the fact that russia's top diplomat suggests that kremlin critic unexplainable nick could have ingested a nerve agent in germany are on the way there. but the kremlin spokesperson stressing that no one is willing to cooperate with moscow. on the case. we want to know the truth. so we said, please help us if you have information that we do not house, please share it with us. but no one wants to cooperate with the news that pfizer's corona virus vaccine could soon be ready for release is giving hope, but mainly to rich countries. as it looks like, poor ones might be priced out also this hour,

armenia's capital is rocked by more on rust as fury over a peace deal with azerbaijan shows no signs of abating, all as refugees fled from the war zone. in 2 year ban, archie spoke to one woman about her ideal. i didn't want to leave my home, but another siren my daughter said mom, they're coming. for the sake of my children, i left a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow. thanks for joining us for global news update this hour. the prominent kremlin critic alex and of all they could have been targeted with a nerve agent after leaving russia. that's the suggestion of russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov speaking at a video conference with journalists. the diplomat stressed that not only had tested negative for any toxins, while still in the country, artists where if national reports,

it seems russia has had enough after months of what most go. so as groundless accusations, foreign minister sergei lavrov says vali could have been poisoned after he left hospital in russia. we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents get into his body, could have happened in germany or on the plane was flown to the sheraton a hospital. exactly. how else can the sudden appearance of toxic materials in the vollies samples be explained? he steps results were clear when he was in arms. that's according to russian doctors who initially treated him and several russian laboratories. it's only often a volley was taken to a lien that we heard about traces of navi chalk from germany 1st, then friends and sweden despite there being no solid evidence proving it. russia was very quickly accused of using a banned nerve agent and punished with these sanctions.

pick them up. there was very clearly an assault and an assassination attempt that was made on russian soil against a russian opponent, with a chemical agent and a business related in russia. and therefore, it is on russia to give indispensable clarification that we will have to draw from the information that russia provides the consequences all its refusal to provide tariff occasion i call in russia to do more to investigate this case, such as this must have consequences that you therefore reserve the right to impose sanctions russia's accusing. now his western partners have been unreliable and is now ready to respond with mirror sanctions. it is difficult for me to understand the motives of the german partners because i already told this to hike a must. but i can repeat this. it's sort of secret that if we see how germany took the role of a leader in the new escalation of relations with the russian federation, there will of course be

a response to the sanctions. and since germany was the driving force behind these e.u. sanctions over 10 of all the case. and since these sanctions directly affect hiring in stouffer's of the russian president's administration, look, we will respond in kind all russian requests for proof or any alleged date, or were poll lightly denied. so immersed in i would like to reiterate that we do not expect the bearer of the bad news, mainly us to be criticized. it would be better to deal with the news itself. we have informed b o, p, c, w, and urbanization of the russian side can approach to ask further questions., ironically, one, addressing the o.p.c. w., russia was told to go back and ask germany, which made moscow doubt the organizations motives. i will be blunt, the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretary at is increasingly turning into a tool in the west and which is being used to exert informational and political pressure on countries that fail to toe the line. this conclusion is backed by the watchdogs involvement in and russian campaigns early it with the script case. and

now with the alleged poisoning of alexina violently and now russia. 8 says it may consider leaving the o.p.c. w. . so the ball is in europe's court. of all the 1st fell on an internal flight in russia. in august, the aircraft made an emergency landing in the city of arms, where he was taken to the hospital and put into an induced coma. samples were sent to several russian labs, and none of them found any traces of toxins. and only within airlifted to germany, where he was treated at a specialist clinic in berlin. there who play and the whole plot on of ali is shaming. germany is doing a lot of accusations against russia, but is not delivering evidence. so i'm very critical to what the handling of that case bided to him and political class by the government. and i'm fully with the russian authorities on strong evidence. we are in the, in

