diplomacy is back to the claim of the 1st foreign policy speech as u.s. president but at the same time a tough line on russia. china's flagship. in the u.k. over ownership concerns. the e.u. drugs regulators are fast track its assessment of russia's. that's as europe continues to be plagued by covert vaccine shortages we hear from the head of an italian ngo. my whole family received the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of antibodies we know that bush has great scientific traditions so we have no doubts about taking the job.

live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight the on r.t. international welcome to the program. the u.s. president joe biden has delivered his 1st big foreign policy speech since taking office diplomacy is back was the tagline used throughout the address. how biden intends to make that work in practice. it was his 1st speech on foreign policy u.s. president joe biden speaking at the u.s. state department his message was america is back diplomacy is back however from there he went into some rather hostile sounding rhetoric regarding russia i made it clear to president putin in a manner very different from my predecessor that the days of the united states rolling over in the face of russia's aggressive actions interfering with our

elections cyberattacks poisoned citizens are over. we will not hesitate to raise the cost on russia and defend our vital interest on our people all those examples given of so-called aggression lack concrete evidence whether it comes to supposed election interference or a cyber attacks or poisoning there are widespread concerns about the accuracy of these claims joe biden did not acknowledge any of that and repeated these allegations as if they are the undisputed truth now it's also important to note that joe biden spoke about the conflict taking place in yemen he said the united states would end this ongoing war raso stepping up our diplomacy did and the war in yemen a war which is creating a humanitarian is to teach the catastrophe this war has to end. and to underscore

our commitment we are in need all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales while the damage is already done us weapons contractors have made billions of dollars supplying the kingdom of saudi arabia with weapons and the united states has offered support to the kingdom of saudi arabia with pentagon advisors and others now in yemen the situation is that this point being described by the un as one of the worst manmade humanitarian crises there is widespread malnutrition in the country civilians have been targeted so at this point it's not exactly clear how joe biden and his administration intend to end the conflict though these are significant words coming from the u.s. president now by the also used his remarks to say that the united states would step up in the fight against climate change and that he wants to repair u.s. relations with nato countries and longtime allies that is what we heard from joe

biden in his 1st foreign policy speech as president let's go live now to bruce marks for pennsylvania senator thanks for joining us today good to have in the program with us diplomacy is black that was the tagline in the speech obviously at the same time though promising a tough thoughts on russia how do you think most 2 things go together well i don't really them with diplomacy is back is supposed to mean the diplomacy never left the united states in fact we've had great diplomatic successes under president trump in particular you know the peace agreements that were brokered between israel and a number of the arab countries so it's sort of a strange political statement and it's odd that the president of all things would be focused on yemen which his heart like you know on the political front burner of most americans. i'm glad of course all of society is going to be ready to raise the

cost only russia what do you read into that do you think this could mean a new round of sanctions you know i think it could well mean a new round of sanctions i mean let's be real about this the democratic party has been gauging an entire russia. attack since donald trump was elected there is a. they perpetrated the russian hoax. idea for 2 years that russians somehow supported president trump when he was elected there was absolutely no evidence of that it was a complete falsehood and it was based on you know a dossier that was paid for by hillary clinton's campaign as well as the democratic national committee. but this red baiting well it's not really red baiting because russia is no longer a communist country but attacking russia has been you know a playing card of the democrats and i suspect that sooner than later in the new biden and this direction that there's going to be new sanctions on russia there are reports also that you know biden's aides believe the u.s.

is quote unquote sanctioned out with the amount of sanctions already on russia structural and otherwise do you think there's any point to new sections on russia i mean is this constructive dialogue for a new president that perhaps is hoping for an improvement in relations. well i mean no country's ever sanctioned and there's additional russian business people you know who can be sanctioned there's additional sectors of the russian economy that can be sanctioned i'm not suggesting that that's a good idea but certainly there's there's there are those possibilities i think one of the things that has changed of course is the arrest and the incarceration of the homie i don't think there's a single member of the house or senate that thinks that that was an appropriate thing for russia to do and i do believe that there's political support in the united states as well as a number of european countries to have some type of sanction imposed in response to that. just go back to the question of gehman the president obviously declared an

end to u.s. support for those operations in yemen how do you know it's going to impact the u.s. saudi relations and do you think biden is going to be successful in bringing the war in yemen to some sort of conclusion. no i mean he can declare you know that climate change is going to end you can declare covert is going to stop you can declare all you want to but that doesn't have any real impact in the world it's particularly ironic that he would be making yemen a focus of his firstborn spouses page and as i recall there was nothing significant mention about israel which is a great alley of ally of the united states in the middle east it is a strange situation saudi arabia is not perfect we all know that there was a murder that took place in europe europe that was sanctioned by some very high up saudi leaders nonetheless saudi arabia rabia has been has a working relationship with united states that is working relationship with israel

