in the headlines today starting off the u.k. the head of the parliamentary health committee admitting mishandling the coded response it says prime minister boris johnson revealed the country's need to be vaccinated all over again. as britain defends took only a new laws with 10 year jail terms and massive 10000 pounds fines potentially too for any arrivals who may lie about where they've come from with states or failing to quarantine they come from that put the whole thing up for debate. in the big issues that we've suffered from people. 3 countries. and germany extends its lot

to march and i was fears grow new strains could stop falling infection rates sparking maybe a 3rd wave of the pandemic. 11 am moscow time hi there good morning from me kevin owen in the rest of the team without international life from a world new center here in russia 1st and say that story coming from the u.k. mutating strains of covert means that britain may have to get shots all over again this year premier boris johnson warning. i think we're going to have to get used to the idea that sleeping in their rebuttal eaten in the autumn as we as we come to place these new variants almost 4000000 people have nobody infected with almost 115000 deaths the worst toll in europe study showing to the u.k.'s astra zeneca

job offering limited protection only against new coronavirus variants but some researchers want to continue use of the shot as well arguing that it does at least help protect against the worst effects of the mutations it comes to after the head of the parliamentary health committee admitted mishandling the covert 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 so then extremely tough new measures for travelers to the u.k. set to come into force monday legal experts including top u.k. judges though a heavily criticizing the government's move to aim to jail arrivals who lie about their travel history or quarantine plans health secretary matt hancock announced the controversial regulations in parliament. anyone who lies on the passenger

locator form and 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 sector a state for health to say we're really going to lock people up to 10 years so being dishonest about the fact that they've been to coach who 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 cox read less than refers to $33.00 covert hotspots including brazil and south africa which of course is registered the highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus british nationals returning from many of those nations are going to have to quarantine government approved hotels a 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 we've not had the proper car intake but now what 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 current state i can. see through so greg come true it's where if you look at lists you could argue that us and machines i know you could all agree that there's some proteins which should be only or 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 take the road paper to be almost it's probably is probably government and not all of us terror groups that. we've had just as various food

deserts this whole estate from a government they were going to rule katzenberg is wrong at all many other things which keep going to wearing those flows 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 3 which i should never rule soon and in march last year well we know locked down countries in the world who talk a lot faster because they focus only on the medical measures we in this country have given a pop 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

i mean you're so so good to be getting it was for ground when you felt you want to suit being so there were a lot of people who jet the only way we could stop you variations from outside the country east to shop the box 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 one covert vaccine in central london shut early because of a quote really low uptake the u.k.'s nursing chief warning to ethnic minority communities in particular of falling for anti job myths a partridge reports on 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 happy 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 was kind of on the sure with the amount of. put on this i'm so cool. to 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 want a race equality think tank says the lower numbers aren't about vaccine refusal that fear is often based on past experiences whether incidence of simple misunderstanding cultural confusion or in the case of some patients now trade fear of perceived hostility and racism but concern is also fuelled by disinflation 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.

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 ing misinformation and admits not community could do you rail all the efforts in the fight against the pandemic if one particular community. vaccinated and 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 is to stay safe to get them to not playing i think and simply telling it this is even your own best healthy jessi's not a not because it was doesn't take account of dish huge history of the lack of trust of these communities in the state now fired elete a word with the leaders on the ground sure she's holding nice asians

moving little scene community underground who are all credible alternative and trusted by communities. they will follow. next morning donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial in the u.s. senate entered a 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 inciter 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 out 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 evidence started on shoes they then with a video montage of the riots pro-democratic party of media pundits were quick to voice extreme shock at seeing the footage to. ah. 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 trumps to fans team olson presented a series of videos showing democratic officials calling for trump's impeachment but those clips. to trump's 1st year in office designed to show they were there for

trying to force him out long before the current charges we got legal and political analysis on the case. the evidence showed we 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 a quiet shy military apparel was ready for a rest 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 own this impeachment trial the only reason this is being done is to prevent donald trump from running again and why is that because many people suspect that internal polling indicate that the democrats realize that he might be stronger again if he were to run in 2024.