a spiral of sanctions. and i didn't thi, where this might lead to on the one hand we have to enter russian sanctions, which are seen widely as ridiculous and unfair even in the german public, not in the political class. but among the majority of the people, there is no support for those sanctions. and now russian is doubling. doing take fortec. i understand that russia is no, are sick of this accusation switch on most ridiculous. but if there drew would lead to 2 new countermeasures against russia, it would be to your avoided we want. so it's a dangerous game. my suspicion and indeed hope is that the sanctions and the noise about the o.p.c. w. is a cover for the fact that the pipeline will go ahead. that's my feeling right now. we haven't got to the point where the construction of the pipeline has been

definitively abandoned. it hasn't been completed, but it hasn't been definitively abandoned. and so i suspect the political class is finding a way to save face. in other words, to put symbolic sanctions on russia to up the ante on the diplomatic level, probably my guess is to complete the pipeline. r.t. is anton, crossed off, sat down with the kremlin spokesperson, dimitri pesca off their wide ranging discussion, touched on the in of all the case. we can bring you a short clip now, but the exclusive interview will be airing in full throughout the day. here for you, we are interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened because we want to know the truth. so we said please help us if you have information that we do not have, please share it with us. but no one wants to cooperate. sometimes it seems the patient does not want that truth to be ourselves. you know,

because the world or anybody, sometimes it seems the patient is not that sick. there are a lot of questions about his illness too. and if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. well, you have to agree that there are more questions than answers. as the world waits for a viable co-head vaccine, finding a job isn't the only challenge the other is making it accessible. all rich countries can afford stockpiling drugs. poor ones can lack the specialist. storage equipment needed are to charlotte. dubinsky picks up the story within hours of pharmaceutical giant pfizer and by own tech announcing there could be $1000.00 vaccine was 90 percent effective, that you swooped in and signed on the dotted line. and europe wasn't alone. massive,,

deals have also been struck with the u.s. the u.k., egypt, pan, canada, and new zealand, leading some n.g.o.s to question whether this is just a vaccine for rich nations. it's worrying that phase of bio, when tech has already struck, deals with rich countries for more than a 1000000000 doses of its vaccine, leaving less than a quarter of its projected supply for the rest of the world. big pharma profits must not be prioritized over the health of billions. now, the european commission has been clear. member states can decide what to do with their vaccine doses, and that includes the option of meeting them to lower and middle income countries. the u. is unlikely to help a lot because it is in deep trouble itself. and many poor countries are not going to be able to be all the supply expensive coaching infrastructure and storage on time to deliver the missing. this vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degree

celsius, requiring a special freezer of a type that isn't widely available even in europe and america. meaning countries will have to build deep freeze storage and transportation networks from scratch to keep the vaccine from becoming useless is for the action is costly, its component is unstable. it also requires called chain transportation and has a short shelf life. the requirement for extremely cold temperatures is likely to cause spoilage a lot of vaccine the price tag in building these and the difficulties in administrating the required 2 shots within a month, may be too much of a burden from the nations, leaving them essentially frozen out. some n.g.o.s have called on follow on tech, to clarify how the vaccine will be made accessible outside high income countries. and they want the firms to make their vaccine technology available via

a w h o scheme. so billions of doses can be produced as quickly. and this cheaply as possible. now that's unlikely because when the scheme was launched, pfizer made its feelings clear, i think is nonsense. and at this point of time, it's also dangerous. there's a giant effort right now happening to find solutions to the risks we're taking, represent billions of dollars and the chances of developing something is still not very good and adding insult to injury the day. the vaccine was announced, the c.e.o. of fine, so many $5600000.00 worth of company stock. now pfizer says that this was a scheduled transaction once the stock hit a certain value, but for many, this was a cold shower. of a reminder, the big pharma is also big money. so a vaccine for coke at 19 may be closer, which of course is good news. well, for those who can at least afford it, i say, centralize profit seeking

a period of calm with markets in some because the last country to be called that really determines when the pandemic is going to the one who paid for it get it 1st. i think we can't complain much, but the point is really, if it is eventually optimal for them to leave all these poor countries untreated because they could eventually travel back to the bric countries. at the same time, profit incentive shouldn't be in the mind. the world's greatest invention and treatment by a lot by products. meanwhile, a new medical study has added to the urgency of finding a vaccine and found that catching coded can correlate with developing mental disorders. a study was run by the university of oxford and it found that one in 5 patients go on to develop mental health issues within 3 months of testing positive