it is an anti terrorist country and it would be odd that the president would be targeting. saudi arabia which has actually been supporting folks in yemen who are opposed to forget the name of the group it's like karate that are closely associated with the iran so it's we have a you know in english we have a phrase leading with your foot and it seems like it's a very strange thing for joe biden to do this when our focus ought to be trying to improve relations a with russia and be doing something about china which still has not been straightforward about the source of the of code 19 improving russian relations with russia. to be something in the united states should be doing. certainly be a interesting at opening few months full foreign policy from joe biden bruce marks will of pennsylvania senator thanks for your time at that i ought to have a nice evening thank you very much. well let me while the united states will also

hold its planned withdrawal of 12000 troops from germany while the pentagon cannot through review of those trump iraq plans the news came just ahead of joe biden's foreign policy speech. getting our global force posture right making sure that our global force posture is consistent with our national security and diplomatic priorities secretary austin will lead a global force posture review and during the pendency of that review will freeze any troop redeployments from germany will always donald trump who ordered the removal of american troops in germany he accused the berlin a fellow nato member of making a fortune off u.s. soldiers and also of not contributing enough to the alliance the plans were slammed by germany which said they weakened europe's security meanwhile this week military officials announced the arrival of more than 200 u.s. air force personnel in norway as the 1st ever deployment to the country and it will also include a b.

one bomber squadron which is reportedly to assist training flights in the region brian becker from the antiwar coalition believes u.s. militarization only benefits big corporations. the u.s. unlike earlier empires that had colonies all over the world united states has military bases and installations as a way to guarantee american power the extension of american power in all of these countries and so the quid pro quo with the nato allies that resuscitate it both l.-i is in defeated and recenter is at the end of world war 2 was that they would agree that their countries would be occupied supplemented basically under the control of the united states and the quid pro quo was the united states would grant them access to different parts of the world market so for the elites in europe it was fine but what's the point what's the point of american troops in germany in a big new areas of military competition between the united states and russia or the united states and china or both is the arctic and of course the ultimate high

ground outer space again the american people don't gain anything from this militarization it's very good for corporations it's good for big business but it's a drain on the national treasury at a time when millions of americans don't have jobs millions have lost their health care why spend money deploying troops elsewhere occupying the arctic or planning to and outer space this is crazy. on us lecturing this new shuttles protect off air in the u.k. seizure t.n.f. had its license revoked by media regulator ofcom over concerns the company was ultimately controlled by the chinese communist party and that work expressed his disappointment at the decision that it was that the report. 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 founder of the license

used by china 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 c.t.m. 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 now of can release a statement shortly after the move and said that the company that owns the license didn't have this editorial responsibility we are unable to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's ultimately 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 this is 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 regulator does explain that any company needs to have that editorial control and it cannot be controlled by a political body the revocation though isn't necessarily political in essence but it does read as such in the technicalities but looking deeper into all of what this means c.d.n. 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 there for disqualified by off and it's not as simple as sipek transferring the license on to a suitable body because again of confound the crucial information was missing from the initial application so therefore that wasn't an option on the table for c.t.t. on either of them though did accept that the start. china media ltd 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 so as

a result the broadcaster 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 there 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. we heard from analysts who believe politics lays at the heart of that decision this is a critical these young and in many facets of elite of news users will be a huge impact on the image of. people now in china we can't hear the news from b.b.c. from c.n.n. but. it's very very difficult to hear the voice and. it's it's a that's

a why many people us and do not understand and. china it's a very it's right i think you should. it is isolation of media regulation generally so we are more than what he is many channels as we can possibly have and have a proper view of you know different countries from different perspectives that short of what a democratic media landscape looks like that's why or why worry about and and how it operates and the pressures that are put on. the u.k. he is no longer as independent in asian as before it has succumbed to the pressure of the united states in fact there are also many broadcasters in the u.k. with very strong inference from us and it is and they were not prosecuted c.t.m. is becoming so in through sure that the britons are afraid of it it is very important to hear different voices this is the essence of free speech is beyond

just a pro causing license is a theory issues. in other headlines more than 5000 deaths in portugal last month have been put down to a 3rd wave of the corona virus and with the country's health system at breaking point germany has sent military medics and hospital equipment to help around 20 doctors and nurses along with ventilators and hospital beds were flown in germany medics will spend 3 weeks treating critically ill patients in the capitalist one before reinforcements are sent. with europe's massive acceleration program still plagued by shortages italy is now urging the e.u. use drugs regulator to fast track the assessment of russia's sputnik leave axing. 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 madonna saying it would deliver

fewer doses than expected in february italian government soroti said it's planning to take legal action against both pfizer and astra zeneca over vaccine delays. and the loss of medical journal this week published data showing sputnik 3 was over 90 percent effective and also save for the elderly we heard from president in tallinn enzio which is urging the e.u. to approve the russians shot. 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 georgiou paul 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. or. the e.u. has been determined participates in the huddling 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 they gave rise to huge competition germany signed a bilateral contracts with fundies a 300000000 doses it certainly did not go down well with other e.u.

