busy offices going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trades. in the headlines this hour the top diplomat and the russian foreign minister talking about only and sputnik a joining extensive meeting in moscow. also to come joe biden claims diplomacy is back in his 1st foreign policy speech but he didn't sound too diplomatic when it came to russia and still fighting for justice the parents of a british teenager allegedly killed in a road accident involving a u.s. woman the man dances after a call was told she was a u.s. spy revelation that could impact the diplomatic community. we need to find out some more information about her. and how it might. just diplomatic immunity hopeful that the government will step forward and give us

those answers. soon is also a. good evening you're watching out international. that russia's foreign minister and the foreign policy chief be meeting in moscow today and stressed in the to build trust but they also clashed several times to you on sensitive topics including demonstrations and police brutality with more his. the press conference that happened after the 1st visit of the top diplomat to moscow in 3 years began with warmth with words how important it is to build trust between brussels and moscow how important it is to work together at one point the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov even said that if the ties between the 2 sides get

any worse that would lead to a disaster with absolutely unpredictable consequences well that was a good start and there was even more optimism for joint work for more business handshakes between moscow and european countries when jaws of barreled praised russia's think the vaccine and now i am hoping that it would be in. medical agency would be able to certify a deficiency of these vaccine you know that could be useful szell dupion union state would be good news because as you know we have facing a shortage of vaccine however very quickly after that we were reminded of what usually such conversations between singer western and russian diplomats are like you know something like a game of ping pong with accusations being thrown at each other's toes up barrel

joined the chorus of european union leaders that accused russia for how it's been dealing with kremlin critic alike same a volley and response we heard from mr a lot of that approach is arrogant and he blamed his colleagues for not backing up their accusations on the alleged poisoning of a like seeing a volley and his arrest with anything that looks like proof or anything reasonable . no we're stuck on the same topic the west is trying to dodge the issue of finding the real truth of what happened when and where it's only seen a felony by focusing on protests in russia on numerous requests to provide us with the results of these tests remain unanswered by germany france sweden and even the pope at the o.p.c. w. they say you already know everything well this is impolite at the very least and such are against on behalf of in the lights of europe is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable and then at one point the conversation began to remind

a different kind of game in which seemed the ultimate goal was to convince everyone that the opponent is much more brutal and its violent police crackdown on protests although it is fair to say that this game was encouraged by the journalists and their questions mr lawson of sound he would send you. videos of telfair police credit towns of protests and didn't manage to watch them and did it change of us to whether the e.u. has a moral right to criticize russia for police action during demonstrations for sure the excessive use of force. it's not only russia that happens. and when this happened in a country where did our group of people do judiciary has to intervene and these cases can be brought to justice and if the reason for the excessive force british way of putting things in order so probably it is fair to say that we've seen

something very usual optimism and warmth at the very start and then the classic blame game so whether the 2 sides have moved anywhere closer to becoming friends or have made steps toward each other well that's a good question. i mean while the u.s. president joe biden has delivered his 1st major foreign policy speech since taking office with the tagline diplomacy's back running throughout his address but biden did seem to be anything but diplomatic when it came to russia one quarter as more. biden's 1st big foreign policy address sent a clear message that trump's america 1st policy is out and diplomacy 1st is in but it seems like for the new president diplomacy means picking a fight with russia before the end of his 1st 2 months in office 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 cyber attacks poison its citizens are over we will not hesitate to raise the cost on russia and defend our vital interest in our people. and these accusations are nothing new really we've heard many of them from the trumpet ministration the obama administration we've also never seen any corrupt conclusive evidence to corroborate these claims but at this point it seems like russia's approach probably used to it. in general it's all quite predictable the strategic guidelines are still the same and the still alarming it's a matter of interpretation russia has no malicious intent and does not plan to violate its obligations unless the thought up specifically for the next round of sanctions in other words if the white house wants to see another intervention cyber attack threat to american interests in any corner of the planet it will do even if we do nothing at all if it doesn't want the space for dialogue is open the choice

is with the americans sure biden my biden's administration might be beating the dead horse of anti russian rhetoric but his comments did come alongside a number of 180 degree turns away from the previous administration's policies like for example reversing trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from germany and being support for saudi arabia's military conflict in yemen and also making l.g.b. t.q. politics and integral part of u.s. foreign policy all goals that the biden white house has made clear that it believes will bring america back america is back to plumb lucy is back at the center of our foreign policy as i said of mine are going to address we will repair our alliances in gauge with the world once again not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's. after hearing that statement though the question you've got to ask is back to wide if we're talking about the obama administration for example that means the time of drone strikes on independent nations

