the struggle. is goodbye from him donald trump of the white house with a speech outlining his achievements 2 weeks since riots sugar american democracy to washington d.c. wraps up security head of joe biden's alteration. and strengthens code restrictions nationwide as the country steps up its fight against the pandemic. local mayors in france vent their anger over vaccine shortages and logistical setbacks street. journal official. the main thing and this is just a joke we have to get the vaccine. health officials in

california warning against using a large box of the most. action. live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on auto international. welcome to the program now with just hours to go before the inauguration of the u.s. president the outgoing donald trump. well speech he boasted about his achievements in office sonic's then that is best wishes to the new administration i stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. we did what we came here to do now as i prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on wednesday i want you to know that the movement we

started is only just beginning there's never been anything like it. with joe biden said to be sworn in as the 46th president on wednesday massive security operation is underway in washington d.c. thousands of national guard troops to the city at the thought of the week a total of 25000 will be keeping order in d.c. throughout inauguration day in the wake of the capitol hill riots intelligence services all braced for trouble barriers have been set up across the city and the f.b.i. is vetting all security personnel of it can see inside. officials to reveal 12 national guard troops have been removed from duty 2 of them for possible links the right wing extremist groups. following the buildup in washington. we are at the corner of 14th street and we are just away from the national mall the national mall is basically all this area is what's called the red zone it's in the

d.c. metro area it is all locked down the streets the bridge is the tunnels it's been like this for basically a week but it's really over the last 24 hours you know the amount of security the amount of intensity has ratcheted up you can see just yesterday when we were out here as i mentioned earlier it was pretty quiet couple media people like myself out here doing reports but now there's actually a national guard members troops standing on the street you know information and that's the case behind me here you see the white tent that's one of the many checkpoints so the way this works is in the red zone all the streets you have to go through checkpoints and what to the national mall down the road in the distance here it increases with the amount of security intensity presumably tomorrow will be going to the national mall for this checkpoint in following the war through their secret service police will have to show our media credentials more than likely will have they'll check our bags that kind of thing that's already happening in a lot of these checkpoints in fact my photographer rode 17 miles incredibly from

his house this morning he wasn't allowed to bring his bike in to this area to this red zone. controlled area right now there are no specific threats but the national guard has been doing additional security screening of its members the associated press is reporting that a dozen national guard members right now have been pulled from inauguration the inauguration ceremony because of ties to right wing extremists and fringe groups and militias whether it's the local boys proud boys 3 percent we're not sure but that just gives you an example of the intense security the national guard the army looking at its own people to make sure there is no potential problem we're not hearing of any threats and it's been very quiet here in the d.c. metro area far but there have been protests there have been rallies and other locations throughout the country including today in richmond virginia outside the capitol there where you know the boys proud boys oath keeper 3 percent is again

that right wing kind of fringe movement tonight on types showed up in and faced off when you hear of any riots or anything violent that faced off with black live matter protesters so the concern is that tomorrow there could be the potential for protests it will seems incredibly unlikely based on the security and how intense it is that anybody would try to pull anything but again there's concerns about people trying to infiltrate the national guard or even from what i've seen when i've heard trying to pose as media trying to pose as 1st trying to infiltrate one way or another again i want to be clear we're not hearing of any threats but security here is high and they're not taking any chances. a former u.s. . believes the additional vetting of troops is on warrant it. i think it's a form of censorship this is just a step towards that for troops and i think it's just a prequel to. what we will see with this new by the ministration if if we know 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 oath at this point in time. germany's to tighten and extend its current covert restrictions nationwide and spiking infection rates chancellor merkel met regional heads on tuesday evening to walk out the latest battle plan against the pandemic the decision comes amid rising public course that the towards the lockdowns with more details his piece one of the . this was a long discussion between chancellor angela merkel and the leaders of germany 16 states to try and work out what they were going to do about the corona virus pandemic this meeting had been scheduled for the 25th of january but it was brought

forward due to some serious figures coming out when it came to numbers of infections and numbers of people in germany that have died with the coronavirus what we know from this meeting is that lockdown measures that are in place here in germany will be extended through until the 14th of february also private gatherings will be limited to one of the person from a household other than your own medical masks will have to continue to be worn on public transport in shops his specific f f p 2 masks very very strong masks they will have to be worn by care home staff when it comes to them dealing with patients until all patients in those care homes have had both jobs of the vaccine against the virus schools and kindergartens they'll also be closed down until the 14th of february this was we understand one of the big sticking points between angela merkel and the leaders of the local government and people are

