the suggestion that we call it misinformation. claim is their own. breaking news in r.t. british media watchdog. chinese broadcast. of its license claimed that the company does not have editorial control over the channel also to use the drugs regulated to fast track the evaluation of russia. but if europe continues to be plagued by vaccine shortages we speak to the head of an italian engineer. my whole family received sputnik 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 russian job and u.k. food banks are inundated with pleas for help a growing poverty crisis sees the most vulnerable. between eating or heating we

hear the story of one man he says could have died. sometimes we hear news stories somebody who lives alone has been found dead in their home for several days strangely like little jimmy nobody with a. good afternoon watching r.t. international just gone for moscow and we start this hour with breaking news because china's flagship news channel has been taken off air in the u.k. c.g. t.n. has had its license revoked by the regulator ofcom over concerns about its ownership so let's get more details now and head to london and speak with our correspondent there shadi edward stashed good afternoon just run through them the exact reasons that were given by off. well city t.n.

has found itself in deep trouble and its future is incredibly unclear as china's state owned broadcaster has had its license revoked by the british regulator the media watchdog of commodore follows an investigation by the father the license used by trying to global television network had been wrongfully held and therefore doesn't meet the legal requirements here in britain now essentially the company that owns the u.k. license for cdn which is start china media ltd doesn't have day to day control over the channel essentially it doesn't oversee any of the output of the channel again that is totally against the rules that all of them released a statement shortly after the move and said that the company that owns the license didn't have this editorial responsibility as i say. we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's alternately controlled by the chinese communist party

which is not permitted under u.k. broadcasting law we provide a c.d.n. with numerous opportunities to come into compliance but it has not done so we now consider it appropriate to withdraw the license for c.d.t and to broadcast in the u.k. . so while this all may read as a technicality the regulated does explain that any company needs to have editorial control and it cannot be controlled by a political body the revocation though isn't necessarily political in essence but it does read such in the technicalities but looking deeper into all of what this means c.t.'s is a division from china central television which is controlled by the chinese communist party obviously that is a political body and obviously that is why the company and the channel is now therefore disqualified by off color and it's not as simple as simply transferring the license on to a suitable body because again off found the crucial information was missing from the initial application so therefore that wasn't an option on the table for c.g.

either of them though did accept that the star trying to mediate limited was found to be the distributor but not the producer and that none of studio t.n.-c. key stakeholders all senior editorial personnel were found to be employed by the company either the how's and yet being a comment from c.g. nor has that been a comment from c.c.t.v. either so as a result the board cost or will essentially likely face separate sanctions on this matter there is interesting timing in all of this many people would look to the international relations between the united kingdom and china you only have to look at last year to see the numerous mip mishaps from wall way to the hong kong protests and uprisings that so the move is likely to meet with some sort of retaliation and will certainly stoke the tensions between the 2 countries and superpowers once again but just finally there's also a key question here about the freedom of press in the united kingdom as well and what could happen to other media outlets. sure ok

a lot to digest there thank you shadi that machete and would stashed in speaking to us there from london. ok well let's go to china now because we can talk with professor huang when he's from hong yang into chief financial studies and we appreciate you coming on what's your assessment then of what's happened today and what off calm have said yes hi so i think it's a very very big mistake for 4 of com to license of the. u.k. so it's not a 1st kind region was already made long division in years. is that so you've only on kong kong lately i think it's was because 1st of all on hong kong yours is based on factors evenly of the u.k. does not agree with your. dreams of free press and rule of law so in terms of of my understanding this is

a critical decision and in many of. these of the news each of these will be a huge impact on the image of. you and. your such a big issue and if it is not already should it we all inevitable need to chinese government act like it will come onto that in a moment just picking. one off qantas said it hasn't actually criticised c.t.m. for what it's broadcast it's all about its ownership and it did say that it's raising these concerns with the company before but obviously nothing's being done. i think there is not very good things if we knew that the u.s. is. tightening the falling media and so is the u.k. now so is a new fracs because i open a modern western civilization so i have a many friends in u.k. they understand china and it's a part of china's development but on our hand there also are many return people who

are and out of china's rice they also finn son is about to reach an empire and about to being a many people later china and had a strong tree judes against china so i think this is a very very very very law so i i think it's you that britain government to refract it do you think there's a chance that that could happen i mean a machine i don't know but i'm a shaming that could be some sort of a pale. yeah yeah i think as we all are no doubt. that every scene every event has many and it's packed and the and now. live occasional befalling media to us and. a signal of loss of confidence and even the weeklies they only want their society and people to listen to one

