headlines this hour russian scientists develop the world's 1st test for the deadly education strain of the coronavirus many countries to close their borders we hear from the head of the russian. oil development 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 into the south and grows over the economic impact facing germany the great traffic backing up its borders that is the e.u. criticizes methods to contain the spread. and stuck in a hotel room for 10 days that is the new reality facing people returning to the u.k. from hot spots as new quarantine rules come into force and they used to this after a push to defund the police the city peeves go on for so many millions of dollars

to tackle a spike in violent crime. just on 6 o'clock in the capitol hill r.t. international that russian scientists have developed the world's 1st test for the new corona virus strain that was 1st detected in britain the deadly a very. to many countries closing their borders with more his hugo's you don. 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 russian scientists decided to single out this particular strain 1st

. well developed in the new test in system we use 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 closed 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 this strain in britain but later it was also found in south africa and brazil and strains as well initially we planned to use to test for surveillance now i do not exclude the possibility of the detest 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 they 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. traffic crossing between germany the czech republic as well as parts of austria has ground to a halt after berlijn shut its borders fearing the spread of the highly contagious u.k. variant of the corona virus let's get more now from our europe correspondent peter all of the cross things for us there and pay to the same ship being quite serious ramifications and new measures. yes that's right huge tailbacks of traffic we're seeing right now at the german borders with austria and the czech republic that's after on sunday night berlin made the decision to put in place these controls on travel across those national boundaries it was because of outbreaks in the czech republic and in certain areas of austria particularly the terrel of these new mutated variants of covert 19 particularly those that are increasingly more content to just we just heard about the risks that

they can then pose the interior ministry here in berlin have said the situation at the borders is far from ideal. of course that our traffic jams and waits in times have increased at the borders at least that's what it was like when the federal police checked about 10000 people and turned away about 5000 on the arrival. well these traffic jams aren't just in convience they pose real problems for the german economy take the car industry for example that operate on just in time deliveries of supplies in order to work on the construction of automobiles just the shortest amount of delay well that can have a potentially huge knock on effect many parts for automobile production the german locations to deliver just in time or just in sequence directly to the some blue

line from austria and the czech republic if the testing and controls at the border that result in long traffic jams many car plants in germany will have a breakdown of the supply chains and the subsequent production standstill on their hands the 1st assembly lines will come to a stop within a few hours in the absence of material supplies. there's also diplomatic fallout from these border controls both vienna and brussels aren't happy with berlin that they've been putting in place there's been some particularly spicy language coming out of parts of austria germany though says it stands by the decision to put these checks in place for weeks but there is minister president marcos sorta hasn't missed a single opportunity to take a pot shot at the role these constant push your recent remarks of disgraceful and don't do fits a minister president that's not the way to treat neighbors the truth is that the virus cannot be stopped by closed 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 it seems relentless for germany at the moment not only dealing with the diplomatic fallout that comes from putting in place these checks they're also dealing with an outbreak of the virus in the west of the country as well at an ice cream factory in oslo but a quick 210 out of 600 workers there have tested positive for covert 19 at least 2 of those it's been confirmed have tested positive for that mutated british variant of the corona virus so a lot going on a lot of stress is placed on the east those borders and in the west with a new outbreak as well. so here's ok thanks peter that was us is peter over there with the latest coming from berlin and meanwhile in the u.k.

you quarantine measures introduced on monday night to make travelers think twice or may make travelers think twice sorry before heading there anyone arriving from a red listed country including u.k. nationals will now have to fork out $1750.00 pounds that's more than $2400.00 to quarantine for 10 days in a specially designated hotel upon arrival passengers are escorted through the airport then taken by bus to their accommodation however london's heathrow airport has expressed deep concerns about the policy we have been working hard with the government to try to ensure the successful implementation of the polls but some significant gaps remain ministers must ensure the roots adequate resources brute brute protocol some place for each step of the full and strong hotel to avoid compromising the safety of passengers and those working at the airport where the u.k. government has brought in tough penalties for anybody who flouts the rules it's introduced

fines of up to 10000 pounds for those failing to quarantine and a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for people who do lie about where they have come from all this is creating additional challenges there for the u.k. border folks to what extent our border for is going to be checking to be sure people have been honest 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 else is the head of a travel consultancy firm and he does believe 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 way in which means 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 or new zealand there are some who tells where the virus is being transmitted from one of the guests through to a security worker or catering work and working in a 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 their own home where they could quarantine in their own narrow in their own hoon self isolate that and if that was in forced properly i think that would be far more effective than hotel quarantine. in a bid to jumpstart its economy denmark is mulling plans to relax covert 19 vaccination passports while the practicalities are still under consideration though there are fears it means vaccinations will become compulsory in the country i want to instagram blockers as part of the questions many are asking about this movement has

have presents the moral. was pretty hard to get. well i read that a is going to introduce a vaccine possible for the cause of aids and that other countries might be saying. well it's not effectively making the vaccine compulsory tool to those who want to leave your country who want to turn off most things i would've thought. of never being like to go by economic here but i like to travel so you think. not sung songs no no i don't. want to skew. different cultures in cuisines to the to do because. yes. people of new sex nations to visit certain countries but not to leave their own country to to use every trick because. police would fix one target

which vaccine would you even name one which ones that. depends on where you live where these not just travel you know some companies talking about making vaccines compulsory for their employees to people just get closer to the. i will most people will and that's a good thing but some people don't want. the introduction to those who think that the mother. doesn't facebook has their truth is i do not and nod to the risk. of their lives to the creature. are fair enough but not all of them are like that. well yes some paper skeptical from the standard will reasons but but that's not the poing. well it doesn't matter what their reason me is they should have a choice if we go down the path of making medical procedures effectively compulsory where does that lead us or for you want to know.

