u.s. president joe biden. on the program today. they say he has full confidence in. your own instructions against children. who are ready to kill your entire family for the sake of a new vaccine i wasn't going to kill them but prove that the vaccine is completely

safe. and then. being a regional reaction from people in the. states in the evening here in moscow this tuesday december the 22nd welcome to our 2 international i mean and only. the president elect of the united states joe biden received his 1st dose of pfizer's. should live on t.v. to encourage others to get the job when it is more widely available while also commending the administration's efforts in getting the shop purchased so quickly. ministration deserves some credit here that's off the ground operation were very

it's one of the you know i have a graphic scene show a hospital is going to write a scene from that evolve into a needle and on. ever at least 2 health care workers in alaska develop symptoms after they got the pfizer job with one being kept under hospital observation for a number of nights the cases come after the u.k. medical regulator issued a warning about giving the vaccine to anyone with a history of allergies it will continue to be ruled out in alaska and this time we have no plans in changing our vaccine schedule are due seeing their regimen this is all kind of part of what we've been looking for and expecting and looking out for we are making sure the health care providers know about this earlier we spoke to malcolm kendrick a doctrine or through he finds the latest developments concerning. we're going to expect reactions but there seems to be quite early so i think it's something that

people should be quite worried about that we don't know who is most likely to have a problem are there some people we just definitely should not be vaccinating he said so i think from a medical understanding point being left with them will just give it a want and hope it doesn't cause a problem so we don't understand the rush but it is a concerning thing politicians will demonstrate or they think they're going to demonstrate. i think most of the public this is a publicity stunt and i think it might but far from them but i'm definitely not surprised. concerns i've also been raised over the vaccines availability leading to a number of us states considering putting ethnic minorities 1st in line for the shot artie's dimitry poke takes a closer look. finally the miracle everyone has been waiting for covert 900 vaccines have started making their way around the world but while some sighed with

relief most will have to hold their breath for a bit longer distribution turns out to be a bit more complicated than expected who needs it 1st who gets it 1st these people even once it all these questions have started to bait especially in the us where americans have been split into priority groups based on their needs age and even race after health care workers and those living or working at long term health care facilities receive the 1st round of vaccines black hispanic and other minority residents will be prioritized over whites in the following to phases of distribution well that has raised a few eyebrows the c.d.c. points out that is because minorities are 3 times more likely to die from code complications however some medical workers who are already getting the jobs aren't excited to be at the top of the list and feel they are part of an experiment nursing staff feels as though they don't want to be somebody science experiment or a guinea pig but nevertheless most americans are eager to get inoculated even if it means waiting in line i think it makes sense to give our most marginalized

population back to the various. are getting it when it's my turn. turn deaf i think it should go to critical 1st and then i have the opportunity i will get so i'll get vaccinated for sure and i think it's a good place to start to balance it out i think the older population should get it 1st though 1st the priority list has also caused widespread anger now to put frontline essential workers above those with high risk medical conditions heartless arrogant unelected c.d.c. bureaucrats have decided that the lives of elderly americans just don't count and while there are concerns over the rapid development of the vaccine those with cash to spare are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to jump the line we're getting a lot of calls. so they're birdies. and you order my. concierge. or are requesting the vaccine kindly kindly letting him know that you know we have an ethical duty to be able to

vaccinate. the people that. need prior d. if you will and then afterwards i'm doing my best to get it for all the patients are a part of my. anybody else who needs it california governor gavin newsom has even warned the state's elites against using their influence to get a hold of a job ahead of those who desperately need it those who think they can get ahead of the line and those who think because they have results is all they have relationships that would allow them to do it we also will be monitoring that's very very closely although coming from him it rings a little hollow all those fancy dinners with healthcare officials after declaring a state wide shut down don't exactly inspire confidence in anything newsom says and the u.s. isn't the only country having a difficult time germany's vaccine distribution plans have also been met with scrutiny unlike the u.s. not all doctors there ended up at the top of the list medical staff in the private

