we dared to ask. the biggest stories of the week from national developers of russia seems on an official memorandum of cooperation with astra zeneca they hope by combining the 2 vaccines it will improve advocacy. and you will contagious strain of covert has been detected in england causing panic worldwide with more than 40 countries banning arrivals from the u.k. . this clemency for killers but none for whistleblowers dozens of pardons from donald trump exclude those who spilled the beans on u.s. war crimes but include mercenaries guilty of the mass murder of civilians in iraq. there is no justification iraqi blood has become per miscible and has no significance. we hope that there will be justice your blood will not just disappear

and the iraqi government must act as soon as possible. victory or defeat while the u.k. prime minister celebrates an historic deal across the english channel and he's chief negotiator describes it as a lose lose situation. thanks so much for joining us here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. pharmaceutical giant. clinical trials of a joint coronavirus vaccine this combines elements of jobs developed individually by the 2 sides. explained why they're joining forces with the russians. we have 2 main goals the 1st one is to allow headscarf official notice doctors and nurses to use 11 vaccine all the other for the for the 1st injection and the 2nd

to make the alex simpler and the 2nd goal is to hope pretty get better actually just when you combine 2 different vaccines i don't think companies are competing against each other everybody is racing against the virus we would need many many vaccines because there is no one single company. gunplay you sent of x. into the entire world and some of these vaccines have to be easy to use and they have to be cheap because the low income countries can't afford the expensive accident we're on the myriad of disease when the whole world and it's got rid of it so we're on the safety for good it's safe around the world oration was asked was that america and the other producers but it's equally or because we just need to work together and international cooperation can be just. or think you know a cog responsible hunter a medicine professor at norwich medical school at the university of east anglia and

peter smith an epidemiologist professor at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine they explain why the british russian scientific cooperation in the fight against covert is significant. one of the problems with the. i don't know virus the vaccines like this but nick 5 in the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the carrier rather than to the target which is what you are wanting for now if you actually mix these 2 that seems so you maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you you get over this problem of developing immunity to the carrier that virus and i think there's quite a lot of evidence that actually does work like that and people have shown this works in other areas so to me the compound a nation of the sputnik and the oxo that's presented vaccine could well improve its

efficacy a lot greater than the individual vaccines apart now the problem with. biotech maxine's is that they are. a strip which is going to make it very difficult to deliver in many parts of the world where it is both the oxford and the the russian vaccine have a much more except of all cold showing in terms of being delivering being able to deliver in many parts of the world and he's on cross spoke with alexander ginzburg director of russia's camel a institute about how their vaccine differs from others. we developed a vaccine from the start of receiving funding to registration really quite quickly in 5 months the main reason is that for 25 years or more we have been developing at the gum alay institute a technological platform on which this vaccine preparation can be made we already

had a wealth of experience not only the technology of how to do it but before that we had even worked out possible concentrations we knew all the dosages needed to obtain an optimal immune response with minimal side effects. the safety of the vaccine has been fully proven on a very similar vaccine the not identical against not only a bowl of viruses but also the mers coronavirus so when we were working against covered 19 we were able to use around 70 percent of an existing element one of the indicators by which the effectiveness of a vaccine is most easily measured is the presence of until bodies in the blood if we proceed from that's experimental data in a similar vaccine against a bowler this protective immunity lasted for 2 years we simply didn't have a long observation period because the pfizer vaccine needs to be transported at minus 70 degrees and yours at minus 23 rate. minus 18 for now some months

down the line i hope that we'll be able to amend the registration certificates that this vaccine can be stored not at minus 18 but at the household refrigerator temperature of plus 2. the side effects don't force you out of action there may be a rash headache muscle discomfort and i think the most noticeable effects may be your temperature going up to 38 degrees for 2 days did you take the vaccine yourself yes on march 30th along with all my employees and you're still alive not just alive but pretty active i vaccinated my 14 year old granddaughter so you violated your own instructions against vaccinating children that's outrageous you were ready to kill your entire family for the sake of a new vaccine i wasn't going to kill them but prove that the vaccine is completely safe. what is the difference between the oxford vaccine that is astra zeneca and the game elaine stritch of vaccine there are a lot of differences but they're not significant oxford and as to seneca went from

