or is it more in the idea of traditional. people this case demonstrates that struggle is very real. struggle. headline stories. seen in europe north america. talks with russia. we hear from.

the. president. will be able to go to university following a wave of protests against french. telling. me that's. the program from this hour welcome to moscow international i mean in the mail taking you through the day's big stories the polish government has threatened to sue u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer after poland this week received only half the promised 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 after a delay in vaccine shipments at a time when mortality rates are again surging in the city of palermo coffins of cold victims are awaiting burial at a graveyard severe shortages of the jump are being seen across europe on north america our senior correspondent mara 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 a given the 2nd doses to the many talents who are already received the 1st phase it

has decided that now is the best start to upgrade their european production plant which means for italy for example around 30 percent fewer duces 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 last friday we were all surprised by the announcement of pfizer down biotech to have a delay a mediately 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 this is left canada literally begging

its southern neighbor for a handout murmur mine american friends help us so 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 most deaths and in this race against time they're 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 the states are fooling the dwindling number of duces a being delivered. the bottom line is that we don't have enough of banks since 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 late and i think i i we had a real problem last week with trying to get last week. that traffic was a horror when 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 and leave in poorest states with nothing and now that they hear there's not enough for everyone. agree has become the 1st eve member state to strike a supplying deal with russia for sputnik feeding the hungry in foreign minister said the country will receive up to 2000000 doses. there's a lot on your public diggy due to the slow delivery of the vaccine we were forced to find a new source in order to get fosterling free of reliable vaccine so it is a great aunt and a great pleasure to inform you that we have concluded a treaty today under which russia will deliver

a vaccine to hungry in 3 stages and it comes a month after neighboring serbia started taking deliveries of sputnik 3 they 1st doses were administered in early january belgrade is in talks to start domestic production we're not in serbian film director emir costa rica gave us his views on the russian job. i'm very happy to be. exposed to the possibility to get. a russian rock scene because it's may 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 i was thinking 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 of the people who grow up salute received by so a national accident is

a continuation of their history when i say i want russian locsin 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 sucked. let's keep attention on the program now in europe where chancellor merkel is threatening to close germany's borders if other e.u. countries fail to take better precautions against the spread of the coronavirus with the ramifications and more in the story peter oliver in berlin. well during the height of the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic last spring european member states did shut down across border travel 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 race. you know here in germany pleading with angela merkel to keep border truck cross border travel open saying that if that 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 frontline medical services in look sumburgh well 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 has promised their extra support for students after an outcry over campus closures jus to the pandemic among your mccrone said they will be able to

return to class part time younger students should have the same rights and the same needs as 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 unrest in paris over the punishing impact of months restrictions aside from being confined to their accommodation many have been left with no moon as of funding their studies and the strain is taking its toll. on. 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 on 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 one 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 handyman but they don't all told 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 daily 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 need all 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. cycle of online lessons and isolation all from the cramped cell like sizes of the student accommodation like a 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 the get evening to this place it's not that easy and i come for peace for more let's say certain years then i have

a break because i don't see anyone. i can't go outside that measure because there's not so much activity outside sometimes i'm ashamed of my country i mean where in friends where supposed to be a rich country and where in that event he will talk 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 pun demick 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 teaches 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. still to come this hour more than half of americans believe domestic enemies pose the biggest threat to the country about supporting 2 of you recently unveiled the story of ballots and more after the break.

if you take 2 good close look these one this is my grandfather was just got a ticket but everything pretty good what would make one a little bit higher wait a little bit. and then come back and look at them then lots they don't indicate the same time because there's more time up here the time down there.

it in minutes into the program welcome back a report commissioned by the french government on the country's colonial past in algeria has acknowledged historical wrongdoing but stopped short of recommending an official apology ahead of its publication the manual mccrone in fact said power is has no intention of saying sorry the report proposes setting up a memory truth commission changing the way colonial history is taught in schools although it feels to look at allegations of systematic torture by the french authorities in algeria many aspects of french rule in the north african nation the war of independence in particular are fiercely disputed by the 2 countries no that conflict lasted 8 years ending in 1962 it cost the lives of

around $1.00 and a half $1000000.00 a year ian's president mccrone stance on the issue of french atrocities in algeria it used to be quite different while running for the presidency he promised to recognize them. colon a 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 or we ask people in both countries what they think about france's refusal to apologize when you measure to apologise and not enough moreover the time half of those who are in 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

. 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. but i don't think france should apologize for the collision of algeria after the evian accords france with a jew 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 jus to expire in 2 weeks' time it's the last remaining nuclear pact between the 2 nations the white house press secretary made the announcement and it's being cautiously welcome 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 the strategic arms reduction treaty took effect in 2011

said to reload on february 5th it kelps each country strategic nuclear warheads at $1550.00 the agreement also limits the number of missiles on bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons with a trump administration had said it would not prolong the arms pact with russia in recent years moscow has repeatedly voiced the larger reluctant 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 advantage former pentagon alist michael maloof believes extending the treaty is necessary but 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 a. 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 in laser like fashion to try to uncover as much they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we've seen overseas where the focus on internal threats seems to be resonating

among the population with more than half of americans saying to mystic enemies but was 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 are 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 folk. 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 whether it's be done you have right here that usual left this belief which is unification it just means agree with us and if you don't agree with us we're going to deep platform you we're going to get you fired from your job are 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. the few phone see during a little more digging into any of those stories or social media platforms are ready and waiting twitter instagram facebook give it a click wherever you see the our team logo. centers financial survival guide i don't find any i prize on a teacher's. face of the friday as the last of my ex in the future so crocker was kaiser.

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. with my gave you that. well welcome to visionaries me sophie shevardnadze irish totals at that time is the most unknown of old things to talk about it's mystery i'm joined by professor got a load of vanity fair article physicist and bestselling author. professor carlota of a least theoretical physicist and bestselling author it's great to have you with us today welcome to our show thank you very much for having me all right so let's start with something blunt you say there is no time in the sense of the term and

correct me if i'm wrong and that time exists only in the i would be holder and depends on what that i wear the beholder what they're looking at but we do feel an experience the passing of time or the sense of something being after something and here i am waiting i don't know grabbing a phone for instance right and putting it down when it was in my hand now it isn't isn't that time. yes that is time and of course there is time for us we wake up in the morning we go to sleep time passes we become older that's real what well when i say there is no time what i mean is that there is no time in nature by itself in the fundamental level and does not move. it still does not move it does not mean that there is no sunset

anymore we still see the sun going up and going down and going up and going down. but we understand that it's not really the sun which is moving it's a complicated story between us and the sun we are sitting on a big rock which is spinning so from our perspective we see the sun moving still the movement of the sun that we see is real but is not part just of the sun alone and the same is about time time it's a more complicated story that what we usually think that's what 26 has shown that time is different than what we usually think so the time of our everyday life is not really in nature nature the kind of nature is more complicated. let me give you an example. suppose your clock or watch. gives time and we.