voice it is. undoubtedly due to. bringing of people so this is the treat of a modern civilization so which has which has the heard of more than a year and every citizen has a rider to hear all kinds of all these kimonos i have to tell you go to now in china we can't open it and use from b.b.c. of all the n.m. but it and read it is ready to go to hear the voice of me so it's a it's a it's a that's a why many people us and do not understand and china it's a very it's very unfair yeah and i really interesting to get your views that we're going to have to leave it there thank you very much for your time this afternoon dr wang when he's from the chong and in chief of financial studies in china thanks. now in other news a devastating 3rd coronavirus wave led to almost 5000 deaths in portugal last month

with his health care system feeling the strain germany has now flown in a plane with military medics and hospital equipment to try and help the aircraft transported around 20 doctors and nurses along with ventilators and 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 lisbon before being joined by another team. but with europe's mass vaccination program still plagued by job shortages italy is now urging the drugs regulator to fast track the evaluation of russia's sputnik the vaccine 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 maternal saying that it would

deliver fewer doses than expected in february and the italian government has already said too it would take legal action against both pfizer and astra zeneca over 19 vaccine delays well earlier one of the world's most prominent medical journal the lancet published a study which did say that sputnik very was around 90 percent effective and was also safe for the elderly with no serious side effects we heard from the head of an ngo lobbying for approval of sputnik 3 in italy. 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 has to seneca 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 georgiou poll who 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. be. or. 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. well 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. however some of the closest neighbors are yet to receive any jabs a month after the block started its vaccination program paulson has the governor

kosovo and the republic of north macedonia are among the countries that are still waiting independent journalist lee groove a believes the situation could have been better handled by the way. it was very badly managed simply that they didn't signed a contract right contracts the day 'd if you're not picked they were completely wrong in every count. now the 2 percent of the population as been vaccinated with the 1st those europe is really showing that it doesn't function it saw it last friday that he asked about seneca vaccine is only being accepted by europe 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 functioning i mean u.k.

the government there as deny that disabled people have quote been treated badly during the pandemic comes as questions are being raised over the lack of benefits granted to you for noble groups will welfare benefits for many disabled people have not been increased in line with those of other types of welfare they would alan is just one of over 2000000 disabled people left out of pocket he says he felt abandoned after multiple sclerosis left him bedridden sometimes we hear a really bad news story and somebody who lives alone has been found dead in a 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 they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognized as social care as a result of the lockdown but really we've had to rely of giving after shopping delivered to us my shopping will normally comes to between $25.35 pounds

per week but if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with a somehow delivery charge that's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted and bearing in mind i have 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 family to live and the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the only link reeses benefit socialism has not kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his friends and has been compounded even more then we have a 2 tier system so $100.00 people who get the universal credit be given the additional support but those of us with legacy benefits have been

given nothing. while the majority of disabled people in the u.k. to save it they spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent of gone without essential oils and almost half a falling behind on their financial commitments they've told us that he's often sat in the dark just to save electricity and believes that some of the most vulnerable groups have been left badly affected by the pandemic. i've 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 governments 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 in support to the small we actually need to remain around homes there are those people that really struggle he 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 how are the lights on do i have i'm a who do i have the heating on for a country believe we're somewhere around the 5th 6th richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. watching out internationals that happiness our us mainstream media is in chaos facing plummeting ratings and also accusations of bias we'll have the details just after the break. join me every 1st day on the alex allen show allowed to speak in the guest of the

world of politics sports business and show business i'll see you there. says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be overrun by the populace because the high barriers to entry and that's right those barriers to entry of a limited because of free online trading. while the stimulus made a lot of people. to do something like this there's. only $65000000000.00 in the cast of the biggest one in the world which is right and wall street so they've got a lot. and energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen their money in 2008.

