as europe continues to be plagued by covidien vaccine shortages that it's only a just be you drugs regulator to fast track the evaluation of russia's good nick feed jobs we hear from the head of an italian n.g.o.s lobbying all the russian jobs . to have a daughter in law in november when his family received sputnik the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of honesty bodies where we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we have no doubts about taking the russian the job the. u.k. food banks are inundated with pleas for help as with the growing poverty crisis sees the most vulnerable having to choose between eating overheating our guest shares what he and many others are going through or. sometimes we moved by the

story is somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days . trenchant might could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on the . son's amazon founder jeff bezos steps down as chief executive to focus on more philanthropic pursuits his decision has raised some eyebrows given the history of strikes at amazon over working conditions. a very good morning to you from our team here in moscow this is r.t. international with me. now with europe's mass vaccination program still plagued by job shortages that italy is now urging the e.u. drugs regulator to false track the evaluation of russia's sputnik feature up. we must not be afraid of the origins of vaccines what's important for us is the

transition to the european medicines agency we have urged the e.u. to scientifically evaluate the russian vaccine and those from other countries the situation in the country has been exacerbated by mcgurn earth saying it would deliver fewer doses than expected in february and the italian government has already said it would take legal action against both fire is that and astra zeneca over covidien vaccine. earlier one of the world's most prominent medical journals the lancet published a study which estimated the efficacy of sputnik v at 90 percent while at the same time showing it was safe for the elderly and had no serious side effects we heard from antonio falak over the president of an ngo lobbying for approval of v.a. in italy there's also how the jap himself. my whole family received sputnik v.

jobs back in november and now we have a high level of unseen bodies up in my family and i trust science and science has no borders we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we had no doubts about taking the russians job as of today in many european countries including germany france italy would like to receive the russian vaccine requests have already been sent these days it is particularly clear as we see pfizer. and other companies delaying vaccine supply fortunately the virus has no lives of world so these countries have been forced to opt for the russian vaccine whether they want to or not in italy for example despite an on 14 governmental crisis news about the covers the front pages of virtually all the papers. the chairman of medicines agency which grants our mission for the use of vaccines and it's a. v. in one of his latest interviews.

the e.u. has been determined to participate in the humbling of the 100 m. it will block as demonstrated it however unfortunately this political will has not been successfully put into practice for the war there is an issue of vaccines they turned out to be a very expensive trading modesty to give rise to huge competition germany signed a bilateral contract with pfizer for 300000000 doses it certainly did not go down well with other e.u. countries the deals which that you made with very suppliers are still being kept secret we still don't know their terms and why there are delays in the last few days supplies gas though apparently they are trying to overcome these delays related to the deadline which have partly been caused by a virus so in confusion. well leaders including the french president and the european commission head have published a joint article calling for a coordinated approach to fighting the pandemic the pandemic calls for

a strong coordinated international response that rapidly expands access to tests treatments and vaccines recognizing extensive immunization as a global public good that must be available and affordable for all however some of the e.u. is closest neighbors are yet to receive any jabs both me and herzegovina kosovo other republic of north macedonia are among the countries still empty harmed it more than a month after the european union started its vaccination campaign independent journalists look where they believe the situation it could have been handled better . it was very badly managed simply they didn't sign the contract right contracts ready. you know dick they were completely wrong even if read count. now about 2 percent of the population as being vaccinated with the 1st those europe is really showing that it doesn't function it's only last friday that he asked about

seneca vaccine is only being accepted by europe on friday last week i mean europe accepted the e m a the european medicines agency accepted it for those $65.00 plus but then some countries don't accept it cannot work like that if there is an ok european level there is an ok so it's it's not actually. now to the u.k. where a widening poverty crisis is seen food banks flooded with pleas for help while i'm employed and disabled people say that government handouts are no longer enough to make ends meet david alan a multiple sclerosis sufferer left to bedridden during the pandemic told as he felt abandoned in the crisis sometimes we hear a really bad news story and somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days potentially but could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on even if i did have

