as europe continues to be plagued by cope with vaccine shortages italy urges the e.u. drugs regulator to fast track the evaluation of russia's but the japanese we hear from the head of an italian n.g.o.s lobbying for the russian job ever in november of one whose family received sputnik the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of antibodies and we know that bush has great scientific traditions so we have no doubts about taking the bush job on. u.k. food banks are inundated with pleas for help as a growing poverty crisis sees the most vulnerable having to choose between eating or heating our guest shares what he and many others are going through. sometimes we feel really proud to call me somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the

home and several dogs. cringely part could have happened to me and nobody would have jumped up on. that amazon founder jeff bezos the steps down as chief executive to focus on more philanthropically suits his decision has raised some eyebrows given the history of strikes that promise and for working conditions. a very good morning to you from our team here in moscow this is r.t. international with me karen with europe's massive vaccination program still plagued by jobs shortages italy is now urging the e.u. drugs regulator to fast track the evaluation of russia's sputnik v. job 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 mud earners saying it would deliver fewer doses than expected in february and be a tally and government has already said it would take legal action against both finds that and the astra zeneca over covert vaccine delays well earlier one of the world's most prominent medical journals the lancet published a study which estimated the efficacy of sputnik be at 98 percent or at the same time showing it was safe for the elderly and had no serious side effect we heard from antonio falco the president of an engineer law being for approval of the in italy who's also had the job himself. my whole family received sputnik the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of honesty bodies up in my family and i trusted science and science has no borders we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we had no

doubts about taking the russians 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 astra zeneca and other companies delaying the 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 unfolding governmental crisis news about the covers the front pages of virtually all the italian newspapers. to the chairman of the italian medicines agency which grants permission for the use of vaccines in italy praised sputnik v in one of his latest interviews. on the narrow bridge the e.u. has been determined to participate in the humbling of the pandemic the block has 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 he gave 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 supply is the gas though apparently they are trying to overcome these delays related to the deadline which have partly been caused by a virus so confusion. what leaders including the french president times 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 jobs at bosnia and herzegovina kosovo and the republic of north macedonia are among the countries still empty handed more than a month after the european union started its vaccination campaign independent journalist liquidate believes the situation could have been handled better. it was very badly managed simply. signed a contract right contracts ready. you know dick they were completely wrong in every count. now about 2 percent of the population as being vaccinated with the 1st those is really showing that it doesn't function it's only last friday that he asked about seneca vaccine it's only been accepted by europe on friday last week i mean you know back scented the e m

a the european medicines agency accepted it for those 65 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 functioning. now to the u.k. well why didn't poverty crisis is seen food banks flooded with pleas for help while unemployed down disabled people say that government handouts are no longer enough to make ends meet david alan a multiple sclerosis suffer a left bedridden during the pandemic told as he felt abandoned in the crisis. sometimes we hear really bad news stories where somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days potentially that could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up and even if i did have a carer who would put liquid coming on how they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as

a result of the pandemic of the lock down but really we've had to rely on giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping bill normally comes to between 25 and 35 pounds a week if you're shopping more drizzle that's what you get right with the some home delivery that's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted and bear in mind no increase in my income i have to find someone so i have to give something else up in order to get my foot in the the reality. for decades people living with long term conditions the only link creases and benefits i should. have not kept pace with the rising cost of living. and that living before the pandemic his means has been compounded even more that we have a 2 tier system so the 100 people who get the universal credit

have been given the additional support but those of us with legacy benefits have been given to. the majority of disabled people in the u.k. say they spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills with nearly 70 percent were feeling they've had to go without essential zent almost half falling behind on their financial commitments our guests are david allen says he's had to sit in the dark just to save electricity he told us how some of the country's most vulnerable have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten and down and it seems quite convenient for the government to forget people like us and what i find really hard to understand is the mixed messages that we get from government that have been statements about it's cheaper to look after a people with long term conditions in their own home rather than putting them into

care but we're not getting support to the small we actually need to remain around homes there are those people that really struggle has been documented people have taken their own lives as a result of this too many people have been left behind and there's too many people really really struggling to make him a hard decision nor do you have the heart the lights on do or have a me who don't have the heating on for a country believe we're somewhere around the 5th 6 richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of the results. for. the world's richest person amazon found jeff bezos said on tuesday he would be stepping down as the company's chief executive after 27 years and a letter to amazon employees he said he would remain involved with amazon but dedicate more time to charity work dimitri polk 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 i firmly work meaningful and fun and 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. will you. be the 4th or paul's problems with the 1st that they haven't released or did you don't you that's it's too late but you trust the virus is not enough to give you. a relief for this about protections as well pete was it for body bags or 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 through a shut up and work right the way basis should be stepping away from all this negativity it's bad for business and morale and i'm sure his that occasion to philanthropy another virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next. among other things jeff bezos says he wants to focus on his blue origin era space company well the u.s. space program used to be strictly in the hands of the government it's now basically being outsourced to base also and a long musk space x. with the most firmly set on getting a bigger piece of the pie aussie americas rick sanchez and john hardy way up the chances of a space race between the 2 tech giants this is where 'd 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 you know 1st of all i love that graphic i mean i could watch it all the . 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 store 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 no that's going to interfere with our satellites as product as part of project kiper and the

