yes before i go. away for a movie i was reasonable with. mad lines this saturday on r t international splits begin to imagine europe over america's role in the block security as not everyone is convinced with president joe biden's mantra that america is back. it's time for us to take much more of the burden falls on politics and if we are too much dependent in the us we need to. we can put ourselves into a situation to be protected at our borders. russia becomes the 1st country to approve 3 homegrown coronavirus vaccines after cody back gets a green lead. there's no sign of protests dying down in flames as the country sees its 4th night of violent demonstrations over the arrest of

a catalan round accused of glorifying terrorism. as a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron. now the u.s. president joe biden for america is back mantra gets a mixed reception at the on line munich security conference as not everyone is convinced by washington's return to the world stage his artie's pay to all of a with the details the munich security conference 2021 pretty much turned into biting fest 2021 to sum it all up very says singley it was america is back china and russia can get stuffed europe get behind us we're leading or leading with diplomacy said at that time we will be back. and i'm

a man of my word america's back i speak today as president of the united states at the very start of my administration and i'm sending a clear message to the world america is back one of the voices though that strayed a little from the joe biden lovin was not of a manual saying that perhaps europe should take a bit more of its own border security in its own hands and not rely so heavily on the united states i listened very carefully to the prison by then and the common challenges i think it is time for us to take much more of the burden of our own protection when we speak about security at our borders it is normal and sometimes us could decide to be less involved if we are too much dependent on the us within the 2. we can put ourselves into a situation to be no more politic to the other our borders on russia joe biden said that president putin wanted to break up the european union in lines that we have

heard before from previous administrations putin seeks to weaken european the european project and our nato alliance he wants to undermine the translated unity and our resolve straight out of the the old playbook. from the u.s. presidents going on this one china he said that there was competition with china that was going to be stiff but it was something that he's administration cherished the idea of taking part in he also said that there needed to be rules for all particularly when it came to what he sees as the chinese government's interference in business there. what we heard from the u.s. president was that phrase again and again and again america is back it certainly seems to be the mantra of his administration he just simply emits an endless stream of cliches why can't we work together let's work. together when we work together to

get accomplish anything and they accompany us without with a great deal a very hostile rhetoric against against russia china and iran this talk was detached from reality are cliched and there are only unconvince them i think us dominance as they are slowly diminished and i think the transatlantic alliance is vastly diminished by thanks to brag that but the us is much we couldn't have done it was pretty trumped try but definitely lowered america's profile in the in the world that leaves the e.u. with little choice but to strike out on its own and conduct independent negotiations because of the china russia and around europe has got to thank for its optimist point out. coming from munich conference came hot on the heels of a meeting between nato defense ministers which they outlined plans to put thousands

brought this on the ground and the rug put him on that plate in a probe on. the charity oxfam has called g 7 countries pledges to donate vaccines to the developing world to insufficient compared to the threat posed by co that the group has also accused the states of making poor nations wait for quote leftover vaccines making huge piles of africa and asia wait for unvented leftover vaccines from rich countries stalks is not just immoral poor countries should not be forced to wait for vaccines to trickle down to them between them g 7 nations have secured enough vaccines for every one of their citizens to be vaccinated 3 times over while many poor countries a year to receive a single dose. the comments follows an online g 7 meeting where leaders announced billions of extra euro in support of the global kovacs scheme the move comes as british prime minister berish johnson valid to donate to most of the u.k.

surplus vaccines to developing countries r.t. should depend ski house some of the key takeaways from the event. there had been calls before this meeting for g 7 countries to do move than just pledge money to actually pledge vaccines up to 5 percent of their vaccine doses to poor countries to help the rollout of vaccination in those poor countries poorest johnson ukase prime minister emanuel mack on president of france leading the cools but it didn't see the g 7 were ready to step up to the plate for that day plenty of money on offer but nobody concretely saying when they would send vaccine doses to poor countries there was an offer of surplus when all adults for example in the u.k. had been vaccinated but nothing than that now there is huge criticism of that now from major charities and organizations including unicef which is one of