a carer who would put who could come in and how we would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social game as a result of the make of the lock down the room we've had to rely on giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping will normally comes to between $2535.00 pounds if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 get right with the somehow deliberate. i've not budgeted who and bear in mind numbing increasing my income. i have to find it from someone so i have to give something else up in order to get my flu to the reality you for decades people living with long term conditions the only link creases benefit socialism have not kept the rise in the cost of living. and that living before the pandemic his means and has been compounded even more then we have

a 2 tier system so one home people who get the universal credit be given the additional support but those of us with legacy benefits have been given nothing. the majority of disabled people in the u.k. say they've spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills with nearly 70 percent revealing they have had to go without essential zz including food medicine and heating including our guest david allen who says he's had to sit in a dark just to save electricity he told us how some of the country's most vulnerable have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. if the united states dare uses nuclear weapons against russian forces or on russian soil the russians will have no choice but to respond this is what makes the admiral's statements about preparing for nuclear war so dangerous because there 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 a male it but the world will also be destroyed as we currently know it the united states identified russia and china as here 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 conventional victory 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. apologies for the

small mix up that we were just listening to scott as and i speak from another story ok moving on the wilds richest person amazon founder jeff bezos that on tuesday he would be stepping down as the company's chief executive officer 27 years and a lesser amazon employee easy said he would remain involved with imus and but that a cake no time to charity work picks up the story. everyone likes convenience but in this weird time where the pandemic the stores are all closed and nothing is as convenient as amazon we all use it but let's face it it's becoming harder and harder so you know are the teensy fact that they're really a giant soulless monopoly and who better to represent that monopoly and everything that is wrong with having too much money and power then amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos well apparently he has seen the error of his ways and decided to change basis is officially stepping down as amazon c.e.o.

so focuses attention on nobler causes like philanthropy spaceflight journalism and given his track record these ventures are bound to be a huge success i mean the guy is full of life and optimism a firm a work meaningful and fun i get to work with the smartest most talented most ingenious teammates when times have been good you've been humble when times have been tough you've been strong and supportive and we've made each of the left. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are. amazon me the principles promises with these birds that they haven't released or did he tell you that's it's too much you trust the virus is not enough to give you

. a relief for this about protections as well pete was with her body back yeah ok maybe not all amazon workers but c'mon it's understandable why a basis is stepping down i mean just imagine how tired he must be from all these workers strikes protests congressional grillings and throughout the years there's been a lot of very ungrateful amazon workers give us p p stop treating us like robots give us bathroom breaks shut up and work right either way basis should be stepping away from all this negativity it's bad for business and morale and i'm sure his dedication to full length should be another virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time. among other things jeff bezos says he wants to focus on his blue our region arris space company well the u.s. space program used to be strictly in the hands of the government it's now basically

now souls to base all throughout the long musk space x. where the most thought is firmly set on getting a bigger piece of the pie see america's rick sanchez than john hardy way up the chances of a space race between the 2 tech giants. this is where we have to start because i read a lot about this yesterday after we watched this crowd and what is in a lot of mosques beef with the u.s. government 1st of all i love that graphic i mean i could watch it all there. by the way the space launch commentator said we need to work on that afterwards anyway on the side so to answer your question basically just kind of you know boil it all down space x. has asked the f.c.c. federal communications commission to allow the company space x. to basically lower the orbit of its star link satellite so space x.

has been sending we've reported about all these satellites into orbit as part of its newly broadband you know world internet broadband service it's called the starling constellation so space x. wants to lower the orbit of those satellites but then amazon objected saying no that's going to interfere with our satellites as products as part of project kiper and the $3000.00 plus satellites that amazon is going to send in orbit you also yesterday the. u.s. government is keeping us from getting to mars he said yeah he also tweeted so when amazon raised this objection he said he fired off a tweet he said this does not serve the public to hamstring starling today for an amazon satellite system that is at best several years away from operation so it's a battle of the billionaires. over their claim to space basically you know a right to orbit i mean well we're looking at pictures like this i understand but

