my family was very poor i thought i was doing my best to get back to school which side will have the strongest appeal. of oh this morning germany extends its locked march fears grow new strains could stop falling infection rates sparking a 3rd wave of the pandemic big. time over the u.k. the head of the parliamentary health committee admits mishandling the response as prime minister boris johnson reveals the country will need to vaccinate all over again. and britain defends. new laws with 10 year jail term for massive 10000 pound fines for rivals who lie about coming from states with covert rights or failing to put the whole thing up for debate. the big issues that we've suffered from people coming into the united

kingdom from countries 3 countries know how it's going to go through your government. for good morning to you this is r t i'm kevin owen here live from a world view center in russia 1st and germany's extending its locked into march despite a falling infection rate chancellor merkel agreed with local governors that new covert variants do pose a dangerous threat. but the word that we have made it clear once again today that certain measures will remain in place the contact restrictions non-essential private travel and visits should be refrained from and the call for home office which also applies until the 15th of march for the time being should be taken very seriously lock down in its broadest sense has been extended here in germany through

until the 7th of march the german chancellor angela merkel had wanted that day to be the 14th of next month but has ceded some ground there now it does seem like this meeting between the chancellor and the heads of the 16 states that make up germany was another fraught affair they all have been during this pandemic but we heard from the ilo who's the head of the state of rhineland pollinate in the south west of germany who described the chancellor is not particularly willing to concede ground the federal government doesn't seem interested in talking about 10 eason steps people are broke enough to months in lockdown. german chancellor angela merkel has ceded ground not just on the date either week one of the biggest moves that we've seen is that the reopening of schools kindergartens and day care will now be put directly in the hands of the states in which those schools are what that

means in some states like saxony. and hester a school could be back as soon as monday next week there's also moves when it comes to hair dresses which is good news for the likes of myself we've started to look a little shaky during this lockdown from the 1st of march headdresses we'll be able to reopen with some caveats in place there will be certain hygiene requirements masks having to be worn these type of things and limits on the number of people in shops now what did come out as well is an all important figure this is $35.00 per 'd 100000 that's where it has to get $35.00 tases per 100000 of population if the week long indices the 7 day indices gets to that point then we could see museums galleries of the establishment opening up including non-essential retail what is not on that list is restaurants and bars for in-house dining

they will remain closed certainly until the current lockdown as it set out on the 7th of march angle of merkel despite watch as she was accused of has conceded quite a bit of ground here the last time she did that was back in the autumn of last year and it was followed by a spike in coronavirus cases there will be a lot of attention paid to the numbers to the figures once things start opening up to make sure that we don't get back to that point. peter all of their europe correspondent well it comes as broadly europe's inoculation rollout is plagued by lengthy delays now e.u. chief is sort of on the lens admitted for the 1st time that the blocks response has fallen short notably in its late approval of vaccines. and don't know if this is an attack it's a her just not a fact is that today we're not where we want to be in converting the virus we were late in granting authorization we were to also to mystic about mess production and

maybe we also took for granted so the doses ordered would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can draw from it. yet the european commission president insisted to the blocks joint vaccine purchasing scheme was right a world health organization advisor told us inoculation efforts do need to be coordinated across borders. it's not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get earlier i think we are all fighting this race against the virus so i think we will have to be. realistic in all these vaccine available 80 plus vaccines all out in the countries but i think these are the countries and the european union in general need to plan for for its population to be covered by a certain period of time we have to acknowledge that this scale just sheer scale of

19 vaccine is enormous so the demand for the vaccine is not common to the volume of vaccine that we have so there will have to be some privatization because of this global nature of 19 pandemic it did to the restaurants cannot be within the international boundaries we all need to understand that everybody need to be safe if we want our cell to be safe and within this principle of global society diety we called upon all countries to ensure that this global public good 19 vaccine should be acceptable and accessible to everybody irrespective of the income status or income level this vaccine nationalism will will hurt the country themselves i think this is not the time to drop the guard i think this is the time to be more vigilant and do more in terms of the disease surveillance and the response measures. this is

