but i wonder that you know. i. francis said to reimpose a nighttime curfew saturday it will affect paris and 8 other cities in the despite new cases at least fight against the virus is expected to last until summer. in announces russia is stepping up efforts to battle covert 19 with a 2nd vaccine now registered against the virus it's already undergone 2 months of clinical trials. and hostilities between armenia and azerbaijan are. still ongoing despite a ceasefire being agreed days ago correspondent reports from one of the places recently shelled in the battered region. 2 strikes obliterating everything in. the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed.

good morning thanks for joining us this is r.t. and. let's begin in france where president emanuel has announced strict new rules to be applied to paris and other major cities in response to covert 19 nighttime curfew will be in force from this coming weekend for a minimum of 4 weeks. we have made a decision to impose a curfew it will be in force in the paris region other french cities new nationwide state of health of urgency has been declared in france as president mark on outline new stricter measures to try and defeat cove 19 he's announced a curfew that will take place not just here in paris but in 8 other of the worst affected cities across france that will come into force on saturday and will be

from 9 pm in the evening until 6 am in the morning and it will be strictly enforced with the 1st time that you are caught outside without a good reason with a fine of 135 euros but that will go up to $1500.00 euros for repeat offenders when southers measures will be in place for at least 4 weeks but the government wants to try and push that to 6 weeks taking it to december 1st and he said president michel and this would be strictly enforced i.e. if you actually live half an hour away you will need to leave the restaurant by half 8 in the evening he also talked about reducing private gatherings saying that 6 was the magic number and he said if you are with friends and families at a private gathering and you couldn't be more than one meter away from each other you would still have to wear a mask well there was thick and furious reaction to those announcements by president mack on. 60 percent of new infections happen to work schools or

universities between 8 and 7 pm but micron is banning people from going out to bars restaurants between 8 pm and 6 am welcome to absurdity there must be great disappointment among medics tonight who have heard no announcements of extra personnel material support or present back and said this was about trying to bring down the number of coded 1000 infections that came as the latest figures showed there were almost 23000 new cases of the virus in the 24 hours to wednesday with 104 deaths in president back and said that the health care system was simply overloaded with stuff being exhausted and he said that the situation was more worrying now than it had been during march at the start of the 1st wave of the pandemic now these measures will also of course affect restaurants and he said that they would be help for people who worked in those sorts of businesses with 90

percent of pay basic pay being covered by the state but you can imagine that many businesses who are already hard hit by kovac 1000 of probably worrying about what the future will hold for them now and present back on said that france would have to live with this virus until at least the summer of 2021 so not just a long winter ahead but possibly a long spring and a long summer for france as even stricter measures could be put in place if as president machen said people do not respect the rules and those numbers of covert 9000 infections are not brought down. we spoke with the health director for red cross international who supports the tougher restrictions. the stuff for measures measures are welcome and we are as the red cross today called out for political leaders to intervene in our speedy courageous any inclusive way to ensure

that these measures are put in place to protect the health and the social economic status of of the people of france and in many other countries in europe or many countries are being taken little bit by surprise by the iraq surge of crazes and so they are many countries are reacting within. 48 hours with a new measure that being put in place what is needed at the moment. measures that can reduce the deferred address mission but measures that can also bring people along and this is critical you know order to ensure that those measures are actually effective. another weapon in the fight against covert a 2nd experimental russian vaccine against the virus has officially been registered the epidemic corona vaccine has been developed by the siberia based victor state research center russian president vladimir putin made the announcement on wednesday

. the vent to research center in the disappears and is registered to vote kuhn on the 2nd russian vaccine against corona virus. or this new vaccine has successfully passed phase one and 2 clinical trials is now entering the 3rd phase with 40000 participants unlike the 1st russian sputnik the vaccine contains artificially synthesize fragments of the virus so also expected to provide long term immunity with more his arteries maria financial. phase $1.00 and $2.00 of its clinical trials and i'll be behind and here it was a success meaning the drug is safe now phase 3 is coming and it is a study in whether the vaccine is in fact affective we hear that around 40000 volunteers are expected to take part and for that purpose 60000 doses of the drug will be produced this is russian 2nd registered vaccine the 1st was registered back

in august it is known as sputnik or satellite and we now hear from its developers that by november russia will be able to produce up to 6000000 doses of base that see maining 8 to may take up to 12 months to vaccinate around 80 percent of the country's population and as we hear from russia's president vladimir putin the russian citizens house is among the country's key priorities but. first we need to make these vaccines available on the russian markets they must be supplied to russian pharmacies on as large a scale as possible so we continue to cooperate with our foreign partners and we will promote a vaccine abroad as well 50 countries are already interested in russia sputnik the vaccine against call that we hear that from the head of russia's investment fund who just this week returned from the united arab emirates where phase 3 of the clinical trials of sputnik he was approved billeted to go sputnik.

