argentina's president wants a smear campaign and trade war against the sputnik v. covert vaccine is hampering global distribution as the country starts delivering rushes jab i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector i'm happy because this should be the end and them internally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. the u.s. confirms its 1st case of a more contagious british strain of corona virus coming up we look at a challenging year for the country's worst hit by the pandemic. and the covert denying russian monk accused of calling on followers including miners to commit suicide is remanded in custody.

just a midday here so good afternoon from moscow this wednesday the 30th of december money kevin owen here with the latest for the next half hour from internationals newsroom a 1st reading to south america argentina more precisely health workers there have received the 1st doses of russia's sputnik v. jab as the country's mass vaccination campaign gets underway follows russia and belarus than in approving the shot argentina's president had dismissed fears of using russia's job warning it's fallen victim he said to a politically driven international smear campaign further he added it trade war has been unleashed against sputnik the which is hampering its distribution. there is a very vicious dispute going on a very cruel dispute and a shameful one where by some discredit how this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine

there's a geo political dispute who will be the want to distribute the vaccine while our sister channel r.t. speculation reporting next than from outside one vaccination center in the capital one is ari's. be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest of explanation ever carried out in the country has received 300000 doses of the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff of caring for people infected with coded 19 they were the 1st to receiving the vaccine across medical centers they worked hard to tackle the virus but it's been difficult not least because some of even seeing colleagues lose their lives the delivery of the vaccines. this is a ray of hope for us it's like we've crossed the line of fire and are now moving forward against this damned virus we had a very difficult year there was a lot of fear and this is

a great hope for us and i'm eternally grateful on behalf of all of the nurses. i am satisfied i am very happy these are the emotions that come to my mind now i remember our colleagues who died because they worked in the health sector and happy because this should and. province more than 300000 people signed up for voluntary vaccination with very provincial governor who was the 1st to be vaccinated in the region detail the significance of this new step in the fight against that and basically it seems to me the to do is the begin over new stage for us largest vaccination campaign in the history of the province of when a serious begin this morning and this is a vaccine that not only prevents disease. but also represents a real triumph as an supergroup aleutian in the fight against korea of the campaign will involve around $7800.00 vaccination centers as a whole distributing those is brought from russia everyone vaccinated will be

supervised for possible side effects as well as to inform when a 2nd round of vaccines arrives more than 20000000 doses are expected to be delivered by february it's not relevant major positive effect against the virus meantime venezuela is also signed a deal with russia for approximately $10000000.00 doses of sputnik the president nicolas maduro said the shot will be free for the whole population he plans to complete the 1st round of vaccines by march but as well it was the 1st country in the western hemisphere to take part in post approval trials of russia's jail. the u.s. has revealed its 1st case of the more contagious british strain of corona virus the variant confirmed in the state of colorado then comes amid fears of a further spike in cases over the christmas holidays we have been talking about potential for spread during christmas as america's struggles to deal with the effects of the pandemic are to correspondent kelly i'm open next looks at

an especially tough year for the city dubbed the epicenter of the crisis new york. they call it the big apple and in 2020 that apple got a giant one minute and that worm is known as coded when a national emergency was 1st declared in the city back in march many panicked. stores soon had empty shelves. the hospital soon had capacity and emergency tents were set up in central park.

there was a shortage of protective equipment like masks and hand sanitizer health care workers took to the streets to protest they're told to you wouldn't ask only old boy. so if you want to talk about the row. it's part of that i mean if you send if you sent over if you said to us it's really it's been tough it's been one of the hardest moments in my life it's been really challenging and we were burnt out we're we come in every day and are not gain support from our managers are you know our government is telling us we can wear a simple bandana we don't have many noted that in circumstances like this we had local officials blaming everyone but themselves we was the whole international health community we was the whole national shows of experts the

w.h.o. d.n.i. to see these the then all of that soup of agencies we was are very we were you were . the intelligence community with the brief. videos of trucks used as temporary morgue studio an overflow of dead bodies became a horrifying emblem of the era. new york city's hard island became a graveyard amid the overflow of dead bodies. one of the ugliest scandals involve nursing homes at the end of march andrew cuomo the new york state governor ordered coated patients to be sent to nursing homes for the

