very deeply the medical and scientific establishment. so what's driving the obesity epidemic it's corporate profit. from. in the headlines this friday video threatens to restrict vaccine exports to the u.k. as a student robs over a british farming giants move to slash supplies to the continent. meanwhile the spanish an isolation campaign winds to a halt in parts of the country as doses won out prompting doctors to question the news job care system. is not being delivered at the rate that we anticipate it's a real problem for the national vaccination plan and it means autonomy's regions will have to review their strategy. and britain titan's is locked down with daily

code phrase how these at near record levels all the government considers using g.p.s. tracking to make sure that the people city home is but that idea for the big. guy give g.p.s. tracking people is for the 1st time for implementation in time the way we've got to get back to what we've got to get back to what not to do so you don't get to come back if we let this continue much longer i'm worried that we're. still not. going to get out of this quickly and the way to do it is to keep these restrictions going to get people back so. you're watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital this every hour welcome to the program. european unity over securing coded vaccines appears to be splintering further

a meeting between you members is deciding whether nations should be able to ringfence local production and curtail exports after brussels fell out with britain over getting enough to us as of the astra zeneca vaccine sent across. explains. this ra is really heating up in brussels made the threat that it will look to ban exports of the. vaccine from the blog that's going to have massive implications not just for the u.k. but also other countries in the world and this comes amidst a huge shortage of the curve with $1000.00 vaccine here in the e.u. now leaders are meeting on friday to discuss whether national regulators are going to get these powers to say no you cannot export any of the vaccine that is produced within the european union and 1st that could be hit hard is the u.k. which currently is waiting on a shipment of some food $3000000.00 doses of the 5 is

a bio tech vaccine that's produced in belgium of course if that export ban comes in a won't be getting those doses while continuing dialogue i believe the e.u. needs to take robust action to secure a supply of vaccines and demonstrate concretely that the protection of its citizens remains our absolute priority well this of course comes amidst a huge spat over the last days between the e.u. and also the anglo swedish pharmaceutical group this is astra zeneca astra zeneca which has plants in the u.k. and in belgium had made this commitment with the e.u. last year when it was researching the vaccine it's now turned around the e.u. and said we're only going to be able to supply 25 percent of the doses that we said we would by the end of march and this is a massive problem for the e.u. because it's not just been dealt this now by astra zeneca which says it's got production problems but it's also been told similar things by pfizer by own tech

that they simply cannot produce the number of vaccines that it said it would be able to do now the shortages are already impacting many areas of europe for example here in france paris and other regions in the countries that. they can have to delay the rollout of their vaccine program while in spain in the capital in madrid it's already said it's having to halt its program and has warned that that could also be the case in catalonia really not good news as this comes amidst huge criticism all of how the e.u. has rolled out this program of vaccination trying to get all countries at the same time and oversee finding itself relatively in short supply but the e.u. is pointing the blame firmly that anglo swedish astra zeneca astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the world's biggest market 2nd class citizens to add to all of this investigators have now been sent to the astra zeneca plant in

belgium to check that they were in fact telling the truth that they was a problem with production and that's because there's a suggestion that millions of doses had already been sent to the u.k. and that has left the e.u. serious because it says it's invested a huge amount of money and astra zeneca money astra seneca's says it hasn't received much of for the moment but it does seem that the e.u. is now moving towards a europe strategy a strategy that it's often criticised when it's been deployed by other countries. and charlotte mentioned there and her report shortages are being particularly felt in spain where the 2 most populous regions have halted their backs nation campaigns are blaming the e.u. we must stand up to brussels and says we need more vaccines and more tests and everything the destruction this task will prolong the fight against the virus.

