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joe biden. is his 1st foreign policy speech but he didn't see. coming from moscow every hour of. your welcome to the. russia. european diplomats to leave the country for taking part in protests in moscow the rallies were in support of the jailed opposition figure out. the announcement comes as russia's foreign minister the foreign policy chief met today in the russian capital tell us more. new fresh cracks in russia

on the day when for the 1st time in 3 years the head of european diplomacy arrived in moscow for talks the decision to expel european diplomats from russia has nothing to do with the arrival of joseph is foreign policy chief but it does coincide with his visit so diplomats from poland sweden and germany have been ordered to leave russia for taking part in unsanctioned rallies in support of kremlin critic alexina volley during 2 weekends at the end of january the russian foreign ministry has called such behavior by the diplomats unlawful and unacceptable and the swedish embassy was the 1st to deny 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 were 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 reduced diplomat observed the demonstration since an petersburg within a standard diplomatic procedure eventually we heard the same from the german authorities and the polish government also said that they will come up with a similar response to the decision by the russian foreign ministry but only a few hours earlier during the press conference by sergei lavrov and joseph borel after talks we saw smiles the press event began with warmth with wards how much it's important to rebuild trust to go back to working together when it comes to the relations between brussels and moscow however soon after that the tone changed and very quickly we were reminded of what these kind of talks between the most senior russian and western diplomats look like it sounds. looks like

a game of ping pong when accusations are being thrown at each other those of burrill joined the chorus of the eaters who slammed russia for the arrest of a like scene of ali and how the russian government has been dealing with him mr loughborough of in response called the attitude of european officials arab didn't and also blame them for not backing up their accusations against russia on the alleged poisoning of alexina volley and his arrest with any proof or anything reasonable no we're still 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 alexina felony by focusing on protests in russia on numerous requests to provide us with the results of his 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 some point the conversation began to resemble a different kind of game and which it seemed the ultimate goal was to convince everyone that a your opponent is more brutal in its violent police crackdown of protests it is fair to say though that this was encouraged by the questions from journalists mr lover of sound he would send you videos of tough police crackdown such protests and you didn't menage 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 did is do judiciary has to intervene and these cases can be brought to justice and if there isn't an excessive force british

way of putting things in order after friday's events you might want to ask have we really seen much progress in rebuilding trust between the e.u. countries and russia it doesn't look like it. go well the hot button issue of covert 19 vaccines was also raised at the meeting between the top 2 diplomats the use foreign policy chief expressed his hope for the fast truck. of russia sputnik within the block and now i am hoping that you would be in a medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of these vaccine in order to be usual szell and to be immune your estate will be good new because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine well in the meantime a run received its 1st bunch of verses sputnik 3 with the doses arriving in tehran earlier on friday the shipment comes as the country hardest hit by the pandemic in

the middle east this scrambling to get a steer on the pandemic. sport nikki 500000 doses of the world's 1st corona virus vaccine sputnik fever has arrived in iran the country's health ministry expects to receive more by the end of this month and medical personnel the elderly and the most vulnerable will be the 1st in line to be inoculated the vaccine program is getting under way as iran marks yet another anniversary of the islamic revolution in sputnik the vaccine proved its efficacy which stands at 91 point one percent according to the lancet scientific magazine in russia that have been no reports of severe side effects after sputnik the so far iran has placed an order of $5000000.00 doses at the russian iran joint agreement on spending with the supplies also sets out its joint production to run the seeking to diversify its suppliers and at the end of december it completed its 1st clinical trials of

a locally produced job and pledged to roll it out by the beginning of april the authorities are aiming to secure $2000000.00 more doses from russia china and india by the middle of march the health ministry is actively working on the trip during $4000000.00 doses from astra zeneca this steps have been taken despite a ban announced by iran's supreme leader on important american and british facts in this. we are in need of at least $6000000.00 of those snored to get $30000000.00 of our people inoculated it will require a year until herd immunity develops we consider the russian vaccine an additional option terror vaccine supplies to rand's gets in the russian vaccine and trying to secure other jobs despite crippling u.s. sanctions and amid public demands to provide the population with a safe vaccine meanwhile iranian health officials have raised the alarm about a new wave of the pandemic which may be even more severe the arrival of the russian

