also growing. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. grieving u.k. families demand a public inquiry into government missteps plain critique of a 1000 death toll which is by far the highest in europe. and the middle class and they do not. wish to knock him out. most of these lines could be saved. also this hour french lawmakers and doctors vent their frustration at the country's failure to develop an effective covert back scene. plus russia's foreign ministry accuses the us government and big tack of spreading fake news on social

media as president putin warning that online giants are now so powerful they threaten democracy. and taxis could soon be taking to the skies over must count as a russian startup to test its latest innovation our correspondent one for a spent. city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should take you a the beat by a year. you're watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital this and every hour welcome to the program. the british prime minister has been grilled in parliament over his handling of the penned after u.k. passed a tragic milestone 100000 covert related deaths forced johnson admitted to government missteps as the opposition slammed his slow response to the pandemic. no doubt it

has been no doubt that either the government take food responsibility for all the actions i have taken we've taken during this pandemic to fight this disease the u.k. is the 1st country in europe to record 100000. we also have the deepest recession of any major economy ask or are closed and our borders are open my biggest concern is that the prime minister still hasn't learnt the lessons of last year and i fear that as a result we'll see more tragedy and more grim milestone more than 8 and a half 1000 people have died from coded in the past week alone in britain else justin who lost his grandfather to the virus has started the names not numbers campaign to highlight government negligence in the pandemic and the push for a public inquiry into its handling of the response. we need to think this is

a criminal inquiry. let's not sugarcoat it we are experiencing the worst humanitarian atrocity that this island service and its be caused by our own government is being neglectful there is there no matter how much and and most of these lives could have been saved 3 to understand how this happens but this should not be a government led to an inquiry i do not want the criminal investigators in crime because the routes will not be sought number 100000 this is not something that we should take on the chin except as a population in the end of the day i'm going to neglect family and they do not our lives 1st they put the economy 1st which ironically now has not only tax the economy has also led to more debt that it should have. the government's toughening up restrictions as the death toll grows the lockdown has been extended for at least

through weeks and people cannot go out without a quote reasonable excuse our public gatherings are banned and police are getting tougher on those who break the rules but as kate partridge explains sometimes the rule breakers are officers themselves. the coronavirus pandemic has changed just about everyone's professional lives and the police are no exception the u.k.'s on armed forces have repeatedly come under the spotlight for trying to do their job which these days include cracking down on illegal gatherings under the lockdown laws these range from raves to birthday parties whiting's and even baby showers. baby showers. or. provide a hole of a straight because you will hear so obviously a breaking kobe rolls we can provide every adult here every single one of you 2 under par the london metropolitan police chief superintendent stephen condemns the party goers and warned there would be consequences. london's police are almost

daily posting videos of officers shutting down illegal gatherings 000000000000000. oh oh oh i thought the british is real true ok why did. they want to be one of the mob sisters very surprised orders because they're going to send chills up the art for the eyes of the national logs are aware of the you know exam to google to a little circle with all the people the aim is to publicly shame people and prevent others from doing the same except that message doesn't seem to have reached 31 of their own officers court flouting the law while on duty just to get a haircut if you're eating their superiors and seeing each of fending officers slapped with a $200.00 pound fine it is deeply disappointing and frustrating of my officers have fallen short of the expectation to uphold covert 1000 regulations i hope this action proves that police are not immune to enforcement of the rules more embarrassingly for the met it happened barely

a week after 9 officers were fined after being spotted having breakfast together in a london cafe since march the police have issued 32000 fines across england and wales penalties road shoppy jury indians november look down almost 6500 penalties were handed out as police move more quickly to enforcement find start at 200 pounds in england and northern islands but the government intends to increase these to 800 pounds for illegal gatherings of more than 15 people but with crackdowns getting tougher police federation's are calling on the government to ensure that officers are at the forefront of the back of the nation roll out the public expects police officers to put themselves in harm's way and i believe that it is only fair to expect that these same frontline officers get prioritised for vaccination over the last 2 weeks alone 5 london police officers have died from corona virus the pandemic has left millions frustrated anxious and impatient months a. isolation mean people want to see family and friends and to let their hair down