encouraged to work from home where ever it is possible we also heard from the german chancellor saying how there was real concern when it came to new mutated variants of the covert 19 virus and that's something we've heard expressed by the health minister of germany yen spawn just recently as well these and would do it soon for this mutation is 1st and foremost more transmissible than others more transmission means more seriously ill people that's why limiting contact and continuing to bring down infection numbers is so important. when it comes to sticking to the rules that are being put in place germans are pretty much on side but when it comes to toughening those measures not so much the most recent poll showed that only 28 percent of germans would opt for increasing toughening the covert measures they were put in place upon them that's

a drop of 21 percent on the previous poll it being taken the politicians are also split in knowing what course of action is best for the country if there are only vaccinated people in the restaurants or cinema they can no longer in danger each other as long as it's not clear whether a vaccinated person can transmit the virus they can be no exceptions i would consider a curfew after 8 pm to be justified i reject nationwide curfews on principle the vaccine has also been discussed chancellor merkel said that she'll be speaking to leaders on thursday about the century we're all for one and one for all vaccine program that brussels has put forward and is carrying out at the moment there has been a lot of criticism of the way it's been handled here in germany with the health ministry coming under fire for the slow roll out what we have seen is really quite ambitious proposal being put forward by germany saying that all people in germany

who want a vaccine will be offered warm by the end of the summer now that is a colossal undertaking when you think about at the moment just around $1100000.00 doses of the vaccine of being handed out with only just over one percent of the population having received both doses that are needed to ensure a successful vaccination against covert 19 well ahead of the world health organization has warned of an impending disaster the to be on equal distribution of covert vaccines you describe it as a catastrophic moral failure. we know is there a real danger that even as vaccines bring hope to some they become another brick in the wall of inequality between the worlds of the world's haves and have nots the problem is of access is at

serious risk. more than 79000000 doses of vaccine have now been. in at least 49 higher income countries. just 25 borders have been given in one lowest income country not 25000000 not 25000 just 25. i need to be blunt. the world is on the brink of a catastrophe moral failure. and the prize of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries a vaccination campaign in france has come under fire from regional may as they say there are that of both is to go around on the roll out is riddled with issues 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 france is aiming to vaccinate a 1000000 people by the end of the month and more than twice that number by late february so far the figure stands at around 400000 responding to the delays the government's vowed more than half a 1000000 doses a week starting monday we heard from the mayor of a paris suburb. 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 road zoe car to the hospital for 25 doses of the vaccine obviously everything is built on improvise ation it would be ridiculous if people's lives were not at stake as well as other serious issues such as the possibility for a country finally getting out of this crisis and returning to something similar to normal life and economic prosperity california has become the 1st u.s. state to top 3000000 coronavirus cases triple the number of infections compared to just 2 months ago hospitals in america's most populous state are struggling to cope with tens of thousands of covert patients require medical care california has placed his hopes on vaccines with more than a 1000000 people getting jobs so far over on everything is going to plan. reports. the vaccination process 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 who required medical attention over the span of 24 hours we are recommending that provide its use of that and they leave the accident been 3 and pulls the administration of vaccines until the investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention food and drug administration but they're not and the state is complete this is in california have called for a temporary halt to the vaccine from the farm a giant known as madonna the stated reason a higher than usual number of adverse 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 well 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 and that is the casual connection there are 13 deaths that have been assessed and we are aware of of the 16 deaths that's a currently being assessed all deaths of those links to this vaccine many have noted that the official corporate response came across as rather cold and lacking the simple thing fines 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 are headed for speed offering the hope for a post coded world finally emerging. r.t. new york. apple is on the proceeds of the messaging up telegram an activist group is suing the tech giant for failing to remove telegram from its store i mean the service is being used to spread extremist content telegram currently serves is the preferred new note see 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 was used by the capitol hill rioters and that apple's guidelines the push to get telegram taken offline comes after tech giants recently

buy into the social network paula for hosting content platforms popular with conservative americans without buying on paul or alongside other online purchases appears to have given telegram a popularity boost it affordably picks up to 25000000 new users in the space of just 3 days that brings its total user base for more than half a 1000000000 among them the leaders of at least 10 countries earlier michel you know neil discussed efforts that toppled telegram 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 parler 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 trying to take down violent threats i think that is absolutely i'm sorry but but look what we're witnessing here is the attempt

