russia expels different mats from germany poland and sweden for their alleged attendance at unauthorized rallies in support of the jailed opposition leader. still fighting for justice the parents of a british teenager killed in a road accident involving u.s. women demand. it was told that she was a u.s. spy a revelation that could impact diplomatic immunity. we need to find out some more information about your status and how we might refer. her to the community who are hopeful that the government will step forward and your 1st . joe biden claims diplomacy is back in his 1st

foreign policy speech will though he didn't sound too diplomatic when it came to russia. could even just gone 7 in moscow international now russia has expelling 3 european diplomats for taking part in an authorized protests in moscow at the end of last month where in support of the jailed opposition activists alexina val make the announcement comes as russia's foreign minister and the foreign policy chief met today in the russian capital so let's get more on this now with you frank daly it's been quite a day hasn't it politically here in moscow firstly just run through more details about these expulsions. andrew hi again well there you have it as you can see new cracks in the russian ties have appeared on the day when for the 1st time in 3 years the head of diplomacy came to moscow for talks

with surrogate lavrov the russian foreign ministry i can tell you that the decision to expel european diplomats doesn't have to do it doesn't have anything to do sorry with the arrival of josep of burrill use foreign policy chief but it does coincide with his visit so 3 diplomats from germany sweden and poland have been ordered to leave the country as soon as possible because of their participation in illegal unsanctioned rallies in support of kremlin critic alexina volley in moscow and st petersburg that occurred during 2 weekends at the end of january the russian foreign ministry has called such behavior by the diplomats unlawful and unacceptable the 1st embassy to react to this was that of sweden

and they denied any wrongdoing or any violations of russian or international law by a member of their staff the swedish foreign ministry strongly denies claims that a swedish diplomat was involved in recent demonstrations more entering the political development in the country of service is the responsibility of swedish diplomats in accordance with the vienna convention on diplomatic relations this reduce diplomat observed the demonstration since an petersburg within a standard diplomatic procedure. soon after this statement that we got from the swedish embassy the germany the german official sorry we reacted in a similar manner and the polish government also said that they are going to come up with a similar response to the decision by the russian authorities all only a few hours earlier though the press conference straight after the talks between sergei lavrov and dose of burrill it began with warmth with smiles

with words of how much it's important to go back to working together when it comes to brussels and moscow to rebuild trust and at one point sir even said that if ties between brussels and moscow deteriorate anyhow this will lead to a disaster with unpredictable consequences however very soon after that the tone changed and we were reminded of what usually such talks between the most senior russian officials 'd and western diplomats look and sound like because that was something like a game of ping pong with accusations being thrown at each other the top diplomat joined the chorus of leaders in their accusations against russia they slammed russia for how it was dealing with opposition activists say volley in response to that the russian seeing most senior diplomat surrogate. called the behavior and the

attitude of european leaders in that regard arrogant and also blamed them for not being able to provide anything behind their accusations of the alleged poisoning of alexina volley and so on. 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 to alexina valmy by focusing on protests in russia on numerous requests to provide us with the results of the 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 enlightened europe is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable. and then at one point that conversation began to remind a different game in which it seemed the ultimate goal was to convince everyone that

they're a pole and your opponent story is more brutal than anyone else in their crackdowns on violent unrest and to be fair though this was something that was encouraged by the questions from the journalists. mr lasher of sound he would send you videos of tough police crackdown such protests and he 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 with a group of people it is due to visionary has to intervene and these cases can be brought to justice and if there is excessive use of force that is way of putting things in order so after friday's events you might want to ask have we really see

much progress in rebuilding trust i guess not really the answer is no. ok thank you anyway that was. there's been a major twist in the case of british teenager who was killed in a road accident involving the u.s. woman back in 2019 years fled britain claiming diplomatic community but a is but a u.s. court has heard that she was working for american intelligence at the time of the incident meaning that she might not have been immune from prosecution shoddy and would stash the has the story where it's been a year and a half since harry lost his life and the family are still seeking justice but it comes as the latest revelation which could be a potential game changer in the entire narrative is that it's emerged that unsecured us the woman who has been accused of killing her done is allegedly

working for the u.s. intelligence at the time of his death now it is potentially a vital piece of information and potentially alters the fundamental principles of her rights of claiming to promote a community at the time of her downstairs she did indeed came diplomatic immunity she fled to the united states and was later charged by death by dangerous driving then was an extradition request to face the justice system here in the united kingdom but that was refused all of that though was on the basis that she had no specific role in britain so now it has emerged that she was working for the u.s. intelligence and that would therefore put into question have rights to diplomatic immunity it is indeed a huge step towards justice for her a down on his family because harry downs mother charlottetown has long been fighting tooth and nail to get to that you tell your poorly you look at him to get injustice when he's lay in the. life left in literally every

bone in his body. every organ damage 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 a life and walk away now a court in virginia has heard that her work was especially a factor in her leaving the united kingdom but granting diplomatic immunity was controversial from the very beginning it was extraordinary and it was a loophole between the legislation between the 2 countries which has now been rectified and that loophole has now been closed up between the united kingdom and the united states but in light of this new information all of us working for the united states intelligence the family are now calling for an investigation but the whole issue of diplomatic immunity in the 1st place has always been questioned our team our key sees our lawyer is always very very clear right from the off that she never had immunity at the time the crash but what does retrospective revelation

mean today well certainly now more of a case to be answered for and indeed the entire premise of diplomatic immunity out of the window however the family were really hoping that president joe biden would allow for the extradition of bounce a curious that was a decision that was final according to president trump and has been reaffirmed by president joe biden as well regardless though the case has been adjourned until february 17th but the latest information from and secured and her legal team is that she is currently apologetic and indeed she accepts responsibility for the accident but she feels she would not face a fair trial here in the united kingdom having said all of this this latest information that she was working for u.s. intelligence really could be the final piece of the puzzle in the case for justice or the lawyer for his family to tellus to that extradition is always more of a political decision than a legal one. it was an astonishing revelation on wednesday night.

