russia's president vladimir putin gives an order for a massive vaccination against coded 19 with the sputnik job starting next week. also this hour france grapples with a crisis of public trust in the police force and anger over brutality cases as a ruling party is forced to withdraw a bill from a line saying the film thing of officers. who ran val's to avenge the murder of its top nuclear scientists and in the plame on israel we discussed possible motives and consequences with our. i think it was done in order to provoke iran into response could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran its condemnation is going to go anywhere it must go to the to the

to the iranian regime to send the great to dismiss the issue is not nuclear weapons it is a provocation. plus in one of the most shocking lockdown violations in the pandemic a top european parliament member for an anti l.g.b. tea party quits after trying to flee police raids on what's being described as a male sex orgy. and india sees one of the biggest national strikes in history as 250000000 people come out to protest free market measures. you're watching are to international coming to you straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. police brutality is in the spotlight and france after the ruling party was forced to withdraw a bill severely restricting the filming of law enforcement officers the government

has promised a total rewrite of the legislation which it had earlier claimed was vital to protect the force the critics say drastic change is needed to restore public trust . us more. it's the burning issue in france right now how to improve protection for the police while also safeguarding the public from police brutality. amid a wave of anger with the plans to criminalize the publication of images of the police if there was intent to harm the government has backed down the ruling party and

that the much profiled article $24.00 would be entirely rewritten hours later the interior minister outlined his plans for reform sickie a mike what is my deep conviction in what the government thinks is that we absolutely have to keep the protection of police forces during their police actions so i repeat do so if they are not protected in other positions with more training more leaders and more police and the generalized use of police body cameras these would he said tackle the root cause of the problem meanwhile the french police chief admitted that there are some issues but he defended the owner of his offices the police the police are not violent and are not racist saying this i'm not in denial and i am not waffling i tell you what i see and what i hear every day i see the police officers or flexion of the good side of our society but for many

woods are not enough accusations of police violence of tarnish the name of the force these will brought into sharp focus over the past week as show. examples emerged. i tried to call my lawyer i tried to call out of people that even a neighbor heard my screams and he wanted to call the police but it was the police . then as protests turned over the weekend did emerge that one journalist was caught in the fray injured by

a police baton as he attempted to cover the demonstrations. an award winning photographer was clearly identifiable as a journalist i was shocked by the injuries suffered by a colleague how be and condemn the unprovoked violence the injuries were sustained as he exercised his legal rights as a photojournalist documenting protests on the streets of paris and to now questions have been raised about the police role in the death of an 80 year old in mass a back during the yellow vests rallies. zainab was hit by tear gas canister in 20000 while in her apartment originally an expert report submitted as part of the investigation concluded that the officer that fired the grenade had done so properly and she'd been hit accidentally that's now being questioned following an independent investigation it claims the officer

launched the corner to an angle and too close to her building and it was there for an illegal shot a lawyer for the victim's family is so. that it was a deliberate act we believe the police officer fired tear gas grenade because he misread of one who was on the phone using its loudspeaker was filming the police violence that took place outside her house rewriting also called $24.00 is unlikely to be the end of the story they recalled the entire global security bill to be scrapped passions are high not just to press freedom and the ability of citizens to film police officers but also the deep rooted problem of police violence issues that simply cannot be whitewashed so what do you can ski r.t. paris. now to some news just in the russian president has ordered the government to

start nationwide vaccination against cove in 19 next week we're joined live in the studio by artist and hawkins for all of the details on that mass vaccination is about to start in russia using the sputnik drug how's that going to happen who's going to be getting it 1st it does right i mean this. has been in the pipeline for some time the question was a rather one of when rather than if when it seems the answers come that it's going to come slightly sooner than it is but it's on the back of those rising number of infections the president has ordered the mass vaccination to start as early as next week that was also going to by the minister of health at the time go to cover. this this work as you said will begin next week the 1st to get the vaccine will be front line workers and surprisingly health workers doctors nurses and teachers of course those who have a public facing role and work in the in the public sector the president said around