you know ward 33 was mean in the issue of participate 2 is definitely very important we believe you we use a strategic hub for by concur not only of the middle east in the world now marie i know that you've been vaccinated yourself but bigley the 1st russian vaccine can you tell us more about your experience with one of 40000 volunteers taking part in phase 3 of the clinical trials of sputnik here in russia i got 2 injections already until. last moment i didn't know what did i get because it is what is known as double blind trial meaning placebo is used and only 75 percent of the volunteer is expected to get jabbed with a real shot i was hoping of course that i was among them and plus there were some side side effects in both cases of both injections like headache fever muscle pain but till wednesday morning i was not sure and then i got

a blood test and the results showed that i had i.g.g. antibodies meaning it was the vaccine that i was injected with and it worked it tricked my body making it believe it was infected while in fact it wasn't a question is for how long my antibodies will stay and i'm happy anyway. armenia has blamed for shelling going hospital in the disputed region of the golan a kind of article wednesday and the talkback who denies comes 5 days after a cease fire a bit agrees with just a little understood this is between the nations and he's used the reports from a cathedral that was it last week and struck a somber note with civilians caught in the crossfire. the war in the going to care about has not just about trivial territorial gains it's a long lasting with lots of bad blood between both sides and recently it has spilled into a new turf religious this 19th century only savior cathedral was

a place where soldiers and volunteers alike used to come and pray before heading into battle that made it a target but it wasn't just soldiers who would come to this church the as area military was battering the town of shushi at that time so i learned and her family decided to hide from the bombs in the cathedrals crypt one place they thought that was safe from the shelling but they were wrong god does not have to now there were 7 of us including 2 children when the shell hit the cathedral it was deafening there was destruction everywhere masonry fell from the series that's all they can remember 2 strikes obliterating everything in their path the altar the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed no place is sacred no place is safe in this war not only was this church hit twice but the 2nd strike injured 3 russian journalists one of them is still in intensive care after spending several days in

a coma he believes the hit on them was intentional the streets of shushi bear a striking resemblance to those in other towns of nagorno karabakh it's a place of desolation and despair those who can fight are already on the front lines those who had somewhere to run already have done but alone or doesn't have any choice but to stay another story. we have to fit in this small shelter with a kitchen and bathroom in the same place we're too scared to go to is when we hear the sound of the sirens we are rushing here to hide every even in the reason we can hear the shelling people seem to be unfazed by the story state of the cathedral there's plenty of candles still burning. in the half destroyed malls of the church people pray for peace to return to this land sooner rather than later you've done of reporting from nagorno-karabakh r.t. . was even mentioned there 3 russian journalists were injured in the shelling of

the cathedral one of them severely injured so these broke out medical staff from different countries rushed to the region r.t. spoke with some russian doctors who are currently in the conflict zone. to show you it's no easy decision for any doctor to leave behind a content life and go to war where you just hear of course it's not hand to hand combat but the threat is there every 2nd i just followed my heart i went through the 1st who was a student in the observer military medicine i gained experience and admired the doctors who saved lives so i think it was imprinted on my mind having a broad experience in emergency medicine i didn't want to sit idle if i wanted to share my experience my knowledge and save any life possible with those all the good it was going to at 1st sight these are minor injuries small scratches in fact x. rays show us splintered bones and one muscles all this suggests that the weaponry has changed a lot but there are very few cases of gunshot wounds here basically which these are

