they. 6 2 are headline stories this hour an orthodox priest is in a severe condition after being shelled by a. church in the french city of. comes 2 days after an islamic extremist killed 3 people. to. taste freedom for this possibility to believe freely and not to give in to terror. in the british capital as the prime minister. becomes one of the 1st countries to oblige the world health organizations to

register. for emergency use. stories from the past 7 days welcome to the week or 2 international you know. we start in the french city of lille we're a greek orthodox priest is in intensive care after being shot his church. the gunman fled the scene a suspect was arrested soon after the shooting but has since been released due to a lack of evidence the incident took place a priest was closing his church an investigation into attempted murder has been opened and terrorism authorities are cooperating with local police we heard from people who witnessed the shooting. well. i live in the area i heard

gunshots but at 1st i thought it was firecrackers we didn't take it seriously and then i saw the motorbikes the roadblocks and the police and i realized that it was serious but there was a church here and the priest who is 47 years old was shot while i was just i live nearby i was watching t.v. at home and suddenly i heard something like hammer blows some big booming noises so it was and might be kids playing outside but i decided to figure out what was going on but then i heard someone screaming when i went downstairs i saw the police and realized what was happening but unfortunately this time it's only what's going to happen next that's what we are now asking ourselves. well this latest incident came as france was still trying to come to terms with tragedy terror struck on thursday morning in the city of nice one a nice man run page through a church killing 3 the attack came 2 weeks after the brutal beheading of a teacher in paris the teacher had shown his class caricatures of the prophet

muhammad president describe a attack in the islamist terror incident this is hello but they unfold. we're going to send it. through the siren of the firemen the police arrived quickly so it's really good with bikers and everything that followed then they set up a security system i went down with my scooter and i saw the guy come in take refuge in the cathedral afterwards a huddle lot of gunshots. tradition film making the people who do know what happened i lost my son and i lost my life and i demanded a mystique a shit about who stands behind the scenes today and i want to know who committed my

son my son does not do such things we are enormously shocked we are good people who stand against terrorism and we denounce one half of what we know about him is that he is a more room well raised person and we do not believe that he has suspicious connections and this is what. we should i was in that church of the time of the attack it was almost 9 yeah i get a call from the police and was told that the terror attack has been committed in the not. closed down your church they said it all happened so quickly. it was wrong but in this new tragedy today you see victims of islamofascism repeatedly denounced.

they main suspect behind the attack and niece has been identified as a 21 year old triggers in migrant he was not previously known to french intelligence. he arrived in europe in september via its lee were he claimed to be a refugee however he was served an expulsion notice and then dropped off the authorities radar 3 others have been arrested in connection with the case with reports today of 2 more suspects have been taken into custody reporting live from niece charlotte to ski. the anti terror prosecutors said on thursday evening that they were still exploring lines in regards to the perpetrator behind the brutal attack in the priscilla behind me not to the silica in the heart of nice with 3 people were brutally murdered i just want to take you through some of the details we know about the victims of this latest terror attack france one was a 60 year old woman who had gone to the church for prayers for the 1st mass of the morning we heard from the anti terror prosecutor that she was almost beheaded by

the perpetrator a 2nd was 55 year old man who also worked as a sexton at the church she'd been here for 10 years and the 3rd person was a woman she was stabbed she managed to escape from the church to raise the alarm so it was as a result of her heroic actions the police were informed and able to come in apprehend the perpetrator she succumbed to her injuries her last words were apparently tell my family that i love them present back on has warned france's once again attack but when he visited nice on thursday he remained defiant that freedom and france would continue to up hold its valleys and some said think if we're attacked once again it is for our values for our taste of freedom for this possibility on our soil to believe freely and not to give in to any mind of terror i say with great clarity once again today we will not give in 4000 extra security

personnel now deployed across france particularly at sites like this church and also at schools and one of the reasons that religious sites are getting the priority when it comes to security is because there was a release earlier this week from a thought but which is a press agency linked to the terror network al qaeda which suggested that christian symbols should be attacked people here disbelief shocker. once again this could hit at the heart of the city but there is also anger to. the french demand justice who want these people to be deported to their country ok in secret that there is no safety 3 people are dead what you are married to build another mosque the people have been coming to the church in lame true peace since that attack took place but the reality is that this is a community that is still in complete shock over what's happened. to muslims across

