headlines an r.t. for no chance to giving it a shot western countries change their tune on russia sputnik the vaccine after a leading medical journal publishes a study about his high advocacy we hear from the c.e.o. of the fund that backs the job. when you come by the. price of the logistics to really help what i believe is the best picture of the world and scientists because of all the great meanwhile despite the way the criticism the european commission president refuses to apologize for the blocks slow vaccine. and in the u.k. police arrest a man dishing out free sink to the vulnerable they're violating lockdown rules. between the fiercely and it's an abuse of power might something.

like that. is experiencing the decisions of the british people seriously killing. hello there good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you're watching international nicaragua a mexico are among the latest countries to register the russian faxing comes on the heels of a new study in the lancet medical journal which found that sputnik the was more than 90 percent effective meanwhile over in europe hungary which was the 1st e.u. country to approve sport mcveigh has already received its 1st batch of the shot as part of a 2000000 doses deal of the key states in the block including france and germany are waiting for the regulator to approve the job 1st. anyone

who applies to the european medical agency for approval is welcome i talked with the russian president exactly about this when they all did the good data today about the russian vaccine any vaccine is welcome in the european union but only ones that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved . several weeks ago i sent a scientific mission to russia in order to exchange data with it seems that we saw today data indicating a very strong efficiency of the sputnik vaccine but we can't distribute it in front until the russian producers submit a request to of doris's it's normal it's a matter of health care responsibility well even before the lancet article russian scientists had been insisting that sputnik the was safe and effective but that didn't stop a wave of criticism from the west however some of the skeptics and now having a change of heart is more aghast the f. expects. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is worse than the disease they mocked

sputnik we they don't ride did it they tried to turn it into a joke but with out of these 3 mass trial completed it sounds like the process hasn't run its course here america's top researchers say russia's cutting corners to develop its corona virus vaccine they're still trying to figure out safety and that there they've approved it the irony is of course that these same people the same people who accused russia of spreading vaccine conspiracies and of discouraging people to get the job the irony is often lost on these sorts this is c.n.n. in a tube so you know that they're trying to trash talk it when they start by calling it putin's vaccine which was apparently dangerous and unreliable reading between the lines this is c.n.n. now and somehow sputnik has become safe and potent one of only 3 vaccines with an efficacy of over 90 percent it's cheaper it's easier to produce

and to transport and side effects don't include catatonic allergic sieges what the trials showed this 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding 91.8 percent efficacy for actually people older than 60 years old and also in ma the important part of the vaccine it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because human kind of exceed because it can be stored at plus 2 plus heat versus minus 70 degrees celsius required by the u.s. but scenes and of course half a one 3rd of the u.s. we've seen so when you combine safety ethic is see price and logistics you really have what i believe is a best of acute in the world and me scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3. trials have spruit it and they're good model side effects if any doesn't require a deep freeze so more widely available to poorer nations when russian scientists

said all of this it was met with our roles and mockery but when other scientists say the same thing they all know the sagely in agreement this is clearly good news as these jewel formulation vaccine is comparatively easy to manufacture and to deploy i mean they anticipated global shortage of vaccines and logistical problems in vaccination rollout it's interesting timing to now that maternal pfizer vaccines are experiencing shortages and disruptions sputnik isn't so bad after all it never was but politics is politics and a vaccine isn't immune to political trash talk as sad as that is around 50 nations have already preordered sputnik jabs and europe hungry was the 1st european nation to greenlight it and now the czech republic is looking to follow and its footsteps

i know that sputnik is already i suspect being used in hungary and i have no objection to this vaccine being used in our country if the experts so decide he's too better than people dying here just because of a lack of vaccines so after months of denial and derision the pundits too are coming around it was easy to mock russian scientists it's harder to mock international studies hard science and that was enough of a jolt to convince even pundits to give sputnik we a shot. sputnik v. was waiting for me at my neighborhood clinic the job was quick and almost painless 3 weeks later i had my 2nd injection in late january i took a test for covering 1990 bodies the results according to interpretive scale provided by the clinic indicated that my antibody levels were probably sufficient to prevent illness don't strike me as high that's my own personal pun dimmick was nearing its end if you are the average person before this pandemic how they thought

