government for its. relatives. we speak to their lawyer. clients were not informed of the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy we were told off until march but it was little more than a trivalent fashion. people aged over 60. bucks an aged with russia. countries health ministry of proof. people. america's top infectious disease expert admits to deliberately misleading

the public. herd immunity in order to get more people to take a. long awaited 5th generation fighter jet service a closer look at the sukhoi. it's. evidence based medicine that's it invisible. to the world this is our to you international pleasure to have your company this hour my names you know. we start in italy where relatives of. victims have filed a criminal negligence lawsuit over the government's handling of the pandemic the bereaved families are demanding answers from the country's prime minister health

minister and president of the. region one of the lawyers told us more about the case. it's not my clients who are 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 trivalent fashion residents were told to go about their lives as normal italy was the 1st country to have such a high death toll those who have joined a civil action are not only from barack or a lumber d region you come from all over italy. yeah and there's a lot of them 500 families filed a civil lawsuit against the authorities asking for a 100000000 euro in compensation they allege that they tell you and officials they didn't have updated national and were slow to respond in the brick and lombardi and indeed other regions to be also believe it took too long to declare emergency well it clearly as you remember bore the brunt of the bun demick in

europe in the 1st half of this year the 1st deaths emerged back in february with the pandemic quickly spreading across the country in march the government imposed a national lockdown to tucker the brick and since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people died prime minister just said because he has previously denied accusations that he on the rest of the crisis that's not what the families are saying be in the civil action they insist the government was slow to respond. nona's of the about 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 contact you are obliged

to take a position to write a deed in court and provide an explanation to all of italy's citizens. another big hit of the day russia sputnik vaccine has been approved for elderly people after trials demonstrated its effectiveness for those age 60 above r t substituting for us a story what we might be wrapping up on 2020 but still the big news stories keep coming in the washing health ministry has just announced of 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 have 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 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 an at 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 kovac 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 and 700 daily new cases averaging 28000 so this latest development really inspiring hope out of course confidence at a decisive moment in the crisis with covert and subsidy 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 off to much speculation being the victory. the united states' top infectious disease expert has made a surprising admission dr anthony fauci has told the new york times that he knows the numbers and herd immunity up words to bolster public support for a covert vaccine. the estimate is that you'll need about 70 percent maybe 75 percent of the people in the country vaccinating to get that umbrella of herd immunity let's say we get 70 by. 80 percent of the population banks and we may have actually an arab or not herd immunity protecting our society and our 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 elective bureaucrat 80 year old dr felt she is the longtime 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 earlier this week became one of the 1st high profile figures to receive the move during a covert vaccine although his core advice tendency to change over the past year. right now people should not be what does 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 the founding editor of the online news site viscount be happening told me the best thing to do is for 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 or from trying to garner support in the u.s. to causing yet more public skepticism dr in boston has reportedly suffered a severe allergic reaction after taking the covert $1000.00 vaccine 6 or so similar cases are being investigated after shots of the pfizer job were taken to a doctor who is sane said here is a day who has an allergy to shellfish said side effects included his heart rate doubling dizziness plummeting blood pressure he's an epi pen to level his adrenaline and was sent to the emergency room he's since been released but turner has told c.n.n. the company is investigating the incident we heard from preventative medicine professor william schaffner who believes the allergic reaction is nothing out of the ordinary. oh rare and 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 murder maxine 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 to vaccines 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. but it's upping the ante on congress tries to boost funds being put into a coronavirus stimulus bill the u.s. leader is yet to sign off on the aid package saying americans are not getting the help they need from it why would politicians not want to give people $2000.00 rather than only $600.00 it wasn't their fault it was china give all people to

money. well congress finally agreed on a $2.00 trillion dollars stimulus package this week including $900000000000.00 in pandemic it includes a one off $600.00 payment to all americans who qualify it's also extends on a vixen moratorium on $25000000000.00 in rental support funds mr trump our house urged congress to shell out more and give $2000.00 to each citizen the president also by the way received boxing when he said that having foreign aid included in the package was outrageous not some 14000000 americans are unemployed with the jobless benefits program expiring this weekend millions are also facing mortgage foreclosures at vixens to name them and with the president reluctant to buck the bill a government shutdown is looming large economist richard roth of sais all the political

power plays will only deepen the crisis. the americans have been waiting now 8 or 9 months many of them for the kinds of help that they need because that help has not been adequate they have accumulated rents they haven't pay debts they haven't paid income that they have not earned they really are desperate and this is the lay out 1st by the congress now by the president playing their political games is actually hurting the number of weeks between now and when this bill expires in march and so yes it is squeezing people who are desperate and it is a lesson from the mass of the american people that will have many reverberation from the years of the car. still ahead of the merkel celebrates her last christmas as german chancellor or mother in berlin looks who could be her successor.

