the struggle. our top stories this hour of. live. vaccine in europe north america production delays. legal action from. serbia enters talks with russia to start its own production. we hear from a serbian film director about his thoughts on the show. is.

also ahead president. we'll be able to go to university park falling away for protests against the french underground telling us about the impact of the closure. here rich country and that's about to our students. broadcasting live from our moscow studios every hour of the day this is our pleasure to have your company i mean in. the polish government has threatened to sue the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer that's after poland this week received only half the proposed doses of the company's vaccine. i think that the decision could be made

next month if the supplies are not delivered in accordance with the manufacturer's declaration italy is also considering filing a lawsuit against pfizer after a delay in vaccine shipments of a time when mortality rates are again surging in the city of polar hundreds of coffins of covert victims are awaiting burial lot of graveyard severe shortages of the jumper being seen across europe on north america our senior correspondent picks up the story what was supposed to be an orderly vaccination across the western world is turning into a debacle supply of the desperately needed vaccines is suing to a drip in europe and canada and states are collaborating to get that have ends on the few deuces available. the health care of italian citizens is not a negotiable issue the vaccination campaign can not be slowed down especially for given the 2nd doses to the many talents who are already received the 1st phase or

has decided that now is the best start to upgrade their european production plant which means for italy for example around 30 percent fewer deuces will be delivered in the foreseeable future italians are angry planning to sue pfizer these are people's lives we're talking about after all and it seems the corporate bosses they never even asked anyone and last friday we were all surprised by the announcement of pfizer down biotech to have a delay immediately called the c.e.o. of pfizer and i explained to him that it is of utmost importance that we get the doses that are fixed in the contract pfizer's european production plan supplies europe and canada much of the world the plant in the united states for now is solely focused on satisfying america needs and this is left canada literally

begging its southern neighbor for a handout. or mine american friends help us we need help once again you have a new president no more excuses we need your support. unfortunately for canada things aren't rusian the southern side of the border either the highest number of infections in the world the deaths and in this race against our own losing we will have literally nothing left to give as of friday what does that mean it means if we don't get more vaccine quickly our new supplier vaccine we will have to cancel appointments this is crazy this is not the way it should be we have the ability to vaccinate a huge number of people we need the vaccine to go with it the way it's handled in the states is that the federal government every week ships out that scene quotas to

various states trumpet boasted that they have millions in reserve but that may have been untrue according to various governors who say there's nothing left vaccine quotas for the states and fooling the dwindling number of duces a being delivered. the bottom line is that we don't have enough vaccines it's a jewel problem we need more and we need to get them out more quickly it's soo bad that people have engaged in what's being called that scene tourism so americans all over the country indeed even canadians a driving to states where vaccines are available to get their shot florida for example we know right now based on. our reservation to me and it's very. i think i. think we had a real problem last week with trying to get last week. with the traveling with more on the way we could get to get close to the site last week but they did just 1st

come 1st serve it's been a fiasco from the get go from day one of the pandemic remember when it all started our allies jumped to very each other to buy up all the mosques and ventilators leaving neighbors with nothing and they boosted about buying up billions of duces of vaccines which hadn't even been produced again leave in poorest states with nothing and now that they hear there's not enough for everyone. meanwhile hungry has become the 1st e.u. member state to strike a supplying deal with russia for sputnik v the one kerry and foreign minister said the country will receive up to 2000000 doses. due to the slow delivery of the vaccine we were forced to find a new source in order to get fast livery of reliable vaccine so it is a great honor and a great pleasure to inform you that we have concluded a treaty today under which russia will deliver

a vaccine to hungary in 3 stages. it comes a month after neighboring serbia started taking delivery zome sputnik v. the 1st doses were administered in early january belgrade is in talks to start domestic production were known serbian film director and near casa rita gave us his views on the russian. i'm very happy to be. exposed to the possibility to get. a russian vaccine because it's made as i was told by some of the prominent serbian doctors is one of those that we used to receive the same style and the same crude but it was 20 years old the idea of getting bucks ian who was always counting on some percentage that people are not going to react positively but a majority of the people who grow up salute received ideas so a national accident is