the world would react to this this huge global health crisis they would probably have said by united we now know that that would have been the wrong answer for anything the past year was a chaotic free for all rat race where everyone is for themselves it's nice to see that at last good sense and reason are starting to prevail over propaganda and politics and the rug as the of there with the director of the investment fund behind the russian job what we're told is true that all vaccines need to be distributed fairly. we have lots of countries in latin america in middle east and africa who will be using sport and you can be a backseat it's very important only reach countries get told those over it seems this is really not equitable as a world i think politicians overreach countries will try to do so but there should be a mechanism storyless have much more even and much more equal distribution or function

the rounds the world and sputnik the is committed those of us weighed it already delivered what seemed bolger real ready delivered what seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed to lights in america places a very elite now there are served by the big scene of producers we do have some production constraints so this year we can probably supply only around 700000000 people those us so that means 101400000000 of those or so is a big scene and countries of the approach and right now we can oliseh plight as a big scene in mate would join so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with the on those of best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and reward was of excellence as well for example what was offered as an the to increase advocacy of their big scene and we believe the spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with supported me ma the rye between britain and the european union neither vaccines continues if you can

minister michael brock's recent actions have undermined trust between the 2 sides. because issues move has provoked and and concern across all parties and throughout civil society in northern ireland as well as international condemnation trust has been rooted damage has been done and urged action is therefore needed it comes after the european union threatened to restrict exports of vaccines to countries outside the bloc including northern ireland due to a shortage but he subsequently backed down in the meantime here ripping commission chief of underlying has defended the block's relatively slow roll out saying it would not compromise on safety but even her predecessor john paul junker has is that it's i believe it all went too slow it hasn't all been done with the maximum transparency even though that would have been a difficult task the e.u. vaccination program is widely perceived to have moved at a glacial pace we heard john claude younker there saying that he thinks it could

have gone faster the person it seems that doesn't think it's moved far too slow is the current incumbent of the job of e.u. commission president on the line she says that it's being purposeful that it's moving in the right direction she certainly doesn't think that it's being slowed that any delays have been because the e.u. didn't want to compromise on safety some country stary to vaccinate a little before europe it is true but they resorted to emergency 24 hour marketing authorisation procedures the commission in member states agreed not to compromise with the c.v.t. in advocacy of requirements linked to the authorization of the vaccine well that comment is being seen as a bit of a dig at the united kingdom which proved with the urgency measures both pfizer and astra zeneca vaccines in record time the prime minister's spokes person in london

has said that at no point were more safety compromised in all of the corrective measures were followed. new coolness were cooked in new students were left unturned and the coming was based on an extremely thorough evaluation of all the data from the clinical trials the european medicines agency the a.m.a. greenlit the astra zeneca vaccine for use for everyone over the age of 18 in the e.u. just last friday however some member states of raised questions over it being given to those age 65 and over that's based on the data or the the lack of data for that demographic that was provided to the e m a germany was the 1st to suggest that they didn't want to give it to that age group poland have now followed and perhaps the most shocking comments have come out of france where the french president emanuel quantised described the vaccine is quite ineffective against the coronavirus in those age 65 and above well that

those claims of being rubbished by scientists question where mr micron is getting that from and suggesting that the french president may be engaging in a bit of demand management with those type of statements. that the kremlin has hit back at western governments critical of a course decision to jail the russian opposition activist alexina valmy and accused them of foreign interference he was sentenced to just under 3 years for parole violations in moscow yesterday with more on the story his r.t. he goes you don. well it certainly gain some traction internationally has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they the russian media within minutes after the ruling we started to receive statements from all over the world from the u.k. from the u.s. from germany france the council of europe really you name it all of them almost

