pitch for business i'm sure both of those i'll see you there. are no chance to giving it a shot western countries change their tune on russia's sputnik the vaccine after a leading medical journal publishes a study about its high efficacy we hear from the c.e.o. of the funds that backs the job. when you combine c l for the price the logistics really help but i believe the best ever cures the world and me scientist is a way to greet. the restaurant resistance french business owners defy the government's ongoing coverage restrictions by opening their doors themselves in diners. u.k. sit banks are inundated with pleas for help as a growing poverty crisis does the most vulnerable having to choose between eating

or p.c. we'll hear the story of one disabled man who say seekers have died. sometimes we feel really bad news stories while somebody who lives alone has been found dead in my home and several garbage trenchantly but couldn't come to me and nobody would object top of. a warm welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest along with a week out of the stories that shape the week it's great to have you with us and we start our weekly roundup with russian sputnik the coronavirus vaccine a new study in the long search medical journal has shown that the job is over 90 percent effective after phase 3 trials $21.00 countries have registered the vaccine so far with malmö being the latest to appraise the job well meanwhile in europe

hungary which was the 1st the e.u. country to approve sputnik feed has received its 1st batch of the shots as part of a 2000000 doses deal the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the block and using the vaccine other key states including france and germany are waiting for the e.u. regulator to approve the job 1st. and now i am hoping that you do a b. and. medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of these vaccine you know that could be your social into being union the state will be good news because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine and that's why anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is woken i talked with the russian president exactly about this we noted the good data today about the russian vaccine any vaccine is welcome in the european union but only once that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved russian scientists long been saying this but

think they was both safe and effective but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in the west however they now pay appears to be a change of heart as more gassy of expense. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is worse than the disease they mocked sputnik we they don't ride did it they tried to turn it into a joke and with out of these 3 mass trial completed it sounds like the process hasn't run its course here america's top researchers say russia cutting corners to develop its corona virus vaccine they're still trying to figure out safety and there they've approved it the irony is of course that these same people the same people who accused russia of spreading vaccine conspiracies and of discouraging people to get the job the irony is often lost on these sorts this is c.n.n. in a tube so you know that they're trying to trash talk it when they start by calling it putin's vaccine which was apparently dangerous and unreliable reading between

the lines this is c.n.n. now and somehow sputnik has become safe and potent one of only 3 vaccines with an efficacy of over 90 percent that's cheaper it's easier to produce and to transport and side effects don't include catatonic allergic sieges what the trials showed this 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding 91.8 percent efficacy for actually people older than 60 years old and also in ma the important part of the vaccine is it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because humankind big scenes because it can be stored at plus 2 plus 8 versus minus 70 degree celsius required by the us big scenes and of course half of one 3rd of the u.s. we've seen so when you combine safety ethic is see price and logistics you really

have what i believe is the best of acute in the world and many scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3. trials of sputnik and their good model side effects if any doesn't require a deep freeze so more widely available to poorer nations when russian scientists said all of this it was met with our roles and mockery but when other scientists say the same thing they all know the sagely in agreement this is clearly good news as these jewel formulation vaccine is comparatively easy to manufacture and to deploy i mean they anticipated global shortage of vaccines and logistical problems in vaccination rollout it's interesting timing to now that maternal pfizer vaccines are experiencing shortages and disruptions sputnik isn't so bad after all it never was but politics is politics and

a vaccine isn't immune to political trash talk as sad as that is around 50 nations have already preordered sputnik jabs and europe hungry was the 1st european nation to greenlight it and now the czech republic is looking to follow and it's footsteps i know that sputnik has already i suspect being used in hungary and i have no objection to this vaccine being used in our country if the experts so decide he's still better than people dying here just because of a lack of vaccines so after months of denial and derision the pundits too are coming around it was easy to mock russian scientists it's harder to mock international studies hard science and that was enough of a jolt to convince even pundits to give scrutiny we shot. sputnik v. was waiting for me at my neighborhood clinic the job was quick and almost painless 3 weeks later i had my 2nd injection in late january i took

a test for covering 1990 bodies the results according to interpretive scale provided by the clinic indicated that my antibody levels were probably sufficient to prevent illness don't strike me as high that's my own personal pun dimmick was nearing its end if you are the average person before this pandemic how they thought the world would react to this this huge global health crisis they would probably have said by united we now know that that would have been the wrong answer over anything the past year was a chaotic free for all rat race where everyone is for themselves and starts to see that at last good sense and reason are starting to prevail over propaganda and politics the director of the investment fund behind the russian job carol dimitri of who we just heard from in a previous piece also stressed the need for equitable vaccine access. we have lots of countries in latin america in middle east and africa who will be using sport and