elderly now this order was revised on the 11th of may but it was far too late the death toll in new york's nursing homes was approximately 4800 people remember that the elderly are the most vulnerable such a poorly calculated move is pretty hard to forgive this thing is not going away sir 6300 people died in new york nursing homes that is the most in this country really needs to be able to challenge this wish to leave you would do if you're in a little bit of criticism of your very much like there was a glimmer of hope over the summer but then a 2nd wave came when it got cold the new lock downs have had a devastating effect on the economy restaurant owners and workers have taken to the streets.

the state was crashing and burning with the rising body count andrew cuomo took the opportunity to write a book about his personal achievements. and . 2021 doesn't look like it's bringing any relief either national health officials are warning us that january could be devastating without substantial mitigation the middle of january can be a really dark time for us some say that the lockdown was imposed too late others are saying that cuts in health care facilities and the closing of hospitals over the past decade have played a role regardless of why there's no question the 2020 will go down as one of the worst years in the history of new york city. r.t.

new york now we've got you to meet these guys they have merged to see the time of desperately what you saying it image of exhausted russian medical volunteers logging in a room with a coded patient disco viral the same petersburg in turns will call to help someone reported to be in a real state of panic and confusion there were fears indeed she may even tear off their oxygen mask meaning she had to be the constant supervision so they came to array the patients now in a stable condition with the internes praised on social media and by their colleagues for their role in her recovery the intern students of spoke to us directly told us what happened on the day that picture was taken. we saw the whatsapp message that help was needed and we 3 decided to go to the red zone long before our shift was supposed to start in order to help out of our colleagues we replaced staff who were looking after the patient or so they could do other work at the unit and we stayed with the patient when morning came with

a down on the floor to rest at least a little bit because it's really challenging to work nonstop in a civil suit so we watch the patients are till 8 o'clock in the morning when the new shift came on and we set off to do the work at the unit. next the curious story of a covert denying russian monk who's been sentenced to 2 months pretrial detention in moscow so again is accused of numerous offenses including encouraging minors to commit suicide what he's known for radical views such as claiming president putin had been replaced by the anti christ in a rubber mask the monks also drawn criticism from the orthodox church for encouraging people to flout covert restrictions and attend mass despite being defrocked by church officials nonetheless he continued to run a monastery in central russia where financial reports today. special operation 100 demo nation was giving out probably more fear not pop like 18 more ne all novato seeing it. when russia special police forces came to set

a new rise quinn's monastery outside ticketed and bowed to detain the man known as father sergei who had seized the convent back in june they knew they'd face resistance and on supporters of the monk a former policeman himself who served his sentence for murder and robbery helping him take control over the monastery where many battle hardened veterans and former officers 8 ended up while and. 000000000000000000000000 in maine a father serra he was banned from conducting religious services due to his radical views on the coronavirus pandemic he called to ignore the lockdown denounced electronic passes as a way to stem the outbreak as satins electronic camp and described the vaccines

against kobe 19 and attempts to control the masses in tobermory state investigators launched a criminal investigation into child abuse at the monastery but the reason for the night raid was another issue a video posted on you tube where a spiritual leader asked the church members whether they're ready to die for russia became the last straw move from parts of you or more if you're from a good number of operating. across the borders he usually from here on the move with the passage children who are in the crowd too and that worried the local ombudsman for children's rights sergei's now charged under 3 articles violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion call for suicide and abuse of power so again denies any guilt according to his lawyer he was taken to moscow for into a geisha and and a hearing and sent to be due from the tension he spoke about it was almost

a holy mission. you produce the goods. everything is fine with me you don't have to do anything just live by the commandments of god whatever happens everyone has their own cross to bear jesus said take your cross and follow me i'm following christ. the investigative committee and f.s.b. searched the compound and form a priest cell while outside dozens of father cities supporters made a kind of human shield in an attempt to protect what they see as their spiritual fortress and express their solidarity with the priest but chances are they are not going to see their leader any time soon. but keep you posted how do you secure and go into a break notice when we come back story about a german m. pain getting an angry response for wanting the lockdown extended to fight climate change will we speak to panel of guests about the divisive proposal whether they think that's

