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gone 10 pm in kuwait city income power here in moscow this 20th of february i'm going to. r.t. russia. vaccines to tackle coronavirus. is the new to be approved it was created by moscow of scientific center for jobs developers say it will also offer protection against new coronavirus variants by colleagues. talk through the news earlier. well called me back is the 3rd vaccine to be registered for distribution here in russia making the country the 1st to reach that benchmark it was developed by moscow to mock of center for immuno biological research and it can be stored between 2 to 8 degrees celsius that makes the vaccine easier to store than others like the pfizer variant for example that needs to be stored at a colder temperature to prevent spoilage now coming back is also currently at the

end of phase 2 testing and russia's prime minister is understandably looking to roll it out to the public soon. it's i want to start with some very good news a 3rd vaccine has been budgeted today was developed by the trauma called research center the 1st 120000 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. actually it was developed in the field the new shot uses dead corona virus which was originally taken from a patient at the common market hospital in moscow region one of the 1st hospitals that actually treated kovan patients here in russia the shock of such as general director said his team looked at around $400.00 different samples of the virus a common arca until they found the one suitable for cultivation for a vaccine as for the clinical trials stage 3 is set to begin in march while those that have already been conducted or quite successful we haven't had any reports of any serious reactions to the new vaccine but it means that the preliminary results

are very encouraging after the 2nd phase will see how the vaccine affects the immune system we found that 8587 percent of people develop by day 28. and it's also important to note 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 and even exports tens of millions of doses of these vaccines to over $100.00 countries around the world that's an exchange for funding that goes into more research projects like involving vaccinations russia's vaccination campaign has been going on for awhile now how's it going over 2000000 people have already gotten the shot so far i mean that's not too many considering russia's population of nearly 150000000 people but the tempo is definitely picking up russia's prime minister says that 4000 new vaccination points have opened around the country and over 10000000 new doses are currently in production and the good thing is that

almost half of those numbers of vaccinated people are actually people over 60 years old we're talking about one of the high risk demographics back is russia's 3rd vaccine sputnik v an epi vaca rhona are already available in russia so now the goal is just mainly to get the public on board with the idea of getting this shot in the 1st place. and ever more european nations are in talks to receive sputnik visa bloodies italian business leaders told the program the the process could also improve. things. yes a little i believe we can improve the russia e.u. relationship in terms of the bets and roll out the supply of alternative taps is limited and it's fallen short of committing both european and global demand it's no secret that italy germany and france have already turned to the russian government but they have to buy the russian vaccine i'm sure vaccines should not be held hostage to jail politics. or.

to be rude give to russia gave to the world russia could have used it as political leverage but it did not in fact we see that russia has great opportunities for inoculation for foreigners living in russia as well i personally go to not feel grateful we see that russia is open to the distribution of its vaccine abroad not only is open to its export just like pfizer and astra zeneca but it also provides the opportunity to manufacture sputnik the abroad it's not new concept of cooperation with other nations in terms of economy and health care and i think it's subsequently lead to the improvement of relations between russia the e.u. and the world. you care companies are considering a much criticized no jerk no job policy that would make vaccination mandatory for employees in response trade unions are threatening legal action and of us the government to intervene. we think the priority has to be a key compete all safe and i say trade unions you know encouraging equal to get

that see what priority for workers to get back same time we think given the so many people who have even a job that people should be victimized for having had that we think you know we want to see you put things in place we can't see that situation is just like. a check box to solve the problem of we need to make sure that it's part of a range of thought that danny's you know we look in each workplace about how best we can implement things or some british firms have a reward and they want to hire staff who refused to have the job and other companies want existing employees to vaccine passports the government jobs such moves discriminatory but senior ministers have previously said the final decisions quote up to businesses let's take a quick look on our other news wall here how the vaccination process is currently

