families initially see the government see mishandling of the. grief relatives of the coronavirus speak to their lawyer. my clients were not informed about the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy your heart told off until march there was little more than a trayvon. people aged over 60 can get vaccinated. jabs at us the country's health minister approved shoes for elderly people and america's top infectious disease expert in the brutally misleading the public. immunity in order to get more people to take the vaccine. and also russia's long awaited 5th

generation fighter jets and we take a closer look at the sukhoi. 50 said. its problems are the missiles account is a show concern old weapons space based on secret invisible say. it appears it can spread out. 6 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now initially relatives of victims have filed a criminal negligence over the government's handling of the pandemic brief families are demanding answers from the country's prime minister health minister and president of the badly hit region one of the lawyers told us more about the case. know that my clients were not informed about the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy we were told up until march that

it was little more than a true problem fashion residents were told to go about their lives as normal it really was their 1st country to have such a high death toll those who have joined a civil action are not only from burger or a lumber d region you come from all over italy. well 500 families filed the civil lawsuits against the authorities asking for 100000000 euros in compensation they allege that italian officials didn't have an updated national pandemic plan and that they were slow to respond to the outbreak in lombardy and in other regions to taking too long to declare an emergency whistle he did bear the brunt of the pandemic in europe towards the start of last year in the 1st code the deaths did emerge back in february with the pandemic quickly spreading across the country in march the government imposed a national lockdown to tackle the outbreak well since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people have died with over 2000000 infected in italy prime minister

he said picante has previously denied accusations that he underestimated the crisis however families behind the civil action do insist that the government was slow to respond. known as the bout 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 either lee 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 use regional government health ministry and prime minister contact or are obliged to take a position to write a deed in court and provide an explanation to all of italy's citizens. meanwhile russia vaccine has been approved for people aged 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 washing health ministry has just announced that the efficacy of the sputnik of a 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 will not catch 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 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'd only 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 the findings of 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 frontline workers that are leading the charge were talking about medics law enforcement transport workers teachers it's thought that around $200000.00 people so far have been inoculated 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 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 and 700 daily new cases averaging 28000 so this latest development really inspiring hope and of course confidence at a decisive moment in the crisis with coverts and such and for those who have been watching so tirelessly on the sputnik the job over the last 9 months or so assigned to sputnik the is living up to its name the we found out only recently often. much speculation being the victory. now the united states' top infectious disease expert

has made a surprising admission dr anthony fagged she has told the new york times that he nudged 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 their own brand of herd immunity let's say we get the buy. backs and we may actually aerator not herd immunity protecting our society where you can make an extrapolation from other infections i see between 75 and 8085 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 8 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 pandemic early this week thank you became one of the 1st high profile figures to receive the medal in a cave with vaccine although his core device has had a tendency to change over the past 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 that 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 you site this can't be happening says the best thing to do is for the authorities 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 now from trying to garner support in the united states to causing it more public skepticism a doctor in boston has reportedly suffered

a severe allergic reaction after taking the 19 vaccine 6 to say similar cases are also being investigated off the shelves of the pfizer japanese doctor who saying it says is are they who has an analogy to shellfish said side effects included his heart rate doubling dizziness and promising blood pressure eased his epi pen and was sent to the new agency green at the hospital has since been released and has made recovery the dernier has told c.n.n. the company is investigating the incident we heard from preventative medicine professor william schaffner who believes there's no reason for concern. oh rare i think reaction can occur after these vaccines you know we've used mostly the pfizer vaccine so that's been associated with pfizer the vaccine is made in a very very similar way to pfizer and so that we have a reaction a one of these severe allergic reactions with them or vaccine is something that's

not surprising and rather expected when we're now giving this vaccine to millions of people so i don't think it's a major concern but we have to contend with that going forward and the plans are in place to do this with maximum safety we should continue our vaccination program. now the russian military has received its 1st combat ready 5th generation sing fighter jets it has taken over 2 decades and yes in 57 to go from me drawing board to the skies and into production shop of 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 designed to gain superior say that meaning it's an interceptor the kind of going guided at that missiles it's also fallout being able to strike our naval target if the flying in space or satellite by other add plates of it's current but there it takes and it's a topic that's writing stuff i don't think so it's out stuff like when you were busy work is 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 form by also official intelligence the plane combines the functions of an interceptor and a strike aircraft that just is being billed as a self buys a thanks to the great outlets heroes those things and it's bombs and missiles accountings special instrumental weapon space that makes it hard to get invisible to any range that they would be using infrared eyes it's obvious 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 far beyond those limits looking over the edge and risking their lives number 4 did so he was serious in the 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 fulfil their tasks if he's plans that by 202876 mass produced as you. 57 aircraft will be in service with the russian air force. my shield. more likely it will never be used i believe it's an element of to terence like any other weapon we're not creating things to attack but if it is required that we defend ourselves we must be able to do that adequately and respond

properly to all the challenges of science technology and this so quite a long road ahead for the se 57 it has yet to showcase its enormous potential and move down to him all about it as it will definitely be on the rays and gentle and my the aviation industry watching artie said that he. had a bright christmas as german chancellor. success. boxing day special episode boxing day is a holiday celebrated the day after christmas thus being the 2nd day of firsts miss tie.

