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i'm show business i'll see you then. headline stories this hour from. to giving it a show of western countries changed. after a leading medical journal publishes a study. by the wave of criticism the president of the european commission refuses to apologize for the slow vaccine. the u.s. officially 10 major nuclear arms reduction treaty for another by. the states it's a positive step towards an international. just
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after 11 at night here in moscow this weapons they face for choosing our chief or your world use of our top story. nicaragua mexico are among the latest countries to the russian covert vaccine it comes hot on the heels of a new study in the lancet medical journal which fund sputnik v to be more than 90 percent effective meanwhile in europe hungry which was the 1st e.u. country to approve 3 us already received its 1st batch of the shots as part of a $2000000.00 deal other key states in the block including france and germany are waiting for the e.u. 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 we noted 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
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a scientific mission to russia in order to exchange data with the teams there we saw today data indicating a very strong efficiency of the sputnik vaccine but we can't distribute it in france until the russian producers submit a request to our thora to say it's normal it's a matter of health care responsibility of holy extensive trials russian scientists repeatedly said results showed that sputnik he was safe and effective but that did not stop a wave of criticism from the west however some of the skeptics are now having a change of heart as we're not just the of explain. 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 and 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
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yet 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 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
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vaccine is it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because humankind big scene because it can be stored at plus 2 plus feet versus minus 70 degrees celsius required by the u.s. big scenes and of course half of one 3rd of the u.s. which seems 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 of sputum and they're good side effects if any doesn't require a deep freeze 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 gnawed sagely in agreement this is clearly good news as
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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 too now that. the 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 still better than people dying here just because of a lack of vaccines so after months of denial and the reason the pundits too are
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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 1000 antibodies the results according to interpretive scale provided by the clinic indicated that my antibody levels were probably sufficient to prevent illness struck me as highly that's my own personal pun dimmick was nearing its and 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
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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 meanwhile the row over vaccines between britain and the european union is continuing the u.k. cabinet office minister michael gove now saying that blocks recent actions of undermine 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 that countries outside the bloc due to a shortage including northern ireland but subsequently backed down in the meantime european commission chief or slow vonder lion has defended the block slow rollout saying proselyte would not compromise on safety but even her predecessor john
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claude younker his dogs. 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 50 an advocacy requirement linked to the authorization of the vaccine
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well that comment is being seen as a bit of a dig at the united kingdom which proved with the urgency measures both 5 and astra zeneca vaccines in record time the prime minister's spokes person in london has said that at no point was safety compromised in all of the corrective measures were followed. new coolness with cook and new students relieved and turned and the come in 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 all the the lack of data for that demographic that was provided to the e m
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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 much as described the vaccine is quazi in affective against the coronavirus in those age 65 and above well that those claims of being rubbished by scientists question where mr micron is getting not from and suggesting that the french president may be engaging in a bit of demand management with those type of statements speaking of a manual mccrone world leaders including him on the european commission head publish the joint article calling for a coordinated approach in fighting the pandemic making sure a global recovery reaches everybody in need the pandemic calls for a strong cool international response that rapidly expands access to tests treatments and vaccines recognizing extensive immunization as
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a global public good that must be available and affordable for all my colleague under former discuss the statement the role of occasions over as well with the independent journalist luke reveal he say's that before talking about international solidarity e.u. leaders should 1st learn how to handle the situation inside their bloc. the thing is that one use you hear my point is that i am on french channels or of on the i am saying and speaking about it i mean the suspect list are not the ones to talk they should get to work and facts in 8 1st their own population then they can talk about the other internationally this is incredibly bad management on the side of the e.u. i think even the subsidised press you know the good press is salient now about mr micawber formulae and others that it was very badly managed simply didn't signed
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a contract right contracts. you know dick they were completely wrong in every count now about 2 percent of the european population as being vaccinated with 1st those so it's it's not functionally the sort of the defense that we're hearing because look safety 1st we want to make sure that these vaccines are safe before we approve them including sputnik they know it was contracts 1st they wanted to get a rebid and that's what they said in the press the 2nd all week the great argument was that together we could obtain a better price the problem is that the loss incurred every day lost is is so high that it was best to do like the straightest to pay the high price 40 percent more to get it in time and to vaccinate as they do as they did 55 percent of their population yet a british mother giving a free soup in a local park has found himself in hot water after being arrested by police
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apparently on the grounds that he was violating covert one thing restriction but even if you see these women it's an abuse of power in my 100 in my pocket and in a couple of 100 happening when it is beautiful other than that not for here the only family feelings. nick smith been serving soup to vulnerable people at a makeshift kitchen he'd set up in his local skate park but the sussex police force then stepped in saying that he was encouraging 2 or more people to gather breaking current coronavirus measures mr smith though claims people doing charity or volunteer work are exempt from the rule but the police beg to differ. offices in both the parties involved explain the restrictions in relation to the look and encourage compliance with the government guidelines re walford is the author of food bank britain he believes in this case the u.k.
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police were selous. there is a clear guidance in the restrictions and that means the voluntary sector those of us that enfolds with feeding people in a crisis all reeks exempt from the regulations that the most of the public have to adhere to people arriving for soup catching kitchen is acceptable as long as they get the soup and then they move on this was in an open environment a safe environment it was within the guidelines of full 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 aware of 'd what's happening in other
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areas so they're all misunderstanding the regulations. the head of u.s. strategic command claims america had better get ready for a nuclear assaults from russia and china expert opinion on the morning after a short.
