and evil and is right up close. because of that but it's a. good one. russia starts testing a scaled down version of the sputnik invade covert vaccine requiring that one dose instead of 2 to meet rising global demand. e.u. leaders openly criticizing the u.s. tech giants boycott of president trump saying it has a worrying implications for free speech. and the british prime minister is spotted cycling several miles from downing street in an apparent breach of his own government's lockdown rule.

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our national i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right now russia is developing a simplified version of its v. covert vaccine as a long term measure to meet international demands the new drug sputnik lite a pretext for a shorter time but only requires one dose instead of 2 its efficacy is thought to be around 85 percent compared to $95.00 for the full version clinical trials involving $150.00 volunteers are ready to start and tests will continue throughout the year in the meantime mexico has become the latest nation to consider buying tens of millions of doses of russia's original covert vaccine. reports. the sputnik the vaccine once scorned and maligned is turning into an international

bestseller production is surging to an average of 130000 doses a day so $4000000.00 doses over the next month the vaccine has already been approved in algeria and argentina serbia believe ia other countries and move by as a lineup i can say the vaccine is affected more than 90 percent based on the trial doubts and also less allergic reaction that ability skill ability cost all these or the pet meter that are already in for any vaccine to roll out. one of the sputnik speediest advantages over the competition aside from price is that it's easier to transport or to store so a simple fridge will do the 5 of them and then the vaccines they require deep freeze as low as minus 70 degrees celsius so cold storage which isn't widely available in much of the developing world which is most of the world the sputnik

the vaccines high quality and efficacy are stimulating growing interest from more and more countries these translates into wider jorgen feel free scrooge thracian to leverage and production palestine denied the vaccine by israel has become the 1st in the middle east to greenlight sputnik the main thrust of the uniqueness of this would be worse in that it's using a. lot the sim and universe has been used in both those as it is different in order to reduce the. first. verse or because of that they believe because it is a good chance to learn the difference is in the next in india the russian shot has just passed phase 2 trials without a hitch with only phase 3 to go already deals have been signed to produce 300000000 doses of sputnik in india the phase 2 study in india showed

a very good safety profile we are working closely towards fast tracking the launch of the sputnik the vaccine in india all in all few nations are putting all their money on any one horse or vaccine anything could happen from supply shortages to unforseen side effects like the pfizer vaccines allergic reactions which is why it makes sense to make sure that you've got different jobs. we heard from amman a public health expert in new delhi he spoke about the large scale testing of sputnik v. in india and the drugs advantages on the global market there was no doubt a ball into the face to save would be similar to what we have seen in the other parts but just the fact that it is happening in india it sort of gives the kind of reassurance. retreats the safety profile us for because we. do please trees isn't bates if i just look good or rocking the number of vaccines i will say is in

is in the dog league and as the different countries look at you know using which they were going to vaccines would mean we would be should be one of the of the pride the choice just because of the the science behind it which is kind of unknown science safety profile it's their frequency profile and the whole the largest is in the transportation side of it well despite the rapid progress in vaccine development the red cross is urging people to be patient and keep up basic measures to slow the spread of the pandemic we heard from a manual couple bianco director of the health and care department at the i.c.r.c. . it's something that we need to be prepared and we need to do is physically distancing is not avoiding being in crowded places is making sure that one gets sick gets isolated any people are in contact with somebody sick we are in thailand

up for some provide the support that is needed antidepressants can go out again these are critical measures that can save thousands of flights until vaccines will be widely available in all countries we can not lower the guard right now because the. researchers are worried about what we have been seeing. the u.k. and in south africa where. developed at the further mutations occur we may see potentially also reduction of the effectiveness of some of the vaccine the majority of the world unfortunately was not started vaccination programs yet and we know that we need to vaccinate people all over the world to assure safety for everybody around the world so we'll we'll have to accelerate the pace at which vaccines will be distributed around the world ensuring a mechanism to do so. in that very safe safe way and until that moment the best line of defense will be individual behavior.