the organizations which leads the deployment of vaccine inoculations to poor and middle income countries there have also been accusations of course of western countries who are doing their uses of vaccines the u.n. secretary general saying earlier this week 75 percent of the doses already administers woodwinds did in 10 countries only and there's a suggestion that this race by western leaders to help out poor and middle income countries is a little bit more about politicking and that's because they're trying to catch up with russia and china who already for many months now have been sending doses of the vaccine to those low and middle income countries some leaders including president manual on raising concerns that they could use that as a sense of a new type of soft power of vaccine diplomacy but as the g 7 are now trying to

catch up with this still not pledging actual duces over. scenes but money at charities such as oxfam have lump busted them what it's described as being a lack of coordinated action from the g 7. journalist and author thomas fassbender believes the trust in world governance is that at no time no the west is in a very weak face and it's been it's been growing weaker before the pandemic it will come out of the pandemic much weaker than then it went in relative to china in particular simply because countries outside of the west. deal with the damage in the more clever way the trust and the confidence of the population in the western countries is. at a low for decades for decades this is one of the reasons why the western leaders

try to prop up support to prop up self-confidence and feel that the best is always to do a look for an external and antagonise i do not want to say enemy but entire going to be the right word that's what russia and china are serving as today. heidi back has become russia's 3rd a corona virus vaccine to be given a seal of approval created by moscow's chima compas scientific center developers believe it will also offer protection against new coronavirus variants let's go live now to our correspondent in moscow don't go to don good to see her tell us more about this new vaccine please consider tuna q well it's called me back and this is the 3rd vaccine to be registered for distribution here in russia actually that's makes the country the 1st to reach that benchmark now it was developed by moscow to mark of center for immuno biological research and is made from dead corona virus and it's also in the for phase 2 of testing right now so russia's

prime minister is understandably looking to roll it out as soon as possible. modestly the 1st $120.00 doses will already be available to the public by the middle of march today russia is the only country that already has 3 vaccines for the corona virus. so i don't know how is this different from the other vaccines well it was developed in the field really i mean the new shot uses dead corona virus and it was originally taken from the patient from a patient in the russian town of come on now that's at one of the 1st hospitals that treated kovan patients here in the country the true mark of centers general director also said that his team looked at around 400 different samples of the virus a common arca until they found the one suitable for cultivation for a vaccine now as for the clinical trial stage 3 will begin in march while those that have already been conducted were quite successful so we didn't see any nay negative reactions reported so let's take

a listen to what the general director has to say about that but it is built up to the preliminary results are very encouraging after the 2nd phase will see how the vaccine affects emu system we found that 8587 percent of people develop onset bodies by day 28. now it's important to keep in mind just how much experience the true mark of center has in vaccine production in the past it's created a whole line of vaccines for polio yellow fever tick borne diseases and rabies to name a few of center even exports tens of millions of doses of these vaccines to over $100.00 countries around the world in exchange for funding that goes into more research projects that are not involved with the russian government's budget so donna how is russia's overall vaccination campaign going well in january we saw the start of russia's mass vaccination program and over 2000000 people have gotten the shots so far i mean that's not to many people for how many hundreds of millions of people live in russia but the tempo is definitely picking up the good thing is that

almost half of those numbers are people over 60 we're talking about one of the high risk demographics now like i said called the fact is russia's 3rd vaccines so sputnik and corona are already available in russia so now the goal really is mainly just to get the public on board with the idea of getting the shot don thanks for the update. spain faffing a 4th night of riots over the jailing of a council on rap a public a cell was arrested for quote slandering the crown and glorifying terrorism protesters have rallied across the country to oppose his detention branding it a violation of his right to free speech and around 80 people have been arrested since the protests started as things turned ugly during the unrest the country's prime minister did now and the violence is an attack on democracy barcelona based journalist everyday kaczynski reports from among the crowds in counseling his

capital capital. cop love her so they're screaming so please through these problems. it's already the 4th day of the practice even kept along. the main c.t. the release problem how so who was imprisoned for. screaming this is their aggression on the freedom of expression and they are. these. so the protesters have just destroyed one of the main banks of catalonia. as you can see behind me. they are getting quite aggressive and they're all the time provoking the police they are demanding the shops as you can see behind me there are rubbish containers on fire by the protesters they're mostly teenagers playing the music becoming aggressive they're provoking c the police if it's guarded and it seems

