but every single day. there's a history of the usa america. headlines in r.t. russian scientists developed the world's 1st test for the deadly u.k. strain of the coronavirus it's led to many countries to close their borders we hear from the head of the russian the power tree while developing the new testing system we kept in mind that if we need to detect other strains we could do it in a short period of time also to come a u. turn in minneapolis after a push to defund the police the city gives all forstmann millions of dollars to tackle a spike in violent crime and the blame game continues as china is back up washington for questioning the findings of the investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic and stuck in a hotel room for 10 days that is the new reality facing people returning to the give cage from code hotspots is new quarantine rules come into force.

good afternoon just on 2 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international the russian scientists have developed the world's 1st test for the new corona virus strain 1st detected in britain the deadly are very interested to many countries shutting their borders to travelers he was down off. what this particular mutation more commonly known as the british strain has caused some alarm all over the world essentially one thing to understand about it while not more aggressive as any other strain of the virus for the hosts body it is much more contagious and therefore it poses an increased risk of hospitalization and death and that's why a russian scientists decided to single out this particular strain 1st. well

developed in the new test in system we used the same approach as we did for the main test it is the same express method where you need about an hour to receive test results which is much faster than the classic p.c.r. testing we don't try to replace our main test it is not a method for mass diagnostics it's a tool for e.p.d. milage ical surveillance to control the spread of new strains however well developed in the new testing system we kept in mind that if we need to detect other strains we could do it in a short period of time. well one thing to understand about covert 19 is that it's a virus that well it mutates very easily adapting to different environments and so on that's why it is potentially very concerning because what if it develops and evolves into a version that kills people quicker so that's why europe is still on lockdown at least of some degree some countries of closed outside of the e.u. travel's some countries close borders even with some of its e.u.

neighbors and the move the virus exists and by the way there are no signs that it is going anywhere the movie versions of itself will create but the russians are saying that that with this new technology they will be able to quickly identify and single out whatever new strain comes up. our justice system aims to detect a mutation in a protein that was 1st found in a strain in britain but later it was also found in south africa and brazil and strains as well. initially we planned to use the test for e.p.o. marginal surveillance now i do not exclude the possibility that the test can be used for differential diagnosis after grown a virus has been diagnosed in order to understand what kind of virus that person is infected with so the more scientists know about covert 19 the more information doctors have so the will be able to potentially at least tailor their treatment in accordance as to which strain

a patient has and world make it more personal make it more individual and hopefully prevent more deaths. in the u.k. new quarantine measures introduced on monday may make travelers think twice before heading there anyone arriving from a red listed country will now have to fork out 1750 pounds to quarantine for 10 days in a specially designated hotel upon arrival passengers a risk or 2 through the airport then taken by bus to their accommodation london's heathrow airport has expressed concerns about the policy we have been working hard with the government to try to ensure a successful implementation of the policy from monday but some significant gaps remain and we are year to receive the necessary reassurances the u.k. government has brought in tough penalties to for anybody who flouts the rules it's introduced fines of up to $10000.00 pounds for those failing to quarantine and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for people who lie about where they have come

from this creates additional challenges for the u.k. border forks to what extent a border force going to be checking to be sure people have been noticed we're hearing a lot of concern from people who are concerned about encountering someone who has been in the red list country and hasn't declared it could deface abuse are they expected to detain them or porsche hours of travel consult and say see you disbelieve that quarantining in hotels is a risky policy. i noticed the world health organization said the other day that some of these variants are on the wane which means that maybe they are now being managed more effectively but before we get the data we don't know for certain what i do think is that hotel quarantine is still very high risk is a policy it prevents people coming into the country who might have to come in and that police often come in so it doesn't help the economy recover secondly it's high risk because as we've seen in australia and new zealand there are some who tells where the doris is being transmitted from one of the guests through to

a security worker or catering work at work ina hotel is then taken it back and transmitted it within their own communities it would be much better for effective testing to be done at the borders on arrival and then anyone these positive is taken in school to to their own home where they could quarantine in their on their own in their own whom self isolate there and if that was in forced properly i think that would be far more effective than hotel quarantine. house patent bring with you after germany closed its borders to austria and the czech republic the move was part of berlin's battle to combat variance but it's not calmed down well with its neighbors for weeks but various minutes the president marcos order hasn't missed a single opportunity to take a pot shot at a role this constant push your it's of remarks are disgraceful and don't befits a minister president that's not the way to treat neighbors the truth is that the