the world has been protesting against president mccracken's crackdown on hardline islam tensions have also been heightened by the french had to recall magazine surely a do their latest front cover featured a cartoon of the turkish president right because they have picks up the story. something in france is broken and it is france nowhere else in europe is there this much terror killing and a complete breakdown and mutual respect and understanding a year ago macron warned against stigmatizing muslims we're all one people he said since then something has changed now he's talking about islam of separatism shutting down dozens and dozens of muslim charities and organizations and has unveiled a plan to domesticate is lot. of our citizens of the islamic faith must be protected against the evil of a radical islamic i say it here because the will of the islamists of its ideologues

is precisely to the heart of our citizens of and against the republic using their religion and we cannot let that happen macro platen involves forbidding french moms from training overseas restricting foreign funding for religious organizations giving the government control over religious subsidies and you loon you get money if you sign a contract saying you respect french values he even has a name for this new french islam the islam of an lightman or everyone is challenged about macros little cult and specifically his cracked out on muslim charities and n.g.o.s if the government still goes on to divide us it will create separate groups in society and it is not the solution. to some duty maybe some people who come in but not everybody. does their religion is they want. government to

calm the tensions down today we have to be careful and not developing and then to muslim hatred it makes no sense and it is dangerous it is incredible how simple cartoons can cause this much bloodshed and hated misunderstanding one side sees these. nothing but an insult in the public which essentially they are intended only to insult and offend more than a 1000000000 people the other side including the french government sees it as an expression of free speech. than any god and free speech is a constitutional right of any french citizen for 14 years charlie has reprinted these cartoons at regular intervals a magazine with a very modest circulation has now found a cash cow people's feelings and beliefs for which they themselves have paid a high price.

and. swore never to give up these characters and turing's even if everyone else does only further angry muslims. needs a mental health treatment what else can be said to head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and paves in this way to millions of people living in

his country who are members of a different faith muslims are the primary victims of the cult of hatred empowered by colonial regimes and exported by their own clients the recent statements that the leadership level is the dence of this a creation of the holy qur'an or reflects. of this increasing islamophobia that is spreading in european countries we must explain to the western world the value systems differ for different social and religious and ethnic groups in the world backgrounds tough talk has so far completely failed france is now seen as an enemy in the muslim world islamophobia boycotts protests and all that as with his little project his plan to essentially domesticate islam in france may be the most ambitious thing macron has undertaken. robert harness is a journalist correspondent of the diplomatic observer which is where he speaks to us from to take good to have you on the program robert as we just heard the leaders

of muslim countries have been running on president a chronic using him of stirring up hatred against muslims what's your take on not aspect do you think that should be perhaps focusing more in condemning the recent acts of terrorism in front. well the turkish president did actually condemned the attack in the church one has to accept the fact that leaders of muslim countries like the victims of their own electorates and they reacted had cordingley but one thing that was said struck me by imran khan. was he said all we are asking and he said this twice some time ago in the united nations general assembly and recently all we're asking is that all ringback religions be treated the same how is it that you kind of said word against the holocaust but you can print cartoons that muslims find deeply offensive i find that quite

a telling argument fronts the largest muslim population in europe nearly 6000000 people up to a 10th of the population numbers are growing every year do you think that france can continue to uphold its secular values including the legal right to blast famous this demographic trend continues. well 1st of all i'm not actually sure that there is a legal legal right to do what they are consistently because there are actually french laws that say that abusive material these companies pammy can be punished but they don't actually enforce it against charlie hebdo because they want to be seen to be the great profits of of a free press and so on but they did it in force against a. israel anti jewish comedian. so they need to look in the mirror very hard and say have they done everything they

can to come this situation now no answer to your question if they go in my opinion will have to shift their ground but they will want to do so in a way that is obvious you've been reporting from the country for quite some time roberts you've seen a lot of presidents make promises about this particular issue as well but the situation only appears to have worsened does mccrone islam of enlightment his plans is that there is a reality that that could happen just what's your what's your gut take on this. well i think that the government would be have to be very stupid not to be thinking very hard about the direction in which they ought to be going personally i found the islamism of the enlightenment slightly patronize in i didn't think it was the most tactful phraseology but i do think they're going to have to take certain steps to a eliminate the extremists where they can and be on the other hand say to people like

you can come and stop because. common sense has to has to enter into this how many people are supposed to be killed before charlie and say oh well actually maybe this isn't such a good idea. sooner or later we're going to start asking that question it's not a lot of putting the blame on the victims over to a certain degree. it's not it's not a question of blame this is actually in my opinion not about religion it's about a thing the english called the breach of the peace you use your conduct likely to call cause a breach of the peace if you do something in many countries that he's larval to cause massive mayhem we're far disallows if you i don't think it's a very good idea if you do that and if you do that we will punish you and we will stop you sooner or later if things get difficult and that that will happen in my opinion for macro to get from where he is today as the patron saint of free speech

