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gradiant president recalls the events of $24.00. you've invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these another goal that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. in the day's headlines brussels will control cope with vaccine exports but is making an exception for northern ireland after a furious reaction from the u.k. that's despite the jobs themselves remaining in desperately short supply. as comes as germany bans entry from states where new mutated covert strains have been detected and france shuts its borders toonami altogether the move criticized by business leaders and opposition parties who say it will damage the economy. and a u.s. business owner gets death threats online and even on our phone for posting that her
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husband backs donald trump she spoke with us. one gentleman actually said she was coming to kill me one person through these and i can tell you that it was bad enough that law enforcement had to get. welcome to the program and a happy saturday to you all this is art international bring you your live news update this hour. the has announced it will control the export of coded vaccines given the drastic shortages of the job within the block but following an angry reaction from britain brussels is making an exception for northern ireland. the u.k. has legally binding agreements with banks and supplies and it would not expect the e.u. as a friend and ally to do anything to disrupt the fulfillment of these contracts to an act of aggression actually less than a month into us leaving the european union we see them act in this unilateral way
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the commission will ensure that the ireland northern ireland protocol is unaffected the commission is not triggering the safeguard clause brussels concession will allow britain to get back seen through northern ireland but as charlotte reports the question is what vaccines but the block suffering its own severe shortages of the current jobs. european union has confirmed that it is taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls on a covert vaccines this means that any vaccine that is manufactured within ringback the block that's the $27.00 countries will not be able to be exported outside the block now this comes amidst a huge drought that's been blowing up of the last 2 days over that delivery shortfalls of the dose is this a collision of concerns to the transponding sea and export of the $491.00 seats. as
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a protection and safety of our citizens is a perfect. repay that is companies to increase production and knowledge we expect them to do it. in. public spat that's been playing out over the last few days and it really comes down to the call that this is between the european union and astra zeneca and gloom swedish pharma company that's been producing one of the could be $1000.00 facts saying now astra zeneca said that they wouldn't be able to supply the full amount that it takes agreed on paper with the european union saying that it was actually going to be delivering around 25 percent of the 100000000 doses it then sent to the european union local trying for east that at to about 30 percent that the e.u. has rejected they still say that that offer just wasn't acceptable and that they needed to fulfill the contract they've even gone as far as on friday publishing a redacted version of that contract between themselves and astra zeneca from their
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perspective they wanted to show that that contract has been broken now astra zeneca says that's not the case that u.k. signed its contract with astra zeneca 3 months before the e.u. didn't win astra zeneca says that you know it's trying to make up the shortfall and it's a little table too because the production issue at its facilities in belgium now this comes at mit's the fact that invests. gauges we even sent astra zeneca is production plant in belgium to check to see if it actually was a problem with the production and miss rumors that some vaccine had been shipped to the united kingdom now one german m.p.'s said this entire spat is astra zeneca is full astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the world's biggest market as 2nd class citizens this is also now likely to cause problems for the united kingdom which of course recently officially next the european union foreign breaks it it
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was expecting at delivery of some cool 1000000 doses of the pfizer bio on tech last seen that are being produced all suited facility in belgium and now the e.u. has been struggling to obtain enough back seat doses despite placing huge orders over the last year or so so much so that some areas of europe are either having to delay the rollout of the program or having to hold to temporarily all together it really feels as if protectionism is now being ramped up in essentially what is turning into a war over access to a drug and a vaccine that is supposed to prevent 19 we discussed the spat between the e.u. and i asked her how with our gas and well former m.e.p. bill at threads things the blocks pang proport planning professor friends us covers are says a lack of communication between brussels and the backseat maker. astra zeneca were under a number of obligations to keep the commission informed of what was going on i do
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not believe that that has actually happened how is it that a week before we're supposed to be getting approval and then ourselves to liveries we suddenly discover that we're only going to get shirty 1000000 just this is extraordinary to keating that european union wanted to make sure that they had their initial 100 whatever it was 1000000 doses that clearly hasn't happened so there has been a disconnect shankly the train astra zeneca and the european union the european union have failed correctly to order about things that they need in the 1st place and they're both jealous of the speedy and official rollout of yukos most to do without having the e.u. bureaucracy hampering us this isn't a case of being more important it's a case of the fact that we placed our orders 1st we plan better we do get more efficiently the been found out was being completely in the fish and the news organization and instead of understanding us and trying to find