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 it infects 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 injustice is how can we make things better because. certainly we can handle those things better than reality.

hello again with r.t. international justice for johnny that is the twitter hash tag being pushed by fans of the american movie star johnny depp half the netflix removed his films from a us platform and his supporters have now said that they will boycott the streaming service with depp is embroiled in a court battle with a british tabloid at the moment they claimed he beat his ex-wife he lost the initial case but has filed for retrial artie's constantine rushkoff looks now whether death is the latest victim of cancell culture. not in the caribbean or wonderland apparently johnny depp has disappeared drug yourself search for his name on us netflix nope he's gone is it cancel culture or censorship the streaming side doesn't say but he's 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 you hit me i was crying i said time you can kiss and i start

hearing things being smashed and i said honey hit you hit me you hit me in the eye and may i. and i start crying so do want to watch the actor or hayes private life unfold in 2016 heard made those claims against depp but it wars and $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 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 begin 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 it was bruce saw an anonymous kicked out by and passed 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 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 a top director is one depp to play their lead roles it's a. we won't happen a walk wave on line and the idea is over take tim burton and the reboot of the addams family a perfect marriage she with thing not anymore but who cares council culture and now looks have combined they've judged and it's a live bear. now it is a testing time for science the pandemic has seen skepticism over vaccines rise perhaps they're not the best time to be holding the ignoble prize which celebrates

the strangest side of scientific research so over 7 hours to speaks to his founder an r.t. doc will lose uncertainty and stress this year i'm having an impression that our faith in science is becoming a little bit more shaky and wanted 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. but 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 the 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. now the german president has given his christmas address to the nation and despite being a terrible year he did try to look on the bright side of the pandemic the evil going on good fellow citizens what a year has been a tiny virus took possession of our lives and our thoughts toward plants and shattered dreams the demick reminded us how vulnerable we are how fragile what we call 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. we mongol merkel is celebrated her last christmas is german chancellor she has promised a lethal next year and speculation is already rife about who will replace peter all

of a gives us his festive take now on who and what is next for germany. 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 2050 wasn't the most cheerful of years here in europe a budget if you will that i've been able to get a hold of the letter to some said it was written by mrs anglo merkel from with me to germany where i'm going to. 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 the angle of 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 up 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 that's why i've 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 this whoa whoa whoa thanks for having me can i just ask you one question before we start. your sound it's just the accent it's a bit. north pole and i'm pretty sure pretty sure baths reindeer is a dog in a reindeer suit. but notice further i'm full of fire were you and i wanted to

remain longer nice list well quite you mention here. famous least they're using math so how do the honors and writers of 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. policy they've pretty much got it so i would look tough and they were it's a good time to be a roman catholic for the lawyer for the book worst of the country whose model of the 3 brain called tenders for induction brackets and all the love song things virgins are likely to find a role to be as well as nice and several analysts will video some tight light up to say that well i've done this now.

they are 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 the 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 over my actual list data protection rules you see . to keep an eye on the greens 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 but i think coming up in the near future for you safe around of go forth leaves the body next lonesome learn some time in a lot of supposed to go. with the tooth fairy that's depending on the back say you know of call say well it's before lots i want to wish all of the boys and girls no matter how old you are a very merry christmas wow well that's quite the exist all it'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 all to see. these lefties dulcie i mean these reindeer. international just coming up to half past 6 needing here in moscow will be back more stories about how. the.

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a symptom of animal transmitted pandemics caused by deforestation the amazon rain forest is not only the lungs of the earth which will determine climate driven human extinction but it will decide the future of killer viruses before the earth burns one nation holds more rain forest than any other and today we speak to its former president jailed for nearly 2 years after an alleged u.s. backed show trial after leaving office and 2010 he was later convicted on charges of corruption which saw him in prison for $580.00 days over the so-called operation call wash the largest corruption probe in the nation's history that discovered vast contracts for kickbacks involving the ruling elite his imprisonment arguably catalyze the election of hire while so naro as president of that in america's largest country brazil's most popular politician louis thing i think a little of the silver brought tens of millions of his people out of poverty and into education as president he joins me now from the 4th most populous city in the

world sao paolo former president thank you for being on going underground what a journey you've been on 1st why are you accusing your success i are both of our 0 of genocide. so. for a very simple reason our president did not take care of brazil and of the brazilian people as he should have done. this pandemic did not reach brazil without. prior notice but. we already had the experience of what was going on in other countries around the world and the president should have simply done the obvious. only what common sense teaches us to do. the president since he doesn't know about anything except weapons and violence. should have set up a technical committee with experts and scientists. he should have gathered all state governors as well as mez and established a crisis committee to guide.