welcome back now with media outlets and social networks increasingly being scrutinized for their content a new study his challenge conservative claims that big tech companies had sense instead few points on purpose researches in new york university have found that liberal and conservatives have actually been treated equally 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 while big tech companies have clamped down on conservative thinkers before most notably donald trump forcing many to choose parlor instead to a conservative controversial conservative platform has been shut down over claims it was used to incite violence and there's also been backlash against facebook with

the social network giant accused of censoring movements like the anti democrat walk away campaign last year in wa liberal cable news ratings in the u.s. have also been tanking since joe biden took office as network struggle to adjust to a new more reserved white house journalist and commentator chadwick moore says that liberal media outlets are actually facing an identity crisis. president job 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 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 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 a new 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 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. russia's union of generous is calling on authorities to check into just a missing of the arrest and imprisonment of the russian journalists case middle earth he's been jailed for 25 days for his involvement in rallies in support of the opposition figure i like seeing a founding so let's get more details and let you but frankly i'm following the story for safety just to explain then why the husband and i cry i with this

particular case. andrew hey there well. is the editor in chief of an internet outlet that's considered to be one of the prominent opposition media outlets in this country and he will remain under arrest for almost a month for calls to join on sanctioned rallies i can remind you that protests in support of the like saying the volley happened on january 23rd and january 31st in various cities of russia the biggest ones were of course in moscow but they were illegal because the opposition never received the permission to organize these demonstrations now the russian authorities had warned against calls to participate in these rallies in advance mainly they warned against trying

to get the youth the miners on board and we saw unprecedented levels of youth involvement in social networks if you keep swiping and apps like to talk during the the days before the protest it was all about politics and rallies and so on and so forth so this was the reason why the russian authorities took a very serious stance and they decided not to make any excuses if they see calls for some kind of attempts to get the miners involved and these are legal rallies they decided to take action and it seems this is what happened with sergei smear enough however his lawyers are saying that the reason for this prosecution is because of a joke that was pretty much re tweeted by the journalist when actually there was

a picture of a nut. there a guy who called for protests and he looked just like surrogate of and that was a prominent member of a russian rock band did the 2 men are bold however the judge was saying that it was a retreat and you could clearly see the date and time of the process protests and this is what just defied his arrest but it seems that this case will continue to be in the headlines because the russian union of journalists was the authorities to look into the case once again after the journalists receive support from dozens of media organizations in this country. court's decision sparked a strong reaction from journalists the union of journalists of prussia sent an appeal to the competent authorities of the russian federation requesting to check the legality and validity of bring in sergei snowden off to justice. well i can

tell you that this practice of starting legal action against individuals in this country because of things like read tweets that has been a reason for plenty of arguments here in the russian society the crowd one decided not to comment on this case specifically because they're saying it's up to the courts to decide. different kind of authorities are going to deal with that but for instance the press secretary of the russian president dmitry peskov said that the russian government isn't looking to suppress any kind of opposition voices he said the reason why action was taken in this particular case is what i mentioned before the involvement of minors and unprecedented level of probing cations. and you contributed to assure you there is no repression there are measures used by the

police against violators of the law against participants in illegal actions during the actions direct and multiple attacks on police took place which naturally became the reason for the adoption of tough but in line with the law countermeasures the ministry of internal affairs announced that each case will be subject to an official investigation. so dimitri smirnoff like i said will remain under arrest for at least another 24 days now and with quite a few other people remaining in custody at this point it looks like. this is something that's still going to be discussed in the russian society and will remain in the news in the near future sure ok thank you that was r.t. to india pranking reporting that. just coming up top possible here in moscow we'll be back with more stories and headlines at the top of the.

well the demick know certainly no borders to nationalities. has emerged with the we don't look like world to. judge. commentary classist least. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing to each of our own way but we also know that this crisis not go on forever the challenge is creating the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together.

i might. show somebody an accident where a car goes through a field sign at the intersection. suggest to the witness that they saw stop sign stead of 8 year old son. and these experiments of many people will adopt the suggestion that we call it misinformation and. claim it as their own memory. welcome to the alex salmond show from scotland where we've time once again to the issue which has dominated the last year the covert pandemic united kingdom is well

ahead of the pack in the vaccination stakes but no house there was death toll per 1000000 of any major comforted the world was even than the united states of america today we turn to vaccination has the cavalry finally arrived to cope with whatever of the virus construal tests we speak to profess a look at meal of trinity college dublin to assess the bottle between the vaccine and the virus then we had give you profess a hearty 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 huge admitted biography great from billy k.

and the buttons and to be a marvelous watch and then glen miller says nobody ever cites bums as well as billy kay does perfection and reflection jimmy reed speeches were radical delivered on velvet and alan jones says a bob showed of passed by winnie ewing watched a video of jimmy reed on parker some as mentioned in the show why do we need jimmy today and i was sad norcross court stimulated from what his most famous speeches will be no hooliganism they'll be no vitalism will be in a bevy in because the one old is watching great man says listen and these she defended 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 is told by billy k. in the program of we're using the dough to pull scottish nationalist travelling to above and supper with tory prime minister alec does.