families in italy sing the government for its perceived mishandling of the pandemic as they grieve relatives loss to the coronavirus we speak to their lawyer. my clients were not informed about the presence of the dangerous and highly contagious virus a needle in your heart told up until march but it was little more than a true one faction. america's top infectious disease expert meanwhile amply faggy admits deliberately misleading the public about herd immunity in order to get more people to take the vaccine and people aged over 60 can get vaccinated with brushes. that after the country's health ministry approved its use elderly people. can sleep sputnik the clinical trials have been carried out some people

over the age of 60 the studies have confirmed its safety and effectiveness. good afternoon just gone 3 o'clock in moscow are you watching r.t. international now in italy relatives of coded 19 victims have filed a criminal negligence or suit over the government's handling of the pandemic the bereaved families have brought the case against the country's prime minister health minister and president of the badly hit by the region one of the lawyers leading the case told a small. my clients were not informed about the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy we were told up until march but it was little more than a true violent fashion residents were told to go about their lives as normal italy was their 1st country in europe have such a high death toll those who have joined

a civil action are not only home or lumbered the region you come from all over in. all 500 families filed the civil lawsuit against the authorities asking for 100000000 euros in compensation they do allege that italian officials didn't have an updated national pandemic plan and that they were slow to respond to the outbreak in the long but the and other regions too and took too long to declare the whole thing an emergency literally did bear the brunt of the pandemic in europe in the early 2020 and the 1st deaths emerged back in february with the pandemic quickly spreading across the country in march the government then imposed a national lockdown to tackle the outbreak and since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people have died with over 2000000 infected italian prime minister he said become terry has previously denied accusations that he underestimated the crisis however families behind the civil case insist that the government was slow

to respond. no innocent of that nothing was done * to prevent the spread of the virus and then obviously we were not ready we didn't have intensive care oxygen masks prepared adequately so regardless of where this virus developed elite was not ready to face said up to now not one politician has responded to the committee or those representing victims to explain the 70000 that we've heard nothing from lumber to his regional government health ministry and prime minister can tell you are obliged to take a position to write a deed in court and provide an explanation to all of italy's citizens what we have reached out to the italian authorities to comment on this case although so far we haven't received a reply. when united states their top infectious disease expert has also found himself in an awkward spot dr anthony found she has admitted to the new

york times that he noticed the numbers on herd immunity upwards to bolster public support for covert faxing. the estimate is that you'll need about 70 percent maybe 75 percent of the people in the country vaccinating to get their own breland herd immunity let's say we get 70 by. 80 example of population. we may. not herd immunity protecting our society where you can make an extrapolation from other infections i say between 75 immediately 5 percent of the population when you a survey said 60 percent or more would take it i thought i can nudge this up a bit so i went to 8085 we really don't know what the real number is i think the real range is somewhere between 70 to 90 percent but i'm not going to say 90 percent. in the new york times once again admitted to

misleading the public yesterday this is not science. so we are not smart enough to think for ourselves says the intellects of bureaucrats. well 80 year old dr fact she is the long time director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases throughout the summer he was also a permanent fixture at the white house coronavirus briefings and is a leading figure in the fight against the virus early this week and she became one of the 1st high profile figures to receive the maternal vaccine although his core advice has had a tendency to switch around a bit during the year right now people should not be what there's no reason to be walking around with a mask the fundamentals are not rocket science it's universal wearing of masks an issue in there is to make sure you do whatever you can to safeguard the safety and the health of the children as well as the teachers close the bars and keep the

schools open for the founding editor of the online news site this can't be happening says that the best thing to do is to simply be straight with people. well that's not the way to deal with that with a. pandemic and none of them have been it done a good job of that you've got to trust people telling the truth say you know this is a crisis we're not sure how to handle it but this is what we think is the best way to do it that would be the honest way to do it and then people would have more confidence in you. you know when you tell him to do stuff i'm not sure i would go with lying i would go with that you know he made a bad he made a bad decision to not level with people with what they knew for me the best thing to do would be to tell people what you know and be straightforward with them and then change it if you find out something different later. while russia spinning think a vaccine has been approved of people aged over 60 that's after trials demonstrated

