the headlines in r.t. more vaccine woes for europe this time is the french president who was criticized for failing to secure a french bank saying the head of the u.k.'s his country struggles to get supplies it is a shame for us we have missed a good chance in france it's all but we are the priority given to the united england is better managed because it has been liberated from the european union well the government and europe are failing at everything desperate times call for desperate measures there for an italian town issues in order banning residents from getting sick to draw attention to the fact i have no doctors i did it as a provocation my ruling can hardly be enforced i mean that getting sick or not it is not down to one's wish and individual can certainly take steps to avoid falling

ill. and while governments people like struggle to get their hands on limited vaccine supplies we look at how some wealthy individuals find novel ways to jump the queue. and i welcome just gone 4 o'clock in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching r t international now the french president emmanuel macron is found himself in the firing line after failing to secure supplies of a french vaccine before the u.k. britain stepped in after his government refused to fully fund the jap they believed straight away in our inactivated vaccine they took all the risks and immediately forwarded 96000000 euros to use before the end of december well it is the latest in a series of controversies over vaccine supplies involving the e.u.

with more now from paris his shot at the big. punts already feeling a little dejected after attempts by former su tickle company sanofi and the pastor institute failed to find a viable vaccine for cold feet 19 now officials must be weeping with anger. that french well never has developed a vaccine but will sell the 1st doses to the u.k. of a manufacturing factory. consider a very quickly by united kingdom was very important so. we will deliver those to. the u.k. 1st the e.u. is already in a state of panic over what many deemed to be a catastrophic rollout of its vaccine program now member states such as france said

signed up to this doing it all together which to day to see units of really lugging behind its former partner the u.k. now the round has seen the e.u. and the u.k. at loggerheads now that was initially of the astra zeneca vaccine but now as some are questioning whether they would have been better going it alone the european union is not the vaccine it is the virus the european union has terribly managed to cope with 19 try says it has shown it is not only useless but it is toxic for the european countries the distil looks in the french government says it had negotiated with the only but the company received a favorable offer from the u.k. that's though not going down well it seems that for once politicians from across the spectrum in france are in agreement they all fear yes the government failed to back the faxing developer. i think what you mean what happened in the united kingdom the rolled out the red carpet for never they helped with financing and

implementation. they did everything to make it happen and we were not able to do that is such a waste that this regional golden nugget is live in our french borders we are above all paying for the abandonment of our sovereignty in favor of other emerging powers in globalization since the start of this crisis we have been told about health sovereignty reindustrialization relocation and that is not what we are doing so how is this is the latest blow going down here in france so it is a lot less. hostile it said because france is the contrary of foster care and yet we see a lack of finance elect a founding elect of know how will the government and here are feeling get everything. if. i find it a bit abusive excuse me for that term it's a little bit weird that the priority is given to the united kingdom while the vaccine is manufactured in france its books about i hope that the goal is to make

a good vaccine but it is a loss it is a shame for us we have missed the mark we have missed a good chance in france darn it all of the all england is better managed because it has been liberated from the european union and these enormous constraints that constitute the european union the french government says it aims to offer the covert job to all by the end of august and it's trying to speed up the rollout whether that though is possible is another question given that france is reliant for the moment on the e.u. for it deuces shola do you can ski r.t. paris. in the talian time has had to resort to desperate measures to combat the virus with the men issuing a decrease in fitting anybody from getting sick draw attention to the fact that the time does not have a doctor. i have issued this ruling which is technically called an

order i did it as a provocation with no doctor in our town it is impossible for us to get treatment so i had to tell my citizens that the only way possible to keep going without a medic was to stay healthy that's why i forbade them from falling ill my ruling can hardly be enforced i mean that getting sick or not it is not down to ones who wish and individual can certainly take steps to avoid falling ill for example by wearing a mask searing clear of gatherings and washing hands well italy was the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in europe and the death toll tops 90000 last week however the country did relax coronavirus restrictions on monday in most regions with people now having greater freedom to travel and they can also visit bars restaurants and museums now like the rest of the italy has also seen vaccine shortage to you and the country has filed a petition with the commission pushing for the jobs to be made locally the country expects to receive its long awaited 1st batch of the british astra zeneca vaccine

on saturday the mayor of on the ferry again believes that major vaccine manufacturers are acting in their own interests and under me arsenal. i believe the pandemic is a problem that cannot be solved by law sadly we can come from it using vaccines however japs are also becoming a problem because pharmaceutical companies are seeking to meet their economic interests which did not respond to the collective interest thus we entered the domain of global geopolitics and political economy where all now in the hands of pharmaceutical companies all of them are being driven by profit in my opinion 2021 will still be dominated by coded 1900 due to delays in the vaccine campaign and production where liking far behind i'm afraid it will carry on evan into 2022 but i do hope i'm wrong. well the road i'm told fight scenes is seeing government sampai polite scramble to get their hands on limited supplies and some going to great