a continuation of their history when i say i want russian moxie it's an ideological i didn't through creation everything is becoming about politics today whatever you do it's the same is with books so let's hope russian job will be in the future since it's a continuation of production a russian side that is going to be much more spread that you believed before it starts. meanwhile chancellor merkel is threatening to close germany's borders if all the e.u. countries fail to take better precautions against the spread of the krona virus artie's peter all of our reports from berlin. well during the height of the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic last spring european member states did shut down across border travel in germany was one of those that did that now there's

a huge effort taking place right now to stop that happening again on thursday night there was a summit of e.u. leaders that took place of the truly where they they tried to work out what the situation is regarding this following that we heard from on the line the e.u. commission president who said that all nonessential travel around the block must be put to a stop saying that anybody who didn't need to make a journey shouldn't be making that journey there's also a new color coded system mapping system for the e.u. with a dark red section now being introduced for those areas that have the highest infection rate of covert 19 is also new rules from people for people traveling from bo's areas you'll have to have a covert test before you set off and you'll have to quarantine when you arrive at your destination there's a lot of concern across europe and here in germany in particular we've heard senior

figures from the chancellor herself to senior members of her cabinet as well saying how worried they are about the mutated strains of covert 19 that have been doing the rounds mutations from the u.k. from south africa from brazil that have been prominent ones that have been discovered so far what chancellor merkel has said is that she's willing to keep the borders open for now but that could change in the future we can do anything we like but we will not succeed if others are not working in parallel we need to make sure that everyone around us is doing the same otherwise we have to look at measures such as entry restrictions or one of those neighbors is looks and burgh one of the smallest member states of the european union their foreign ministers being on the. radio here in germany pleading with angela merkel to keep border trip cross border travel open saying that if it was closed down then looks and burke's health service would grind to a halt saying 60 percent of those working in hospitals and other front line medical

services in luxembourg while they commute in from other e.u. states france or germany or elsewhere what we've also heard is from the european council president sharma shell he said on thursday night as he wrapped up the summit that was taking place that the borders would stay open for now at least. we have to keep borders open to keep the internal market functioning but at the same time the need to be restrictions on non-essential travel closing borders is being viewed as a last resort by european leaders but a resort that they're willing to go to should they feel it be needed. the french president turns promised extra support for students after an outcry over campus closures due to a pandemic and money will mccrone said they'll be able to return to class part time

younger students should have the same rights and the same needs is an employee and if he or she needs it's a student should have the possibility to return to university in person once a week the announcement follows student on rest in paris or the punishing impact of months long restrictions aside from being confined to their accommodation many have been left with no means of funding their studies on the strain is taking its toll. the photo. this is emma she's a 21 year old was a student in paris who dream is to become a history teacher but like students across france and even the world the comb very dependent makers turned life upside down and inside out in october there was the governor and this idea that every university would because then i just stayed at my place and i was remotely running for the world so mr i want perspective and also

having to sit in that some of the best years of my life wasted i have some friends that are really strong handymen but they don't call tell me too much about this there's a kind of shame of not being able to properly those concerns have been heard by the president says he look to ensure universities provide the meals price to one euro a day it's a picture playing out across the higher education system in france and for some the distress is manifesting in tragic ways one student threw himself out of a 4th floor window in leone he remains in a critical condition another student was restrained off the threatening to do the same according to the observatory of student life a 3rd of france's 2700000 university students are suffering from depression anxiety and loneliness many also run the risk of dropping out and tells me she's had

enough and now with other students they are taking action. universities are in limbo the government to suggested a limited number will be able to return to the lecture hall soon but for the majority life will remain a. constant cycle of online lessons and isolation all from the cramped cell like sizes of the student accommodation of prison for me. i mean i like to thought partment i've chosen to that burden but i'm not sure i will be able to stay in the south argument after christmas because there is no like so much memories that are in to get you into this place it's not that easy and i come for peace for more let's say certain years then i have

