in the stories that shaped the week frustration mounts in countries that opted for the cold pfizer vaccine with supply problems hitting europe and north america some people in the us are having to travel to neighboring states just to get an ocular. meanwhile a mass vaccination campaign kicks off in russia with its sputnik jab as an increasing number of other countries also choose to use it a renowned serbian film director gave us his take on the vaccine. treated. exposed to. me as i was told by someone who. is one that used to deceive.

the roots. riots are seen this week in several u.s. cities just hours after a new president joe biden valid to overcome the deep divisions in the country. we must end this ongoing civil war. that pits ready gives blue. broadcasting live to read from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international now countries around the world are trying to work out how to get their populations and given the limited supply of code vaccines the u.k. government for example is allowing up to 12 weeks between people's 1st and 2nd shots however doctors are advising against that stating that no studies have been

done to show the drugs are still effective after such a long gap. no other nation in the world has adopted that 12 week delay like the u.k. i mean all those other countries are also suffering similar pressures of lack of vaccine of increasing numbers of cases hospitalization but they have their scientists have adopted their position to try and keep the manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of $42.00 days interval. of only meanwhile is considering firing 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 the coffins of hundreds of covert victims are waiting to be buried at a graveyard meanwhile across europe and in north america there are severe shortages of the shot but i've got to have comments 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 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 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 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 of 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 vaccine 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 have been to me and it's very late and i know you and 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 it 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 and even 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 meanwhile russia

sputnik the jab is getting more traction a broad hungry has become the 1st e.u. member state to strike a supply deal for the russian vaccine with the country set to 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 foster lavery 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 vini the 1st doses were administered in early january and now belgrade is in talks to start domestic production in an interview with our team renowned serbian film director amir said he is ready to take the russian vaccine. 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 he used to receive the same style and the same roots when i was 20 years old the idea of getting bucks ian was always counting on some percentage that people are not. positively but a majority of the of the people who grow up salute received by so a national accident is a continuation of the history when i see it once 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

starts. a massive vaccination campaign kicked off in russia this week with every citizen given the opportunity to get the sputnik shot for free authorities have set an ambitious goal to get 60 percent of the population undocumented by the end of the year and they can even get that shot at shopping centers as constantine rosko reports. the vaccination point here is up and running and as you can see people are lining up for the knock you'll ation i think there are at least a few dozen here and before i give you a quick tour around here let me take a moment and just to point out that this is probably the nicest place in moscow right now to take a jap i mean after all this is russia's iconic most famous department store right in the heart of russia's capital now let's get inside. all right we're in so this is the reception desk morning and this is where you need to show your passport and that's about all you need to do to get

a vaccine here the entire procedure should take around 45 minutes so 1st doctors need to verify you're in good health you're feeling well and then if you qualify for the you not collation then you should follow to that room over there i hope it will change because awakening you seem we have lots of visitors so i hope my life will get better. i thought it was hurts more after the injection because this vaccine is supposed to be more serious than the flu jump but i feel no difference it's just like every of the shot the i decided to get the job a while ago i was just waiting for the opportunity honestly i should have been inoculated in the local clinic but i just wanted to speed up the process because i want to be immune as quickly as possible. the box nation is free of charge and that goes for every russian citizen who have decided to take a jab all you need is to show your id and name your field of war according to

russia's top health care officials the main goal right now is to achieve herd immunity before the next fall. tributes have been paid to the legendary t.v. and radio host larry king who died on saturday he was 87 king was admitted to the hospital earlier this month after testing positive for cove it in a career spanning more than 6 decades he interviewed many world changing figures including kings and queens presidents and prime ministers sporting legends movie stars and every day people with amazing stories to tell artie's taylor looks back at his extraordinary career. a voice on a name at the became an institution larry king was the indisputable maust of the microphone and a case in point the when you find a job you enjoy doing that you'll never have to walk a day in your life are going to have a bad day but it will not affect me when i goes on goes on. bad

