it invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these another goal that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. international approval grows for russia's covert vaccine iran's the latest nation to greenlight sputnik the indios there is it's nearly ready to do with the country's moscow envoy saying he's had the job himself. to expect within the next couple of weeks or spoken directly in alberta that if you would really really be available for use in india. a 3rd night of violence in the netherlands as riots returned against new covert curfews following a weekend of rest over the country's top lock down. downstairs vaccine vexation between britain and brussels and escalating brouwer supplies these the

u.k. call out the e.u.'s plan to tightly control medicine to export. a warm welcome it's 9 pm here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me the key area. now iran has become the latest country to approve russia's sputnik vico bit of vaccine and hopes to play a part in manufacturing the medicine to. bush i would like to inform you that yesterday of this boutique the vaccine was registered in iran and approved by our health officials we hope that in the near future we will be able to buy the jap into large joint manufacture. separately the mexican president has described the job as evidence of scientific progress and i

think that his country hopes to get millions of doses within weeks we spoke with the president of the russian federation vladimir putin and he was genuinely affectionate i invited him to visit mexico and thank him for the decision to send us 24000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine over the next 2 months meanwhile in india the final stage of sputnik the clinical trials are well underway on the country's ambassador so most goes there is he's already taken the job himself i took it last week. the 1st also sputnik roxanne i feel perfectly ready many of my colleagues in the embassy have done so as well and. absolutely certain that this is part of the normal. precautions that we dig deeper into situation just as we're near the mosque we have sort of distance but it is also good to pick

scientifically proven. scenes and of course the sport big bucks in is one such works in. approval of sputnik v in india could come within weeks that once it completes the trials india is also considering making the job on its territory for both domestic and global demand the country's envoy to russia told us why new delhi got involved. it doesn't come as a surprise that we have a such a long tradition of cooperation between india and russia that cooperation continued during the cold pandemic so when the idea. is to kill the material approach the indian authorities or the testing of the sputnik alexina this was really come to an india these phase 2 trials of the pink box you have been completed is the trial of a commenced and be assured that as soon as they regularly approves given in india

it will be available for use in india. aim is to finally. about the vaccination of 300000000 indians so it is one of the largest wrecks the nation programs in the world but at the same time we wish to reach out to your friends and neighbors and we have done so be have given the nation doses. supplies have been sent by air to an apollo booked on bangladesh myanmar say shows maldives and this is just the beginning we do not believe in vaccine competition we do not believe in vaccine nationalism we believe in rexy and cooperation and friendship and we intend to extend our hand of friendship rules. for the explanation program for number of countries. who are in need of. both who landed on the ritual and forward and i'm sure in the weeks ahead they will be

cooperation between india and russia on the global vaccination programs and there will be clear potential for cooperation because the number of the vaccines that are produced in india will also be used abroad and there really include that russian sputnik rock scene that would be produced in india. has been in touch with a number of very good indian companies to take this forward and we expect in the next couple of weeks sputnik wrecks enough barriers or regulatory approval or will be available for use in india and also for export to russia and other countries. so that the loans in doing to us 3rd light of anti lockdown riot song monday is still fine as lips police vehicles burned down the windows smashed in protest as some of europe's toughest coded restrictions which include and overnights co few.

more than 180 people were arrested in the latest done rest in amsterdam and rotterdam where shops were vandalized and looted local officials on the prime minister have condemned the violence as criminal with some fearing the unrest puts the country on the path to civil war. meantime aspirants over vaccine supplies is rumbling between the u.k. and the e.u. britain's vaccines minister has hit out of brussels decision to control exports calling it a vaccine nationalism and wrong in stem from european politicians accusing the british swedish drug company astra zeneca of diverting promised the e.u.

vaccine supplies to other countries here's our europe correspondent peter all over . governments across europe are struggling to bring down the number of cases of covert 19 and the number of fatalities from the fire that's the spy putting in place lock downs and restrictions on people like those that we've seen in the netherlands that have resulted in on breasts they're the latest issues that we're seeing a regarding the logistics of getting the vaccine where it needs to go there simply isn't enough being produced at the moment to put into people's arms and a spot is a rope thing between the u.k. and the e u which is ended up with the u.k. vaccines minister accusing the european union of vaccine diplomacy vaccine politics whatever you want to call it he's got a name for it vaccine nationalism is the wrong way to go we've got to make sure we protect our own people and then actually you know put our you know leaning as far

as we can to protect the rest of the world to deal with the shortfalls in the number of vaccine doses available the european union has said that it wants pharmaceutical companies to inform brussels whenever vaccines manufactured inside the european union are to be exported outside of the block well that really could end up resulting in delays to vaccines arriving in the united kingdom that's the concern in london despite 10 downing street playing down the idea of a vaccine war it's clear from what we just heard from the vaccine minister it is causing some concern now there's also concern over vaccines coming the other way earlier on we heard from astra zeneca the past oxford based part based pharmaceutical company saying that they were going to cook the number of vaccines expected to be delivered to the european union in the 1st quarter of 2021 by