my point of view on the classic path of working against pathogens our colleagues applied all the rules for creating influenza vaccines to the creation of a vaccine against covered 19 and it seems to me that the epidemiological features of this disease this pathogen were not quite accurately calculated the people at pfizer also understand this and have made great efforts to modify the r.n.a. so that it would not be recognized as far as i understand it by protective proteins but i'm not sure where the my colleagues most to solve all the problems on a large scale. meanwhile the european union has launched cross border vaccination against cove it you can see the 1st jobs being administered under the european program comes after the block or ther eis pfizer's vaccine have gone to the head of the european commission it's been delivered to all 27 e.u. member states he has secured contracts with several drug companies on shipment of more than 2000000 doses twice as many as needed for the whole population to get

inoculated. well this week the world health organization raised the alarm over a new highly contagious strain of cove it was 1st registered in the u.k. and has since spread across europe and much of the rest of the world. 16 countries have now confirmed the 1st cases of the new coronavirus variant after it 1st emerged in the u.k. spread to europe and then reached the middle east asia and australia. then on saturday it was detected in the western hemisphere with canada reporting its 1st case the discovery of the new strain prompted many countries to adopt the harsh measures more than 40 countries banned all their rivals from the u.k. you are tunnel services from england to the continent was suspended it left

hundreds of people stranded in airports and train stations over christmas the travel ban also left more than 4000 lorries stranded for days in the british port of dover things got moving again only on thursday but hundreds of drivers a still waiting to cross the border and at one point tensions over the band led to scuffles with the police. a lot of people were on the forecourt just to get in and obviously usenet facilities that toilets. closest movers on and close it down to anybody using the toilets now when you're talking. i mean. thousands of people in the town is going be a problem. sanitation side down i am here and that shower

going on i can't cook and clean blanco to me and i may have to change i mean like it was a nightmare and then i guess i'm going down to france but i don't think that the british government is in both restrictions across the u.k. to come but the surgeon infractions journalist and broadcaster neil clark says that the british government has mismanaged the crisis causing unnecessary chaos the fact of the matter is this so great was known about in september we had scientists writing about it discussing it in september. and yet the health secretary only in the us is this just a few days before christmas why didn't he make announcement about this in september why didn't they get up in september it knows it up now so evidently could get double what was going to happen and it's also to link up with the other main story will ever get to where the british government is trying to terrify is in iraqi w m

d star about this terrible strain but of course our closest trading partners are going to say wow you're sorry we're going to block flights we're going to stop people coming in from britain if what you say it's true the british government said it why should we have british people coming over to our countries and of course we got the chaos of the whole issue about the about the french blockade et cetera coming in so it really is a total disaster really and disaster is the responsibility of the british government. mercy for mercenary spurt whistleblowers can go whistle donald trump issue dozens of pardons this week but not for defenders of freedom of speech like julian assange and edward snowden disturbs the outgoing u.s. president set of alarm bells at the u.n. giving clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company that we jailed for their involvement in the mass killing of civilians in iraq. i know what it would appear that.

i were dead bodies everywhere are losing the argument going badly with you people and so are among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are child forces 7 years old. iraq's foreign ministry has condemned the decision saying it didn't take into account the seriousness of the crime and also said that the move isn't in line with the commitment to human rights and justice declared by washington my dad said he would urge the u.s. to reconsider the people of iraq also responded angrily to the part of. there is no justification iraqi blood has become per miscible and has no

