concerns over mr sanchez mental health however the u.s. says that they will now appeal against that decision prosecutors had said all the way through this trial that the u.s. defense analysts chelsea manning breached the u.s. espionage act and was complicit in hacking by others and publish classified information that endangered informants however the london court has now ruled that he can't be extradited because of concerns over mr songes mental health so the information that breaking news just in over the last half hour or so and of course we'll be getting plenty more live reaction to it over the course of the afternoon. now in other news today america's vaccine rollout isn't exactly going to plan the country badly missed its target of inoculating 20000000 people by the end of 2020 getting the job back to less than a 6th of that many taylor picks up the story. it might be

a new year but it's cool to buy the same old problems on the fast day of 2021 the us hit $20000000.00 kovac 19 cases but just out was before as the clock struck midnight thousands flooded the streets hoping that the next $365.00 days would just be that little bit that. bit scared i don't know what will happen 1st rule for 2021 don't talk about 2020 and i believe this is there we go she started here we did. that everything is going to get better actually working at this c.v.s. any zone crazy with the code vaccine and everything right now we really hope that everything goes back to normal this christmas i new year many wished for

a return to our old normal lives something top magical advisors have been promising was just around the corner by the time we get into all of 2021 we could be approaching some level of normality tuns out though the very thing they said would quite literally set us free the fact scene is cool top in it's own trauma president health experts in operation warp speed hope to have 20000000 americans vaccinated by now but things are going slower than 1st thought there is now growing frustration building over the slow rollout of the coronavirus vaccines across the u.s. there's only a small percentage of the vaccine that's been distributed by the federal government that has actually been administered the massive vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in the u.s. has gotten off to a slower start. very slower start there's no way we can speed this up in the near term 14000000 doses of the fine and madonna fight scenes have been distributed

across america but fewer than 3000000 have been administered it why well donald trump says he's done his job but states aren't doing that. the federal government has distributed the vaccines to the states now it is up to the states to administer get moving a blame game that didn't go down well with those who say it's a lack of direction from the top that's left people i worked in the cold. that comprehensive vaccination plans have not been developed at the federal level and sent to the states as models is as and comprehensible as it is inexcusable it was unrealistic to assume that the health care workers already overburdened with covert care could take on a massive vaccination program many of those over bugs and health care while because on now protesting they say they were promised a vaccine and instead face and miscues and crashing apps if that lucky that's despite being in contact with infected people all hours of the day for 10 months

straight the promise to vaccinate them as a priority fell apart as quickly as the promise to inoculate 20000000 by the end of 2020 so if they're not going to the risk groups where all they going while no one apparently there are delays at every corner of the number is lower than the us we hope for we know that it should be better and working hard to make the best tons out holiday period and snow storms on what a smooth rollout means but even once the holidays end in the snow melts if nothing changes unless say it would take almost 10 years to vaccinate enough americans to control the virus gives a whole new meaning to operation warp speed and the mess continues on a local level 2.

is it just normal teasing problems of one of the most ambitious vaccination campaigns in u.s. history or is it just incompetence at every level. either way it looks like to cure meant to bring in what is now only outing to the chaos from the very beginning of the pandemic in the united states what we've lacked is any storage of national strategy the trump administration as you know worked against developing a national strategy that you know didn't have any problem with taking billions of dollars of public money and giving it to private corporations to develop a vaccine but then when it came to the states saying that they needed money in order to administer the vaccine it was you know just millions that were given out

for that state are getting around you know $7000000.00 and this is completely inadequate the states are overwhelmed already with the curve of 19 crisis and just didn't have the capacity to set up you know an infrastructure to vaccinate people and so right now they're scrambling to try to set up sites to give the vaccinations to hear out who should be prioritized and how they're going to get it to them so you know all these months of trying to create a vaccine and that time was wasted in terms of developing a plan for how to actually get the vaccine to the people who need it. ok let's go back to our breaking news this hour because wiki leaks founder julian assange will not be extradited to the united states that's been ruled by a london court in the last hour or so and they said they base that decision on concerns for mr songes mental health however the u.s. has said that it will now appeal against that decision the u.s. prosecutors were claiming that the stanch helped the u.s.