a concerted effort on the part of this unipart of democratic machinery to consolidate media in the hands of approved democratic party apparatus is 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 is finance that is caught constantly paraded around twitter and facebook these apps these platforms 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 plan attacks by. going into drafts and not actually sending messages this isn't about protecting anyone's safety or emotional wellbeing 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 buy 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 any of these people had these entanglements have these and then date can 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 toe the same party line. leader of russia's parliament has accused the authorities in the u.s. of using this once chaos in washington to crack down on free speech but more on the story here's more again if. well this was the opening session of the russian parliament the state do with the 1st session of the year and of course they reacted in disgust to what happened in the united states on the 6th of january the storming

of capitol hill the halls of congress and they also discussed what happened in the aftermath in the days after when donald trump was removed from twitter for example other conservative personalities and figures muzzled online on various platforms as well as apps applications where conservatives millions of people communicated with each other were removed from google store and apple's own store story sure but the current president who got the votes of almost 75000000 americans as well as his supporters were stripped of a fundamental right freedom of speech their access to voters to the largest social media platforms was blocked why did that happen because of a court decision no it only a court could have taken such a decision it's the opponents of the president who stand behind this decision and this is nothing but a violation of the basic rights and freedoms of u.s. citizens reacting to these bans and these removals many leaders european

leaders for example engler merkel the chancellor of germany they voiced alarm concern and worry that the power of these tech giants as well as symbolism behind what they did a muzzling an elected president no less the this is a worrying sut at the here the russians also pointed out the irony of the united states experiencing what it had actively and happily exploited for many years which is coups in revolutions where they painted those who stormed parliaments and. marched on government offices as freedom fighters and heroes are worth the race for power that unfolded between the 2 leading parties in the united states led to the storming of congress and human casualties we have always opposed violent unconstitutional actions the united states on the country has encouraged

and supported these processes in many countries around the world interfering in a sovereign affairs everywhere washington is called participants of unauthorized political campaigns fighters for freedom and democracy when the same thing happened in the us itself they called these people domestic terrorists who now face 15 to 20 years in prison these will be the real political prisoners washington has to admit that either this is double standards or they have those who are suffering for their political views there was a point to the speech by the speaker of the russian parliament it wasn't just to mock the united states there are elections coming up in russia parliamentary elections this year and they expect him to ference they expect foreign meddling primarily from the united states and its nato allies attempts to affect the outcome and you know the lessons have been learned about what happened in the

united states and their efforts are being undertaken to ensure that voters in russia don't have the sort of questions that american voters did in the aftermath of the election there and that nothing alike to what happened on capitol hill happens in russia. almost half of schoolteachers in france are self censoring on religious issues that's according to a new poll the holocaust the theory of evolution among some of the most contentious topics one history teacher we spoke to as his job has become a minefield. more so we almost see affected by this problem more girls i personally teach in a department that's experiencing a serious increase in islam is a muslim and where there is also a large muslim community for example when we talk about the events like the holocaust some students might say 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 is extremely difficult for us to talk about specific facts because students of muslim origin of c. take a very pro palestinian and deeply anti is zionist position we consciously criticized and we can't teach the curriculum 2 of them. this comes 3 months after the murder of a schoolteacher some well party he was beheaded by an islamist extremist after showing controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammad a lesson on 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.

of the murder was followed by a crackdown by french authorities including raids on mosques and charities accused of promoting radical islam president macron has repeatedly vowed to protect the french model of free speech but his future kevan boasts why again believes the government could do more this is. what just an emotion. no i'm not afraid my possum republican values because they need to be passed on if we the french teaches refused to do this the islamists will eventually win look at what for example sebastian cuz immediately did in austria he made political islam and the ideology associated with political islam illegal while francis cautious in the name of friendship of peoples and freedom we ultimately refused to defend our values and refused to actively fight 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 all the manual macro try to introduce a ban on wearing the hijab for young girls under this law but the president did not want to do this for a fair of stigmatizing this part of society and affair if stigmatize ation we pass on the problem of fighting radical islam. now the headlines europe's most active volcano well tightness been put on a striking display as a multiple lets up the night sky in sicily this way all kind of ash was blown up to 4000 meters into the yeah italian. authorities have issued an ash advisory warning to airlines the latest in a series of eruptions in recent months thankfully nobody was injured in the explosion. cincinnati zoo is released penguins not into the wild but to waddle among the visitors social distancing is in place though so guests won't be able to get too close as their king penguins the birds are all

named after famous kings including parties larry king martin luther king and even burger king. a log ahead to see to it all named is finally returning to his natural habitat after being rescued from a florida canal back in september that i was found in a poor condition and spent months being nursed back to health it was fitted with a tracking device so his adventures can be followed online part of a conservation program. up next was in the hawks explores the consequences in the aftermath of the capitol hill riot when i returned in half an hour with the latest join us again then. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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