the week's top stories here are to international western countries soften their stance on russia's covert vaccine after a study of the top medical journal highlights its effectiveness we hear from the c.e.o. of the fund overseeing the global rollout of sputnik. when you combine the. price with 6 you really believe the best of the world and 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. body cam 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 direct from our studios in moscow recapping week's top stories in our weekly program this is our team international now we start our weekly round up with russia sputnik the vaccine a study in the lancet medical journal has shown the job to be more than 90 percent effective against kovac so far $21.00 countries have approved the drug the latest being me and mar now in europe hungry the 1st e.u. country to approve its put navy has received its inaugural batch as part of a 2000000 dose 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 the medical agency will be able to certify the efficiency of this vaccine could be your social 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 ones that give the necessary data to the european medicines agency will be approved. russian scientists have long supported very 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 as our team but i've got to have comments. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is worse than the disease they mocked sputnik we they don't 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's cutting corners to develop its corona virus vaccine they're still trying to figure out safety and yet 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 us 91.6 percent episodes of exceeding 91.8 percent efficacy for actually 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 because humankind big scene because it can be stored at plus 2 plus 8 versus minus 70 degrees celsius required by the us big scenes and of course half of one 3rd of the u.s. we've seen so when you combine safety ethic is see 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 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 gnawed 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 to now that maternal pfizer 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 stupid 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 levels were probably sufficient to prevent illness just struck 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 sputnik v. also stressed of 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 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 at the places of the really mal 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 greatest of 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 are so observant seeing and countries approaching right now we can hold a supply this vaccine in may june 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 hours of excellence as well for example work disasters and the to increase efficacy of their big scene and we believe the spirit of partnership and looks in cooperation with some porton a number of french restaurants opened their doors on monday in defiance of the

sticker stricter a lockdown measures that have been in place for around 4 months now although some restrictions have been lifted since october is 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 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 today 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 outside the restaurant today i won't

be able to reopen fully if i did i would lose my composition follow says over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his corps has spread across the country and 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. christophe 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 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 euro. 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 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 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 that 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's the u.s. 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 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 nuclear deal was struck 5 years ago by iran along with the 5 permanent members of the un security council and germany followed years of complex talks and western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons it claim it has always denied now the result was the lifting of most sanctions based on iran's commitment to lift uranium enrichment and allow inspections but in 2018 the top administration quit that deal and last month iran confirmed it has resumed enriching uranium beyond the level set in the nuclear pact professor cited mohammad 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 iran believe it was a bad deal god 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 i'm itself to what it has promised to do unless it carries out its obligations then there is no deal. let's take a swing around the globe to look at some other stories making headlines this hour up to $150.00 people are missing and feared dead after a dam burst flooding several villages in northern india on sunday morning a vast chunk of a glacier broke off sending an avalanche of logs icy water crashing into the dam locals fear people working at a nearby hydro power project have been swept away the military is assisting in 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 crowds also demanded an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through

copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for denmark. and these mountains where it has been less snowstorms more sandstorms swathes of the region have been blanketed in orange and brown sand which blew in from the sahara desert skiers have been enjoying the unusual sight the dust clouds are 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 a handcuffed 9 year old girls pepper sprayed by police a story much more coming up shortly stay with us. this.

morning. you need to protect yourself and get in for. i don't think there's any perception united states that russia has nuclear superiority over the united states i mean i think you see there's a fairly balanced relationship. in the nuclear streeter and i think. the ministration wants. 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. bilateral relationship a more general.

welcome back this is our team international now footage emerged this week of police in new york state pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed and a bit of warning you may find the following images disturbing. here. 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 now 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. on monday dozens of people marched in rochester and chanted outside the city's

police station one officer has been suspended in 2 more put on administrative leave pending an investigation the girl's mother began legal action on tuesday to sue the city and police department. the mayor of rochester has also called on law enforcement to undergo deescalation training and announced some draft reforms as well including banning the use of handcuffs on children under the age of 12 however social activist dave baking 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 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 for the businesses in america and as long as that status quo of 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 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 take his artie's dmitri pollack. 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. me the parts are false promises with birds that they haven't released or did you don't you that's just doing what you're trying to drive is not enough to give you. a relief or it is about protections as 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 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 it neglecting 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 coronavirus sometimes we hear rudy by 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 we would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the pandemic of the lock down that really 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 per week if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with the somehow on delivery charge it'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 food to live and the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the only link racism 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 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 and almost half are falling behind on their financial commitments david told us again that 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 down

. 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 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.

that does it for me this i'll be back in let's say 34 minutes of another for a fresh look at your news and the week we started. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and just plotting to nationalities. has emerged little tidbits really we don't like seeing the whole world needs to be. judged as commentary crisis like this this time to time so we can do better we should. everyone is contributing each or our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been

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