u.s. vice president mike pence has rejected calls by lawmakers to remove president donald trump from office under the 25th amendment saying it is not the best course of action for the country. it's really a continuation of the greatest which is their politics it's ridiculous i think it's a good thing when they get to our country and it goes incremented sanker well that's as if the house of representatives is voting on a resolution put forward by the democrats urging pence to act lawmakers are also still pressing ahead with the impeachment of trump on charges that he incited an insurrection over the capitol hill riots that will be up for a vote on wednesday now the president has accused democrats of endangering the country by seeking him to impeach for

a 2nd time. trump has also condemned twitter's decision to ban him calling it a catastrophic mistake the social networks actions have even alarmed european leaders as archie's peter all over explains. who regulates the free speech gate keepers is concerning european leaders at the moment while they were united in their condemnation of the violence that we saw in washington d.c. last wednesday there has been no objections to the subsequent actions of companies like twitter and facebook to dump donald trump from their platforms german chancellor angela merkel has said that it's not the job of social media companies to decide who gets a voice and who doesn't speak to the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the us president have now been permanently blocked there's also concern in france over the power social media giants have shown that they have and you know

the person silencing them on social networks which have become a form of public space seems to me a complicated matter in the absence of specifically established criteria digital regulation should not be done by the digital or the go cute self regulation of the digital spheres amounts of sovereign people governments and the judiciary the commissioner for internal market bret's on has long been a big voice calling for tougher regulations on tech giants he described the capitol hill riot that we saw last wednesday in washington d.c. as the 911 moment for social media according to mr brett all following that violence and the subsequent actions of social media companies to ban a sitting u.s. president from their platforms nothing can be the same again the food the c.e.o. compiled the plug on poets is loudspeaker without any checks and balances is perplexing the onerous demotions and is proof that

a powerful and brigley to digital space room innocent of the wild west has a profound impact on the very foundations of our modern democracies social media giants and banning donald trump from their platforms has poured gasoline on to. the fiat of a free speech debate that's been going on for a while now what we heard from terry brett's on the commissioner in charge of these things is that there are 2 pieces of legislation that would tabled by the e.u. commission at the end of the senate that would be looking to address this further that europe they'll be putting tight reins all in the social media giants as well as what can be posted on that platforms. right in the wake of last week's capitol riots u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer has called for all those involved to be put on a no fly list any of those who were inside the capitol should be placed on the no fly list and not be allowed to. get taylor looks

now at the growing disconnect between the values that washington preaches and current developments across the country. america the land of the free people i've met in china and russia in afghanistan and iraq and other places who yearn for freedom and who look to this building and these shores as a place of hope the american people and the greatest democracy the world has ever known this temple to democracy over the policy a few decades the u.s. has been busy exporting its brand of democracy all over the world but it looks like fine meet the wells run dry in its own backyards and what could have been lifted from a dystopian sayf i block mayor episodes twitter facebook instagram snap top the list goes on don't trump out of his accounts so good it's big a step he had to limit president trying to reach twitter has permanently suspended president trump's account twitter has announced it is cutting off president trump's

ability to post on the social media site permanently president of course used twitter extremely frequently and to extreme controversy president trump has been violating rules all over social media for a long time so the american president given amount by tens of millions of voters to run the country silenced by on the elected technocrats instead of. out with the american constitution in with twit says thompson uses but even that apparently is too little too late in today's america we need solutions that don't start after untold damage has been done change in these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temperature silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms and just like a paranoid dictator is convinced he's surrounded by enemies big taxis bad doctors everyone trump loyalists annoy is leading the election for claims right wing talk

show hosts all sense of the story looked because apparently that clinton got michael riled up enough to storm the capital now. duct taping trump and a few of his cronies is one thing but what to do about the 75000000 americans who've raylene like red taps now we need to on brainwash and reeducate about 71000000 voters and their children who follow trump supporters need to rejig gave themselves a lot of things but one of them is the definition of democracy now we have to figure out how to reeducate all the people trump and fox news have damaged but before this great how about some good old erosion of the fast amendment take the twit to start up scene as a safe space for conservative voices while no more after thought in influx of people angry a twit to censorship story policy pano was dropped by apple google and this is