sector as well as ambulance workers were not given top priority despite being on the front lines against the not only treat a large number of high risk patients they're also on the front line when it comes to caring for corona infected people nevertheless they are still lower on the priority list for vaccinations that's a risk because these practices form an important protective wall for the already heavily burdened hospitals german police have also insisted they should be higher on the list due to cost of exposure and the president has stressed the importance of parliamentarians getting the job as soon as possible to make sure the state is capable of running meanwhile the israeli government is getting some unwelcome scrutiny as the country begins to roll at vaccine shots palestinians living in the occupied territories have gotten the short end of the stick today the numbers of covert 1000 cases which is spreading like wildfire in gaza's refugee camps are telling of the catastrophic situation here we call on the international community to immediately end the siege of gaza allow medical supplies in and allocate

vaccines for the gaza strip where many face imminent death. while the arrival of these vaccines does raise hopes for an end to the pandemic there is still a very long way to go before. russia's gallo only institute have launched clinical trials of a joint crueler virus vaccine the aim being to combine elements of the job developed individually by the 2 sides artie's until he spoke with alexander ginsberg the director of the institute about how the vaccine differs from others. we developed a vaccine from the start of receiving funding to registration really quite quickly in 5 months the main reason is that for 25 years or more we have been developing at the gum alay institute a technological platform on which this vaccine preparation can be made we already had a wealth of experience not only the technology of how to do it but before that we

had even worked out possible concentrations we knew all the dosages needed to obtain an optimal immune response with minimal side effects. the safety of the vaccine has been fully proven on a very similar vaccine the not identical against not only ebola viruses but also the mers coronavirus so when we were working against covered 19 we were able to use around 70 percent of an existing element one of the indicators by which the effectiveness of a vaccine is most easily measured is the presence of until bodies in the blood if we proceed from that experimental data in a similar vaccine against a bowler this protective immunity lasted for 2 years we simply didn't have a long observation period with. some of your opponents accuse you of not publishing reports on the 2nd and 3rd phases so about the 1st and 2nd phases we published not just anywhere but in the one sits and it's no secret that in 3 or 4 days time

a major english language article on the results of the 3rd phase will be ready for the pfizer vaccine needs to be transported at minus 70 degrees and yours at minus $23.00 rate minus 18 for now some months down the line i hope that we'll be able to amend the registration certificates that this vaccine can be stored not at minus 18 but to the household refrigerator temperature of plus 2. the side effects don't force you out of action there may be a rash headache muscle discomfort and i think the most noticeable effects may be your temperature going up to 38 degrees for 2 days to take the vaccine yourself yes on march 30th along with all my employees and you're still alive not just alive but pretty active i vaccinated my 14 year old granddaughter so you violated your own instructions against vaccinating children that's outrageous you were ready to kill your entire family for the sake of

a new vaccine i wasn't going to kill them but prove that the vaccine is completely safe. what is the difference between the oxford vaccine that is astra zeneca and the gamma lanes to do vaccine there are a lot of differences but they're not significant oxford and us to seneca went from my point of view along the classic path of working against airborne pathogens our colleagues applied all the rules for creating influenza vaccines to the creation of a vaccine against covered 19 and it seems to me that the epidemiological features of this disease this pathogen were not quite accurately calculated the people at pfizer also understand this and have made great efforts to modify the r.n.a. so that it would not be recognized as far as i understand it by protective proteins but i'm not sure where the my colleagues most to solve all the problems on a large scale. the u.k. health secretary has called thousands of londoners irresponsible after they opted

for a last minute trip side side the capital to avoid a strict locked on some residents in the places they're fleeing to aren't happy either we spoke to people in manchester. i think it is a little bit concern in the mouth people who are experts in london called little to the north think a lot of people lost confidence and the advice they've been given and they gave everyone a chalice know. what they're going to do for christmas so it can really on the stand how you can justify a journey but you've got to think really about the implications it does have on those people be a business and obviously people want to get to the families of the loved ones but i'm really not sure that we should be leaving london what is obviously a massive outbreak and going into the regions and potentially taking the virus with them i think the people of london are very inconsiderate about when we leave the city of london we don't realize that it's going to spread very thin across the whole of the country when it comes after