significance one day will pay the price because iraqi blog does not spill easily. good enough we hope that there will be justice god willing their blood will not just disappear in the wreckage government must act as soon as possible because the courts all of us is asleep the infamous black water company killed citizens a nice suit a square thought and today we hear they've been released on the personal routers of president truman it's like the u.s. doesn't care if the spilled a rocky blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately condemn these killings there has been widespread outrage about the trump administration's decision to grant clemency to some members of the blackwater military 'd contracting company these were guards who were employed by blackwater who killed civilians in iraq paul slow evan liberty and dustin herd were convicted for manslaughter and the individual nicholas

slotting who opened fire and 1st started shooting into the crowd of iraqi civilians he was convicted of 1st degree murder but now the white house is letting all of them off they will no longer be in prison serving their sentences they have the hard this is the feeling of the white house about why they made this decision when the convoy attempted to establish a blockade outside the green zone the situation turned violent which resulted in the unfortunate deaths and injuries of iraqi civilians further prosecutors recently disclosed more than 10 years after the incident that the lead iraq investigator who prosecutors relied heavily on so very far that there were no exigent victims and to collect evidence may have had ties to insurgent groups himself now at this point there is widespread. outrage this seems like the trumpet ministration is almost approving of the killing of iraqi civilians 2 children were among the 14 people in

the crowd who died as a result of their gun fire but at this point people are also looking at the fact that trump's education secretary betsy to vos is the sister of the founder of blackwater erik prince now there's also been a lot of outrage about who is not on the list of trump's pardons so the names that were missing that many were optimistic and hopeful about were julian a son john edward snowden these prominent whistleblowers had many people calling for the trump white house to grant them clemency among those who called for them were not just activists and advocates of civil liberties and for the protection of whistleblowers but also representatives of the united nations take a listen if president trump is true as well yes i think the least you could do is to end the suffering the purity the songs to pardon him this man has suffered enough for the interest of the public will be will donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice

expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state now trump still has time to grant a pardon to edward snowden and to julian a son she can grant clemency up until the moment he leaves office he could do it at the very very last minute however the number of people that were pardoned today and the information about who they are seems to have many pessimistic many of the activists supporting the whistleblowers feel like this indicates the trumpet ministration is moving in a very different direction with its clemency. ok we're going to have more news coming up hugh after just a very short break. this

is the kaiser report with stacy herbert an special year end guest misfires. i must say is the kind of sensitivity to world events of markets rarely seen anywhere except here on mitt welcome back.

welcome back to the u.k. and the european union reached a landmark trade deal after 4 years of wrangling the chief brags that negotiated describe the u.k. . lose lose the problem was upbeat in his christmas address this is the feast. to fish by the way and i believe it will be the basis of a happy and successful and stable partnership with our friends in the e.u. for years to come yet but getting your dollar to play the reason the winner and bracks it's a lose lose situation to separate especially in the world as it is today england the united kingdom has chosen to be solitary rather than stand together. or boris johnson's christmas wish come true it's been overshadowed somewhat by

a tough year that included covert close borders and economic woes on the saskia tell a pics of the story it was almost as if he wanted to become a me we have so much to look forward to in 2020 it's hard to pin down which one of 2020 stretches he meant the end as brett said negotiations food shortages coronavirus close borders economic collapse felt like you know sending your. friends in your presence and who home grinch who stole christmas. yet i feel like christmas has been so hot and you think you might be like remember this the prime minister has. been so was about a man who wanted to be remembered as the one who got brecht's it done 4 years of preparation for a course he believed in thompson was set up for trial and he even promised back in january that it was up and ready all but done we had ended

a debate has run for 3 and a half years some would say 47 years i would even mention the name of the can probably. except to say that it begins with billions receding the past behind us well be rose from the past and a haunted porus for 11 months that's how long it took to negotiate a deal a deal that has followed it is claimed could be resolved over a cup of tea 11 months the brink of no deal a nation of disappointed impatient angry people but boris still gave himself a pat on the back we've taken back control of our laws and our destiny we've taken back control of every jot and tittle of regulation in a way that is complete and unfettered who's going to tell him then that this celebration might be a party for one it sounds like the british team have dropped the ball before the line no wonder they want a christmas eve announcement to hide the fisheries sell out today amidst all the