defense on this chelsea manning breach the u.s. espionage act was complicit in hacking by others and publish classified information that endangered informants claims that mr songe tonight so let's get some reaction see what's happening outside the court right now as we can go to our correspondent there shadi edward stash he's been covering it force chad it just run through them what is it like there now because earlier we heard huge amounts of cheers from. you sound supporters who are probably expecting a very different outcome today. as you mentioned the wiki leaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states according to this in london ruling it's an incredibly mammoth and historic moment in time the way it really feeling a sense is that city electrifying here on the ground this campaign isn't supporters really did not expect this verdict today and we've seen scenes of many companies supporting the celebrating cheering that absolutely cheap it with this that it does

even mention it's been thanks to decisions being placed on the grounds of today's scientists at mental health think the main reason behind this ruling was that we have heard that the united states will be appealing this decision not to extradite doing this i'm now joined by john reese who is a member of the joint extradite goodness orange county john thank you so much for joining us. you know i mentioned reaction to this decision bush absolutely remarkable decision 95 percent of 5 judges would bar were in favor for us in favor of extradition schieffer why political to you throughout public interest depends only in the last moments of a decision that you say the american prison system is so brutal so pressing to you would be at risk of suicide if i sent him to america to america for not going to i would refuse to just almost right now this is the end of the story the

dark states are going to kill this will go to a higher court so this is just because it is a terrific day and if the barrel occupation they're discussing goes through a jew you will agree that would be a fluke the remarkable group of church in this case you did not get the right to know much can the united states. yes they can they can appeal this to a higher court i mean you've got to remember this is just about district court it's absolutely remarkable to bring a high profile globally of civil liberties right those 1st to the court where you can only go when you've got a motor and if so it's going to go to a higher court. so i say told you this are just this is going to be a great. but we're still going to fight to come. back that it was a good act that was quite good at that. time just to

have him tell us how. well why well what she said about darkies much more worried because she said there's no public interest there's no we just go to print journalists. like proper journalists all you like to do what most journalists do because mr wilson there's no public interest but these are these were very very bad remarks but it. happened. that night and it hit me that this is still in the power it's not the sergeant where the fight for freedom of the press lies in this country. and. i don't know that's very difficult to tell chops on his way out even though he doesn't think yes he's we aren't sure what the british question would think about this so i think that's very difficult to tell followed by it was coming i'd be very

glad to british judge a result this problem for the post right now i think they were happy that i had actually meant for having me. i think you've only got to ask yourself this if you've spent 6 years in the ecuadorian embassy you can spend new year's eve belmarsh in sochi compartment in my pocket combine. it's a good gauge of. how would you. know i think we're all very different you've got great i think i was right when i read it. so as you can see is threaded the monumental moment in time here outside the criminal court is essential to supporters and camp leaders have known who said it was not just unit sergeant the job but actually the fundamental tenets and principles of the rights of freedom of press and the right of the public to access information and they always said

that extra rights and journalists knowledge would not be a terrible move just for judas songe but also the attack was the genesis was why. ok thank you a shadier shared with shadi edwards dashti there outside the court in london that did rule against his extradition about 40 minutes ago thank you shadi we'll come back she throughout the afternoon. ok well let's return to covert now because europe too is struggling to get its citizens vaccinated with experts branding the sluggish france in particular has been in the firing line his r.t. charlotte devinsky with more. france's vaccine has been rolled out and criticized by many is being done at as snail's pace in the weeks since that program has been rolled out only a few 100 is said to have had the job compare that say to germany where over 40000 people have already received the 1st inoculation now there are some reasons for that here in france you have to give written consent to have the 19 jab and of

course there is this huge distrust of vaccines so 40 percent of people say that they will have the vaccine meaning around 60 percent of people who have responded to surveys here in france say they won't be having it now the government says that yes it's being cautious but this is a marathon and not a sprint others though are saying that in needs to be more urgency there is still time to make up for this feeling of a sluggish start to vaccination it is a matter of urgency now to give an optimistic outlook now the e.u. has also come under fire for not ordering enough vaccine 1st of all this criticism came from pfizer biotech this is the manufacturer of the only fact seen so far been approved for use in the e.u. but there's also been criticism from some quarters in germany obviously the european purchasing procedure was inadequate it is difficult to explain how

a very good vaccine was developed in germany but is available more quickly elsewhere now to put this into context the e.u. ordered some 300000000 doses of the pfizer bio on tekken vaccine now the e.u. is also set to approve another vaccine in the coming days this isn't a done a vaccine of which it is 160000000 doses of now this of course comes in the context as the number of couvade 19 infections is said to be rising again and there are fresh restrictions that have been put in place in some european countries greece for exams. said it's going into a week long lockdown and here in france where there is a curfew already in place across the country from 8 pm has decided to tighten that even further in some parts this is in eastern parts of the country where the curfew will now start at 6 pm in the evening leading to criticism there. from