a highly infectious mutation of covert was detected in southern england the british government's chief scientific adviser believes the new variant has already spread to other parts of the country. the new variant is spread around the country it's localized in some places but we know it's got there are cases everywhere so it's not as though we can stop this getting into other places there's some they're ready the message has been very clear and i think i want to reinforce it is state local meanwhile in london long queues half formed on its side supermarkets over concerns of food shortages in the run up to christmas fear has been fueled by a combination of factors including a potential new deal breaks it stricter lockdown regulations border closures because of the new krona virus strain we spoke to former british m.p. george galloway he say's it is especially is that the u.k. is reacting to the new strain of the virus and we know when in fact it was identified months ago. i should tell you that sir patrick vallance says that

this new mutant corona virus was identified last september and it's a couple of days before christmas the government cancel the whole thing that is inherently suspicious if i tell you that only a few months ago the british government was paying people to go out and restaurant ito to help out they say that we spent billions of taxpayers' money actually in the bill in the restaurant for someone like me who go for it to pay for their own don't know we've gone from that to look for days before christmas cancelling the whole thing it's been a shambles strong start to finish and the experience shuttles now i said the government was talking about this. in order to change from which

cataclysmic phil you know. dozens of journalists the qatari based news network al-jazeera their smartphones hacked according to cyber security researchers in canada the team looking into the breach believes it happened on the orders of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates using is really made spyware. in july and august 2020 government operatives used n.s.o. groups pigs and spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists producers anchors and executives at al-jazeera the journalists were hacked by 4 pegasus operators including one operator monarchy that we attribute to saudi arabia and one operator sneaky kestrel that we attribute to the united arab emirates well let's take a closer look at the is really software firm believed to be involved and so group is known for other cyber scandals worldwide including the targeting of journalists in morocco and politicians in spain in those cases that exploited

a vulnerability in what's up leading to the messenger service to sue the firm but n.s.o. group say's it's technology is used by governments to track down terrorists and criminals or in this latest with al jazeera all they targeted the faces turned out to be ife phones which hadn't updated to the newest operating system the hackers could listen through the built in microphone and access recordings of encrypted calls they could also take pictures with the camera truck device location and access passwords let's dig a little bit deeper into this with philip ingram phillips a former british military intelligence and security officer and is welcome to the program philip earlier this month there were reports that saudi arabia and qatar were trying in fact to patch things up there had been very strained relations if this hacking allegation is verified i imagine that they taunt of sorts goes in the

opposite direction. what it will do if they're not all involved in it it's the detente is much more complicated than just a potential acquisition of espionage that's going on and espionage amongst various countries and within various countries is something that is accepted as almost a normal practice and understood that goes on whether dry cannot depends on your moral point of view. shutting down. that's one of saudi arabia's the months to end the blockade and guitar why do you think it object so strongly to news channel well i think if you look at how the saudis work if you look at heart a number of the middle east countries work in the same way with other countries around the world the control of the messaging that's come out the news they wanted to be positive for the the ruling are that there is within up secretary and anything that undermines our positive message and it's not just limited the middle east we see that those sorts of channels are sanctioned in some way they're

journalists are bullied in some ways the messaging is trying. to bully it back into the way the ruling powers wanted to sign the hooks were allegedly directed as were say by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. but the software was is really do you think they would have needed the green light those 2 nations from the israeli government to cardio something like that. well with the n.s.o. group they've been selling the software for quite some time and in fact in 2019 there was some accusations that their software have been used in the tracking of jamal khashoggi and they then withdrew their support from the saudi arabian government they're only supposed to some of the government's response to some of the organizations that have got a moral and ethical code they have been accused of not doing that across the globe and that's what brought them the tension of a number of the civil rights organizations however civil rights in saudi arabia is

