headline story. we speak. my clients were not informed of the presence of a dangerous and highly contagious virus in italy. up until march but it was little more than a treatable and. people . deliberately misleading the public. herd immunity in order to get more people to.

long awaited 5th generation fighter jets. personal. 56. in. the space they said that's a good investment it's a. day in san francisco 7 pm and 10 at night right here in moscow this december the 26th welcome to r.t. . we begin in italy where relatives of 19 victims have filed a criminal negligence lawsuit over the government's 100 of the pandemic the bereaved families are demanding answers from the country's prime minister health

minister and president of the badly hit lombardi region one of the lawyers to listen more about the case. 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 trivalent fashion residents were told to go about their lives as normal italy was the 1st country in europe to have such a high death toll those who have joined a civil action are not only from or lumber de region to come from all over illegally. 500 families filed a civil lawsuit against the authorities asking for 100000000 euro in compensation be allege that i tell you in officials didn't have an updated national pandemic plan slow to respond to the outbreak in. other regions they also believe it took too long to declare an emergency well it clearly bore the brunt of the pandemic in europe in the 1st half of the year you remember the initial cobra deaths emerged

back in february with the pun demick quickly spreading across the country in march the government imposed a national lockdown to tackle the outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic more than 70000 people have died prime minister decepticon t. has previously denied accusations that he underestimated the crisis however families behind the civil action says the government was slow to respond. known as the 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 easily 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 you are obliged to take

a position to write a deed in court and provide an explanation to all of italy's citizens. another of our headlines stories russia's sputnik vaccine hose being approved for elderly people after trials demonstrated its effectiveness for those age 6 the above are 2 susskind taylor has more what we might be dropping off on 2020 but still the big news stories keep coming in the russian health ministry has just announced that the efficacy of the sputnik v. 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 that 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 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 also

a sign that sputnik the is living up to its name the we found out only recently off to much speculation being the victory. saskia taylor taking us through there aren't while the united states top infectious disease expert has made a striking admission dr anthony fauci has told the new york times nudge the numbers and herd immunity operates to bolster public support for 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 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 elects a bureaucrat or 80 year old doctor 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 she became one of the 1st high profile figures to receive the move durnan covert vaccine although his core advice on how the 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 the issue in that is to make sure you do whatever you can to save 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 this can't 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 from trying to garner support in the u.s. to causing yet more public skepticism a doctor in boston has reportedly suffered a severe allergic reaction after taking the mood durnan code $196.00 or so similar cases are being investigated after shots of the pfizer job were taken to dr hussein said there is a day an allergy to shellfish said side effects including his heart rate doubling dizziness and plummeting blood pressure he used an epi pen to level his adrenaline and was sent to the emergency room he's since been released moderna 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 more dramatic scene 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 the maximum safety. they will trump is opening the ante on congress as he tries to boost phones being put into a cruel if ira stimulus bill the u.s. leader is yet to sign off on the a pelican 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 the money. well here's the tale of the tape congress finally agreed on a $2.00 trillion dollar stimulus package this week including $900000000000.00 in pandemic aid includes a one off $600.00 payment to all americans who qualify it also extends a moratorium and $25000000000.00 in rental support funds mr trump however has urged congress to shell out more and give $2000.00 to each citizen the president also received backing when he said having foreign aid included in the package was outrageous some 14000000 americans are employed with the jobless benefits program expiring this weekend millions are also facing mortgage foreclosures vixens and with the president reluctant to buck the government shutdown is looming large i got some reaction from economist richard roth he says the crisis is being deepened by

political power plays. the americans have been waiting now 8 or 9 months many of them for the kinds of help that they meet because that help has not been adequate they have accumulated rents they haven't debts they haven't a income that they have not earned they really are desperate and this is the lazy out by the congress by the president playing their political games is actually bribing 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 mess of the american people that will have many more rationing from the yanks the cup. this is our team still ahead i got a miracle celebrates christmas says german chancellor in berlin. a b. or successor.

boxing day a special. boxing day is a holiday celebrated the day after christmas thus being the 2nd day of christmas i. 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

a much improved quality of life in many ways and then we have to ask. well with these are intended 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 we have. 15 minutes past 10 pm here in moscow welcome back the russian military has received its 1st ready 5th generation sukhoi fighter jet it's taken over 2 decades for the suit 57 to go from the drawing board to the skies into production. and bring us up to speed.

a unique combination of speed stealth and super maneuverability the su 5 to 7 miles who will fight who currently is the most modern russian military player saying here it is all in one it's been designed to gain superior say in that meaning it's an interceptor the kind of going guided etc missiles it's also fallout being able to strike really able to target the flying in place of satellite by that place of its current but there it takes out and if the topic close range dogfighter thinks so it sounds like when you are a bit see for 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 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 buys a thanks to the great outlets heroes things that are right in supposing missiles accounting special instrumental weapons space that makes it hard to get invisible

to any range that can be using infrared our it's obvious 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 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 must produce 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 technology and aviation the still quite a long road ahead for the su 57 it has yet to show you case it's enormous potential and meltdowns will hear more about it as it will definitely be on the res a gentle and my the aviation industry. justice for johnny that's the twitter of being pushed by phones of american movie star johnny depp after netflix reportedly removed his phones from their u.s. platform his supporters say they will log boycott the streaming service depp is currently embroiled in a court battle with a british tabloid which claims he beat his wife ex-wife and he lost the initial case but has filed for a retrial so is johnny depp 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 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 i was crying i said turning him kid said i start hearing things being smashed and i said to him 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 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 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. plea won't happen it will waive online and the idea is over take tim burton and the rebooted 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 on this planet being a tough year and he did try to look on the bright side of the pandemic. going on phil 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 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.

meanwhile until a miracle is celebrated her last christmas is german so after a decade and a half in charge she has promised to leave her post next year they'll speculation is already rifa but who will take over the top job but are all very gives us his 1st good 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 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 on a good 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 set to 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 forced z. hoffa 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 as 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 the vast reindeer is a dog in a reindeer suit. but notice further i'd pull a vial you reserve 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 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 or loyal to the buddhist of the country whose model of the 3 main content is 4 in which the 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 to explain 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 list data protection the world's news leader. to keep an eye on the greens though they have big 'd big days 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 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 and supposed to go. through with the tooth fairy that's the pending a lot of back say you know call some months before lots of i want to wish all of the boys and girls no matter how old your was a very merry christmas wow well that's quite the existence or what's left for me to

do is wish you all of terry merry christmas from all of us here in the german capital base for all of us. he's a lefty still i mean his reindeer. haters favorite time of the year he can talk to him self on the street and get away with more great programs get their start here in our to international moments so wherever you are today you're having a great one. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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i'm not so i get. angry stumping for the fight street spot thank you for taking. on the story that's right. that's slavery. time after a town c. and welcome to going on the ground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting on my birthday january 13th but until then we will be showing some of your favorite shows from this season. corona virus is a symptom of animal transmitted pandemics caused by deforestation the amazon rain

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