the man made the other. so no chance to giving it a shot western countries changed their tune on russia's putting the vaccine after a leading medical journal publishes a study about its high ethical sleep we have from the c.e.o. of the funds the fact that jack. when you come by see the price the logistics of what i believe is the best over to the world and scientists in the world to greet. the restaurant resistance french business owners define the government's ongoing covert restrictions by opening their doors on diners. case it banks are inundated with pleas for help as a growing poverty crisis sees the most vulnerable having to choose between being overheating we hear the story of one disabled man who say some kind of dull life.

sometimes we feel really bad news story and somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the last several days trying to fight with the company and nobody would have checked up on. the welcome you're watching the weekly here on the aussie international bringing you all the latest along with a recount of the stories that shaped the week it's great to have you with us. now we start our weekly roundup with russia's sputnik vico grown a virus vaccine a new study in the lancet medical journal has shown that the japanese over 90 percent effective are phase 3 trials 21 countries have registered the vaccine so far with man mark being the latest to approve the job well meanwhile in europe

hungary which was the 1st the e.u. country to approve sputnik the has received its 1st batch of the shot as part of a 2000000 dose deal the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the block and using the vaccine other key state think it in france and germany are waiting for the e.u. regulator to approve the job 1st which the blocks top diplomats hoped would happen soon and now i am hoping that you do. medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of the vaccine could be your social duty and union state who will be good news because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine and anyone who applies to the european medical emergency for improve this one can i talked with the russian president exactly about this we noted the good data today about the russian vaccine any vaccine is welcome in our union but only once that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency

will be proved in with an ing question scientists had long been saying the sputnik v. was both safe and effective but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in the west however that now appears to be a change of heart as more dancey have explained barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us was worse than the disease they mocked sputnik we they derived that they tried to turn it into a joke but 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 coronavirus 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 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 it's cheaper easier to produce and to transport side effects don't include. catatonic allergic sieges once the trial showed this 91.6 percent efficacy of the fixing mine he won 48 percent effort if you play actually people older than 60 years old and also in ma the important part of the big c. and it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because humankind exceeds because it can distort the last 2 plus beat versus minus 70 degrees celsius required by the u.s. but scenes and of course one 3rd of the us we've seen so when you combine the

advocacy price and logistics you really have what i believe is the best of acute in the world and may need scientists in the world to greet the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3 trials of sputnik and their good side effects if any doesn't deep freeze so more widely available to poorer nations when russian scientists said all of this it was met with i rolled and mockery but when the other side to 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 too now that pfizer vaccines are experiencing shortages and disruptions sputnik isn't so bad ah

through 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 its footsteps i know that sputnik has already i suspect being used in hungary and i have no. action 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 a 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 demick 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 for 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 well the director of the investment fund behind the russian job dimitri ethel we just heard from in a previous piece also stressed the need for equitable vaccine access. we have lots

of countries and let's and america in middle east and africa who will be using sports you can be back see it's very important of the only reach countries get to hold 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 mechanisms storyless have much more even and much more equal distribution or function the rounds a world and sputnik the is committed those of us we can already delivered what seemed bolger real ready delivered it seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed like in america at the places i really now there are served by the big scene of producers already make these registers in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will be registered and 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 of the approach and right now we can all this applied as we've seen in may would june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with their own taiwan those a best of 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 the spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with some boredom. and on the french restaurants opened that door was on monday in defiance of coronavirus measures that have been in place since october although some restrictions have been lifted since then that cafes and restaurants are still not able to host dinah's dubinsky reports . push a pair on and we'll see. since october this is been the extent of service available at restaurants and cafes in france takeaway only but as the men

have thrived on them with no real opening dating site same owners have decided to welcome customers inside in defiance of the couvade 19 regulations. i'm doing this for. the french that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did talk when it came to the crunch he settled on my knees. so we will serve a. restaurant today i won't be able to reopen if i did i would lose my composition fellows see my restaurant and go to prison his cool has spread across the country in other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christoph wilcke. his establishment is nice to around 50 customers yet. christoph wilson's protest was

short lived and the doors to poppies were once closed again but his lawyer is now taking his petition directly to president michel. i wrote an open email to say stop to self isolation the r.c.c. says 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 now there were reports of this one behind me lenox over the weekend was uncovered with many others now amongst the clientele were allegedly french magistrates we know 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 would be opening service for customers at the start of february however with very little support from unions and a warning from the government if you 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 at home but i don't find it normal that stories are open and restaurants are not so many if we maintain social distance in respect the rules the risks the restaurants will do the same as for a stall and suddenly we don't have a choice i would like very much for them to open but i think for the safety of everyone 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 giving them enough financial assistance during the pandemic benefits for many disabled people

in the u.k. have not increased in line with payments for other types of wealth or david alan who suffers from multiple sclerosis is one such person who has been left out of pocket he says he felt abandoned when he was left bedridden by coronavirus sometimes we revive. somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days. potentially but it could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on even if i did have a carer who would cut we could coming and how they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care 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 per week if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with a somehow delivery charge so i've got