a similar story in britain to the head of ukraine's parliamentary health committee admitting mishandling the coded response jeremy hunt said that above all they should have reacted quicker as a country we have not got everything right in our pandemic handling we need to learn lessons and the biggest lesson of all is that in a pandemic you have to act faster than the virus. it comes as the number of infections now edging towards 4000000 with almost 115000 deaths prevalence to boris johnson warns the emergence of coronavirus mutations is likely to mean people having to inoculate themselves all over again more to study show that the u.k.'s astra zeneca job offers limited protection only against new coronavirus variance but some researches insist it will deal with the worst effects at least of the mutations. plus 2 extremely tough new measures for travelers to the u.k. will come into force monday legal experts including top u.k. judges heavily criticized though the government's move to jail arrivals who lie

about their travel history or quarantine plans health secretary amounts to the controversial regulations in parliament then anyone who lies on the passenger locator form of tries to conceal that they've been in the country on the red list in the 10 days before arrival here will face a prison sentence of up to 10 years actually a ridiculous thing for the secretary of state for health to say we're really going to lock people up to 10 years to being dishonest about the fact that they've been to coach go by all means give them a shine does mr hancock really think that nondisclosure of a visit to portugal is worse than the large number of violent firearms offenses where sexual offenses involving minors for which the maximum is 7 years and cox red list refers to $33.00 covert hotspots including brazil and south africa which has registered that highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus british nationals returning from those nations are going to have to quarantine now

a government approved hotels 3rd significant expense to themselves for 10 days we put it up for debate. i think one of the big issues that we've suffered from is people coming into the united kingdom from hot spot countries we've not had the proper testing at the airports and we've not had the proper car intake but now we've got to do is absolutely guarantee that it would not conditionals our borders we absolutely have to make sure that people are all this this less i did recover from up with the current state and i know personally 3 so who would rather come treats or if you look at lists you could argue that us and machines and no you could always go to sochi which should be the only other x. we have to expect people when they come to our borders to be all east about where they've been and to make a genuine declaration i think that's a legitimate request and in this case we're requesting that people should simply

say where they've been jewelry that foreign basics i don't think that's the reasonable thing to debbie rowe paper to be almost it's probably is probably government and not all of us. who are. just a very astute gentle this whole estate from a government they were going to rule katzenberg is wrong at all many things which are actually going to wearing those clothes that are turning round and saying that school should go back that people should be what have failed to persuade the british government what annoys me at the moment the only thing that's not locked down is the borders the government's constantly changing the rules because the reality is very hotly viral there are already very rich they should know who will soon and in march last year will they know lockdown countries in the world who talk a lot faster because they focus only on the medical measures we in this country have given up our democracy giving up our freedom we are now grown by medical

experts and the only way for getting out of that is stopping people coming to the country from red zones and quarantining them properly thank goodness made explorers worth their weight. well cheap 3 pixar countries no hotels we're going to go through times going to your soap so good to be getting it was for new fell don't want to suit me and spoke there were a lot of people who the only way we could stop you variations from outside because you trade east to shop the obvious this does not. actually with respect we have found in the arguments of persuading people to go and all business they're not going to do it despite the inoculation push to one covert vaccine center we can report in london a shut early because of a quote really low uptake the u.k.'s nursing chief warning ethnic minority communities in particular a fall of frantic job myths covering that today kate partridge the. the u.k. has the highest coronavirus death toll in europe and research says ethnic

minorities are up to 3 times more likely to die but this vaccination harbin the multicultural area of happening in east london had to reduce its opening hours because minorities are more reluctant to get the job due to mistrust of the government i'm still watching. through many things on the media. these really really don't have so i don't know i was kind of on the sure with the amount of messages they put out on the so-called media. for go away a bit of a plenty of statistics reflects the mistrust a report on behalf of n.h.s. england claims that almost twice as many white overate is have had their 1st injection compared to elderly black britons while an overwhelming majority of black people said they were are likely to get a vaccine if offered one a race equality think tank says the lower numbers aren't about vaccine refusal that