you can be a backseat it's very important only reach countries get told those over it seems this is really not equitable for the world i think politicians overreach countries will try to do so but there should be a mechanism storyless have much more even and much more equal distribution or function the rounds the world and sputnik the is committed those of us weighed and already delivered what seemed bolger real ready delivered what seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed to lights in america at the places of the real it now there are served by as a big scene a producer is already a subordinate these registered in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will great just that than 25 countries we do have some production constraints so this year we can probably supply only around 700000000 people doses so that means 101400000000 of those or so is a big scene and countries approach and right now we can oliseh plight as

a big scene in may when june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with the on those the best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and reward was of excellence as well for example work disasters and to increase advocacy of their big scene and we believe that spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with some boredom. a number of french restaurants open the doors on monday in defiance of coronavirus measures that have been in place since october although some restrictions have been lifted since the end care phaseout restaurants will still most able to host dinah's so it depends he reports. more to push a pair on and see. since october this is been the extent of service available at restaurants and cafes in france takeaway only but as the men have dragged on with no reopening dating site same owners have decided to welcome

customers inside in defiance of the couvade 19 regulations. i'm doing this for. the french this is no longer respect i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and he did. talk when it came to the crunch he settled on my knees. so we will serve food restaurant today i won't be able to reopen feeling if i did i would lose my compensation for loss is over and see my restaurant go to prison his cool has spread across the country and all the restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christoph wilcke from his establishment nice to around 50 customers yet. christophe wilson's protest was sure lived on the doors to poppies were once closed again but

his lawyer is now taking his petition directly to president michael. i wrote an open email to say stop to self isolation rooms are cessation received over 100000 messages in 48 hours french people can no longer do this mr president here in paris 2 there have also been raids on so-called destroying restaurants there were reports this one behind me lennox over the weekend was uncovered with many others now amongst the clientele were allegedly french magistrates with no being fined 135 year. but as you can see it's still open now the owner wouldn't give an interview we're told me off camera that diners had only eaten under cover as it was raining and he also disputed that some were magistrates but support for believe businesses has been growing on social media and many other restaurants and

said that they too would be opening service for customers at the start of february however with very little support from unions and a warning from the government few did and where does joe public fall in all of this do they want their favorite eateries to reopen or do they think it's better to keep the shutters down and those of course i don't find it normal that stories are ok and restaurants are not so many if we maintain social distancing and respect the rules the risks the restaurants will do the same as for a stool and suddenly we don't have a choice i would like very much for them to open but i think the safety of everyone will need to make some sacrifices to stop the virus and live normally in. the u.k. government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not helping them enough during the pandemic but if it's for many disabled people in the u.k. have not increased in line with payments for other types of welfare david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis is one such person who's been left out of pocket he

says he felt abandoned when he was left bed ridden bed ridden by coronavirus sometimes we really buy a new storm and somebody who lives alone that's been found dead in the home for several days. potentially that could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on even if i didn't have a carer who would cut we could coming and how we would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social game as a result of the pandemic of the lock down but really we've had to rely on giving our food shopping delivered to us my shopping will normally comes to between $25.35 pounds a week if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 you get whacked with a somehow on delivery charge that's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted and bear in mind i have no increase in my income i have to find it from someone so

i have to give something else up in order to get my food to the reality. for decades people living with long term conditions the only link creases benefits i should. have not kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his sins and has been compounded even more now we have a 2 tier system so $100.00 people who get the universal credit be given the additional support but those of us with legacy benefits have been given nothing. the majority of disabled people in the u.k. say they spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pandemic it is 70 percent have gone without essential and almost half of falling behind on their financial commitments david told us he's even sat in the dark to save

electricity and believe it believes it's the most vulnerable groups that have been hit the hardest i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten about. and it seems quite convenient for our government to forget people like us and what i find really hard to understand is the mixed messages we get from god there have been statements about it cheap to look after a people with long term conditions in their own homes wrong putting them into care but we're not getting support to the small we actually need to remain around homes there are those people that really struggle has been documented people have taken their own lives as a result but there's too many people good left behind this to be people really really struggling to make it hard decision nor do you have the hot lights on do i have a me who do not have the heating on for

a country believe some around 6 richest country in the world it's not religious i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. in other news this week russia has expelled 3 european diplomats from the country stars all thought he's released footage purporting to show diplomats from poland sweden and germany as a protest in moscow 2 weeks ago the 3 european embassy workers have said that they were just observing the vent they are authorized demonstrations began 2 weeks ago following the detention of opposition activist alexei in a valley for parole violations similar smaller valleys also took place in various cities across the country scuffles broke out between protesters and riot police with hundreds being detained as a result bunches day alexei the valley was found guilty of violating the terms of his parole and he was sentenced to just under 3 years in jail after time served

under house arrest a case dates back to 2048 when the valley was given a suspended sentence for money laundering a number of western. about us were present during the court hearing great did not seem to claim to speak to the press. but. was present at the press office you. know the speaker said all right exactly. we are following the verdicts numerous western countries call for the valley's immediate release provoking a firm response from russia's foreign minister we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr know vanny as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for

