thinks. we should ask. in the day's headlines the ongoing feud between the e.u. and u.k. over astra zeneca vaccines and and so far as france and germany proposing and all these at the company gives the u.k. preferential treatment. also this hour a fresh wave of demonstrations and grips france over a controversial new security bill that as a french police union claims a legal loophole is giving radical protestors a get out of jail free card. and the black lives matter movement is nominated for

a nobel peace prize for its fight against racial inequality despite outbreaks of violence and looting at some of its rallies we put the proposal up for debate so. you have a movement where people whether they represent even or not torch black businesses 25 people were killed last summer. just around the world not just in the united states this is a most wanted and deserved award for sure. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. as europe continues to struggle with new corona virus strains and impose tough lockdown measures people across the continent are becoming increasingly frustrated with the way the pen demick is being handled.

case in point we can now show you pictures from protests in 3 separate european cities starting in vienna around 5000 people to find a band to march in protest against measures aimed at curbing the spread of new code in 1000 austria is currently in its 3rd a lockdown at the moment on the march was organized by a far right party and many participants ignored social distancing rules and were there without masks police equipped with riot gear as you can see clash with protesters and a number of them. over and mark a group known as men in black organize a torch lit march on sunday demonstrators chanted things like freedom for denmark and we've had enough they believe the coronavirus restrictions are you violation of their freedoms the group invited supporters from all over the country to join the march which began in the early evening at city hall and went through the city center. and in brussels hundreds of people turned up at several locations around

the city after numerous calls to protest circulated on social media police say over $400.00 people were arrested last week the prime minister banned non essential trips in and out of the country in till march 1st and that's on top of an existing curfew and the closure of bars and restaurants in belgium has registered one of the highest death rates in the world during the penn demick but recent restrictions have brought infection and hospital cases down. in well as the blocks vaccine roll out struggles to get going the e.u. and u.k. have clashed over vaccine supplies germany has threatened astra zeneca with legal action over vaccine delays saying the company should face penalties if it gives britain preferential treatment. if it turns out that individual company is to not complying with the legations a decision must be made to both legal consequences well while we've heard of threats of legal action from peter out by just there the german economy minister there are some signs of

a report on being attempted to be made but in this 3 way dispute between the european union the united kingdom and the pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca the vaccine manufacturer has said that an extra $9000000.00 doses of the job will be sent to the european union in the 1st quarter of 2021 take the total to be delivered through till march open to up to $40000000.00 now that's still well short of the 102120 1000000 at the e.u. was promised back in august of last year but a slip on the line the e.u. commission president tweeted out that she's happy with the extra $9000000.00 doses and the promise that astra zeneca would be popping manufacture of their vaccine inside the european union this all follows on from a huge diplomatic mess over the weekend involving astra zeneca the u.k. and the e.u. it follows on from a misconception it would seem from the european commission side they understood

that they thought they would get doses of the vaccine to be manufactured in the u.k. that's not the case the e.u. then decided that they would put in place restrictions on vaccines leaving the european union the manufactured inside the block reason though that there has been such rash action from the e.u. site is that the lack of vaccines is really starting to bite here we've heard from france from portugal from spain where vaccine programs are having to be suspended because there aren't enough jobs while in the united kingdom well the vaccine program is moving along at a pace french president emanuel on this waded into the argument saying the u.k. has to decide who its friends are. imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the closest ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u.