5 to 7 pm is where people leave work so there's obviously a lot of turnover because when people leave at 5 they want to have a wander around so the situation has now been complicated of all this to our difference has a serious effect in revenue it's a time when people come in and try things so as a bakery clients don't want to come in but we need 85 percent of our sales revenue between $5.00 and 7 pm so there's a restaurant we try and get by we're now being hit even harder so we look for new solutions to survive but despite the restrictions continuing and the fresh measures there are many who are still willing to flout the law take over new year's eve when mass parties were banned here in france.

it seems that 2020 may be over but europe is still not out of the code words in 2021. incident i we marbridge prime minister has put himself at odds with teaching unions by saying that parents should send their children back to school on monday in areas where they are open. schools are safe very very important to stress that the threat to the risk to the kids to young people is really very very very small boris johnson says schools are safe but the government scientists say they should be shot to tackle the virus his government is already responsible for the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of people it can't be trusted teachers can i back the national education union i stand in solidarity with teachers and head teachers who are taking the fight to this government forcing them to listen to sages advice to close schools schools are

not safe they must close listen to sage more labor minister a presentation by boris johnson he appears on mars this morning insisting that schools are safe but forget to mention that his own scientists told him that it can get on top of it 19 without closing schools well the question of whether children should go back to school after the christmas holidays has been him to leave the baited the government is facing pressure from teachers who want schools to remain closed in england for 2 more weeks currently most primary schools are expected to open in england excluding the ones in london the return of secondary schools is expected later this month when john hall a teacher and member of the teaching trade union shared his frustration. i find a reason the people the schools in the capital close yes but also to what they should do what they should look to do is because london schools an area for i work

in newcastle upon tyne which is in the northeast of england who were here for through lots of areas are bringing you into it or so if you london schools are going to meet clause 'd from general 4th and we expect all schools in tears for all to remain closed at the moment it's not up to the government asked to at the schools rule will reopen it is not to each employee or agreement is not the employer of teachers in england the any acts you can see so it is union has written to each employer asking them to carry out acts in new risk assessment to ensure that the schools are safe and nice why the fall is not a reasonable date or stross to reopen. it will take at least a week to 2 weeks if you all use council see action with staff and take place and

that schools are meets. well the outcry over schools comes as the u.k. sees a major spike in daily corona virus infections following christmas many 35000 new cases were reported on sunday the total number of cases is nasa past 2600000 with over 75000 deaths john paul again accuses the government of mishandling the pandemic. the government are not consulted. 'd that she choose and union representatives but once home made mistakes time and. not listen to. them. so all of them are still not 10 m.b. next let. the government really want us to just be yours what is happening for a while each of the next. profession certainly be very extreme commutes each year

in house law could produce such all illegal immigrants in the way that the howling is absolutely in how we are handling the education of students in this group. ok let's go back to our breaking news this hour because a british judge has ruled against extraditing jr songe to the united states due to concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody though while the u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision it has 15 days to do so although we do understand at the moment that they will the wiki leaks co-founder faces espionage charges in the united states for publishing secret military documents he is known to the world for exposing u.s. war crimes the u.s. is indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer there were massive celebrations outside the london courthouse when the judge announced her verdict so let's go to the court now where our

correspondent here which dashed is there afternoon shadier hello again we were just saying that there were huge celebrations outside the court were there when this announcement was made. absolutely huge celebrations when the announcement was made that genocide cannot be extradited to the united states of course he was facing if found guilty and convicted assented to focus. in 75 years behind bars this really was a mammoth time not just between a sergeant's family but the supporters and campaigners that have long said that this case encapsulates the fundamental principles of freedom of press and the freedom for the rights of the public to access information as well of course he was wanted by the united states for his alleged role in the what they deemed as one of the largest compromises the classified information of the history of the united states all relating to these documents of spying