very different to civil rights in the u.s. is very different to civil rights in russia in china in the u.k. in the united states so the balance is very difficult to sit and say this was right here and they had to do that there had to be an agreement here i don't think the israeli government would have been involved in this just something we mentioned we only know about this story because canadian cyber security experts detected the hack do you think this type of surveillance of journalists is widespread. yes. in certain countries around the world in the middle east you know i have seen surveillance the middle east in different countries. my own hands were to shock me completely in were those countries have been listening in to people's mobile devices and it's not just limited to we heard about our ism across the cross of paris and it's you know a lot of the middle east countries china will target anyone the film other

dissenters on the sim and russia as well if they feel their dissent is coming through their communications means we'll be talking to well you mentioned up all the attack devices or i phone is this an embarrassment for the company if their phones are finding more vulnerable than an envoy devices. well i think this software specifically targets of devices if you remember a couple of years ago there was a big legal debate about whether the f.b.i. could get access to. a terrorist uppal device in the states and it went through the courts were refusing to give them the codes to get into it and then all of a sudden the caucus disappeared because a company most to get into it was one of these really. former companies start by former israeli intelligence officers and any device transmitting anything along even if you believe that you're using a secure and the bottom line is someone somewhere can listen into philip ingram former british military intelligence and security officer i think if you're to.

the u.s. pows restrictions on exports to dozens of russian and chinese companies accuse the puffing military ties for go on american companies will have to apply for special licenses to sell the firm's goods or technology the department recognizes the importance of leveraging its partnerships with u.s. and global companies to come but efforts by china and russia to divert u.s. technology for their destabilizing military programs including by highlighting red flag indicators such as those related to communist chinese military companies identified by the department of defense this is what's known in the u.s. department of commerce as 103 entities on the list that equator has 58 from china 45 russia they include arms manufacturers research institutes and the russian state firm that builds soyuz rockets in fact russia's space agency has sent

a letter to nuts expressing fears for the future of the international space station . the restrictions imposed by the u.s. on russian enterprises jeopardize the future of the international space station program could you please inform us how nasa will react to this development so as to avoid any risks to the i assess program the russian and chinese governments have condemned the u.s. mint saying it's likely to further damage relations. this is yet another aggressive step against russia we can only regret that another outgoing us administration has decided to deal a blow to already very poor russian used bilateral relations each blome delays normalization and significantly hinders the process of breaking this deadlock that is some of the 3 mantle to our bilateral relations you don't you know sometimes the united states on the pretext of national security has been using state power to constantly abuse export control measures for the purpose of tracking down foreign companies this is

a serious breach of free trade rules the security of google industrial and supply chains because of serious harm to the well being interests of the people of all countries including residents of the united states i think we should interpret anything coming out now and before biden takes office as technical measures transmix for his benefit or the benefit of the republicans don't necessary what biden or dean democrats will do china is does we acting in a constrained with chinese and foreign minister saying that the united states should choose dialogue and consultation with china instead of pushing septa ball sanctions against chinese companies by over stretching the notion of national security opportunity suppression after all we have all seen what the us has done to its global competitors 1st we see unfair treatment to french else wrong japan's to sheeba and now we see china's highway t.g.i. and cetera i think whoever we are rife with the us we did next to be suppressed.