and the new singapore it has to choose a model what we've essentially seen though is the british side getting a huge p.r. victory post break that without really having to do very much at all as far as london's concerned they're focused on vaccinating their own people the u.k. government's position is absolutely clear we expect companies and contracts to be on that european union know that our 1st priority is vaccinating people in the united kingdom but we also want to work with our friends and neighbors in the european union well the job of savaging that the european union and particularly e.u. commission president on the line over this whole mess has fallen to the british press we've seen a number of headlines incredibly critical of brussels a stance the world health organization though has waded in as well saying vaccine nationalism needs to stop as it doesn't help anybody if we lose translate into

motion i'm going to lucian so what i've seen nationalism we will all pay the price in terms of a protracted we only prolong the plunder me more vaccine talk set for monday is there's a summit taking place at least a virtual summit taking place from here in berlin concerning what happens next when it comes to germany and the vaccine program we heard from the german health minister last week saying that it was 10 weeks behind where you'd like it to be the news coming in is that there will be an extra 75000000 doses of the pfizer buy on tech vaccine made available to the european union perhaps that will help calm some of the tensions regarding just who is getting these vaccines and when they go. to be arriving here in the european union. paris was rocked by a fresh crowd of violent protests over the weekend as around 5000 people demonstrated against france's global security bill which will restrict the filming of police and posting of images online. there.

was. a. critic of the draft bill see it as a threat to press freedom despite government promises truly write the controversial article $24.00 which covers the sharing and images of officers many still oppose the idea dozens of rallies were also held across france with over 32000 people to vote according to the interior minister told us 35 arrests were made over the weekend. tensions also spilled out onto the streets of nonsuch with 4 officers reportedly injured in the clashes it comes as place the city have complained that radical writers often avoid fiction he heard from a representative of a french police union on our shared his view on the situation. you know that there is a part of the population which resents the police sometimes this resentment is

ideological which means that we have both left and right wing protesters hostile to the police and sometimes this resentment this from people threaten anti against protests who feel anger towards the police we can legitimately wonder both about the effectiveness of the court's response and about whether these rioters have a political role to play the presence of rioters at the protests gives a pretext and legitimacy to the prefix and in particular to the police prefects of gatherings which are in issue legitimate government policy has been relatively opaque on the issue of rioters since at the beginning of the yellow vest crisis the prime minister himself initiated a debate and to write a dossier where it was said that all hooligans were known to intelligence services we were going to register them in a file and put them under house arrest on the days of demonstrations it means that they would have to check in at the nearest police station to prove they're not at the protest this dossier has never seen the light of day.

now didn't go to police he was one of our colleagues who works in the sense and they need to parliament a police commander was found dead at his home and another officer who worked for the border police in my old also killed himself so every year every week every month police officers kill themselves because the police of ministration is an institution that's not only violence on a physical level as we sometimes witnessed during demonstrations and lower in force means operations but it's also extremely violent on a psychological level and it's the enemy of people who seek to give meaning to their daily actions the message of the police hierarchy is don't think just execute orders. the black lives matter movement dominated much of the headlines and 20 twentieth's following the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis the group's protests weren't always peaceful though.

the tower. despite all that the movement has been nominated for the nobel peace prize a proposal which was put forward by a norwegian filmmaker lawmaker excuse me and has been met with a mixed reaction online. they've been able to mobilize people from all groups a society not just african-americans not just oppressed people it has been a broad movement in a way which has been different from their predecessors awarding the peace prize to black lives matter will send

a powerful message that peace is founded on equality solidarity and human rights and that all countries must respect those basic principles this is where the nobel peace prize has lost its legitimacy and credibility blood flows matter movement is nominated for a nobel prize after engaging in months of extreme violence that called for the killing of cops and destruction of u.s. its. most expensive and devastating riots in american history but sure noble peace prize seems appropriate right this summer b.l.m. concentrated on riots looting arson murder cop killing destruction of public and private property lawlessness criminality etc and now it's time to give them an emmy award a nobel peace prize etc the whole world's a stage some of course fine criticism of the movement unjustified since the vast majority 93 percent of the black lives matter protest last summer were peaceful that's according to a report tracking political violence in the united states earlier we discussed the

