and know it when i'm. in my name and. in the week's top stories on our t.v. western countries soften their stance on russia's coronavirus vaccine after a study and a top medical journal points to a higher african c. we hear from the c.e.o. of the fund overseeing the global rollout of me. when you come by c.g. out the price the logistics you really shouts what i believe is the best over to the world and me scientists because of all the greek. french restaurant owners open their doors and the finance of the public restriction sang it's the only way to avoid financial ruin. and body can footage from new york shows officers handcuffing and pepper spraying

a 9 year old girl thing police violence back in the spotlight. welcome to the weekly here on our to international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. we start our weekly round up with russia sputnik via vaccine a study in the lancet medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against kovan 1000 and phase 3 trials so far 21 countries have registered the drug the latest being myanmar meanwhile in europe hungry which was the 1st e.u. country to approve splitting 3 has received its 1st batch as part of a 2000000 deal the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the block and using the vaccine the 2 largest states france and germany are waiting for the e.u. regulator to approve the job 1st and europe's top diplomat says he hopes that will

happen soon. and now i am hoping that you do a b. and. medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of the vaccine could be useful szell into the pm union state he will be good news because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine and anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is 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 the european union but only once that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be proved russian scientists have long been saying that sputnik we were both safe and effective but that wasn't enough for skeptics in the west are there now appears to be a change of heart as morgan state explains barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us as was the new disease they mocked sputnik we they derived that they tried to turn it into a joke and without

a visa to remaster 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. then in october 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 somehow sputnik has become safe and potent one of only 3 vaccines with an efficacy of over 90 percent it's cheaper it's easier to produce

and to try. sportin side effects don't include catatonic allergic sieges once the trials showed this 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding 91.8 percent effort is eclectically people older than 60 years old and also in ma the important part of the vaccine it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because humankind big scene because it can distort the last 2 plus 8 versus minus 70 degrees celsius required by the us big scenes and of course half a one 3rd of the us we've seen so when you combine safety advocacy price and logistics you really have what i believe is a best of acute in the world and meenie scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3 trials of sputnik and they are good models 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 our roles and mockery but when other scientists say the same thing they all gnawed 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. in use 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 the region 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 of 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 auntie body 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 for anything the past year was a chaotic free for all a 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 shot who we heard from in that report also stressed the need for fair 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 only reach countries get told those over it seems this is really not equitable as a 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 we have 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 places a diary really now on there are served by civic scene a producer is already a nucleus registered in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will be registered than $25.00 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 are so observant seeing and countries approaching right now we can hold a supply this vaccine in may june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with their phones i want those the best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and reward was hours 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 a number of french restaurants open their doors on monday and the fines of

coronavirus measures that have been in place since october although some restrictions have been lifted cents then cafes and restaurants are still not able to host diners charlatan's he has the details. most who put you have one 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 memphis have tried on with the new reopening dating site same owners have decided to welcome customers inside in defiance of the 19 regulations. i'm doing this for. and for. the frenchman that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did so. when it came to the crunch he settled on a compromise. so we will serve food to people outside the restaurant today i won't

be able to reopen fully if i did i would lose my compensation for losses over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his cool has spread across the country and other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christophe will feel i'm bringing his establishment in nice to around 50 customers yet. christoph 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 michel. 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 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 in print now there were no wouldn't give an interview with told me off camera during his had only eaten under cover as it was raining and he also disputed that some were magistrates but supports full believe business is has been growing on social media now 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 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. i don't find it normal that stories are open and

restaurants are not so many if we maintain social distancing and respect the rules the risk for restaurants will do the same as for a stool suddenly we don't have a choice i would like very much for them to open but i think for the safety of everyone we need to make some sacrifices to stop the virus and live normally. the world's richest man and founder of amazon jeff bezos announced on tuesday he 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 ignored the plight of his own workers during the pandemic but his take here is to meter poke. 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 firmly 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 other laugh. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are.

will you be. able to be the point of false promises with the words that you have it will be torn down if you don't you just do it much you trust the bible is not enough to give you. a relief one is about protections as well pete wasn't regarding that 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 time after the break outrage in new york after a handcuffed 9 year old girl is pepper sprayed by police while being detained that story and more coming up soon.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the weekly footage emerged this week of police in new york pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed and warning you may find the following images upsetting. dear.

