pressure becomes the 1st country to approve 3 homegrown coronavirus vaccines after kirby gets the green light. also ahead splits between begin to emerge in europe over america's role in the block security is not everyone is convinced with president joe biden mantra that america is back. to get this time for us to take much more of the burden of our own protection if we are too much dependent on the us recently to. weaken food or substance a situation to be more protected other our borders but there's no sign of protest dying down in spain as the countries these it's full flight of violent demonstrations over be arrested like cattle on route accused of glorifying terrorism.

very well well continue from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me karen. now russia has given its 3rd coronavirus vaccine this seal of approval is called kovi vike and was created by moscow's 2 mark of a scientific censor and his developers believe it will also offer protection against new coronavirus variants we can go live now to our correspondent in moscow dawn causa don good to see you could you tell us more about this new vaccine. well nicky like you said colby back is the 3rd vaccine to be registered for distribution here in russia that's making the country the 1st to reach that benchmark in the world it was developed like you said again by moscow's chilmark of center for immuno biological 3 research and it's made from dead corona virus strains actually can be can be stored between $2.00 and $8.00 between $2.00 to $8.00 degrees celsius

which makes it easier to store than other vaccine variants like pfizer which needs to actually be held in 70 minus 70 degrees celsius to prevent spoilage now called me back is at the end of its face to testing right now and russia's prime minister is understandably looking to roll it out to the public soon. much it's i want to start with some very good news authored vaccine has been bridged to today was developed by the trauma cove research center the 1st 120 doses will already be available to the public by the middle of march today russia is the only country that's already house 3 vaccines for the corona virus. so i don't know how is it different from the other vaccines one that actually was developed in the fields the new shot uses dead corona virus like i said before and it was originally taken from a patient at the coming dark a hospital in moscow region one of the 1st hospitals that ended up treating kovan patients here in russia that you mock of centers general director said that his

team looked at around 400 different samples of the virus a common arc until they found the one suitable for cultivation for a vaccine as for the clinical trials stage 3 is going to begin in march while those that have already been conducted were quite successful they didn't see any serious negative reactions reported but very pleased with the preliminary results are very encouraging for the 2nd phase will see how the vaccine affects the musicians we found that 8587 percent of people develop bodies by day 28. now it's important to keep in mind just how much the experience 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 just a few of center even exports tens of millions of doses of that of those vaccines to over $100.00 countries around the world in exchange for funding that goes into more

research projects for how things that looking in russia with regards to its nocs nation campaign overall well in january we saw the start of russia's max fax mass vaccination back program and over 2000000 people have gotten the shots so far that's really not too many out of russia's total population of nearly 150000000 people but the temple was definitely picking up we heard from russia's prime minister who says that 4000 new vaccination points have been opened around the country and around 90000 new doses are currently in production the good thing is that almost half of those numbers of people who are actually vaccinated are people over 60 so we're talking about one of the high risk demographic groups now like i said kovacs is russia's 3rd vaccine sputnik v. and epi vaca rhona are already available in russia so like we're talking about before really the goal right now is to get the public on board with the idea of getting these shots on thank you for the update that's lottie's that don't cost.

us president joe biden that america is back mantra gets a mixed reception at the online munich security conference is not everyone is convinced by washington's return to the world stage has ought to pay to all of that with the south. the munich security conference 2021 pretty much turned into biden fest 2021 to sum it up very says singley it was america is back china and russia can get stuffed into europe get behind us we're by leading all 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 love and was not of a manual on he 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 with a need to. 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 on nato on he wants to undermine the transatlantic unity and our resolve straight out of the the old playbook. from the u.s. presidents going on this one china he said 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 go. woman'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 admits an endless stream of cliches why can't we all work together let's work together when we work together we're going to push anything and he accompanies this without with a great deal of very hostile rhetoric against against russia china and iran are loose talk was detached from reality cliched and there are only unconvince them i think us dominance and they're slowly diminished and i think the transatlantic