man. lawrence harry's i go was born into a poor family of jewish immigrants and brooklyn the sudden death of his father left the family in dire financial straits and a rotten lesson larry badly finishing high school but he had to pass on to use the voice that had been given to him and i don't know why most of the. a good voice. people kept telling me you got to be honorary so i would imitate radio with less than $20.00 in his pocket a 24 year old larry set off for the sunshine state in such of golden opportunities that he said goodbye to lawrence zeiger and became narry kang he took a gig as a d.j. all the while freelancing writing columns and trying to get on the air waves and from those humble beginnings he started he walked his way towards his big break came in 1978 when king landed the upon a miss the late night radio larry king show it started in 28 cities 5 years later

it was in 118 larry king became a household name radio's number one interviewer larry king thank you very much good evening everybody on this tuesday night wednesday morning across the united states this is larry king's show 10 years at peabody award later king decided it was time to move on and larry king life was born a smash hit from start to finish the longest running most watched show on c.n.n. pulling in a 1000000 viewers nightly for 25 years king with his trademark baritone sat down with presidents of rappers ballerinas even preachers and even killers mark where you really are with us those terrible moments for you for the world for a lot of people around and circles close to john lennon some said king was too soft on his guests but his interview style made him a man of the people talk show host his uniqueness was simplicity no gimmicks no

skits no long sentences and king insisted no preparation and i use that as questions i never thought about a question of a plan b. question i had questions written ever not to be outdone by the professional life king's personal one was also full of flat a brief fall from grace off to accusations of grand larceny. i saw him walk as an announcer at a horse racing truck he was married 8 times to southern women he went to the same bagel shop with his childhood friends every morning he reluctantly gave up smoking and red meat and even more reluctantly took up walking 4 miles a day he left voice mails for his assistance with what to post on his twitter and he had a flip phone until the very end. of your order that you have a flip phone. but with phenomenal success also came miss fortune king overcame

a series of health scares and was stalked by enormous personal grief including the passing of 2 of his children within weeks of each other the very next day king sort solace in the place he called home the studio where he stayed until the very last because the mohammed ali of broadcast interviews brought his unwavering voice and curiosity right here to r.t. and did what he always done best questioned more on the larry king question being listening learning you know our sever i never learned anything where i was talking it's important to listen to question more and more than 6 decades of success over 60000 interviews numerous awards countless suspenders and one inimitable voice a legend an icon a king is dead i don't know what to say except to you. my audience.

thank you and instead of good buy. above seoul. on wednesday joe biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the united states bringing to a close donald trump's 4 years in office but amid deep divisions in society some took their discontent to the streets just hours after the inauguration. in portland fire left a legend and members faced off with riot police officers fired tear gas in the crowd a mob had earlier smashed windows at the democratic party's offices in the city and spray painted anarchist symbols seattle also solve violence with protesters building roadblocks and starting fires in the streets over in colorado protesters set fire to a large u.s. flag in the state capital denver scuffles broke out as counter protesters tried to

put out the flames there. in the inauguration ceremony itself took place with a security presence so high washington resembled a war zone an unprecedented 25000 troops were called in to avoid a repeat of the capitol hill riot 2 weeks ago the unrest following this week's ceremony came just hours after biden stressed he would strive to bring about unity . we must end this civil war. pits red against blue rural versus urban or rural versus urban conservative versus liberal we can do this if we open our souls to so to harden our hearts if we show a little tolerance and unity and if. really understanding the other person's shoes as my mom would say just for a moment stand in their shoes despite his calls for unity on assuming office biden

immediately reversed to some of the policies by signing a raft of executive orders they include the us rejoining both the paris agreement on climate change and the world health organization biden also rolled back a travel ban targeting mainly african nations and halted the construction of the mexico border wall joe biden's inaugural speech was warmly welcomed by much of the media with a level of praise donald trump never actually got to enjoy while he was in office but his address it did not please everyone those lights that are that are just shooting out from the lincoln memorial i look it's like almost extensions of joe biden's arms embracing america president elect joe biden and vice president harris told to grief and regret out of the privacy of our hearts if just for a moment so that we all could share it he doesn't keep a lot of things secret when it comes to his emotions and his and his family and his