injuries from explosive mines cluster rockets and so on they are high energy explosives which we've in comparable damage in us or the conflict flared up more than 2 weeks ago but it has roots that go back 3 decades with bouts of fighting the contested regions mostly inhabited by ethnic armenians but is legally part of azerbaijan. the sound you heard there was a shell hitting the azerbaijani town of tatar according to the the time came under bombardment wednesday but they censor tonight violating the cease fire agreement since eruption of fighting many people have fled their homes someone have chosen to stay. there have been countless attacks this morning they showed us soldiers here luckily they survived every evening we sit here and watch the shooting 1st coming from the armenian side and then from our side it hit these areas and then it fell on the roof of our houses and there is no fear soldiers are

fighting over there should i be scared here we should not be scared. rising unemployment or climbing death toll that's where the u.k.'s labor party says will come from the prime minister's coronavirus measures supply don't after this break. still seem wrong but. just don't call. me. yet to shape out to stay active. and engaged because betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground.

the world is driven by dreamers shaped by the one percent of those great. thinks. we dare to ask. you can you hear the new daily record of coronavirus cases on wednesday so passing 19000 paintings meanwhile seem unhappy with boris johnson's latest strategy for

combating covert 93 details from london partridge if coronavirus has taught us the u.k.'s prime minister one thing is that it's wise not to joke about it during an impromptu meeting of conservative m.p.'s boris johnson reportedly quit the room of 6 social distancing policy would mean families could escape celebrating christmas with their in-laws one of several attempted gags which apparently fell very flat but while some tories rage the government decisions are bankrupting the nation the opposition are one of those policies are costing the country lives and labor leaders to start a partial return to lock down the government's plan simply isn't working a lot of course it's needed. that's why i'm calling for a 2 to 3 week circuit breaker in england a circuit breaker is a short period of strict social restrictions aimed at bringing the virus under

control this comes after it was revealed the government's scientific advisors urged m.p.'s to impose a fortnight long long down as far back as september the 21st instead johnson and as a 3 tier system of measures including a 10 pm pub curfew and advice to work from home we stood to curbs in the worst hit areas and he's ready to knock the country back down the whole point is to speak to seize this moment now to avoid the misery of another national lockdown it i don't want nothing of course in combating the bars but we are going to do with the local and the regional approach the policy as indicated by those tory m.p.'s concerns is driven by the vast economic burden of the pound demick one think tanks predicted that almost 3000000 people will be unemployed by christmas after the chancellor's furlough scheme ends on october the certainly 1st while more than 2000000 people in england on the government's shielding list and considered vulnerable to coronavirus

due to health issues will mostly be told to take precautions but not to stay at home to the anger of patients groups of people who for example are on it was because we're simply not so that social worker able to have some protections that does have financial protection you talked about that this is a very high risk area such as a little closer like that they are not going to work however there's no protection for this new financial support they may be able to get. only a deal is done locally so actually the choice between whether to go to work on public transport and of course needing to keep her job is very difficult once in a as the situation worsens within the country the government remains on the horns of the ultimate dial emma. how do they save lives without bankrupting the country for boris johnson and everyone this is no laughing matter kate partridge r.t. london. preparing for sanctions brussels is sent to roll out further penalties

on russia this thursday the agreement made with an e.u. had courtis came after the alleged poisoning of russian opposition figure alexei navalny let's go live to our europe correspondent the developments in berlin with the latest on this what do we know peter about these upcoming measures against russia. well it's a busy e.u. council summit that we've got coming up over the next couple of days coronavirus dominating those talks break that also being chucked in there as well but we are expecting on thursday that we'll hear more about the sanctions the e.u. is proposing against russia for the alleged poisoning of alexei novelli now on monday e.u. foreign ministers agreed to go forward with these sanctions the exact details of them haven't been revealed yet but what has leaked out over the the subsequent days is that they're likely to target 6 individuals and one organization they will take

the form of travel bans and asset freezes those are the type of sanctions the e.u. council can can push through without any further approval russian foreign minister sergei lavrov far from happy about this news following monday's announcement from foreign ministers of the european union that they would approve the sanctions he said that russia could cut off diplomatic ties with the european union he's also said that this could have an impact on doing business with europe going forward. last but there was no the question is not just whether business as usual is possible but whether any business with the european union is possible at all the e.u. behaves arrogantly towards us and looks condescendingly down at russia demanding answers from us for all the crimes it imagines we have committed i think we're under no obligation to respond to about. all the sanctions

