breaking news in r.t. the british television watchdog. chinese broadcasters. broadcasting rights because the company that owns the license does not have editorial control over the channel. just the drugs regulates the fastrack the evaluation of. that is europe continues to suffer from vaccine shortages to the head of an italian and. my whole family receives the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of antibodies we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we have no doubts about taking the job. and u.k. food banks are inundated with pleas for help. the most vulnerable having to choose

between eating or hazing we hear the story of one man who says he could have died. sometimes we feel really bad storms while somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the several. trenches reply could have happened to me. and founder jeff bezos steps down to concentrate on charity work behind accusations the plight of his own employees during the pandemic. false promise you would be 1st to have a relief for him dead you don't you're just too much you could check the virus. so i welcome you watching international just on 3 o'clock in moscow and i will start with some breaking news because the british television watchdog of com has stripped. chinese broadcast company c g t n of its license does come as

a result of an investigation that concluded that the english language station is controlled by china media group which does not have editorial control over the channel as is required under u.k. law to let's get more on this now from r.t. shadi edward dashti joins us from london good afternoon shadier just run through that exactly what the chinese did wrong here. so there you can regulate a forecast right here in britain which is off com has now revoked the cork off license of china global television network c g c and so we all feel as this off comb investigation found that the license used by c.g. t.n. had been wrongfully hiles by start trying to media limited and that board doesn't meet the legal requirement pavan britain not in a statement from also called they reiterated the license holders cannot be controlled by political body but the reza cation itself isn't necessarily on political grounds and breaches at this stage so looking deeper then it's what all

of this means c.t.c. and it's a position from china central television and is controlled by the chinese communist party and that will disqualify from holding both cost licenses under the u.k.'s regulations now the regular regulator kinds it was unable to transfer the license to the c.d.c. and directly as crucial information was missing from the application so it does feel like this is more of a technical process at this point in time but i can receive a statement from all common says our investigation shows that the license to china greipel television network is housed by an entity which has no editorial control over its programmes so we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to china global television network as i say this old rate like a technicality the record i did explain that licenses must have editorial control i have a license 7 but all com did accept those that the s.c.m. outlook and stop trying to meet a limited was found to be the distributive but not the producer also service and

none of the g.c. and key stakeholders and senior editor of past novels found to be employed by that company so it is quite difficult and complex at this stage but as a result the full cost of will likely have to face some separate sanctions over its coverage again there's been no comment from any of the $4.00 g. and fall flat c.t.c. and old c.c.t.v. foot the u.k. is such that a lot of cases meet with what's holly ation i have all of. the puzzle for throwing a cultural. shadow at point dashti joining us from london to get more reaction tonight by going to out the political analyst chris bambery he joins us from the u.k. i think you're very welcome thanks for coming on the show and chris how do you see this decision is it a fair assessment g think of singeing t.n. well i think you'd have to ask is the b.b.c. fully independent there's no i mean key officials to controlling officials in the b.b.c. are appointed by the british government. service the b.b.c.

is essentially control what is run by the for the foreign office and we're talking about here is this britain has shifted in recent times to join the americans in this trillions no other words in this cold war which is reaching with china the americans of course are very nervous about china they see china as being the new education of the world economic power and so if. the media is part of that is a very important role the wells of the planet while britain is joined in this cold war with china it's also a track record of course of taking action against this station against the iranian station press t.v. and. it doesn't seem to bother a self with a whole host of digital t.v. stations which a great base the base the britain which are connected to princeton's the various regimes in the gulf states and saudi arabia so i think there's double standards here and the question of timing today because you know i see b.t.n.

has been operating for some time so why a night like this decision. well i think there's a see there's a the district government has shiftings it shifted in behind this new american michael ward is desperate to prove its credential is no in this and it could be change if you remember when a demon camera george osborne would help wearing government some time ago but they promised to her ties prince economic relations with china that seems to have going to the window so we've had this offer we have this no britain is fully backing up the sanctions the americans are doing against chinese so why but i mean by the media technology exceptional so i think britain is true to its traditional zeal and as i say i'll watch with interest if you know of gold takes action over greece government interference in the b.b.c. and so and so on and so forth i don't think we'll be waiting for that we went to doomsday until that happens it's assessing a precedent benjy thing i mean is this

a new line of attack that can be used against other channels that perhaps you know members of the establishment might not like. as i said they have taken action against this channel if they can actually get syrian press and press t v the sincere person here developing the ignore similar cases the machines the worry and the action against regimes they don't like and i think it is almost as cynical as that to be perfectly on not great for freedom of speech then or just the people who want to get promoted of understanding of the news in different perspectives he would say. things which are the various americans are very nervous about that particular young people not just young people shooting into stations like this c.g. c.n.n. others because they don't trust what the b.b.c. and other channels are seeing them once and to get an alternative view of what is happening across the world and that makes governments in london and washington very very nervous about that they want to have very clear limits and binaural happens in

