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everyone. after 15 years of america germany is a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and instead imposing curfews and features and. also this hour the u.s. government takes legal action against facebook accusing the social media giant of breaking the law to maintain its online dominance. and today marks exactly 15 years that our team has been on the air throughout the day will be looking back at some of our major stories from a decade and a half of question and more. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. shares in the pharmaceutical giant pfizer dropped nearly 2 percent on wednesday on the news of deaths and warnings in

the u.k. people with a history of severe allergic reactions were advised against taking the company's coated job on the u.s. drug regulator the f.d.a. revealed 6 people had died during trials though it stressed that this was no cause for concern and within statistical norms later on thursday it's advisory panel is deciding whether the vaccine should be given approval for emergency use in the u.s. . has more. this was very very bad for publicity at a time when people are already nervous with all the rush that scene's all the cut corners and now warnings any person with a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine medicine or food should not receive the pfizer beyond vaccine how did they miss during clinical trials that people with severe allergies best stay the heck away from pfizer's vaccine was hardly a mere coincidence 2 british nurses went down with

a severe reaction on the 1st day of public vaccination the question it begs is what outs that pfizer mean is that in addition to what we already knew that the vaccine can cause pain headaches fatigue fever swelling and potentially even think szell paralysis among non-serious unsolicited adverse events there was a numerical imbalance of 4 cases of bell spell seen in the vaccine group compared with no cases on the placebo group though the 4 cases in the vaccine group do not represent a frequency above that expected in the general population look that scene's can take decades to test it is a miracle that so many have been developed so quickly a marvel of science and rest assured if pfizer's vaccine most of these save this possible wouldn't be allowed anywhere near you at the press sold it is all but a gift from god pfizer makes a final push drug company pfizer says it is

a great day for science this is really a historic day we have pfizer the company's vaccine is not only safe it is effective authorities doctors scientists watchdogs a confident it's safe more or less and every death during clinical trials was thoroughly investigated a total of 6 of unrolled participants died during the reporting period all deaths represent advance that occur in the general population of the. groups where they occurred at a similar rate again it's unlikely their words the vaccine caused any deaths but what is me is that we learn that people had died during clinical trials and that others had developed facial paralysis we learned this not from pfizer who made the vaccine but from the f.d.a. whose job it is to read mass vaccinations you can kind of understand those who are uncertain everyone's jumped in march they were telling this that

a vaccine would take years few months ago they were bashing the russian vaccine saying there's new wade could have been tested properly and now here we are pfizer is vaccine is out albeit with documented side effects and surprisingly if unpleasantly eventful clinical trial history the end of the day the vaccine is as safe as it can be that's passed european american testing and rigorous standards there really isn't much to worry about but it would be nice to get a little more information in the future not have to learn about facial paralysis only our vaccination has begun in new york lawmakers have introduced a bill to make over 1000 vaccination mandatory for some and then a storm of criticism a bill would require those in the state without sufficient immunity to have the job but only if it's deemed safe for them to get it and cessation of american

physicians and surgeons says it would amount to a violation of human rights is what new yorkers think about the bill. well what happened with england yesterday that's going to be huge i think you're planning on how that goes are going to be more inspired and feel safer to take it to the state part of it to we're already questioning. you know if people have their decree actions to accedes sure and even try and get it so you know they're still questions that are answered i think it's a good idea for people to actually but. i'm sure there's many pitfalls always support for civil liberties civil liberties hard our bill of rights fully fully support those rights but i also have to consider if there are public health risks for a flu vaccine is important but it's not mandatory as the common thing can be the same way mandating it seems like it might actually like cause more problems than it texas just because it might get people. to it their backs against the wall but i

think everyone should take it i mean it is concerning but i'm the only way forward is trial and error so obviously i want i want to keep my freedom and i but i don't think there's a way as long as it's proven to be safe for people even medical exceptions that are real medical exceptions yeah i would be in favor of it. the festive season in germany has had some of the shine taken out of it with the grim specter of the pen demick looming on tuesday the country saw a record of nearly 600 daily deaths discussing the need for a tougher response in the bundestag chancellor angela merkel became uncharacteristically emotional ones like this if i don't know my nothing up in the student and weeks in the field and yes i'm going to begin some lessons of the nation i'm 61 of them with the book because ideals we know that i miss most i don't live in michigan i'm not going to do that i talk to the elite and innocent if it was out and then they had still benefits if you had been talked of which i should

is this those lists of i don't think you said them. one of the measures the chancellor is pushing for is an extended winter holiday for schools and kindergartens that idea is backed by the german academy of sciences and other proposals shutting all non-essential shops from summer 24th also merkel's government wants as many germans to work from home as possible. however the chancellor is locked down proposals have drawn outrage from opposition politicians who have lashed out at her for failing to provide an effective covert response now after 15 years of america germany is a country that does not want to protect its borders against illegal immigration and instead imposing curfews in its citizens and dispatching legions of police officers to control mask wearing on the trains. these are purely symbolic restrictions which firstly are ineffective secondly the interfere disproportionately with people's

freedoms and thirdly they really intended to simulate a planned course of action for the. germany has stepped up its covert restrictions a number of times the last one was in november but the number of new cases is still high it's frustration among lockdown wary of germans boiling over into widespread protests. a number of the left parties are on top of seoul they believe the government has seriously mishandled the covert crisis in his country. everything that happens find it is going to test done over the last year we wouldn't be find ourselves in such a tough position right now in that situation of the deep crisis such as this new government should not be acting alone all the measures rely on one thing and that is probably the exceptions many of the people across this business own us that lost their livelihood. gottman closed down their businesses in november promise.

