts restaurants and other

hospitality industry outlets having to close at 10 pm that spock's quite some ridicule all of this very confusing for small business owners and members of the public can criticism also coming from m.p.'s in the house of commons including the leader of the opposition kids standage says the government must do a better job but how it communicates to the public although we fierce criticism of the way the government is handling this pandemic when restrictions are negated the national interest lies in clear communications and cross party support mr speaker farmers across the country will be anxious today many are already living on the local lock down many more fair that soon they will they're worried about their jobs about their loved ones of whether they will be able to spend christmas with their family so will the government now apologized for his government's gross incompetence over testing over tracing over clear communications have led to these latest restrictions on people of the lies he says he's going to put his arms around

her what the 4th. many millions of the self-employed have not felt the benefits of that embrace a prime minister do not to workers on the scrapheap through no fault of their own now those frustrations the thought that all of this could last 6 months worries about people's jobs and people's own civil liberties has led to tensions spilling over on the weekend we saw the protests in central london with thousands of people mainly gathering peacefully to protest against the lockdown measures but towards the end of the evening as the metropolitan police in london announced they would be clearing trafalgar square a number of caches kicked off between some protesters and police i. guess. you did to. now with the coded cases rising once more the total amount of

cases in the united kingdom reaching almost 400000 people now walk anyway because there have been criticisms of how the government has failed with regard to its testing regime there have been over 40000 deaths which have been attributed to coded 98 and the government really saying that as a result of these measures they appreciate workers will be hit the government saying that they will support them where they can't but we already had an idea this year so not because of the saying that schemes such as the follow scheme but the government supports and supplements people's wages that it will be coming to an end at some point and so over the next 6 months if that is how long all of these measures last it could be really difficult for people both socially mentally psychologically but also economically. well as you said mentioned there the new restrictions for england include a 10 pm closing time for bars and restaurants and that seemingly arbitrary deadline

has drawn a fair bit of ridicule online these are just a few of the memes going numb around right now a bar owner we spoke to thinks the government will need to ensure businesses do not fold due to the new rules. businesses that they want to see get through this represents something to their communities you know we're well stocked it's providing jobs for lots of people 80 percent of our trade by the most is that i did not actually happens oftentimes so it's quite a significant chunk that we're taking out of. revenue stream i'm going to need more support to start if i don't want to see mustard on that i'm certainly going to need support on rent because we haven't you know it's the last 6 months we've got another month juice tomorrow and then god knows what's going to happen for the next 6 months everyone in this country who's in a sort of relatively unaffected age bracket young people from 18 out 404550

they're just going to go home and continue the policy that we put so many measures in place and spent a fortune on making all of our license venue's code it's surely the most sensible place to have people consuming drinks and keeping safe keeping socially distance is within these promises britain is not alone in being on the brink of a 2nd coronavirus wave european nations including france and spain have seen a dramatic spike in gates's and the health risks along with the ongoing restrictions appear to be disproportionately affecting the poor as artie's charlie dubinsky reports. coverage 19 pandemic has highlighted many problems from inadequate medical resources to a lack of trust in governments around the world but perhaps the starkest issue that it's exposed is how different it is to experience a pandemic if you are poor compared to those with money. thank you thank you thank you thank you you.

people impossible dream face a new restrictions all movement there has been an uproar over what some and labeling has segregation this is an example of government defense fear of people confined in poor neighborhoods all the districts can continue to enjoy their kids. the president of the community of madrid treats this area like a ghetto the virus is here but why does that mean the workers need to be locked up it's even claimed in the evening at the oprah highlighted the disparity in how people in the cheapest seats were treated they were in the well of those in the more expensive seats below had adequate social distancing measures in place.

social inequality has also been a topic for protestors in. while in the u.k. the editor of the. medical journal the lancet lambasted what he described as being the true scale of social pathology underlying national crisis the gruner virus pandemic has exposed the reality of contemporary britain the countries defined by poverty insecurity and inequality science cannot guide the government in formulating this strategy a plan for britain's future must be guided instead of values and the lessons learned from the human consequences of this pandemic there has also been concern

raised about for minority ethnic backgrounds who make up a 3rd of patients in the intensive care units we are continuing to see black asian and minority ethnic people suffering disproportionately in terms of intensive kid missions so not acting means that we're not protecting the vulnerable communities action was needed back in july and it's certainly needed now more than ever i think minorities so also for east issues here in france statistics from the government's own agency reveal that the disproportionate impact of early on in the pandemic that's shot up by a 134 percent amongst north african immigrants it was up 219 percent for those who were born elsewhere in africa and it's not just plain europe that there are problems across the globe it's estimated the pandemic will have far reaching consequences with inequalities whitening an estimated $71000000.00 additional

people will be living in extreme poverty due to covet 19 sudden asia in sub-saharan africa are expected to see the largest increases in extreme poverty would an additional 32000000 and 26000000 people respectively live in the large international poverty line as a result of the pandemic the european commission has pledged to aid to poor countries with a vaccine when one is approved for use the commission president. has said that this . it's about ensuring its commitment to quit to black cess to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people but many people living in europe particularly they see this place to the poverty line maybe questioning where that help is then right now how are they expecting people to respond to this all over it's not just europe it's all over the world people are being asked to make sacrifices if people saw

