i. think. russia becomes the 1st country to approve 3 homegrown coronavirus vaccines after kovacs gets the green light. for unions raise the alarm a few companies look to bring in controversial no jobs no job contracts so the result of that. we don't think given the so many people who aren't even if the. people should be a victim of its. asian. president by declares a major disaster in texas as the state struggles to recover from a growing winter storm.

live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on out in fashion. welcome to the program. the russian has a hat trick of vaccines to tackle the corona virus is the newest to be approved jobs developers say it will also offer protection against the new code variants. quarter talked through the news. 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 berry and for example that needs to be stored at a colder temperature to prevent spoilage now probably that is also currently at the end of phase 2 testing 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 a 3rd vaccine has been budgeted today it was developed by the trauma call of

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 the scenes 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 arco 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 were quite successful we haven't had any reports of any serious reactions to the new vaccine but very pleased with the preliminary results are very encouraging after the 2nd phase will see how the vaccine affects the musicians where 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 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 rona 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 meanwhile ever more european nations are in talks to receive the sputnik vaccine supplies it's only business leaders told us the school soon proved tons of . yes little i believe we can improve the russia e.u. relationship in terms of the battery rollout of the supply of alternative taps is limited and it's fallen short of both european and global to it's no secret that italy germany and france have already turned to the russian government with a little bit about why the russian accent i'm sure vaccines should not be held hostage to jail politics. to be rude give to russia gave to the world particularly 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 v. abroad it's not a 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 the u.k. companies are considering a much criticized no job no job policy that would make a vaccine mandatory for employees in response trade unions are threatening legal action and have asked the government to intervene. we think the priority has to be a key compete all safe and i say trade unions you know we encourage in equal to get that see what priority frontline workers to get back the same time we think given that so many people who hunt hard even a job 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 situation is just like. a check box to solve the problem of car we need to make sure it's part of a range of top. danis you know we look in each workplace about how best we can implement things. or some version of already warned they won't hire staff who refuse to have the job and other companies want to get this thing employees that have vaccine passports the government dubbed such moves the school monitory but senior ministers have previously said the final decision is up to business is let's have a quick look now at how the vaccination program is currently playing out across the u.k. . over $16000000.00 doses have now been delivered across the country there's been a low uptick though among people from ethnic minority backgrounds including those in the workforce from deprived areas in dalton again told us white some still have questions. i think that most trade union up today is

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 is possible to convince people of all the safety measures that need to be taken but that we've sort of in the sack the best way to convince people about the vaccine been safe is if it isn't in the hands of the national drug companies but it's in 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 don't you know commit to the government. deadly winter storms in the southern u.s. have killed at least 47 people in texas millions are struggling to access clean water while thousands of households have been left without power president biden has the cloud a major disaster in the area are looking funds for those hardest hit it was an extreme freeze and his usage has soared and power bills for many texans have

skyrocketed some locals are rocks of electricity costs of more than 10000 dollars artie's reports on how the disasters again laid bare the problems of the country's crumbling infrastructure. 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 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 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 bust 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 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 rivers structure. sure you could turn on the forested 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 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 employees structure to move businesses move 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. now those in london have been missing going down the locals are in lockdown may be in luck one form of wal-mart has given a whole new meaning to the phrase

a quick point. 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 bite to them so i came up with the idea of pop 2 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 deal 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 oh through social media really many instagram and just my friends from the hunks of the missing apparently felt 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 that i would've spent daily just buying lunch from tesco on the takeaway due to be able to save that up and spend it on something i really enjoy like having a nice pint with my mates makes a difference the industry has been hard hits during the pandemic of the $40000.00 pubs all 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 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 it's u.k. london. still you can't go anywhere these days without a mask and that might have been done for years of progress against us they can waste storage coming up after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy own foundation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be

successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by shaped by phone person. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. 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. or any of those because you know no rush

but us throw up at us yes we've got ways to go on things in your bios at the. tables back home but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. is that columbus month real be a losing show 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 moulay a golf you know blown to cloakroom you. know almost a 100 years later the history is repeating itself. great grandfather george time went to russia. probably the worst time to go anywhere why not me. when i come here.