love for his family i've instructed my family in the event i were to somehow ingest some poison and you rushed me to an emergency room and you had to induce emesis vomiting for those at home if you don't have any syrup of ipecac please play today's media coverage because. i think i would upchuck it was the worst saccharin distance anadan nonsense the best of the best was a fellow by the name of chris wallace who was on fox news facts news much which used to be considered conservative whatever that means and he said that he's been covering inaugurations since 1961 says j.f.k. ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country when we had stentorian oratory the only thing we have to fair is fair itself and

chris wallace said with a straight face this was the best inaugural address he's ever heard. i'm in a parallel universe imagine every cliche everything you've ever heard a hat i just pulled out and ran and this this funny this almost. cult like it is incantation joke ok staged at the u. unity and what did he do within the 1st he went straight to the white house walked in and basically reversed a number of serious executive orders the president trumped initially so in the day when he wanted to say we're all coming together we're all coming the other the 1st he does is give me that pen i mean there you go there's your unity.

russian police have launched an investigation after footage emerged on social media of an officer kicking a woman to the ground in st petersburg the incident happened during a protest in support of the jailed kremlin critic alexina volley the woman was admitted to a hospital in the can with a concussion but has now been discharged the policeman in question visited her to apologize blaming his actions on the confusion and chaos at the protest. period. for the group. from. russia was gripped by a wave of demonstrations in support of the valley on saturday with the largest held in moscow officials claim around $4000.00 attended the unlawful rise protest but

opposition activists claim it was closer to 50000 protesters clashed violently with police in the capital and more than 600 arrests were made. let's get a quick run through some of the global news in brief this hour and they all have one thing in common protests anger with an overnight curfew that came into effect on saturday in the netherlands has led to violent scenes in the city of eindhoven. despite a downward trend in new corona virus infections in the country parliament approved the curfew over fears the new more virulent strain detected in the u.k. could cause another spike demonstrators pelted riot police with rocks at least 30 people were arrested there was also a similar protest in the capital amsterdam with police using water cannons to disperse crowds a day earlier and thai curfew rioters torched a covert testing facility in the dutch fishing village.

in israel orthodox jews fought with police over the issue of school closures as part of the code lockdown clashes happening in 3 cities police deployed water cannons to break up the crowds who had been throwing projectiles at officers the violence occurred after officers moved in to close religious schools that had reopened in violation of lockdown orders. and demonstrations been held in the u.s. city of portland over the country's deportation laws protesters confronted police forces outside the immigration and customs enforcement facility in the city demanding its closure police responded with tear gas and several arrests were made . a report this week commissioned by the french government on the country's colonial past in algeria acknowledged historical wrongdoing however it stopped short of recommending an official apology in fact president mccraw had said

france had no intention of saying sorry the report proposes setting up a memories and truth commission and it wants to change the way colonial history is taught in schools however it fails to look at allegations of systemic torture many aspects of french will in algeria the war of independence in particularly fiercely disputed by the 2 countries that conflict lasted 8 years ending in 1962 it cost the lives of around one and a half 1000000 algerians but president stance on french atrocities in algeria used to be somewhat different while running for the presidency he did promise to apologize colin a zation is a policy of french history it is a crime is a crime against humanity is genuinely barbaric and it is part of the post which we must confront including by apologizing to those against whom we committed these acts. we've got reaction in both countries about france's refusal to say sorry

so. apologise and not enough moreover the time half will build you 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 troops remain hidden we want to know our real story to prove to the world that france is 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 also 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. 34 minutes that's when i'll be back with another full and fresh look at your weekly this is r.t. international quote have with us. i wouldn't quite say that i supported sort of the banning of trump per se i think long before we reached this point there should have been enough and there should have been a set of guidelines and rules. technology platforms followed around specific

kinds of cases by which people might be maybe even not the platforms into steps they're on the way to their view they are stealing information that is going viral that is obviously false and or heedful. by these algorithms that are influencing the visibility of content that is heat fall and viral in most cases we need to intervene because. those of us who watch carefully the russia gate hoax always worried that it would eventually become the foundation for a policy of the biting ministration has done things i mean this is what you do with strong supporters or american liberals in praising the soviet. in 24 to you know bloody revolution here to correct the demonstrations going from

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