its effectiveness let's get more details nothing he joins us good afternoon saskia what does this mean then pretty much in terms of the fight against hiv aids in russia. well we're wrapping up on 2020 and still the big news stories keep coming in indeed the russian health ministry has just announced the the efficacy of the sputnik job against the 19 in the age group of 60 plus is 90 percent now what does that mean well really it means that when the time is right those citizens can take the world's 1st registered job against coronavirus with full confidence now with those trials were actually wrapped up on christmas eve on the 24th of december and this is what officials have to say about the findings. for. the clinical trials have been carried out some people over the age of 60 the studies of confirmed safety and effectiveness the ministry of health has approved amendments to his medical guidance people over the age of 60 can also get

vaccinated now now this is an important development because until now we don't you know the results from trials on people aged between 18 and 60 now this fresh a fresh announcement really shows that full 60 process the protection that the vaccine provides is just as convincing as for the younger population now it also reiterate the findings from the phase 3 trials which is that immunity only increases over time so in the 1st day of the vaccine the efficacy is around 91 percent but that jumps right up to 95 percent on the 42nd day and lots of the antibodies multiply and they stop doing that work a massive vaccination campaign of sputnik v. was rolled out in early december at the moment it's frontline watches that are leading the charge we're talking teachers transport because. law enforcement and of course medics so far and estimate to $200000.00 people have been inoculated hit in russia it's thought that at the start of next year and around february the general

population will get its chance and now of course we've been told that if they want to be a part of it those over the age of 60 can be opened up from of course to. changing the lives of those 60 plus years who are of course an out risk group and so spent the best part of the year at home in isolation really this comes at a really critical point in russia's fight with 19 today the country passed the grim milestone of 3000000 total cases this week has been the most fatal on record since the start of the pandemic with daily deaths between 50700 an average of cases around 28000 so this latest development really inspiring hope and confidence of course at a decisive moment and sussman for those who've been tirelessly working on the vaccine over the past and 9 months also a sign that sputnik the is living up to its name we were told recently after much

speculation that it's v. for victory. ok thanks. for the latest on much job paver in russia. in other news today 3 people have been injured in a huge explosion that tour through a motor home in the u.s. city of nashville early on christmas morning yet be ice leading an investigation and believe the blast was intentional. here. we receive it it would not it was a real long rule in the windows started shaking with vigor but that's not gonna address what now lobby to be funny thing out. this morning my heard. really weird. like. are sure that like. it happened in a down time district at around 6 30 am on friday morning from

a nearby building buildings have been badly damaged with debris scattered across the road telecommunications problems that caused to temporary temporary grounded flights at the city's main airport a number of people have been detained by police for questioning and few imposed until sunday afternoon possible human remains have been found near the blast site to. the russian military has received its 1st combat ready 5th generation sukhoi fighter jets it's taken over 2 decades for the $57.00 to go from the drawing board to the skies and into production more details for marty's ship of allah.

a unique combination of speed stealth and super maneuverability the su 5 to 7 miles who will find who currently is the most modern russian military plane saying here it is all in one it's been designed to gain superior say that meaning it's an interceptor the kind of going guided missiles it's also fallout being able to strike really able to target the flying in space or satellite by that place of its current but there it takes out and it's a topic close range dogfights of things so it's out stuff like when you were a bit see is got that but let's give you say. the s to $57.00 is a single seat jet the duties of the copilot are now the front by also official intelligence the plane combines the functions of an interceptor and a strike aircraft the jet is being billed as a self by the banks to break out all those materials those things that is opposing missiles accounting special instrumental weapons space that makes it hard to get invisible to any range that it would be using infrared our it's obvious diode that

the outcome of the aero combat primary depends on the skill of the pilot these guys the test pilots are the ones determine what to remove and what to retain in the planes in order to set limits for combat pilots they have to push their jets found beyond those limits looking over the edge and risking their lives number 4 did so and it was serious and a lot of water we are the link between all the departments that develop various systems equipment displays information and control field goals for every new generation of aircraft turns out to be more complicated so our task is to make an aircraft easier for combat pilots the more comfortable the pilot feels the more effectively they fulfill their tasks as he's plans that by 202876 mass produced as . 57 aircraft will be in service with the russian air force. powerful the weapon more likely will never be used i believe it's an element of deterrence like any other weapon we're not creating things to attack so but if it

is required that we defend ourselves we must be able to do that adequately and respond properly to all the modern challenges of science and technology. this so quite a long road ahead for the as the 57 it has yet to showcase its enormous potential and meltdowns we'll hear more about it as it will definitely be on the rays of journal and my the aviation industry. justice for joining that's the twitter hash tag being pushed by fans of american movie star johnny depp after netflix removed his films from the u.s. platform his supporters say that they will boycott the streaming service with death is embroiled in a court battle with a british tabloid at the moment that claimed he beat his wife his ex-wife he lost the initial case but has filed for retrial artie's constantine looks now out whether death is the latest victim of council culture not in the caribbean or wonderland apparently johnny depp has disappeared drug yourself searched for his