exercising their rights including the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly today's verdict against gelatine a violent is a bitter blow against fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in russia alexina valley must be released immediately the u.k. calls for the immediate and unconditional release of alexina volley and all of the peaceful protesters and journalists arrested over the last 2 weeks because no we're stuck on the same topic as the west is trying to dodge the issue of finding the real truth of what happened when and where the novelli by focusing on protests in russia are numerous requests to provide us with the results of the tests remain unanswered by germany france sweden and even the puppet the o.p.c. w. they say you already know everything well this is impolite at the very least and such are again something half in light and europe is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable but some countries including the us have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over been a valid case

a number of political analysts we spoke to believe that they should focus on posting their own house in order. it's just the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this isn't it at its finest how can the west give lessons but to russia when we see the way for example to your best the movement was treated in france $3000.00 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france $1000.00 political opponents were imprisoned and the mineral management states say is that the developers be released why did he start himself by releasing french political prisoners and his political opponents not only should those countries those western countries respect the independence of the russian federation but they should also respect the independence of the russian judicial system and so this of thora t.v. of the russian courts must be respected not all of the by the russian government but also by governments around the world and they cannot ask for

a government intervention and at the same time the. russian courts have the freedom to decide in traditional mattress with various governments or come out to criticize the ground war of aggression to conduct more war than they are acting as we could have predicted just as the kremlin has acted as a group to. question in the present which is done everything possible to preserve the west meaning particularly the states. and to a lesser degree germany or ring leaders you know propaganda move to if there were fire russia and to draw attention away. from the scene with political developments in the west going back to the storming of the capital that was quite monstrous compared to anything that's happened in washington the last few weeks. the world's richest man on founder of amazon jeff bezos on tuesday announced plans to step down as c.e.o.

to dedicate more time to charity work among other things but his departure also comes amid accusations he ignores the plight of his own workers during the pandemic when his take his dimitri palak. everyone likes convenience but in this weird time where the pandemic the stores are all closed and nothing is as convenient as amazon we all use it but let's face it it's becoming harder and harder to ignore the teensy fact that they're really a giant soulless monopoly and who better to represent that monopoly and everything that is wrong with having too much money and power then amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos well apparently he has seen the error of his ways and decided to change basis is officially stepping down as amazon c.e.o. so focuses attention on nobler causes like philanthropy spaceflight journalism and given his track record these ventures are bound to be

a huge success i mean the guy is full of life and optimism a firm a work meaningful and fun i get to work with the smartest most talented most ingenious teammates when times have been good you've been humble when times have been tough you've been strong and supportive and we've made each of the left. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are. will you be. able to me the principles promises with these birds that be have a release or did he tell you that's just too much you trust a virus is not enough to give you. a relief or is this about protections as well pete wasn't providing back yeah ok maybe not all amazon workers but c'mon it's understandable why

a basis is stepping down i mean just imagine how tired he must be from all these workers strikes protests congressional grillings and throughout the years there's been a lot of very ungrateful amazon workers give us p p stop treating us like robots give us bathroom breaks shut up and work right either way basis should be stepping away from all this negativity it's bad for business and morale and i'm sure his dedication to philanthropy another. virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next hour. saying in the u.s. there's been shock and outrage in new york on monday off the 1st it was released of police pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed the officer is being called to respond to a domestic incident you may find the following images disturbing. dear. god

or my god that. i didn't take place on the 29th of january when police were responding to reports of a family disturbance the girl was reportedly threatening to harm herself and can be seen resisting the police as they tried to put her into the patrol car she could also be heard screaming for her father several times before being pepper sprayed by an off. beat. box widespread outrage in the local community on monday dozens of people marched on the streets of iraq to stun chanted outside the city's police station one officer has been suspended down 2 more put on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother plans to sue the city for damages while the mare of rochester has

also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announce draft reforms banning the use of hung cups on children under the age of 12 however social activist david buik ing say is that there isn't much hope for change it seems as though these are not just that this was a culture and it's a way of the police since the police departments. they're still getting what we call the worry your training the idea that you need to basically attraction is and and the should. need to comply with the police in every way noncompliance should not by itself be a huge for excessive force like this but they are apparently used to being implied now and get enraged i mean these these police officers are just angry at this 9 year old for not doing exactly what she was told and then

it goes very terms of the function of the police to maintain order and pull. people speaks so there's a very deep culture involved. but on the part of the government there is very little effort. to go to to make changes to the status quo in this country is working very very well for a lot of people that's particularly working well with the businesses in america and as long as that stat of your control well it seems to be from rochester new york or where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to change. but we always like to stories i do get in touch by following us on social media and leaving all your comments that went back with the latest inhofe uno.

but the pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. has emerged we don't have a territory we don't have the facts in the whole world beats to be the chief. judge of. comedy crisis at least this time to time so we can do better we should. everyone is contributing each of our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is creating the response has been massive so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together.

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 story or and i think. 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 mr x. that open the bilateral relationship a more general. at the believe this near those who really can show you a. shell if they can just be suitably.

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