just gonna attempt posix here in moscow now another new certain day after the controversial death of george floyd at the hands of police in minneapolis last year the city decided to defund law enforcement however since then crime has surged and cancelled chiefs have been forced into a major of them voted to spend a whopping $6000000.00 in a bid to regain law and order recent data suggests that the number of gunshot victims is up 250 percent compared to the same period last year at the same time rape cases have increased 20 percent and robbery by almost 60 percent the city currently has around $200.00 fewer offices than usual as after many that before water went on leave following the death of george floyd imagine last year. i. i i

i i we got to prove that we got the call it. was i want change from we are watching. this is what you get when you call the cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you want to kill us we don't hold your partner accountable this this. while following those protests the president of the minneapolis city council did announce plans to replace the police with what she called a transformative new model of public safety and she wasn't the only one either calling for such radical changes. i will never call sign off on funding a police department that continues to brutalize out and i will never even stop

saying not only do we need to invest we're in police well we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department and. 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 and 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 vill of fire police officers you better make friends with criminals because that's all you're going to have left. stay with us because none president it's nice still has claimed at least 4 lives in the state of texas freezing temperatures there also led to a massive power outage that left more than 4000000 households without electricity the blizzard has seen flights to being canceled in texas airports well thousands of microsoft stuck in traffic jams and state highways. recent days temperatures there have dropped to minus 18 degrees celsius the coldest in over 30 years on sunday

president biden declared a state of emergency in the area the snowstorm has also intensified the debate over renewable energy in the state as many wind turbines are frozen still and solar panels are covered with ice. you're watching are you still happy this hour a new report casts doubt on the effectiveness of the u.s. air force in the fight against isis in the middle east we'll have a look at the details on that story in a couple of movies. that story straight because a new report by an american think tank has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the u.s. air force's role in the fight against isis the survey found that military aviation had failed to significantly speed up the defeat of the so-called caliphate with more his sask attack. you might remember not too long ago a humble man claiming a historic victory. over recent merits.

or the bottom. there is no red the isis. 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 west 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 lente have room for improvement

a little more aggressive operations might just slightly accelerated the defeat of isis they were unlikely to have significantly altered the timeline the deep fighting operation inherent resolve affected us is finances but it could not affect us is main said dr 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 20019 alone think is it really was doing it all over again to be fat 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 who most unbelievably being out of practice.

after decades of flying primarily overwatch mission since september the 11th the joint community's ability and capacity to plan and develop a deliberate strike operation in the deep areas actually feed this meant that many practitioners lacked 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 the fight against a more capable adverse saree or in a more consistent air 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. he said reporting that what we heard from new york retired u.s. air force officer karen kwiatkowski she questions though the motives behind the u.s. presence in syria. i think if the u.s. would spend if they wanted 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 hard with the united states military is proving is that we should spend more money on our defense of an offensive capabilities in many ways we use these. wars not as wars

but as exercises where we can demonstrate technologies improve our coronations skills our combat intelligence or using and kind of as our own testing ground almost a playground which of course is extremely. in more all. independents parties have increased their majority in catalonia as regional parliament taking more than half the votes the very 1st time the leader of the republican left party says it's a new chapter for the region and the union is now catalonia made history today the independence movement has more than 50 percent of the vote and this means that this country starts a new chapter we have enormous forced to choose and the still unsolved determination to achieve the freedom of the political prisoners and the return of the soul for exult we have a huge force stood schieber a friend to achieve the catalan republic. or despite the results though

a recent survey does suggest that only 44 percent of catalans are actually in favor of independence while 47 percent are against spain source worst political crisis in decades following a failed independent spirit in 2017 by then president carter's political earlier we heard from an arc spokes person for the international commission of european citizens. this time we not only get again an absolute majority of seats in the cabin of parliament but also it was her parents the press corps for 50 percent plus while vaults so we are running really of. our for ways of democratic ways to show ourselves and the world we are completely that turd and the cattle i mean the state so we've seen always in history and in the risks of this history and the spanish the spanish to the violence attitude against in devon and i will write

a solution and asked people to be an independent and of and state we are green legitimate to defend our that are with us stance. in whatever manner the spanish state decides to confront us. now the influence of major social media platforms is really at the headlines these days culminating of course in the banning of donald trump but we spoke about this with the co-founder of the cyber security firm casper ski lab as you also were told us about the safety of our own personal data on the net and the dangers too you can watch the video in full at r.t. dot com but here's a taste of what she said. buying it it just 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're 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. to 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. well if the topic that does interest you you can see the interview in full at r.t. dot com brings you up to date just coming up to

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a 100 years later the history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went to russia. probable worst time to go anywhere why not me. when i come here. the news is moving at a lightning speed slightly ever the subject seemed to be a bad way to say you know coronavirus impeachment bided. trump carbon copy topics but it happens to be a different order an angle of the day but one of the stories being miss which you need to know welcome to a new season of news views hughes where our goal is going to be to cover those stories which others miss and give you the $360.00 view of the topics you need to know so in today's show we are going to bring back into the spotlight the day when

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