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body count footage from new york shows. bring a 9 year old girl. bringing you the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment of elements as well welcome to the week on r.t. and you know. we start. with russia. a study in the renowned 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 more in europe hungry the 1st e.u. country to approve. part of a $2000000.00 deal the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the

bloc using the well the 2 largest states france. germany they're waiting for the e.u. regulator to approve the job 1st europe's top diplomat says he hopes it will. and now i am hoping that it will be and 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 and 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 russian scientists have long been saying the sputnik vs book safe effective but that wasn't enough to convince many skeptics in the west

however there are no appears to be a change of heart or senior correspondent 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 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 what the trials showed this 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding 91.8 percent efficacy where julie 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 to call it human kind of big scene because it can be stored at plus 2 plus 8 versus minus 70 degree celsius required by the us big scenes and of course a one 3rd of the us which seems so when you combine safety ethic is c. price and logistics you really have what i believe is the 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 have spruit it and they're good model 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 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 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 no 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 of the director of the investment fund behind the russian job who we just 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 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 very elite moul on there are served by civic scene of producers already these registered in 16 countries by the end of next week i think it will greatest of them 25 countries we do have some production constraints so this year we can probably supply only around $700000000.00 people those us so that means $101400000000.00 of those are so observant seeing and countries approaching right now we can roll a supply this vaccine inmate would join so basically we will not be the only folks

in the world of course with the on those the 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 up to increase africa so they have a keen and we believe the spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with some porton 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 now although some restrictions have been lifted since october 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 memphis have thrived on with the new 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 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 it says restaurant today i won't be able to reopen food if i did i would lose my compensation for loss is over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his cool has spread across the country in other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christophe wilson i'm bringing his establishment in 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 michael. 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 and there were reports this one behind me lennox over the weekend was uncovered with many others now amongst the clientele were allegedly french magistrates with no being fined 135 year. but as you can see it's still in print now there were no wouldn't give an interview but told me off camera that diners 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 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. president biden has said he's not ready to lift sanctions on iran until the country gets back to its commitments under the 2015 clear deal however run supreme leader is saying it's the us that needs to act 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 in paper they just can see we have lived to the same sions know they must actually live to sanctions and we have to verify this will the us left sanctions 1st in order to get iran back to the negotiating table. the iran nuclear deal was struck 5 years ago by iran the 5 permanent members of the un security council and germany followed years of complex talks western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons a claim it's always been and the result was the lifting of most sanctions against iran based on its commitment to limit you're really in richmond on a lot of inspections but in 2018 the trumpet ministration you know lottery pulled out of the deal last month that run confirmed that it's resumed uranium enrichment to beyond the level said in the nuclear pact i spoke with professor side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he thinks washington needs to make the 1st

move. it wasn't iran that left the negotiating table it was the united states that left it wasn't you ron that stopped implementing the deal it was the united states that stopped it the iranians already gave much more than enough the nuclear deal out of the g c p o a was a deal where both sides gave something in iran gave i don't live in fact many in iran believe it was a bad deal of work on this of whether it was a bad deal or a good deal obama the 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. 250 people are missing and feared dead after a dumb collapsed building several villages in northern india on sunday morning a vast chunk of until last year broke off sending an avalanche of rocks ice and

water crashing into the locals fear that people working at a nearby hydro power project may have been swept away the military is assisting in the search and rescue operation. hundreds of people turned out in the danish capital on sunday night denouncing the government's plan to introduce vaccine passports crowds also demanded an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for death. to be per unease martin's word spin less snowstorms more sun storms swathes of the region have been blanketed in orange and bronze sound which blew in from the sahara desert skiers have been enjoying the unusual sight the dust clouds are the largest in years and of covered parts of spain france and switch. places are to international after the break outrage in new york after a hunk of 9 year old girl is pepper sprayed by police whilst being detained that

story and more coming up shortly. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spanning dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. and. i don't think there's any perception united states of russia has nuclear superiority over the united states and i think you see there's a fairly balanced relationship. in the nuclear streeter and i think why do you mean

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 to. start the program back in the u.s. where footage emerged this week of police in new york state pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was you may find the following images disturbing. here. i got. the incident took place on january 29th when police were responding to reports of

a family disturbance a girl was reportedly threatening to harm herself and can be seen resisting the police as they try 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 the incident sparked widespread outbreak in there looking community. on monday dozens of people marched in rochester and chanted outside the city's police station one officer has been suspended put on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother filed a notice of claim against the city police department and choosy about the document showing a person's intent to sue a public corporation in the us. all of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announce some drop for forms to including battling the use of hung cuffs on children under the age of 12 or over

social activists day picking 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 and at 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 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 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 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 and it's particularly working well for the businesses in america and as long as that status follows 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 most funder of us on jeff bezos this weekend once plans to step down as c.e.o. to dedicate more time to among other things charles he work but his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plight of his own workers during that demick with his take here's artie's dmitri polk. 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 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 or paul's problem with these birds that you haven't released or did he tell you that's just too much you trust a virus is not enough to give you. a relief one is about protections as well pete was with regard to 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 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. the 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 social welfare payments david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis so he felt abandoned when he was left bed ridden 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 little 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 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 abbey lincoln this is a benefit so i should. 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 big 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 and shopping and utility bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent of gone without essential and almost half of falling behind on their financial commitments david told us even southern the dark to say bella tricity believes it's the most vulnerable groups who've been hit hardest by water. i'm 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 that we get from government that have been

statements about it cheaper to look after 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 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 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 6 richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. everything you ever wanted to know about nuclear weapons but were hesitant to ask worlds apart delves into that in all its stickles.

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on welcome to worlds apart in late night in $45.00 george horrible prophesies that atomic bombs instead of blowing the world peace is a more likely to put in than too large scale wars and the cost of prolonging the peace there is no peace to this you know strategic stability has survived the cold war and just god and new lease on life as russia and the united states renewed the strategic arms reduction treaty barely week before its expiration but the debate on whether the nukes are been made rap one of the main provider of peace is still less timely as ever to discuss some of that and now i'm joined by miles pumper a senior fellow at did middle grade institute of international studies at monterey mr pumper it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time. my pleasure

now let's start with the now doubly new starts treaty while being considered one of the last remaining bad jokes of arms control was extended essentially over the phone and they called their station between presidents putin and biden is that a sign of how crucial that treaty is or how on the country in consequence. no i think it's a sign of how to how important and essential it is it really is the bedrock of strategic stability is are the most dangerous weapons in the world your internet continental ballistic missiles are summering launch ballistic missiles these are you know weapons i could destroy whole cities and even more so it's essential that we have some limits and some insight into each other's arsenals with these weapons now this you can be sure signed a decade ago by. different presidents i'll be

a close allies of the currently base if you lock the russian and american nuclear arsenals at some of the lowest levels in data to back down every member it was and major achievement is still in the chair meant to recommit it now or could we as well as a russian an american but rather as representatives of humanity we have reasonably asked that it more well given that the fed the. 2 governments the us quickly under the trump administration really didn't engage in this issue until close to the end of the administration and in a serious way we're happy to be able to extend this but clearly i think both sides of make clear they would like to go further that there's been enough developments in the last decade enough changes and in weapons systems and doctrine in the situation globally that we need to work on a new treaty.