britain as in the united states is they don't really need to tell the b.b.c. or sieging and whatever what to do because they're run by big business people that are run by government truly used and they know what the limitations are of what they could say and what they do because they're part of the elite they're mixing with you know this in the same places with the people who run the united states the people would run u.k. so you don't need to have so laws to restrict freedom of speech as such in these countries they could trust the people who are running the b.b.c. or the big american multinationals to do what is required i just wonder how much impact this would have in human you mention the younger generation that a lot of younger people don't watch t.v. they just go online to get their information i just wondered how much of an impact this would have on whether would actually stop people wanting to watch you know this channel if i wanted to but i think it's interesting you're quite right about that but of course this channels she's very smart on using social media so you get

a shot very short clip on twitter which people access and that's what people like now there's ups and down. about that sometimes our war analysis isn't go to the cases social media is a game changer and station yourself are those of use social media much more closely than the b.b.c. has in terms of that particular in terms of impact on young people. ok fascinating stuff look chris we're going to leave it there but thanks for coming on and that was chris bambery political analyst there based in the u.k. thank you. and other news a devastating 3rd coronavirus wave led to almost 5000 deaths in portugal last month with his health care system failing the strain germany has now flown in a plane with military medics and hospital equipment to try to help the aircraft transported around 20 doctors and nurses along with them to late is in hospital beds that is portuguese hospitals remain overwhelmed by the pandemic german medical

staff will spend 3 weeks treating critically ill patients in the country's capital has been before being joined by another team. meanwhile with europe's mass vaccination program still plagued by job shortages italy is now urging the block to fast track evaluation of russia's sputnik. 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. in the country has been exacerbated by modernist saying it would deliver fewer days is than expected in february and the italian government has already said it would take legal action against both pfizer and ashley zeneca over vaccine delays but only this week the lancet medical journal did publish a study which said that sputnik the was around 90 percent effective and was also

safe for the elderly with no serious side effects we hear from the president of an italian n.g.o.s which is urging the to approve the russian japp. only going in november my whole family received sputnik the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of antibodies my family and i trust science science has no borders we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we had no doubts about taking the russian job as of today many european countries including germany france italy would like to receive the russian vaccine numerous requests have already been sent these days it is particularly clear as we see pfizer astra zeneca and other companies delaying vaccine supplies and fortunately the virus has no limits as well so these countries have been forced to opt for the russian vaccine whether they want it or not in italy for example despite an unfolding governmental crisis news about sputnik the covers the front pages of virtually all the italian newspapers

george will pull through 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. or. the narrow bridge the e.u. has been determined to participate in the handling of the pandemic the block has demonstrated it however unfortunately this political will has not been successfully put into practice furthermore there is an issue of vaccines they turned out to be a very expensive trading commodity 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 the e.u. made with various suppliers are still being kept secret we still don't know their terms and why there are delays in the last few days supplies hit the gas though apparently they are trying to overcome these delays related to the deadline which

have partly been caused by virus so in confusion what amid the vaccine shortage is world leaders including the french president and the head of the european commission 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 but it's not just countries in the e.u. that are short on supplies at the moment its neighbors are bosnia and herzegovina kosovo and the republic of north mathur there near are among those still awaiting independent journalist league rivera he believes that the situation could have been handled better. it was very badly managed simply they didn't signed a contract right contracts. you know dick they were completely wrong in every

count. now the about 2 percent of the european population as being vaccinated with 1st those europe 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 presented 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 over in the u.k. the government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them the state benefits they need during the pandemic welfare benefits for many disabled people in the u.k. have not been increased in line with those on other types of welfare they would allen is just one of over 2000000 disabled people left out of pocket he says he

felt abandoned after multiple threats this left him bedridden. 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 on even if i did have a carer who would cut we could coming and how we would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the lockdown but really we've had to rely of giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping bill normally comes to between $25.35 pounds per week if you're short we mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with a sub delivery charge it's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted a burial mind no increase in my income i have to find it from someone so i have to

give something else up in order to get my food to live and the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the only link reeses benefit social to have not kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his famous and has been compounded even more then we have a 2 tier system so 100 people who get the universal credit big give the additional support but those of us on legacy benefits have been given nothing of the majority of disabled people in the u.k. to say that they've spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills cheering the pandemic any 70 percent of gone without essentials and almost half a falling behind on their financial commitments they've told us to he's even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes that some of the most vulnerable groups have been badly affected by the pandemic. i'm left feeling abandoned and forgotten

about 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 don't get support to the small we actually need so that 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 this too may be people really really struggling make it hard decision nor do you have the how are the lights on do i have a me who don't have the heating the home country i believe we're somewhere around the 5th 6th richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry our i think our

