must protect its own existence as. far as a. vaccine in europe north america after production promoting threats of legal action. serbia. own production of the sport. we hear from around serbian film director about his thoughts on the. russian job. that is going to be much more spread. out before the. president. will be able to return to university part time following

a wave of protests against undergraduates tell us about the impact of campus closures. where you're supposed to be a rich country and where and that's where you go to. live from moscow thanks for joining us here on our teams rational. wherever you are tonight welcome to the program. the polish government has threatened to sue u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer after a potent received only harf the promise those is this week of the company's covert vaccine i think that's a decision could be made next month if the supplies are not delivered in accordance with the manufacturer's declaration. well it is also considering filing a lawsuit against pfizer after a delay in vaccine shipments at a time when mortality rates are again surging in the city of palermo hundreds of

covert victims are awaiting burial at a graveyard severe shortages of the job being seen across europe and north america or against the if 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 their hands 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 the 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 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 and much of the world the plant in the united states for now is focused on satisfying america needs and this is left canada literally begging its southern neighbor for a handout. or 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 supply of 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 of being delivered the bottom line is that we don't have enough 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 record from the beginning and it's very late and i know you and i we had a real problem last week we tried 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 what it all started out allies jump to very each other to buy up all the mosques and ventilators leaving neighbors were. nothing then they boosted about buying up billions of

deuces of vaccines which hadn't even been produced again leaving poorest states with nothing and now that they're here there's not enough for everyone i'm greece become the 1st e.u. member state to struggle supplier deal with the russia for the sport make the vaccine. the 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 delivery 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 hungry in 3 stages. this comes a month after neighboring serbia started taking deliveries of the russian vaccine the 1st doses were minister in early january and now belgrade is in talks to start domestic production now and serbian film director miracle student so gave us his

views on the developments. i'm very happy to be. exposed to the possibility it's a good. russian rock scene 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 accent is a continuation of the history when i say i want russian box in it's an ideological i didn't through creation everything is becoming about politics today whatever you do it the same is with books so let's hope russian job will be in the future since it's a continuation of production for

a russian side and it's going to be much more spread that you believed before it started. a new variant of coverage which was further checked in the u.k. is now believed to be not only more infectious than other strains but also more deadly shot it was that's the report from london of course we always knew that the fire is credible tate and we know her latest strad it's more transmissible and now we have the confirmation it's more that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears there is some evidence that the new variant the varian that was 1st identified in london and the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality i want to give some context if you took somebody in their sixty's a man in their sixty's the average risk is that for a 1000 people who got infected. roughly toom would be expected

doom for should be done with the wars with the new variant for a 1000 people infected roughly 13 or 14 people might be expected to die well the latest statistics are incredibly worrying today's daily cases is now well over 40000 and deaths also continue to rise day by day boris johnson also saying that 70 percent more likely to for people to be in hospital with cave at 19 than there were at the peak of the pandemic in april but it is also worth mentioning that the data isn't very clear at this point as we heard from patrick violence there is a degree still of uncertainty as signs of the lock down will be relaxing any time soon in fact there's much speculation mounting that this lockdown could even move well into the summer months as well still the government today trying to reinforce that key message of stay at home as that is really where things can get taken in

control of our stance and then moving on to talk about the vaccination program as well we are now at the 2nd week of the government's road out of the vaccination he says of the u.k. is well on track to deliver 15000000 doses by mid february of course many people have long said that's quite an ambitious target especially considering now we're only at 5400000 people being vaccinated so the government will have to get a move on. german chancellor angela merkel is threatening to close the country's borders if other e.u. members fail to take but a precaution for going to the support of the virus these are all of the details. well during the height of the 1st wave of the corona virus 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 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 being 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 berg one of the smallest member states of the european union their foreign minister has been on the radio. here in germany pleading with angela merkel to keep border to cross border travel open saying that if that was closed down then looks in berg's health service would grind to a halt saying 60 percent of those working in hospitals and other frontline medical services in looks and burke 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 prioritized as from a promised extra support for students after an outcry over campus disclosures closures or other due to the pandemic might all micron so 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. well that announcement follows student unrest in paris over the impact of probate restrictions aside from being confined to their accommodation many have been left with no means of funding their studies i'm a strain is taking its toll. found out. this is she's a 21 year old was a student in paris her dream is to become a history teacher but like students across france and even the world the combe 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 up my place and i was remotely running for the world said 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 handymen but they don't call 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 the 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 $2700000.00 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 she thought argument i've chosen to that burden but i'm not sure i really be able to stay in the south argument after christmas because there is no like so much memories that are negative into this place it's not that. comfort is for more let's say certain years then i need to 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

friends where are 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 is the situation is the same. during a gap here and then go back to my street is 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 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 must 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 lot. 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 shoulder to even ski r.t. paris. still to come this hour more than half of americans believe domestic enemies pose the biggest threat to the country that's what you call a story and more coming up after the break. there is a big back up and explain if you don't like their platforms then build your world well on this edition of crossfire we talked with some intrepid individuals doing just against god's will they succeed.

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combat a french government report into the country's colonial past in algeria has acknowledged historical wrongdoing but stopped short of recommending an official apology in fact the head of the publication and all micron said paris has no intention of saying sorry the reporter proposes setting up a memories and truth commission and changing the way colonial history is taught in schools that fails to look at the allegations of systemic torture by the french or thought he is in north africa now many aspects of french rule in algeria the war of independence in particular are fiercely disputed by those who countries that conflict lasted around 8 years it finished in 1962 it cost the lives of around 1500000 algerians president micron stance on the issue of french atrocities in algeria used to be quite different when running for the presidency you promised to recognize them. 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 we got reaction of both countries about france's refusal to apologise. where you measure to apologise and 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 in a 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. but i don't think france should apologize for the collation 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 missing to extend the new start treaty with russia which was due to expire in 2 weeks time is the last remaining nuclear pact between the 2 nations has 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 the strategic arms reduction treaty took effect in 2011 run out on february 5th and caps each country's strategic nuclear warheads at $1555.00 they would also limits the number of missiles on bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons or trumpet ministration had said it wouldn't prolong the same pact with russia in recent years moscow's repeatedly voiced the larm over a lack of dialogue with washington saying the loss of crucial treaties could spark

a new arms race russia's also accuse the united states of reshaping accords to its own advantage over pentagon to analyst michael maloof believes that while extending the treaty is necessary it's still 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 a 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 is 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 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. syria a director john brennan claims the bottom instruction is planning some drastic action against the number of 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 a lot focus on internal threats seems to be resonating among the population with more than the hof of americans saying domestic enemies pose the biggest threat to their way of life that's according to a new poll just 8 percent think the biggest danger comes from overseas we put the issue up for debate. 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 point flying 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 are you to 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 we're going to get you kicked out of the vents darr 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 speech crosstalk explores the possible emergence of

alternative platforms to big tech necks that even are written off about to bring you the latest news update join us again then. i think this is a 3rd of ministration i've been down the shaft for going on 12 years anyway you know a big zaman $22026.00 team was dollars they should. now it's all coming to.

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