and the police are being left with a very public time of not only in showing everyone else's safety but setting the personal example of how it should be done while i think the police across the world are in very difficult situation with this so with the covert restrictions because it's it goes against the grain completely for police to interrupt parties and things but of course those are all the laws and the legislation and police officers realize that no pay to do that and and i think that's what's happening it's it's a really weird time this goes against all the all the training all the things that we we over many over a century or so have tried to do which is give people their freedoms but people act within the law but of course these let's assume this legislation has put them in a very difficult position meaning that they've got to interrupt such things as baby showers and wading and other things which goes really against the all the things

that they've done over the years i thought only believe that police officers should be vaccinated because they are being asked to not only be around lots of individuals themselves so that they're at their own colleagues they have to be in vans with their colleagues they have to be in the police station but they're also rescuing people in the street and people's houses so they are the forefront of our needs to have a decent society that they they have the vaccination as early as possible france was once the world leader and vaccine development now the failure to develop its own code john has become a source of political shame for the political establishment teledensity reports. france has a little in famous history when it comes to vaccinations i mean after all the so-called father of even your logy is louis pastor the french microbiologist so it's been a base of a blow that the institution that bears his name failed to find a viable vaccine it's described its own results as disappointing in these trials

involving the 1st administration to humans the vaccine candidate was well tolerated but the immune responses in juiced by the vaccine were inferior to both those observed in individuals who recovered from natural infection and those observed with the vaccines currently authorized for covert 19 the vaccine they were attempting to produce was less effective than no natural immunity who hits hard and it seems the french are really feeling it the fear yes indeed it is real because when pastor rick cannot get out a dose of the vaccine that is amazing so i think it is incompetence it's everywhere or maybe there are too it's a competition between different laboratories well they didn't find the right immediate solution yes it's a shame but it's live that's a key they will do better than i'm not sure after all it's more important that everyone in the world has the same objective it's true there are concerns about making money on the vaccines and things like politicians too are crying out with

worry that france is losing its standing in the world it's a sign of the decline of the country and this decline is an acceptable but this decline is not because france isn't producing will cost scientists know it's because of the brain drain so it's not acceptable that our best research or the most brilliant of our researchers are sucked up by the american system i was blaming reductions in public funding for vaccine research so there is that people in paris think to towards the middle of the crisis they finally woke up. they put some resources aside but there is still more that can be done by changing the economy a little especially at ministerial level they could save a little there are probably things that can be done to simplify our system so that there is more funding probably we could remove some administrative players that

have accumulated over the years given the money where they will to spend in other areas armament and all that i would be surprised if it was a pond and problem i think it's a management issue maybe more than a funding issue meanwhile what's been called france is a last major pharma group sanofi is struggling to bring to the market its vaccine can did it which won't be available before the end of the year for now sanofi is helping rivals pfizer bio tech manufacturing more of their job charlotte even ski r.t. paris. russia has accused the u.s. government and tech giants of working together to spread a fake news our senior correspondent modestly of her story. freedom of speech something that we have taken for granted you know in this in this modern age is turning into something of the luxury of favor bus stop upon us by the powers that be and taken away in equal measure by billionaires take billionaires and elected

and who rules to stratospheric odds on the backs of these these social media platforms and this latest scandal involves the head of russian space agency dmitry rogozin and he's seen moves speaking his mind on facebook where he wrote a critical post about a fellow called michael mcfaul and basically goes unsaid you tried meddling in our affairs and to see tom and tom again just stay out stay out you know you do you doing nothing constructive and for that he was banned for 24 hours and facebook is he is a cab was restored but his ability to make new post is still restricted in the russian foreign ministry came out with condemnation saying you know this is just doing too far and all the fake news about the protests in russia for example illegal calls targeting kids 10 or 11 year olds to attend protests with which is illegal 1st of