line over this is international kevin in the hot seat for a bit more and i want to tell you about some more news we go coming up angle of merkel extending cobra destructions even though the infection rates falling what's the theory beyond that we'll tell you after the break. seemed wrong wrong just don't all. get to shape out just become active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for and let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. and. i get more covert news germany's extending its locarno to march despite a folding infection rate chancellor merkel agreed with local governments and the new code variants of posing a dangerous threat. deserve the standard little there is in receive

a 3rd wave that we must fight and we can only do so if the incidence rate comes down significantly so that health authorities his regain control over the virus and can trace can be patient contacts locked 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 diallo who's the head of the state of rhineland platen 8 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 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 hairdressers 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 will 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 limit 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 go. $35.00 cases per 100000 of

population b. if the week long indices the 7 day indices gets to that point then we could see museums galleries or the establishments 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 ends on the 7th of march angle of merkel despite what 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 the point it comes as europe snorkel ation rollout is played by lengthy delays now than even chivas levada lens admitting for

the 1st time that the blocks responses fall and short notably in his late approval of vaccines one day not the senate just what effect 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 meth production and maybe we also took for granted said the doses audit would actually arrive on time so we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can to offer meant yet the european commission president insisted to the blocks joint vaccine purchasing scheme is right world health organization advisor told us inoculation efforts do need to be coordinated across borders. restaurants cannot be within the national 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 solidarity has called upon all countries to ensure that this global

public good the 19 vaccine should be acceptable and accessible to everybody irrespective of the income status or income level this vaccine nationalism will or will hurt the country themselves i think 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 ity plus vaccine to all out in the countries but i think these are the countries and european union in general need to plan for forest population to be covered by a certain period of time and 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 restaurants measures next story but a few this stuff the new york times after a veteran award winning reporter was forced out for repeating racist language let

me tell you more the 67 year old dog on the jr had been a well known science reporter and i worked for the times for 4 decades but last month things kicked off over a scandal dating back to 2019 seems then 60 didn't superior a trip to peru organized by the paper that accused him of repeating a racist word used against black people well in an e-mail apology he admitted using the when quote discussing video in which such a word had been used he went on to say as well as an act of extraordinary bad judgment well now the new york times is condemning the reporter's behavior posting stuff memo saying we do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent then on top of that a leaked exchange from a facebook group of current and former employees suggesting 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 rate he demeans braces why didn't the new skill

do far more to defend and protect the job of a long time times employee one who at times to tieless heroic quoque on behalf of the killed to help improve pay and conditions for all and whitey employees why is it there to focus in discussions like this almost always isn't ruling in the perpetrators life and not those who were harmed by his actions we talked about it then we chris hedges out the host and he used to work at the paper. i think we should remember that the executive editor of the new york times is. african-american dean baquet very fine reporter in iraq are together and being unusually judged that it was a poor judgment call but it wasn't racist it wasn't he wasn't using a derogatory slur either directed at a person or a group of people it was the n. word which perhaps as a white person

a should not have altered but that was dean's initial judgment and then there was well back to hurt our whole kind of cancel culture especially among the liberally it was blowback within the institution and don was removed but you know the reporting of how that word was used. as accurate and i think this was probably overly judgmental and to say we're. pulling up next in the story or yesterday the french government's planning to introduce a minimum age of sexual consent cohorts heard how rowing final arguments in the case of a french minor allegedly raped by $25.00 is the case in spite of the public outcry there coming after a string of child abuse controversies in the country shelagh reports. it's a case that has shocked france 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 court said downgraded the rape allegations to consensual sex. and very worried we're 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 these cases known to open a criminal case i've 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 judgment 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 the. a recent poll suggested that one 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 the 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 tax and prevent any repeat offenses they have been cause for a minimum age of consent to front 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 tree 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 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 which case it is 3 indeed there is nothing to ration it is sexual assault in a quickly shifting situation the government has no vow to make any sexual predator ation 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. donation after they were 2 cases that involved men accused of having sex with the 11 year old girls they pledged to do the same but that failed it was watered down when

a government report concluded it would result in the some should jail its meaning france or means the only country in the e.u. not to have an official age of consent in trying to end the law even if that does change for many like julie it would have come to late for foot better protection from sexual predators so much even ski altie paris you can see why so many people are talking about it charlotte is going to have a hugely contentious story but what we're talking about so far but there's so much more on main site r.t. dot com or check in any of our social media today 27 and a half minutes past the hour kevin i want something off of a good one. imagine

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