he's got to get a rocket up in space with 2 astronauts by the end of this year so it's not only you know bays and must battling and you know over you know control of orbit for their satellites but also it's the space race to send not only astronauts as part of the public private partnership that space x. is involved in with nasa but sending civilians can you imagine that i would like to go up well you know i'm going to say yes but they've already said keep in mind they have already sent the dragon rocket remember with the 2 astronauts the nasa astronaut last year that we reported about so they're already working in that partnership the origin you know bay's osis blueridge right wants to develop a partnership and work with nasa as well as part of this again public private cooperation you know in the space race so this is i mean you could say in a little i guess it's kind of foreshadowing of the space race to come between billionaires battling a jostling for position in orbit. coming out of the break the state of western

australia find this out between a rock and a hard place as wildfires threaten people down one day after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business. new york times says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be hopeful run by the populist movement because the high barrier to entry yes and that's right those barriers to entry have been eliminated because of free online trading because of all the stimulus tax that made a lot of people lots of free cash to have available to do something like this

there's some apparently $65000000000.00 in the forecast of the biggest health plan in the world that which is right and wall street so they've got a lot. of energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen their money in 2008. welcome back with maxime demand also far outstripping supply us president joe biden has his work cut out dealing with the pandemic aussie america's found wrong flank looks at how well biden is living up to his campaign promises these cars aren't driving into the texas motor speedway for the next nascar race rather it's to get

a covert 19 vaccine a goal give roughly 10000 vaccines per day if you want lots of people vaccinated you make it 1st person 1st come 1st serve if you want to reach the people who need it most need to be more targeted and to reach out to different communities and that's the problem state by state there's a different agenda but no matter the agenda there's still not enough currently the demand for vaccines is enormously higher then this supply and what about supply will get better it's probably not going to get much better for another month or 2 or more the. is ticking with the c.d.c. projecting almost 550000 deaths by the end of february and more variants of covert 19 if people don't get vaccinated we're trying to calculate the numbers were probably somewhere in the 5 to $10000.00 range that will be going directly to pharmacies in colorado 50 pharmacies in colorado is among the many states that will

start feb 11th giving out code vaccines at local pharmacies the biden administration saying the program will ship directly to them but health experts don't think the vaccines will get there for weeks countries like mexico see the problems in the u.s. and have turned to russia for its sputnik v. vaccine along with other countries in europe while the u.s. is still far behind countries like israel china and even bahrain denmark is already in the next phase joining with businesses to create a digital passport to show you've been vaccinated but. there's no central elements in dealing with this crisis is to bring the election down to create move felicity's some of the whole place within the society and also the government in the office one area. where the media outlets on social networks increasingly over scrutinized over that coal into a new study has challenged conservative claims the big tech companies intentionally

sense a few points and research shows that new york university have found that liberal and conservatives have been treated similarly by social media platforms. as much as they condemn suppose social media favoritism conservatives appear to relish wielding the bias claim even though it's based on distortions and false words now big tech companies have clamped down on conservative figures before most notably donald trump forcing many to choose that partner instead a controversial conservative platform that's been shot down over claims that was used to incite violence and there's also been a backlash against facebook with the social network giant accused of censoring movements like the anti democrat of walkaway campaign last year meanwhile liberal cable news network in the us have also been tanking since joe biden took office as networks struggle to adjust to a new and more reserved white house journalist duns commentator child with more ses

liberal media outlets are facing an identity crisis. president jump was amazing ratings i mean they loved him and they made billions on president shop and the day you now see it running i mean he they could not look away from him and he and they had to keep up all of their ridiculous conspiracy theories they had to keep their mongering about the man they had to be pushing every possible lie they could you know here's the 2nd coming of hitler or you know whatever the hell they are saying and so the ratings are tanking because joe biden is boring and nobody cares anymore what's going to happen is obviously these corrupt nasty mainstream news outlets are going to have to come up with something else nobody cares like rotavirus anymore so they're going to need to go after joe biden which they happily well they probably all want present malchus anyway so they could start you again we've seen this also we've seen the mainstream media actually starting to. talk about hunter bides