a brain because i don't see anyone. i can't go that measure because there's not so much activity outside sometimes i'm ashamed of my country i mean where in friends were supposed to be a rich country and where in that event he will 2 of our students in this situation i think the best for me next year if the situation is the same. doing a gap here and then go back to my studies my normal cities there is help for those feeling that the weight of the pandemic is too much one student union has taken to twitter to advertise where students can get help the health service says the number of people suffering from depression doubled between september and early november last year the majority of cases from those aged 18 to 24 the government is committed to increasing the number of psychologists available to help students emma

says she would benefit from speaking to a psychologist but there is a long wait the students we've spoken with are angry and despondent they see 3 years they've been raising issues over their living conditions a lack of resources and teachers with the government and nothing was done they feel that this is a crisis that could have been avoided but instead they've been left high and dry charlotte r.t. paris. 60 minutes into the program still ahead more than half of americans believe the ganymede pose the biggest threat to the country according to a new poll we've got that story for you. after the break.

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hello again a report commissioned by the french government on the country's colonial past in algeria has acknowledged historical wrongdoing but stopped short of recommending official apology ahead all of its publication of manual mccraw in fact said paris has no intention of saying sorry now the report proposes setting up a memories and truth commission and changing the way a colonial history is taught in school though it feels to look at allegations of systematic torture by the french authorities in the area many aspects of french rule in algeria of the war of independence in particular are fiercely disputed by the 2 countries the conflict that lasted some 80 years ending in 1962 it cost the

lives of over $1000000.00 algerians now president mccrone stance on the issue of french atrocities in syria well it used to be quite different while running for the presidency he promised to recognize the colonna zation is a part of french history it is a crime is a crime against humanity is genuinely barbaric and it is part of the past which we must confront including by apologizing to those against whom we committed these acts. yeah we asked people in both countries what they think about france's refusal to apologize. do you measure to apologise or not enough moreover the time half will build your and people were killed by colonialism we must not lie to each other. france is a colonialist country and without colonialism france would not have succeeded france has committed genocide and war crimes from 832962 with over 10000000 victims

. plus our diplomacy is weak and our power is also weak historical truths remain hidden we want to know our real story to prove to the world that france has committed crimes in algeria. all of our history has already been falsified historians say a nation without a history is an ignorant one moreover through the history books we know that france still rules here. of course france should have apologized we must recognize that we committed a great wrong over several generations so one apology is still necessary but not sufficient. and offered both but i don't think france should apologize for the colonization of algeria after the evian accords france withdrew from algeria so from that moment on contracts were made between the 2 countries and it's not for a country to apologize for what was done in the past. u.s.

president joe biden is seeking to extend the new start treaty with russia which was due to expire in 2 weeks' time though it is the last remaining nuclear pact between the 2 nations the white house press secretary made the announcement it's been cautiously welcomed by moscow. i can confirm that the united states intends to seek a 5 year extension of new start as the treaty permits the president has long been clear that the new start treaty is in the national security interests of the united states and this extension makes even more sense when the relationship with russia is adversarial as it is at this time new start is the only remaining treaty constraining russian nuclear forces and is an anchor of strategic stability between our 2 countries that's great news providing that this stance won't be accompanied by any additional conditions and if what is going to be prolonged is the current version of the treaty with

a strategic arms reduction treaty took effect in 2011 said to run no it's as we say in a fortnight that's february the 5th it caps each country strategic nuclear warheads at $1550.00 the agreement also limits the number of missiles on bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons the trumpet ministration heard said it would not surprise the arms park with russia and in recent years moscow has repeatedly voiced alarm over a lock of dialogue with washington saying the loss of crucial treaties could spark a new arms race russia has also accused the u.s. of reshipping accords to its own unfounded former pentagon analyst michael maloof believes extending the treaty is necessary but it's not enough. i think it's a minimal step it's just to keep your toe in the water as it were but it's not a full blown away let's let's work things out and and come to terms on spheres of influence or working together on counterterrorism none of those things

