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new york. girl. in the spotlight. the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment well welcome to the weekly n.r.t. i mean only. we begin. with. a study in the er known months a medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against 19 in phase 3 trials so far 21 countries have registered the drug the latest being me and mark meanwhile in europe hungary the 1st e.u. country to approve. has received. part of a $2000000.00 to the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the

bloc using the. well 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. and now i am hoping that it will be and medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of this vaccine could be your social into being union the state will be. new because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine anyone who applies to the european medical agency for approval is welcome 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 have long been saying that sputnik for years both safe under furtive but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in

the west however there are now appears to be a change of heart as our senior correspondent mara does the of reports. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us as was the new 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 once 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 the lab the important part of the vaccine it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world we call it human kind of big scene because it can distort that plus 2 plus 8 versus minus 70 degree celsius required by the us 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 many 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 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 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 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 too 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 sputnik 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 auntie body 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 it's nice to see that at last good sense and reason are starting to prevail over propaganda and politics or the director of the investment fund behind the russians who we heard from in murat's 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 diary really now 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 great just that than 25 countries we do have some production constraints so this year we can probably supply only around 700000000 people dose us so that means 101400000000 of those us observant seeing and countries approach and right now we can oliseh plight as we've seen in may would june so basically we will not be the only folks in the

world of course with up on taiwan those of best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and reward was of excellence as well for example work disasters and the to increase advocacy of their big scene and we believe the spirit of partnership and looks in cooperation with some board and now a number of french restaurants open their doors on monday in defiance of the stricter coronavirus measures that have been in place for over 3 months there and although some restrictions have been lifted since october through a lot cafes and restaurants are still not able to host diners. 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 memphis have tried to turn 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 liberty and for. the frenchman that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did sue. 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 fully if i did i would lose my compensation for loss is open 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 wilson his establishment is 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 true 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 with no being fined 135 year. yes 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 not just straight but support for. businesses has been growing on social media now many of the 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 and those that 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 store 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. president biden said he's not ready to lift sanctions on iran until the country gets back to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal or a very run supreme leader is saying it's the u.s. that needs to are for. if they want iran to return to its commitments under the

joint comprehensive plan of action america must completely lift the sanctions not just with words or they just can say we have lifted the same sions no they must actually lift the sanctions and we have to verify this will the u.s. lift sanctions 1st in order to get iran back to the negotiating table. the iran nuclear deal was struck 5 years ago by the 5 permanent members of the un security council germany it followed years of complex talks western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons a claim it has always been repeatedly denied the result was the lifting of sanctions against iran based on its commitment to limit your rhenium enrichment to under law inspections but in 28 days in the trump administration you know last really pulled out of the deal last month around confirmed that it's resumed uranium enrichment to 20 percent purity above the level set in the nuclear pact

i'm happy to say we can speak live in a nod to sayyid mohammad marandi professor of english literature and orientalism at the university of tehran hello a runs going to have to deal with this new u.s. administration for at least the next 4 years side at some point does pragmatism come in is your country going to have to compromise perhaps give a little to get a lot. no the iranians are not going to appease biden they didn't appease trump and they want to peace by them the iranians already gave much more than enough the nuclear deal of the j. c.p.o. a was a deal where both sides gave something in iran gave quite a lot in fact many iran believe it was a bad deal work are this of whether it was a bad deal or a good deal obama his administration which included by then they signed on to the

deal so unless the united states commits itself to what it has promised to do unless it carries out its obligations then there is no deal it doesn't make sense appeasing the united states will only make the regime in washington more demanding iran for 4 years it resisted trump because the iranians knew that if it appears trump then every time he wants something new from iran will impose new sanctions. or he'll reverse the sanctions now what is happening now is that biden wants to use trump's sanctions as leverage to gain more sense. concessions from iran iran will take steps that it's impossible biden scored among though is that iran stop enriching uranium beyond the limits set in the nuclear deal 20 percent why is that so hard to comply with.