a certain pounds i've not budgeted and burial mind i had 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 flu delivered the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the only link creases benefits i should. have not kept pace with a rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his friends 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 on legacy benefits have been given nothing. the majority of disabled people in the u.k. say they've spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent have gone without essential zend almost half are falling behind

on their financial commitments david told us he's even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes it's the most vulnerable groups he's been hit hardest i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten about. and it seems quite convenient for the government to forget people like us and what i find really hard to understand is the mixed messages that we get from government that have been statements about it's cheaper to look after a people with long term conditions in their own home rather than putting them into care but we don't get support to the small we actually need to remain in our own homes there are those people that really struggle has been documented people have taken their own lives as a result of this too many people have been left behind and there's too many people really really struggling to make him a hard decision nor do you have the heart the lights on do i have

a me who don't have the heating on for a country believe we're somewhere around the 5th 6th richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. after the break outrage in new york after at handcuffs 9 year old girl is pepper sprayed by police while being detained that story and more coming up.

he. joined me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world the olympics sports business i'm showbiz most i'll see of that. welcome back in other news this week russia has expelled 3 european diplomats from

the country as authorities released footage purporting to show diplomats from poland sweden and germany at a protest in moscow 2 weeks ago the 3 european embassy workers have said they were just observing the event the un authorized demonstrations began 2 weeks ago following the detention of opposition activist alexei novell need for parole violations similar smaller rallies also took place in various cities across the country scuffles broke out between protesters and riot police with hundreds being detained as a result the protests are thought to have been fueled by a massive social media campaign run by opposition activists. on tuesday alexina vonnie 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 the case dates back to 2014 when the valley was given a suspended sentence for money laundering a number of western diplomats who were present during the court hearing but did not

seem to carry it on speaking to the press. but what. was the problem but you. were not going to beat me at all right but it was. following the verdicts numerous western countries called for an avanti as immediate release but russia's foreign minister hit back accusing the west of using the protests as a diversion. we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr no vani 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 telling scene a violin 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 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 i'll explain a valley 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 pope at the o.p.c. w. they say you already know everything well this is impolite at the very least and such are again some you have enlightened europe is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable them some countries including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the novelli case but 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 is it at its finest how can the west give lessons but to russia when we

see the way for example do you best the movement was treated in france 3000 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france 1000 political opponents were imprisoned and the mineral management states say is that the valley must be released why did he start himself by releasing cringe for the 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. 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 that russia courts have the freedom to decide in traditional mattress with various governments to come out criticize

the kremlin and watching the content move or. are acting as we could have predicted just as the problem was that it was a group. with 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 if there were fire russia into georgia tension or war. on scene with political developments in the west going back to the storming of the capital of the 2 was quite monstrous compared to what it can get stuck into the russians in the last few weeks. the world's richest man and found us amazon jeff bezos on tuesday an ounce plans to step down as c.e.o. to take a 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 with his take his dimitri palk. 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 i find my work meaningful and fun and 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. amazon me the principles promises with the words that they haven't released or did he tell you that's it's too late but you can track the virus is not enough to give you. a relief for 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

e 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 full length should be another. virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next. staying in the u.s. there's been shock and outrage in new york on monday after footage was released of police pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed the officers are being called to respond to a domestic incident you may find the following images disturbing. dear. god or my god that. the incident took place on the 29th of january when police were responding to the course of

a family disturbance the girl was reportedly threatening to harm herself and can distinguish distinct of holies as they tried to put her into a patrol car she could also be heard screaming for her father several times before being pepper sprayed by an officer he is a dentist sparked widespread outrage in the local community. on monday dozens of people marched on the streets of russia stein chanted outside the city's police station one officer has been suspended and 2 more put on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother plans to sue the city for damages. for the murder of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announced draft reforms banning the use of handcuffs on children under the age of 12 however social activist david pickings

says there isn't much hope of change it seems as though these are not just the 2 as a culture and it's a way of the police say in the police departments. they're still getting what we call the worry your training the idea that you need to basically attack. citizens and the citizens 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 next and get enraged i mean that these these least officers were just and that goes very terms of the function of the police through maintain order and to pull it rather than issue and keep people speaks so there's a very deep culture involved with that but on the part of the government there is

very little effort. to go against that help 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 status for all of your future well it seems to be a hesitant rochester new yorker where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to. let us know your thoughts on this story and everything else by following us on social media we're back with more anti-semitic. by the pandemic no certainly no blood isn't just blind to nationalities. as american people to be we do the fight scene. feasting.

but just you know commentary crisis least resistance and. we can do better we should know. everyone is contributing each of our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created with the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sell their bodies on the street many of them under-age. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge no if you're going to exploit our child here in los angeles there are going to come as you see officers going undercover as sex

workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. and eventually monthly shooters the only 3 who are currently entered the nursing arthur prison if you can has really kind of 3rd of those asked reason america do gooders peregrination use philip green you might use the word you. again malaya research center this is where the very 1st officially registered kerfoot 19 vaccine was made not to mention an effective treatment for serious covert patients which involves transfusing plasma from people who recovered from the infection. and still on the sheer thought are worthless which but now it's the votes that they didn't foresee in fear it's the really annoyed you prefer to spew worth for the short as well notion.