what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us of the. aura make of the shallows. review the week rush or approves clinical trials on an express version of its covert vaccine dubbed sputnik lite to meet soaring global demand. grim footage from a german crime a tory i'm highlighting the extent of resurgent pandemic in europe as berlin's accused of stockpiling vaccines at the expense of other e.u. members of. the house of representatives the us house of representatives rather votes to impeach president trump for a 2nd time after an impassioned debate while many on the floor can't wait to see the back of him others say it's more about revenge than justice.

tell am sunday morning here in moscow hi there welcome to the weekly with me kevin 0 in our round up of the big stories of the last 7 days as reported by us. first russia signed off on testing a simplified version of its sputnik v. covert vaccine with national and global demand growing and you showed up sputnik like pretext for a shorter time but only requires one dose instead of 2 it's efficacies thought to be around 85 percent compared to more than $91.00 for the full version meantime russia's original covert vaccine keeps gaining traction worldwide mexico now looking to buy tens of millions of doses and the president of guinea alpha condé it's become the 1st african leader to get the jab is a senior correspondent. 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 the a other countries and move as well lining up 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 all the pet meter that are already up for any vaccine to roll out. one of the scrutiny experienced 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 this is a 1st world problem that they have it has to be stored so cold so we're straight in the ticking of us wells in america but for the continent of africa this is not even start you know even a place to start sputnik that scene is easier to just store it with maybe less you know sophisticated storage material for another way of getting it out to the population for the globe that is more excessive all is it's very important palestine the nih the vaccine by israel has become the 1st in the middle east to greenlight sputnik the main thrust of the uniqueness of the worse in that it's using a genius. it's a lot the sin and universe has been used in both those as it is different in order to reduce the immune response to. the other the reverse of the cause of that they believe because it is

a good chance to know that the lesbo different is in the next in india the russian shot has just passed phase 2 trials without a hitch with only phase 3 to go well ready deals have been signed to produce 300000000 dues 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 v. vaccine in india all in all few nations are putting all their money on anyone who saw that see anything could happen from supply shortages to unforeseen side effects . like the pfizer vaccines allergic reactions which is why it makes sense to make sure that you've got different jobs. for use in the week to that europe suffering a new surge in covert cases with france germany and spain registering some of the highest daily rates and footage emerge from one of germany's worst affected regions

are letting just about the situations because it's grim to see some 300 bodies piling up in a queue for a predatory i'm in saxony the coffin stuck one on top of the other often simply only labelled with words like covert and infectious risk. it comes as the european union struggles to maintain unity over cope with vaccine purchases that brussels is urging member states to keep to the blocks centralize distribution scheme but seems not all holding to valid agreement as our europe correspondent found out. the european union's warning for all and all for one vaccine plan is corp against the problem of members self interest when it comes to obtaining the jobs germany has snapped up an extra $30000000.00 doses of the pfizer and return of vaccines being criticized by its partners for doing so it is selfish behavior to buy medicine by yourself disrespecting common decisions is another example of the german policy of

respecting their own interests above the interests of other e.u. countries berlin insists it is playing by the rules and that those extra doses were be sent out until the vaccine has been dispatched across the rest of the european union germany says the real problem lies with problems when it comes to production . we have ordered enough vaccines and the question is how can they be produced how fast they can be produced and if we would have ordered more it would not have been possible to produce it quicker the shortage is due to the lack. production capacity it isn't just germany that's being accused of looking out for itself cyprus is courting israel for vaccine delivery saying that the european union isn't forthcoming with a new doses to provide a mass switch to rollout the initial indications were very encouraging but at some

point there was a setback in its effectiveness 2 companies came up with the vaccine 1st phase the biotech can be done but the number of vaccines is not enough for rapid mass vaccination e.u. commission president has live on the line is telling member states to cut it out and to adhere to the plan that they all agreed on we have all agreed legally binding that there will be no parallel negotiations no parallel contracts so the framework we are all working in is a framework of 27 together and we are negotiating together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process the e.u. commission aren't doing themselves any favors demanding transparency from member states when it comes to vaccine procurement when they are being all that clear on who will get what when the 27 agree that brussels would negotiate on their behalf the accusation is that that is being undermined by member states looking out