name on us now flicks nope he's gone is it council culture or censorship the streaming side doesn't say but his fans think is because he lost a libel case surrounding murky claims against one of hollywood's most iconic actors accusing him of being a wife beater i said he hit me i was crying i said turning to the kids and i start hearing things smash and i said honey hit me you hit me in the eye. and i start crying so do you want to watch the actor or he's private life unfold in 2016 heard made those claims against depp but it wore. $7000000.00 settlement later it's case closed right well not really a year later at the height of the meet to movement amber heard to to the media to double down on domestic abuse allegations 2 years ago i became

a public figure representing domestic abuse and i felt the. distress for women who speak out that's one things began to unravel for deb and his career he was found guilty by how he would be for any court had ruled now toxic it was no longer jack's barrow he was. kicked out by and passed a beast and made to walk the plank by the pirates of the caribbean and man worth 10000000000 for the box office was done and it's not just him whole cast have fallen to the filmography of many banished from screens but here's the thing deb is a free man there is no conviction and now the claims of abuse have been flipped perhaps he was the victim all along his career definitely is and it doesn't matter anymore if top directors one depp to play their lead roles it simply won't happen awoke wave online and the idea is over take tim burton and the reboot of the addams

family a perfect match you with thing not anymore but who cares cancel culture and the likes have combined they've judged and it's a live band but we haven't asked netflix to comment on the story left they haven't replied are you watching our table take a quick break more news intimidates. join me every day on the all excitement chill and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics all this less i'm showbusiness i'll see that. chemistry has also given us fulfillment in many ways by guaranteeing and abundant food supply if we look at our world today there are still famines but there are

political famines are caused by political problems are not caused by an inability to grow food and if we look at infectious diseases if you were in the middle of a pandemic now with a pandemic is killing less than one percent of the people living facts and in past times pandemics could kill 30 to 70 percent of the people that were infected so chemistry has given us much improved quality of life in many ways and then we have to ask well with these unintended consequences that are causing species go extinct that are causing environmental injustices how can we make things better because certainly we can handle those things better than we have. again that the german president has given his christmas address to the nation despite being a terrible again he did try to look on the positive side of the pandemic. the.

fellow citizens what a year has been a tiny virus took possession of our lives and our thoughts thwarted plans and shattered dreams the pandemic reminded us how vulnerable we are how fragile will recall our normal life is but we were also able to experience something else how strong we are when we look out for each other and are there for each other. angela merkel has celebrated her last christmas as german chancellor she has promised to leave her post next year and speculation is already rife about who will replace peter all of a gives us his festive take on who will come next every year at this time i get to look back on and forward to what is going on in germany in european politics with let's face it a usually pretty forced best of moti 2015 most and the most cheerful of years here in europe a month if you will that i've been able to get

a hold of the leftist is something that was written by mrs anglo merkel from with me to germany where i think it. has been elected to the role of leader of the christian democratic union party this year's a bit special though it's the last festive period with angola merkel as german chancellor she said this step down from the top job next autumn but i'm also well aware not to use these festive wrap ups in the past to announce the retirement of a major german political figure only to have them turn over the far more important position stepping down is z. hall for their long serving outspoken leader interior minister horses the office said that he hopes to see all restrictions disappear that's why i even listed the help of a very special guest to go through the content is looking to take up residence in the chancellor's office just behind me he's made a list he's checked it twice he's going to find out who is most likely going to win

the nomination. for the c.d.c.'s you party and then according to reputable polling most likely the election next autumn. we'll use catchy as the original is it. thanks for having me can i just ask you one question before we start are you sure your son's it's just the accent it's a bit more. than north pole and i'm pretty sure pretty sure it. is a dog and. notice her and i'm only if i were you and i wanted to remain on the nice list well quite you mention your famous least they're using math so how do the runners and riders of valuing to be the next german chancellor stack up at the moment it looks like whoever gets the nod for the c.d.u. c.s.u. aussie they've pretty much got it so look tough and they were all it's a good time to be a roman catholic or loyal to the buddhist of the country. of the