b.l.s. nomination with conservative commentator jeff charles political activists anthony rogers right. i don't see how this organ how this organization at least the national organization deserves this prize this prize is intended for for organizations that benefit mankind when you've got people's livelihoods being destroyed and you've got people being killed it's hard for me to for me to see how that's the case especially when there is no widespread condemnation among the ranks of black lives matter of course there are are some individuals who have escalated and taking matters into their own hands and even dr king held weapons in his house to protect himself against white supremacy terrorism so i think that any movement that is 93 percent peaceful and has had just an impact around the world not just in the united states also in solidarity with all oppressed people around the world and this is a most warranted and deserved award for sure the riots happened the proto peaceful protests happened and what change has actually happened nothing to say that it's

just a hash tag and just saying that there had been hasn't been any action we've seen massive police reforms into beslan in cities like new york in cities like los angeles minneapolis at one point calling for change the entire police structure so to meet i mean just having a conversation is in and for me isn't enough to win a nobel peace prize there should actually be something good that happened you have black lives matter talking about defunding the police even though 82 percent of black americans disagree with that and you know what defending the police and having fewer police officers is going to disproportionately affect black people so to me saying that black lives matter you're not really showing that when you are supporting the destruction of black businesses the destruction of black lives and you're making black people less safe you have a movement where people whether they represent a movement or not torch black businesses 25 people were killed last summer and i might understand that point if the black lives matter their leadership and inforced came out and condemned the rioting but you only had

a few local chapters who were willing to actually condemn the violence but we haven't seen action as is in the domestic terrorist threat in the united states. from white supremacy terrorists who show up to state buildings with their guns out but not their mass i can condemn the rights of the u.s. capitol as a matter of fact the vast majority of republicans did condemn that violence and yet you don't see a whole lot of that that we didn't see a whole lot of that this past summer during the riots that were happening with n.t.p. and black lives matter and never have you seen black lives matter take part in an insurrection where they were trying to stop the democratic process in a country that still oppresses them more than the p.b.s. and volatility of white supremacy that we saw in january 6th the fact that donald trump has even been considered for a nobel peace prize just goes to show you the differences in standards for black and white people in this country and quite frankly throughout the world. after the break russia sees a 2nd consecutive weekend of anti-government protests and says the country's

security services claim they have evidence of foreign support for the opposition they tell us after this. join me every day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. there is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation from the community. are you going the right way or are you being

led. by. what is true what is right. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the debt. or remain in the shallows. welcome back to the program several 1000 protesters were detained across russia on sunday during the 2nd weekend of an authorized rallies in support of jailed kremlin critic alex in a ball me this time there were visibly fewer people at the anti-government demonstrations with the highest attendance in moscow and st petersburg and the russian capital authorities had warned people against gathering citing the ongoing pandemic officers used force where demonstrators resisted arrest meanwhile russia's

federal security service has released footage purporting to show a secret meeting between one of these close associates and the british intelligence officer some time ago have a speak lames britain is actively involved with the russian opposition providing them with financial support and intelligence. details 2 of a spy scandal involving a fake rock dating back to 2006 were also shared with the f.s.b. saying it illustrates the scope and boldness of british interference and russian affairs are breaks down what's been revealed. is a dirty word but everyone does it it's a tricky business high risk high reward pull it off and you hit jackpot and no one ever finds out but when you mess it up it's a world of them barrus mint as was the case 15 years ago out of the blue a senior british diplomat develops the oddest habit of doing an inexplicable walks

to the strangest of places at the same route every time now alarm bells aren't ringing yet but ross encountered halogens decide to keep an eye on these odd little habit christopher peart secretary archivist of the british embassy in moscow looking shifty as can be but then a 2nd british diplomat develops the same walking habits and during one of those walks one of the diplomats strays off the path kids are random rock and then keeps on going to alarm bells at this poor the f.s.b. understands that something stinky is afford a war tree and watches a 3rd and the 4th british diplomat start here in a nice little pilgrimages to this little rock at one point certain mark do then 2nd secretary of the embassy and flag it as

