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new york. stories from the 7 days on right up to the moment of well welcome to the weekly on r.t. you know neal. we begin our weekly roundup with russia's sputnik v. vaccine a study in the renowned medical journal has shown the jelled to be more than 90 percent effective against covert 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 sputnik 3 received its inaugural parts of a $2000000.00 the the czech republic is also considering breaking ranks with the

block and using the vaccine on 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 the outs will happen. and now i am hoping that you do a b. and medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of these vaccines could be useful szell into the pm union state who 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 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 once that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be proved and russian scientists have long been saying the sputnik 3 is both say found effective but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in the west

however there are no appears to be a change of heart or senior correspondent morocco's the of goes through. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us says was the new 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 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 for actually people older than 60 years old and also in the 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 many scientists in the world agree the lancet

medical journal has published preliminary results for things 3. trials of scooter 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 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 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 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 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 heard from in murat's report also stressed the need for a fairer vaccine octaves. 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 story and 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 but seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed to lights in america at the places of the 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 was a big scene and countries approach and right now we can oliseh plight as we've seen inmate would join 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 works in cooperation with some boredom a number of french restaurants opened 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 through large cafes and restaurants are still not able to host done. 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 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 equality and fraternity the french motto that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did 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 in other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christoph wilson 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 is roy 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 deaths during the restaurants there were reports and this one behind me lennox 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 open now the owner 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 not just straight 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 mean 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. moving the program on our president he's not ready to lift sanctions on iran until the country gets back to its commitments under the 2015 or 30 hour for a run supreme leader is saying it's the u.s. that needs to work 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 lived to 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 nuclear deal was struck 5 years ago by around the 5 permanent members of the un security council and germany full of years a complex talks on western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons a claim it has always denied the result was the lifting of most sanctions against iran based on its commitment to limit your real name in richmond to law inspections but in 28 days in the trumpet ministration unilaterally pulled out of the deal last month the run confirmed that it's resumed you really mean richmond to be on the level said in the new 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 stopped implementing the deal it was the united states that stopped it 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 in iran believe it was a bad deal of 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. there somewhere rethought $250.00 people are missing and feared dead after a dumb collapse living several villages in northern india on sunday morning a vast chunk of it to last year broke off sending of rocks ice water crashing into

the locals fear that people working at the nearby hydro power project will have been swept away the military is assisting in the search and rescue operation. back to europe roots of people turned out in the danish. goodnite denouncing the government's plan to introduce vaccine passports also demanded an end to. demonstrators marched through copenhagen torches and chanting freedom or. other with her unease mountains words being less snowstorms more sun storms swathes of the region have been blanketed in orange and bronze which blew in from the sahara desert skiers have been enjoying the own usual sight the dust clouds are the largest in years and have covered parts of spain france switzerland. more of the weekly recap after the break including new york after

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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 tried to put her into a patrol car she could be heard screaming for her fall there several times before being pepper sprayed by an officer incident sparked widespread outrage in the local community. this was the scene on monday dozens of people marched in rochester chanting outside the city's police station one officer has subsequently been suspended 2 more are on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother filed a notice of claim against the city and police department about is the document showing a person's intent to sue a public corporation in the us. in the murder of rochester is also called annoyed foresman to undergo deescalation training and announce some draft reforms to

including bombing the use of one cuffs on children under the age of 12 however 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 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 follows working so well it seems to be a hazard in rochester new york or where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to change. the world's richest man and funder of them a zone jeff bezos this week announced plans to step on a cd oh to dedicate more time to among other things chara to work but his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plights of his own workers during the pond demick with his take here's our taste dimitri 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 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 laugh. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are. will you be. amazon me the parts are false promises with these birds that you haven't released or did he tell you that's just too much you trust the virus is not enough to give you. a relief for this about protections as well pete was the body back 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. let's bring you know on the program to the u.k. where the government has been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial assistance during the pundit benefits for disabled people have not increased the line with other types of social welfare payments david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis say he felt abundant when he was left bedridden by coronavirus sometimes we hear a really bad 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 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 out food shopping delivered to us my shopping bill 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 have 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 flu to the reality. for decades people living with long term conditions the only link reeses benefits 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 have been 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 as an almost half are falling behind on their financial commitments david told us he's even itself in the dark to save electricity believes as the last vulnerable groups have been hit the hardest by locked up i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten and 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's 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 he 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 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 a life less ordinary and focused the next day pretty timely wanted to elicit age of covert virus whisper that's a great watch begins

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prize winners whose discoveries were largely based on his work sadly though nobel prizes aren't given posthumously while he lived instead of awards and praise for his discoveries lives the reward was to be arrested 3 times even while confined he continued his work for the sake of the soviet state that had tried to destroy him over all silver lived through 8 years of incarceration but thanks to his nature and support from the people who loved him he endured the really severe those who really. show it to make this just be suitable. she knew very at the age of the down the business out. washed his clothes. never cooked you. know none of the stripping or bow episodes didn't. go to seeing your daughter.