themselves worlds apart. for common ground. in germany politicians are at loggerheads over how to solve the worsening. population becoming increasingly weary introducing measures may prove to. be a wave of allergic reactions california vaccinations with a bunch of to be haunted as other countries try to allay safety fears after a string of possible vaccine related adverse. drug. treats and checkpoints washington d.c. looks more like a war zone of joe biden's inauguration and fears of an insider attack coming from

among the 25000 national guard sent in to secure the big. basically every street has this fencing up if you follow me as i walk out on the street or no vehicles only security vehicles only police vehicles. and a very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. . german authorities are split over how to deal with the double whammy of new corona virus strains in lehigh infection rates the country's already surpassed 48000 deaths and the government's trying to tread a fine line between toughening measures and ensuring an increasingly weary population observes them correspondent peter oliver has details. with germany looking for a solution to the covert 19 crisis there are a number of options available to the government in the fight against the pandemic

there is a selection of options on the table from the requirements to work from home to where f f p 2 masks in real traffic to clear or contact restrictions or curfews the problem though is the thora t's are all split when it comes to taking measures and far from reaching any type of agreement it seems so messy increasing the severity of lockdown is the only option is fears over a new take sions of covert 90 are rising the leader of the state of the varia wants to see more action being taken in swifter fashion the basic problem in our handling of the pandemic was often that the counter measures were taken too late and then loosened too early it also weakens our if it safe decisions made together in berlin were any implemented half heartedly and in different ways some are already looking for an escape like german foreign minister heiko must use floated the idea of

loosening restrictions on boats who've already have the job those who have been vaccinated should be able to exercise their fundamental rights again if there are only vaccinated people in a restaurant or a cinema they can no longer in danger each other those comments of put the foreign ministry at loggerheads with the interior and health ministries as long as it's not clear whether a vaccinated person can transmit the virus they can be no exceptions there will be some agreement from angela merkel's meeting with the leaders of germany 16 states later on tuesday because there simply has to be but it won't be smooth sailing a number of those states ah particularly on happy at the moment while berlin officials pull in different directions over restrictions it's clear from one poll that the public is becoming more fed up. only 28 percent of the population are in support of tougher measures that's down 21 percent on the previous polls it's the

chancellor who has the job of balancing the bickering when it comes to what's right and what's wrong with dealing with covert 19 now it's always it's a case of trying to choose the least bad option peter all of a party. you know all the criminal respond continues to rampage across the u.s. we've california becoming the country's 1st state to top 3000000 cases this figure tripling in just the past 2 months states host to struggling to meet demand with tens of thousands of patients requiring medical care california has placed its hopes on vaccination with more than a 1000000 people getting the job to date however must fix a nation is not without its challenges as on the scale of more pain explains it with the vaccination process and brings with it hope that the pandemic could finally be brought to an end however as people across the world are getting the jab problems are arising take the u.s.

state of california fewer than 10 individuals required medical attention over the span of 24 hours we are recommending that provide its use of that and they will build accident density and paused administration of vaccines and field investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention food and drug administration but they're not and the state is complete their cells in california have called for a temporary halt to the vaccine from the pharma giant known as madonna the stated reason a higher than usual number of the diverse affects all of the incidents are reported to have taken place at a single community clinic in california the site was closed down for several hours after the adverse reactions happened is switched to another batch of the drug and currently madonna is investigating what exactly took place but not many others would follow suit even when things got more serious in norway people die after receiving the pfizer bile an attack jab now those who died were elderly folks with serious basic disorders at this point we've got fires there and violent attack

conducting an investigation along with the norwegian regulators. it is important to remember that about 45 people die every day in nursing homes in norway so we does not a given that this represents any excess mortality on that or use a casual connection many have noted that the official corporate response came across as rather cold and lacking sympathy funds and by intake are when reported deaths the number of incidents so far is not a looming and in line with expectations reports from israel show 13 people developed facial paralysis after getting their vaccination though doctors say the number of cases is actually higher in practice the israeli ministry of health says it is safe to go ahead and administer a 2nd shot so did big pharma corporations rushed the vaccine jumped the gun and perhaps in danger public health that's