alliance is vastly diminished by trying to break that but the us is much we could there are going to was pretty trump 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 think for its optimist pointed out. for the up to munich conference came hot on the heels of a meeting between nato defense ministers in which they outlined plans to put thousands more troops on the ground in iraq will bring you more and months later in the program. spain is suffering a fortnight of riots over the jailing of a council and rapper publisher 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 start of the protests as things turned ugly during the unrest the country's prime minister denounced the violence as an attack on democracy barcelona based journalist evelyn a kocinski reports from among the crowds in catalonia as capital. leave. the house so they're screaming stop these streets pablo so it's already deferred day of the practice even kept a long barstool on the main city to release problem house who was imprisoned for. screaming this is their aggression on the freedom of expression and there 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 and it's quite bad and it seems like it's going to last for another couple hours probably tomorrow also. would now for a quick look at some other news around the world police used 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 is be rocked by regular protests for over a year. local the german city of her now paid tribute to the victims of a deadly attack that took place one year ago when

a far right extremist opened fire on a she should bars killing 9 people and injuring 5 residents how the procession in the town holding pictures of those that died. down for is caused severe flooding in the indonesian capital and surrounding area more than 1000 people have been about. waited to shelters west to operations are underway and no casualties have been reported. number of u.k. companies are considering introducing a controversial no job no job policy that would make vaccination mandatory for employees a response trade unions are warning firms may face legal action and i've asked the government to intervene we think the proper in-house the key can people safe and i say trade unions you know encouraging people to get back to what priority the

frontline workers to get vaccines but the 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 pull things in place we can't see that summation is just like. a check box or not solve the problem of courage we need to make sure that it's part of a range of top. danni's you know we look in each workplace for how best we can implement things and the firms in the u.k. are saying they won't hire new staff who refused to have the job the companies are considering making inoculation mandatory for existing employees while calling such policies discriminatory downing street has said it's quote up to businesses if they want staff to have vaccine passports more than 16000000 of the u.k.'s most vulnerable have received a vaccine doso far with the to stick showing

a lower uptake among ethnic minority workers in deprived communities in dalton told us why some people may have reservations about getting the job. i think most trade union activists are very skeptical and i think this is what fuels people skepticism about you know whether they should get the vaccine or not so we think it's possible to convince people of all the safety measures that need to be take a while back how we've had sort of for the sack the best way to convince people about the vaccine being saved if it isn't in the hands of the national drug companies where it's in public ownership only democratic control of audrey trade not to the working class people that you know that would reassure people rather than being in the hands of don't you know come down to the government. now anyone in london who missed is going down to their local pub for a drink during the lockdown maybe and look as one form a bomb on a jet has given

a whole new meaning to the phrase that quick point basically started with maybe off and i got to live it awful point but i thought i really want to make what hospitality is about to people's doors i don't want to receive a flat warm clingfilm pipe so i for how can i get a fresh bike to them so i came up with the idea of 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 skeel 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 of percent and cocktails to those in lockdown both through social media redeeming instagram and just my friends from the hunks even missing the pair of them we 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. oh it's absolutely fine if you think about the amount of money that we've saved through not commuting in through not being at work about money that 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 pounds from aldi the idea is is that we bring a coach or 2 we create a sense of war we bring everyone down from their bedrooms into the kitchen to have a pint together so like a family going out to the pub the pipe is well it just tastes so delicious but it's

on top as well with the prime minister announcing his roadmap to reopening on monday there 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 in this still hits the spots she has wanted andrews it's u.k. london. filter kermie electricity bills skyrocket protect the state continues to deal with the off the map and the deadly winter storm that story and more coming up after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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back a deadly winter storm in the south of the us 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 presented to 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 caleb morgan explains how the recent disaster has laid back 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 outside. home those who still have water are 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. you 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 were notified things weren't shutdown. 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 back 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 river structure. sure you could turn on the force a degree warmer comes out and when that happen it will never happen again anywhere in america now biden's only been in office for a few weeks however plenty of presidents in recent u.s. 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 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 archie new york. the mouth you saw of disposable face masks is being blamed for exacerbating billett a problem dismayed environmentalist's are afraid the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years and the find against plastic waste the scale of the