. and else this was based on 69000000 u.s. medical records, or that 62000 of them have coronavirus. and the majority of disorders attending kovac are characterized by feelings of worry or fear, in some cases strong enough to make every day life seem unbearable. include adjustment disorder, post-traumatic, stress disorder, panic, attacks, insomnia, and even dementia. we talked to max max, take a co-author of the study. the short answer is that we don't know yet, and we have to do more research to find out, you know, we can start to speculate about what might be the reasons. and i think there might be 2 main reasons. one is psychological, the and one is biological. the psychological one is quite intuitive. people suffer with the 19 which is quite scary in itself and the fear of having a potentially life limiting in this might cause things like anxiety and depression,

as it does also to a possible biological explanation which is that it is possible. that sounds good to say the very virus that causes 19 my get into the brain. we know that some viruses do. we don't know yet as far as i know where the source of 2 does, but it's possible that it does. and in that way, it might be affecting the brain and damaging the brain if you will, within the biological explanation is also an inflammatory explanation. so we know that too, as a virus, causes an information throughout the body that can be, can expend well beyond the lungs. and it may be that, that inflammatory response also involves the brain. and if that's the case, that in my view that the inflammation to be immune response in the body mount against the infection might be the cause of the cycle. given that there's going to be more people suffering with mental illness as a result of 19, we need to make sure that there is services provided for those people in therapy

provided for the people. we know the things that he depression, for instance, for example, is of treatable diseases. most people that receive treatment for anxiety, depression do get better. and so very important that those treatments are available to all that need them. during the pandemic. still ahead, after years of accusing donald trump of giving power for powerful roles to friends and relatives, democrats are now facing some of the same scrutiny as story more after this is your media, a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe, isolation or community? are you going the right way?

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back. joe biden's team is stepping up preparations to take over in the white house and it's promising a clean slate after a long accusing the trumpet, ministration of handing out top jobs based on personal connections, artist, and looks at how the tables have turned. political appointees are supposed to be selected based on their experience and their merit, not their family connections in an ideal world. now, democrats have never tired of braiding. donald trump, for what they see as nepotism. kirshner's, lack of political experience is the daughter the president is engaging in diplomacy on the world stage with absolutely no plot on what she says or does. because the result of her father deciding to expand her role in the federal government. sure those objections might be justified, but democrats don't seem afraid to do the exact same thing. vice president elect camila harris's husband, douglas' him off a lawyer is going to be part of the biden administration. is working with the biden

harris transition team to develop the talk. he will focus on to support the work of the administration. although last month he did make clear, he will not be joining the ranks of kamel, his advisors, and having your wife, kitchen cabinet and husband. here for now, joe biden's next of kin have long been reaping the benefits of having a high achieving relative joe biden's. son hunter, got a nice gig working for barista holdings. he made roughly $50.00 to $80000.00 per month, even though he had very little experience in the energy business. and your biden also maneuvered into owning 10 percent of a chinese state controlled investment firm. obviously having a dad who was vice president has really provided hunter biden with quite a few opportunities. if your last name was invited, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board of the reason? i probably know if my last name wasn't by james, the brother of joe biden is also known to make use of his family's connections back