a question on many minds as the vaccination process continues ahead at full speed offering the hope for a post coded world finally emerging caleb oppen r.t. new york. infectious disease specialist william schaffner wants to see a full investigation into the cluster of allergic reactions in california. we know that these m. or unable axes are associated with more allergic reactions the last number i saw from the c.d.c. was 11 such reactions for every 1000000 doses so still rather rare but a groupie in one clinic that deserves further investigation did something unusual happened in that clinic or was in deed it that their church vaccines report of adverse reactions gives pause to some people but i think by and large the vaccines have been shown to be safe and or wonderfully affected so across the

country at the present time we have more demand then we have vaccines and so our program is rolling out and becoming more efficient we're trying to vaccinate more people more quickly. and of joe biden's inauguration and following the capitol hill riots washington d.c. started to look at like a war zone with troops and checkpoints right across the city but intelligence officials are now fearing an insider attack coming from among the $25000.00 national guard sent in to provide security and it's prompted the f.b.i. to conduct background checks on all those service personnel ahead of the big event is feared some of the teams could have links to pro trump rioters the military routinely review service members for extremist connections but now the f.b.i. is doing additional screening could to some sources the vetting will involve running names through databases and watch lists. well yes it is an

unprecedented situation as far as the security and the amount of national guard troops are my last count about 22000 but there's expected to be 25000 troops on the ground here in the d.c. washington d.c. metro area and so we're at the corner 14th street and f. street just. just down the just south of here is the national mall so basically all of this area has been shut down the streets the bridges the tunnels as we get closer to on the ration day and the fencing that you see behind me right there this is throughout the area basically every street has this fencing up and if you follow me as i walk out on the street there are no vehicles only security vehicles only police vehicles but just over my shoulder here as you look south you see the concrete barriers and then you see a white tent well in order to get through into this area you have to go through various checkpoints along the way on the major surface roads here on the major

streets you have to show your i.d.'s in some cases they're checking bags i didn't have that issue when i came from my hotel which by the way is full of national guard members i'm not going to say which one for security reasons but that's really the case here bus loads of them coming in over the last couple days but anyway i went through one of the checkpoints had to show my id had to show my media badge had a bag on me then check it but presumably as we get closer to wednesday the security is going to intensify sold ready very intense is going to be ratcheted up i could tell you this over the weekend i went for a walk in the area saw drones overhead lot of convoys of vehicles going throughout the city with sirens on basically a show force that's expected to continue all of this as now we hear that the f.b.i. and the army are looking at the backgrounds of national guard members to ensure that there are no warning signs or no flags that there is nobody within their ranks

that could possibly try to incite any violence so just think about that for a 2nd the army and f.b.i. looking at basically their own army looking at their own people to ensure that there is no there's no one within the ranks that are going to create a problem at this point i want to be clear there's nothing to suggest that will be the case but again security they're not taking any. chances at this point this is again the f.b.i. u.s. marshals continue to go after to hunt down to round up and arrest those that were involved in the storming of the u.s. capitol on january 6th the f.b.i. continuing to put out pictures of various people that were that were involved in the storming of the capitol including they're looking for the line of people that you saw the video that's gone viral basically what looked like almost military members in what's called a ranger file going up the steps of the capitol hands on their back in single file that's basically done in the military as a tactic to breach buildings to storm building so as we know now there are former

military members members of the u.s. armed forces that were involved in the january 6th forming of the u.s. capitol so all of this as the security intensifies here in the d.c. metro area and we continue to take a look and see you now have how things are going to progress as we get closer to wednesday and earlier we spoke with for mommy captain roger hill says that the additional vetting of troops is unwarranted i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that or troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministry if if we knew that these patriots who swore to take an oath just like i did for the 13 years that i served to support defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic . what do they have to be afraid of and we also we all swore an oath to do so why the loss of trust in that at this point in time.