fear is often based on past experiences where the incidence of simple misunderstanding cultural confusion or in the case of some patients now tried fear of perceived hostility and racism but concern is also fueled by just information circulating online yet people are now keen to avid various reasons what they've seen in social media you know they believe that this vaccine was made too quickly you know not too quickly not enough try for them to really test the vaccine some believe officials have been too slow to shut down on t.v. x. myths i can send you at least 10 videos of my whatsapp that have been circulated from since about last march with doctors other professionals you don't know where they've come from but all you can say about them is they're clearly and vaccines and they claim to be protecting the minority community from something that will harm them and the u.k.'s medical chiefs say they're committed to combat. misinformation and admits not community could steal rail only if it's in the fight

against the pandemic if one particular community remains in vaccinated in the virus will seek them out and it will go through their community like wildfire it's not something any of us wish to see which is why we're spending a lot of time and a lot of resources in this area the big message i have for everyone is this virus just doesn't care what ethnic background you're from it just doesn't care about the color of your skin or where you live in the world the virus does not discriminate the u.k. has made significant progress with its vaccine rollout which has been faster than most other countries but to see the program completed a key obstacle needs to be overcome convincing the most vulnerable communities to take the job of b.c. you see a continuing nation of the existence of the virus that people are already disproportionately affected by gets by this virus so it's 5 clean cotton and it's in the communities

only interest to make sure that they do get vaccinated days to stay safe or to get them to that point i think and simply telling it this is even your own best policy jaycee's not a not because it was doesn't take account of dish huge history of the lack of trust of the communities in the state and that's fidelity to work with the leaders on the ground should it she's holding nice ations movements in communities on the ground who are got a credible alternative and trusted by communities. they will follow. is 15 pounds so if you watch the caucus one of i can stay around too much more to come france finally planning to bring in a law for a minimal age of sexual consent has been a really controversial story there for alleged rape case of the nation it's one of the stories we've got lined up for you here on our take after the break.

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hello again good morning friends what you know attain to max on the french government's going to introduce a minimum age of sexual consent after courts had higher final arguments in the case of a french minor allegedly raped by $25.00 fighters the cases sparked a public outcry coming off a string of child abuse controversies in the country shallow dubin school reports few. it's a case that has shocked frons to its core this was brought by the family of a woman who says that between the ages of 13 and 15 she was raped repeatedly by

around 20 firefighters now they demanded that they had justice for their daughter off the previous investigations by the courts said downgraded the rape allegations to consensual sex. and then worried me a very worried by this process because fulton xena's justice has despised us we no longer have any confidence in the law i think that julie's kane's may have been significant in its own way because for several years now i have been fighting to make this case known to open a criminal case and heard from many that now thanks to this case people are not afraid to talk about such things and take legal action julie and her family now have to wait for the supreme court here in france to have a judgement on her story is one that runs deep in french society for weeks now front says been mired in controversy surrounding its relationship with sex and

children much has been flung at people in positions of authorities accusing them of incest child rape or of knowing about these allegations and failing to do anything about them. a recent poll suggested that 1 1 in 10 french people had been the victim of sexual abuse within the family setting that means around 6700000 people in france

could have been sexually abused in that type of setting now the french government has try to grapple with the chickens coming home to roost to fear we should do everything we can to stop the violence against our children and must punish these criminals for their past acts and prevent any repeat offenses they have been cause for a minimum age of consent for aunts and these have been increasing in recent years . to have a legal system that forces judges to consider issues of coercion and possible consent on the part of the child when considering a true case the judges do this every day because they are obliged to do this by law if we open up the french criminal code we will understand how to define incest or abuse of a small child now in january a new bill was proposed to tighten the country's laws when it comes to sexual abuse

of children no if adopted this law would mean that any sexual relations with a child under the age of 13 would be a criminal offense fronts that those spots croy is of not enough from some quarters it is necessary that any sexual act committed on to person the from minor under 15 by an adult constitutes sexual violence then we distinguish whether there is penetration in this reap indeed there is nothing to ration it is sexual assault in a quickly shifting situation the government has now vowed to make any sexual penetration committed by an adult on a 15 year old child a young girl a crime however it's not the 1st time the francaise try to do this back in 2018 following public court. nation after there were 2 cases that involved men accused of having sex with 11 year old girls it pledged to do this same but that failed it was watered down when a government report concluded it would result in the assumption of guilt meaning