catalonia and the madrid region have used up almost all their doses with remaining vials needed to give 2nd shots to those who've already had their 1st one that ruins government plans to inoculate most of the population by june of this year and the head of the country's vaccination association says the shortage is nationwide so. the number of doses we're receiving has been significantly reduced the vaccine is not being delivered at the rate that we anticipated so it's a real problem for the national vaccination plan and it means a ton of us regions will have to review their strategies the supplies who do half will be needed to give 2nd doses to those who have already started the vaccination process so we will not be able to knock uli other vulnerable and increase groups that were identified in the original plan it's a difficult and uncomfortable situation. and a similar pictures playing out across the e.u. where just 2 percent of people have been vaccinated self far the czech republic

stop administering jobs altogether for 2 weeks because of the lack of doses of spain occupation chief again says brussels should have moved quicker to secure supplies from former giants. i do not like the lack of transparency with regards to the contracts that the european union has concluded with pharmaceutical companies we don't know about them we don't know the purchase price we don't know anything at all and i think that's wrong of course we're concerned that apparently in those countries that purchase vaccines had a higher price than the european union have not experienced such delay in delivery we are not at all satisfied with the current situation. anti-lock down riots in lebanon have entered a 5th day at least one person has been killed and hundreds injured by security forces using live ammunition against the protesters.

the violence comes amid a buckling health care system and sharp rise of poverty i understand lines and set fire to a number of buildings and lebanon 2nd largest city tripoli as you can see here among the property destroyed it was the town hall and the president has condemned the violence demonstrators pelted police and soldiers with rocks and molotov cocktails security forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets and as we mentioned earlier life fire reportedly as well demonstrations began after authorities extended the lockdown by a further 2 weeks in a city already struggling with high unemployment and poverty for less omar you buy him reports from the scene. about it there would be it up as it is the 4th day of the protests in tripoli a lot of protesters have gathered to trying to march to the local administration building and storming as happened in previous days security forces are using tear gas grenades to stop the protesters but it's not stopping some of the protesters

from throwing the grenades into the windows of the provincial headquarters some officers have been hurt as a result of protesters have been dispersed from the square with tear gas and some of them are trying to hide in the surrounding areas the lebanese army has surrounded the area but for now the army is not taking any action right now the situation is stable is there are some small clashes from time to time it seems like the army is waiting for serious clashes to get involved because some time ago it used armed forces to on a blocked the road to trickle in if. you had of the lebanese red cross told us the country is caught between fighting over it and plunging incomes. many areas knew of the situation and due to their being have to get back to the protocol and all the regulations and the people are putting the gathering they need to be there to help them to see how they can manage them and then we live and to help today no hospital

pull in. you have no idea but you might be in and there we had a paving a lot of problems and the gated to the emergency room course you are going to be to be in the. community between both because you are together bill and your deployed their work from both 5 probably because of and majority of from the community or. the u.k. is cracking down on trips abroad travelers will not be turned back at the border if they can't provide a valid reason for travel home secretary as announcement comes after britain's 2nd highest daily death toll from corona virus the rules are clear people should be staying at home unless they have a valid reason to leave going on holiday is not a valid reason britain's also announced new rules for travel from what it calls high risk countries people flying from 30 listed nations must quarantine and

a government approved tough hotel at their own expense yet there are calls to go even further with a top official denouncing a mass failure to follow the rules not just borders and monitoring new strains but time to fix the biggest flaw in our current strategy namely that 3 quarters of those with symptoms do not self isolate jeremy hunt has suggested using g.p.s. tracking through people's mobile phones to make sure they self isolate it started pollen and taiwan as successfully using the policy my colleague nick erin earlier put that idea up for debate but let's know your thoughts on the their proposal for g.p.s. tracking what you think of that. or just the i guess i'm not sure i mean i think that's a bit over the top really i think what we haven't done through all this process is get out test race and isolate work if you want to get domestic market economy back on the up and running you do australia and new zealand have done 0 cove in the got

0 go bit by chance in their borders good tech to test trace and isolate by quarantine and by providing support for people into isolation but we've got what we've got to do is we've got to accept that this disease will exist that this disease is probably not going to be seasonal forever we have got to protect the elderly and the vulnerable and britain has done incredibly well with the vaccination program but in terms of people who are not clinically vulnerable those people need to be sent back to work and we certainly need to open up the schools the idea of g.p.s. tracking people is for the personnel never implemented in time anyway we know that most of the introductions of the virus into the u.k. during the 1st wave of the pandemic and indeed you in the 2nd world travel is returning from mainland europe and i think it might be too late now but nevertheless we are faced with a new virus variants and i guess this strategy is to try and stop the introduction of these more worrying variants of the virus there's been an all of piety within