there is a wave of big tech censorship shows no sign of relenting with apple now under pressure to remove the messaging app telegram from a store it's recently seen a surge in users amid the exodus from what's up but a washington based campaign group is suing apple for hosting it saying a telegram is being used to spread extremist content telegram currently serves is the preferred new nazi white nationalist communications channel fanning anti semitic and anti black incitement during the current wave of protests across america the coalition for a safer web claims telegram violates our bills guidelines on user generated content and that it was used by the activists and rioters who stormed the capitol building earlier in the month the groups following a similar action is google to get to le grand blocked on android devices while pavel bure off the russian entrepreneur and creator of the messenger says that it

has blocked hundreds of public calls to violence in the u.s. it all comes after apple google and amazon to the social network parlor offline accusing that platform which is popular with right wing americans posting violent content or power by as well as a spate of social media purges of figures like donald trump along with plans by what's up to share data with facebook have seen telegram enjoy a major spike in popularity reportedly picked to print a 5000000 new users in just a space of 72 hours that brings its total user base to more than half a 1000000000 and the leaders of at least 10 countries including brazil turkey france and israel are known to use telegram to discuss the latest development with a panel of guests. big tel for a long time now has absolutely been acting like a cartel we see coordinated efforts being taken by amazon and google to take down for example parlor which was a main competitor to twitter and when we see them now kind of circling over other

apps like telegram you know they'll claim things like oh it's about safety it's about that trying to take down violent threats i think that is absolutely i'm sorry but what we're witnessing here is the attempt a concerted effort on the part of this unipart and democratic machinery to consolidate media in the hands of approved democratic party apparatus has to consolidate all media and information platforms that to make sure that they're completely in compliance with the you know party messaging the modern leading this lawsuit is marc ginsberg a former u.s. ambassador he's claiming the semitic content on telegram puts him in pearl as a jewish person and calls his emotional distress do you think there's any merit to his case there's no merit at all to this case again this case is going against it's

trying to utilize the law to go against the 1st amendment that's the freedom of assembly it's trying to limit the freedom of speech is trying to limit that and while these are private companies there are still people that are able to or are able to create and able to do that i don't see it there are legal any legal theory where they can prevail in this lawsuit there's so much trouble stubble standard here i mean there's 5 months that is caught constantly paraded around twitter and facebook these apps these platforms that are notorious for left wing threats and for inciting violence on platforms like facebook there have been murders rapes and suicides lifestream g.-mail was infamous when it was being used by islamic terrorists to actually planned attacks by. going into drafts and not actually sending messages this isn't about protecting anyone safety or emotional well being this is about big tech trying to control the public discourse could this come back to bite the liberal side of the us when the conservative side have more of

a say maybe in 4 years down the line they're not going to let this lie there could be a bite back just depends on whoever controls the reins whoever has the power at some point that pendulum is going to shift i think now we're seeing a greater danger than we thought before because if these people had these entanglements have these and then dayton set the rules where does this and is there a merger between big political groups or will there be a concerted fight to keep that independence i would say that big tech is is feeling pretty safe and comfortable right now which is why they're taking so many actions against their competitors because i think they know at the end of the day that biden administration is going to be very friendly with them because they say they tow the same party line. france's mass vaccination program has come under scathing attack from regional members they said that there aren't enough doses and the roller is riddled with logistical. it saddens me to see it but it's

a mess the state decided brutally to transfer all the burden of the organization of local vaccinations to the mayors who found themselves in total distress. as the pandemic tears through friends one of the hardest hit countries in europe only 400000 people have been vaccinated to date the country's aiming to vaccinate 1000000 people by the end of the month according to the health minister and up to 4000000 french citizens by the end of february storms. are commenting on delays a french official this promise that more than half a 1000000 doses a week from next week meanwhile we spoke to marry in the suburb of paris who is very concerned about the situation. you begin to understand that everything is built on improvise ation we have to admit that in fact we are responsible for everything from ages a 1st for the completely chaotic recording process as well as for the mobilization of doctors medical staff the organization of all the logistical process is up to the orders for syringes and cotton wool but the main thing and this is just

a joke of the day we have to go and get the vaccine ourselves there's no delivery my myself as mayor drove my own a rhino zoe car to the hospital for $25.00 doses of the vaccine obviously everything is built on improvise a shit it would be ridiculous if people's lives were not at stake as well as other serious issues such as the possibility for our country finally getting out of this crisis and returning to something similar to normal life and economic prosperity. across the channel in the u.k. research is a published some alarming new findings about coronavirus patients according to that report one in 8 people hospitalized in britain with the virus die of related complications within months of being discharged nearly one 3rd of patients who recover from the virus later readmitted to hospital study also reveal some severe long term effects including heart problems and diabetes we spoke with one of the scientists behind the study. not only does call it

