in the stories that shaped the week here on r.t. developers of russia's sputnik the vaccine signed an official memorandum of cooperation with astra zeneca they hope that combining vaccines will improve the efficacy. of a new more contagious strain of code because it be detected in england causing a panic worldwide with more than 40 countries banning arrivals from the u.k. and clemency the killers but known for whistleblowers dozens of pardons from donald trump excluding those who spilled the beans on american war crimes but include the found guilty of the mass murder of civilians in iraq. so that there is no justification of iraqi blood as we call her miscible and has no significance.

we hope that there will be justice god willing that your blood will not just disappear and the iraqi government must act as soon as possible. and a victory or a defeat while the u.k. prime minister celebrates in the story breaks that deal across the english channel the european union chief negotiator describes it as an abuse lose situation. follow that welcome the latest developments and look back at what's been happening to you over the last 7 days you're watching weekly here on our. farm a giant asteroid and russia's gammel a institute have launched clinical trials of a joint coronavirus vaccine it combines elements of jabs developed individually by the 2 sides astra zeneca c.e.o. explained why they decided to join forces with the russians we have 2 main goals the 1st. one is to allow your professional know doctors and nurses to use

11 vaccine all the other for the 1st injection and a 2nd to make their life simpler and their 2nd goal is to hold true to get better if you just when you combine the 2 different decks in advancing from pain these are competing against each other everybody is racing against the virus we would need many many vaccines because there is no one single company. produced and of x. and probably entire world and some of these vaccines have to be easy to use and they have to be chipped because the lower the middle income countries cannot afford the expensive extra we are on the myriad of this is when the whole world and its got rid of it so we only said. around the world orations astra zeneca and other producers what you call you or something because we just need more together and it's our national operation markham to dish. or think you know by

a quarter we spoke more about this with 2 experts from the u.k. a poor hunter is a professor of medicine and peter smith an epidemiologist they explained why the scientific cooperation between britain and russia is significant and one of the problems with the. i don't know virus the vaccines like the sputnik 5 and the oxford is that there's always a risk that you can develop immunity to the area rather than to the targets which is what you are wanting for now if you actually makes these 2 that seem so that you maybe give one vaccine to start and then the other 134 weeks later then you. get over this problem that developed in getting to the carrier that direst and i think there's quite a lot of evidence that actually does work like that but and people have shown this works in other areas so. me. of the sputnik so that's there's any

that see could well improve its efficacy a lot greater than the individual that seems apart now the problem with. biotech vaccines is that they are caught in a street 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. in terms of being delivered the average in many parts of the world we also spoke with the director of russia's camel a institute and he told us how their vaccine is different from the others. we developed a vaccine from the start of receiving funding. really quite quickly in 5 months the main reason is that for 25 years or more we have been developing at the institute a technological form of one which this vaccine preparation and we may need to we

already have a wealth of experience not only does it knowledge of how to do it and before that's where the even possible concentrations of when you move the dosage is needed to mean an optimal revenue response with minimal side of the concept. the safety of the vaccine has been fully proven on a very similar vaccine or not identical to against not only with all the viruses and also the mers one of viruses so when we were working together. we were able to use around 70 percent of an existing element that was one of the indicators by which the effectiveness of a vaccine is most easily measured and this is the presence of until bodies and what if we proceed from lots of experimental data a similar vaccine against all of this protective immunity laster to. simply didn't have a longer observation period what would be the pfizer vaccine needs if you transferred and minus 70 degrees and yours at minus 23 raid. minus 18 for now some

months down the line and i hope that we'll be able to amend the registration certificate so that this vaccine can be stored not in minus 14 reports of the household refrigerator temperature on the tomb of. the side effects due to force you out of action maybe a rash headache. and i think the most noticeable effect maybe your temperature going up to 30 degrees for turkey day lewis who took the take that is in yourself yesterday. with all my inventory and you're still alive not just a lie even look pretty active in which the docs need to my 14 year old daughter so you violated your own instructions against jackson in children that's outrageous you are raising kill your entire family for the sake of it i wasn't going to kill them through the vaccine is completely safe. what is the difference between the vaccine that is astra zeneca and the game. there are lots of differences but