$2000000.00 those whose had already been produced that number is obviously set to rise over coming weeks and months the vaccine will also be free and voluntary that was a key point that was underlined by the health minister addressing concerns. people who thought that this vaccine would be forced upon absolutely everybody it will absolutely definitely be voluntary only for those who want to get the vaccine and that will start as we said as early as next week now of course this but i think the vaccine has been registered for months now and in that time there's been plenty of western criticism of the vaccine tell us more about that and is there some sort of drawbacks that they're clinging on to yeah i mean of course this vaccine will as you rightly said it has been there for quite a number of months russia was one of the 1st countries to produce its own alongside the big international pharmaceutical giants but then of pfizer astra zeneca in the u.k. likely what we have to remember is the timeline for the rollout of this vaccine which

was criticized as being too early. by critics for not being in line with the usual phases the clinical phase timelines here is really very much in line with. us in the u.k. for example today the news came through that the pfizer vaccine has been approved by the u.k. regulator and will be also rolled out in the coming weeks sputnik the vaccine had a similar timeline as well it was also published the results are published in a very reputable journal the lancet medical journal one of the most important medical journals in the world. established as a vaccine that is both safe and effective with an effort to see rates as high as 95 percent on par with the. vaccines as we said earlier the cost for russians as we said will be absolutely free and for export the cost will be around $20.00 per put treatment lucky or that one is in 2 shots absolutely year the majority these vaccines do require 2 shots

a number of weeks apart the treatment here will be $20.00 per person which isn't as cheap as the astra zeneca shorter believe it around $8.00 but cheaper than some of the other vaccines that are coming onto the market and what countries have so far applied to use their. russian made back because of course everybody wants that vaccine now at this point the absolute i mean worldwide over 50 countries of pride to get. those of the russian vaccine as of today in fact just last week the russian president was in talks with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to export the vaccine to israel and israel joins a growing list of countries such as india such as mexico as well that have ordered mexico $32000000.00 india to produce over $300000000.00 doses of the vaccine per year so these are quite large numbers we're talking about but the russian government. has made clear the protein is home use 1st of all not one of those will be exported until there is sufficient those is to make sure anyone to those want to

receive this treatment will have it free of sars readily and easily available in russia so it does look like it is going ahead before the end of the year before the end of december and going as we said 1st of all to front line workers and then to anybody who wishes to get it as well are to stand the hog and thank you for joining us in the studio with that information. iran's parliament has passed a bill to raise the stakes on nuclear development unless western countries sentients is urging the government to suspend un nuclear inspections and boost iranian enrichment above the levels agreed with international powers but the country's president hassan rouhani criticized the bill calling it bad for diplomacy a final decision on the issue rests with iran's supreme national security council the bill comes amid operator in the country over the killing of iran's top nuclear scientists for which tehran is blaming israel. all that the israeli government says

the primary suspects in this assassination are serious evidence has been provided the situation is that from now on we will follow the same path and we will seek to create legal responsibility for it iran as has been said and it is our firm policy will respond to both the perpetrators and the commanders it will be proportionate independent and god willing with maximum pain for those who have done it. israel's government is still refusing to comment on the issue earlier we discussed the escalation and where it could lead with our guests palliation is inevitable because the israeli regime has carried out an act of war it has carried out carried out an act of terrorism and there's no other way to look at this so the iranians will have to punish the regime so that it does not have been sent to carry out such an atrocity again a school that doesn't have

a soccer team doesn't hire a soccer coach and a regime that isn't seeking to carry out nuclear attacks doesn't hire nuclear weapons specialists and really you know if condemnation is going to go anywhere it must go to the to the iranian regime that celebrated this man that carried him around in government motorcade gave him a state funeral and i think it was done in order to provoke iran into response could then be used as a pretext for a strike on iran trying to this was designed to get the iranians to to take some response with it which would then justify an attack on iran is what appeared to be the closing days of the trump administration issue is not nuclear weapons it is a provocation by the israeli regime is looking for a provocation to bring about war in this region because for them it is the it's not the interest of the united states or europe or of the region it is their own interest in the carnegie endowment is to for peace reckons that iran has sunk over