brain called tenders for induction brackets and all love song which is a likely to find the role to me as well as nice let's have a look i don't little video something like jump to say that well i've done this now . they are the only possibilities though are they. there's also. way very small 'd

chance that c.g. leader greg clam chowder. turned all of the decision to stand all that health minister yet. could throw his hat into the ring you should get the c.d.u. c.s.u. nomination should be sorted out early next year but current coalition partners the social democrats they aren't doing too well with polling among voters are they nor to you list the way there were it would seem at least with the voters anyway i couldn't possibly tell you what's all my actual list data protection was used to do keep an eye on the greaves though they have big 'd big gains in recent months while it may be a stretch to say they have a chance of government they may well have a big say in its makeup thanks very much for coming to talk to me it's just been your busiest time of course anything coming up in the near future for you safe

around of go forth leaves the body next month and then some time in launch supposed to go live to your afternoon with the tooth fairy that's the premiere lot of back say you know of course but before that i want to wish all of the boys and girls though matter how well your whoa a very merry christmas wow well that's quite the exist all what's left for me to do is wish you all a parent merry christmas from all of us here in the german capital base for all of us artie. he's a lefty still i mean he's written a book. which while reporting with santa claus it is a testing time for science is the pandemic is seen skepticism over price perhaps not the best year then to be held in the nobel prize which celebrates the strangest side of scientific research so if you have it not to speak to its founder on r.t.

dot com will all this uncertainty and stress this year i'm having an impression that i faith in science is becoming a little bit more shaky among the general public do you feel that good. yeah i think that's true for a few reasons part of it is that it around the world there are now some people who are. just automatically reacting to everything that happens by saying that's wrong don't trust it. another thing though that's happening is that for the 1st time in a long long time everybody is paying attention to scientists so now people are looking at what scientists actually do rather than what the movie version of scientists do in the movie version the scientists all they understand everything before they even begin to look at it that's not what really happens what really happens is most of the time scientists are very confused about most things and

they're not sure and they spend most of their time trying to be less confused trying to become a little more sure they never no scientist ever reaches the point where they completely understand everything. but if you just grow up and you watch the movies and all your picture is scientists do understand everything so i think what's happening right now is everybody now every day you read the news and you think about scientists for at least a minute which you normally don't do and you see that what they're doing well they're not sure yet they think they have a vaccine that works but they're not quite sure why aren't they sure you know the scientists are always sure about that well no that's not going to go it's never what this and scientists did so what's really happened i think is scientists are now becoming real rather than fictional characters for people and real characters have some confusion.

on if you want to watch more of that interview. come i mean it's not just science that's been a sense to vishy this year in fact a lot of things seem to be causing offenses. ripples in from other weight enough that in 2020 couldn't leave the house. and everyone you knew in dressed as a lot sajid accidentally trips on a metal plate falls to the ground dropping the heart then the ever changing english language with anything even when thanks to the proud to was. and it wasn't just ted told changing the lead of women to woman said which i still don't say the time was making he played right into the global record

turf stands for trans exclusionary radical feminists and they're often confused with w.t.f. and then the feminists that believe that your agenda is based on. and there you've got john believe it or not. but pretty much rather than which tiny bit you identify with. dangly part i'm still not sure if it's a compliment or an insult depends on your perspective but also not going away is this business with people's pronouns the former leader of the labor party in the u.k. jeremy cool been shed his pronouns here he is and you're right we're going to be rude lol who haven't you and what do you think they all the big is that. right oh yeah and vice president and that comma harris has pronouns on twitter to. again you won't be

surprised when they are. oh yeah and the un has now decided that the times in wife were all politically incorrect. it's not funny john and you know with the coming through a long time my dad is going to be furious he's now an x x but you're. not laughing even the dictionary is joining in merriam webster had to change its definition of racism off their student e-mail to say that it didn't reflect life or systemic oppression she'd experienced i emailed them to us if they changed the definition of nice day. but i didn't have a memory webster and totally backed up his social justice warriors credentials often define the term sexual preference as being and it's a sentence that mazie hirono claim that sexual preference is an offensive and

outdated term sexual orientation is a key part of a person's identity you just go and hope you fall in love with all of this starts to make sense when you see that sign. city wasted some of its funding to conclude that full stops are offensive to millennium goals. don't get more informed of leading us to conducted research that found that millennia old and gen zia's so rarely use punctuation when they message each other so when they receive a message with a full stop in it it can be seen as intimidating and a sign of passive aggression well there is how do you like.