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a way to cooperate and work alongside partners in it or throw its toys out of the problem like an angry baby and we were warned in the u.k. we were told if we let the we would sort out we wouldn't get medicines we wouldn't get supplies but it looks like it's the other way around doesn't it mean all france is closing its borders to non european travelers altogether and neighboring germany stopping visitors from countries where new mutated strains of the virus have been detected powerhouses are suffering a spike in corona virus cases france has reported more than 20000 new cases a day or week with one in 10 being of those new strains and the hope for books from vaccines has not materialized due to the extreme delays in supplies across the block our europe correspondent peter arbor breaks down the latest travel ban. this weekend tough new restrictions on travelers coming into germany from 7 different
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countries will come into place from saturday they're already here when it comes to travelers arriving for me you men the states ireland and portugal as well as those coming from the united kingdom brazil and south africa from sunday that list will grow to 7 to include the african nations of s. what danny and lee so to the reason these have been put in place is that these nations have seen rises and the infections of mutated variants of the corona virus the german interior minister the horse and say hoff said before they were officially put in place that germany would have to do they speak because there wasn't a unified e.u. solution on the horizon you couldn't piece your own information searing all the information we have we do not expect there to be european solution that meter expect a sions in the near future and that is why we are preparing as a nation there are some exceptions for those coming into germany german citizens
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and permanent residents will be allowed to arrive from those nations on that list transit passengers and those travelling to do with the movement of goods will also be permitted to travel but those are the exceptional circumstances that have been granted by the the german side it hasn't gone down well politically with the opposition here in germany the greens have called it an affront to germany's e.u. partners for berlin to act unilaterally in this way while the free democrats have said that it basically covers up the fact that the vaccination program here in germany hasn't been going as well as people would have liked floods and trouble bird zuko but it's on like these we must 1st of its mission vaccines are the most reliable in the only way out of this pandemic it may not be popular with everyone but the travel bans are in place all travelers arriving from 7 different nations here to germany and they will be in place until the 17th of february at least.
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economist richard warner told us the travel ban could end up hurting the german economy so it is a copy of the u.k. policies. and. people from tanzania and africa and brazil and they claim that you know it's because of this new strain which is not really clear is not really well established. and other countries like germany saw that they believe the u.k. statements government statements and they say well then we ban u.k. travelers as well and the same with the u.k. standing but it doesn't make any sense well already the restrictions have caused severe downturn in the economy in the year 2020 but any further restrictions would of course further damage the economy. german business is a very international even locals small family owned businesses tend to be
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international exporters and to get international deals 'd you do need some travel i don't see the need for that and the medical case doesn't seem to be there you that hasn't been demonstrated and also there isn't been a proper detail cost benefit analysis either as it's being proposed should really include a very detailed analysis of all the costs and all the benefits well let's look at that 1st before we further consider such a proposal. in the us a woman has received death threats online and by phone against both herself and her family for revealing her husband back donald trump marriage in hamlin posted a photo on facebook of her husband and friends getting ready to go to trump's last rally as president she was accused of being a domestic terrorist and was even threatened with physical violence she told us her story. somebody's got to hold a picture off my personal page and i'd imagine somebody that. knows me inside.
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him in about 5 o'clock that night my don't shop started getting some ugly phone calls it just it just kind of spiral from there some people took that snapshot and started putting the owners of the shop or domestic terrorists and the so on just was ringing in ringing and ringing and i can tell you all day thursday and friday our phone never stopped ringing and the 1st we were inserting it. but when you're hearing things like i hope you're building burns and i hope you die i hope you rot in hell. one gentleman actually said he was coming to kill me one person threatened my grandbabies and i can tell you that it was bad enough that law enforcement had to get in and give us some advice on how to keep everybody safe as helen mentioned she owns a donut shop and a tractor is targeted her business flooding it's all mine pages with negative reviews after telling her story to a local t.v.
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station she also began getting support across the country her story reflects a c.b.s. poll showing most americans now see their fellow citizens as the country's biggest threat as 8 percent can think foreign adversaries present a bigger challenge where john hamblin again told us the issue boils down to freedom of expression. you can walk through the through the doors of mine down and shut up no matter what your policies are we treat everyone with the same kindness and love and respect everybody gets treated the same way because this america we have the right to think differently in to express our views without being made to be a free without someone saying if you don't think the way we think we're going to shut your business down if you don't admit that you're wrong in now you think the way you think we're going to torment you that is it is not the country re grew up in i understand there's people that may not want to come here because they choose
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not to support a business that believes one way or another and that's the greatest thing a better country you can spend your money anywhere that you are. still had the mayor of new york city one thing answers after an official report warns coronavirus deaths and care homes may be far worse than originally recorded a story and more after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic developments only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.