$100000000000.00 into its search for nuclear capabilities and indeed for nuclear weapons now at the same time the arab gulf states institute reports that by the end of 2019 poverty in iran was at 33 percent you know when they say 100 $1000000000.00 were spent and they just say words that don't have much meaning. when they say he did say it i think they say keep talking about how can there be burns on going on now you can let the air solve these people these people and you know they cannot tolerate other people speaking so they have to interrupt if you're wrong which has that technological capability if they wanted to produce a nuclear weapon they would have done so years ago the only regime that has nuclear weapons in this region with the support and help of the united states is the apartheid regime and palestine and i wait for the palestinians i wait for the palestinians the hatreds. i wait for the palestinians who are taught hatred in

schools by iranian by iranian sponsored an apartheid regime weeps for the. people they should weep for the palestinian people who are subjugated by such. an evil regime an apartheid regime that believes in hierarchy you show it you should for the palestinians or subjugating gaza and who are treated as as subhumans it's despicable your the you're no different than apartheid south africa you know the saying your supremacy the reality is iran isn't looking to join the nuclear club it's looking to join the nuclear genocide club and until the west continues the pressure to prevent the regime developing that kind of weaponry the middle east will continue to be unstable until we see more normalization more isolation of the ground and indeed a better future for the rest of the people as well and i think we also need to keep in mind that if there even if there was not

a state actor behind this that this could not have happened without somebody being involved with some will call cooperating actors and then you ask the question why would they on their own accord go after a nuclear scientist residence some other target within the iranian government so i think if there was outside actors a state actor behind this where there was the israelis or somebody else we need to consider hell. townley dangerous this is who we really want to strike and not being diplomacy by assassination. one of india's biggest strikes in history has seen 250000000 people come out against a new farming law that they warn will devastate their livelihoods and the capital demonstrators clashed with police who fired tear gas and water cannon and use buttons to force back protesters.

septembers loss crops minimum prices for crops and allowed corporations to negotiate prices directly with farmers private companies can also now stockpile staple crops which could which could previously only be done by the government the prime minister insists the new rules will benefit farmers allowing them to attract investment and choose from a larger number of buyers and he's accused opponents of spreading lies. we're seeing the same old misinformation against these historic agree culture reform is coming from the same people who have constantly misled the farmers for decades we're working with pure intentions and without any purpose of betraying

anyone. a new delhi based journalist and political commentator says the moves have been badly planned. laws. the government of the bottom of. is go directly to the. fall through for a kid to do this they would be great to rule for. everything to do with. the. taking the produce and then i don't believe you are a leading force in the mafia the private good the. good to be fobbed all fall through in less time should greed of the form of interest. now to one of the most surprising breaches of covert restrictions a top european parliament member has quit after brussels police caught him trying

to avoid capture at what's been described as a sex orgy officers rated what's being called a gay party which has surprised many as you know ships are was part of an anti l g p t coalition it was attended by some 20 people including european diplomats who had been chief whip of the european peoples party was caught carrying drugs as a flood through a window and shimmied down a drain pipe and police broken at passer by reported to the police that he had seen a man fleeing the lawn the gutter he was able to identify the man the man hands were bloody it is possible that she may have been injured while philine their chordates were found in his backpack and his resignation letter sorry admitted his behavior was irresponsible he apologized for breaching the lockdown rules but claimed the drugs and his backpack had been planted former i mean david coburn says the whole incident so it's a terrible example. it's not setting

a good example to the people in a time of the american show me going to have a good laugh about it you know the hypocrisy of it all but it is serious and as much as that people do what we set an example like that it all just a goal if they're out there politicians are having a tremendous party while the rest of us i might have each isolated me to look at my hair how to lie and use me i never had hail as long as i was a student i haven't seen obama in months so you know i try to be in the rules and set an example as opposed to little bit away and by you know i think it's better people obey the rules overseas but it's not too to do the opposite to what you're you're selling to the public. with just weeks to go before christmas eve states are responding to mass anti-lock down outrage by easing restrictions that leaders fear the festive gatherings could spark a fresh wave of covert outbreaks are your correspondent here all over has