developing in the u.k. more than 16000000 doses have been delivered nationwide but there's been a lower uptick among people from ethnic minority groups including those in the workforce from the private areas in dalton again told us why some still have questions. i think most trading up today it's a 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 if it's possible to convince people of all the safety measures that need to be take a look back we've had sort of in the sack the best way to convince people about the vaccine being safe is if it isn't in the hands of the national groups who made it seem 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. you know come down to the government. deadly storms in the southern us have killed at least 47 people in the worst affected state texas millions are struggling to access to clean water or fellows of households have been left without power president biden has occurred a major disaster in the area unlocking phones for those affected during the stream freeze the energy usage has soared and power bills for many texans have skyrocketed some residents have rocked up electricity cost of up to 10000 dollars artie's killam open explains how the disaster has laid bare once more 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 now being told it is not safe to drink or shower with this is starting to sound like 3rd world conditions it 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 it 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 it's 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 led 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

to be 1st when it comes to infrastructure around the world because businesses are going to come where there is good employees structure 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 over to the u.k. those in london who've been missing going into the locals are in lockdown may be in luck one former bar manager has given a whole new meaning to the phrase a quick point basically he thought it would be able. to live it and i thought

i really want to make one hospitality to follow people's tools and it will receive a flood wall and cling film pipes so i pull out and i get a fresh bite to them so i came up with the idea put you to basically a wife on a pit is and you're like what is this new in the pocket you get your real top 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 of percent and cocktails to those in lockdown or through social media remaining instagram. and just my friends were missing the person we thought we needed something like this to come into. 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 to 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 on something i really enjoy like having a nice pond 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 late in the yeah 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 20 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 will 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 is well it's just a subtle issues but it's on tough as well with 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 hits the spots she has wanted andrews it's u.k. london. still on the way you can't go anywhere these days without a mask out may have years of progress against plastic waste that story broken down few of. the global cell markets approximately just under 2 trillion so certainly within a few months because it'll be vaulting over silver it's on its way in my believe in 2021 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 call

there's only been. alors lot. of the news any deficiency in the last 4 years it was the fact we had this transformational president with really grand aspirations that were broadly supported by the american people in the most populous present in this country's recent history were matched by the appointments that were made in the administration i think maybe with his background in business he might have underestimated the importance of personality but you know just having worked in the white house in the executive branch of government so much rests on personnel .

is you'll be 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. of the shallow. let's start a program back here in moscow or a courthouse rejected on the pale by russian opposition figure alexina valmy

against his sentence for parole violations earlier this month the kremlin critic was sentenced to a little over 3 years in jail reporting from outside the court our senior correspondent steve. while the the judge did reject their legs he devised these appeal to have the have the sentence dismissed it did shorten the length if he sentence from 2 years and 8 months to 2 years and 6 months but elective on these defense made 2 major arguments one of them was that. after his alleged poisoning alexina volley. was recovering he was in hospital he couldn't possibly have contacted these parole offices. made his whereabouts noon and the judge neither the judge nor the prosecutors bought this argument they pointed out that over the past several years he has more than 50

parole violations any one of which was enough to land him with a very real jail tub just to recap than his brother were given sentences for their role and embezzling a company and washouts of millions of rubles hundreds and thousands of dollars. his brother was given. a jail sentence 3 and a half years alexina van that was given a suspended sentence followed by years of parole 6 years and all of parole as we found out he had violated the terms of his parole more than 50 times and in this case. the judge and the prosecutor said look after you had been released from hospital in germany. traveling across the country giving interviews taking part in sports and duty once in months did you contact the authorities your parole officer to make your whereabouts note the other argument that election of ollie's defense

used was that the european court of human rights had called his sentence this is jailed. and has called phased immediate release how. russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances and new circumstances obligated to release elected nevada this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance a 2nd called says should be about a libel case brought against the legs in a volley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran veteran a sellout for example that caused

a lot of resident amongst russians but even there alexina on the was defiant refusing to apologize. for the mass use of disposable face masks made from plastic is being blamed for a significantly worsening the litter problem this made environmentalists fear the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years in the fight against plastic waste the scale of that waste to start in the u.k. for instance more than 100000000 lost. each week enough to cover a football pitch hundreds of times over and it forms a significant part of the u.k.'s plastic litter $1500.00 tonnes a month while the breakdown of such plastic ticks entries the global consumption of masks is just alarming a recent study estimates 6000000000 are being produced daily to satisfy current demand environmentalist allison ogden utah and sees the overreliance on masks poses