for number one as we see the e.u. were very slow compared to other countries both in their regulation approvals both in their backs in asian campaigns and. again no surprise that there is unsaid disaffection we indeed have an across the across the whole front we have a very poor performance by the european union here but the central administration of the european union all they managed was to secure so we 100000000 doses for a population of 450 so taking into. count that you need 2 doses per person this was one 3rd of the population for which the vaccine was secured because of some budget constraints it is officially said so no wonder the e.u. population is not very happy with their performance in brussels. but despite all

the distribution problems the european commission's presidents demanding covert certificates are issued to everyone who does manage to get a. it is absolutely necessary if you have been vaccinated have a certificate this is a medical necessity a 2nd fresh it is. and this is a political and a legal decision what you allow to do with this or to fit. covert passports being suggested by the states to in poland vaccinated people will be sent to our codes to use public services without extra testing their loans are also on to the idea or did a survey for australia's quantas shows 9 in 10 people would they say get inoculated if it meant they could travel again however more than half a year of talks about that around the world failed to get across a border deal so far meantime the head of the world travel and tourism council saying to introducing these cold would passports could lead to discrimination. they

don't we weren't sure it's totally against health passports ok and we believe that as well because that can lead to discrimination on fortunately the bank scene is not available everywhere learn a lot of developing countries that they still don't have access to the vaccine i don't see the us as the only solution nasdaq's the nation should not be the only consideration currently we have a limited supply and we need to where it buys them all in the world we don't have to wait for a vaccine to travel while at the same time people can still travel as long as you have for instance if you're coming from on this to nation with high cases of quality to ernest nation with lower case of course we will be helpful 2 percent and this is what we have a nasty in. a test negative for call the survey you're allowed to board a plane with a test in massive testing implemented before boarding or before flying.

for the news just days before he left office from donald trump became the 1st us president to be impeached for a 2nd time on wednesday the house or. presented it was voted to indict him claiming he fomented last week's riots at the capitol building but almost $200.00 congress members came out against the vote arguing it's no longer they thought about justice more about revenge it's now up to the senate to decide whether or not to convict trump on charges of inciting insurrection despite democratic party calls for urgency the trial won't happen before the president leaves office on wednesday but it decision against trump could ban him from ever taking office again to talk more about that we brought in law expert charles rose to work how it would affect his long term future. since he will have already concluded his term what conviction in the senate would do is open the door to an additional vote on a majority basis only determine whether or not he would be banned from. future

public office and i think the odds are very hard to go it would be successful if the larger hurdle is 1st accomplished an actual conversion and in the state prosecutions if they make it to trial there's absolutely no gore he can't be pardoned for it at the federal and if the state of new york for exits were to decide they were going to proceed forward with indictment in trial he would get his day in court just like any of the defendant. as congress prepared to debate him page when these pictures went viral hundreds of national guard troops sleeping on the floor of the capitol building with many online noting for a bit it looked like the seat of government that will look at military base they were stationed there around the clock following last week's riots which have prompted the impeachment proceedings the president says those involved will be punished and promised a peaceful transition. there is never a justification for violence those who engaged in the attacks last week will be

brought to justice in washington d.c. we are bringing in thousands of national guard members to secure this city and ensure that a transition can occur safely and without incident the efforts to said sir cancel and blacklist our fellow citizens are wrong and they are dangerous well trump olsen had an unusually quiet week online having been cut off by the major social networks he's been permanently barred by twitter and snapchat but his facebook and instagram accounts did make it back online but friday in the we spoke to legal internet and politics experts about whether or not the platforms themselves have become just a bit too powerful. they just won an election given to see how far they can push this this is a stress test to see how far the law will go how long how much people will tolerate