waste is jewel dropping in the u.k. for instance more than $100000000.00 mosques are discarded each week and nuff to cover a football pitch hundreds of times over and it forms a thick nif and part of the u.k.'s plastic lifts that which totals $1500.00 tonnes a month the breakdown of such plastic takes centuries but lobel consumption of mosques is just as alarming a recent study estimates $6000000000.00 are being made daily to satisfy current demand and viral mentalist alison oakton newton sais the overreliance of mollusks poses many risks. b.b. in general is very much a concern for us but masks in particular because of the elasticated hoops and also because the threat to public health that they represent as well as the fact that they are single use plastic items so they're not going to do anything in the natural world other them present a hazard take over 400 years to break down into micro plastics so masks are

a particular concern for us and they're everywhere well meanwhile some hospitals continue to complain about the supply of masks not meeting demand that despite global production of the face coverings increasing 30 fallen since 2019 alison auxerre newton again believes the short term benefit of masks will lead to long term problems. i do think that we were making some real inroads into getting everyone to think about their consumption of single use plastic i think most people were trying to make an effort to reduce that consumption and then the pandemic came and gave us all something bigger to worry about and people really are are just desperately trying to protect themselves their families and their communities which we completely understand but unfortunately the short term solution of plastic p.-p. has really caused a much longer term problem we need a new strategy because this is going to be part of our lives for quite some time we

need to think again and we need to. visit our concerns about plastic and look at reusable masks and make sure whatever happens we don't litter r p p. one person has been killed and at least 5 seriously injured after part of a power plant kolob collapsed in central russia the north korean richmond plant is located in the crassly ask region a rescue operation is currently under way according to the public prosecutor's office 2 people could still be trapped under the rubble because apps of the facilities crushing department happened at around 5 am local time according to russia's investigative committee the accidental may have been caused by building defects. or nato has announced plans to send 3500 more troops to iraq saying it's 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 resorted to expand training mission in iraq. to support the iraq it forces us to fight terrorism and assure that our assistance not return the size so a mission will increase from 500 personnel to wrong 4000 and training activities from now include more iraq to security situations areas beyond bottled from the u.s. marine corps intelligence officer scott told us who he thinks stands behind nato as 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 nato 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 troop is direction by the united states into 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 that. and so with the story of david and goliath as a small village in northern france resists take a billionaire in a one month plans to install an antenna there for his satellite internet project

styling. she's a liberal might imagine feel like shit there are gearing up a lot of questions for his artistic work which are already very offensive is. that the birth of our main preoccupation is tell us the health of our children i've always wanted to live in nature in the countryside so that b.s. far away from networks and everything as possible. 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 meant says we're in a very rural area with humanity farmers around us. well

thanks for joining us here on our national based on today that's all for me for today but jacqueline vega will be with you in 30 minutes with the latest. the global seller markets approximately just under 2 trillion so certainly within a few months because of the vaulting over silver it's on its way and my believe in 2020 want to get half way or so against the market capitalization of gold that it would be 4 trillion on its way to 10 trillion and then you know once it gets past all there's only the dollar is left. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union and many of

their descendants still live in russia. again at the most because you know no rush for us though up at us yes we've got ways to go on things in your bios at the chair . back home but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. of the real. one by elsa store on her by doing. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all some of the rear troops who were too through during the night. found great crowds. to move a few you're going to school. and now almost 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 british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interests or 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. disseminated from within the u.s. intelligence community and worldwide among our allies for the next 30 years and how the victims say they still live with the consequences.