many risks. b.b. in general is very much a concern for us but masks in particular because of the elasticated. 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 to break down into micro plastic so masks are a particular concern for us and they're everywhere yet some hospitals are still complaining that the supply of masks is not meeting demand by global production of face coverings increasing 34 since 29 teen. been usin 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 these 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 re visit our concerns about plastic and look at reusable masks and make sure whatever happens we don't litter our p.p. . police are to use water cannon cure gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the chilly capitol demonstrators are demanding economic reforms the resignation of the president the release of those detained in the rallies the country has been rocked by protests now for more than one year. in

europe a german city has paid tribute to the victims of an attack by a far right extremist one year on york and fire in the killing 9 people a procession through the city of her now showed the pictures of those who lost their lives. monsoon floods are forced more than a 1000 people across the indonesian capital to flee to shelters and higher ground rescue operations are underway in jakarta as flood level for water levels reached almost 2 meters in places. right now to what's being labeled a modern day david and goliath battle a small village in northern france is resisting tech billionaire elong musk's plans to install their for his high speed satellite internet project storming.

she's a little monkey man to feel like shit there are going up a lot of questions for just work which are already very offensive as. to whether 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 want to use this project because there was a lack of information about its impact on human health but also animal house meant since we're in a very rural area with many farmers around us. we're

all set to crack on with more great programs and moments here in r.t. discover what's showing wherever you are today after a short break goodbye from. imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century what are the chapters called gun violence school shootings. first it was my job it was my field bill it was my savings i have nothing i have nothing it is now i don't authorize aloof or resources i look for jobs i look for everything i can to make this house. in oil a doing is. the road to the american dream paved with good refugees it's this very idealized image of our needs americans look past the deaths that happen every

single day this is a modern history of the usa by america. the world is driven by a dream shaped by phone personal there is. no dares thinks. we dared to ask. for it. 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 post because i know no rush but i thought of stuff just simply woolsack on things in your bios at your church. back home black americans suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. the real. one by elsa store but 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 american reared. their 2 children. found great the crowd. the moon a golf you know blown call close. and almost a 100 years later history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went to russia. probably the worst time to go anywhere why not me.

when i come here. i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground for another lockdown edition away from headlines in nato nations of the united arab emirates says defamatory against its royal family the u.a.e. has become the 1st arab nation in history to send into poetry probe called hope to earth's neighboring planet mars joining me now from dubai is the u.s. minister for advanced sciences and the chair of the country's space agency sara. thanks sara so what's very raw coming on the show as i say the headlines here all about princess the tea for dubai not about mas atoll tell me

about the hope mission the how question is it is our 1st planetary exploration mission from the emirates today the orbiter is around maurice for us this is our very 1st science mission that's going to characterize the atmosphere of mars and it will become mars is very 1st weather satellite to better understand. the dynamics a happens or an entire marching year for us it's been a remarkable 7 year journey now of working on designing and developing a very complex system with which we've worked with the united states universities of colorado arizona state university rest of california berkeley to transfer a lot of know how and experience towards our engineers so that we can get to the point today were able to develop complex ensuring systems you have one of the instruments scientists in colorado is what it is saying the images coming from the the mission are breathtaking with

a breathtaking view that was andrew jones saying the 1st images of as it approached the planet yes that 1st image was breathtaking for me the image that was more wrecked it was not the one that was released that was the preprocessed image it's natural to process it just that are captured this is the 1st time that the instruments was used in orbit around mars and for it's to have that remarkable image and also for us to observe from that image the cloud systems that we were then and we are going to study in the differences that actually is there in that snapshot covering that area of mars at the scale in athens distance that we've captured that we've never seen that before i know you're collaborating with these different universities no direct collaboration though with the perseverance mission or china's channel and one mission even though everyone sees 3 going to moyes this week or in the next few months.