a time of poor relations with russia and even the heyday of the islamic state as the former secretary of state mike pompei o pointed out back as they mean back to when isis controlled a caliphate in syria that was the size of britain. i don't think the american people can afford to go back to 8 more years of barack obama's foreign policy so we've got a new administration in the white house but a lot of new policies that hearken back to the obama days so for washington's foreign policy stance on russia that's probably going to mean another 4 years of the same old story. now there has been a major twist in the case of british teenager harry dunn who was killed in a road accident involving a u.s. woman back in 2019 and this fled britain claiming diplomatic community but a u.s. court has heard that she was actually working for american intelligence at the time of the incident meaning that she might not have been immune from prosecution dashti has more now been nearly a year and

a half since harridan lost his life in the family are still seeking justice but it comes as this new revelation could be potentially a game changer a complete twist in the narrative as it has emerged that and secure list the woman who is accused of killing her actually worked for u.s. intelligence at the time of his death now is potentially a vital piece of information that could fundamentally change the entire principle of her rights off claiming diplomatic community because if she was actively working as a u.s. spy while her access to diplomatic immunity could arguably fall and completely deteriorate but it could be a huge step towards justice though for the family because they have been campaigning long and hard over the last year and a half i myself spoke to charlotte dunn the mother of harry dunn who said she will fight tooth and nail to get justice for her son do you tell your poorly you look at me to get injustice when he's laying in the. life left in literally

every bone in his body. if we all can diminish to the point we couldn't even do all condonation. someone has to be held responsible for that. in this world should be able to take her life so at the time of her death and securitas claim diplomatic immunity she fled to the united states but later was charged with causing death by dangerous driving now an extradition request to bring her back to the united kingdom to face the justice system here was then refused but all of that was on the basis that she had no specific role here in britain now though a court in virginia has heard that homework was especially a factor for her fleeing to the united to the united states but granting diplomatic immunity in the 1st place was incredibly controversial it was an extraordinary loophole in the legislation between the 2 countries which has since been rectified and closed between the united states and the united kingdom and in light of this

latest reference revelation of unsecured us working for us intelligence the family and are calling for an urgent investigation i would team keys the lawyer is always very very clear right from the off that she never had immunity at the time of the crash but what does all of these revelations mean these retrospective revelations well there is certainly now a stronger case to answer for it could fundamentally as i say throw the entire premise of her claiming diplomatic immunity out of the window however the refusal to extradite and security than united states was made as a final decision by the trumpet ministration but has since been reaffirmed by president joe biden and like to these recent revelations he has yet to say anything different regardless though there will be the case has been now adjourned until february the 17th but the latest from unsecured as his legal team is that she is currently apologetic she does accept responsibility for the accident but she has long maintained that she feels she would not face

a fair trial here in the united kingdom but this latest information that she was indeed a u.s. spy could now be this final piece of the puzzle in the fight for justice for the family or the lawyer for her responding to tellus to the extradition is always more of a political decision than a legal one. it was an astonishing revelation on wednesday night from this secure this is her lawyer in open court and we were completely taken of by and i have to say it's really i'm settled the parents dominick rob must come forward and explain what he knew about the mistress of who this is employment status and when he found out of that that's very important we need to find out some more information about her status and how it might affect her client to diplomatic community that we're hopeful that the government will step forward and give us those answers as soon as possible extradition is always

a political decision rather than a legal one if the united states simply refused to extradite her there is nothing anybody can do for me this whole diplomatic community issue as it is is irrelevant because this is not what it's to be used for. now the u.k. is facing a widening poverty problem with millions of brits facing hardship because of the pandemic charities and 3 banks across the country have reported a surge in demand as k. partridge now reports. coronavirus pandemic could push the amount of people living in poverty in the u.k. to more than 15000000 almost a quarter of the population since then the u.k. seen another surge in infections and deaths in the financial provisions of looked down with more people were lying on food banks like this one in east london which last september used to provide 23 passes a day and now provides over 83rd as things have happened which made our numbers of quantity poured so we had a lot of stray homeless people taken off the streets put in the hotels on the line