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join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get us out of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. again delighted to report a bit more good news in the fight against covert earlier today astra zeneca is covert 1000 vaccine approved for use in the u.k. it comes therefore as the 2nd job to get approval in britain health secretary they're praising the development i think it ends 2020 in a moment of hope and it couldn't come soon enough to it seems it's happening amid a surge in covert in the country with more than 53000 new cases in the last day

alone that's sparking a real rush to get vaccinated with wealthy people now reportedly offering thousands of pounds for a shot but as things stand there are luck the job can only be received through the national health service for free the pfizer drug was approved in the u.k. this month and all available doses are going to people in hospitals over the age of 80 also frontline medics and care home staff that means a potentially long wait for everyone else and private clinics say they're getting requests from patients too willing to fork out large sums to try to jump the queue 1st we spoke to the owner of one such clinic. code that has not really differentiated between the rich and the poor i have a clinic in wilmslow which is an affluent area and some of the people asking their parents have died or a parent has died and they're wondering how can i get the box ticking now i have been offered large sums to try and circumvent and see whether we can get the

vaccine because private as we know goes on in this country hurts the government has bought the vaccine and there is no way to circumvent it but you know i think everyone you know would like to have the vaccine and even as agent and she comes with it people want to be safe people are scared. i think they would never want to take it away from the most vulnerable and there will always be the small few that may try and take advantage but i have to believe in the human connection human will that good will prevail and i think in general most drug fires have a good moral compass and want to help out when the n.h.s. would say can you help us now. the german lawmakers got a furious reaction for suggesting covert restrictions could be the template for fighting climate change carlo to set out his views then in an opinion piece for a newspaper. there will never be a vaccine against c o 2 so we need measures for tackling climate change there are similar to the restrictions of personal freedom and the pandemic the social democratic party m.p.

who's also never to be ologist admitted his ideas are unlikely to ever happen but his views did spark a firestorm on social media over it. this and pretty much everything that his team not climate friendly could be banned the struggle for freedom will never end a lot about it is already proposing lock down like measures to combat climate change let's enjoy the festive season and gather strength for the demonstrations and resistance against state violence in 2021. at about the same time the covert log downs and the lock down for climate change begins since we have been so willing to give up our freedoms lockdowns who will now be routine so what our public s. think about it we're about to find out i think do we have a sure. thing. it's one that simply hasn't worked in the code it presents it in genuine emergency and he will respond and we have

the shooting. program grows needs to be tackled with this is much good we do not need to look and look at the kind of the effect of the in terms of current reduction you're looking on here it is the equivalent to taking 102 degrees centigrade over the global warming we expect for 2030 and we need something which is much effect but also certainly we're trucking cruising down in this through the senate yet he starts a new route which will. make us better off and allowed us to live large but in a much cleaner and nestle poor block downs were where a certain except for the 1st time around right. now we've got in such a mass that i think this is the reason why we're getting some of the problems are

people of anger votes out i don't think anyone in the world ready and enjoys looking country south we've lost control of this virus testing trace has been a complete mass a complete waste of money climate change of the center especially much the act a generation because rather recently during the you know outer islands to be churlish to mention economically the wealthy conscious of all the money drain by paying for. the reply to the code 19 money completely wasted which they could of course into environmental projects to help our well country bridger issues are with that with the junction well the rest of the world is not so much of a problem but there's a degree why we should get any personal freedoms whatsoever. as well as being one of the country's most affected by the pandemic france is also battling a resurgence an extremist activity china depends connex looking at the government's

response than in the wake of a number of terrorist attacks. 2020 is the manual might call turned from into an enemy of large swathes of the muslim world the president claimed to be taking on only the extremist. ideology of islam isn't that many in the global muslim community felt that they were being targeted it was to be french means to defend the right to make people laugh for them to mock its ridicule it's a caricature which voltaire claimed was the source of the rest to be french means always to be on the side of the freedom fighters. needs mental health treatment what else can be said to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and who behaves in this way to millions of people living in this country who are members of

a different faith the frenzy kicked off for here with the now infamous satirical magazine charlie eb there used to have its offices instead of marking 5 years since the massacre here france was also about to bury new victims as the trial of those suspected of aiding the terrorists who killed in cold blood tape began sharlee abdo published what it described as a tribute to the dead it was like a red rag to a bull.

