families initially sue the government for its perceived mishandling of the pandemic as they grief relatives loss to the coronavirus we speak to their lawyer. it's my clients were not informed about the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy your heart told up until march but it was little more than a treatable infraction. also ahead this hour people aged over 60 cannot get vaccinated but russia. as the country's health ministry approved its use for elderly people and america's top infectious disease expert anthony found she admits to deliberately misleading the public about covert 19 herd immunity in order to get more people to take the vaccine and russia's long awaited generation fighter jet

enters service we take a closer look at the sukhoi $57.00. is because of the missiles accounted special internal revenue space that makes a concert in both worlds a break that it appears it can still read our. good afternoon you're watching international just gone for cock here in moscow no natally relatives of covert 900 victims have filed a criminal negligence lawsuit over the government's handling of the pandemic brief families demanding answers from the country's prime minister health minister and president of the badly hit the region one of the lawyers told us more about the case. my clients were not informed about the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy you aren't told off until march but it was little more than a travelling fashion residents were to. would you go about their lives as normal it

only was your 1st country in europe to have such a high death toll those who have joined a civil action are not only home or lumber de region you can from all over. 500 families file the civil lawsuit against the authorities asking for 100000000 euros in compensation they allege to the italian officials didn't have an updated national pandemic plan and that they were slow to respond to the outbreak in la but the another region's 2 and took too long to clare and emergency will listen he did bear the brunt of the pandemic in europe towards the start of the year the 1st deaths emerged back in february with the pandemic quickly spreading across the country then in march the government imposed a national lockdown to tackle the outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people have died with over 2000000 infected in italy prime minister you said become too though has previously denied accusations that he underestimated the

crisis however families behind the civil action insist that the government or slow to respond. no innocent 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 deaths 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. while the united states' top infectious disease expert has also found himself in an awkward spot because dr anthony found she has admitted to the new york times that he nudge the numbers on herd immunity upwards to bolster public support for covert

vaccines the estimate is that you'll need about 70 percent maybe 75 percent of the people in the country vaccinating to get there are of herd immunity let's say we get 70 by. 80 percent of the population. we may actually you know not herd immunity protecting our society or 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 elects a bureaucrat. well 8 year old dr fact she's the long time director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases throughout the summer he was a permanent fixture at the white house coronavirus briefings and is a leading figure in the fight against the pandemic early this week and she became one of the 1st high profile figures to receive the maternal covert vaccine although his core advice has had a tendency to change somewhat over the years 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 while the founding editor of the online news site this can't be happening says the best thing to do is for the government to 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. meanwhile rush's. vaccine has been approved for people age 60 and over after trials demonstrated its effectiveness. as more details what we might be wrapping up on 2020 but still the big news stories keep coming in the russian health ministry has just announced that

the efficacy of the sputnik of the vaccine against covert 19 in the age of 60 plus is 90 percent what does that mean well it means that when the time is right those citizens can take the wilds fast register job against corona virus with full confidence now the testing on that couch we finished on the 24th of december and this is what officials have to say about the findings. of the clinical trials have been carried out some people over the age of 60 the studies of confirmed safety and effectiveness of 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 know the results from trials on people aged between 18 and 60 this fresh announcement shows that for people over the age of 60 the protection that the vaccine provides is just as convincing as for the younger population now it also reiterate supplied. the phase 3 trials which is

that immunity only increases over time so on the fast day of the job the efficacy is around 91 percent but that jumps right up to 95 percent on the 42nd day that's as the antibodies multiply and they start doing their work properly a mass vaccination campaign was rolled out here in russia in early december at the moment it's front line workers that are leading the charge we're talking about medics law enforcement transport workers teachers it's thought that around $200000.00 people so far have been inoculated here in russia at the start of next year it said probably in february the general population will get its chance and now of course we've been told people over the age of 60 will be able to be part of that if they want to apart from of course truly changing the lives of those people over the age of 60 who being or not risk category have spent the best part of this year at home in isolation really this news comes at

a crucial moment in russia's fight with covert 19 today the country passed the grim milestone of $3000000.00 total cases this week proved to be one of the most fatal on record since the start of the pandemic with daily deaths between $5.70 daily new cases averaging $28000.00 so this latest development really inspiring hope and of course confidence at a decisive moment in the crisis with covert and certainly for those who have been watching so tirelessly on the sputnik the job over the last 9 months also a sign this is living up to its name the we found out only recently off to much speculation being the victory. the russian military has received its 1st combat ready 5th generation sukhoi fighter jet it has taken over 2 decades for the su 57 to go from the drawing board to the skies and my way into production shop

oliver brings us up to speed. a unique combination of speed stealth and super maneuverability the su 5 to 7 miles who will fight who currently has the most modern russian military plane saying here it is all in one it's been designs to gain superior say that meaning it's an interceptor the kind of going guided missile it's also fallout being able to strike really able to target the flying in place of satellite by other at place of its current with this or it takes out and if the topic close range stuff i don't think so it's out stuff like maneuverability it's got that but let's give you say. the s if you've to 7 is a single siege at the duties of the copilot and now the forms by also official intelligence the plane combines the functions of an interceptor and

a strike aircraft that just is being billed as a result by the banks to break down all those materials postings that is opposing the missiles accounting special internode weapons space that makes the consequent invisible to any range that they would be using infrared our it's obvious diode that the outcome of the arrow 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 far beyond those limits looking over the edge and risking their lives number 4 did say they were serious and little we are the link between all the departments that develop various systems equipment displays information and control field goals 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 fulfil their tasks if he's plans that by 202876 mass produced