this is the bare minimum it's my understanding that it's going to be just a mere extension of the existing treaty there are other areas that should be covered but maybe if relations can improve over time they might be able to open up discussions into those other areas and some of those other areas would include your tactical nuclear weapons which are not covered by the existing treaty and delivery systems and perhaps they could even agree to cut back on the number of warheads over time and that's something that did occur when the obama negotiated new start 1st on. a story getting quite a lot of attention today former cia director john brennan is claiming that biden administration is planning some drastic action against some trump loyalists looking forward is that the members of the biden team are now moving and laser like fashion to try to uncover as much they can about what looks very similar to insurgency

movements that we've seen overseas the focus on internal threats seems to be resonating among the population with more than half of americans saying to mystic enemies pose the biggest threat to their way of life according to a new poll just 8 percent think the biggest danger comes from overseas i discussed the issue with a number of guests. donald trump's followers who were participating in over $600.00 rallies and protests and events for the last 5 years without a hint of violence suddenly are called the violent terrorist wing of the trump supporting part of the republican party the number of people in anti foreign b.l.m. or about 7 percent of the democrat party the number of people who attacked the capitol if you stipulate that that is indeed what happened is like point 003 percent of the republican party the idea that we need to predicate an entire national movement toward laser like focus on domestic terrorists is to me

a giant joke but it's got a sad part because people are going to be made to suffer for that who had nothing to do with it and don't want that the trumpet ministration has been protecting the american people from violent groups both on the left and the right unfortunately i think part of it is it's biden is trying to politicize what has happened we have had looting and violence in the throughout 2020 by black lives matter type folke. the starbucks in the my office was burned out we had violence last night in portland in seattle again not done by people on the left side so i think it's unfortunately the new president trying to be political instead of actually focusing on what to be done you have right here that usual leftist belief which is unification it just means agree with us and if you don't

agree with us we're going to d. platform you we're going to get you fired from your job we're going to get you kicked out of the vents dare idea of unification just means agree with us or shut it it's not normal in a civilized society to try to get people fired who disagree with you politically as happened in google and and other big tech companies it's not normal for a tech backend processor to basically cut the electricity of a group like parlor and those are normal behaviors in a civilized society in a democratic society in a side that values free speach. good for the news block but our programs are just beginning said time to discover what's being served up right. i mean unbelievable this is r t international. bank. right

now there are 2000000 people who are overweight or obese it's profitable to self. and sugary and solti under victims and it's not at the individual level it's not individual willpower and if we go on believing that would never change this obesity epidemic that industry has been influencing very deeply the medical and scientific it's found. some of what's driving the obesity epidemic it's corporate profit. when i was a child seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. let me. get to shape our disdain become educated and in detroit equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart when we choose to look for common ground . greetings and sal you take us through the intrigue and investigations into what exactly happened on january 6th when the make america great again turned into let's take over the capitol building well those investigations are only just beginning following the u.s. house of representatives vote to impeach president donald trump for his upwards to move the crowd just a decision that day many are now wondering who who will be next in line to face the consequences for their actions both before and on that tragic day and one

congresswoman at the forefront of these upwards is the democrat out of new jersey u.s. house representative mickey shirl who this week made some startling accusations of congressional complicity in the planning of the attack take a listen. is the owners of congress groups i mean through the capitol that i signed the race that. irks me since the state is numbers congress. this. is numbers this isn't it our eyes and see and i see that. and it's necessarily a certainty that certain. she is not holding back so according to representative cheryl some of our elected leaders in congress. they appear to be wolves in sheep's clothing my friend and speaking of wolves in sheep's clothing the president elect joe biden announced that this week samantha power yes the former u.n.

ambassador under president obama will be tapped to run the u.s. agency for international development or usaid because my friends if there is anyone anyone who can run an agency that mark was brought to the center for economic and policy research codes acts more like an agency involved in covert action like the cia than as an aid or development agency it's our good friend samantha power who goes to baseball games and takes home awards from war criminals like and rica's injure. and you thought album was bad so i was like a good day to start watching the house. on a cd. player so let's see this is this joyce state. great city this least systemic deception is so which. so.