wrong for dr why we're situated and sorry day that's about 40 or 50 of them that come in and we help them there are more than 2100 food banks in the u.k. of which 1200 a run by the soulsby based charity the trussell trust it's seen an almost 50 percent increase in demand during the pandemic with nearly half of those relying on food parcels being children the bonnie downs community association in east london helped $4000.00 people between april and june last year compared with 622 in the previous 3 months the beaumont lease food bank in leicester soar numbers increased from 40 families before the pandemic to 500 a week since march the new start spewed bank in the wish to shutout of brahms' group said demand had risen by 700 percent over the same period and the dog more community kitchen hob in devon said that of the 130 people died helped since march

only 20 had previously needed charity food aid people who are now rely on food banks come from all walks of life one volunteers said she was left in tears when just before christmas she'd given a food parcel to an n.h.s. nurse a group called the people's army set up a food bank at the angel church in north london and the pastor in charge regan king says the demand from people who were previously vulnerable is striking we have a range of people who come to us we have families with young children all the way up into their teens. we have people who previously had never used a food bank before they have used this service and we have people who have never really had to depend on anyone much less charge for helping sustenance who have come through the doors and that's in addition to the normal need to fix their butts with the emergency be u.k. of more transmissible variants of coronavirus some food banks have had to focus

their work on deliveries one charity leader wrote to the prime minister warning him that if the government doesn't act the food banks on which many thousands of people now rely might have to close their doors we have very concerns that the halle can say just new strain of college 19 could put food bank staff volunteers and the people they support at increased risk of infection and that self isolating measures may involve the reduction in service or closure of food banks and is not just charity workers who are writing to boris johnson one of the nation's senior food policy experts has criticised the government for failing to provide its citizens with nutritious food security in response the government said the system is working we continue to work closely with the food industry who will be well prepared to ensure people across the country have the food and supplies they need but an almost 50 percent increase in the demand for food banks during a pandemic that puts their existence in jeopardy could ultimately see the

government forced to maintain a charity sector that's been sustaining the population kate partridge r.t. london well there's also a concern to you in the capital of the spanish island of new york about dozens of people there have been lining up for anything provided by a local convent its head did admit that the number of those in need has increased markedly since the outbreak and at least 300 people are said to show up every day. you're watching r.t. still to come for you one popular video sharing applebee cutting off access to children in italy after the death of a 10 year old girl is blamed on the platform but will the ban actually work we'll get some views on this just after the break. join me every thursday on the elec simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the

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without international name despite a world leading mass vaccination program israel has voted to extend the national coronavirus lockdown until sunday the decision was made just hours before the current measures we're going to expire or poor compliance with the restrictions including among the ultra-orthodox community has shown that a top class job program isn't enough to beat the pandemic on its own israel's death toll from the virus did pass the $5000.00 mark on friday poor slave reports now from jerusalem. they shouting at us that we are no our clothes and that we provoke you a situation where we're not far from the heartbeat of the ultra orthodox community here in jerusalem now we were forced out of play with people shouting at us this community is at the same time off of rao over a lockdown measures we simply eat thousands of ultra-orthodox mourners many of them

with mosques took to the streets to attend the funerals of 2 rabbis it caused an outcry in israel and of wasn't the 1st time as the country struggles to deal with its handling of the coronavirus the society is becoming more and more divided many people in jerusalem do not support the behavior of the ultra-orthodox neighbors i don't know exactly the statistics about the ultra dark or for a few really but i do know that under $65.00 the statistics is there one out of every $10000.00 people died in the road and that's a very very small number i actually think that the bigger problem is the fact that the government over here is. making convincing everyone to take this vaccine that no one has any ideas about and no one understands and it was a term side effects about. them that i think anyone who doesn't put on a mask is like a murderer it is against all the rules of the rabbi over. the rabbis are against it

these are the people who don't have communication they don't have television and they simply don't know what this disease is they don't believe it they don't blame the gruner virus the blame the hospitals you can't understand it the level that people can believe conspiracy theories israeli government has voted to extend the contract down until friday it's double fines and it's keeping the port shuts it's becoming increasingly to me for the police to contralto those who refuse to adhere to lockdown measures we requested a comment from the police but they declined to comment at the same time the ultra orthodox community says it's feeling persecuted you come up with the hatred doesn't lead to anything good in the world there are a few rabbis who think i don't belong to them they think the coronavirus is imaginary this is what they think this blow from having the lockdown is god giving us clues he's hinting to us that we have to fix something while there are calls for