following the same the very same time template all of them calling putting alexina value on a pedestal and calling for his release we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr no vani as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights including the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly today's verdict against gelatine a violent is a bitter blow against fundamental freedoms and the rule of law and russia alexina vilely must be released immediately the u.k. calls for the immediate and unconditional release of alexina vali and all of the peaceful protesters and journalists arrested over the last 2 weeks when it comes to international support really this hearing it has been like no what no other one in russia has been unprecedented not because only because of its magnitude but also

because the international community they got to witness the hearing itself right before it started we saw a motorcade of embassy cars taking foreign diplomats to the to to witness the hearing just imagine for instance a russian embassy going to witness a julian a songe hearing in london so that would that would raise quite a number of eyebrows in the west but this it was not one embassy guy was a whole motorcade from all over europe. but. the person at the press office here you. know you heard the speaker here and i'll read. it. when it comes to the reaction from the russian foreign ministry well it was it was quite expected i should say the spokeswoman marie is

a horrible as she called the essentially foreign meddling in russia's internal affairs it was in the process of mischa this is no longer just interference in the internal affairs of a 7 state it is the south exposure of the west in its attempts to contain russia in an unappealing and illegal way for russia its internal matters a russian citizen being world being sued under russian law in russia and for the international community it's almost like a like a lever to be pulled against russia and like to be used against russia and to get some political gain on the diplomatic arena however say this is an internal issue so why is it that western nations have come out and it been so quick to condemn the verdict of our sovereign country well it was quite expected because for them alexina vollies a hero the they are hailing him as the opposition leader if you are a supporter then of course you will view it as unjust yeah you will you will hear

his arguments and you will disagree with the court but the court sided with the prosecution completely and here's an important detail the court didn't really give a new sentence or just reverse the previous ones the federal prison service in russia the release their own statistics showcasing that election of ali it's not he's not getting special treatment here of course he stands out of the crowd of other thousands of people who have their suspended sentences reversed because he strives to be a politician he. he is an outspoken critic of the kremlin so there's also that there's always that but at the same time again thousands of people yearly we get their suspended sentences reversed for various violations it's important to stress that we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment in berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it

goes way before that apparently you was violating his parole conditions of 4 years and the government the government be treated to the kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not blissed time and world the judge decided to side with the prosecution following the verdict of only supporters took to the streets of central moscow to protest against the ruling the area was quickly cordoned off by riot police near red square many of the protesters were detained as the demonstration had not been approved by the authorities found his lawyers meanwhile do insist the opposition figure had always met the terms of his parole and said that they will appeal against the regular. now some countries including the united states have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the case earlier we got the views of political analysts. it's just the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this is it at its finest how can the west give lessons that to russia when

we see the way for example the yield best movement was treated in france 3000 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france 1000 political opponents were imprisoned in a mineral management state saying is that the valley must be released why did he start himself by releasing french political prisoners and his political opponents not only should those countries those western countries respect the independence of the russian federation but they should also respect the independence of the russian judicial system and saw this t.v. of the russian courts must be respected not all of the by the russian government but also by governments around the world and they cannot ask for a government intervention and at the same time demand that russia courts have the freedom to decide in traditional mattress with various governments or come out to criticize the kremlin and watch and take when to move on when they are acting as

we could have predicted just as the problem was that it was a group who took to. their question in the present which is done everything possible to deserve the west meaning particularly the states. and to a lesser degree germany or ring leaders you know propaganda movie if there were fire russia to draw attention toward. one scene with political developments in the west going back to the storming of the capitol which was quite monsters compared to the other thing that's happened in washington the last few weeks. watching i think that the this hour british man giving out free sink to the vulnerable is left with a bitter taste in his math after police arrest him for apparently violating the dan rules we'll have a look at this in more detail just off the brah. when

i was told something seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just being educated and in the game because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. choose to look for common ground.