laptop you see them sort of lies as if this is new news story we see them being played a little seed about president biden another thing you know they could get a war they would love to have a war that would be good for ratings the thing is they've got to have going to have to figure out something and they're going to in order to save themselves because they don't have their gold mine donald trump anymore. the u.s. is on the brink of a nuclear war with russia and china that's the stock warning from full stop most chiles which had america's strategic come on to change the u.s. military must shift its principal assumption from nuclear employments is not possible to nuclear employment is a very real possibility and act to meet and ditto that reality from the un weapons inspectors culturists have believes the apples warnings are a dangerous knave. if the united states dare uses nuclear weapons against russian forces or on russian soil the russians will have no choice but to respond this is

what makes the admiral's statements about preparing for nuclear war so dangerous because there 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 a male it but the world well also be destroyed as we currently know it the united states identified russia and china as sheer adversaries requiring the build up 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 victory either russia or 'd 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 state of western australia is currently facing a disaster a double blow as raging bushfires threaten the homes of people currently on the coronavirus lockdown states officials have people to prioritise that immediate safety for the virus risk. western australia is currently in the midst of an unprecedented situation where fighting disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bush farms and the covenanting pen to make this is a situation the likes of which we have never seen before. as

always we love to hear your thoughts on our stories so do get in touch by following us on social media and leave your comments that we're back in 30 minutes why. 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 off and spearing dramatic to follow can only closely i'm going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. dog industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells their bodies on the streets many of them underage. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if you're going to exploit for

a child you're los angeles for the we're going to come out you see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trades. your time says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be overrun by the populist movement because of the high barriers to entry yes and that's right those barriers to entry have been eliminated because of free online trading because of all the stimulus jacks that made a lot of people lots of free cash to have available to do something like this there's something apparently $65000000000.00 in the war cost of the biggest have fun in the world now which is right and wall street so they've got a lot of cash and energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen.

welcome to the alex simon show from scotland will be time once again to the issue which has dominated the last year the covert pandemic the united kingdom is well ahead of the pack in the vaccination stakes but now has there was death toll per 1000000 of any major country in the world was even than the united states of america today we turn to vaccination has the cavalry finally arrived to cope with whatever the virus construal tests we speak to profess a look at meal of trinity college dublin to assess the battle between the vaccine and the virus then we had give you professor son honey buns president of the b.m.a. and former chief medical officer for scotland to tell us why public health measures are still vital to control the pandemic. all that coming up later in the show but 1st your tweets emails and messages and a big reaction to show on the the life of play say the jimmy reed and what's the

scotland's national bob robert burton's scotia says excellent coverage of the do geminid buggy great from billy k. and the buttons and to be a marvelous watch and then glen miller says nobody ever cites bombs as well as billy k. does perfection and reflection jimmy reed speeches were radical delivered on velvet and alan jones says it bob showed of passed by when he ewing watched a video of jimmy reed on parkinson as mentioned in the show boy do we need jimi today and i was sad norcross cts jimmy the tamales most famous speeches there were no hooliganism they'll be no vitalism but when a bevy n. because the one old is watching great man says listen and is she defending to jimmied speech to the the upper clade shipbuilders what can very very famous speech indeed jackie blair says this is brilliant especially about douglas hume and what

jack is the fed into is that the story told by billy k. in the program of we're using the dough to pull scottish nationalists travelling to above and supper with tory prime minister douglas hughton and i think doug assumes that there will be ewing is a scottish nationalist in his heart but a unionist in his head and got the past room with a ewing. the hat side the pats my access wrecked a wrong quoting the bob himself and finally john cooper said that's going to be a good read the fed into the new brooklyn jimmy reed by brian mcguigan coming out in time for the 50th anniversary of the u.c. s. work and he can't wait says says john and i we turn to a topic of the day is sure the topic has dominated conversation across the planet over the last year the the pandemic that coronavirus professor look at deal of trinity college dublin is a man who knows more about vaccine.