lengths to to make sure that the front of the kids don't cotton explains around the world people are racing to get cold vaccines that are often in short supply and even those whose job it is to be a good sports are often willing to cheat their way to the front of the line so football club for example which caught attention after getting their players vaccinated it is unacceptable to jump the queue ahead of people most at risk of code 19 and the n.h.s. guidance is clear that local vaccination services must manage their appointment lists to ensure all appointments to filled according to the club though those vaccines were going to be dumped anyway which makes everything better right after all it's not the only case when people were fast tracked to get these highly sought after covert shots this seems to be happening all around the world spanish officials for example caught right ahead of people in high risk groups in the u.k. a number of the very workers tasked with regulating vaccine distribution did the same thing and in the us those who could make generous donations are getting

a bit of gratitude in return d.s. over naik major dulness we're pleased that we have 500 new open appointments in the over they cood 19 faxing clinic beginning these often and tomorrow and next week of course the privileged elite have enough money to bribe their way into vaccination city if they want then there's the rest of society who have to resort to some good old fashioned stealing if they want to cheat all the while governments are still trying to work out how to deal with the line cutters and rule breakers in the health minister is serious about having a fair solution and there needs to be consequences for those who depart from it talk is good but as long as it's not turned into action the good citizen who waits his turn might be standing in line for a while. on course at that with the american political activist anthony roach is right that the pandemic has simply served to highlight existing flaws in the health care system. we were going to see as we've seen in a broken health care system too often where the wealthy get taken care of and those

who are the poorest in the most help don't this is really just another example of how cold it has exposed the broken social and health care systems of people who are being hit by the populations being hit the most more start with indigenous people black and brown people who also have been disproportionately impacted and we're already in situations of having poor how we're living in communities that were polluted when they are prioritized absolutely it makes for the pandemic to spread even more these are populations that tend to congregate more than more populations who can see apart from each other so let's go in and take care of those people and build this solution from the bottom up now england and wales have seen a worrying spike in alcohol related deaths according to new figures numbers rose dramatically when people went into lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic the

1st 9 months of last year alone you saw over 5000 alcohol related deaths that's a jump of 16 percent compared to the same period in 2019 and it's the highest alcohol related death toll to since records began well that's despite the widespread closure of bars and pubs alcohol charities believe that the pandemic is partly to blame. well it's hard to pinpoint the exact reasons behind the rice frontline services have seen how the social isolation and exactly of living through a pandemic has led to an increase in potentially harmful drinking. well the u.k. is not alone in terms of rising alcohol consumption joining the pandemic with multiple reports released last autumn identifying a similar trend taking place in the united states earlier we spoke to dr james gill he's a lecturer at warrick medical school about the issue let's be very very clear we have seen a rise to cross the border around the whole use about one quarter of all people who

drink alcohol have increased their consumption and some of those numbers have been staggering if we look at people who drink over 50 units a week that's more about 5 bottles of wine in the week that's gone up from 1500000 people before lock down to now over 2500000 people we saw a 10 percent rise in acute intoxication deaths that was 352 people these deaths are avoidable they're not merely figures that these unfortunate people that have lost their lives due to fight to america hot and yes we have seen the highest level since we started recording these in 2001 the effect of the pandemic probably isn't visible in these numbers yet and it's expected that will be further consequences coming down the line so we need to act now to give people the support they need to overcome these alcohol as

a coping mechanism that it's not ordering them because the pandemic has also seen people come together in the face of adversity including a german michelin star restaurant that is now giving out free food to the homeless . we started doing it in the 1st lockdown in april last year and we noticed that there was a great response. of all the people who are happy to accept it who live up here as well as people who may not even have a home. today

the center of bordeaux in france has been rocked by a powerful explosion at a residential building 3 people have been confirmed injured and missing according to the emergency services the windows of several buildings nearby were blown out by the blast which is thought of being caused by a gas leak. as a republican member of congress is stripped of her key posts question whether a worrying precedent has been set that story. just after the break.

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welcome back twat now a republican member of congress known for promoting conspiracy theories has been expelled from 2 committees however large retailer grain has hit back after being removed by the higher some representatives. they actually stripped my district of their voice they stripped my voters of having representation to work for them for the budget a successful business owner that knows how to make a profit not a las that's what my district voted for me for congresswoman green advocated for the execution of a leader of this house she advocated for the execution of former president obama here she is armed with a deadly assault rifle pointed towards 3 democratic members she encouraged violence against law enforcement and has a long record of racist anti-semitic and islamophobia comments well she was voted out by all the democrats and with the support of 11 republicans while some believe

it's unusual for one party to intervene in another party's committee assignments of his do you fear that a precedent of tit for tat expulsions has now been set and with the democrats having their fair share of controversial characters artie's kind of looks at what could happen if the tables are turned. marjorie taylor green now that's a name you probably would have never heard if she hadn't been barred from serving in committees by the rest of the u.s. house of representatives why the stated reason is that she promotes q and on believes in conspiracy theories and has engaged in hate speech many americans are like blind sheep just go in through life not paying attention there is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon it's odd there's never any evidence for a plane and the pentagon now you might feel those are serious enough grounds for removing her from many committees however some republicans fear this sets