the british government when the matter how crazy the idea is somebody comes along and says they want an even more crazy and draconian rule broadhead we have that these people run absolutely right and what has happened we are the public sector debt is now 2.13 trillion in december we borrowed 38000000000 pounds he's absolutely bananas we've got to get back to work we've got to get back to work now because they'll be nothing to come back to if we let this continue much longer while that's most of that's ridiculous isn't it so we're going to let all these early people die out we were going to let this virus spread and very desirous donated by the 58 vaccinated by the 15th in february as you well know as making. assumption the vaccines are going to work and they're going to transmit you'll make you make an assumption that the economy can exist if you lock it down for here just to find out you know we're going to have to learn some very serious lessons this will not be the last pandemic and i think we and many other countries we're not

alone in this we're not prepared for this we learnt some hard lessons over march and april but we have did far too much we didn't delay got the balance wrong we need to stop debating openly about the medical issues and we need to start seeing it in the wider context and accept the brics and those need to continue as a country and the has to be a balance between keeping people safe and also maintaining the wealth and livelihoods and educate all this culture. still had on our team at numerous u.s. states down restrictions despite the surging death toll i'll get reaction on that among our stories after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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to. tell. you watching r t international welcome back to the program the us is registering some of its highest daily death tolls from the virus with more than $79000.00 victims this month alone yet that isn't stopping some states from left uncovered restrictions as artist on quarter explain joe biden entered the white house masks a blazing with an executive order that promised to shut down the coronavirus but barely a week in and he's already packed tightly nothing we can do to change the trajectory the president make in the next several months not exactly reassuring especially since the trajectory is given the us the world's highest death toll. january seeing record mortality over 79000 cases and the white house is projecting as many as

90000 more deaths in the next 3 weeks it's one thing to hear the statistics here's the medical reality honestly the hospitals here will be on the edge of collapse but kind of in disaster mode right now we're going to go through it dark things are really really bad this is among the worst fear is that we've not a pretty picture but that's not stopping states from dropping their lockdown measures california just ended its state wide stay at home order citing a decline in new cases and hospitalizations on the east coast of massachusetts lifted its curfew and businesses can stay open late again even in the hardest hit state new york governor andrew cuomo is lifting restrictions he's declared an end to the post holiday surge and is assigning guilt to some incompetent government kills people but quote most critics are calling that an overdue admission his incompetence killed soon a citizens. kudos to him for publicly acknowledging that he is running an incompetent state government kind of shocked he would throw himself under the bus

like that while he has some nerve to say this one just needs to look at the new york death rate compared to other states it is a disgrace largely due to his decisions the nursing homes as cuomo and other governors give the green light to end cold restrictions biden is embarking on his war with the coronavirus for pandemic fatigued americans really needing some direction right now it hardly seems like their leaders are marching to the same drum while the hospitals are at their at their limits there are people who are hospitals that have people in the hallways or hospitals that are turning people away there are ambulance to get an ambulance in certain parts of los angeles county is taking hours for emergency situations it is an extreme emergency scenario in lots of places including southern california and where the governor to turn a blind eye to that. i think is actually very problematic so this needs to be

treated as an emergency situation and kobo point out which should be data show otherwise and we're not quite there yet so while the numbers are slightly better than they were say a week ago it seems very clear that there are still a lot of reason for concern and reason for caution. staying with the united states authorities have issued its 1st ever national terrorism bolton on domestic extremists calling them a threat to the government information suggest some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition as well as of the perceived grievances fueled by full snark civs could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence. that document does not mention any specific anti-government plot but claims radicals may be emboldened by this month's capital riot to attack government officials and

facilities the editorial director of the reactionary times online news site feels this warning will be used for sweeping curbs on conservatives the government trying to justify you know future or i guess all restrictions on you know let's say conservatives or republicans gathering to protest or to you know just come together against the agenda of the current administration is this is like a sign of things to come but we're going to move towards a more statist it's kind of society in america under president biden we're seeing it in a lot of different ways because in addition to governmental actions we're seeing big tax obviously with the way that they've all locked down and they censored conservatives you know you have a president from can't even use twitter anymore and he can use other social media outlets and you're seeing conservatives get banned left and right i mean reactionary times we've lost barguti channel and i have no idea why that would have