debate and details of the trade deal one fundamental truth remains that at a time of global insecurity we're no longer part of one of history's greatest and most noble project bringing nations together to build peace out of the ruins of war . this is a disastrous bragg's it outcome for scottish farmer it's and like all other aspects of bracks it for students cortlandt against our will it wasn't just brussels that proved to be bogus on doing fresh from a caribbean holiday and still on a post-election high in the new year boris johnson didn't seem too concerned about a never heard of before virus his message was clear don't exaggerate when barry is going 'd up. and when there is a risk that new diseases such as corona virus will trigger a panic while it was a pretty quick descent from fun to this.

but it's hard not to panic when the person who's supposed to be meeting you flip flops and utahns his way through a crisis to the point his own ministers don't know the rules so make it absolutely clear. that it is. the guy who let me i will absolutely get back to christmas won't be cancelled actually christmas is off schools are reopening actually you know they're not we're lifting the knocked out actually stay at home little wonder then that confusion on exhaust peroration grew i'm a bit confused because you don't like things appearing creek and we don't get that much information about what's going on and then suddenly boom the new school down

we don't know what to do so nobody can use and they say to you cannot who's devoted 48 hours so it's so confusing i don't even know my parents live. there we keep going so i am allowed to go to do but i don't know if i'm really about to be going through. q 4 to q 2 was it a case of bad timing for bojo was 2020 the year you just couldn't shine no matter what or was it the man himself who failed to meet one thing's for sure for bars johnson it's been not a hell of a year but rather a year from how let's look at how the u.k. and e.u. will cooperate from january the 1st there will be no tariffs on each other's goods or no limits on trading you border checks have been agreed on to all the u.k. has pulled out of the long running and russ miss judith exchange scheme between universities politicians will return to westminster to vote on the deal on december 30th shortly after the it was announced the scottish 1st minister nicholas the and

said that britain has lost more than its gained from briggs it and that now scotland has to decide on its future is quote an independent european nation we want the deal is triggered mixed feelings among scots sund other brits. i think it makes me feel that these because of a past couple weeks i should be just so much hype and misinformation and media fatigue because it's been going for so long i hate breaks and i think it's a completely retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been thompson fantastic i didn't support bret so i didn't pull the frank said i am really guides to not be part of you know petty boy it does make me nervous to think how am i going to get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and in france and other parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been no deal so very peaceful but there is a deal this is i suppose some people

a big christmas present it's just i think if i was really did any of this year i think we will see a return to the troubles or was it st louis. extremely disappointing. and naive of shortsighted government as a for their own short sighted aims as a. such turmoil practice of the so you know this country is dreadful. i'm very very sorry i think it's really. funny going off to these years but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the arrangement we have to come before we left the european union. officially approved russia for emergency use on wednesday officials from both countries so that the vaccine will be distributed within days. you know. 300000 doses of the vaccine are on argentinian territory these will be distributed in all the provinces and we will work side by side with the leadership of buenos aires to start mass

vaccination. or isn't we are helping argentina which is one of the 1st countries in latin america to receive the russian drug as we say in russia a friend in need is a friend indeed we held there a vaccine helps to save the lives of millions of argentine. a plane carrying argentina's 1st batch has already arrived in buenos aires on thursday under the supply agreement to moscow will provide enough doses for up to 10000000 people earlier this month the argentine president expressed confidence in the russian vaccine saying he'll be the 1st to take it. and women who are in argentina some raise doubts about the quality of russian science to clear everyone's doubts when sputnik v. is here in argentina i will be the 1st one to take that vaccine because i have no doubt about the quality of the vaccine. numbers of the united states space force of finally been given a name year after an elite branch of the armed forces was created you think after

so much time us top brass would have come up with something original. soldiers sailors airmen marines and guardians will be defending our nation thanks. alex. and we'll all be dead. now would be back what i just said.

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