in 2011, a us real estate company got a $1500000000.00 contract for iraqi reconstruction. at a time when joe biden was overseeing the reconstruction of iraq and that one point $5000000000.00 deal with signed just a few months after james biden was named head of the company. republicans look at all of this and they cry foul. they say it's just plain obvious nepotism. the people who benefited are his family members, not the american people. i waste my day with 100 bided. and who can blame them? right? to get ahead in the world. gotta take care of the family here, the well spread it around, you know, other people at the top 5 built this company with my own 2 hands, just me a computer and a 1000000 dollar loan from my phone. now it's often been said that one should never put their job ahead of their family, but if you give all the key jobs to your family, everything works out a. busy ok,

a little up and artsy, new york journalist david lindorff told us patronage jobs for the political elite are nothing new in the u.s. . i think it's just way things have been. i mean, look at the trumpet ministration with his son in law and his daughter playing advisory roles, right in the white house and on payroll. so they're both, they're both paid employees of the white house. so it's a, it's been, you know, it's just been a continuous thing like that part of it is corruption. and part of it is that americans kind of like it, you know, look at the kennedy administer, you know, the kennedy family, you know, people sort of will know the name. and so they'll vote for it. it's kind of sad. you know that, that there's not any concern about what they really stand for. it's just sort of, oh, i liked john kennedy, i guess i'll vote for a daughter or whatever. the prime minister

of armenia is fighting for political survival after signing a peace deal with azerbaijan. the armenian capital has been gripped by days of unrest. now these are the latest pictures from year of an again gathered outside of parliament. are calling for prime minister nicole question younes resignation, and the armenians are furious about the truce signed earlier this week. to halt fighting in the disputed region of the government, they view it as a humiliating defeat under the terms azerbaijan will hold on to the land. it's captured in the past 7 weeks of hostilities, plus armenia is obliged to hand over 3 other districts by the end of the month. since the conflict flared up in late september, almost $90000.00 ethnic armenians have fled carl bach. many of them left right after the deal was signed when it became clear that their homes and villages would be hit over to baku makeshift centers with volunteers and aid workers have been created to help accommodate them. but some of those fleeing have found shelter in

homes of total strangers in armenia, argues against on the reports. so let's just throw it in ash we built our dreams. we wanted our dreams to come true, but after 30 years it's war again. again, everything is destroyed. there are many places in the world where peace spells torment, but nagorno-karabakh is one of them. the truce between armenia and azerbaijan hasn't brought any relief for those who fled the war, but nona didn't want to run, not at the beginning, at least, but did for the sake of her children. yet as with the 1st bombing, i walked the children and we went to our neighbor's basements. we're in an area where there are no bomb shelters. i didn't want to leave my home, but another siren. my daughter said mom, they're coming for the sake of my children. i left stepanek at to care of the kids. well, while she's holding back tears, her little daughter runs around as if war has never been

a feature of her young life. finding home in armenia has never been a challenge. people weren't just welcoming. they were actively searching for refugees to give them shelter from the bomb what i thought something needs to be done. and i started looking for family to help. and they found me. they found me and i found them, and they have been living with me since october 1st. has known i was following the war from afar. at 1st, everything seemed bright, just as if victory was around the corner. but then troubling news from her husband on the front line was the 1st sign that all was not well in her homeland. the husband said that the as their version, he's were waiting outside the city to attack. and at night a drone attack, the car in which he and other military personnel were and he reached and his relatives took him to the hospital. but he wanted to go back and fight. and now he isn't stupid, like at the peace deal, which for many looks too much like surrender it cab back. refugees, like

a hammer blow, says the by journey's will never give them a chance and coexisting my adults. my relatives lived in headroom. it was very scary. they were in the basements until mid october, but they were lucky enough to leave there and escape. my other friend lived. she lost her home and her husband, and she has no idea how to continue living will or will what happened and how much of new going to karabakh they have to give up and she finds it impossible to accept, but it looks like she and tens of thousands of other refugees will have no choice but to get used to it. i'm done of reporting from watching our 2 documentaries can be an upsetting experience if you believe you. 2 warnings. our latest film on armed activists in the us from both the extreme left and right has been flagged as potentially offensive. here's a preview. the biggest political events of the last 4 years is happening amid the