france or means the only country in the e.u. not to have an official age of consent enshrined in the law even if but does change for many it would have come late to offer them protection from sexual predators so much. paris. donald trump seconded page one trial in the u.s. senate then to the 2nd day wednesday democrats are trying to prove that the former president incited the capitol hill riots on january the 6th donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the insider in chief he didn't just tell them to fight like hell he told them how where and when this is dangerous this was a deliberate premeditated incitement to his base and when he ran on a nonviolent measures he turned to the violent he had every reason to know that

they were armed that they were violent and that they would actually fight he did nothing to stop it nothing to help us. by all accounts from the people that were around him he was delighted the trial over them started on tuesday with a video montage of the riots pro-democratic party media pundits were quick to voice extreme shock at seeing the footage to. you. was. remarkable video by the house managers powerful an expletive laced video timeline disturbing and compelling video staggered like the rest of us by the presentation of the house managers with that video it stopped everyone in their tracks there was silence in the chamber trump's defense team also presented a series of video showing democratic officials calling for trump's impeachment

clips date back to trump's 1st year in office designed to show they were trying to force about long before the current charges got legal and political analysis. the evidence showed you would never know this from the particular evidence that was presented by the democrats but that these folks many of them were already there completely adorned some of them and almost acquires i military a pair always zip ties ready for arrests and helmets already anticipating what they were going to do prior to donald trump saying and this is a political exercise this is political theater this is not subject to any court reviewing what happens this isn't an animal it's shown this impeachment trial the only reason this is being done is to prevent donald trump records from running again worse and why is that because many people suspect that internal polling

indicates that the democrats realize that he might be stronger again if you were to run in 2024 this is playing out along partisan lines very predictable so they don't have the 67 votes is this really much to do about nothing but it would be a child to impeach johnson on the inside time he was in office that came with the inside russia so be a campaign in russia campaign from from day one. they tried to get in so many different ways will never succeed. this will translate into human shutdown. everywhere which is incredibly dangerous president anybody who's on the left to anyone who is against imperialism in this country because we did so. for years in india so i think trump is how the. censor of the sentient it remains to be seen with a colleague this is one of the big things that they're examining right now no nexus

want to let me tell you but a few disparate stuff the new york times offer a veteran award winning reporter was forced out for repeating racist language more on it 67 year old donald mcneil jr than had been a science reporter covering the pandemic well known for it he'd worked for the times for 4 decades but then last month a scandal grew over an instant in 2019 seems 6 tutors who'd been on a trip to peru organized by said paper accused him of repeating a racist word used against black people well in an e-mail apology he admitted using the slur when quote discussing video in which such a word had been used he called it an act of extraordinarily bad judgment leave the which way the new york times condemned the reporter's behavior posting a staff member saying we do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent but a late exchange from a facebook group of current and former employees suggest in fact many disagreed with the firing. we do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent might be

the most racist statement i've ever read he did means all races why didn't the new skill do far more to defend and protect the job of a longtime times employee one who at times the tireless heroic work on behalf of the killed to help improve pay and conditions for all and whitey employees why is it to focus in discussions like this almost always isn't rolling in the perpetrators life and not those who are harmed by his actions it's not the 1st racism scandal to engulf a new york times last year readers and staff complained about an op ed by senator tom cotton so trump should call in the troops against black lives matter reuters or the opinion editor and it was forced to resign for allowing that to be published we discussed the story with r.t. host chris hedges who used to work at the paper. i think we should remember that the executive editor of the new york times is. african-american dean the kay very fine reporter in iraq she hired together and dean initially judged that that was

a poor judgment call but it wasn't race that wasn't he wasn't using derogatory slur you know either directed at a person or a group of people it was the n. word which perhaps as a way personally should not have altered but that was dean's initial judgment and then there was blowback there her power full kind of cancel culture especially among the liberal elites there was blowback within the institution and don was removed but you know the reporting of how that word was used. is accurate then i think this was probably overly judgmental and too severe. chris hedges was when things look at this from a kevin 0 in the tame flags of watching out to international don't forget a home run of a social media to keep you posted to have a great day. our

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