$3000.00 plus satellites that amazon is going to send in orbit you also yesterday you see us. government is keeping us from getting to mars he said 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 in a right to orbit and meanwhile we're looking at pictures like this i understand. 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 who origin you know bay's osis blue origin 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. after the break the state of western australia find this out between a rock and a hard place there's wildfire there are some people in lockdown coming up.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going for indication let it be an. arms race is also a spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. time says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be hopeful run 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 checks 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 forecast of the biggest headline in the world 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 where the vaccine demand far outstripping supply the u.s. president joe biden house is what coast towns dealing with the pandemic antti america's foreign fronsac 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 to 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 demand for vaccines is enormous. higher than this supply and while that supply will get better it's probably not going to get much better for another month or 2 or more the clock 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 but probably somewhere in the 5 to 10000 range that will be going directly to pharmacies in colorado 50 pharmacies colorado is among the many states that will start feb 11th giving out covert 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 us 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 me some of the whole place within the society and also government in and out of this one area. with media outlets on social networks increasingly being scrutinized over their concepts a new study has challenged conservative claims the big tech companies intentionally sense of their viewpoints are such as the 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 clean cut even though it's based on distortions and full sides. now big tech companies have clamped down on conservative figures before most

notably donald trump forcing many to choose a partner instead the controversial conservative platform that's been shut down over claims it was used to in fund violence and there's also been a backlash against facebook with the social network giant accused of censoring movements like the democrats walk away campaign last year. meanwhile liberal cable ratings in the u.s. have also been tanking since joe biden took office as network struggled to adjust to a new and more reserved white house journalist and commentator child with more 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 beer 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 a bigger 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 wolf with russia and china that's the stock warning from

a full stop well at charles which i do america's strategic command 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 u.n. weapons inspector scott believes the admiral's warnings aren't dangerous may have. 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 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 county facing a disaster double blow as raging bushfires threaten the homes of people currently on to covering a forest lockdown site officials have people to prioritise that mediate safety of 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 pandemic this is a situation the likes of which we have never seen before. one of the some of world news in brief australia isn't the only country battling the elements the river rhine has burst its banks near the german city of cologne following heavy rainfall and melting snow shipping traffic in the area has been stopped as the bridges on the breath are no longer high enough to let vessels through. or some people have managed to make the most of the weather though new

york city store its normally tranquil washington square park turn into something more closely resembling a battlefield as residents flocked to the area to have a mass snowball fight the city was hit by its biggest snowstorm in 5 years this week. and continuing with our theme of natural phenomena mother nature put on a surprise phone party for beachgoers in argentina on wednesday the strange foam is produced when organic matter dissolved in the sea is churned up by the waves but don't worry it's completely safe for bait. of more videos and stories from all around the globe you can check out our brand new telegram channel r.t. visual. and that's all for now posting again at the top of the hour.

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memory. 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 had a limited 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 war cost of the biggest i plan on the world which is right and wall street so they've got a lot of gas and energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen their money in 2008. dark 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 if you're going to exploit for a child here in los angeles they were going to come out you would see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. that are going to go back on the other hand are not though they're not that cut out of the amount of money that they're going to get a job. this was a good time to. try to move there i'm. told that i want to get out if not why not act and then again why exxon and the all the people we believe most of those who get. bottom of

my case i don't want them up with a johnny gaddaar of the moment i've got a mother i have a little nikki's there is a lot of them out i'm a little white could not be old enough to want to think i don't want to put out a of the most party without all the mother brother. who bought the one business show you care for them it all in watching fit telling ya big game stuff caper is not dying down if us treasure. secretary janet yellen has convened a meeting of officials to discuss the ongoing saga plus age of health passports among us for international travel will bring you up to speed on what could lie over

the horizon and later on the pandemic has laid bare the deficiencies in the global supply chain system look good by the administration to change that reality show today let's dive right in. and we lead the program with the latest in the red it fueled game stop stocks saga u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen will convene a meeting with regulators to discuss the market volatility related to the game retailer stock now according to a treasury department spokesperson yellen has called for a meeting with officials at the securities and exchange commission the federal reserve the new york fed and the commodity futures trading commission now the discussions are expected to happen as early as this week on monday white house press secretary jens psaki was asked about the biden ministrations position on the issue obviously this is under the.