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the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person those words. thinks. we dare to ask. for. a comeback china has announced it will no longer recognize british national
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overseas passports issued to hong kong residents that's after the u.k. so the document can pave the way for millions in its former colony to obtain british citizenship beijing blasted that move as meddling and its internal affairs . this will only end up hurting britain's own interests no forces under whatever circumstances can erode the determination of the chinese government and the chinese people to uphold national sovereignty and security safeguard hong kong's prosperity and stability and oppose external intervention under the new rules coming into force next sunday the passport holders can live study and work in the u.k. for 5 years after which they can apply for citizenship and their scheme was heavily backed by prime minister boris johnson i'm immensely proud that we have brought in this new route for hong kong british national overseas prosperous to live work and make their home in the country in doing so we have our profound ties of history and
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friendship with the people of hong kong and we have stood for freedom and autonomy values both the u.k. and hong kong hold dear. the plans were announced in july in response to chinese legislation giving beijing greater powers over hong kong subsequent riots in the region over the last led to dozens of arrests on an accuse beijing of breaching its pledge in hong kong 1997 handover to maintain key liberties and autonomy for 50 years britain argues it has a moral duty to protect its former subjects. we go live now to international relations expert and professor at china's university of actor gary how much of this moral duty does britain have to protect its former colony or is this just meddling in china's internal affairs as they say i think what the british government is saying now is really high level of hypocrisy because 1st of all hong kong is completely chinese territory china has absolutely unconditional sovereignty
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over hong kong and what happened in hong kong in 20192020 in terms of occupying the legislative house attacks on innocent people run some firing for example arson it's utter were very similar to what happened in the united states in the washington. area in terms of the occupation of the capitol hill on january the 6th it's completely not to be tolerated arm of the rule of law system in hong kong so the british actually should condemn such violence in hong kong last year 2019 rather than calling it pro-democracy movements just as they need to condemn the violence occupy in the u.s. capitol hill earlier this month so i think the british government is really very much double standards and what they are really talking about is very hollow and i
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don't see lots of people who want to switch from. calm. when there are 2 british passport a talk. on the other side has beijing broken its pledge to preserve hong kong freedoms as the u.k. claims no i think whatever freedom that hong kong people deserve will not include any right to launch our own lawful demonstration to occupy the legislative council building and to attack innocent people because that's not freedom that's completely criminal activities that's to be condemned by rule of law if it happened in london for example you involving a stormy an occupation or the parliament building the british government definitely will condemn them as it is and declare them as unlawful and illegal activities rather then calling them pro-democracy movement so i think again it is high level
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of hypocrisy and double standard but at the same time do they not have the right to protest and push back against what they see as a crackdown from beijing i think everyone citizen on call has the legal right to demonstrate and to crew to protest but they need to do it in a lawful way illegal gathering is not part of the rule of law or illegal and how unlawful gatherin demonstration are a breach of rule of law and verge arm a marquee so i think we need to really call a spade a spade and continue to advocate for the legal rights of the income people while we need to use firmly stand against any violation of the principles of the rule of law in hong kong. so if you think that britain is being hampered hypocritical what's britain's a real interest in all this is it fighting for people's rights or does it have its own agenda. no in terms of the a b n old pos
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a we know for sure this is really something the british came up with in there on the upper 2997 if prime minister johnson was right then the british government in 1970 should. the right of. i told him he couldn't. do that they let a lot of people who at that time had seconded guessing about china resuming sovereignty over hong kong now they are talking about giving lots of people they are talking about millions of hong kong people the right to move to hong london or britain and eventually become u.k. citizens 1st of all i don't think a lot of people in hong kong want to do that why because hong kong is one of the most efficient place to live and to do business and it will continue to do so they compare much better than britain as a country secondly what the british government is doing is to give 2nd class
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citizenship to the hong kong people because it was they move to hong kong they need to live there for 5 years before they have the right to apply for you cases and ship i don't think people really in hong kong want to do that saw this is really short changing the interest of the people in hong kong and create an impression that britain is standing by the people to harm her as they are not be much to the hong kong people at all they really need to stand firm for protection of rule of law in hong kong that's order government in the united kingdom need to do for itself as well as for the people in hong kong. we've been speaking with international relations expert professor victor gao think you for your time on your comments thank you thank you for having me. the mayor of new york city is demanding the truth about the pandemic death tolls in nursing homes after the state's