a publisher mistrust by documents related to the war in iraq and afghanistan plus one of conspiracy to have to come from and compete to see these were really really numbness indictments against serious charge and it was a very big case to do this such and of course worldwide journalists and now i'm just joined right now by fidel in the forest who is a former ecuadorian consul and learn to and he was played an instrumental part in obtaining the asylum have braces for june assad back in trying to trial of course this is an incredibly monumental victory for june assad and his supporters what's your initial reaction were as you said this is a victory and victory is you need to celebrate the court on thing is the final assault julian will be extradited according to the decision of the judge today. doesn't do that we need to celebrate all of us who have supported julian who believing that he still needs to be protected there will be on appeal on the case

because i'm finished yet and he should be defending himself in sweden but the fact that the decision was not do that we need to celebrate. is very worrying that the only reason the only reason why this for the asian has been stopped is his fragile. condition and the high risk. of suicidal if he is submitted to the oppressive recent conditions in the united states if he was not for dot he will she would be destroyed i did a song about something that should worry us all absolutely the district judge says that it was not based on political grounds this is quite concerning when of course students are just as bad said it was exactly that it was politically motivated as you mention it was based on his mental and physical health and she even said they

were this for the future and what does this mean for the future of journalism. journalese on journalists around the world should be very very worried about today's outcome. the only reason why a journalist was not extradited and so need to do the espionage legislation united states was his health condition otherwise he would be extradited so it's very very worrying. jocz basically penalize. journalistic p.v.t. . yeah that was the whole point behind this this was a political case these a political case. and. it's not over it's not over yet as you say this is a political case it still is a political case can unite states actually go any further with exhibition at this

point or is a case because i don't know they will be on appeal. superior court we'll look up you know we are very confident that they are being a wimp or see it. but as i said it's very worrying. if another journalist. will be accused of the same crime. has been accused. they will be extradited according to the courts if it's not for their health condition which is undeniable. has been noted by the highest specialists in this country. and the other interesting thing is that the recognition of the charge from the charge of the very very oppressive prison conditions in the united states that's a very much against human rights and what you think the reaction of the united

states government to this decision this morning. i think they will appeal they basically will appeal and they will pursue the persecution they have been persecuting julian for the last 10 years i don't thin why they will stop if they still have options of evil. because they want to set the precedent with you and i think they have set up a precedent because the damage. is already done. we have saved his future we have saved his life but the damage that he has being inflicted in his health in his emotional world being already there stained years of persecution 10 years of deformation. especially from

the united nations who have to assess him they have to consider the consequences of such persecution in julian's health might be irreversible so the pressure then is already set up. in this ruling more have an impact on the united states and the united kingdom's relationship anyway. no no i don't think so. close relationship between those 2 countries is much much much bigger than in one case so they will remain allies allies in. the national security. in my be the only case us always say. a colony on a colonized. historically short roles because i don't think there's

a silver anything in this country when it comes to united states demands oppression so there's something remarkable that the judge has to stop today and say just finally then of course this latest verdict today is 63 for supporters and campaign is where do we go from here. the fight is not over there will be an appeal. and finally the espionage act a united states is a still the us a threat for any journalist around the world who dares to publish things against. the united states like. in this country as well. the secrets act is still as a danger for freedom of expression and philo of publication so the fight is far

from over but today we need to celebrate this victory because julian this serves to to finally enjoy some freedom in the company of his loved ones. down the 1st thank you very much for joining us by phone r.t. we really appreciate your time today so they can hear this is a really obscene historic moment for supporters and campaign as and of course with you in the sunshine self right now there is a battle process going on in the current. paul whether or not you decide to be granted bail or not that's a whole nother question but in essence if it was to be granted for him he could essentially walk free on the streets which be the 1st time in nearly a decade now he has been a force holed up in london's actual dorian embassy for nearly 7 and a half years and then almost 2 years at london's most notorious prison belmarsh prison so he has indeed enjoyed a howl of campaign is and supporters are taking this as much more than a glimmer of hope that actually has

a real moment of victory of course the united states will be up healing this they will be still trying to actually fight to sarge for him to face those all of those us and diamonds a symbol for now he really does feel like supporters are cheap and of course but that it wasn't just you know songs that was in the docks but it was the fundamental principles of the rights of freedom of press and this really is a historic and monumental moment. to thank you a shadier show the. first side the london quarter. that really come back a bit later thank you for the time being. but let's just recap then what has happened because the u.k. court has rejected a us extradition request for juvenile due to concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody while u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision is has 2 weeks to do so well though we do understand as we heard from shani there that a bail hearing is also tell.