and even to go as far as they can because drunk with power of they know which way the wind is blowing donald trump is no longer going to be in the white house almost all of these companies face antitrust suits that are going to be decided by the biden department of justice and so now there is going to be less of a priority to maybe make these arguments internally that donald trump and his account should be protected but these are self interested actors eighty's over the years that they are now controlling pretty much the entire communications system all over the wall but it will be a matter of time before since she pulled the move on to other part of our problem they will credit bardi companies like twitter facebook anonymous and can do this to their own president and they do it anywhere in the well to any government they don't like. oh certainly so. they that the largest problems within these companies is that there really is no actual basis for which they

are operating there is no bible there is no constitution there is no their terms of service are often edited and malleable and even then subject to vague enough to be subject to the whims of internal discussions within the company this it means that we have to rewrite the 1st amendment in this country because this is a quote private company that 99 percent of all the people on the planet use our laws are outdated and unless that is changed nothing will change at least in this country now the question who should be more the rating perhaps the thirty's this should be a form of duration but it needs to be transparent so the state of affairs at the moment they don't know who makes those were the rationed do you think the creative intended to end like this with massive bans and censorship. of course absolutely look there was so much involvement in not only private equity but in government sponsored equity if this was never intended to be good those didn't and

it giants of being exposed for all the actually are this is a mission statement to give everyone the power to create them share ideas and information age the cli without barriers now people used to believe this does anyone believe that anymore i don't think so the question that i have is are we now bifurcating the internet are we going to totally solve select from the point of adolescence or before or to be handed down by our parents to our children that we now only go on social networks and only interact with people and they're only hosted on servers that either are liberal or conservative or possibly even more extreme versions of that that to me is a vision that i think is is something that is closer today than i've ever known it my laptop coming out right on top at the moment talking about big tech and how it all fits into everyday lives these days after the break huge

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in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the. forum even the shallows. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you. again good morning from moscow so it's being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users abandoning whatsapp over new terms to share data with parent company facebook for public backlash the platform is delayed the move now till may but it's already tarnished what saps reputation and even global leaders were switching to previously centric rivals like telegraph covering that in the

week demitri park. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history millions have recently chosen to ditch the old new media as messengers and move to even newer ones like telegram or signal and there are 2 big bug bears behind the exodus privacy is the big one triggers to recent purge of donald trump and his supporters has laid bare the capacity of the internet's gatekeepers to silence anyone they deem to be dangerous that's got other world leaders spooked a spec the chancellor considers a problematic with the accounts of the us president has now been permanently blocked i don't like anybody being censored it's taking away the right to post

a message on twitter facebook i don't agree with that i don't accept that 10 world leaders including the presidents of circ and brazil have already made the switch to telegram much to the appreciation of the firm's founder we are honored that political leaders as well as numerous public organizations rely on telegram to combat misinformation and spread awareness about important issues in their societies unlike other networks telegram doesn't use opaque algorithms to decide whether a subscriber will see content they subscribe to or not as a result telegram channels are the only direct way for opinion leaders to reliably connect with their audiences the internet has represented freedom since its inception it's supposed to be a place where you can read what you want say what you want but arbitrary censorship and the big platforms we know what you want better than you do approach is the last straw for many not that tech titans are prepared to lose business to the

competitors declaring the alternative is nothing short of a. a threat to society before stamping them out we have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the app store but there is no place in our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages our incites violence against others parlor one of the biggest alternative social networks was wiped off line in a matter of days following the capitol riots and now even telegram is facing accusations of being a haven for conspiracy theorists and far right extremists and that's despite the fact that the company recently removed dozens of groups containing calls to violence but while big texts and to take out competitors might occasionally yield success it doesn't change the fact that social media space is evolving and fast and for many free speech will be the deciding factor in choosing a platform so people making the move are they will turkey's envoy to the czech