coronavirus spend that makes residents at the level of civil unrest sparked by the death george floyd's end of the radical groups on both sides of the political spectrum. here was all you know, what's about to happen if you want a war, let it begin with us. we're going to meet these groups and their leaders to find out how far they're ready to go to fight for what they believe to stand for this country. there are different versions of the warning depending on your language settings. russian speakers are told the material could frighten or shock some users for english speaking viewers, its brand of quote, offensive or inappropriate to some audiences. and to watch it, you have to sign in to prove your age or i talk to the creator of the work. of course, it's not exactly the kids' content. it is about american radical groups and people who are having to involved in the protest movements that is on the rise,

especially in this days and months before the election. but i think in that, in this documentary, there is nothing that is overkill or over the top. and for me, it is really weird and strange why it was flagged and especially the way it was flagged. so we have to fold the notification system in place for this particular documentary, and that is word, this is something unheard of. i think well, as we were mentioning there, you actually have to log in. so for me personally, you know, i tried to just open up you tube, google it, and open it up and look at it. and it said you have to sign in. i don't have a youtube account, which means that certain people are not going to be able to access this movie. whereas i looked at what i just searched in youtube for one of the groups that you said was in the film, the boogaloo boys. there's plenty of documentaries of news stories about this group where they're talking about their doctrine where they're standing there with guns. 5 and you think it would be about the same thing?

is that the sort of content that's in the movie, it's these men talking about their beliefs? pretty much so. so yeah, we spoke to the members of blue movement. these are heavily armed guys who are not afraid to come out to protest, although none of them are criminals of flaws in, in that any possible way. so it's not that we were talking with, you know, bad people or criminals know they are just regular citizens, but they are having involved in protests, but it's not against the law. right. in the u.s. . would you say that anything they spoke about would have been considered radical? i would say so. some of the things that they were mentioning are, why disturbing you think about it? because they were talking about the looming civil conflict in the us about the deep division and polarization. that is taking place in the country about the probable outcome, the revolution, whatever that means. but it's not that they were,

you know, getting into any kind of specifics. and we have, we have a special waiver before the film saying, just watch out guys, 3rd by disturbing content. so we told radio now instead to your audience, we asked you to explain why the film was labeled as potentially offensive. they replied that violent or gory content is a violation of the rules except when used for documentary purposes. in which case you tube, it may apply an age restrictions that only adults can view it. that's not the 1st example of our material being flagged online before the us election. twitter marked one of our reports as misleading meaning it could not be shared. twitter has rules against manipulating or interfering in elections, but in fact, the video was an account of ballot fraud allegations, which have been made by the trump campaign. and they were widely reported elsewhere . and about a journalist gave us his view on the way videos are being censored. this is crazy. this come much too far before. busy as you say, i mean, if you put

a blur or nudity almost a still, or a trickster at the offices of the community, great, fine, no problem. not a venture into political world. there are other things that you can say and those that you can't, especially if it comes from our t.v. . it comes from russia. everybody knows that tome, every american that i know saw rifle in a submachine gun and it cut it up too many weapons in america. and when you have hawks heads on the left or on the right, you know, in the streets, oh and ready to fight each other. it's very dangerous, full democracy. and this must be shown so that the people realize how far off america is going to jump the gun. so it was a very young who are doing to the job of selecting what is good or bad. i don't know really about all this relatively new to politics, to the old time politics or maybe they don't really know what they do. it's just

the beginning of censorship own being put in place in america, especially for russian news. that's our global news update for this hour. thanks for tuning in. what does the election results to date tell us about the state of american politics? there was no blue wave. instead, there was a red ripple instead of calls for reconciliation. there are those looking to punish trump supporters. one step forward 2 steps back. former senate majority leader and dr. bill frist is our guest dumbass, public blog, the politicking, and i'm larry king,

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