to that position is not a task i envy him ok always interesting have you on the program rather thanks very much for your take this sunday robert heartless journalist writing for english speaking media about front thank you. to moving the program all of thousands of people have rallied in central london against the government's new coronavirus restrictions. was. a lot of people out there people holding up bombers as well accusing the authorities of terror in a forest directing the movement of people on that protest was taking place today just one day after the british prime minister announced a new lockdown for all of england. we've got to be humble in the face of nature and in this country alas as across much of europe the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario

of our scientific advisors and so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative from thursday into the storm to december you must stay at home you may only leave home for specific reasons we're not going back to the full scale of march and april the measures that i've outlined a less bruited less restrictive but i'm afraid from day the basic message is the same stay at home protect the n.h.s. and save lives you know those new realistic effect on thursday and will last until the 2nd of the sembler all non-essential shops will close along with entertainment venues restaurants and pubs people will be required to work from home wherever and whenever possible schools colleges universities though they are all staying open after 4 weeks of lockdown the plan is then to returning them to

a system of local targeted restriction and when the need arises since the start of the pandemic the u.k.'s been hit with more than a 1000000 covert 90 cases over 46000 deaths that is the highest number in europe in the past week the u.k.'s daily infection rate has gone up significantly exceeding 20000 on a day by day basis political commentator anthony webber believes the proposed cure may well be worse though than the disease. even before this lockout and we're it's funny how how bad the situation moans and how much more one took to you we become and now suddenly we're going to become even more to it speed because we government can somehow afford to ignore the moments photo which of the taxpayer will have to pay for the young people of this film to have to pay for in the future but what will they do you are going to see this nation well i think the easy gave the

critics because they are off script country where the weather is not a couple it's full. the whole thing these disasters were in government should be is it best lately in dallas the beautiful to people in the country even any people have to pay for their perspective in search of our expenses. you're watching r t still to come russia becomes one of the 1st countries to apply to the world health organization for an emergency license that is for its sputnik v. vaccine and more on the ballots up to the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that.

22 minutes into the program welcome back 2 people have been killed 5 more injured during a knife rampage on holloway night in the canadian city of quebec witnesses say the girl was dressed in a mediæval cost you and carrying a sword he passes by outside the regional parliament building a suspect in his mid twenty's has been arrested quebec city police have said there is no indication of a link to terrorist groups or appears to be a thing of personal motives. russian covert 1000 vaccine named sputnik v being distributed to the 1st group of volunteers 60 head of the trial said none of the participants showed any significant side effects after getting the initial dose in this week russia was among the 1st countries to

apply to the world health organization for an emergency license for the vaccine sputnik the ones developed by i think the media institute here in moscow advanced stage 3 trials with 55000 volunteers are right now underway and fresh against w h o approval it will speed up the availability of the job globally and this point to get the system about the vaccine in the west including claims that corners were rushed into production it has confidence in the drug now it comes as russia sees a spike in covert 1000 infections with over 18000 new cases registered in the past 24 hours on the total number of cases exceeding $1600000.00 the country remains among the worst hit in the world together with the us india and brazil. but with covert tightening its grip both in russia and worldwide r.t.s. heard from a leading evolutionary biologist who's conducted extensive studies into the virus

he explains how it mutates and how it breaks can be dealt with you can watch the full interview on our website for now though here's a quick preview. i think it's a blessing the crown of arses evolve more slowly than other r.n.a. viruses but still it's a very quick process the virus mutates every 2 weeks but in one specific lineage what is a specific lineage well vassie infects mush mush infects pits in pits infix tanya in such a lineage the virus mutates once but at the same time a similar process is taking place across the globe since different viruses acquire different mutations in total we see tens of thousands of mutations but we can already see approximately 20000 mutations. that is $20000.00 versions of the same corona virus that is believed to have her originated and.

we now see that the common ancestor was around in december or january the genomes of all the coronaviruses we are sequencing and studying right now show that they are all descended from one common ancestor which existed back then so it seems to me very unlikely that the parson fact that a person before that time. so. there is a widespread belief that the virus does not exist in order to kill the owner but in order to somehow perfectly adapt to it and live quietly inside them. actually this is not what the virus cares about most we know a huge number of examples one of our success didn't put place names for many many is many centuries and did not weaken smallpox for example on measles which is fatal in a large proportion of cases if there is no treatment but generally it often happens that the mortality rate does not change at all. so there is no guarantee that

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