like it's going to last for another couple hours probably tomorrow also. now for a look at some other news from around the world now police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the chilean capital they were demanding the release of detained demonstrators economic reforms and the resignation of president sebastian pinera the country has been rocked by regular protests over a year now. a local gym and city of her now pay tribute to the victims of a deadly attack that took place there one year ago when a far right extremist opened fire near shisha bars killing 9 people and injuring 5 residents held a perception in the town holding pictures of those that died. heavy downpour has caused severe flooding in in the indonesian capital and surrounding

area well 1000 people have been evacuated to shelters where few operations are underway no casualties have been reported. you know anyone in london who misses going down to their local pub for a drink during the lockdown may be in luck as one former bar manager has given a whole new meaning to the phrase a quick point basically started maybe off and i got to live it awful point and i thought i really want to make what i have to tell you about people's dogs i don't want to see the flat warm clingfilm part so i pull out i get a fresh right to them so i came up with the idea pop to do basically a white van appears and you're like what is this a new up in the park and you get your real tub and type feel with beautiful bear on top george and his business partner thin obtain the necessary licenses and refitted that pub on wheels now delivers pints of beer glasses a percent and cocktails to those in lockdown all through social media really many

instagram and just my friends from the hunks of the missing the part of me thought we needed something like this to come in. strictly a delivery scheme and not take away the business requires customers to prepay for alcohol and the minimum order is 20 pounds the scheme is a growing success here in south east london but are you willing to pay 6 pounds for a pint at home. i substitute you find me if you think about the amount of money that we've saved through not commuting and through not being at work about money though i would've spent daily just buying lunch from tesco on the takeaway do to be able to save that up and spend it on something i really enjoy like having a nice pub with my mates makes a difference the industry has been hard hits during the pandemic of the 40000 pubs are currently closed across the u.k. while 60 percent say they won't be able to reopen if the government seeks to outdoor service only later in the year and for many this might be the closest to

a pub they might get for a while it's a bit like the pub why would you go buy a steak for $24.00 when you get one for 3 pound for molly the idea is is that we bring a coach or 2 we create this fence or wall we bring everyone down from the bedrooms into the kitchen to have a pint together so like a family going out to the pub the pipe as well it just tastes so delicious but it's on top as well but the prime minister announcing his roadmap to reopening on monday that might be clarity on when pubs themselves will be back in business but to put some worried that the whole culture and community might be gone for good this venture seems to prove that the public spirit is still hates the spots she has wanted andrews it's u.k. london. still to come iraq tricity bills skyrocket for taxes as the state continues to deal with the aftermath of a deadly winter storm that story and more after the break.

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thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. welcome back a deadly winter storm in the south of the u.s. has killed at least 47 people and the most affected state texas millions are struggling to access clean water while thousands of households have been left without power president joe biden has approved a state of emergency in the area during the extreme freeze energy usage has soared and power bills for many texans have skyrocketed some residents have racked up electricity costs of up to 10 $1000.00 artie's kind of more pain explains how the

recent disaster has laid bare infrastructure problems in the country. in texas a snowstorm and extreme weather conditions are leading to an avalanche of problems in addition to the power going out the water pipes froze and then cracked open leaving millions without access to running water. not out here don't. hold those who still have water now being told it is not safe to drink or shower with this is starting to sound like 3rd world conditions and can't be happening in the usa right well actually it can u.s. infrastructure has been in decay for quite some time we've got some older houses some older apartment complexes that were built using p.v.c. 2030 years ago that is kind of a cold slap in the face if you want to call it that this is happening normally. he

would go out to a place like this is not a busted pipeline and they would get the water out building run the fans you know to try and dry the place out but again in this case because they have so many calls they're not able to do that this did not start in texas in 2014 you had the flint water crisis when the city in michigan switched from the detroit water system to getting its water supply from the flint river but lead in the aging pipes soon leaked into the water supply causing serious problems for locals it took 5 years for the complaints to be listened to and the locals problems to be addressed inexplicable. and inexcusable families weren't notified things weren't shut down. that shouldn't happen anywhere president obama took a sip of flints filtered tap water assuring the people there that he cares i've got your bet several months ago on the campaign trail we heard joe biden promise that nothing like the flint water crisis would ever happen again we're going to create