god daughter i got a letter. that incident took place on january 29th when pleas for responding to reports of a family disturbance a girl was reportedly threatening to harm her shell and can be seen resisting the police 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 instant spark widespread outrage in the local community. on monday dozens of people marched on the streets of rochester and chanted outside the city's police station one officer has been suspended and 2 more put on administrative leave pending an investigation the girl's mother finally notice of claim against the city and police department on tuesday. the mayor of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announced draft

performs banning the use of him cuffs on children under the age of 12 however social activist state picking says there isn't much hope of any real change. it seems as though these are not just the stakes but this is a culture and it's a way of the police to act as in the police departments. they're still getting what we call the warrior training the idea that you need to basically attack shooters and 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 in this and get enraged i mean these these police officers were just angry at this 9 year old for not doing exactly what she was told and then it goes very deep the terms of the function of the police to maintain order and

parole rather than shooting people speaks for there's a very deep culture involved with that but on the part of the government there is very little effort to to go against that culture 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 business as a marriage and as long as that status quo is working so well it seems to be hesitant to rochester new york or where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to change. in other news this week russia expelled at 3 european diplomats the authorities released this video appearing to show diplomats from poland sweden and germany at a protest and moscow 2 weeks ago at 3 am a c worker a said that they were just observing the event an authorized demonstrations began 2 weeks ago after the detention of opposition activists i mix of ami for parole

violation somewhere around me is also took place in cities across the country there were some clashes between protesters and riot police and thousands of arrests were made at nationwide. on tuesday i would say not only 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 ok state's back to 2014 when of all he was given a suspended sentence for money laundering and i'm western diplomats were present during the court hearing but did not seem too keen on speaking to the press. there was. one person. here you. were not being at all right. after the sentence was handed down the u.s. and e.u.

called for an of all these immediate release but russia's foreign minister hit back accusing the west of using the protest as a diversion tactic. we reiterate out 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 because no we're stuck on the same topic the west is trying to dodge the issue of finding the real truth of what happened when and where to alec's a novell me by focusing on protests in russia are 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 some countries including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the lani case when asked political analysts for their views on the western pressure. it's just that the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this isn't it at its finest how can the west give lessons that to russia when we see the way for example the eula best 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 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 fora 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 that have come out to criticize the kremlin and washington to conduct more war than they are acting as we could have predicted just as the kremlin has acted as a group who took to. the equation in the present which is done everything possible to deserve the west meaning particularly the states. and to a lesser degree germany or ring leaders you know up again and move to their will fly russia into georgia tensional war. on scene with political developments in the

west going back to the storming of the capital which was quite monstrous compared to anything that's happened in washington the last few weeks. u.k. government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial assistance during the pen demick benefits for disabled people have not increased in line with other types of welfare david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis says he felt abandoned when he was left bedridden by coronavirus . sometimes we hear really bad news stories where 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 come in and how they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the mc of the lockdown 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 but if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with the somehow delivery charge so i go to certain pounds i've not budgeted all and bear in 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 food to the the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions they have a link reeses a benefit social to have not kept pace with the 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 with 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 at least 70 percent have gone without essentials and unless half are falling behind on their financial commitments david again told us he's even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes it's impossible rebel groups who've been hit the 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 people with long term conditions in their own home rather than putting them into care but we're not against support to the small we actually need to remain around homes there are those people that

really struggle he 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 who 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. that's a recap of just some of the stories that help shape the world these last 7 days as always thanks for tuning in. well the pandemic no certainly no borders and is true nationalities.

has emerged we don't like seeing world peace to. judge a. crisis least. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are 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 for

a child here in los angeles there we're going to come after you see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight the 6 trades. this is the coaxes bazaar neighborhood in bangladesh just recently this land was a rain forest but now there are refugee camps. elephants are a problem they attack refugees either out of range or fear they can find their ancient my great tree roots among the sea of tents. in the last 12 months 12 men have been trampled to death by elephants however the elephants will have to retreat to outnumber by about 900000 refugees in the coxes bazaar

camps around 630 people have migrated here from my an ma in the last 2 years alone . and. the added that i've been mad is that our do not enough are bonded about it. away about their get out of it again a bit of i don't want to. if you thought about it i am going to let others know how but i doubt that i get that i get i could not get leave but again i am i was done i said a little bit of that a little of the dignity of it and i was i really.