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boxing day special episode boxing day is a holiday celebrated the day after christmas with us being the 2nd day of cursed miss todd i. a quarter of an hour into the program welcome back the russian military has received its 1st combat ready 5th generation sukhoi fighter jet it's taken over 2 decades for the 57 to go from the drawing board to the skies on now into production artes you lay a shot of all of us brings us up to speed. 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 in that meaning it's an interceptor killing going guided missiles it's also fallout being able to strike really able to target the flying in space or sense that by out that place a bit scared but there it takes out and it's a topic close range stuff i don't think so it's out stuff like when you were a bit see her it's got that but let's give you say. the as you have to 7 is a single seat jet the duties of the copilot are now the formed by also official intelligence the plane combines the functions of an interceptor and a strike aircraft the jet is being billed as a child by the banks to break down all those materials those things that is opposing missiles accountings special instrumental weapon space that makes it hard to get invisible to any range that it would be using infrared eyes 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 found 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 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 aircraft will be in service with the russian air force . powerful the weapon the more likely it 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 and this so quite a long road ahead for the su 57 it has yet to show you case it's enormous potential and meltdowns we'll hear more about it as it will definitely be on the razor journey and my the aviation industry. justice for johnny that's the twitter being pushed by phones of american movie star johnny depp after netflix reportedly removed his films from their u.s. pop for his supporters say they will boycott the streaming service dept is embroiled in a court battle with a british tabloid which claims he beat is ex-wife he lost the initial case but has filed for a retrial artie's constantine rushkoff looks at whether johnny depp is the latest victim of council 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 this 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 time you can kiss and i start hearing things being smashed and i said to him honey hit you hit me you hit me in the eye in my eye my eye 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 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 a top director is one depp to play their lead roles it's a. we won't happen though will 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 now looks have combined they've judged and it's a live band. the german president has given his christmas address to the nation the splendid being a tough year he did try to look on the bright side of. the good going on good fellow citizens what a year has been a tiny virus took possession of our lives and our thoughts thwarted plans and shattered dreams the demick 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. in willingly merkel has celebrated her christmas as german chancellor for a decade in charge she has promised to leave her post next year and speculation is

rife about who will take over the top job peter all of our gives us his festa take 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 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 merkel come 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 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 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'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.c.'s you 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 shooting your sons 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. well notice further i would call if i were you reserve and i wanted to remain long the nice list well quite you mention your. 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. policy they've pretty much got it so look tough and they were it's a good time to be a roman catholic for the lawyer for the buddhist of the country whose model of the 3 grain content is 4 inch 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 sites like yelp 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 there to 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 there were it would seem at least with the voters anyway i couldn't possibly tell you what's on my actual escape data protection the ones you see. to keep it on the grievance though they have big 'd big cases 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 busiest time of course anything coming up in the near future for you safe round of gold for thieves the body next month and then sometime in the 1st to go. through with the tooth fairy that's the pending lot of facts a call 6 months before lots i want to wish all of the boys and girls though i won't join a very merry christmas wow well that's quite the exist all it's left for me to do is wish you all apparently merry christmas from all of us here in the german

capital face for all of us. he's left i mean his reindeer. some dylan santa claus a strange year just got stranger a reminder for up to the moment developments this boxing day why not give r.t. a follow on twitter well 5 worth some of your screaming goodnight from the. citizens. of the mysterious religious group. this. is weapon of mass communication is. again tough and tedious to send devices. to me i'm going to have an agent come to

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there to be just to give you. americans love find homes. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country a 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. and be really interesting stand back and think about the longer deeper history of what things meant in the united states not just that old question of the american dream but the bigger question if you the dream has been for.

chemistry has also given us fulfilment 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 that 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 to how can we make things better because certainly we can handle those things better than we have.