a whopping 60 percent that did not go down well in fact it resulted in. and the european commission president coming out and saying that well they needed to get the vaccines that they paid for she also made accusations that perhaps some of these vaccines may be going to the highest bidder as opposed to those that it signed contracts like the you to get them in the 1st place lash some swear invested to build research cap acids and production facilities early europe invested billions to help develop the world's 1st covered 1000 vaccines and now the companies must deliver they must honor their obligations and this is why we will set up a vaccine export transparency mechanism make no bones about it the european commission and ursula found alone personally are extreme scrutiny across the

european union for the way that the vaccine program has been dealt with what we have is a situation whereby the vaccination program in the e.u. is being late silly slow if you compare it to countries like the united states and the united kingdom which is done particularly well it isn't looking too great the way that vaccines are being rolled out across the block and there are a lot of people asking a lot of questions why that is the case it's unsure of course where the arguing between the e.u. and the u.k. is the way to solve that particular impasse. despite an overall shortage of vaccines many doses of the pfizer japp in spain have been wasted that's because the country lacks the special through ranges needed to extract all doses from their vial and medical experts brought down the problem in a bit more detail. but really this is the opposite they have already talked about the 6 and even 7 toes it's not possible with all the royals. we have to be prepared

for that and use more expensive series just unusual it's a lot of money and records more cautions. so while 165000 doses of the fine is the shots have been given so far in the catalan region and estimated 10000 doses have been wasted on the shortages it could have been worse had it not been for the fact that some we do have the right needles the country is going through some of its toughest times in a 3rd wave of the pandemic daily infection rates hit a new high last week salvatore payroll again sees the shortage of vaccines has on place 5 the problem. the main problem is that the number of vaccine supplied under the agreements and procurement of the european commission is still very small i believe that until new vaccines are allowed their numbers will be significantly lower than we and the rest of the european union leaders know the european mouth since agency is changing the technical detail induces per hour as soon as the

labels changed they're going to give us 20 percent less those of us than we should have because any mistake means a loss of dough i think what this really means is a 20 percent increase in prices. more than $5000.00 u.s. national guard will stay in washington beyond made in march almost 2 months after joe biden's inauguration which they were originally sent to secure the u.s. army secretary has cited unnamed intelligence from federal agencies as the reason they're staying post reporting next his chemical. more than 5000 national guard troops will remain in the u.s. capital deployed there until mid march due to security concerns there are several upcoming events we don't know what they are over the next several weeks we were briefed on a very regular basis about those and we are showing our forces to be able to respond to those threats if if they emerge now those national guard were deployed

after the capitol riot on january 6th and there are concerns that the former president donald trump could increasingly foment unrest especially as the upcoming impeachment trial of trump even though he's already left office is set to take place the public is doubtful about whether or not donald trump would actually do such a thing however joe biden's call for post-election unity of the country and trying to bring the country together many are saying that that call seems a little bit disingenuous if congress is then going to go ahead and carry out impeachment proceedings against the previous president to make sure he can never run again let's take a listen to fact he hasn't done that is a damning indictment of his hypocrisy in calling for unity yet pursuing policies that are extremely divisive now despite the new political goals of the administration many are simply not happy to see the capital of the united states turned into an armed camp with thousands of soldiers i'm not aware of threat

reporting that suggests we need 7000 troops and razor wire around the capital we don't need to turn the people's house the center of our republic into an armed camp it's obvious that the democrats are just trying to play political theater with our nation soldiers one fact that has certainly been shocking is that 200 of these national guard troops have become infected with covert team during the time they've been deployed in the u.s. capitol and some of their relatives are alleging that they haven't been given proper treatment and proper medical attention. in response to getting infected with covert nineteen's was certainly an interesting situation with the national guard in the u.s. military remaining at this point remaining in the u.s. capitol until at least mid march you're on the streets of d.c. you will see the military quite a situation in the united states. let's get some reaction now from former u.s.

marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter thanks for joining us on the program and now be army secretary cited unnamed upcoming events briefed by the federal agencies as the reason why the troops is staying it sounds rather serious than worrying what might they be suspecting do you think. well i mean what well there are alluding to is the possibility of insurrection the possibility of thousands of supporters of former president donald trump storming washington d.c. . and protest impeachment proceedings but there's a problem nobody's activated the insurrection act the president hasn't called him for an you know defined insurrection and hasn't authorized the deployment of federalized national guard troops under title 10. these national guard troops are in washington d.c. under something called title $32.00 which is very nebulous the legal authority of

this is is something that is to dispute it it seems to provide a an end around to chance to show provision posse comitatus which prohibits the u.s. military being used in a law enforcement capacity against u.s. citizens on u.s. soil which is exactly what is transpiring today so this isn't just a visual problem this is a legal problem and you know i hope these troops don't have any i encounters with u.s. citizens but if they do this is something to go to the court and that could be you know a further stain on you know an already you know difficult transition these troops to a blogger washington d.c. they have no legal mission in washington d.c. and they should go home back to their states where they belong. how likely do you think it is that the country will get behind joe biden's cofee unity if 75000000 photos are about to see that guy go and try to the senate with 5000 national guard

standing outside. well you get it's visually difficult to see how the narrative that's being painted visually and in terms of what's you know actually transpiring is conducive to their unity. you know the the impeachment process appears to be more about political theater than actual. you know holding someone to account the president is out of office how do you impeach somebody who's out of office is is a question people will be wrestling with but again the to have american troops on the ground i mean who is a threat this is not a foreign threat this is allegedly a domestic threat but it hasn't been defined properly they haven't said exactly what these troops are going to be protecting the capital from but again. the idea of. uniformed american military personnel with weapons on the streets facing off against potentially domestic you know threats is it's just the wrong use of the

military this is not an insurrection they don't even know there's going to be a protest it's nebulous at best and this is this is horrible optics and i believe it's also unconstitutional a i certainly hope at some point time somebody in congress stands up and challenges the presence of these troops on american soil use in the way that they are now this is turning out to be a fairly long assignment for these troops given what was originally planned and there are posts of chips having to sleep on pocking lot flawless with little access to living essentials is sounds really difficult it has a painful through. well i don't know i mean we'll find out about whether or not those those stories are true i hear that people say they were just taking a break that they have hotel rooms. but i don't have too much sympathy for somebody who's in the military has given an operational assignment you know and then they say oh my god i have to sleep on the floor that's as purely a distraction this is

a military mission it's a military mission worthy of sending troops aren't troops anywhere then the troops will do what they have to do to get the mission accomplished at that means sleeping on a floor then they sleep on the floor that's not the issue the issue isn't whether or not they're sleeping under for having pizza delivered to them the issue is is this a legal constitutional use of american military power and i believe the answer is no and i think that it hasn't been thought through and again the optics of american troops on american soil deployed against american civilians is something i never wanted to see and. i think tens of millions of americans don't want to see this and this will not unify the country there's just dearth or divide the country we're going through a difficult period as it is where the by an administration is going to have to win the confidence of a significant portion of the american public and keeping american troops on the ground in washington d.c. in what appears to be a purely political deployment something designed to create the impression of an

insurrection when an insurrection does not in fact exist for the sole purpose of painting donald trump and his supporters in a bad light during the time of an impeachment that's just improper use of military power have gone to great sadness down from a u.s. marine corps intelligence officer thank you very much for your time. thank you have . 2 young to vote but old enough to spy for the government there's concern in britain over plans to allow children to be used as covert spies and in some cases break the law to reveal wrongdoing by their parents the government's covert intelligence bill is making its way through parliament but even the prime minister's own conservative party m.p.'s are wary everyone i've spoken to has been horrified by it when it's been explained to them it needs to be extremely tightly controlled and those controls need to be greater the more the government's proposing once you start taking action like this to put spies in people's homes

whatever the purpose this does have complications it is very important for government to recognise that this is not something that should be easily done in a democratic state. well if the bills passed it would allow $22.00 state agencies to recruit 16 and 17 year olds ranging from the police the military and intelligence services to local councils and the tax man the draft is that using youngsters that would be rare and include safeguards and supervision to protect the children well let's discuss it now with it he said her composer for this in a london police officer and show em can here's a human rights lawyer welcome both to both to the program is great to see you our 1st question to pay to please them how ethical is it to expect under 80 years where they don't yet have adult right is to decide the rights and wrongs of being undercover agents against their own families. it's

a really difficult and sensitive situation and that is well known by the place of the security services in relation to church child informants this is nothing new it's not something that's being invented for the 1st time what this legislation actually is is a formal isolation tightening up of the rules where there were informal rules and go into this beforehand but the state has used informants potentially in some occasions child informants. forever for centuries and so this isn't something new that's being invented this is the tightening up of something that's been around for some time but yes there are ethical issues and they all thought through very carefully of every time. a question to show a place that this only concerns a 16 and 17 year old so they're not very young children i mean this age group so enough to work and pay taxes all through role so presumably they also have