virus cannot be stopped by close borders i think it's wrong to return to europe with close boris' like we had in march 2020 we're battling the mutated virus on the borders with the czech republican or strip the e.u. commission should support us and not throw a spanner in the works with their cheap suggestions. well the introduction of border controls has caused massive traffic jams at the german check frontage and say under the restrictions that took effect on sunday german citizens along with truck drivers are allowed to enter germany provided they test negative however they will still be quarantined for at least 10 days on arrival political commentator believes it's not realistic day to expect countries to act as one despite the common ideals of the e.u. you'll obviously fiction europe is a religion is it believed that we can be a dish european union and make it into a single gallantry eventually but it doesn't seem to work that we haven't really

achieve unity in the sense that different people in europe but still as this one of those that used to be the german town the french know the french and italians etc and then. these areas of the people to control their own through their police and so on if only they are all those. this meet to build a european union that will be loading that's when you know mother they will. want people who. know the basic things that we are different people and we have not changed it was just you need if you want to go in with. me man united states and china have again accused each other of wrongdoing over the pandemic the latest spat concerns the findings of a recent investigation by the world health organization into the origins of the virus washington calling for beijing to be more transparent we have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the coded 1000 best occasion were

communicated and questions about the process used to reach them aging is hit back though saying that the u.s. has undermined international efforts to tackle the pandemic. what the u.s. has done in recent years has severely undermined multilateral institutions including the w.h.o. and gravely damaged international corporation uncovered 19 but the us acting as if none of this has ever happened is pointing fingers at other countries who have been faithfully supporting the w.h.o. and the w.h.o. itself with such a track record how can it win the confidence of the whole world or the w.h.o. investigation was subject to intense and often critical media scrutiny and in one case a number of w.h.o. experts did hit back at an article in new york to in the new york times that accused china of refusing to hand over data this was not my experience and w.h.o. mission as leader of animal environment working group by phone trust and openness

with my china counterparts we did get access to critical new data throughout we didn't grizz our understanding of why it was spillover pathways but we did build up a good relationship in the chinese international epidemic team allowing for heated arguments reflect a deep level of engagement in the room our quotes are intended lee to restate casting shadows over important scientific work or china expert joseph gregory mahoney does believe that the source of the pandemic will be a political issue for some time yet. well it's absolutely the case the united states hyper politicized the pandemic coming out now it encourages unfounded and anti-scientific conspiracy theories demonize china and withdrew from the world health organization and that these actions in tandem with trans america 1st broached proved profoundly destructive to international cooperation we know that biden will not go soft on china but he aims to compete we know that he has to play

to american voters who are deeply suspicious of china we know that he's trying to rally allies in a new coalition to push back against china the problem we face is that it's often practically impossible to pinpoint scientifically when and where an outbreak like this started and the best we can do is rule out unlikely scenarios and consensus builder around well grounded theories what this means unfortunately is that the outbreaks fortune's will probably remain a couple of the politicization and demonization a long time to come. 7 years now and in the heat and from not just decision to defund the police minneapolis my plans to spend big on the enforcement to tackle a spike in violent crime the city council says it will inject 6 $1000000.00 a recent data suggests that the number of gunshot victims is up 250 percent compared to the same period last year at the same time right cases have increased 20 percent and robbery by almost 60 percent the city county has around $200.00

fewer offices than usual and that's often many less to fulfill went on the following the death of george floyd in my last year. let us not keep that's it we've got to call it. i want i want change bro we all want change. this is what you get when you don't hold other cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you let them kill us we don't hold your partner accountable this is this this is. following the process the president of

the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police what she called a transformative new model of public safety and she wasn't the only one calling for such radical changes. i will never call sign off on funding a police department that continues to brutalize us and i will love her and stop saying not only do we need to invest burned police well we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department. remember they voted a few months ago to take $8000000.00 away from the police department which they did and what happened there there are some businesses in the city of minneapolis who are getting hit by the same person to end 3 times in a week and now for the city council to say well we're going to spend money to hire new police officers so you know you almost you know must have to laugh at it it's