then came the attack on vienna and macaroons initiative to crack down ism is started to gain wide momentum is the case that the attack was clearly an islamist terrorist attack it was an attack out of hatred hatred of our basic values. we know what vienna and austria have been through the pain the fear the victims and i don't think that this attack is an innocent that it reveals the will of our enemy to attack what europe is a land of culture of freedoms and values military deployment has been more than doubled in france other countries have heightened measures to so how real is the threat the threat is absolutely enormous in terms of fighting political islam because 80 percent of the most are controlled by radical islamists what i call the ideological threat but secondly the jihadist threat that is only

part of radical islam i do jihad is a terrorist attack it is also a big danger because many people are released to me gratian is not control over another issue then raised its head polls showed younger muslims are more conservative than previous generations and they put the laws of their faith above that of frauds to confirms previous polls going back over the past few years and it also. deserve a dent in the reaction of school high school students. to the minute's silence and commemoration of the b.b. had a schoolteacher where there was quite a lot of disruption around the country during a minute's silence. so i think it's very worrying that the younger generation is. as much if not more radicalized than their parents or grandparents it's not too

late but we lost or one or 2 generations we have to take the control back off both most and scoots ways they are brainwashed in order to respond to this new bill to promote the values of the french republic has been trough it it will target online hate speech drastically reduce home schooling bring in jail terms for doctors who perform genetic tests and to make it more difficult for most 6 to receive foreign financing so is it enough to stop the rockets it's difficult to say how we can stop it at this stage 'd i think there's been a certain tolerance over the years and decades which is the situation to develop. and it's a little bit bit like both in this stable door after the horses has run away in fact it may even reinforce the victimhood narrative of the prosecution complex

which is being stoked up 2021 will no doubt see france pushing on with this effort to eradicate islam islam but going by 2020 that attempt could backfire muslims say they already feel stigmatized in singled out and not call ins essentially republican values 1st of all may alienate them further and not could feel rather than extinguish the threat from extremists shola jeevan ski r.t. paris. here's more of the year that was 2020 well let it sit for now thanks for watching this update from marty with me kevin i win wednesday afternoon just turned 30 the december it's midday 27 commit to 28 now whatever time of the day it is wherever you're watching from me in the team thank you for it season's greetings and have a great rest of the. it

will be very difficult to forget the. turning 2020 change was the norm. many years reflected on what has been. time after time and see and welcome to going underground 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 going up in this show trump's new yorker old pal civil rights leader the reverend al sharpton on vast eulogy to george floyd which galvanized black lives matter around the world and why he wants americans to vote for a candidate accused by some groups of supporting segregation mass incarceration and the catastrophic war on drugs that annihilated communities of color in the usa. all this and more coming up in today's going underground but 1st let's go straight to new york to speak to one of america's most renowned civil rights leaders reverend al sharpton his new book rise up confronting a country at the crossroads investigates the historical turning point the u.s. current be faces potentially undoing the gains activists like himself have fought for since the days of martin luther king jr reverend thanks so much for coming on the show those who don't know your work over decades will surely know the moving eulogy to george floyd killed by us police i think british broadcasting regulators

may allow me to say what a profound privilege it is for you to be on going on the ground but of course i'm going to ask you why is it not you rather than biden who's running against trump why do you call yourself a tree shaker in this new book of yours. i think that the history of dealing with movements in this country and even globally is that you need those of us that shake the tree in the sense of shaking up where a society has dealt in an unequal and unfair way and in many cases unjust way and you don't have those that pick up the fruit that falls 'd from the tree and make jam out of it and i have in my role as an activist been more were trees shaken the one that picks up the fruit and becomes want to let the dog.