all 2nd of all dangerous because you know as we saw they can turn violent and they filed lodged an official complaint with the u.s. embassy in russia restrictive actions taken by the administrators of the biggest us social networks towards the content of their platforms struck a blow to the democratic value system and international information architecture the power the influence of these tech giants eat today it carol you've stated with the pandemic exacerbated things but this has been a trend for a while the discourse is increasingly moving online yet the online world is ruled by an elite group of. really and there's billionaires of untold power at this point who are unaccountable to know what you know that there's you in that could come and say and tell them do this or do that if they can bad don't trump then

a sitting president of the united states cloakrooms the most powerful man in the world that they could out right bad him from all platforms you know acting in concert who is beyond their reach is this new when this is a democratically elected president and this is something that large a mere putin would do that in his speech yesterday. to digital giants now are playing an increasingly large role we often hear about in conversations particularly regarding the u.s. election campaign and it's not just simply the technology giants their economic giants in some areas they're defacto able to compete with states this is part of the systematic cross is facing the world is sees a seismic change facing the world it's cultural it's political it's to do with society it's our values and especially to claw logy in the pandemic this is exacerbated things all this changing happening soon quickly perhaps it isn't always

good in the right direction. the right wing alternative for germany parties been put under more state surveillance for reported attacks on human dignity rejection of the rule of law and an anti-democratic stance details of a secret parliamentary meeting were leaked revealing intelligence services in the state of saxony on hold now spying on the communications and purchases of more than 8000 party members and the state branches of the f.d.a. are already being tracked we requested a response from the national intelligence agency on the measures and we'll let you know when they reply meanwhile n.a.f.t. spokesperson told us the moves are just a bit to damage the party which became the country's 2nd biggest at the last elections and had a this year's problem of her vote. because to. announce another answer. we have. this situation already for.

germany. here the secret service. supervision of the political parties who are ruling and those pocketing are using the secret service to. the opposition. the biggest opposition party. this election. to. make. the elections which are going to be held in. 2021 for the next few months. still had rallies against india's agricultural reform bill have turned violent on the country's republic day i'll tell you what caused the anger to boil over and the program.

doesn't matter how much you. financially everything. money printing. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is also a spear in dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy

will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back the new u.s. secretary of state has said washington will return to the iran nuclear deal but only when tehran again meets its commitments. around it is out of compliance on a number of fronts and it would take some time should it make the decision to do so for it to come back into compliance in time for us then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations so we're not we're not there yet. the obama administration

signed the 2015 deal to limit iran's nuclear capabilities spot his successor donald trump pulled out and brought back sanctions on tehran something many e.u. countries have condemned today's edition of our times worlds apart discusses the future of the deal with the iranian foreign minister himself here's some of the exclusive interview interview which will be showing throughout the day here on r.t. . we want to make sure this time better than i just say it would be lived by the terms of the deed rather than by by its own desire minister with all due respect what tools do you have to ensure that the united states leaves by the deal because they have we know how politics is this days they have all the tools to punish you for your compliance or for that you know in that own imaginary. mistakes but do you have the ability to actually apply that pressure to them actually we do and that is also written in that into the deed. the united states

decided to punish us we had 300 kilograms of enrich uranium you know when joe biden for many years perhaps even decades i read somewhere that he has your personal cell phone number do you think i actually are my personal cell phone number has changed since i left. fast here and you want to hear me again do you think that that personal connection i don't know how deep it is but do you think it will sell a tape any diplomatic minimum make it 3 a good job why didn't i ever not budgies the representative to different countries with different policies he was a senator and i was a permanent representative to the united nations ve had many civilized meetings invision we disagree but the incivility. i think. is the basis for understanding but again it's not just on the issue of who's

in the white house is. for us is what they do if you look at the j.c. pure way it's not just the signatures that counts in the j.c. pewit in the new kids eat but in fact the impact of that chicken shit the effect of that signature on riveting live making to see that if they have if they returned to duty with full effect. benefiting date on the n.p.p. knowing that their policy of maximum pressure has already faded. to go back to define terms of the. follies against india's agricultural reform bill turning violent as the country marked republic to a huge ceremonies and military parades were disrupted as fierce battles broke out across the capital and the farmer who was protesting was killed as the structure was among many vehicles overturned in the chaos artistry and each of us reports what was supposed to be a peaceful rally to celebrate india's republic day quickly taking