ridiculous what's going to happen is you are going to see a shortage of police officers in larger urban centers like minneapolis new york chicago los angeles most if not all of these cities are run by the democrats and the democrats tend to not support their police officers you can't support your criminals and consider them victims and not support your police and not expect crime to rise and in all of those cities i mentioned most of them have skyrocketing homicide rates skyrocketing violent crime rates you vilify your police officers you better make friends with criminals because that's all you're going to have left your she also you still had he the siren you reporters cost effectiveness of the u.s. air force in the fight against isis in the middle east we'll have a look at that plus of the stories tell you in

a couple of minutes. the world. got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. is your media a reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being

led. by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. welcome back now a new report by america's rand think tank has cost effectiveness of the u.s. air force its role in the fight against isis the survey found that military aviation failed to significantly speed up the defeat of the so-called caliphate with more his son. you might remember not too long ago a how little man claiming a historic victory. when i took it over was

a mess now on the bottom that's exactly there is no red the ice is caliphate. has been decimated we have one good study says while washington so successfully defeated islamic state the reportedly it's now in the process of setting up a new military base to counter islamic state which is on the rise again so if indeed a us how busy returning to a little triangle between iraq syria and turkey it seems a good moment to ask how effective really was the us against the terror threat us trump or the pentagon full marks but read a recent report by the think time grant corp which did a deep dive into us out against islamic state between 20142019 while does leonti have room for improvement a little more aggressive in operations more just slightly accelerated the defeat of

isis they're unlikely to have significantly altered the timeline the deep fighting operation inherent resolve affected ices finances but it could not affect us is main said sure of gravity territory meaning the strategic attack did not play a decisive role in this operation was the probably made american taxpayers who saw 20 of the billions go towards operation inherent resolve in 2018 and 19 alone think is it really worth doing it all over again to be for the report does point to successful moments in washington's fight in iraq and syria but what stands out is that despite being much better funded than other operations in the middle east including the war in afghanistan that was a slew of errors including outdated techniques slow action uncoordinated intelligence gathering and the most unbelievably being out of practice

after decades of flying primarily overboard mission since september the 11th the joint community's ability. capacity to plan and develop a deliberate strike operation in the deep areas actually feed this meant that many practitioners lacks experience in applying these processes to real world operations and the muscle memory to rapidly execute them and the conclusion the report comes to night the matches that last seen victorious tone of the pentagon nor does it exactly fill you with hope for any future campaigns deep strike operations help stress isis's finances and haste in its demise but what ultimately peripheral to the overall strategy ignoring this issue would be deeply problematic in a fight against a more capable adverse saree or in a more concise to their environment washington war hawks have historically preferred to repeat the mistakes over and over again so whether they break with

tradition this time and take up the report's recommendations is unclear what is horrifyingly clear though is that villages were bombed into oblivion thousands of civilian lives were lost along with all those taxpayers billions and it still wasn't enough something that becomes all the more horrifying when it looks like round 2 is on the cards but we heard from the retired u.s. air force officer current event called ski question the motives behind the u.s. presence in syria. i think that the u.s. would spend if they want anything they're going to. spend at least as much as they have spent in the past bigger issues seem to be ignored when the united states makes decisions about where they want to put their military card with the united states military is trooping is that we should spend more money on our defensive and offensive capabilities in many ways we use these. who are not as wars

but as exercises where we can demonstrate technologies improve our coronations skills are our combat intelligence or using them kind of as our own testing ground almost a playground which of course is extremely. immoral. pro independence parties have increased their majority in catalonia as regional parliament taking more than half the votes for the very 1st time the leader of the republican left party says it's a new chapter for the region. don't you mean that catalonia made history today with the independence movement as more than 50 percent of the vote and this means that this country starts a new chapter we have an enormous forced to choose amnesty and solve determination to achieve the freedom of the political prisoners and the return of the self exult we have a huge force stood schieber a friend to achieve the catalan republic however despite the results a recent survey does suggest that only 44 percent of catalans are in favor of

independence while 47 percent are against spain's or its worst political crisis in decades following a failed independence bid in 2017 by them president carlos put him on earlier we heard from an arc she's a spokes person for the international commission of european citizens. this time we've not only get again an absolute majority of seats in the current parliament but also with her parents the press corps for 50 percent plus while vaults so we are running really of. for ways of democratic ways to show ourselves and the world we are completely that meant to be a curtain in the state so we've seen always in history and in the risks of this history and the spanish the spanish to the violence against in dublin and i will write a solution and asked people to be an independent state we outgrew legitimate to