local jobs to rebuild roads to modernize rivers trucks. sure you could turn on the faucet and clean water comes out and when that happened in flint will never happen again anywhere in america now biden's only been in office for a few weeks however plenty of presidents in recent us history have been promising to fix up the country's infrastructure only to preside over it getting worse i want us to be 1st when it comes to infrastructure around the world because businesses are going to come where there is good infrastructure to move businesses to people move services highways bridges tunnels airports schools hospitals we're going to rebuild our infrastructure texas is suffering today flint suffered back in 2014 and many can recall how in 2012 manhattan's power station exploded during hurricane sandy causing all kinds of blackouts officials are scrambling to manage the situation in texas biden has declared a state of emergency but the underlying question is when will the promises be kept

open r.t. new york. a number of u.k. companies are considering introducing a controversial no japanee policy that would make vaccination mandatory for employees and response trade unions a warning phones may face legal action and have also the government to intervene. we think the primary house the key can people safe and i say trade unions you know encouraging people to get that see what priority for workers to get back same time we don't think given the so many people who have even a job here that people should be victimized for having had that we think you know we want to put things in place we can't see that summation is just like a. single solve the problem of courage we need to make sure that it's part of

a range of top that. you know we look in each workplace about how best we can implement things sometimes in the u.k. are saying they won't hire new staff who refuse to have been job other companies are considering making inoculation mandatory for existing employees while calling such policies discriminatory and downing street has said it's quite up to businesses if they want staff to have that same passports more than 16000000 of the case most vulnerable have received their 1st vaccine doso far west to to fix showing a low uptake among ethnic minority workers in deprived communities and dalton told us why some people might be skeptical about getting the job. i think most trading up today it's very skeptical and i think this is what fuels people skepticism about you know whether they should get that sea of knots and we think it's possible to

convince people dot of all the safety measures that need to be taken but that how we've had sort of for the sun the best way to convince people about the vaccine been safe is if it isn't in the hands of the national drug companies it's in public ownership only democratic control of audrey trade you not today it's working class people that you know that would reassure people rather than being in the hands of. you know who is a dentist to the government. on person has been killed and at least 5 seriously injured after part of a power plant collapsed in central russia the neural skin enrichment plant is located in the krasnoyarsk region and rescue operation is currently underway according to the public prosecutor's office that 2 people could still be trapped under the rubble but collapse of the facility is crushing department happened at around 5 am local time cause of the incident remain unknown.

nato has announced plans to send $3500.00 more troops to iraq saying is to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for terrorists the decision comes in the wake of a deadly rocket attack in the north of the country today we decided to expand nato training mission in iraq to support iraq your forces us to fight terrorism and ensure that our assistance not return the size so our mission will increase from 500 personnel to wrong $4000.00 and train your duties for now include more iraq a security situations areas beyond boggled. for me the u.s. marine corps intelligence officers called reta told us who he thinks stands behind nato's ramp up in the middle east when you're beyond baghdad out in the boonies in remote facilities training iraqi security forces that are in constant contact

with with with isis or other extremist enemies there will be losses in nato is not configured to do this at the bare politically to do this so then the question is who will provide the combat backup and that of course is the united states and once united states employs combat force in support of nato the 2 missions become intertwined and then medo which has made a big point of saying hey we're being invited by the iraqi government which is the opposite of that the situation currently exists regarding u.s. forces this is just a horrible situation that underscores 2 realities one that nato is not a politically mature organization capable of making independent decisions and has been pushed into this direction by the united states and to the united states is in a dire situation where it can no longer unilaterally impose its will and it increasingly has to rely on partners and his nato to do the heavy lifting for the.

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or to the point i would refuse this project because there was a lack of information about its impact on human health but also animal house and since we're in a very rural area with many farmers around us. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international this saturday will be back in 30 minutes with the latest. the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interest what you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to him to essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used in

psychological warfare against prisoners deemed a danger to the state that was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation psychological torture of the cia disseminated from within the us intelligence community and worldwide among our allies for the next 30 years and how the victims say they still live with the consequences today.