republic one of many politicians switching to messaging up telegram he told us people have become wary of the traditional giants i think in the long run facebook what's out so that's are controlled by the same corporate decision makers have to revise the rules because they have. in a way to scare people the knowledge that there are already a lot of. cases against them for misusing information and there were a lot of court cases but now they're making it public so in a way the secret is now coming out that the information is in you and they are actually getting your consent for it and and they have double standards if you are a what's yours or in germany you have a different conditions but if you are in russia or if you're in turkey if you're in azerbaijan if you are in is that you are entitled to different rules this is not

fair we now live in a global village and these kind of forms connect all of us so technology should not be discriminative technology and communication should be embracing everyone and i think these policies are going to make people feel that they have been isolated and they have been discriminated against. rows of empty shelves at supermarkets in northern ireland covered that in the week exposing what critics called a botched a divorce than between britain and europe nearest actions were slapped on goods shipped from mainland u.k. to northern ireland after britain totally cut the cord in the e.u. this month northern ireland remains part of the brussels single market though hence the logistics headaches still and the heads of the big supermarket chains are calling on the government to sort out the red tape. we recognize the european commission nice to see increased compliance to support the concessions granted

through the northern ireland protocol but the current proposals increased bureaucracy and certification in such a short timescale are unworkable maybe no surprise to hear that their prime minister was questioned in parliament over the supply issues and rather chose to play it all down. but the moment goods are flowing effectively and in normal volumes between great britain and northern ireland so far no lorries have been turned back but would that pacify those scottish fishing companies also furious warning their products are going to waste because of e.u. delivery hold ups bosses even threatening to dump their rotting seafood outside parliament if they couldn't get the produce to market in the coming days former breaks it party m.e.p. bill etheridge told us in his view britain's government should be ashamed of itself . this should never have got to this point it's absolutely irresponsible and ridiculous that the british government led to this point years ago we should have had the discussion with the do you want to do trade with us and keep out of our

business if the answer was no we should've left or will trade organization terms with a transition period which was built into what had been agreed that could've made all of this absolutely not no chance of happening instead of that they drove it for the last minute and boris johnson gave ground to the because he was terrified of god alone and he has let the country down a bit without enough delays the really the very reason we're in this position as i said earlier was that we've been delayed for too long this neatly into apartments this is people who are trying to deny the will of the people who delayed this to the point where this is now happening they are responsible and the government has a responsibility to sort that it said no they created this mess not the people who voted bret's it the government is responsible the government sorted it. well as to where the new shapes up over the last 7 days as reported by r.t. international here in moscow thank you for watching this program one kevin i would for me in the team have a great rest of the week. the

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come on welcome to worlds apart of some stables implore us to be cattle what you wish for less to come true up to 4 years of the insufferable dylan all tromped think democrats in the united states i triumphantly returning to power not only to the presidency but also to a congressman gertie's is that a reason for the celebration of oppression apps for cultures and people to discuss that i'm now joined by walden bello an international agenda professor at the state university of new york and author all counter-revolution to global rise of the far

right professor bell it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time and thank you for inviting me up so i'm not your joining us from the philippines but i'm pretty sure you know what you get vents in the united states quite closely it's a very very complicated picture and we'll try to adapt some of it but for starters let me ask you about your main filling your pick john and then the attitude as you look at the inauguration off joe biden in a few days is it's one of hold. well actually if i may just. give you my sense. a realistic sense of what's going to happen. i think by then it's going to be facing a very difficult for years. and. i think the united states is entering an era that will be full of social conflict in

which you will not only have elections but you might have many of those elections by disputes under street as i said in an article that i just did and it was widely circulated in the united states the u.s. is entering what i think will be the vine mart era you know other words an era very much similar to the weimar republic in germany in the 19th twenties where you had conflicts electoral conflicts mixed with street battles who come out on top absolutely and professor people discuss that article in a greater detail i reckon and are furious to check it out it's a very thought provoking read but bringing you a little bit back to your own political.