as. 57 aircrafts 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 technology and a.b.h. this so quite a long road ahead for the su 57 it has yet to showcase its enormous potential and meltdowns we'll hear more about it as it will definitely be on the res of journalists and my the aviation industry. justice for joining us the twitter hash tag being pushed by fans american movie star johnny depp after netflix removed his films from their us platform and supporters say they will my boy caught the streaming service where death is embroiled in a court battle with the british tabloid that claimed to be his ex-wife he lost the

initial case but has filed for retrial of his constancy who looks now whether depp is the latest victim of cancel culture not in the caribbean or wonderland apparently johnny depp has disappeared drug yourself search for his name on us now flicks nope he's gone is a council culture or sounds or ship this trimming 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 i was crying i said turning to the kids and i start hearing things being smashed and he 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 or heard made those claims against depp but it wars and $7000000.00 settlement

. 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 when 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 past the 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 depp 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 a top director is 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 that looks have combined they've judged and it's a live band. so they had to be the same and i'm a cool celebrates her last christmas as german chancellor. looks at who could be the successor.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back and i the german president has given his christmas address to the nation and despite being a terrible he did do his best to look on the bright side 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 have been demick reminded us how vulnerable we are how fragile what we call our normal life is what 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. celebrated her last christmas as german chancellor she's promised to leave her post next year and speculation is already rife a back who will replace the trial of a gives us his festive take now on who and what his next. every

year at this time i get to look back on and forward to what's going on in germany in european politics with let's face it a usually pretty forced best of moti 20 of the 50 most and the most cheerful of years here in europe a budget if you will that i've been able to get a hold of the letters to some said it was written by mrs anglo merkel from with me to germany where i'm going to come 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 set to step down from the top job next autumn but i'm also well aware enough 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 the hope for their long serving outspoken leader interior

minister horses the office said that he hopes to see all restrictions disappear dance why are 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's most likely going to win the nomination for the c.d.u. c.s.u. party and then according to reputable polling most likely the election next autumn not really as catchy is the original is that whoa whoa whoa thanks for having me can i just ask you one question before we start shooting your sons it's just the accent it's a bit more northeast england north pole and i'm pretty sure pretty sure. is a dog in a reindeer suit. well notice bird i would call a viral you and i wanted to remain long the nice list well quite you mention here.

famous least they're using math so how do the runners and riders buying 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 pretty much got it so look tough and they were it's a good time to be a roman catholic or loyal to the buddhist of the country whose sole source. of the 3 brain content is for in brackets and all love song things virgins are likely to find a role to be as well as nice and several analysts will video some tight lights up to say that well i've done this now.

they aren't the only possibilities though are they. there's also a very small 'd chance that c.g. . turned all of the decision to stand. health minister yet. could throw his hat into the ring you should get that 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 they were it would seem at least with the voters anyway i couldn't possibly tell you what's on my actual list data protection the world's

news leader. you keep an eye on the greek 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 and i think coming up in the near future for you safe around of goforth leaves the body next month and then some time and supposed to go . through with the truth is very that's the branding on the back say you know of course but before all the arts i want to wish all of the boys and girls no matter how old you are a very very christmas wow well that's quite the exist all what's left for me to do is wish you all of barry merry christmas from all of us here in the german capital base for all of us see. these lefties dulcie i mean it's really. good. but. the international now it's

a testing time at the moment for science is the pandemic has seen skepticism over vaccines rise perhaps then not the best year to be holding the ignoble prize which does celebrate the strangest side of scientific research sophie shevardnadze speaks to its founder on r.t. dot com will all this uncertainty and stress this year i'm having an impression that a faith in science is becoming a little bit more shaky among the general public do you feel that. 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 well why aren't they sure you know

the scientists are always sure about that well no that's not that's never what this and scientists did so what's really happened i think is scientists are now becoming real rather than fictional characters true people and real characters have some confusion. and you can see more of that interview at r.t. dot com i mean it's not just science that's been a sense to the c.d.c. in fact a lot of things seem to be causing offense as he expects. it wasn't weight enough that in 2020 you couldn't leave the house. and everyone you knew was dressed as a heart surgeon actually that we troops on a metal plate falls to be grown drawing the horror then the ever changing english

language was getting even when thanks to the culture wars. and it wasn't just ted told changing the word of women to women which i still don't say the time was making he put in right into the global lexicon church stands for trans exclusionary radical feminist and they're often confuse it with w.t.f. now the feminists that believe that your agenda is based on whether you've got don't believe it or not i just don't like where you 2 are 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 full certain on going away is this business with people's private nouns 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 rid of all the love that you have and what do you think they all the bad 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 and 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 for. arius he's now an x x but the more. the latter even the dictionary is joining in merriam webster i had to change its definition of racism ofter student emailed to say that it didn't reflect life or

systemic oppression that she'd experienced i e-mailed them to us if they changed the definition of nice like. me but i didn't have a merriam webster totally backed up at 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 call and hope you fall in love with all of this starts to make sense when you see that some university wasted some of its funding to conclude that full stops are offensive to millennium goals. don't get more informed of leading us conducted research that found that millennia old and gen z.

is so rarely use punctuation when they message each other that 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 plenty like. you and. you. reported that just coming up to 4 here in moscow don't forget we've also got a website for stories too you can find out about. americans. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country at large understood

the bargain you get a hope and then you know rebel right as the things you don't revolt if you have a stake in the system. be really interesting back and think about the longer deeper history housings men in the united states not just that question of the american dream but the bigger question of who the dream is for. unit so.