the latest headlines on the week's top stories right here on our international british farm a giant astra zeneca and the makers of russia's jab agreed to cooperate find out if . we visit a center that is ready to produce the russian shot. different scene is being fulfilled here in facing this particular she says 6000 of those. riots break out in several u.s. cities between the left wing groups and supporters and exposing a deepening rift over the election outcome. good bye russia and hello china gate u.s. intelligence chiefs branded beijing the greatest threat to washington amid claims

of spying for. our broadcasting live from our studios in most of this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now russian and british scientists have agreed to combine their vaccines in a bid to tackle the pandemic astra zeneca says it is ready to work with the developers of russia's. today we announce a clinical trial program to assess safety and immunogenicity of combination of a's a d $1222.00 developed by just as a nick and oxford university and sputnik v. developed by russian research institute it is hoped that by combining the drugs that could lead to a better immune response of the corona virus the clinical trials will be held in russia the job created by oxford university and astra zeneca has shown varying

results depending on the dose with an average efficacy of 70 percent compared with sputnik vs claimed results of 90 percent. they have a problem that vaccines efficacy isn't high enough this should be improved we have 2 different adding new viruses they will take one of them and use it as a boost molecular oncology professor lawrence young believes cross border cooperation will be vital in tackling the health crisis. i think it's a fine caustic opportunity to work together in developing a more effective vaccine and there's lots of evidence that when you mix and match different vaccine platforms you get stronger and longer lasting immune responses to our competition so this is fantastic news and i think it will. brace confidence both in terms of the astra zeneca vaccine and also the sputnik vaccine it demonstrates that the power of scientists working collaboratively we're all

very keen as scientists around the world to work together and work in collaboration and i think this will provide an excellent opportunity for the very best people working in the u.k. in the very best people working in russia to me work together and i hope that one of the consequences of something like this is the longer term collaboration in other areas of science and medicine so i think it's a very very important important day for us actually it's very exciting. moscow has become the 1st russian city to begin a masco bit inoculation program the sputnik v. shot is being made available free of charge for front line workers including hospital and school staff will be 1st in line although for now it is not being given to anyone over the age of 60 russia's daily infection rate has reached 28000 cases the numbers have been steadily rising since september earlier this week r.t. as your shop of oliver visited a company that is ramping up production of the vaccine. we wanted to find companies

say feed us individually behind me if i feel it's being bottled here if he wants this particular line when she says i think sounds a little spot on our speed because he is a too short adenovirus based back 16 the difference between sputnik v. and some other international code 916 is this next is a human based one not an animal so what's a vector it's an engineered virus like in the gene for production therefore it's unable to in fact what it does is serve as a vehicle for. coronavirus proteins over 3 weeks a patient receives 2 different jobs to form antibodies and disease resistance before taking a coronavirus vaccination everyone is examined to make sure they're healthy but it takes another 15 minutes to store the vaccine sputnik ves stored at minus 18 degrees c. and develop a say that's an advantage compared to other countries that seems requiring significantly lower temperatures for storage after the injection doctors monitor you for 30 minutes before you're free to go. i think the vaccination is

a great way to protect myself and most importantly my relatives my parents already 65 also it has become much and that your passion i was initially examined by a doctor after he asked if i had any chronic diseases measured my blood pressure and looked at my electronic medical record that i was allowed to undergo the procedure everything was fast for us i received a text saying that i can be one of the 1st for the vaccination i'm so glad and i trust the vaccine insurers don't you yes i had doubts but i've made my decision and i'm here today the vaccine is now being supplied to all corners of the country at the same time the military is receiving sputnik the 2 in russia the covert $1000.00 job is voluntary and free of charge and even though some people still remain skeptical about the safety and efficiency of the vaccine most agree that large scale explanation is probably the only way now to put an end to the pandemic your leadership of all of the. 4 people have been stabbed in washington d.c.

during clashes between pro and anti trump groups police moved into separate of the opposing crowds detaining at least 23 demonstrators in the process the stabbing victims are reportedly all in critical condition while on the west coast in washington state one person was shot and injured as rival crowds faced off police deployed tear gas and stun grenades and say a suspect has been detained conservative radio host dave perkins believes the violence is coming from. fringe groups. supporters aren't violent they just don't show up in the streets with an intent to get in fights with people the preposition weapons the bricks the special radios for communication and backpacks that can't be blocked like cell phones can be blocked all those preparations for riots are made by empty for the trump people just show up and wave flags and wave signs and a lot of america at the violence you're talking about is between anti fox and the crowd boys and i've been

a monitor of conservative politics in america for 35 years until this year i never heard of the problems they are not a conservative group they're libertarians and they're not racists their founder and current leader is a man who is half black and half cuban and if anyone wants to research the problems online it's easy to figure out that they don't belong to the conservative movement and they aren't really all that pro trump they're just showing up because there is a left wing enemy that's throwing punches and they're in the mood to throw them back. paris was engulfed in renewed unrest on saturday over a controversial security bill 142 people were detained during clashes with police.