were proposed by france and germany in the document put forward pearl and paris say that they're looking to target individuals responsible for the poisoning of mr and the family also a body involved in the chemical weapons program and wants to know if a gun in the last years we have strived for a reasonable relationship with russia also in the common interest of russia for cooperation in solving international crises and at the same time we must notice the specific incidents charge the bilateral relations and we need to ensure that a violation of the chemical weapons treaty which is one of the most acceptable agreements of human rights doesn't remain without consequences and on that we have a consensus at the european level. russia denies all of the allegations against it for involvement in a poisoning of alexei novelli moscow sent 4 official requests to berlin for germany

to share the information the evidence germany says of the the use of the chemical weapon against alexei navalny so far there's been no response to those requests russia says it needs that information if it's to carry out an investigation this is all left the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov extremely unhappy with the response or lack thereof coming from berlin. you also use a strong need for the brochure to ease approach than of any case is totally unacceptable 5 e.u. countries claim they have established the truth but when we request them to provide evidence of their conclusions they say this is outrageous so let me be clear all we want is for the e.u. in germany to abide by international law there are the conventions on cooperation in criminal probes we appeal to those conventions asking germany to abide by the norms of international law and you in germany basically replies by saying you know

wants you have international law but we have our own rules and the rule is this if you don't believe those you are guilty. it was back in august that alexina family took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow he was brought here to berlin where he spent 2 weeks in and then joost coma receiving treatment at the shot at a hospital he was discharged last week and is currently undergoing physiotherapy in other parts of recovery as an outpatient remaining in germany so far we will find out more about the sanctions we hope on thursday leaders from the e.u. council are gathering in brussels around lunchtime as soon as we get any news coming out of that meeting we bring to you here on r.t. you know many things peter as you mentioned there's a level clearly wasn't happy did say that you know that you can't assume that relations will continue as they have been will things break off will they continue to discuss we will watch very keenly to find out and thanks. now

a controversial new york times project which label slavery is the most significant aspect of u.s. history has sparked a round between the paper's own writers on columnist wrote that the night the 6900 project was a failure he got this response from the paper's employee union it says a lot about an organization when it breaks its own rules and goes after one of its own the act like the article reeks. and that tweet was taken down afterwards the project was developed by the new york times magazine with a series of pieces published last year 1619 was the year the 1st slave ship arrived in the colony of virginia and the writers argued that data should be considered the birth year of the united states rather than $776.00 the of independence was declared the project has gained plenty of publicity and the creators even won a pulitzer prize. but last week new york times called a misprint stevens wrote an opinion piece questioning the 69000 projects he praised

the quality of the research but said it's not the job of reporters to reframe history. journalists are most often in the business of writing the 1st rough draft of history not trying to have the last word on it we have best when we try to tell truths with a lowercase t. following evidence in directions unseen not the capital t truth of a pre-established narrative in which inconvenient facts get discarded as fresh concerns make clear on these points and for all of its virtues buzz spin offs and a pulitzer prize the 161000 project has failed. we spoke to legal and media analysts lionel about the infighting at the new york times he thinks it demonstrates left wing intolerance of dissenting views but it amazes me that somebody who represents or it an organization of journalists would basically have a problem with somebody expressing an idea or performing journalism it

just goes to show you that this comes down to one very simple fact there are some things that are allowed to be said within let's say the alter left journalist platforms and things that you can't say if you say anything that challenges either the new york times or particular ideologies or spouted by the time or even that you dare say something that goes against the grain you're cut down immediately let me make even more simple there is no journalism anymore. russian photographer has won a coveted international award with a once in a lifetime image of an endangered siberian tiger. of course work is intitled the embrace it shows the tigris sense marking an ancient tree in russia's

far east it took 11 months of trial and error to find a leak capture the close up of the big cat using motion sensors the british national natural history museum chose the piece out of $49000.00 entries with korsakoff claiming the wildlife photographer of the year award. of the more tiger was pushed to the brink of extinction a few decades ago due to poaching and deforestation with a population fall into just a few dozen recovered somewhat in recent years with the help of st conservation laws but the species is still classed as endangered we're now around $500.00 siberian tigers living in the wild in parts of eastern russia. good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. hope you appreciate it a half hour of news more coming in just 30 minutes. let

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