for headline stories this hour russia becomes the 1st country to approve 3. gets the green light. to bring in controversial no jobs contracts for employees as a result i. think many people who are. people should be. happy it's. u.s. president joe biden declares a major disaster into. 'd cover from on precedented. broadcasting

from moscow to the world this is r.t. international good to have you with us my names you know me. russia has a hot trick of vaccines to tackle the coronavirus. is the new a shell to be approved it was created by moscow's scientific center the jobs developers see it will also offer protection against new coronavirus variants by colleagues. quarter talked 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 mach 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 would have moved up to 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 onset bodies 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 well that comes ever more european nations are in talks to receive a sputnik visa supplies tell you and business leaders told us the process could also improve. i believe we can improve the russia e.u. relationship in terms of the bad sort of roll out the supply of alternative taps is limited and it's fallen short of meeting 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 back said i'm sure vaccines should not be held hostage to jail politics.

to be rude give to russia gave to the world or she could use 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 and 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 via broad it's not new concept of cooperation with other nations in terms of economy and health care i think you can subsequently lead to the improvement of relations between russia the e.u. and the world. you k. companies are considering a much criticized no job no job policy that would make vaccination mandatory for employees in response trade unions are threatening legal action past the government to intervene. we think the primary house the key compete will say things and i say

trade unions you know we encourage you. to get back to what priority for work is to get back to the same time we think given this so many people who have even a job that people should be. to mines for having had that we think you know we want to see. things in place we can't see that the nation is just like . a chat box and not 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 things. well some british firms have already warned they won't hire a staff who refused to help the job and other companies want existing employees to have vaccine passports the government dubbed such moves discriminatory but senior ministers in the same government have previously said the final decisions quote up

to businesses let's have a quick look at the vaccination process is currently developing in the u.k. we've got more than 16000000 doses delivered nationwide but there has been a lower uptick among people from ethnic minority groups including those in the workforce from deprived areas in dalton again told us why some still have questions . i think that most trading out 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 it's possible to convince people of all the safety measures that need to be take a while back we've had some of the stock the best way to convince people about the vaccine being safe is if it isn't in the hands of the national group who made it seem public ownership only democratic control of audrey trade you know today it's working class people that you know that would reassure people rather than being in the hands. of the government. deadly storms

in the southern us killed at least 47 people in the worst affected state texas millions are struggling to access to clean water while thousands of households have been left without power president joe biden has the 3rd a major disaster in the area a locking phones for those most adversely affected during the extreme freeze energy usage has soared and power bills for many texans have skyrocketed some residents have rocked up by low tricity costs over $10000.00 in the last number of days or to scale up in reports and the disaster has again laid bare infrastructure problems in the country. in texas a snow storm 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 the. home of 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. would go out to a place like this is not a bust a 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 or. 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 you know we have the richest country in the world we just sent. you know another space ship up to mars. we could tackle any problem that the government had the will to tackle the problem is they don't have the will to fix civilian infrastructure they don't care about the 99 percent of people who depend

on that infrastructure all the money's being siphoned off to the one percent who don't need roads pseudo you know they don't need a road say fly in their helicopters or private planes soon there they will have their flying cars. ok let's change gears now and go to the u.k. and london to people who've been missing going into the local during luck you may be in luck one former bar monitor has given a whole new meaning to the phrase a quick pint. basically it started with maybe off and i got to live it all for pie and 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 pour how can i get a fresh bike to them so i came up with the idea pop to door basically a white van appears and you're like what is this in europe in the park and you get your real tub and type ask 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 160 missing apparently 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 i'm out of 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 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 from aldi the idea is is that we bring a culture to create this 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 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 us u.k. london. still away and needless to say you can't go anywhere these days but heard

a mask of all down the years of progress against plastic waste we predict are not storing for you very.

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. no no rush but i thought put a stop. on things on their way. back home like american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. of the deal. one by elsa storm on. 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 arabs who were to prove your new. found great secret. if

you were going to school. you. know almost a 100 years later the 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. the global markets approximately just under 2 trillion so certainly within a few months because it will be evolving over silver it's on its way and my believe in 2021 to get half way or so against the market capitalization of gold that is 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.

just coming up to 18 minutes past the hour a moscow court rejected appeal by russian opposition figure our lexing a volley against his sentence for parole violations earlier this month the kremlin critic was sentenced to a little under 3 years in jail reporting from outside the court our senior correspondent. while the the judge did reject their legs he devised these appeal to have the have the said to dismiss it did shorten the length 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 at a hospital he couldn't possibly have contacted these parole offices. made his whereabouts noon and the the judge neither the judge nor the prosecutors

brought 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 time just to recap than his brother were given 3 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 wagner was given a suspended sentence followed by years of parole 6 years and all of parole and 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 you were seen traveling across the country giving interviews you had taken 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 ali's defense used was that the european court of human rights had called his sentence this does jail. and has cooled 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 under no circumstances obligated to release an election of on that this was have the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and

allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran him calling the veteran a sellout for example the coups the lot of resident amongst russians but even their election of on the was the far refusing to apologize. let's start our world update this hour in barcelona where protests are continuing there and in other cities across spain for a 5th consecutive night as you can see a lot of burning on the streets and a big police presence turning back the protesters from certain streets it's all really or it started off 'd after the detention of a. rapper from castle who was detained after criticizing the monarchy supporting abbas separatists cripple social media posts from 28 dean he was arrested earlier in their week but it also comes against

the backdrop of elections where pro independence parties but with a 50 percent of the vote for the 1st time. offense throughout the evening here in moscow let's take a look at other stories we're cross today. use watertown and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters. or build demonstrators and economic reforms the resignation of the president they released of those detained in the rallies the country's being rocked by protests from more. german city paid tribute to the victims of an attack by a far right extremist one year 'd he opened fire near should bars killing 9 people pictures of those who lost their lives were held aloft during a procession through the city of. the

marks of the supposable facemasks made from plastic is being blamed for a significantly worsening or problem this made about our mentalist fear the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years that it was a big fight against plastic waste in fact a scale of that waste to starve during the u.k. for instance more than a $100000000.00 masks are discarded each week enough to cover a football pitch hundreds of times over it forms a significant part of the u.k.'s plastic litter $1500.00 tons a month while the breakdown of such plastic takes centuries to the global consumption not a good picture either a recent study estimates $6000000000.00 or being produced daily to satisfy a current demand environmentalist allison all to newton says the overreliance on mosques poses many risks being 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 break down into micro plastics say mosques are a particular concern for us and they're everywhere. yet some hospitals are still complaining about the supply of masks is not meeting them and that's despite global production of face coverings increasing dramatically at the end of $21000.00 and rising since the i was an obgyn utan again believes the short term benefit of masked 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 in 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. . ok to what's being labeled a modern day david and goliath battle a small village in northern france is resisting billionaire mosques plans to install tell of their for his high speed satellite internet project starlink. she's electromagnets and feel like shit they're giving up

a lot of questions for his obvious 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. of course you don't want i want to fuse 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. is your weekend news update for nora dunn will be here bringing you any and all big developments your way again at the top of the hour live from moscow every hour of the day this is our team international good buy.

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afshin rattansi we're going underground for another lock down edition away from headlines in nato nations of the united arab emirates as are 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 sarah amery thanks sarah so what's very raw coming on the show as i say the headlines here all about princess the tea for dubai not about mars a tall tell me about the hope mission and how question is it is our 1st plant or 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 a very 1st weather satellite to better understand the dynamics happens around an entire martian 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 worked with the united states universities of colorado arizona state university rest of california berkeley to.