countries the deals which the e.u. made with very supply is still being kept secrets we still don't know that and why there are delays in the last few days supplies hit the gas though apparently they're trying to overcome these delays related to the deadline which have partly been caused by virus so confusion. dozens boss on the world's richest man jeff bezos announces he's stepping down to consume to concentrate on charity is own workers raise eyebrows after complaining of feeling abandoned during the pandemic one that's after the break. time says the last figure for the last bastions of power to be hold the 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

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will come back the u.k. government's been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough help during the pandemic and if it's for money this able people in the u.k. have not increased in line with other welfare payments david allen is one such person who has been left out of pocket he says he felt abandoned after multiple sclerosis led to him being 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 me even if i did have a carer he would cut we could come in and help we wouldn't be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the pandemic of the lockdown that we're in we've had to rely on of giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping bill normally comes to between

$25.35 pounds per week if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with the somehow on delivery charge 7 pounds i've not budgeted for and bear in mind i had no increase in my income i have to find it from somewhere so i have to give something else up in order to get my family to live and the reality is for decades people than with long term conditions the abbey lincoln racism benefits i should. have not kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his sense and has been compounded even more now we have a 2 tier system so 100 people who get the universal credit have been given the additional support but those of us on legacy benefits have been

given nothing most disabled people in any case save or spent over more than usual no bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent of gone without essential that half of all of the hide out financial commitments they've told us is even sat in the dark to save electricity he says is the most vulnerable groups have been hit hardest i've left feeling abandoned for government 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 cheats on the car floor of people with long term conditions in their own home rather 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 i have a me who do not have the heating on for a country believe some around the 5th 6 richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. crowd gathered in paris of this part of a nationwide strike against government economic policies protest as the model changes to a stimulus plan which they say will impact wages and working conditions shot at doing secure a ford crown the protests in paris. the protests as you can hear they're very noisy but i mean it's when you get a sense of what's going on that these are workers and. talk about how angry they are about the situation here violence not just move a little bit away from that fact that around 3 to 4000 have come out in france in

paris indeed this is one of around 70 or 80 protests that are taking place across the country many people are not happy continuously here back issues over when each overworking efficiency in france but particularly there is this new context also of issues surrounding the health situation here in france with many of the unions who've called for today's protests saying. that they're unhappy about the fact that they don't think enough is being done to prevent the situation like it was above 05 didn't have enough medical equipment or didn't have enough mosques when the start of the pandemic hits now they demanding that the government does something in feature to ensure that things like that see products medical products are made here in front of the future on the front doesn't have to rely on other nations now this is a nationwide strike and this is one of many protests that we've seen in the last few weeks people fed up with the conditions the sun she conditions in france they still

fear that we may go down into a good local town that's no i never to pull according to the government but many people just say they are suffering and they call and take any more we've spoken to restaurant in recent weeks restricted to students who were spoken to teachers who've say that they are feeling impacted by what's going on we also spoke to health workers who say that just not enough is being done to help them cope with the situation they're saying that you know they badly underpaid so this is sort of what seems to be like a multitude of issues coming together not swine the c.d.c. one of france's biggest unions and all the unions have come today to cool for this nation wide day of strikes here is a huge police presence here in paris but for the moment things have been very as you can see there it does seem like people want to make a noise on the plane just to make the government heard once again that there is not enough help now the government would say there's a song with our t. funded people who impost cafes restaurants and of the businesses have been able to

access the funds but they were supposed to this tract restauranteurs would start to open up in defiance of the current health regulations that was due to happen this week but many of them decided not to do that they have opened up they doing it in secret and that's because the government us threatened that any restaurant that was cool to the. i would not be able to access the solidarity phone for one month and if you'll call to 2nd time they would be denied access that so much of the funds that's who are as you can see 7 it's gathering here in paris this is one of many protests around the country is it takes part in a nation we say of strikes. the richest man and founder of amazon jeff bezos says he's stepping down a c.e.o. to get to dedicate more time to charity as well as other things his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plot to his own workers during the pandemic is the state everyone likes convenience but in this weird time where the pandemic the

stores are all closed 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 bezos 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 find my work meaningful and fun and i get to work with the smartest most talented most ingenious

team and 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 other laugh. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are. will you. be the 4th or paul's promises with his words that the have it will be torn down if you don't you know it's just too much you trust the bible is not enough to give you. a relief or it is about protections as well pete was the body thanks for yeah ok maybe not all amazon workers but come on 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

e 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 of virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time i gave of kidnap and torture all to doc follows the story of swiss parliamentarian dick monti and his investigation of c o u beauties under terrible act with the e.u. see when i retired in half an hour with the latest.