welcome back a moscow court has rejected an appeal by a russian opposition figure alexina valmy against his sentence for parole violations earlier this month the cronin critic was sentenced to a little under 3 years in jail or gets the reports from outside the court. while the the judge did reject their legs he devised these appeal to have the have the sentenced dismissed it did shorten the length of the 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 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 let's involved in his brother were given sentences for their role and embezzling a company in russia out 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 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. 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 ali'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 under no circumstances obligated to release the election of on that this was. 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 veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of residents amongst russians but even their election of on the was defiant refusing to apologize. a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world starting in the united states city of new orleans where 3 people have been killed in a shooting at a gun store near the city there that's according to local police the sheriff said the suspect opened fire within the shop killing 2 people the gunman was then said to have been engaged by others and shot dead local media reported the incident was the result of an argument over the suspected shooter trying to enter the shop with

a loaded firearm. thing in our states parts of a passenger jet engine have rained down on the city of broomfield in the u.s. state of colorado they had come from a united airlines plane that reported an engine failure shortly after taking off from denver the jet had been heading for hawaii but returned to make an emergency landing of back airport parts landed on these residential buildings you can see the holes in the roof are quite miraculous there. casualties and the reason facts were reported despite the extensive damage to the houses. of spain has seen its 5th consecutive nights of mass protests over the jailing of a cattle and rapper hersel was arrested after posting a tweet supporting a basque separatist group and criticizing the monarchy which is this of really the cross the country opposing his attention and branding is

a violation of his right to free speech around 30 people were arrested on saturday night turn violent prime minister announced that as an attack on democracy. police have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in the chilean capital demonstrators are demanding economic reforms the resignation of the president and the release of those the taint of the rallies the country's been rocked by protests for more than a year. in the mass use of disposable face mask is being blamed for significantly was selling the litter problem dismayed 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 is staggering in the u.k. for instance more than $100000000.00 masks sort of scar that 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 tons a month while the breakdown of such plastic takes centuries the global consumption

of masks is just as alarming recent studies estimate $6000000000.00 are being produced every day to satisfy a current demand environmentalist out of sanaa the newtons says the overreliance on masks poses many risks. e.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 or some as with all the still complaining that the supplier masks isn't meeting demand at the spot global production of face coverings increasing dramatically over the last year and a sign of the newton again believes the short term benefit of mosques 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 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 really visit our concerns about plastic and look at reusable masks and make sure whatever happens we don't litter our p.p. . rather what's being labeled a modern day david and goliath battle a small village in northern france is resisting tech billionaire plans through his

thought and turnover for his high speed i thought in a product styling. jews are literally making magic feel like shit they're giving up a lot of questions for his artistic 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. of course i 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 says

we're in a very rural area with many farmers around us. up next our documentary continues to follow the lives of indigenous tricksy people in russia's far north east if he when i was on and off and out to bring you the latest headlines we'll see you back. it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't healed. me from your. feet a market economy suppose. you mean in the us at the source mean old of the interest and they seem to you know. of newborn babies were torn from their mothers and given away and forced adoption i don't only want to feel that my own role but as a fellow mentor to this day mothers still search for grown children well look in

hope for their birth parents. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race often spearing dramatic developments only really i'm going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. while the demick no certainly no border is just blind to nationalities. as much. we don't have the facts in the whole world to.

judge a. 2 commentary crisis with this system to times we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created for the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. 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 jaw that it was my fear of the villain was received because i have nothing i have nothing that is not. aloof or resources i look for jobs i look for everything i can to make this

house. in oil of doing is. the road to the american dream paved with did refuse it's this barrier idealized image as. americans look pastika deaths that happen every single day this is a history of the usa america. is the news anything in the last 4 years it was the fact there we had this transformational president with really grand aspirations that were broadly supported by the american people in the most populous present in the 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 having worked

in the white house in the executive branch of government so much rests on personnel . simply said we're going to but it's interesting going to be searched you did the research. into could decrease. the door just wasn't it would be in. the flow of the national health. and the like you know they got going here on the most well i want someone here and we've got going from i think i want to get my thing with.