for. justice. week's top stories right here on our team international western countries softened their stance on russia's 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 sputnik the. when you combine the the price of logistics you really believe is the best picture of the world and me the sights the sounds of all the great. french restaurant owners open their doors in defiance of mark down restrictions saying it's the only way to avoid financial ruin also ahead. bodycount 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. broadcasting live from our studios direct from the heart of moscow this is our international launch on thomas quite have with us as we have of our weekly program now we start our weekly round up with russia's sputnik the vaccine a study in the lancet medical journal has shown the jam to be more than 90 percent effective against cold it so far 21 countries have approved the drug the latest being me and mark. in europe hungary the 1st e.u. country to approve sputnik the has received its inaugural badge as part of a 2000000 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 vaccines. into the pm union state it 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 sputnik v. was both safe and effective but that was not enough to convince skeptics in the west however there are now appears to be a change of heart as 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 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 in these thoughts 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 ma the important part of the vaccine it's affordable and it's easy to distribute around the world because human kind of exceed because it can be stored at plus 2 plus heat 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 the best of acute in the world and many scientists in the world agree the lancet medical journal has published preliminary results for phase 3. trials have spruit it and they're 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 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 too now that. the 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 a 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 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 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 and starts to see that at last good sense and reason are starting to prevail over propaganda and politics where the director of the investment fund behind sputnik 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 mechanisms 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 had delivered what seemed too good in the air so we had delivered what seemed to lights in america places a very early now on there are served by civic 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 approach and right now we can oliseh plight as a big scene in may june so basically we will not be the only folks in the world of course with the info on 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 porton. a 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 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 months 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 and for. the french 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 composition follow says 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 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 too 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 it's been. 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 a magistrate 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 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 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 is the u.s. that needs 1st. if they want to run to return to his 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 sanctions no they must actually lift the sanctions and we have to verify this will the us 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 u.n. security council and germany it followed years of complex talks and western allegations that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons a claim that it has always denied the result was the lifting of most sanctions based on the iran's commitment to limit your ania marine regiment and allow inspections but in 2018 the trump administration quit that 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. take a swing around the globe now to look at some other stories making headlines this hour up to $100.00. 15 people are missing and feared dead after a dam burst flooding several villages in northern india and sunday morning a 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 the military is assisting and the search and rescue operation. to europe where hundreds of people turned out in the

danish capital on saturday night denouncing the government's plan to introduce a vaccine passports crowds also demanded an end to covert restrictions demonstrators marched through copenhagen carrying torches and chanting freedom for denmark. and to the pyrenees where it has been less a snow storms and more sand storms this kind of cool swathes of the region have been blanketed in orange and brown sand which blew in from the sahara desert of all places skiers have been enjoying the unusual sight the dust clouds are the largest in years and have covered parts of spain france and switzerland. 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. dear.

amy 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 to 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. on monday dozens of people marched in rochester and chanted outside the city's police station one officer has actually been suspended in 2 more and 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 picking 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 should as ns and the citizens need to comply with the police in every way noncompliance should not by itself be a year 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 then it 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 whole trip 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 of marriage and as long as that status quo is working so well there 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 a 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 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 the words that you have it will be torn down you don't you that's just too much you trust a virus is not enough to give you. a relief or is this about protections as well pete wasn't regarding that or 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 philanthropy another 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 the social welfare payments david allen who suffers from multiple sclerosis says that he felt abandoned when he was left bedridden by the coronavirus sometimes we hear rudy but i knew storms somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days. potentially back 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 lockdown that really we've had to rely on of giving off 2 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 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 family 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 a 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 of being 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 zand almost half are falling behind on their financial commitments david went on to tell us 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 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 is 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 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 and for that matter it does it for the weekly as well but don't worry in about 35 minutes my colleague kevin 01 will be here with a full and fresh look to news this is our 2 international glad to have you with us

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universal health care in your country to combat who or virus well that's a fantastic question as you're presently aware you are 70 percent of the american public who supports a medicare for all single payer healthcare system we would have 52 percent of republicans and 85 percent of democrats so i think you asked the fundamental question i talk to folks throughout the country most even in eastern kentucky. mcdowell county west virginia where 79 percent of the people voted for donald trump i think it's absolutely sestak and the way it's going to happen is through the grassroots if we can get millions of folks the march on washington it's very complicated as a result of the coronavirus but i do think we could have a medicare for all sick or all care system i mean just to be paid off on the supported one no job for him in the biden cabinet that's group. i mean he. is on the record for wanting to the tow universal health care saying

$35.00 trillion dollars that's to mitt. going to significantly raise taxes on the middle class was too expensive i mean i know for our international viewers obviously you have one of the most expensive maybe the most expensive health care system for your taxpayers in the wild. and h.s. here in britain you are so correct i myself currently do not have health care. as of february 1st and so i understand fully what's going on to get you to look through and to see how things work you know the term i don't know for you it is amazing the term deductible it's it's almost it's the most ridiculous thing you ever heard in your life that in fact you have to pay out of pocket expenses whether it's $6000.12 'd 1000 dollars 18000 dollars in order to actually be able to get health care you have to pay out of pocket so sir you're high.