this is secure this is our lawyer in open court and we were completely taken of by and i have to say it's really one 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 a 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. the case facing

a widening poverty problem with millions of brits facing hardship because of the pandemic charities and think banks across the country have reporters a surge in demand is k. past 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 20 food parcels a day and now provides over 83rd as things have happened which made all 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 drive where we're situated and sorry day there'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 body downs community association in east london helped $4000.00 people between april and june last year compared with 622 in the previous 3 months but they want least food banking less to 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 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 contagious 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 are 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 and this concern to you in the capital of the spanish island of new york are by dozens of people here have been lining up for free food provided by a local convent is head did admit to the number of those in need has increased

markedly since the outbreak and at least 300 people a day they show up asking for help. u.s. president joe biden has delivered his 1st major foreign policy speech since take no face with the tag line diplomacy is back running throughout his address however biden seemed to be anything but diplomatic when it came to russia just on quarter expect biden's 1st big foreign policy address sent a clear message that trumps 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 they thought up specifically for the next round of sanctions in other words if the white house wants to see end of the intervention cyberattack 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 'd 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 gage's 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. we mar russia says it's hopeful that politics won't influence its appeal against a court ruling that forces it to pay billions in compensation to former shareholders of the you cos oil company that latest statement does come from the russian deputy minister of justice as the appeal process continues reporting now from the hague his peter all of. it's taken 16 years to get to this point $60000000000.00 are at stake the investors in the former oil and gas giant you coffs claim the russian state illegally expropriated you causes assets in breach of

the 1994 energy charter treaty russia did sign the e.c. t. but it was never ratified and it never became law i spoke to the deputy justice minister all of the russian federation because paired and he told me what russia's arguments counted last were the main argument and main issue was the energy charter treaty ratified by russia which means there is room there but equal authority which contains these arbitration agreement under which really russian people russian persons russian japanese try to use international mechanism to see russia opponents try to see you sign their vote and despite the fact it wasn't certified by the parliament as you know in any democratic and parliamentary you need to parliaments consent on these kind of issues also parliament rejected really rejected to ratify that and so be it is why we're not on the legal obligation. in this particular arbitration issue of say really have these. not just

a legal bar to moral demands 1st time when there really why be company for nothing using bribery and these bribes are really confirmed by the investigation committees and then be extracted billions of years dollars from the company to offshore. structures was also confirmed by the european court of human rights in 2011 now a 3rd time they want more 60000000000 years dollars from russian barges to be brayed you cannot benefit from from such kind of things you can't have legal protection of your illegal behavior but the russian government says the claims against it are knowledge and void particularly because of the criminal way in which you cause of it is. assets it's a little bit like if you buy a stolen television set knowing the t.v. is stolen when the police catch up with you and they take that from you you don't get any of your money back but this isn't about t.v.'s this is about

$60000000000.00 and every legal avenue seems like it's going to be exhausted before we get to a finish line we are expecting the supreme court of the netherlands here in the hague to return their verdict well at the very soon as by the autumn of this year realistically we're looking at 2022 and after the verdict comes in it may well be referred to the european court of justice in luxembourg but well that could see a scolding on for at least another 2 years so no end in sight for this ongoing legal saga. that despite a world leading mass vaccination program his rail has voted to extend the national coronavirus lockdown until sunday the decision was made just hours before the existing measures were due to expire my poor compliance with the restrictions including among the ultra orthodox community has shown that a top class job program isn't enough on its own to beat the pandemic israel's death

toll from the virus passed the $5000.00 mark on friday reports now from jerusalem his poor sleep. shouting at us everywhere i know our clothing and it will provoke us situation we're not far from the heart of the ultra orthodox community here in jerusalem now we were forced out of there with people shouting at us this community is at the same time of brow over lockdown measures we simply thousands of ultra-orthodox mourners many of them without 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 the fury but i do know that under 65 the statistics says that

one out of every 10000 people died around us that's a very very small number i actually think that the bigger problem is the fact that the government over there is. making it convincing everyone to take this vaccine that no one has any ideas about and no one understands and that was a term side effects about. them i think anyone who doesn't put on a mask is like a murderer it is against all the rules of the rabbi all 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 croon a virus they 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 airport shut it's becoming increasingly to me for the police to contralto those who refuse to eat shit

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 even 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 corona virus 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 those the country's prime minister says the lockdown bulls applies 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 played more than 55 percent of cover on a virus cases the latest word from the government is that the current nationwide lockdown may not be israel's last policy r.t.

jerusalem the fence some political commentator and they often say that netanyahu is treading a fine political line well you're asking. him a question but these directed at people who may not believe in russia and only by the very fact that they're all for all of the docs they. got don't believe their spiritual leaders they don't care about the country the government the rule of law and netanyahu is now being bad and on the box representing these very dear mourners these very grubs for the survival date these engage. and strobe support for anyone else is spinach and the spanish politically is legal situation because it is now standing trope of corruption would be 1 much worse so

he's now on a whole sort of dilemma if he does not enforce the coronavirus regulations broadly and it will be secular voters will turn against me but if he does the author of books policies will down against him and it appears that he will not manage to do both at the same time for the next month or so. and that brings you up to date for this sad then forget that you can keep across the nice to using our social media pages and you chad. i might. show somebody an accident where a car goes through a i kneeled sign at the intersection but suggested the witness said they saw stop sign instead of a eel's sign. in these experiments many people will adopt the

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