the week's top stories on our western countries. we hear from the. global rollout of sputnik. by. the logistics. i believe is the best. of all the. french restaurant owners open their doors in defiance of. way to avoid financial ruin also ahead.

body footage from new york shows officers hung. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment of elements welcome to the weekly on r.t. only. we begin our weekly roundup with russia. a study in the medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against 19 in phase 3 trials so far $21.00 countries have registered the drug the latest being me and more in europe hungry the 1st e.u. country to approve sputnik b. has received an order. part of it $2000000.00 still the czech republic is also

considering breaking ranks with the block and using the vaccine while the 2 largest states france and germany are waiting for the e.u. regulator to approve the job 1st europe's top diplomat says he hopes will happen soon. and now i am hoping that it will be in a medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of these 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 anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is one come 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 ones that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved or russian scientists are lowering saying the sputnik very

was both safe and effective but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in the west however there are now appears to be a change of heart. of reports. 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 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 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 efficacy of the vaccine might you want 48 percent efficacy for actually people older than 60 years old and also in law 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 u.s. big scenes and of course half a one 3rd of the u.s. big scene so when you combine safety ethic is the price and logistics you really

have what i believe is a best of acute in the world and me scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3. trials of sputnik and their good side effects if any doesn't require a deep freeze 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 they 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 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 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 coffee 1080 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 were against the evolving director of the investment fund behind the russian job who we heard from in that report also stressed the need for a fairer vaccine access. we have lots of countries and let's and 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 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 really moul on there are served by the big scene of producers already these registers in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will be reduced to them 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 us was a big scene and countries approach and right now we can oliseh plight as a big scene in may would june so basically we will not be the only folks in the

world of course with the on those of best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and woodward was of excellence as well for example what was offered as an acoa to increase africa so they have it seen and we believe the spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with some boredom a number of french restaurants open their doors on monday in defiance of a stricter a coronavirus measures that have been in place for over 3 months now although some restrictions have been lifted since october sure a lot cafes and restaurants are still not able to host diners. 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 served 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 liberty and for. the french that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did so talk 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 is over and see my restaurant closed or 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. his establishment in 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 secession 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 year. yes but as you can see it's still open now there are no 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. business is 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 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 this week announced plans to step down as c.e.o. to dedicate more time to among other things chara to work but his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plight of his own workers during the make with his

take here's ortiz dimitri. 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 of the left. 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 haven't released or did he tell you it's too late but you can trust the bible is not enough to give you. a relief for this about protections as well pete what the body. yeah ok maybe not all amazon workers but come on 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 time after the break i'd rage in new york after a hunk of 9 year old girl is pepper sprayed by police while being detained that story and more coming up short. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is very dramatic to follow only. i

don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. saying. we ask.

let's start back in northern india where up to 150 people are missing and feared dead. there are flooding several villages on sunday morning. a glossier broke off sending of a lunch of rocks ice and water rushing into the locals fear that people working at a nearby hydro power project have been swept away the military is assisting in the search and rescue operation. for its people turned out in the danish capital on saturday night denouncing the government's plan to introduce vaccine passports also demanded an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for. the purring luncheons words mean less snowstorms more storms swathes of the region blanketed in orange

and brought. from this desert skiers have been enjoying the unusual sight the dust clouds are the largest in years and have covered parts of spain which. footage emerged this week of police in new york pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was hung you may find the following images disturbing. here. the incident took place on january 29th when police were responding to reports of a family disturbance the girl was reportedly threatening to harm herself and police and 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 sprayed by an officer. sparked widespread outrage in the local community.

on monday dozens of people marched in rochester and chanted outside the city's police station one officer has been suspended 2 more administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother filed a notice of claim against the city and police department and she said bob is a document showing a person's intent to sue a public corporation and. lemaire of rochester is also called in law enforcement to undergo deescalation training now known some draft reforms to banning the use of children under the age of 12 or of a social activist dave picking say there isn't much hope of 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 that goes very deep in terms of the function of the police to maintain order and parole rather than to keep people speaks but there's a very deep culture and vault 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 for the business as a marriage and as long as that status quo is working so well it seems to be

hesitant in 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 3 european diplomats footage here appears to show diplomats from poland sweden and germany at a protest in moscow 2 weeks ago the 3 embassy workers said we were just observing the event well the north arise demonstrations began 2 weeks ago after the detention of opposition activists alexina valmy for a parole violation similar smaller rallies also took place in cities across the wrist some clashes between protesters and riot police and foes and sub arrests were made nationwide. one choose the electing the family was feeling guilty of violating the terms of his parole almost sentenced to over 2 and a half years in jail after time served under house arrest the case dates back to 2014 when mr novelli was given a suspended sentence for money laundering

a number of western diplomats were present during the court hearing but did not seem too keen on speaking to the press. i heard. one person. you. are. right. well after the sentence was handed done in washington on the e.u. call for not fall means immediate release but russia's foreign minister had bark 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 of vile me 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 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 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 or some countries including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the. term we asked political analysts for their views on the western pressure. 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 a mineral management state saying 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 off of the russian courts must be respected not all 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 and traditional mattress with various governments or come out to

criticize the kremlin and watch and treatment and more while they are acting as we could have predicted just as the kremlin has acted as we predicted. their place in the present which is done everything possible to deserve the west meaning particular the states. and to lesser degree germany are being leaders in the propaganda movie if there were fire russia and to draw attention toward the one seen with political developments in the west going back to the storming of the capital which was quite monsters compared to everything that's happened in russia in the last group which. the u.k. government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial assistance during a pandemic benefits for disabled people have not increased in line with other types of social welfare payments david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis ses 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 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 we 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 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 and bearing 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 family to live and the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the only link reeses 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 people who get the universal credit being 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 nearly 70 percent have gone without essential zal almost half are falling behind on their financial commitments david told us he's even sell in the dark to save electricity i believe that's the most vulnerable groups who've been hit hardest by

locked out. i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten now 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 we get from there have been statements about it cheaper to look after a people with long term conditions in their own home rather putting them into care but will not get 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 of this too many people have been left behind 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 the home country i believe some around the 5th 6th richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government

should be ashamed of themselves. with controversial emergency powers after 911 rapidly turning permanent did u.s. law enforcement actually know and respect where the lying laws when it came to interrogations and investigation by the washington post delved into about in the process discovered a secret pact made with european nations and the subsequent fight against terrorism that story is told that's next. a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells abilities on the streets many of them under-age. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge if you're going to exploit a child here in los angeles we're going to. see officers going undercover as sex

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