a dangerous example for many years i've had to make the stuff decisions about removing members from their committee i do worry a lot about the precedent of another party choosing to do it so does this mean that any member of the us congress could be subject to such treatment well not as far as the democrats are concerned for example congresswoman ellen o'mara has been widely criticized been accused of anti-semitism for her comments about israel and about the 911 attacks and about her political opponents would be nice now is conspiracy theorists. worried it's opportunists it's grifters so if words deemed inappropriate by others gets you singled out in the u.s. congress perhaps ilana omar will be next but it's not just her new york representative alexandria kazuo cortez recently made headlines by accusing senator ted cruz of trying to kill her. i'm happy to work with republicans on this issue

where there is common ground but he almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out saying that ted cruz personally tried to offer a c. because he allegedly had some role in inciting the capitol hill riot on january 6th is a pretty big leap so is accusing another member of congress of attempted murder enough to get you banned from committees to be fair us mainstream media has embraced a o c as narrative about a near death experience in the capitol building it doesn't have to be real the threat for you to believe that women and you know he it wasn't surprising that given some of the rhetoric that we've heard from folks who participated in that it's not surprising that she was afraid for her life so with representative green being singled out because of her rather eccentric beliefs about laser beams causing wildfires do the democrats really mean what they say about bipartisanship i will be

your president for all americans or all americans. and i promise you i will fight as hard for those who did not support me and as for those who did joe biden says he wants not retribution but healing in america but it looks like there's a fair bit of revenge going on at the moment it's very clear now to the american people on both sides of the aisle that joe biden's calls for unity or nothing more than just your verbiage and oral promises that again are not coming sure he will not say anything or do anything to stand up to members in his own party that are promoting really a one party system that's not what america is and frankly the 2 party system is showing to not work as well right now because of the extremes on both sides and ostracisation of anybody who believes differently specifically come. democrats who

will will attack who will come out who will try to silence anybody we always caution against even when your party as controller is in control it one side has control and makes the laws or acts a certain way all that does is provide a precedent a foundation and justification for the other side your opposite side to do that later because there has been this angela system going back and forth. a u.s. technology company has been accused of the illegal mass surveillance of people in canada an investigation by the canadian privacy commission alleges the new york based tech company clear the way i broke the mold by sharing facial recognition information with law enforcement would clear view does is mass surveillance and it is illegal it is completely unacceptable for millions of people who will never be implicated in any crime to find themselves continually in a police lineup according to report released on wednesday the company allegedly

collected the personal data of uses but that they can send 3000000000 images of canadians including pictures of children is said to have been shared with the police the report claims that the person information disclosed was use for inappropriate purposes and is not exempt from previously laws well the u.s. company refused the claims though saying the information collected was publicly available and allowed under canadian previously law but some experts are questioning the clear view ai's actions as well as the use of facial recognition in general. not everyone who uploads a photo to share with grandma on the internet expects to be have that photo put into or essentially a permanent police lineup for the used by the state for law enforcement purposes images were scrapes not just of adults but of children there's a huge number of of innocent young ones who have been caught up again in

a perpetual police lineup who are subject to surveillance by the company or in the middle of a public conversation in canada and around the world about if facial recognition which is very privacy invasive which has the capacity to create regime of massive valence can be used in a society where liberty and freedom is valued what this investigation does is raise the importance of that conversation and it's time now for some political action and some really hard conversations about if there is any social benefit of this technology and if it can be used. by donald trump has resigned from the u.s. screen actors guild where he's been a member for 3 decades but after the performance union announced that they wanted to expel him with more on the story his dmitri power. donald trump has quit the screen actors guild but that's after those guys decided to have

a disciplinary hearing in wake of the capital riots this whole class is going to feel right in short this is kind of how it went down i'm sorry you're here too that in typical trump fashion before the meeting even took place he decided to take the initiative don't talk to me that way wrote a whole letter bashing the guild calling it the worst who can is your organization has done little for its members and nothing for me besides collecting jews and promoting dangerous un-american policies and. he went on to list all of his numerous achievements in the entertainment industry movies as t.v. appearances by his one of the most successful t.v. shows in american history the apprentice the dream job the lies he even took credit for creating thousands of jobs that quote and as d.n.c. and fake news c.n.n. we know what he's talking about but all this really just sounds like a typical trump tweet given that he can't actually tweet anymore i'm not going to

go off and be sure so i guess these letters obtained by fox series are his new primary source of getting his message out it's a disgrace sick people and it's understandable his social media privileges probably won't be coming back anytime soon by mid may. and we did have her and the movies he's been are getting lined up for editing. i like that idea that his cameo in home alone should be replaced with a 40 year old macauley culkin it's. all in all it doesn't seem like there's anything he can really do to prevent himself from being erased from mainstream american culture but at least for now we have his occasional letters to keep us entertained to make sure that you won't see us international thanks become from the south and we'll be back. with the headlines and more stories.

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