not that money has to reach the intended a beneficiary yet with regards to the schools they face if you knock him down and his regards to the pirates some of whom are very you know reluctant to send their employees. home loss it's only right or situation has been really manage the money and the response is partially late. social media giant facebook won't be heading the like button over news it's being sued by almost every state in the u.s. over antitrust concerns the country's federal trade commission has filed a lawsuit as well and is pushing for a breakup of the company something that facebook has likened to revisionist history for legal action target's facebook's acquisitions of the instagram and what's up platforms. boom bust on r.t. that's the story. well facebook is really coming under fire now that it is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the state's attorneys general of $48.00 different states

across the united states the allegation that's being made in this lawsuit essentially states that facebook has violated the law and violated competitive behavior during its acquisition in the early 201314 of instagram and whatsapp at the time that facebook acquired instagram it had about 30000000 users today it has over a 1000000000 users worldwide at the time that it acquired facebook said that instagram wasn't really a competitor but today instagram has become very much a competitor to facebook and fully integrated into the facebook system for advertising data collection of users and even cross promotion of post here's what some of those states attorneys general had to say about the lawsuit today we are sending a clear and strong message to facebook and every other company that any efforts to stifle competition and hurt small businesses reduce innovation and creativity will be met with the full force of our offices the f.t.c. filed their own lawsuit against facebook today as well. and we look forward to

collaborating with them in the litigation process the state's attorneys general are calling for an actual divestment of instagram and whatsapp what does that mean it means that if these states attorneys general when their lawsuit they would force facebook to actually sell off the assets of whatsapp and instagram a very big deal in the tech world another large tech firm you tube has been criticized by some for supposedly stifling free speech after the platform took the decision to remove it is alleging voter fraud and the u.s. election this is what the company had to say. we also work to make sure that the line between what is removed and what is allowed is drawn in the right place our policies prohibit misleading viewers about where and how to vote we also disallow content alleging widespread fraud or aries change the outcome of a historical us presidential election the decision came after the so-called safe

harbor deadline that's the last day on which states can challenge the election he says the passing of the deadline was one of the reasons for the leaving the videos though the platform has actually been removing thousands of election videos since september as all comes as they trumpet ministration takes election all the way to the supreme court meanwhile many videos containing unproven allegations remain up on you tube these include claims of russian collision in the 2816 u.s. election and conspiracy theories about the 911 terror attacks you tube decision to remove vote fraud allegations has rubbed some the wrong way starting today they will remove content about election fraud even though there are court cases about election fraud going through the system at this very moment free speech the bindings are coming google owns you tube officially announcing free speech no longer allowed if you have concerns about election integrity you must sit down and

shut up repeal section $230.00 and break these companies up. corporate media and liberal politicians claim for years trump selection was illegitimate due to russian collusion and you tube promoted them right now what we see is that you tube has declared itself the arbiter of the 2020 election even though there are still active court cases going on in the supreme court challenging results so it's if you're really anywhere not just the us this should scare you we do not want an elected officials like the people who work at youtube and at google deciding what we can and cannot say in regard to politics slowly but surely we've seen tech companies like you tube but facebook and twitter as well start to exert more control and more censoring of what their users say this is concerning this is absolutely a threat to free speech and if you're someone who believes that you should be able to say whatever opinions you want then you need to look at this seriously because

yes these are private companies but at the same time the way the public discourse has evolved a century these online platforms function as the public square. staying with the us election texas has filed a lawsuit with the supreme court against 4 case states won by president elect joe biden the case is being supported by 17 more states attorney general of texas alleges that wisconsin pennsylvania georgia and michigan illegally changed their election laws compromising the result of the 2020 vote certain officials in the defendant states present to the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail in voting the defendant states flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballots applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they're lawfully received evaluated and counted a lawsuit does not allege voter fraud but claims there were quote voting

irregularities we asked media and legal analyst lionel why the case is significant . the reason why this is important is that under article 3 of our constitution the supreme court is the site of original jurisdiction meaning you go directly to disappear in court in cases of lawsuit or dispute between states was very rare for the supreme court to hear or the answer anything but in this particular case the supreme court is acting not as an appellate court not as an appeals court but as the original court and this is unlike any other case and the reason that they are basing this lawsuit the reason for this is that it is allege that it is against the constitution for the court in essence to change the rules of elections they should be done so by legislature this is unlike any other case

