more scene woes for europe this time it's. feeling to secure. the u.k. as country struggles to get supplies it is a shame for us we have missed a good chance in france it's a little bit of the priority given to the united kingdom england is better managed because it has been liberated from the european union the government and euro are failing at everything. desperate times call for desperate measures. on issues an order of bombing residents from getting sick to draw attention to the fact they have no doctors. no 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 indeed he can certainly take steps to avoid falling. head on the program while governments and people alike struggle to get vaccine and supplies we look at some wealthy individuals find ways to jump. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international pleasure to have your company money as you are learning. france's leader has found himself in the firing line now after failing to secure supplies of a french vaccine before the u.k. britain took advantage for him on your mccall's government refused to fully shell out for the job. 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 european union with more from paris here charlotte n.c. . province was already feeling a little dejected after attempts by pharmaceutical 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 firm to. 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 is some of 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 locks in the french government says it had negotiated we've only but the company received a favorable offer from the u.k. that 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 bend in many 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 well 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. and 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 that won't it 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 listen to britain's astra zeneca having started deliveries of its covert 1000 jobs it's not for everybody norway and denmark a become the latest countries not to recommend it for people over 65. we have

reviewed the documentation and until we have seen more data on efficacy among the elderly it is our recommendation that the vaccine for astra zeneca should 1st and foremost the efforts of people under 65 years of age without increased risk of serious illness from covered 19 it pretty significantly as well earlier fronts germany italy sweden spain also advised against vaccinating the elderly with the astra zeneca job they say there's not enough evidence that it's safe for the elderly researcher we spoke to says that the company did test the vaccine on older people but on too few to get concrete data i mean the concern comes from the fact that when the clinical trial was done there weren't very many people in the trial who were aged 30 to 65 there were some but not enough so really to get meaningful and road prostate so those regulators in those countries feel that more studies

need to be done there's no serious illness there's no evidence that people over that age are more susceptible to serious site side effects only indeed we know that they don't generate any good would be response all that's missing is the evidence that they are protected meanwhile the e.u.'s top diplomat use a burrell speaking during his visit to moscow this week expressed hope that the russian sputnik the vaccine would be certified in europe in the near future. and now i am hoping that he would be in a medical agency would be able to certify the efficiency of the vaccine you know that could be usual szell into the pm union the state would be good news because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine just to reiterate a recent study published in the lancet medical journal sputnik vu was more than 90 percent effective including in people age 60 over the czech republic is now

considering following hungary in buying the russian vaccine as well. unfortunately i have to say that we just do not have enough big scene and that's why it's so important that when it comes to the point of origin of folks in the nation it shouldn't be political issue since i'm not a political question but one of safety. yet we heard from a microbiologist who believes sputnik rehearsed distinct advantages in the way it was developed. one of the meat and one of the russians with the vaccine is that it actually combines types of underwriters and related spuyten one is that it's absolutely critical at 526 have been selected before in the course of development of against h.r.t. as 2 types of which there in europe is actually quite low in the human population and it's excellent that we are today and there's using sort of crying and. invents

that's a great approach that's why i'm sensitive on the need the really has the quality get might make it quite clear that may be the way forward but again it is absolutely critical that the sit on the population on which it will be like many fuckers in the educational butts unsearched environment force general space needs of the population and the overall if you will michael bio and environment there are or communication or infections going to enhance or suppress the device and so it's always very important to vested in the context in which surely it went i mean. now to a story that's got a lot of people talking in italy and a telephone there has resorted to pretty much desperate measures to combat the virus the mirror has issued a decree forbidding anyone from getting sick to draw attention to the fact that talent doesn't 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. it's only was the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in europe poem the death toll top 90000 last week however the country relax krone virus restrictions on monday in most regions with people now having greater freedom to travel they can also visit bars restaurants and museums but like the rest of the e.u. italy has seen vaccine shortages to the country has filed a petition with the e.u.