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how best to describe the events being played out in the financial markets david versus goliath the rise of populist finance or the corruption of the financial system being exposed again one thing is for sure there is a strong demand to democratize the financial world the little guy demands also participate in big finance and government. new start arms reduction treaty between russia and the u.s. has been officially extended for 5 more years moscow praised the deal as
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a step in the right direction towards international stability with more all not. the treaty is considered to be the only remaining arms control agreement between the world's sue greatest nuclear powers and importance of this extension is the paramount of the already received phrase both in moscow and in washington that the agreement itself was implemented back in one c. 11 and it's called the new strategic arms reduction treaty or the new start if you want to keep it short now the agreement itself it limits the number of nuclear warheads and their delivery methods as well that's both the u.s. and russia are allowed to have now the extension went into effect this wednesday and it will last for 5 years until february 5th 2026 not russian foreign ministry according to them the treaty was signed without any amendments and cold is
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a cornerstone of international security. with a new storage extension this quarter mechanism for maintaining strategic stability is preserved on a strictly reciprocal basis limiting the 2 country's nuclear arsenals considering the special responsibilities the trash and the u.s. carry as the world's largest nuclear nations the decision guarantees and necessary level of predictability and transparency in this area while strictly maintaining a balance of interests to live near putin signed a bill extending the agreement just last week following talks with his united states counterparts joe biden now the new start treaty was indeed at risk of expiring after former u.s. president donald trump refused to extended without making amendments that were unacceptable to moscow now u.s. state secretary anthony blinken described this signing as the 1st step toward
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restoring u.s. leadership on arms control and nonproliferation and a he also said that the treaty will make the u.s. its allies and the whole world safer. the u.s. is on the brink of a nuclear war with russia and china that's the stark warning from 4 star general charles richard the u.s. strategic. the u.s. military must shift its principle assumption from nuclear employments is not possible to nuclear employment is a very real possibility and act to meet and deter that reality. i spoke to former u.n. weapons inspector scott ritter about this earlier he believes the calls are dangerous . if the united states dare uses nuclear weapons against russian forces or on russian soil the russians will have no choice but to respond to this is what makes the admiral's statements about preparing for nuclear war so dangerous because there
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is no way of containing it if there is a nuclear war between the united states and russia it will be a general nuclear war which means not only will both nations be annihilated but the world well also be destroyed as we currently know it the united states identified russia and china as clear adversaries requiring the buildup of conventional military power to adequately contain the threat they pose both in europe in terms of the russians and in the pacific in terms of the chinese as things currently stand the united states does not have the conventional military force necessary to successfully engage with the guarantee of 'd conventional big 3 either russia or china which means that should there be a conflict nuclear weapons would probably have to be employed on the part of the united states it will take some time but you know we have ventured to get through the cold war and i'm hopeful we will eventually get through this. the kremlin has
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hit back at western governments criticism of a moscow court's decision to jail russian opposition activist alexina phony accusing them of foreign interference he was sentenced this week to just under 3 years for parole violations r.t.c. course at the last spoke to saskatoon or about the verdict and subsequent reaction . well it certainly gain some traction internationally it has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they are 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
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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 in russia alexina valley 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
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a julian assange hearing in london so that would that would raise quite a number of eyebrows in the west but this it was not one embassy was a whole motorcade from all over europe. but. the person with the 1st thought now here you. know the thing that i read that. 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 essential 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 the 7 state it is the south exposure of the west in its
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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 4 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
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russia the release their own statistics showcasing their collection 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 if we get there 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 and berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated the kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and while the judge decided to side with
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the prosecution. team from the world health organization has visited overall a-g. le bora tree in the chinese city of which has been at the forefront of speculation about the origins of covert 90 cars carrying the team members were escorted 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 crawler virus emerged it seeming to identify what led to the pandemic. let's bring you to the streets of istanbul where police have clashed with student scenes were sparked by a decision by president george to want to appoint a new rector a top university a move students say is democratic tear gas was reportedly used by police with numerous arrests made. dramatic footage here captures the moment our space x. prototype gets into trouble above texas and eventually came back down to earth
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explodes into a ball of flames. company hopes the vehicle will one day people to mars still a little way 'd off but it's the 2nd time in as many attempts the rocket field to touch them. finally if you're thinking of putting it. america's biggest sporting event the super bowl this weekend look no further than this neck of the bottle nosed dolphin has offered his winning to when faced with 2 footballs the name of each finalist on them he plumped for the kansas city chiefs to take on the tampa bay buccaneers on sunday. form he's correctly predicted the last 6 or purple. a lot there's a lot for an hour but the programs just keep on coming for up to the minute news views right now why not give a follow on twitter fresh content fascinating stories always to be found there.
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hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle how best to describe the events being played out in the financial markets david versus goliath the rise of populist finance or the corruption of the financial system being exposed again one thing is for sure there is a strong demand to democratize the financial world the little guy demands to also participate well big finance and government allow them. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest john timoney in washington he is director of the center for economic freedom at freedom works in chicago we have now horowitz he is the chief strategist of butler trading and in jamaica we crossed image firesign he is a portfolio manager and author of planet the argument cross talk rules and i think
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