they're not significant oxford and astra zeneca went from my point of view. of working against. our colleagues of light all the rules for creating one so that it seems due to the creation of a vaccine against a team and it seems to me that the epidemiological features if this disease. region richard were not white accurately calculate the people at pfizer also understand this and it makes great efforts to audio file the r.n.a. so that it would not be recognized as far as i understand but if by protect you. but i'm not sure where the my colleagues may solve all the problems on a large scale but it's not putting the questions that meanwhile argentina officially approved the jab for emergency use on wednesday. 300000 doses of vaccine are on argentinian territory these will be distributed in all of the provinces and we will work side by side with the leadership of buenos

aires to stop mass attacks a nation. or isn't helping urgent tina which is one of the 1st countries in latin america to receive the russian drug is most in russia a friend and we. were held there a vaccine that helps to save the lives of millions of argentine. but a plane carrying argentina's 1st batch did arrive in buenos aires on thursday moscow has said it will provide enough data this for up to 10000000 people earlier this month the argentine president himself expressed confidence in the russian vaccine and promised that he would be the 1st to take it. and would. in argentina some raise doubts about the quality of russian science to clear everyone's doubts when vs here in argentina i will be the 1st one to take that vaccine because i have no doubt about the quality of the vaccine your media and elsewhere the european union has launched across the board a vaccination program against can see the 1st jobs being administered under the

european road it comes after the block authorized pfizer's vaccine and according to the head of the european commission it's been delivered to all 27 states contracts have been secured with several drug companies for shipment of more than 2000000000 doses although that is double what's needed for the entire globe population to get inoculated. also this week the world health organization raised the alarm over a new highly contagious strain of code that. or 16 countries have now confirmed death scase is the new coronavirus variance hit 1st emerged in the u.k. and spread to europe and then to the middle east asia and also a strain and on saturday it was detected across the atlantic too with canada

reporting at its 1st case while the discovery of the new strain did prompt many countries to adopt strict measures more than 50 countries have now impose some level of restrictions on arrivals from the u.k. and europe turning services from england to the continent have also been suspended that left hundreds of people stranded in airports and train stations over christmas now the travel ban also left more than 4000 lorry stranded for days at the british port of things got moving again only on thursday but hundreds of drivers are still waiting to cross the border one point tensions threaten to turn violent with police . i i.

i know a lot of people was on the forecourts just to get there and obviously using their facilities their toilets. within the 1st day the clothes side closest movers on and close it down to anybody using the toilets no one you talking. screen. thousands of people in the chow is going to be a problem. started station side there's great guy i am here and what shall i do not a lot that i can't come and go. blanked out to me and i have to look at me like that. and then i get them going down the rounds but i don't think that or tougher restrictions have been imposed within the u.k. to to combat a surge in infections and while the british government has said that stricter measures are necessary journalist and broadcaster new york believes the crisis has been mismanaged the fact of the matter is that this so-called throat was not about in september scientists writing about it discussing it in september. and yet the

one called the health secretary only announces this just a few days before christmas why didn't he make an announcement about this in september why didn't he get up in september speak up now so even though the predictable what was going to happen is also to link up with the other main still will ever get to where the british government is trying to terrify is in iraqi w m d style about this terrible threat because the closest trading partners are going to say wow you're sorry we're going to book flights going to stop people coming in from what you say through 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 these are still really on the soft stuff is the responsibility of the british government so to come with the play off to 4 years of wrangling be you you in the u.k. you finally got a trade deal over the line we look at how people across britain they have reacted

to this pass to come just off for. max keiser this is the kaiser report stacey herbert and special year end guest misfires dine the man who i must say the kind of sensitivity to world events and markets rarely seen anywhere except here on time for 4 minutes welcome back.

welcome back to the weekly 9 mercy for mercenaries but whistleblowers can go whistle on the trump issue dozens of pardons this week but not for defenders of freedom of speech like jude in the sand and edward snowden instead the outgoing u.s. president set off alarm bells at the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contract is that the blackwater private military company they were jailed for their involvement in the mass killing of civilians in iraq. i know we're here for the

birth. there were dead bodies everywhere are losing the argument going to be with you people and among the dead bodies lying on the street there's a rich. old next 7 years old. when iraq's foreign ministry has condemned the decision saying it didn't take into account the seriousness of the crime it also said to you that move isn't in line with a commitment to human rights and justice declared by washington baghdad said it would