defend our stance. in whatever manner the spanish state decides to confront. and finally the influence of major social media platforms is really at the headlines these days culminating in the banning of donald trump's accounts and of course those of his supporters we spoke with the co-founder of cyber security firm casper lavater on the net you can watch the interview on full at r.t. dot com but here's a taste of what we set. you know the concept of private censorship by social media is kind of a myth in fact it doesn't exist because all those companies are totally state controlled it's just that the us has split and the media has found itself under the thumb of one party well the other didn't want to engage with the media in the same

way for one reason or another it's still unclear why they didn't just set up their own outlets but the fact that their arms were twisted is obvious it's clear that severe measures taken by themselves one part of the country is censoring the other and the fact that this amazing step was taken a real breakthrough well actually trump has been blocked before but during the electoral process all the mosques had been taken off already and when the election campaign started the question was only who would win democrats or republicans the democrats wanted to win so badly that they didn't care about decency anymore. in other words shut so make no mistake all platforms collect as much data as they can and even buy it from other platforms too so from this point of view they're all alike i would take a variable approach to the issue of information people need to understand what kind of information they can safely share on the web in general you can say that on some

platforms your data is better protected than on others but the information isn't safe from the platform itself if you have access to some very serious information that needs to be kept in secret it's probably a good idea not to use electronic devices at all if you are an ordinary citizen not involved and then into social or criminal activity it's ok for you to use apps while taking reasonable precaution measures but be aware that all your movements and all your pictures and videos etc are stored in the cloud so you need to consider them as good as leaked that's all for a regular citizen however if you are a james bond then old school phone is all you can afford and a mask on your face. and if you'd like to see more of that in t.t. go to our website at otty dot com that's how the news is looking so far today we're back again at the top of the.

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yet to shape out these days comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the news is moving at a lightning speed lately however the subject seemed to be a factor in the saying you know coronavirus impeachment biden trump carbon copy topics but it has to be a different order an angle of the day but one of the stories being missed which you need to know welcome to a new season of news the issues where our goal is going to be to cover those stories which others miss and give you the 360 view of the topics you need to know so i did a show we're going to bring back into the spotlight the day when independent investors expose wall street manipulation and why it seems robin hood has decided

to get more active in politics and they cancel culture is obvious here in america but now it is spreading around the world with countries now becoming angry at the u.s. for allowing this strategy to infiltrate their borders we will have a live report from one from the streets of one of those countries which also happens to be one of our closest allies and while the impeachment hearings are done the troops and barbed wire remain but at least those are tangible and visual symbols of the political battle america is currently in and today's $360.00 view we're going to talk about the deep cuts made to the political fabric of a both parties and discuss what both parties gained or lost in the debate well that's besides their dignity and scotty no hughes and a you're watching a new views hughes on our team america.

did you hear a sigh of relief on saturday when the senate concluded the 2nd impeachment hearing of donald trump will make no mistake that side did not come from here within the beltway as there were tears and cries of injustice at least when the cameras were rolling but the sigh of relief from the rest of america who were girl was of whether or not they supported drop really wanted congress to put their focus back on the physical and economic recovery from the coronavirus but even with the vote being over washington d.c. still looks like a scene from a war movie with no obvious the threats being disclosed to the public natasha sweet brings us the latest. just before inauguration national guard troops swarmed many capitals throughout the country in the size you know having a presence in washington d.c. just before biden was sworn in there were more than 26000 national guard troops in the nation's capital city but they weren't sent packing after the 20th right now there are roughly 7000 guard troops providing security that number is expected to

be reduced to some 5000 come march and now according to an internal immelt leaks to the press troops could stay through the fall of 2021 the e-mail also reveals a meeting on feb 17th or question the department of defense to engage with capitol police were guarding post march 12th support according to pentagon spokesman john kirby the defense secretary is directing commanding officers across the military to select a date for a one day stand down to discuss military extremism he understands that a one day stand across a force isn't going to miss you know as in the solve everything but it might bring to light concerns and experiences that were otherwise not aware and he was informed by his own experience in the mid ninety's about stuff that was going on in his in his command shortly after the inauguration several states ordered for their service members to return home this came after troops decided poor food and being forced to take rest breaks in a capitol hill garage department of defense says the conditions were improved shortly.