ok to a story that's generated a lot of interest this person above week speculation continues to believe that covert vaccination could soon become mandatory for passengers and the tourism industry has voiced its alarm the world travel and tourism council issued a stark warning saying that if jobs become compulsory it will kill off the sector it comes after the world health organization raised the prospect of vaccine passport. the w.h.o. spokesperson for europe said last week that quote having trustworthy and reliable proof of bucks a nation for covert 19 vaccines will be essential for public health purposes although the organization did stop short of saying such documents should be mandatory at this stage global terrorism of course being devastated by the pandemic losses expected to hit 3 trillion dollars this year that is according to the world tourism forum institute well let's delve deeper into this story there's

a lot to talk on i'm very happy to welcome virginia messina virginia is managing director of world travel truism casa we spoke up by thanks for taking the time virginia a spokesperson for the world health organization has said quote proof of vaccination for a covert $1000.00 vaccine as we said will be essential for public health purposes there's a lot of weight to to look at that statement isn't it it's relatively vague where do you see this heading of course as we i mean we welcome to news around these vaccine and it definitely going to support the recovery of. inoculating population towards the spring of next year so that's certainly going to give our sector that the much needed boost however we didn't travel international travel can restart safely without waiting is that c. and effective testing needs to be in place for travelers and combination incur combination with hygiene protocols as well and to to to do this safely as i sit

here you've got the international transport association developing a digital code 19 vaccine passport for travelers do you see that as a as a step towards a new job no fly policy for lines. so i think there are a number of technologies that will certainly play a role in this process and yes i have to has recently released the application you're talking about and this is so how certificates what they will do is basically proof that a passenger has been tested or vaccinated which of course is going to help airlines and government deal with with travelers so yeah we definitely support all of these technology nonstick and solutions and we think it's going to be very very helpful where specter takes the next year but is that if people just say no there's no right that i have to go and get a job to travel i know i'm healthy and and why should i you know what they think is

a foreign body into that into their bodies in order to do something that was completely normal a number of months ago so that is why we think any that scene needs to co-exist with it with a testing regime so testing needs to be en route even when there is that scene is available to most of the population so even if that passenger decides not to be vaccinated and that is absolutely fine but they would need to have the test to prove obviously they are negative 2 to 90 it's quite interesting to read a briefing a little earlier from the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention this is actually a report from a cobra virginia saying that quote most viruses other germs do not spread easily on flights because of her earth circulates on his food turd on planes it's in essence the airport itself toilets where people congregate so flights themselves if the

proper precautions 'd are taken before hand things should be should be relatively ok you know. you're absolutely right i mean airplanes and because of they've been looking at safety for years right i mean when cruise lines have invested and millions into all of these iris acuity protocols that have been in place for many many years still absolutely the environment within an airplane is very safe and it's very unlikely that the virus could be transmitted their airports on the other hand have worked tirelessly to use year to implement all of these hygiene protocols to ensure that they're in place obviously to avoid transmission as well and as we know all the different messages thrown from distance being 22 sided station and all there is going to be helpful in this process and of course there's the economic health very nervous nations author waiting for some clarity on what's going to happen. to tourism is a vital source of income for many nations the mall deaves for example tourism 38

percent of the economy thailand it's at 10 percent if this situation persists it could cause long term social or people do you think. i mean this year has been devastating as you were just laying out i mean our sector employees 330000000 people around the world only last year or so and there's so many countries as you were laying out that highly dependent on our sector so the fact that i mean what has happened this year all of these different reactions and trouble and blanket or entities have almost the added to the still an economic hardship however our sector is very risky and we know there's an incredible pent up demand so as soon as the measures are in place as soon as countries kind of the the right testing regime and i'm obviously that the virus is under control we no trouble will be recovered when it recover though to to what we think of as normal though because not many virginia

are expecting our traffic to return to the prepared levels over the coming year or indeed years i put it to you that the tourism industry is just going to have to adopt a worldwide fewer flights should people for instance be encouraged to take holidays closer to home should be the focus now that. it's definitely that trend at the moment so as we know people are deciding to either state within their own country or perhaps just some interregional travel it's going to take some time $21000.00 was an incredible year and we were leaving the golden age of trouble and our sector 3 percent to 10.3 percent of global g.d.p. so it was and we had a forecast a decade of growth so to get back to those levels it's certainly going to take some time but we know as i said we know all of the credible recipients of course center and we know it slowly.