as a report. in our tease news review of the week rusher approved clinical trials than on an express version of its covert vaccine spotlight to meet soaring global demand. grim footage from a german crime of tore him highlighting the extent of a resurgent pandemic in europe as berlin's accused the stockpiling vaccines at the expense of other e.u. members. and the u.s. house of representatives voted to impeach president trump for a 2nd time after an impassioned debate but while many on the floor can't wait to see the back of him others say it's more about revenge than justice.

hello 11 am sunday morning here in moscow welcome to the weekly with me kevin though in our round up of the big stories of the last 7 days as reported by us to you. first russia signed off on testing a simplified version of its sputnik v. covert vaccine with national and global demand growing a new shot dubbed sputnik lite protects 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 rush is a regional covert vaccine keeps gaining traction worldwide mexico with a week looking to buy tens of millions of doses and the president of guinea condé becoming the 1st african leader to get the job. reports. the sputnik the vaccine once scorned and maligned is turning into an international

bestseller production is surging to an average of 830000 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 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 all the pet meter that are ideal for any vaccine to roll out. one of the sputniks biggest 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 stored so cold so we're straight in to the king of us wells in america but for the common of africa this is not even start you know even a place to start but if 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 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 genius. it's a lot the sim and universe has been used in both those as it is different in order to reduce the immune response to. the other the reverse or because of that they believe this it is a good chance to know that the lesbo 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 well ready deals have been signed to produce 300000000 deuces 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 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. news of the week to the europe suffering a new surge in covert cases with france germany and spain registering some of the highest daily rates and footage emerged from one of germany's worst affected regions highlighting just how bad the situation has become it's hard to see its

graphic some 300 bodies piling up in a queue for a crime or tourism in saxony the coffin stacked one on top of the other often simply labeled at the time with words like an infectious risk. it comes as the european union struggles to maintain unity over code vaccine purchases than brussels is urging member states to keep to the block's centralized distribution scheme but not all seem to be holding to that agreement as our europe correspondent found out. the european union's one 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 $13000000.00 doses of the pfizer 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 of 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 the 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

a 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 $27.00 together and we are negotiating together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process the commission aren't doing themselves any favors demanding transparency from member states when it comes to vaccine procurement when they aren't 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 bowls in there are a vaccination campaigns and. again no surprise that there is unsaid disaffection we 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 the $100000000.00 doses for a population of $450.00 so taking into account 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 that performance in brussels. despite all the distribution problems the european commission is president in the week to monaco

but certificates are issued to everyone who does manage to get a job. 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 are being suggested by other states too in poland vaccinated people will be sent q.r. codes to use public services without extra testing loads of course wanting to latch on to the idea in fact a survey for strollers quantas shows 9 in 10 people say they'd get inoculated if it went they could travel again any time soon there were more than half a year of talks about that around the world failed so far to go to me cross border deal mean time to the head of the world travel and tourism council saying introducing these covert passports could lead to discrimination. the dog we were it sure is totally against health passports ok and we believe that as well because

that can lead to discrimination fortunately the bank scene is not available everywhere learn a lot of the violence in countries that they still don't have access to the vaccine i don't see the us as the only solution mare's vaccination 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 going to still travel as long as you have for instance if you're coming from on this to nation with cases of quality to earnest nation with lower cases of course it will be helpful 2 percent and this is where we have a nasty in. a test made up before call the survey you're allowed to board a plane with a test in massive testing implemented before boarding or before flying. other news just days before he leaves office than donald trump became the 1st us

president to be impeached for a 2nd time. on wednesday the house of representatives voted to indict him claiming he fermented last week's riots at the capitol building but almost $200.00 congress members came out against the vote giving it's no longer about justice but revenge it's now up to the senate to decide whether or not to convict trump on charges of inciting insurrection despite democratic party coals for agency the trial won't happen before the president leaves office on wednesday but it is sitting against could ban him from ever taking office again to talk about that in the week we brought in law expert charles rose. says 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 would be successful if the larger

her go is 1st accomplished an actual convergence 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. so that is congress prepared to debate these pictures went viral hundreds of national guard troops sleeping on the floor in the capitol building with many online noting for a bit that see the government look like a military base they were stationed there around the clock for a bit following last week's riots which had prompted the preachment proceedings the president says those involved will be punished and promised a peaceful translation. 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 trumbo also had an unusually quiet week online for a change having been cut off by the major social networks he's been permanently by twitter but his facebook and instagram accounts seem to be back up again running by friday in the week nichiren spoke to legal internet and politics experts about whether or not these platforms themselves have become just too powerful. they just won an election they're going 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 are going 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 if 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 they created the intended to end like this with a massive bans and censorship. of course absolutely look there was so much involvement in not only private equity but in government sponsored this was never intended to be good those didn't it giants of being exposed fall they actually are

this is a mission statement to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and the information age the glee 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 something that is closer today than i've ever known at my laptop. so coming out what with talk about big tech and i would all fit into every day lives these days coming up after the break kid on user through the week huge numbers were reported to be ditching at top messaging app

over its anti privacy move more on that and the rest than he was in the wake of the bat. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the dairy thinks. we ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy

confrontation let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development that only . exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. again good morning from moscow well it's being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users are abandoning what's up over new terms to share data with parent company facebook for a public backlash the platform did delay the move to may but it's already tarnished reputation and even global leaders are switching to privacy centric rivals like

telegram covering another week to be true. 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 suspect the chancellor considers it problematic because the accounts of the us presidency have 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 in 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 of the

competitors the clear and the alternatives 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 amongst those on the move who's reported turkey's envoy to the czech

republic one of many politicians switching to messaging up telegram he told us to read that in his view people become wary of the traditional joins i think in the long run facebook was so out so it's are controlled by the same corporate decision makers have to revise the rules because they have. you know wait scared people know 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 user 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. this made headlines too in the wake rows of empty shelves at supermarkets in northern ireland exposing what critics call than a botched divorce between britain and europe you restrictions were slapped on goods shipped from mainland u.k. to northern ireland after britain totally finally eventually cut to e.u. court earlier this month well northern ireland remains part of the brussels single market is the problem hence the logistics headaches and heads of the big supermarket chains are now calling on the government to sort out the red tape. we recognize the european commission needs to see increased compliance to support

the concessions to grant or 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 the prime minister was questioned in parliament over the supply issues but rather chose to play it all down. the moment goods are flowing effective you do normal volumes between our great britain and northern ireland so prime mover lorries have been turned back but what that pacify those scottish fishing companies also fear is their warning their products are going to waste because of e.u. delivery hold ups bosses are even threatening to dump their rotting seafood outside parliament if the car get their produce to market in the coming days for what breaks it party of people etheridge told us in his few britons government should be ashamed of itself. 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 try to 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 into the us mid east and boris johnson gave ground to the because he was terrified of go it alone and he has let the country there a bit without enough delays the rig the very reason we're in this position as i said earlier was that we'd be delayed for too long this neat winter patton's this is people who are trying to deny the will of the people delayed this to the point where this is now happens they are responsible and the government has a responsibility to sort itself out they created this mess not the people who voted reds it the government is responsible for the apostle today. and that's a snapshot of the way just gone the way the new shaped up over the last 7 days as reported by r.t. international here in moscow thank you for watching this program i'm kevin 0 in for

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