a virus that can cause death and most people emission but there are clear signals here and associations between medium. affect in the lungs affecting the heart affecting the liver and also the kidneys and we need to get better at seeing and stratifying who are the people that we need to act ideally we're. kind of us affection if we have it we need to make sure that we treat underlying conditions and we want to treat these people to see if they develop and if they do develop for example diabetes or kidney disease we need to do more research to see how that progress is over time. a recent poll has revealed that nearly every 2nd teacher in france is self censoring on religious issues the survey showed the holocaust and evolution are among the most contentious topics we spoke with history

teacher kevin bruce a who says that teaching the curriculum has become a real minefield more so we obviously affected by this problem was i personally teach in a department that's experiencing a serious increase in islam is about and where there is also a large muslim community for example when we talk about the events like the holocaust some students might say course we're talking about the jews again what's going on it's always the same it's their power we never talk about muslims did this holocaust really happen when we go through the palestinian israeli conflict it's extremely difficult for us to talk about specific facts because students of muslim origin obviously take a very pro palestinian and deeply anti is zionist position we consciously criticised we can't teach the curriculum to adam. this comes 3 months after the killing of a schoolteacher samuel died in an islamist attack last year after showing characters of the prophet muhammad in a lesson on the freedom of expression. i

know one of our competitors was murdered because he taught our compassion it was the victim of an islamist terror attack. the killing was followed by a crackdown by the french authorities including raids on mosques private islamic schools and charities president of on your microphone is also repeatedly vowed to protect the french model of free speech but some of the statements have been labelled as discriminatory by muslim world leaders history teacher kevin both say again however thinks the french authorities could do more. what just no more. no i'm not afraid i pass on republican values because they need to be passed on if we

the french teachers refuse to do this the islamists will eventually win it look at what for example sebastian cuz immediately did in austria he made political islam and the ideology associated with political islam illegal while france's cautious in the name of friendship of peoples and freedom we ultimately refused to defend our values and refused to actively fights political islam president emmanuel macron who in 2022 when he presents his candidacy for the elections will need to solve this problem refuses to take further steps to deputies from the party forward republic that is the party over manual macro try to introduce a ban on wearing the he's out for young girls under this law but the president did not want to do this for fear of stigmatising this part of society out of fear if stigmatize ation we pass on the problem of fighting radical islam. now with online shopping soaring so as demand for deliveries and to keep up with

the sheer volume of orders companies are looking to automate the process the new documentary delivery in 24 hours looks at how a tech giant and who pay province is leading the way here's a preview you can catch it in full on the r.t. documentary website. online shopping and deliveries are available in the 99 percent of china's populated areas which is pretty much everywhere. the transport delivery network consisting of planes trains trucks and scooters was expanded in 2016 when chinese companies started a trial project to use unmanned drones for the liver is. this wheel's drone is subjected to daily tests at the wall one vocational college of engineering the delivery companies partner this service is designed for a closely packed urban areas with precise patterns of streets and sidewalks.

are those are. online stores are the giants of the digital economy how much. did your. thing yet do you know. can do it. should be. put on how dare. they call this warehouse unmanned for a reason the further in we go the fewer people we see artificial intelligence rain supremum this multi way street an empty platform scurries towards the distribution point and a human master the cargo is placed on its berg and the robot sets off on a journey. that india needs year round you know so on here you would see

all. these. things are not sure we'll up. for in the. intelligent or smart manufacturing has proved its efficiency. various fields for example new technology is changing the way koreas work with training they become delivery drone pilots that's a whole new profession in the world of internet shopping. ok rip so they all return with stories.

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a very dangerous oh no claire power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limits this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where's it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional that just appearing to barker's easier power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways our struggle on aunty. joined me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

these researches will cover almost 3000 kilometers in trans polar aircraft and they'll stay here until the antarctic summer returns. snow in the very heart of antarctica has one amazing property. when the temperature drops below minus $55.00 it becomes a drive frozen sand if a plane lands on it friction instantly cheats its skis which then refreeze solidly onto the runway. that's why planes can only fly out of us stuck between mid december and early february just 2 months in every year for the rest of the time that people are completely cut off from the outside while.

stocks water supply is drawn from the snow. the station sits more than 3500 meters above sea level that that altitude even the fittest of people time have very quickly due to the low oxygen levels. were there sort of part of $400.00. you were working. there with them. but the. conditions here are truly unique human the average temperature in december and january falls below minus 30 and in winter minus 80 is par for the cold.