government should be ashamed of themselves. fatty other extreme the world's richest man and founder of amazon jeff bezos says he is stepping down as c.e.o. to dedicate more time to charity work among other things but his departure has come to amid accusations he ignored the plight of his own workers during the pandemic with his take is to meet free power. 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 to ignore the teensy fact that there 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. will you. be the point of false promises with birds that they haven't released or

did he tell you that's is to limit your picture of the virus is not enough to give you. a relief for news about protections as well pete was with regard to that 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 philanthropy another virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time. so as we heard then jeff bezos also says he wants

to focus on his aerospace company blue origin the u.s. space program used to be strictly in the hands of the government but it's now basically been outsourced to him and also musk who runs space x. where space x. does have hopes that this prototype one day take people to mars although recently it did crash into a ball of flames during a test flight in texas. flipped the vehicle vertical then transition to one engine trouble and. well it is the 2nd time this many attempts the rocket there has failed to touchdown r.t. america's rick sanchez and john hardy discuss the space race between the 2 tech giants . i think this is where we have to start because i read a lot about this yesterday after we watched this crash 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 day and it was about me. and by the way the space launch commentator said we need to work on that landing afterwards and 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. the 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 new billing broadband you know world internet broadband service it's called the starlink constellation so space x. wants to lower the orbit of those satellites but then amazon objected no that's kind of interfere with our satellites as praga as part of project kiper and the $3000.00 plus satellites that amazon is going to send in orbit you also yesterday

the f.c.c. 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 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 that must battling and you know over control of orbit for their satellites but also it's a space race to see not only astronauts as part of the public private partnership. that space x. is involved in with nasa but sending civilians i can imagine that i would like to

go up well you know i'm going to guess what they've already said and keep in mind they have already sent the dragon rocket remember with the 2 astronauts the nasa astronauts last year that we reported about so they're already working in that partnership but the origin you know bay's osis blueridge really wants to develop a partnership in 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 see it a little i guess it's kind of foreshadowing of the space race to come between billionaires battling a jostling for position in orbit now with media outlets and social networks increasingly being scrutinized over their content a new study is challenged conservative claims that the big tech companies censor the points on purpose research is that new york university found that liberal and conservatives have been treated evenly 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 or big tech companies have clamped down on conservative figures before most notably donald trump forcing many to choose parlor instead of controversial conservative platform has been shut down over claims that refuse to incite violence and there's also been a backlash to against facebook with the social network giant accused of censoring movements like the anti-democrat walkaway campaign last year meanwhile liberal cable news ratings in the u.s. have also been tanking since joe biden took office as network struggled to adjust to a new more white house journalist and commentator chadwick moore says that liberal media outlets a facing an identity crisis. president jump was amazing ratings i mean they loved him and they made billions on president trump then 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 keep 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 what coronavirus anymore so they're going to need to go after joe biden which they happily well they probably all want present qualifiers 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're going to have we're going to go out something and they're going to in order to save themselves because they

don't have their gold mine donald trump anymore. the state of western australia is counting facing a double to sa stuff bushfires that are threatening the hundreds of people currently on the coronavirus meltdown site officials of the age people like to prioritize that immediate safety i with the risk of the virus. it's currently in the midst of an unprecedented situation where fighting disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bush warns. them occur but not to invent them and. this is a situation blocks of which we have never seen before. but

australia there is the country and i'm battling elements the river rhine has burst its banks near the german city of cologne following very heavy rainfall and melting snow shipping traffic in the area has been stopped as the bridges on the river are no longer high enough to let vessels through some people though have managed to make the most of the bad weather new york city saw it's normal or normally tranquil washington square park turned into a snowballing battlefield under presidents taking aim here months after the city was hit by its biggest snowstorm in 5 years this wake and finally mother nature put on a surprise party beachgoers in argentina on wednesday a brand bubbling mixture is produced when organic matter dissolved in the sea is churned up by the waves but don't worry it is apparently completely safe for by this and for more videos and stories from around the growth globe to check out our

brand new telegram channel r.t. to shoot. a quick recap then of our breaking news this hour british telecom television watchdog of com has stripped chinese channel c.g. t.n. broadcasting rights an investigation by the regulator concluded that the channel's parent company does not have editorial control over the broadcaster which is not permitted under u.k. law will have more on this developing story person other main stories of the day at the top. seems wrong. but all in all just don't call. me. yet to shape out just to come out ahead and in the game try to get close to trail.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i might. show somebody an accident where a car goes through a minefield sign at the intersection. but suggested the witness said they saw a stop sign instead of a yield sign. in these experiments many people will adopt the suggestion we call it misinformation and claim it as their own memory.