a story. european leaders are facing a balancing act between keeping covert restrictions in place to stop the spread of the virus and allowing families to be together over the festive period this also the need to try in the peace some of those that have been out on the streets of european cities angry and fed up with the current restrictions. the problem is ease restrictions for christmas and new year you may well get a spike in the virus in january here in germany chancellor angela merkel has reluctantly agreed to ease restrictions on the number of people that are allowed to gather together that's been raised to 10 not including children in that number

between the 23rd of december and the 1st of january but she has said that there is a personal responsibility on people to try and keep covert safe that people in winter are worst equipped against the virus and then in the sound that because we spend much more time inside close spaces the situation the const more difficult we just have to get through this winter months and we hope people get vaccinated in the czech republic they've gone a bit further than germany and they'll be opening some shops that have being closed albeit with extra carona measures in place when it comes to religious services there's also a split across europe in italy and in ireland there will be socially distanced masses taking place while in germany and iceland they're going for the virtual auction we recorded shoot services that we broadcast online and have also created virtual confirmation classes my sumo try to. do something outside the church on

christmas eve such as a coup or a performance or a short service the e.u. might get a glimpse of tension what could be coming down the pike by looking at cross the atlantic to the united states last week's thanksgiving celebration so people travel across the country and get together with families who are looking to see if that produces an uptick in the number of corona infections but while restrictions that have been in place across europe of seeing numbers either drop off or level out here the question is is it justified to ease these restrictions for a few days of christmas cheer a this brutal despite its continues unabated as not to be disparate it piece absolutely positively correlated to the contagion is provided by closed doors are gone people gathering etc more than leading to temptation lifting distinctions

appears to be more late getting. too close to leaving the night equations and gathering exeter just dangers he says police the measured east absolutely not big. interests we have no lease we have experiences i don't see any and you do clear that deer they look down east prove it to be an effective way all their containing disparate of the spiders. meanwhile new york's governor has been ridiculed for comparing coded to the grinch some on social media think a better candidate for the children's character who stole christmas is and are cuomo himself. covert is the group. think of it that way.

the. moment is the grinch the grinch that helped spread the covert into nursing homes and profited all their debts by writing a book about leadership and the meddling from down a few old analogy from colombia if you're trying to encourage people to be careful about going even during the holidays because of the good guys and the good with the folks in who then you can celebrating regardless of how the grinch tried to ruin christmas but i'm not going anywhere that you feel in the morning code is going to steal christmas should we get a bun christmas like they did thanksgiving feast.

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times they were going underground as the government relaxes some behavior restrictions in england and it's the multi-billion dollar business collapses of household names threatening tens of thousands of jobs and as the u.k. fails to condemn state sponsored assassination coming up on the show as iranian president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of one of its science professors in a letter to the un we speak to the un special rapporteur for the occupied palestinian territory about israel's us back to a mix of the west bank virus in gaza and what any changes a by presidency will bring is the general. assembly meets today to discuss

palestine and what is monopsony capitalism as a major nation high street clothes chains collapse coronavirus economic destruction is the era of cheap foreign labor to make our shoes and clothes about to end and good sweat shops ironically increase worker power all the more coming up in today's going underground or 1st today the u.n. needs to discuss palestine in the wake of a un international day of solidarity this while israel is being blamed for aggression not just against the ballasts indians but also iran after the assassination of the middle east oil superpowers top physicist motion factories i death joining me now from ontario canada is the un special rapporteur for the human rights situation in the palestinian territories occupied since 967 professor michael link thank you so much michael for coming on i'm going to say that when you were appointed special rapporteur you probably didn't think you were going to be thinking of the illegal occupation in the context of a global pandemic how about is coronavirus in the occupied territories that alone gaza. look at the very beginning it appeared opin when the crown of iris 1st hit in

march it appeared that the occupy palestinian territories were going to actually weather this extreme rather well in part that's because of a negative situation other such limited freedom of mobility. and movement with respect to other gaza strip in particular and that many you know a huge number of the palestinian population in the west bank is also that extremely limited freedom of movement around behind the the wall and as really checkpoints what's happened with respect to the 2nd wave that we're experiencing now is that cases both in jazz a the west bank and including east jerusalem are rising exponentially and i've just been on the on the line with u.n. officials in the occupied territories talking about their worries of this pandemic increases winds up cresting you know the next several weeks that the very limited hell.