happened because it wasn't like we were out there motivating people to take any sort of violent actions but i think right now because there is just old tally of power consolidated amongst the left we're going to see a lot of strange things happen. the world has been paying tribute throughout the week to legendary broadcaster and artie host larry king who died on saturday at the age of 87 and we can now show you an excerpt from his last ever interview given to r.t. america's rick sanchez you can watch the full conversation later on today on r.t. and online bullies describe yourself to me and to just about everybody as a kid from brooklyn that's where i was i mean i think what it means is rick i never of forgot where i came from and that's true to this minute i never forgot. i came so i'm 85 years old but i'm the kid from brooklyn and that's what i brought

to the business being curious born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do i didn't go to college. my brother did i'm walkin on the street in new york and a friend introduces me to james sermons who was chief of staff announcers at c.b.s. wonderful man and i said to him i want to get in a radio what should i do. and he said get down to miami and i knocked on doors in small station. in miami beach gave me a job i was a disc jockey and on may 1st 19. i saw that and from that moment when that white won on. told the audience it was my 1st day. never never gave a live audience i. i found my magic.

a long time. he is one of the few channels. like he does know this is my country. tell the truth he will be greatly missed and that's your cleverness update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website our to dot com for the details on all those stories and that interview with larry king himself. what does the let stand for today not long ago the less stood with working people and civil liberties now it appears to prioritize i dinna jerry politics over issues we hear the word would be a lot but not a forward candy is there a place for marriage you know politics anymore. in 2040 you

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heron declared the revolution will not be televised however here in the early days of 2021 the revolution will be digitised yes the revolution that is taking place on line this week users of the sub read a group of wall street bets of put it all on the line in an effort to tear down the walls of wall street they're doing this by going along and buying up the one struggling stock of brick and mortar videogame retailer game stop big time wall street hedge funders like melvin capital were short selling the struggling retailers stocks essentially making piles of money betting against the company's success with the hopes of a declared bankruptcy dancing in their heads and that my friends is when the more than 2000000 subscribers on wall street bets stepped in and started buying up game stop stock in droves driving the price of the stock up way up forcing the short

selling vultures to start bleeding money as c n b c reports amid game stops explosive rally short sellers have accumulated losses of more than 5000000000 dollars this year to date in the stock including a loss of 917000000 on monday and 1600000000 on friday now naturally of course the wall street elites were livid with professional investors and economic experts crying foul they were just they were just tearing themselves apart and hilariously these same people were calling for government regulations and interventions to stop the actions of these traders these these rabble who live on main street and use trading apps like robin hood. and of course the mainstream corporate media oh they went over they went into overdrive to protect their wall street elite friends and they put out the you know it helped

them put out the revolutionary fire and change the narrative surrounding wall street but subscribers with the washington post for example writing radatz online mob brandishes an us against them rhetoric that echoes the populism of former president donald trump supporters yes spank them with the donald trump supporting russian and just what was this evil trumpy in rhetoric that we heard of on wall street bets on reddit well as one poster wrote i can now write my mom a check and put my sister through lymes treatment this is been a very rough year but i'm so thankful for every single one of you. well if that's not trumpy and rhetoric and the rhetoric of evil evil people but i don't know what it is. you know i think it's time that we roll up our sleeves and dive in to the game stop revolution as we start watching. on

a city street. letter so let's see this is this you always see a. great city this least systemic dissent says so which . brings up the old. welcome or wonder watching the hawks i am. and i'm. so easily look at this man revolution time it looks like old line through the other group wall street bets they are they are pushing the game stock came stop stock through the roof and it's causing wall street to lose its marbles you know i didn't see this coming but i am very thankful that it did this is the one thing that i think from you know all social media accounts we would have expected alexandria. jr to basically have similar tweets about how messed up this is when we are watching wall street big leagues try to basically shut out everyday americans from getting the thoughts.