commission pushing for the jobs to be made locally xpect to receive its long awaited 1st batch of the british astra zeneca vaccine all day. of only free again believes major vaccine manufacturers are acting in their own interests and. i believe the pandemic is a problem that cannot be solved by law sadly we can come from using vaccines however if japs are also becoming a problem because pharmaceutical companies are seeking to meet their economic interests which do not respond to the collective interest thus we enter 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 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. it's not something we really want to think about is a 2022 it's not all doom and gloom too as well the pandemic has seen people come together in the face of adversity including a german michelin star restaurant it's giving out food free to the homeless. as for funding 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. to

something a little different now donald trump has resigned from the us screen actors guild where he's been a member for 3 decades that's after the performers union and they wanted to expel him with more on the move here is to me to poke. 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 to dowdy and 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 of a life he even took credit for creating thousands of jobs that quote and as d.n.c. and fake news c.n.n. will assume 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 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. 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. 15 in the evening here in moscow and 90 seconds will do it all over again more news coming your way. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then he.

led. back with our to the roland of vaccines governments people alike scramble to get their limited supplies some are going to great lengths to make sure they're at the

front of the queue to quarter reports. 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 the 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 cope with 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.m. over naik major dulness we're pleased that we have 500 new open appointments in the over they could 900 vets in 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 we were going to see. in a broken health care system too often where the well can get taken care of and those who are the poorest and the most help don't this is really just another example of how coded has exposed broken social and health care systems that

people who are. the population has been 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 aren't prioritized actually it makes for the pandemic to spread even more these are populations that tend to congregate more then 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. and wheels have seen a worrying spike in alcohol related deaths according to newly released figures numbers rose dramatically when people went into lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic the 1st 9 months of last year alone so 5 dollars and alcohol related deaths that's

a jump of 16 percent compared to the same period in $29.00 dean it's the highest alcohol related death toll since records began despite the widespread closure of bars the alcohol charities were related to this report believe that pandemics been a significant factor 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 during the demick with multiple reports released last autumn identifying a similar trend in the u.s. we spoke to dr james gill a lecturer at warwick 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 not 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 nearly figures that these unfortunate people that have lost their lives due to fights without hot and yes we have seen the highest level since we started recording these in 2000 and want 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. to another story to bring you today us to

a company has been accused of illegally must surveilling people in keller an investigation by the canadian privacy commissioner alleges that new york based firm clearview a early broke the law by sharing facial recognition information with law enforcement agencies what 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. yeah according to a report released on whedon's they the company allegedly collected the personal data of users without their consent 3000000000 images of canadians and fitting pictures of children are said to have been shared with the police the report claims that the personal information disclose was used for inappropriate purposes and is not exempt from privacy rules well in response clearer view a ses the information collected was publicly available on the load on the canadian

privacy law but some experts are still questioning their 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 a essentially a permanent police lineup for the use 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 they show 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 really hard conversations about if there is any social benefit of this technology and if it can be used and of course privacy problems aren't just limited to canada one example of the popular video optic talk has been accused of collecting data on people whether they're registered on the platform or not polly takes up the story. it's meant to say at this point that the threat of the chinese government spying on you just isn't enough to put people off the wonderful world of tape. and even though there's no evidence to say that tech talk is working for the chinese or for us it is still fine on you. even if you don't have to take a poke out do you remember when facebook was slammed for creating profiles for people who have even created an account. i'm not familiar with there's nothing

about denies that they exist but when have we ever taken a sucker for at sandown fake talk is doing exactly the same if you thought you'd outsmarted take talk by bingeing on its content anonymously. you'd be wrong an article in vice has revealed that takes hold can identify you from your ip address mobile carrier and find them and even know what device is screen resolution telephone all theresa and operating system a journalist from vice made this discovery off asking take talk for all of the days that the hard on him and he was very surprised to find out that even if you don't have an account take don't keep a database of the videos you watch when you watch the time spent on the

to the 2nd and the actions you've taken and everything out down to the finest details so essentially if you're doing any account less browsing it's not very secret and guess what you may have thought that they were arch enemies don't want to meet your date with facebook just check your off facebook activity in facebook spending join a tribe and live in the amazon and. oh maybe not all the boys go well we are all set to cross to similar programs and moments here on our to find out what is showing river you are today after the shortest of bricks. i don't think there's any perception united states that russia has nuclear superiority over the united states and i think you see there's

a fairly balanced relationship. in the nuclear streeter and i think why do you mean by the ministration wants to have negotiations for what we've talked about strategic stability they want predictability they want they want to secure situation in europe in asia and with russia and they want to be able to focus on other issues to a certain extent the bilateral relationship a more general. knowing so it would seem that man there who did a lot of the able but i'll blog good with them. and then you might in a can matter. and about national. cannot deny.

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