because it goes directly to the supreme court and it's being brought by states and not people that's critical. you know on musk's space x. starship project has suffered a setback after a prototype exploded while attempting to land incident happened on wednesday evening after a high altitude sub orbital flight test in texas. the flight which was to test things ranging from engine performance to aerodynamic capabilities had gone well so much so the space x. founder has already called the launch a success adding the company got all the data it needed the starship project has a number of goals including space tourism and mars koma zation and while some early

tests of the starship went badly this year the company started receiving nasa on the launch systems. today marks a special birthday for r.t. with our channel celebrating its 15th anniversary. i. it was back in 2005 that artie burst into broadcasting life and it's fair to say since those humble beginnings we've made something of an impression on the world. earlier it was room for 34 hours gun for another researcher to prove the reason. for the ballot move the surge weapon of left in the garage or new spirit until there. is

a way to narrow the danger for the younger ones easier for the result of the mobile devices the border patrols earlier longer term limited conjurers if you don't need to both the key or mothers or earl or ehrlich but against alternative vision. you'll start to question a little well regulated. militia to tell what it is or are going to clear it up for your video. today under cover of budget estate. or what if you will get exposed all to your kids waves gave them some money to lie low self you are used as brave it was unclear. trip through the narrow

oh you can defend yourself i enjoyed reforms from the work of those most of your children. thanks for the r.t. for your fear of the enemy our interview earlier. this during our 15 years on the air r.t. has been reporting on major events around the globe ensuring that voices on all sides are heard as part of our anniversary coverage today here's a look back at our focus on the unrest and friends in recent years. the streets were packed when the yellow vests 1st started in protests but it wasn't just demonstrators out in the streets it was also journalists say it to cover the story weeks and then months passed on the protests refused to stop while the numbers didn't reach the dizzying heights of nov 28th scene that was still a big presence what became noticeable though was that the interest from the foreign

press soon evaporated but not us we stayed with them week in week out gas coming to does have to move away from it and here we've also had rubber bullets being deployed each tea is streaming down my face again as a result of tear gas i can't tell you how many times that we've been gassed who's protesting took a nose of continued coverage there was even a sense of gratitude that someone was still broadcasting that cools. that's not to say that we didn't showing a light a limb for gooing to fall. we

covered the yellow vests movement for over a year it erupted as a spontaneous social movement and the strength of its voice led to real changes in france changes that came from the very top of. perhaps it was the work of some journalists that prevented the public message their voices from being lost yet it's our job as reporters to do that and despite receiving international recognition for doing so others saw our presence as being untoward just like with much of what we've been working on here. russia today and sputnik have not behaved as

media outlets and journalists organs of influence and false propaganda ever since jupiter came to the lees a palace it was clear that we were out and without access to government sources it's a bit difficult to tell the government side of the story but we have to continue to do that and we are not going to stop telling difficult stories covering inequality speaking to police officers on the brink to migrants facing the realities of arriving in europe giving a voice to the under represented. by you watching mr merkel on. this is what part of the south side of the cali jungle looks like and those living just meters away a thinking about where to go next. it's a reception center where migrants can register it to possibly start. the riots.

says you can see this slum that's emerged here is brimming with rubbish it's also a fasted with rats but more worryingly this has become a hot spot for crack addicts. what concerns do you have about letting people into your home. or there's nothing exists so i cannot tell you that i will be 100 percent sure that they are not. i can see you know the scientists have let fly to one of these a ferry case the police are just about a 100 meters down in the distance it appears r.t. became a convenient explanation for things going wrong in the republic and feel as if france is worse in africa didn't stem from colonialization in the 1st place most

of the. uk he is seen as being a thorn in the side of the government here we tell stories die good stories from many angles we take to the frontline and sometimes that means that we are cool to in the fray we've been struck by both the police and by protesters we have heard many do was close to us now but we continue to do what we always set out to do and that is to question. answer breakdown of today's top stories for now but if you're looking for more you can always have a number to our website r t a dot com thanks for tuning in. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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so i have a pretty funny interesting crazy headline here the 1st tweet and you know i saw it and i thought it was a joke great big partly because this guy calls himself right honorable the right honorable right ok the right are noble grunt shops he says new business traveler exemption from 4 am on saturday the 5th of december high value business travelers will no longer need to self isolate when returning to england from a country not in a travel corridor allowing more travel to support the economy and jobs conditions apply high value business travelers don't have to go into quarantine because it's just the player in the all this ordinary people out there this is the filth of the peasants but them have brioche while they sit in quarantine right i mean that's pretty remarkable right everyone else coming doesn't attack the political plutocrats. but there's any any headline that comes out of the britain and i would

say 99 percent of it can be interpreted as class war right this is a country that's mired in class war this is another example of class war you have a permanent underclass fighting a permanent semi monarchy and it's amusing after a while i used to take it seriously then i realized this never going to change and it's just comical when he's an m.p. for a while when hart hatfield the secretary of state for transport i don't know why he calls himself the right honorable probably because if he said a cat cabinet position i also saw that it's something to do with the privy council and the privy i thought was an outhouse like an outdoor toilet so i don't know what privy council is who knows what they get up to there in the united kingdom but you know globally we have a situation where as we've been covering for the past year or 234 especially as the money printer go broke.