obviously a collusive action on the part of these incredibly powerful entities who are seeking to not just destroy their competition but effectively to silence people who are supporters of the president online for years i heard it invalid to object to political censorship by facebook and twitter because if you don't like it you can just create a competing social media platform parlor tried and in 24 hours google apple and amazon united to destroy it that's what monopoly power means it's not just the internet that's become a no go zone so these new enemies of the state big time political donors from car in oil companies to big banks have turned off the money tap to lawmakers who backed trump in questioning the election results when a few are trump paid well good luck finding a job or any of trump's fellow fabulous suburban forbes will assume that everything your company your firm talks about is

a lie i mean what's next informing on people oh wait let's name and shame them off to some amazing work by james reynolds and friends here easy. and i guess his mom's pay attention to the shirts and hats and glasses well done. never star direct marketed in maryland you've got an employee to investigate. know not to tap tap out of all whiles 984 to stem merica the land of the free in 2021. the british prime minister has a been spotted riding his bike 11 kilometers from downing street that is despite his government's ban on people exercising outside their neighborhoods and it comes just days after 2 women were fined several 100 pounds for driving 8 kilometers to go for a walk those penalties were cancelled after a public outcry archies shoddy edwards joshua looks at how johnson's bad example

comes at the worst possible time for britain. the relentless surge of 1000 infections up and down the country has prompted a stark warning from the health secretary matt hancock. it's an unwelcome message for many across britain but professor chris witty who's the chief medical officer advisor to the government says tougher restrictions are absolutely unavoidable the next few weeks are going to be. under the terms of mamma's international well hospitals are being pushed to absolute breaking point last week we had the mayor of london city karnit declare a major incident which just gives you an idea of the scale that the n.h.s. is facing but also we've had major incidents also being declared in areas like sorry and sussex and those on the frontline say the situation is dire we're

freezing and most grieve the our hospitals are again you're listening to this when all this comes as the government unveils its vaccination plan includes the opening of 7 mass vaccination centers across the country but there is a widespread perception of the government keeps over promising and under delivering it it comes as a poll finds that around 72 percent of people think that the government has not acted fast enough with 42 percent say they're absolutely too slow but there are still plenty of people out there who think the lockdown shouldn't be in place at all and they clashed with police over the weekend.

to the vaccine very much does provide some light at the end of the tunnel but there are many. a lot that have no doubt that things are going to get worse before they get back to the n.h.s. is struggling now in some parts of the country there are no beds and people are being shipped around the country and in some places this is sure to use of oxygen there is no doubt about it the n.h.s. is on the brink and the big message from the secretary of state is to really employ people to follow the rules and do not go out and less it's necessary the n.h.s. i think is close to breaking point i think the government have been too slow right from the beginning that would too slow to law down a regionally we are an island we could have closed our borders easily but we let people in from china and from northern italy and from spain they brought the infection with them that would too slow to get people to where they were too slow here originally not down and they've been to slow down since and of course we've

had the relaxation of christmas which was a very foolish thing to do in my opinion so yes i think we've had we have a prime minister who's been hesitant to lock down and he's been too slow to act and that's been the story throughout this very sorry. the u.s. secretary of state has claimed without providing any evidence that iran is now harboring the terrorist group al qaeda al qaeda has a new home base it is the islamic republic of iran on my compares allegation has not been backed up by any publicly available intelligence assessment iran was quick to reject that claim saying it isn't doing more than any other country to fight terrorism and the iranian foreign minister had some harsh words for his u.s. counterpart from designating cuba to fictitious iran to classifications and al qaeda claims mr will lie cheat and steal is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more warmongering laertes. this comes

a day after the trumpet ministration put cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism vanna was removed from the blacklist back in 2015 we heard from sayed mohammad marandi professor of english literature and orientalism at the university of tehran he said the problems with washington predate trump and iran will be taking a cautious approach to the incoming administration. because they're the obama regime that created the maximum pressure campaign in the 1st place that trump repeated although more harshly and it was during the obama regime that iranian scientists were murdered during trial only one was murdered during obama 4 were murdered and of course cyber attacks on iran took place as well during obama's so we biden was his vice president know when he run trusts him but if he decides to do the smart