right officers used water cannons and tear gas as the situation spiraled out of control the anger stems from plans to criminalize the filming of police officers and published that footage online with quote ill intent of the government later said that it would rewrite the clause but not the entire bill outrage has continued over other parts of the draft law as well including the boosting of surveillance powers. this week the u.s. set its sights firmly on china with intel chiefs identifying beijing as washington's biggest threat this comes after a member of the u.s. intelligence committee was targeted by a suspected chinese spy but i have picked up a story. so trump's out and the russia gate thing is slamming shut behind him because there's a new scare story in town china you know it doesn't take long to dig up dirt in a town like washington q us democrat representative eric swalwell until now move

well this crist so far the evidence is on contradicted that the president used taxpayer dollars to ask the ukrainians to help them choose an election this time around it's his links to a suspected chinese spy who is in the stink not least because and this is awkward he sits on the house intelligence committee not the only shall be removed from the intel he should be removed from congress as well yes house minority leader kevin mccarthy there spotted an opportunity to claim his 1st victim so the background in a nutshell swalwell hod a chinese national called fang fagged in his early political career and this person quickly started raising suspicions within the intel community he got rid of her but has recently refused to answer whether he slept with her which probably means yes but before we burn mr swalwell at the stake at sea we're out might have to join him

once this chinese witch hunt really gains momentum you've got a feel for mitch mcconnell he survived the title but can he now survive the fact that is wife secretary of transportation chouteau is from one of china's most prominent political families that would be one hell of a honey trap and you and jean shall have served on the board of the holding company for china's teach to build in a state owned enterprise that makes chips for the chinese military. is also on the board at the bank of china and top lender to the ship builder remember also the former speaker of the house john boehner aka the original orange man is there is the high. republicans actually give john boehner a harder time than they give me. which means orange really is the new black. these days the former speaker of the house just happens to be a lot b.s.

for a certain people's republic of china is this guy aggie purdie chief security officer who are way the u.s. is ready for china on a number of issues and they want to hurt war way to hurt china very afraid of the competition between china and the u.s. so they're focusing on hurting while way before getting professionally agri for you our way for a living and the purdy was a member of the white house staff team that helped draft the u.s. national strategy to secure cyberspace this is just the tip of the iceberg therefore the head of u.s. intelligence has declared open season on beijing calling it threat number one if i could communicate one thing to the american people it is that the people's republic of china poses the greatest threats to america today and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since world war 2 what they might find is that there aren't many politicians left who don't have links to this new enemy

because they used to be friends weenies getting hard to keep up legendary pink floyd co-founder roger waters didn't hold back this week while appearing on archie's going underground among his targets was the recent us election you can watch the full interview on our website but here is a quick preview. if trump had been re-elected it would have been worse for everyone in the world but that doesn't make biden a good candidate biden is a dyed in the wool were among grading servant of the oligarchy that rules the united states american will continue to be so for however long he remains president of the united states he's not to be trusted on anything do you think joe biden is going to move the american embassy back to tell the v.a. are you kidding he's made it quite clear that he's the staunchest zionist friend of . of israel that could possibly be in office so he i hope that

he and kids start a happy sleeping in that caught that they're going to share for the next few years kiss our. term of 8 or of them having any power under any circumstances because they are clearly not clear thinkers they clearly don't believe in human rights they clearly have no interest in the law they have no interest in the united nations they have no interest in the geneva conventions they have no interest in any of the things that in near to my heart and to your heart should have i'm completely impartial you have campaigned for upholding of un security council revolution resolutions all your life you don't expect biden to reverse the trump position on the golan heights the illegal declaration by the united states that seem to oppose the un security council resolution making out that it was israeli now of course not i don't expect him to. reverse any of that nonsense i expect him

to absolute they abide by the deal of the century obviously i'm pretty happy that skinny piece of. no to poke cushion or is no longer in the white house pretending to form foreign policy for the middle east. watching the weekly on our 2 international mornings after a short break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being

so. tight with. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or a mate in the shallows. it's not over yet folks the latest on breaks it we tell you what you need to know also what should we make of all this talk of secession in the united states is a divorce in the car. welcome back to the weekly right here on archie international now a british newspaper has claimed election a volley was poisoned with no but chuck not once but twice before being airlifted

from russia to germany the times cited unnamed intelligence sources as saying the would be assassins tried to finish off the top kremlin critic while he was in a coma but failed. german security sources have told their associates in the u.k. that the attack has struck again as in the valley lay in an induced coma before being put on a medical flight to germany this was with a view to him being dead by the time he arrived in berlin one source said lacson of only fell severely ill during a domestic flight on the 20th of august the pilot made an emergency landing in square the politician was put into an induced coma 2 days later he was flown to berlin where a military lab concluded that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the nova chuck group western governments were quick to point the finger at the kremlin which has denied any involvement moscow has also repeatedly asked for access to the lab results but to no avail president putin himself said all attempts to cooperate have gone unanswered. specialists are bridie to go abroad