well the americans have a they have a very short memory collectively speaking the lady ask we know if they can bring iran back to the table it wasn't iran that left the negotiating table it was the united states that left it wasn't iran that stopped implementing the deal it was the united states that stopped it and under obama the united states by the way never implemented the deal this is another issue for iran under obama the united states did not implement the deal when the agreement was signed the iranians immediately went and abided by all its commitments and i think that was probably a mistake because the americans began dragging their feet and until the very final day when obama was in office the united states had not implemented its side of the bargain it only implemented bits and pieces so now what the iranians are saying is

that you left the table we abided by the deal the europeans obeyed you you americans imposed sanctions violated the deal the iranians continue to implement the deal for a full year and then gradually iran began to decrease its commitments in order to put pressure on the other side and now the iranians are saying you hurt us you punish iranian the iranian people for who were abiding by the commitment you have to make up for it and so this time around the iranians are saying you have to come back implement the deal abide by your commitments and only then ok and we sit down and talk if the united states abides by its commitments then the iranians will abide by their us it's the it's the practicality though isn't it really needs to to get done at this stage because we have foreign minister mohammad javad zarif saying the e.u. could play a mediating role in the dispute with the u.s. over really who needs to act 1st could that be a solution. not really no i mean

i think dr zuhdi if was being polite to the interviewer and trying to say the europeans could try something but the europeans are part of the problem when trump was in power and when he was in power they had they obeyed trump even though they grumbled they impose sanctions on iran they carried out all of the sanctions that trump trump wanted them to do they did nothing for the deal they violated the deal just as much as the united states pretty words are a useless when when the united states prevents iranians from importing math masks importing ventilators importing caskets importing back maxine's and or or even importing their machines they need to produce their own back scenes this is this is a regime that has no moral boundaries and the europeans are just there in

iran itself arielle itself how much of an urgency is terror to actually get to dispute resolved while the iranians want to the problem to be solved but there's not a dispute the iranians know that the iranian government. did what it had to do it signed an agreement with the united states and the p 5 plus one the iranians gave concessions now and and biden was a part of that administration now biden is behaving like a godfather he wants to gain new concessions and that's not going to work because the iranians know barrie well that if you start appeasing the the americans they will only demand more and more and that is a very dangerous slippery slope so the iranians are saying you stick with the deal abide by the deal we abide by the deal we're not going down the road of appeasement appeasement is a very dangerous road to take as people in 1939 found

out to their detriment so if the united states wants the deal to work they abide by iran will abide by it but that era is finished the iranians know that the united states have has so many problems at home with all the divides at home economic political class racial and the united states is facing powerful ok obvious here really are just really raw power there by the. economy lags who are at a time site thank you very much though for coming on the program and sharing your side by home and around a professor of english literature orientalism at the university of thank you. after the break more news from the week that won't. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of

the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i don't think there's any perception united states of 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 by the book in 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 all the bilateral relationship the more general. trying

to minutes into the program welcome back this week of police in new york pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was on you may find the following images the story. here. i get. the incident took place in 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 when they try to put her into a pool she could also be screaming for her father several times before pepper sprayed by. the incident sparked widespread outrage your 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 posts on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother filed a notice of claim against the city police department and she said that is a document showing a person's intent to sue a public corporation in the us. rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training of a nun some draft reforms including bombing the use of hun cuffs on children under the age of 12 were of a social activist dave bickering says he doesn't hold out 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 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 that goes very terms of the function of the police to maintain order and parole rather than shooting 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 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 in rochester new york or where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to change. the world's richest men and funder of amazon jeff bezos this weekend once plus this stepped up in a c.e.o. to dedicate more time to other things chara to work but his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plight of his own workers during the pandemic with his take here's artie's dmitri poser. 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 there 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 the 4th of false promises with these birds that you have

a release for and then he told you that's it's too late but you trust the virus is not enough to give you. a relief or it is about protection does well pete wasn't providing thanks for 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 allowed to retail for an hour of the week that was

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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 outnumbered by about 900000 refugees in the caucuses bazaar camps around 630 people have migrated here from my own mom in the last 2 years alone.