vaccine has been seen as a glimmer of hope for an end to the pandemic and joost hardships facing. country. there has been a major twist in the case of british teenager hoary dog it was killed in a road accident involving a u.s. woman and 2019. fled britain claiming diplomatic immunity though she's married to a diplomat but a u.s. court has heard that she was working for american intelligence of the time of the incident meaning she may not have been immune from prosecution after all artes shoddy and dusty takes up the story when it's been a year and a half since her last 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 and seclude us the woman who has been accused of killing her 8 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 diplomatic 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 i tell you a poorly you'll get into getting justice twenty's lay in the. life left in literally every bone in its bookkeeper it can. every organ damage to the point we couldn't even do condonation someone has to be held responsible for that

in this world should be able to take a life. 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 and are calling for an investigation but the whole issue of diplomatic immunity in the 1st place has always been questioned i would team key see a lawyer is always very very clear right from the off that she never had immunity at the time of the crash but what does retrospective revelation mean today well certainly now more of a case to be answered for and indeed there is the entire premise of diplomatic

community 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 the 17th but the latest information from and secured us 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 the lawyer for her is from lee told us extradition is always more of a political decision but a legal one. it was an astonishing revelation on wednesday night. this is so cool this is own lawyer in open court and we were completely taken of by

and i have to say it's really unsettled the parents don't grow up must come forward and explain what he knew about mr suit who this was employment status and when he found out of it's very important we need to find out some more information about her status and how it might or smack her client to diplomatic immunity 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. a let's say keep the focus on the u.k. because the country is facing a widening poverty problem millions of britons are facing hardship because of the

pandemic at charities food banks across the country are reporting quite a large surge in demand kate partridge's has been looking into why. 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 80 ferries things have happened which made the 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 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 the beaumont lease food bank in leicester saw numbers increase 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 of close 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 altie london concern too in the capital of the spanish island of new york or where dozens of people are being lining up for a free food provided by a local convent its head admitted that the number of those in need has increased

markedly since the i pray at least 300 people are said to show up the only. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st major foreign policy speech since taking office more than once the line diplomacy is bunk was uttered during the address but biden seemed to be anything but diplomatic when it came to russia double quarter can talk us through the main points 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 they're 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 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 to 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 plummer's see 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 what 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 the 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. russia say it's hopeful politics won't influence its appeal against the dutch court ruling that's the mending billions incumbent station to be paid to former shareholders of the u.k.'s oil company are putting next from the hague our europe correspondent peter all over. 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 these 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 separatists try to use international mechanism to see russia opponents try to see you signed there and despite the fact it wasn't rectified 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 issues they really have these i would see not just a legal bar to moral demands 1st time when they're 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 their source 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. 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. 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 well that could see us going on for at least another 2 years so no end in sight for this ongoing legal saga. let's bring you to the middle east where 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 measure was due to expire 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 passed the 5000 mark on friday. is in jerusalem for us.

a shouting at us that we're i know are close and it will provoke us a situation where we're not far from the heart of the ultra orthodox community here inch of loose a limb now we were forced out of play with people shouting at us this community is at the same time off of rao 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 car one of the. iris 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 port shuts it's becoming increasingly to me for the police to concho those who refuse to have hit 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 here 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 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 proceeds more than 55 percent of could one of 5 us cases the latest word from the government is that the current nationwide lockdown may not be israel's last. jerusalem of the fence some political

commentator amir or in saying that benjamin netanyahu is treading a fine political line. well you're asking. the question but these directors that people are out there who may not believe in russia and only by the very fact that they are all for all of the docs. to do or god don't believe their spiritual leaders they don't care about the country the government the rule of law and netanyahu is now the bad and on the box representing these very near mourners these very grounds for the survival date these engage. and throw their support for anyone else is spinach and if these spanish politically is legal situation because there's no standing trope of corruption would be much worse so he's now on a whole separate dilemma if he does not enforce the coronavirus regulations

broadly and it will be secular bogus will turn against him but if he does the all pro books policies will go down against him and it appears that he will not manage to do both at the same time for the next month or so. we've got another great documentary coming your way in moments then i'll be here at the top with the big stories heading into the 1st weekend of february this is our team . i might. show somebody an accident where a car goes through or i kneel sign at the intersection but suggested the witness said they saw us down side instead of the new york sun. in these experiments many

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