a turn for the worst. chaos and turmoil unfolding in the streets of new delhi thousands of indian farmers and their supporters protesting controversial proposal reforms seen here clashing with police. breaking out with law enforcement after a group of protesters driving tractors drove through police barricades to enter the store rather work site leaving one protester dead i'll never do anything good force the police fired tear gas and hit us farmers with the tomsic demonstrators defying tear gas and flash bangs as $32.00 to march through the streets told you something testers would stick to. protest leaders condemning the violence. to what happened up the road for furniture damaged violence outside and hoisting up before we did not have anything to do with such planned economy we condemn all such incidents the protests in the country growing now for nearly 2 months as farmers demand the withdrawal of new laws they say favor large corporate farms and devastate the

earnings of smaller scale farmers the legislation exacerbating resentment among existing farmers who have long been seen as the heart and soul of india but say they are ignored by the government but i'm going to get the message for the prime minister is that it is not the government it is the farmers. and only we will do as we want to know. no you cannot force your laws. to do with women the demonstrations are expected to continue until those laws are repealed. we now turn to some world news in brief hundreds have been injured as rioters torched and then allies property on the 3rd day of anti-lock down protests in the lebanese city of tripoli. military police fired tear gas and water cannon in response as protesters threw stones and trying to break into government headquarters lebanon's been on total lockdown and

a round the clock curfew since been january. there's been large rallies against a new anti-abortion law and poll when thousands came out against the ban on all abortions calling the move a clear violation of women's rights. and wildfires in central argentina have destroyed swathes of forests were gates have been battling the blaze all week as strong winds complicate the situation water and electricity supplies to towns have been disrupted by the blazes. science fiction is becoming a reality you possibly as moscow make its 1st flying taxis within a couple of years it russian urban air boat building company has started testing so-called passenger drones artie's consul general was 1st in line. and just like that city traffic is no longer an issue instead of driving along congested highways this taxi should lift you up and take you from a to b.

by a or. by the way there are no paddles or a steering wheel i mean the whole thing is supposed to be controlled by a person remotely or by computer programs the only thing i can do while inside is to pull the rad knock in case of emergency can babble it jacked it parachute. of course using it as an air transport transport for passengers like air so to speak in the big congested see is the 1st thing that comes to mind but it also

might be useful for various city services like ambulance for example and russia's health care ministry and emergency ministry are reported to be extremely interested in this invention the safety is the idea of the flying car of the holder the idea of texas is what's inside and the person just just sit there choose the point on the map and the flight and that's all well the flying drones market has been booming for the last few years with many developers in europe china and america creating prototypes a chinese company hank for example made an aerial vehicle that can not only fly people but also how to put out fires and there still might be quite a few bombs. on the way of this particular area taxi before the project can take off or 1st of all it needs an investor who could start mass production and 2nd city authorities must figure out where to allow such vehicles to operate as for now

moscow considering devoting certain areas within the city limits for outdoor tasks to bring in hopes moscow could be one of the 1st capitals to use the catch phrase of doc brown back to the future a deal or an inventor. we believe. that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always have to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. right now there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese it's profitable to

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discuss the future of the markets and centralized investment for analysis we have a lot to get to so let's get started. we are getting a better idea how the bided administration plans to tackle a truly asian chick with china at the same time there seems to be a lack of clarity on whether the by the administration will continue some of the specific policies against chinese companies such as wall wave joining me now to discuss who must co-host the terms and so on and host of economic update professor richard wolffe professor let's start with you president biden's nominee to head the country's commerce department gene armando told senators on thursday that she would use punitive tariffs and export restrictions against china is this going to be a continuation of the trumpet ministrations trade war with china i certainly hope hope that she said those things in order to go should you do if you want to be your

it was the policy of the trumpet ministration and my own.