a moral compass by that age when when serious criminality is potentially being conducted in their families so what's the problem here. well there's lots of problems here and firstly as far as i understand all the proposals as peter said it's been something that has been happening it doesn't relate just to 16 and 17 year olds but there are separate categories and there are certain things certain tasks set and missions if you like that 16 and 17 year olds will be given specifically and under 16 who are not but as far as and standard children of the younger children that will also be recruited as child spies and the but the main problem here is the relationship of these children with their parents with their families with the communities and this is a divisive measure and as peter said this has been happening for ages but it doesn't mean that we should continue it when you perpetuator it or bring it into law even if it was done informally that was wrong as as well but bringing it into

law codifying it setting up proper rules and regulations that is equally wrong and the safeguards are clearly not sufficient indeed and even if we talk about like you said you know this it's an answer materials so not really young but legally technically they are children they are under 18 that said they're not allowed to vote and they don't have the same legal rights in many other ways. as i don't stoop therefore this isn't something that should be doing as this government has done and many other things immigration the color and so many an aspect it seems to be delegating its own powers its own duties its own obligations to members of the public and this is just yet another example of that recruiting spies from within families to spy on their own parents i think that's despicable. piece of art that maybe teenagers but let's face it they're still kids sunday i mean is that fathi point to feel pressure like that from something as big and powerful as the government. very much depends on the circumstances and those circumstances are

looked at in great detail every single time this is considered the use of a child informant is a last resort sort of stuff where you've got serious criminality and know all the why available breaking into it. there's been lots of mention of them spying on their families it's far more likely that they'll be spying on known family and goes on not so much spying as just reporting back what's happening in the majority of cases especially when it comes to child informants and so we we need to be aware of exactly what's likely to be used for and how they're likely to be and we have to be realistic that there are some situations where lots of children are exploited it or are harmed a man may be an opportunity to break that ring of this only going to be able to be

crystallised by the use of a child informant so if we didn't have the ability to use that child informant we'd have to leave all those other children at risk of exploitation and harm because we can't break that ring because there is no other way of doing it at that particular time so we need to balance the whole thing as opposed to just look at the situation of the child informant themselves so by so you say can you had while peter was talking about what was it that he said the you disagreed with. i mean well well maybe i mean children if we see them being exploited or the government comes through joining me exploited or compelled to can commit crimes or they are committing a crime or involved in any sort of dangerous activity. that you know that is the government of life remove them from that situation as soon as possible that's child protection that's what children are that's what the government is that what

families are for we shouldn't keep them there just so that they can spy it so that even if the child who has come to the authorities or country the attention of the authorities presumably want to live that lifestyle presumably was really in that gun or that commonality with them forced them to remain in that often seriously dangerous risky situations just so they can just then give us information i think that's completely wrong the opposite of what we how we should be treating our children no children no child should be compelled to stay in in dangerous circumstances risk their safety risk their potentially their lives just so they can bring us information that scan the wrong. place that i had nobody's going to be compelled or made to do anything they will only be allowed her remain in part use if everybody is satisfied if that can be done safely that they are sites of this fight that they are able to fulfill that role for whatever time i think will be for the minimum amount of time needed. or

a ship we even gary in looks at the situation of the child informant and ignored the situation of all the children who may be being exploited or harmed by. by a ring of criminals. who the child informant represents the only way in so at the moment so if you don't use that child informant that organized crime rain will carry on exploiting and harming other children for some time until another opportunity to break that gang comes about so you've got to balance the whole thing so let me put this to you people of any age are expected to report wrongdoing and even very young kids that sought to tell how to tell someone if something's wrong so why is this any different. well encouraging someone and actually rooting them

are 2 very different things with it so even if we go by what peter said that means essentially sacrificing this child just so we can save others this is one child who's come to the attention of the authorities we know he's at risk but now with keeping him there or encouraging him to stay there just so we can save other children you know i think there are serious ethical and other problems with that and yes i mean you know encouraging people to report on each other to be honest i do think that as well and with this government has gone far we're kind of sure to just have to report on students doctors report on patients we have to report on our neighbors immigration status criminology you know who went on benefit fraud all of these things you know what are generally attention should be the government's duty has been put on the public anyway so i think that's wrong and that has gone too far we're essentially you know device community that creates distrust but now to actually bring that into the household and we have 1617 year olds essentially is

fine for the government on their own parents i think that is a strong look at that not come across as slightly desperate if all the powers of intelligence and law enforcement and all the instruments and manpower at their disposal they have to rely on snape in on their mom and dad. it's not just a moment out as i've said repeatedly it will be all the members of the public or the criminal parties involved in gangs and criminality. informants are sometimes the only way if there are other y e s then the police will use them informants generally not just child informants informants generally are a bit of a nightmare after place officers in the security service fists 1000 as a whole sort of list going backwards in time the things of going wrong and so they don't use them willy nilly they use them when there is serious criminality a realistic opportunity to break out.