beneficial results for the wards coming out of the sacrifices in terms of a drop in the infection rate or an improvement in their general life circumstances then they probably would be compliant or more complied but at the moment absolutely nothing and it seems to be getting worse by the day this is hitting all populations disproportionately the poorer and particularly ethnic minorities of being hit hardest the magic bullet of course that we're all after is a vaccine the acid test will be who gets the vaccine quickest is it evenly distributed the people there are worst affected should be the people who get the vaccine 1st russian health ministry has approved the testing of another coronavirus vaccine clinical trials will begin soon in cities across the country involving around $3000.00 volunteers this comes a month after russia registered its 1st covert vaccine sputnik kevin owen heard

more about the new trials from correspondent. it's brand new vaccine has no name yet but we know how it works it is a so-called inactivated corona virus vaccine meaning it contains the deadly virus in it but it has been weakened or even killed depending so that it cannot infect cells or replicate but still is capable of setting off and needed response from the immune system of the body so it's quite a tricky thing the trials are indeed about to start very soon in 3 russian cities 3000 volunteers are expected to take part after the injection they will be isolated for 16 days this what the particle requires under a close supervision of scientists and doctors and we expect to hear the 1st results by the end of the bamber and this is russia's 3rd corona virus vaccine entering human trials another one is vector we expect it's registration within the next

month but the we know of this race so far he and russia ease of course the drug known as sputnik the it is the adenovirus based viral vector vaccine meaning it has no deadly virus a need and among those who are thankful to is russia is the had all for the world health organization's you were a pain office let's take a listen to move the music is dated a pretty good for being divided over 49 the 1st seems to be pushing for a letter written for the 4th graders to the kind of thing. i have to say that aids quite divided worlds scientific community and those who think russia for its research i don't those who are worried about aids and are concerned about the speed of its development and doubt its effectiveness just earlier this month around 40

experts signed an open letter expressing their concerns and expressing that attitude to. wardes this russian facts say mr clue is in the russian capital now this is in moscow telemedicine center that you can see behind me are the chance to talk to him and to discuss this twitter says my question of course is the russian but it seems now we're talking about the teams around 3 of them right now what do you think about them and why there are so much skepticism right now the russian federation has objectively a long history of books in development manufacturing and also a take there is no reason that they see to be skeptical but of course like for any over concrete. there are certain criteria that the gratuitous part to you one of the early volunteer. came forward to say that yeah you try this sport the question is what happened you know we're the only contra indications are you feeling alright go with them i got the injection on saturday or maybe kava it was

a placebo because this is a so-called double blind trial when neither participant or doctors know who ease receiving what kind of drug is it a drug overdose even no one knows and actually i don't know whether i'll have the answer to this question at all and this is the idea of these trials so i got it on saturday whatever it was and in the next day i felt why bad to be honest as if i was some kind of virus was starting so i got muscles pain i got some headache it was very hard for me to like concentrate in terms of vision but it faded away like next day so it just lasted around like 16 hours but i was again under the supervision of doctors like millions of them called me during the day asking i mean about my feelings about my health so i hear the and people

praise me for take. in part in this trial i'm one of the around 40000 to participate actually in phase 3 of the clinical trials and it could be but i don't quite agree that the reason like bravery or hair reason behind these moves because i entered the trial after phase $1.00 and $2.00 were complete and the goal of the 1st 2 stages is to prove that the vaccine or the drug is saved so i don't put myself into any danger but the research chance that i mean after this injection if it was not to placebo my body can produce anti-bodies and i can be able to resist corona virus so and this is what i persisted pated in this trial for for this chance to be able to resist this corona virus that is i mean put in the world in such a mass for the last 8 months. world leaders have addressed in the united

nations in the general assembly 1st ever virtual session day one saki video speeches including from donald trump xi jinping invite him or putin in new york here's our 2 came up. the russian president gave a message to the un general assembly that was a message of peace he called for a mill lobel fight against the corona virus and he talked about how at this point russia is offering its vaccine free of charge to all u.n. staff as a measure to help the global efforts against the pandemic now when speaking the russian president emphasized the need for cooperation internationally and he talked about the importance of the veto out of the un security council to ensuring a balance of power in the global community and this veto power should be preserved furthermore he talked about illegal sanctions and how they are impeding the fight

against coded 19 this is the president of russia. i would like to draw attention once again to russia's proposal to create so-called green color to lose free from trade was an sunshines primarily for essential goods needed to fight the. in general freeing the world trade from power is bones restrictions and illegitimate son actions would be of great very long civilizing global growth under which you sing unemployment now these words were largely seen as being directed at washington for its newly imposed sanctions issued against the islamic republic of iran despite their full compliance with the nuclear deal now in his remarks putin also emphasized the need to preserve the strategic arms reduction treaty an important treaty between the united states and russia is set to expire in february it's important to remember because the pandemic they're not actually gathering in