to those specialists who claimed that poisonous warheads have been found nobody invites we invited them they don't come to us official materials and not given political commentator i com or told us that when a story is based entirely on anonymous sources it raises more questions than answers. well this island so ridiculous it's on somebody here from somebody you get something from a friend so it's nothing and whenever you are asked for a proof whenever you ask for a libel information they say sorry we can't handle it over either it is classified or it is it is not for you or whatever this is ridiculous when you make up stories nothing fits together if the russian secret service is not even able to poison somebody with a deadly poison on its own soil this doesn't fit together at all so this is a big lie story with me and i think every child knows that i know i think they

don't know how to get out of this story and they just dig themselves far into it. now and to bragg's it sunday was meant to be make or break for trade negotiations but the british prime minister and european commission chief have decided negotiators well should talk some more despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile i'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things but where there's life there's hope we're going to keep talking to see what we can do the u.k. certainly would be away from the talks that the people would expect us to to go the extra mile the 2 sides still don't see eye to eye on 3 key areas the e.u. wants access to u.k. fishing waters post brags that something firmly opposed by britain's leave campaign negotiators have also still not agreed on the level playing field for future terror

free trade or on how disputes would be resolved if either side doesn't play by the rules. the u.k. officially left the e.u. back in january but remains in the single market and customs union during the transition period if a deal is not reached by the end of this month britain will depart the block and revert to trading on world trade organization rules with the way negotiations have been going so far many think that is the most likely outcome political commentator anthony webber believes most people just want this to be over one way or another we're people who are ready to make you cards but i think in the general public you we find out because we course we see it's a lead the e.u. in 2016 so you want to. be strictly surprised yes we're going to look i think we have to remember the our. what we're question are leaving the e.u. it wasn't leaving the e.u.

if we had time to sort of trying stuff it yes of course it's close it's. been my state will go again it's got a good working relationship with the e.u. it will be done. for her very soon be sorted out least of all i'm just the bones of the. rules not. more americans haven't now died of covered than were lost fighting in world war 2 the death toll is approaching 300000 while the total number of cases exceeds 16000000 the pandemic may be the country's worst crisis in recent history but that has not stopped the rich from getting richer the net worth of american a billionaires has soared by one trillion dollars since march this according to a new report. as tens of millions of americans suffer from the health and economic river just over these pandemic a few 100 billionaires add to their massive fortunes they are pandemic profits are

so immense that america's billionaires could pay for a major covert relieve bill and still not lose a dime of their provider its reaches the campaign group americans for tax fairness found that the extra wealth accumulated by billionaires would be enough to give $3000.00 to every single american that's roughly equal to the entire amount spent by the federal government on health care in $2900.00 and nearly 4 times more than the stimulus payments made earlier this year to 159000000 americans the report included $651.00 billionaires here's some of them the wealthiest jeff bezos is now worth over $180000000000.00 which is more than the g.d.p. of hungary yuan musk's wealth grew almost 6 fold during the pandemic while mark zuckerberg almost doubled his both must and soccer burger are worth more than $100000000000.00 now earlier my colleague unit o'neill debated with our guests the issue of profiting from the pandemic. always love these kinds of analyses is it the

government has a day or 6 not going into drugs from the government there's nothing naive here the government isn't doing something then as a result the government is itself the result of the way this is science he works which puts enormous wealth and therefore political power in the hands of a very small number of people who will turn out to have a government policy that makes them richer this burst of new wealth is just as purely a product of government policy was unnecessary you know the unintended consequences of lockdowns and such and in this case they call them non-pharmaceutical interventions but there's also capacity limits on businesses are going to be almost the opposite of what we're hoping for the draconian policies they've increased the gap. between the rich and poor that created new controversies of wealth is tremendous consolidation going on right now let me be clear here we could have been prepared for this virus the way other countries where we could have handled it better the way other countries that we left

a lot of the private preparation for disease into the hands of private enterprise and markets and they fail as they have failed us so often in the past it's a pathetic say heads glory of a system spinning out of control so that it's unjust inequality keeps getting worse the government's inability to get anything right they're going to do everything everything everything wrong in a crisis including decreasing employment crushing firms crushing the engine of employment. all those sorts of things never once even considering maybe thaksin should be lower i mean a brief from hiatus from certain regulations on that sort of thing we have a monopoly in this country that it for a century we have 2 parties we don't allow 2 businesses that dominate most of our industries but we allow these 2 parties to dominate our politics that's very convenient for the computer they the class of corporate directors who donate the

bulk of. the money to both of them to pull the strings for both of. the us federal trade commission is pushing to break up facebook accusing it of holding an illegal monopoly over the social media market it is filed a lawsuit backed by almost every state targeting facebook's acquisitions of the instagram and whatsapp platforms ben swan the host of boom bust on r.t.e. told us more 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 that does it for me in this edition of the weekly this hour will be back in let's say 34 minutes with another look stay with us this

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