the week's top stories here on our 2 international western countries softened their stance on russia's covert vaccine after a study and a top medical journal highlights its effectiveness we hear from the c.e.o. of the fund overseeing the global rollout of student agreed. with you go see. the logistics you really believe the best about you the world and me scientists in the world agree. french restaurant owners opened their doors in defiance of lockdown restrictions saying it's the only way to avoid financial ruin also ahead. by the camera footage from new york shows officers handcuffing and pepper spraying

a 9 year old girl putting the issue of police brutality back in the spotlight. and broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our to international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now we start our weekly round up with russia the vaccine a study in the lancet medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against kovan so far 21 countries have approved the drug the latest being myanmar. in europe hungry the 1st e.u. country to approve sputnik v. has received its inaugural batch as part of a 2000000 doses deal 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. regulators approval 1st europe's top diplomat says he hopes that will happen soon

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. 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 approved russian scientists have long claimed put it was both safe and effective but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics in the west however there now appears to be a change of heart is actually the of comments. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is was then the disease they mocked sputnik we they do 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 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. but scenes and of course half a one 3rd of the u.s. we've seen 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 the 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 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 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 the director of the investment fund behind v. also stressed the need for fair access to vaccines. 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 what seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed to lights in america places that i 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 be reduced to than 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 are so observant seeing and countries approaching right now we can elicit plight as we've seen in may june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with up until one of the best but countries need to have a portfolio of different but seems and reward was as of excellence as well for example work disasters and to increase efficacy of their big scene and we believe the spirit of partnership and works in cooperation with some boredom the number of french restaurants opened their doors on monday in defiance of the stricter

lockdown measures that have been in place for around 4 months now although some restrictions are have been lifted since october's roll out cafes and restaurants are still not able to welcome customers inside. 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 ments of try get 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 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 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 fully if i did i would lose my compensation follows is over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his corps has spread across the country in all the restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christophe wilson i'm bringing his establishment a nice tour 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 michael. 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 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 open now the owner wouldn't give an interview we're told well off camera during his hood 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 interest 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 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 has said he is not ready to lift sanctions on iran until the country returns to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal however iran's supreme leader says it is the united states that needs to act 1st. 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 say we have lifted the sinks in snow 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.

and the nuclear deal was struck 5 years ago by iran along with the 5 permanent members of the un security council and germany it followed years of complex talks and western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons a claim it has always denied now the result was the lifting of most sanctions based on iran's commitment to limit your own human regiment and allow inspections but in 2018 the trumpet ministration quit the deal and last month iran confirmed it has resumed enriching uranium to beyond the level set in the nuclear pact professor saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran believes it is washington that 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 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 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. some other stories making headlines around the world this hour up to 150 people are missing and feared dead after a dam burst flooding several villages in north india on sunday morning if vast chunk of a glacier broke off sending an avalanche of rocks ice and water crashing into the dam locals fear people working at a nearby hydro power project have been swept away military is assisting the search and rescue operation. hundreds of people turned out in the danish capital on saturday night denouncing the government's plan to introduce vaccine passports cry

. also demanded an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for denmark. and on to the parents is where it has been less snow storms more sand storms swathes of the region have been blanketed in orange and brown sand which blew in from the sahara desert skiers have been enjoying the young usual sight of the dust clouds are the largest in years and have covered parts of spain france and switzerland. more than weekly recap after a short break including outrage in new york after i handcuffed 9 year old girls pepper sprayed by the police that story much more coming up on the weekly. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

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and welcome back to the weekly right here on our to international now footage emerged this week of police in new york state pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed in a bit of warning you might find the following images disturbing. dear. god or i guess. 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 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 the incident sparked widespread outrage in the local community just. on monday dozens of people marched in rochester and chanted outside the city's

police station one officer has been suspended and 2 more put on administrative leave pending investigation the girl's mother began legal. on tuesday to suit the city and police department. the mare of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announced some draft reforms as well including banning the used of handcuffs on children under the age of 12 however social activist dave bigging doesn't hold out much hope for 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 citizens and the citizens need to comply with the police in every way noncompliance should not by itself be your church 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 to keep people speaks but there's a very deep culture and vault with that but on the art of the government there is very little effort to to go against that ultra 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 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 charity work but his departure comes amid accusations he ignored the plight of his own workers during the pandemic with his very own take his artie's dmitri poke everyone likes convenience but in this weird time where the pandemic the stores are all closed nothing is as convenient as amazon we all use it but let's face it it's becoming harder and harder so you can order the teens the 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 i firmly work meaningful and fun and i get to work with the smartest most talented most ingenious team and 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 be. me the parts are false promises with the words that they haven't released or did you know you that's it's really but you can trust the driver is not enough to give you. a relief for this 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 of virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time the. u.k. government has been accused of neglecting the vulnerable groups by not giving them enough financial help 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 says he felt abandoned when he was left bedridden by the crown a virus sometimes we hear rudy but i knew 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 me even if i did have a carer he would cut we could come in and help we wouldn't be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the pandemic of the lockdown that we're in we've had to rely on of giving off to shopping delivered to us my shopping bill normally comes to between 25 and 35 pounds who we are but if you're short we mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with the 7 pound delivery charge so there are certain pounds i have not budgeted who and bear in mind of another increase in my income i have to

find it from somewhere so i have to give something else up in order to get my food delivered the reality is for decades people than with long term conditions the only link racism benefits 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 have been 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 have spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent have gone without essential as and almost half are falling behind on their financial commitments david told us he has even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes it's the most vulnerable groups who have been

hit the hardest by the lockdown i've left feeling abandoned 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 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 mayor who don't have the heating on the 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. part of it does for me this i'll be back in 34 minutes with another for infrastructure news and we start in.

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