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attorney general revealed officials may have been massively under-counting we have to make sense of this we have to get the full truth and we have to make sure it never ever happens again nothing like this happens again and we have to be honest about the numbers if fishel numbers state 6600 deaths in state care homes but according to the attorney general's report there could be far far higher artist and explains. the nursing home scandal hanging over new york state governor andrew cuomo is head just won't go away a new report from the state's attorney general indicates that deaths in the elderly care homes could actually be 50 percent higher than was originally reported that's up to 13000 lives lost in new york it only tallied up the number who actually died within elderly care facilities not including those who went to the hospital after getting infected as the pandemic in their investigations continue it is imperative
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that understand why the residents of nursing homes in new york and the saudis suffered at such an alarming rate well we cannot bring back the individuals who lost to this crisis this report seeks to offer transparency that the public deserves and to spur increased action to protect our most vulnerable residents the report singled out almost decision to send coded patients to elderly care homes it was an attempt to free up hospital space that may have cost 4800 new york the lives cuomo is office dismissed the report as an accurate the word on the count implies to remove total fatalities than has been reported this is factually wrong the department of health has consistently made clear that on numbers reports based on the place of death those words are of little comfort to sabah a local news media or ologist lost both of her in-laws last summer and she couldn't hold back her feelings a family was affected and i wasn't seeing the coverage i wasn't seeing the
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questions being asked of this governor he continued to pass the blame on everyone else and everything else and he still to this day will not accept any responsibility democrats and republicans have now lined up to condemn cuomo reports from new york state's handing of crude 19 in nursing homes reveals a profound failure of executive leadership governor cuomo and the new york state department of health treating our elders as expandable as if their lives were nothing more. then the cost of doing business this is shocking and unconscionable but not surprising governor actually wrote a book about leadership in the middle of the kobe 1000 pandemic but as we learned today and as many suspected he never told the whole story at the start of the pandemic mainstream us media poured the law on to governor andrew cuomo for his handling of the pandemic in new york state but now it seems pretty clear that he made a bad decision and the media darling is facing
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a full blown scandal. artsy new york. dave lindorff founding editor of news site this can't be happening and son in law of a coded victim said new york's bungled pandemic response has been a key factor. i think the worst thing cuomo did was suspending transferring people with coded out of hospitals and into nursing homes the other direction. and exposing the patients in those nursing homes who weren't sick with cove it with the coded you know serious covered infections of the people that were being moved from the hospitals to get them out of the hospitals and make more room for more patients and i may be personally sensitive to that because my mother in law died of covidien a new jersey nursing home which was doing the same thing where you know the state was shifting people out of hospitals in new jersey into nursing homes and then
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presenting those nursing home pusher much lower staffed and much less good at infection control than hospitals are and not surprisingly the disease spread right through them in the us because the government until very recently would not subsidize. any home care for the elderly you know you have your elderly parents who don't want to be or can't be taken care of by you so you would normally what you would want to do is how hire somebody to come into the house each day or maybe even live in the house take care your elderly parents. and you couldn't get a subsidy from the government to do that says very expensive to do the nursing home industry which is mostly for profit has lobbied very intensively with a lot of money to politicians in every state to not provide decent funding for in home care of your elderly parents. that's
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a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. join me every thursday on the all excitement show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there. are no one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain become educated and in gains from it because the trail.
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went on many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. right now there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese it's profitable to self. and sugary and solti and addicted it's not at the individual level it's not individual willpower and if we go on believing that we're never change this obesity epidemic that industry has been influencing very deeply the medical and scientific just felt. so what's driving the obesity epidemic it's corporate profit.
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hi i'm max ties are of this is the kaiser report everything's going to plan let's check in with stacey max full disclosure at the 1st headline is actually from you that's a tweet from you what's happening with g. and e today shows maintaining fair and orderly markets becoming a nightmare market making technology across all markets globally is breaking down the direct result of central banks reserve price discovery across all markets is shot to heck and this is referring to one of these us talks out there called game stop g m e was the symbol or is the symbol game stop yeah you're seeing that correctly currently 47 percent on 2500000 shares of pre-market volume it was $20.00 just 2 weeks ago no there's no fundamental news behind that kind of move so.

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