new york city the key heads of state are giving their addresses in pre-taped messages that are being shown before the u.n. general assembly body and in fact the u.n. secretary general is one of the. only key figures of the un that's actually on the scene at the manhattan u.n. headquarters this is how he opened today's events the world needs a global ceasefire to stop all hot conflicts but at the same time we must do every scene to avoid the new cold war now that's certainly a noble goal however there are hot conflicts taking place right now in afghanistan in libya in yemen and other places and they don't appear to be stopping a despite the global pandemic and the calls of international leaders now donald trump's remarks that we heard weren't exactly deescalating international tensions donald trump took particular aim at china take a listen why we have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy that china virus which has claimed

countless lives in $188.00 countries we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in addition every year shouted millions and millions of tons of plastic and trash into the oceans those who attack america is exceptional environmental record while ignoring china it is rampant pollution are not interested in the environment not exactly the language of diplomacy and deescalation donald trump was pretty clearly pointing a finger at china blaming china for much of the problems in the world today now we also heard from the chinese leader president xi jinping and when he spoke he emphasized that china is not seeking an international confrontation but rather has a vision for global peace and shared shared destiny of humanity based on win win cooperation this is the chinese president facing the swiss should solve it and get

this through together any attempt of politicizing the issue of those stigmatization must be rejected by china is the us just developing country in the world a country that is can. 2 peaceful protests clement development who will never see could germany extension always fear of influence we have no intention to affirm that either a cold war or a halt with any country. now we are also heard earlier from the president of cuba from the president of turkey and other heads of state should be speaking throughout the day and later this week the un general assembly continues however it's held virtually this year because of the pandemic not actually gathering at the headquarters in manhattan as is usually done. a psychiatrist who has examined the julian assange has concluded that the wiki leaks founder would be at high risk of suicide if he were sensitive united states professor michael kopelman spoke at the

extradition hearing in london on tuesday and expressed concerns about a songes mental health he's made various plans and undergone various preparations such as confess to the catholic priest who granted to map solution began to draw farewell letters to family members and close friends he's drawn up to will i conclude that the risk of suicide if extradition became imminent should actually happen would be very high meanwhile more than $160.00 current and former world leaders along with one makers and diplomats have called for joining us on his release if signed an open letter to the british government the wiki leaks founder is currently in prison in the u.k. awaiting a decision on whether he will be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges a member of the lawyers says the case is highly politicized. piece of sound is very clear cut morally there there is no doubt who is in the right and who is in the wrong on the one hand we have a journalist who has exposed incredible work crimes and torture and corruption on

the other hand we have the embarrassed superpower that wants to prosecute him it couldn't be more black and white than this and legal experts we can see and equivocally that what is going on is a political process and sarge is accused of leaking a trove of secret u.s. military and diplomatic documents his extradition hearing had been delayed by a covert pandemic the proceedings have been repeatedly marked by protests outside of court with public figures and political activists coming to support him profile supporters of songe have given their latest reactions i think. it is just nice i wish i could tell him the ways that you know it is changing and people's press just eat the trees speak freely on the internet is actually way where this then it was the area and

say much since it is it's trudging all day in complete silence none of the british media are covering this story after all even though it's the trial of the century right in the heart of london in some cases a few 100 yards away from the big media houses but none of them attend none of them are interested even though all the journalists in those media houses if julian our sons goes down so does journalism and where he goes there might one day be forced to follow we know how the case is going it's going extremely badly for the u.s. government and the british government the tragedy is. probably won't make any difference at all the idea that such a person should be extradited given these grave health issues is extraordinary and indeed unforgivable and contrary to basic human rights principles there be

a number of cases in recent years where people who have also been up for extradition to united states have had to actually blocked by the british courts on the grounds that the mental trauma and risk to their mental health and even the potential of that suicide would be too great to justify extradition so that is a precedent in the british courts but i do know there is incredible determination on the part of the british government in alliance with the us government to get a sandwich to the us regardless. britain's 1st refugee camp has opened its doors a former army barracks in southeast england will house up to 400 asylum seekers local authorities have raised their objection saying that they were never consulted over the new facility this follows a surge in arrivals by sea with almost $6500.00 migrants crossing the list channel

in small boats since the start of the year. were. fed up here and we don't want to. for the number of people to play debate it's not been don't you know i haven't met us to get to infuse happened quite quickly we 1st found out about it maybe 2 weeks ago and we've had

a lot of questions none of which we've had satisfactory to yet i think it's a good idea because many many and most buildings here that are empty to these people to have someone you know safe to be actually really seeking asylum that's fair enough to do it in the proper manner just put a badge you know people i mean we don't know. they might be just very grateful to be here. i don't but the reason against this is just a very nice community here and people are very friendly very nice but i know i look . like a shark and she just got me. oh. let's see it be worth it to me i say see it's a. company and from what you get. 31 minutes that's when i'll be back with another full and fresh look at your news this is art international glad to have you with us.

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