the u.s. to reconsider the people of iraq also responded angrily to the. one so that. 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. we hope that there will be justice god willing their blood will not just disappear the iraqi government must act as soon as possible because the courts of the infamous blackwater company citizens and this was where we started today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president truman to make it all just like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations which have to intervene immediately condemned these killings voting there has been widespread outrage about the trump administration's decision to grant clemency to some members of the

blackwater military 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 and now the white house is letting all of them off they will no longer be in prison serving their sentences they have been pardoned and 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 iraqi investigator who prosecutors relied heavily on so very far that there were no incision victims and to collect evidence may have helped tunnies to insurgent groups himself now at

this point there is widespread outrage this seems like the trump administration 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 trumps 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 the names that we're missing that many were optimistic and hopeful about were julian a son john edward snowden was prominent whistleblowers had many people calling for the trump white house to grant them clemency mungo's 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 you think the least you could do is to

end the suffering of the. response to pardon this man has for be enough for the interest of the public all that was done on 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 julian a sign she can grant clemency up until the moment he leaves office to do it at the very very last minute however the number of people that were pardoned 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 climate. hellebore reporting there now on thursday the u.k. and the european union reached a landmark trade deal after 4 years of wrangling however the chief breaks it negotiated described the divorce deal for the u.s. a lose lose but prime minister boris johnson was

a big this is the least full of 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. but. there is no 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. ok let's have a look then quickly the u.k. and e.u. cooperation from january the 1st these are some of the key points there will be no tariffs on each other's goods and no limit on trading me border checks have also been agreed to while the u.k. has pulled out of the long running your asthma student exchange scheme between universities politicians will return to westminster to vote on this deal on december 30th although it is fully expected to go through the. well shortly after

the deal was announced scottish 1st minister nicolas sturgeon said that britain has lost more than its going from breaks it and that scotland now has to decide on its future as quote an independent european nation meanwhile the deal has triggered mixed feelings among scots sand or the brits i think it beats a few of these because of a last couple of weeks so should be just so much hype and misinformation and media fatigue because it's been going on so long i hate breaks and i think it's a complete retrograde step i think that the feeling of being part of a multinational international. i word looking community i think has been subsumed fantastic i didn't support break so i didn't pull the brakes if i have really tried to not be part of you know petty boy it does make me nervous to think how about when i get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in speed and in france and other parts of europe it would be a disaster if there had been no deal so very peaceful but there is a to this is i suppose for some people

a big christmas present it's just i think if i was really in this year i think we will see a return to the troubles or was it st louis. extremely disappointing. and naive shortsighted government. for their own short sighted aims as to what such turmoil practice of the so you know this country is dreadful a very very sort of 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 regime that you have to come before we left the european union now while boris johnson's christmas wish there may have come true it's been overshadowed by a tough year of covidien close borders and also economic woes saskia taylor takes a look back at the last 12 months. it was almost as if he wanted to become a meme we have so much to look forward to in 2020 it's hard to pin down which one of 2020 stretches he meant the endless practice of negotiations food shortages

coronavirus close borders economic collapse felt like. sending. sending a president who home grinch who stole christmas. yet i feel like christmas has been known and history he might be like remembered as the prime minister. best 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 often ready all but we have ended a debate has run for 3 and a half years some would say 47 years i would even mention the name of the control the sea except to say that it begins with billions receding the past behind us well be rose from the past and a haunted chorus for 11 months that's how long it took to negotiate a deal

a deal that has followed praxiteles 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 debates 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 projects 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 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. distinction. guys. let me let i will absolutely get back to christmas would be cancelled actually christmas is off schools are reopening actually no they're not we're lifting the knocked out actually stay at home little wonder then that confusion on exhaust peroration grew because speakers you know it's like things are going very quick 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 only cannot who's devoted 48 hours like so confusing i don't even. know my parents live. there we keep going so i am allowed to go to youtube but i don't know if i'm really about to be going through. q 4222 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 need one thing's for sure for boris johnson it's been not a hell of a year but rather a year from how just coming up to 430 in the afternoon here in moscow thanks for company that's how the weekly is looking so far will be back with more stories in half an hour. the world. larry was a different bed better they've gotten married although we have to refer to the green movement of their american masters weapon of mass communication is spreading the rebel areas malware do that way to america and there's a danger threat when you end up on t.v. as if it was an invisible devices ordered to leave early and contaminated

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