thing and implement the nuclear deal and fully iran will do so as well but iran will accept no preconditions and it will not accept any changes to the nuclear deal nor will it negotiate its defense capabilities especially with american bases surrounding iran and it will not negotiate its regional alliances. u.s. officials are calling for a quicker rollout of covert vaccines so far 25000000 doses have been delivered to hospitals nationwide but less than a 3rd of those shots have been administered. they're ramping up too slowly this past monday i said to them you have until friday to ramp up use it or lose it it would be much better to move quickly and end up vaccinating some lower priority people than to let vaccines sit around while states try to micromanage this process . but as things stand there are strict criteria on who can receive the vaccines and

that has led to technical delays with doctors unable to give the jab to the target groups and some unused doses are going to waste some states are trying to address that problem by widening the list of eligible people in new york and now includes people older than 75 and essential workers such as teachers infectious disease specialist william schaffner spoke to our teens boom bust about the difficulties hospitals are facing. there are all kinds of problems out there it depends on the location my state is actually one of the top 3 or 4 states in the next amazing people or proportion of vaccines delivered in our arms now is pretty good but even within our own state we're seeing that some locations are doing better than other some locations are swamped with early except there's they just want the vaccine but they haven't got enough other places and this is happening to many people surprise

and health care facilities that not all health care workers are ready to get the vaccines they need reassurance the persuasion they need information so all of that's rolling out if you haven't planned for it your vaccination program is a little slower than we would like so it's a whole spectrum of issues kind of coming together one and the incoming administration under joe biden has actually advisers they've been expressing a caution about being able to hit they're talking about 100000000 vaccine in the 1st 100 days. how possible is it for them to help the states ramp up these an occupation to a 1000000 per day at the current rate i wish that the goal had not been so specifically expressed it's very aspirational one of the things that the administration says it will do is release a lot of doses of vaccine that are currently in warehouses that will then put the

stress on all the people who are delivering the vaccines to get that 1st dose into as many arms as possible as quickly as possible the other concern is a vaccine dose deferred is often the vaccine doses not received and we really need to bring everybody back for that 2nd dose in order to get that 95 percent effectiveness. and university of milan study has found that the origins of the pandemic are closer to home than previously thought it's a new report claims patient 0 may have been infected in italy back in november 2001000 a whole week earlier than previously registered in china now the world health organization investigative team is due to arrive in china on thursday to probe how the virus started comes as china reports its biggest daily surge in coated cases in

almost half a year. i left home on january deforest and haven't returned yet the neighborhood is close jobs where you live in the office now you. will take 10 random samples and test them at the same time this is a routine operation to increase efficiency while maintaining accuracy using this mass setting along with 3 other scan tests 30000 samples a day. the. whole.

of that is a for me this hour i'll be back for headlines in let's say 34 minutes this is arch international stay with us.

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to help him to leave this room. greetings and sell you tell you. all right let's kick things off today with mr q. anon shame on himself mr jake angele you remember little jake he was one of the most visible members of the modest seditionists who took over the capitol building in january 6th areas what with his you know buffalo horns and star spangled face paint looking like he got lost on the way to coachella and ended up in washington d.c. well it appears that the shaman whose real name is jacob chan's lee is not exactly handling incarceration all too well melissa blaze is a journalist for a.b.c.

15 out of arizona reports that according to jacob's mom. he hasn't eaten since friday because the detention facility won't feed him all organic food. yes the big bad q. and sharma is worried that prison food will give him a really bad tummy ache. and they call activists on the left snowflakes and while little jacob will soon be a hilariously health lariats but note in future history books that doesn't mean that right wing extremism here in the united states is a laughing matter the wall street journal recently reported the president elect joe biden declared that he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism and he has been urged to create a white house post overseeing the fight against id law ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them not long after hearing

biden's announcement on domestic terror laws c.n.n. and the rest of corporate media suddenly began reporting that according to an f.b.i. bulletin armed protests are being planned in all 50 states between now and inauguration day on january 20th. you know my friends are someone who lived through the post 911 fear mongering that led to the creation of the patriot act in the department of homeland security i can walk and i honestly say it is beginning to look a lot like 2001 once again here we are putting fear before logic in the face of tragedy let's i mean are we really dumb enough to make that mistake again as new york magazine sarah jones correctly reminds us whatever powers biden creates today can be used by the enemies of democracy tomorrow our civil liberties are simply too fragile and the risk is much too great let's take a look at this topic as we start watching homes. if you want to know what's going

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