welcome back to where they are taking now a british man giving out free soup in a local park has found himself in hot water after being arrested by police apparently on the grounds that he was a file ating with 19 restrictions but it was the fiercely these days an abuse of power more and more from the film my own theme of attack on the team already is experiencing listen to. every cell of humans. nick smith here had been serving saint to the people in a makeshift kitchen he set up at his local skate park but the sussex police force then stepped in saying that he was encouraging 2 or more people together and

therefore breaking current coronavirus measures smith claims the people doing charity or volunteer work are actually exempt from the rule that the police to beg to differ officers in gauge with the parties involved explain the restrictions in relation to the look at them and encourage compliance with the government guidelines. that is the author of the food bank britain and who police in this case the u.k. police were i visit us there is a clear guidance in the restrictions and that means the voluntary sector those of us that involved with feeding people in a crisis are exempt from the regulations that the most of the public are have to adhere to people arriving for soup catch a kitchen is acceptable as long as they get their soup and then they move on this was in an open environment a safe environment it was within the guidelines of code of aid for the voluntary

sector and frontline services i work with another organization called street kitchen and street kitchen operates across 7 different districts in london on the streets feeding people in crisis in exactly the same way that this man was helping his neighbors in his local community what's really happening here is that the police in different areas do not seem to be 1 aware of 'd what's happening in other areas so they're all misunderstanding the regulations. now america's top infectious disease expert dr anthony fact she has backtracked on his own double masking recommendation and i saying that data does not show that it will increase protection against coronavirus that's despite their previously calling it common sense to have a physical covering with one layer you put another layer on it just makes common

sense that it likely would be more effective there is no data in the case that is going to make a difference and this isn't the 1st time fact she has been caught flip flopping on his medical advice months after the 1st cases of code were detected in the u.s. the infectious disease expert was still saying that the use of mass was not necessary only to change his mind later thanks she'd also railed against the trumpet ministration for giving conflicting guidance on masks despite being part of the coronas task coronavirus task force himself right now people should not be what there's no reason to be walking around with a mask the fundamentals are not rocket science it's universal wearing of masks an issue in there is to make sure you do whatever you can to safeguard the safety and the health of the children as well as the teachers close the bars and keep the schools open well earlier we heard from the executive vice president of the eurasia

center he believes the fact she's medical advice might not always be based on science. i don't know if the signs are really there i think it's just the opinion from america perspective and. you're going to change opinion back and forth absolutely what i think is going to now actually what you want in there may be political product while the other c.d.c. has come out and basically said no there's no sort of support for wearing local there but i can understand why we're you may be waffling back and forth because it isn't an in kind of a very questionable area one stop 95 percent certain maybe maybe a cotton mask will stop 40 or 50 percent so maybe dual mass would stop you know 5 or 10 percent more make some world news in brief now on a team from the world health organization have visited to raleigh the tree in the chinese city of blue hand which has been at the forefront of speculation about the

origins of covert 19 carrying the team members were scored by chinese security forces as they made their way to the research center the w.h.o. mission to the city where the 1st cluster of the coronavirus emerged is to identify what led to their make experts have already examined other facilities including the wet food market linked to the corona virus outbreak now these are pictures from the streets of istanbul where police have clashed with students angry scenes sparked by a decision by president to appoint a new director at a top university a move students a's undemocratic and also see in order for them to exchanges with protesters or writing offices scuffles also broke and there were arrests to gas was also reportedly yes. and dramatic footage that captures the moment a space x. prototype gets into trouble here above texas and eventually comes back down to

earth and explodes into a ball of flames company does hope. this vehicle one day take people to mars although still a bit long way from that dream at the moment it is the 2nd time in this many attempts of the rocket has failed to touchdown there were space x. commentator did say it was still a great testing quote they just need to work on that landing a little bit and finally if you are thinking of putting a bet on the super bowl this weekend look no further because nick the bottlenose dolphin here is a bag he gave you his winning tip when faced with the names of on the storm he planned for the wait for it. kansas city chiefs staged a homeless shambles bay buccaneers on sunday and then score for either because nick has correctly predicted the last 6 super bowl. now we are. ready for the home team and. it's possible we are in moscow where we'll have more

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