a m i 6 agent by russian counterintelligence wished the rockaway for a little polish it turned out to be a wife a device used to communicate with a russian official turned traitor. at the time it was a novel way to organize communication between the embassies and my 6 office and agents in russia they refused to acknowledge the incident all the way up to 2012 when tony blair's former adviser officially confirmed the incident by iraq was embarrassing they they mean they had just bang to rights clearly they'd known about it for some time to be saving it up for a political purpose this is the rock or the malfunctioning rock a copy of it near originals been stripped down into dust circuits and was but this is the rock that caused sue much embarrassment for british intelligence and diplomats since then technology has undergone miniaturize ation and this has given

way to this the internet and messages but while neath tactics may have changed goals and strategies haven't aspin hours subterfuge spies and betrayal you'd think that british agents and potential recruits and russia would be a little more surreptitious going into the future but no the federal security service of russia has released footage showing mark do successor following in his clumsy footsteps james william thomas ford entering a restaurant in moscow former 2nd secretary for political affairs at the british embassy designated an undeclared m i 6 agent married to elizabeth cohen berg designated swedish intelligence agent following him in is russian opposition figure vladimir assured of alexina valley's right hand man executive manager of the f

b k foundation currently living in the u.k. surveillance of this meeting was conducted by russian counterintelligence keeping an eye and special agent forward. i'm. it would be t. would expect there to be the force that was $81.00 but he was and was when he was. 41 but. it certainly wasn't he would have a duty 100 had anybody who was at 80 duty was a pain he'd nudge nudge fundus into power and will pay you back with billions

since the man crusading against corruption the opposition even has a plan which is remarkably similar to what they accuse the government of doing from bombarding voters with propaganda to back to deals with elites $1094.00 it was thought he would do was he was it was need to lead. me if i'm was it was was it we did i don't i shouldn't of cementing rumors that the opposition is being helped by foreign intelligence appears to ask the british for help information from government and intelligence agencies to use against the russian government he was 81 wasn't sure it was. true that he was not had access to

was available was a 1000 i wouldn't. certainty. that he really wasn't it was was it was a good read it is a. good idea he didn't have ready to take it out of status code 380 britain off the rule has much to gain here doesn't beat around the bush the meaning is clear give us information and we'll help get rid of competition for british banks by torpedoing russian money would release everybody thank god i don't get the

side of it wasn't sure how to be. here assured pools for the waitress you never know she could be a spy trying to listen in. how do how do you how did i do meaty that was exactly what i do did i don't think it would be because if i did do that would make it 40 times i was already had i was i don't have the spark to a suit of scenes mr ford that doesn't commit to any direct financial support instead he points a shortcut to a work around work with transparency international which britain was already

financing 380 b.n. the big thing that i didn't think anybody was reading but over there isn't anybody who lives that lost everything. would. it's something that i didn't want you to think you would like them but he. was he wasn't you but you know it wasn't you know it wasn't i and we. but you and i then we need to do with another county and. it was building and it was. was just imagine a british politician meeting with russian secret service agents to beg for funding

and dirt on rivals it would cause a national uproar aside from the ethical complications it would also undoubtedly be viewed as a security threat and that's exactly what it is in the eyes of the f.s.b. . the intelligence desk on my 6 whose main mission is to get the secret material on the economic and military potential of russia is actively engaged with the russian opposition supports terrorists n.g.o.s and provides them with financing aside from assisting the opposition with information and financing the british embassy has direct involvement forming opposition organizations. it's never been a secret that the opposition in russia has ties with and sometimes works in the interests of foreign governments and it was when i was when i was when we

were going to look at you and you would put the degree of that corporation will undoubtedly voters with very serious questions more at gadsden of. moscow. r.t. has sent a request to mr ford asking him to comment on his possible involvement with m i 6 and a lot of growth and we've also reached out to the u.k. foreign office and british embassy in russia for their comment we'll get back to you with their responses that's been your breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if you're looking for more you can always had to our website or to dot com thanks for tuning in this hour. seemed wrong. just don't hold. me. to shape

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