israel to be divided into different covert 19 news zones the country's prime minister says the lockdown rules apply to everyone regardless of their religion the ultra orthodox community comprises some 15 percent of the population but according to the health ministry it also represents more than 35 percent of coronavirus cases the latest word from the government is that the current nationwide lockdown may not be israel's last policy are jerusalem the fence and political commentator says that netanyahu is now treading a fine political line. well you are asking. retinal question but the it is directed at people who may not believe in russia and only by the very fact that they are all for all of the docs they prayed to did or gotten believe

their spiritual leaders they don't care about the concrete the government the rule of law and netanyahu is not that bad and on the box representing these very dear mourners these very crowds for the survival date these engage from him and throw does support for anyone else is spinach and if the spanish politically is legal situation because he is now standing trial for corruption would be much worse so he is now on a whole sort of a dilemma if he does not enforce the coronavirus regulations properly and it will be a secular voters turn against him but if he does the all pro books policies will turn against him and. that he will not manage to do both at the same time for the next month or so. now the popular

video sharing app tick tock is given into demands of italian authorities and agreed to block children under the age of 13 the concession does come after the death of a 10 year old girl who was allegedly taking part in the so-called blackout challenge on the platform well that encourages people to choke themselves to the point they lose consciousness the girl died in hospital after being discovered in a bedroom with her mobile phone the case rage they were led to italian prosecutors to launch an investigation tick-tock said it failed to detect any harmful content but agreed to cooperate with the authorities earlier my colleague you know in an evil discuss the effectiveness of the child protection steps with a panel of experts. i don't think it's going to be in the slightest bit affective if people want to use to talk in the same way as they want to use any other social media they'll find a way to talk can say what they like but effectively they must realize that the

success of their phenomena this in the user's hands rather than theirs i speak to a large number of parents who when their children reach the age of say 32 they tell the children well you can now have a social media or else only to find that their children and all of their children's peaches have had social media accounts for some years already and have simply lied about their rights and that boards important that parents take some responsibility in being aware of what their children are up to socially good meant to be that you don't really get on them and to get the senior they say that could be the 8 and i remember when there is a beginning and even now with respect i think it's quite you know like a parent that essentially you know i don't understand how how can a but also how damaging a i mean we've seen so many cases not to let your dinner then you're going to a she hyla they begin to get that they were killed in a thin blade to a point where the taking their own mind and i think having more understanding about

how these are amazing but they can also be incredibly troubled when the parents come up with any good conscience say to the kids do not use this social media because the kids are just going to turn around say well you do need to run it all day so we should not underestimate the power of social media across all demographic groups if you stop kids using tech talk simply jump ship and go to another social media should there be greater regulation is that the answer when it comes to protective measures for children and social media is it more education is there a will for the for the tech giants to actually do that should schools get more involved as the final stop of the parents i know it could be a mix of all of them but which is the most significant and you're right the platforms that share an enormous responsibility themselves. but we can't rely on them being responsible in self-regulating in terms of children thank you the social media platforms could very easily have i

a form of registration when i managed to i managed to validate this they simply don't have the will to do this because i want to encourage people to use that platform when they want to people it's a challenge children especially to start as early as i was upon a simple we need to educate young people more kids think that they want they very often i really bad for them it's our job and antti if i say how then they will there really is and also know what appropriate for what and what inappropriate if there are things they are going to say that you go along and say i mean can really go before i was 16 the main thing in life for me was to get into x. rated movies the very fact that they were x. rated made the more attractive banning something instantly makes it more attractive watching arty international just come out top ossify the mosque. and the headline saying that the top tier.

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all of them too so think of visionaries me sophie shevardnadze our memories help shape who we are but what is there not essentially ours can they be false today i talked to dr elizabeth loftus cognitive psychologist and research expert on human memory. dr rosenberg loftus cognitive psychologist research expert on human memory really great tell you with us today welcome thank you all right so you have been researching memory for decades now and your credit famous for saying that human memory is unreliable what does that mean exactly i mean i understand perfectly when people just forget things right les words by remote or what were you was it with when i went to jamaica etc but you mean that even the things that we

don't forget that we know that we know are not necessarily true. right of the problems of memory or much more than just not being able to think of something when you want to think about it or forgetting something some fact that you're searching for i study the opposite problem which is what happens when people remember things that didn't happen or remember things that are different from the way they actually were so i study false memories i think i can best explain it by and describing a some of the experiments that that i've been doing over these many decades so a large percentage of the involved showing people say a simulated accident or a simulated crime and then deliberately trying to distort somebody's memory for.