in the week's top stories on our t.v. a western countries soften their stance on russia's coronavirus vaccine for a study and a top medical journal points to its high advocacy we hear from the c.e.o. of the fund overseeing the globe or all of the us wouldn't be. what you come by see you know the price of logistics you really would like to believe the best over to the world and scientists use that wall to greet. the french restaurant owners open their doors in defiance of covert restrictions saying it's the only way to avoid financial ruin.

and body can put it from new york shows officers handcuffing and pepper spraying 9 year old girls being used violence back in the spotlight. this is the weekly here on our to international welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. we start our weekly roundup with russia's sputniks the vaccine a study in the lancet medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against code 19 and phase 3 trials so far 21 countries have registered the drug the latest being myanmar meanwhile in europe hungary which was the 1st country to approve sputnik has received its 1st batch as part of a $2000000.00 dose deal the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the blog and using the vaccine the 2 largest 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 it will be and the medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of the vaccine could be yours also into the pm union state it will be a good nail because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine and anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is welcome i talked with the russian president exactly about this when they wanted the good data today about the russian vaccine any vaccine is welcome in the european union but only ones that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved. russian scientists have long been saying that sputnik me was both safe and effective but that wasn't enough for skeptics in the west after the now appears to be a change of heart as more and gust of explains barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is was then the disease they mocked

sputnik we they don't ride 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 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 it's cheaper easier to produce and to

transport and side effects due to glued catatonic allergic sieges what the trials showed this 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding might you want 48 percent efficacy for actually people older than 60 years old and also in the eye of 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 verses minus 70 degrees celsius required by the u.s. but scenes and of course a one 3rd of the u.s. we've seen so when you combine c f a q c price and logistics. you really have what i believe is the best of a cure of the world and meanie scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3 trials of scrutiny and their good 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 nod sagely in agreement this is clearly good news as these dual formulation vaccine is comparatively easy to manufacture and to deploy i mean the anticipated global shortage of vaccines and logistical problems in vaccination rollout it's interesting timing to now that maternal 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 a 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 is 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 auntie 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 no 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 the director of the investment fund behind the russian job who we heard from in that report also stressed the need for fair vaccine access. we have lots of countries in latin america in middle east and africa who will be using sports you can be back see it's very important to 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 story and have much more even and much more equal distribution or fiction

the rounds the world and sputnik the is committed those of us weighed it already delivered what seemed bolger real ready delivered what seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed like an america to places that i really know how there are served by civic scene of producers already these registers in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will be registered and $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 or so is a big scene and countries of the approach and right now we can oliseh plight as we've seen in may or june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with them so i want those the best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and woodward was of excellence as well for example what 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 opened their doors on monday in defiance of coronavirus measures that have been in place since october although some restrictions have been lifted since then cafes and restaurants are still not able to host diners charlotte n.c. has the details. more to 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 tried to do one with no reopening dating sites same owners have decided to welcome customers inside in defiance of the 19 regulations. i'm doing this for. and for. the french that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did. when it came to

the crunch he settled on a compromise. so we will serve food to people it says restaurant today i won't be able to reopen food if i did i would lose my conversation follows us 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 christoph wilcke from his establishment is 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 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 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 with no being fined 135 you . but as you can see it's still open now there are no wouldn't give an interview but told me off camera that diners had only eaten on the cover as it was raining and he also disputed that some were magistrates but support for. 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 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 be 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 on tuesday and mounts 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 pen demick with his take here is to me to 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 so you know are 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 other laugh it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are.

will you do. me the parts are false promises with the words that you haven't released or did he tell you that's just too much you trust the bible is not enough to give you. a relief for this about protections as well pete was with regard to banks 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 full length should be another virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time after the break outrage in new york after a ham cough 9 year old girl is pepper sprayed by police while being detained that story and more coming up. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i don't think there's a perception that it states that russia has some clear superiority over the united states and i think you see there's a fairly balanced relationship. in the nuclear streeter and i think. the 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 the more general. we start this half of the program with some world news in brief starting with northern india up to $150.00 people are missing and feared dead after a dam collapse flooding several villages a vast chunk of the glacier broke off in the early hours of sunday sending an

avalanche of rocks ice and water crashing into the dam the military is assisting in the search and rescue operation. hundreds of people turned out in the danish capital on saturday night did not see the government's plan to introduce vaccine passports crowds also demand an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for denmark. and from snowstorms to sandstorms the pyrenees mountains have been blanketed in orange and bro sand a blow from the sahara desert gears have been enjoying the unusual sight thus clouds are the largest in years and have covered parts of spain france and switzerland. 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 or i got a letter. that instinct took place on january 29th 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 a patrol car she could also be heard screaming for her father several times before being pepper sprayed by an officer incident has sparked 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 filed a notice of claim against the city and police department on tuesday. you know all

the mayor of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training unannounced raphe reforms banning the use of him cuffs on children under the age of 12 our social activist a 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 that the way of the police to act within the police departments. they're still getting what we call the warrior training the idea that you need to basically attack should as ns 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 that 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 of 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. u.k. government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial assistance during the pandemic 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 rudy by new storms somebody who lives alone has 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 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 mc of the lockdown but really we've had to rely on giving out 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 a somehow delivery charge that's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted a burial by and 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 family to the reality. for

decades people living with long term conditions the abbey lincoln racism benefits i should. have not kept pace with the rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his means has been compounded even more then we have a 2 tier system so 100 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 that had to spend more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pen demick illicitly percent have gone without essential and a must have are falling behind on their financial commitments david again told us he's even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes that the most vulnerable 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 getting 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 really really struggling to make him a hard decision nor do you have the how are 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

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