as far as i was reasonable. news the e.u. announces new sanctions against russia over the case of opposition figure. 8 months for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for all. infiltrating russian language media leaks documents suggest the u.k. government sought to boost the negative coverage and weaken russia. in moscow as a 3rd russian registered in the. training course the tells employees to quote.

live from moscow this is the international money bright welcome news this hour 1st the decided to expand sanctions against russian citizens in sentencing kremlin critic alexina valmy is currently serving 2 years 8 months for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for all. to revenge around a situation of need to not only. we reach a political ribbon to impose grist to give measures against those chris principle for his arrest and sentencing and persecution. and for doing that the 1st time ever remake usual to be in union global human gretsch regime to descend but we know that there will be sanctions we don't know exactly what they'll

be your who will be the target of them we expect that it will be focusing on both related to the the jailing of kremlin critic alexei in the valley or expect any investigative committee the national guard the prosecutor general's office as well as the federal penitentiary service to all be the targets of the sanctions that have been promised on monday what we heard from those that brought out the high representative for foreign affairs of the european union was that this came following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the e.u. they were also joined by u.s. secretary of state anthony blanket at one point down the live from washington that they were all in agreement that russia had been acting as an adversary we also wanted to do. more support to all those engagement a country and russia in defending the political and civil freedoms. and at the

same time we must define a moderate be the end it to avoid to permanent confrontation with a neighbor. cool unfortunately seems to have decided to act senator shelby. unfortunately some of those statements from high representative birrell could well be interpreted in moscow as a change in the e.u. attitude towards russia suggesting they may well be actively get involved in russian domestic issues that is very unlikely to go down well in russia we've heard earlier from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov who was talking about the relationship between brussels and moscow and the state that it currently finds it self in just a lover of says that is all down to the european union but that russia is willing to make amends if the european union also wants to do the same.

the framework of the relations between russia and the youth has been deliberately destroyed by brussels we must be a group of developments it's up to the e.u. to choose if they decide that relations must be rebuilt or burst will also be ready for it well this latest developments all off the back of the jailing of kremlin critic alexei no violently he's looking at 2 and a half years in a penal colony for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence that was handed down to him in 2014 when he was found guilty of having to fraud a french cosmetics company we are expecting to find out in about a week's time according to usa but al exactly who will be the target of the sanctions and what those sanctions will directly and tail. are let's go live to brussels now then get reaction from independent political analysts to go to dr a welcome back to r.t. no we don't have the specifics of what the planning but something's definitely in

the pipeline in the next week or so do you expect any sanctions on individuals to have any effect on russia. it will have no ill effects and i don't think that those who are imposing these sanctions expect them to have an effect the effect that they're looking for is not in russia the effect that they're looking for is in the united states i think that it's entirely appropriate the blinken was here in brussels to participate in the well at least to witness the decisions being taken by the european union because they are entirely in line with the overall foreign policy posture of the biden administration which is a propaganda blast that is a smoke screen behind which some business can actually be done the we have to go back 10 days to secure enough rovs. very stunning speech in which he said that if russia's economic interests or vital interests were put in

danger then russia would cut relations when we've heard today is nothing resembling a threat to russia's economic or vital interests and so the e.u. in talking tough. showing itself as a worthy partner for the united states in a cold war propaganda exercise is saying clear of doing anything while threatening to do anything that might seriously damage the relations with russia and lead to a a hunt for 'd the options that couldn't threaten to would have been to to cut the north stream to project or of course think the new so-called nuclear option 2 has been in discussions for 3 years to kick russia out of the script nothing of the sort was on the table today so i think they can take comfort in moscow at 3.

tap on the wrist which is an exercise internal to the united states and europe. and within europe is internal to the major powers germany france and the the most vigorous and say russian powers of the baltic states and all so give these are all internal matters in the e.u. just as the whole of russia gate was an internal u.s. domestic policy issue and which russia was unfortunately 'd we join in for the purposes of one of the other side so in terms of trying to take all those boxes the several has been trying to do have a sense that seemingly ill fated to trip to moscow as far as a number of any pays are concerned has it even been possible to straddle those 2 priorities of being able to please those in the e.u. who wanted to see some sort of action against russia and also making sure it didn't antagonize sensitive and lucrative business on the other i think you're i think you

have pinned down the issues that are the fundamental issues which relate to the weakness the interests a sickness the. incompetence of the e.u. or for a ts and for those who just want to surf the headlines which they find in mainstream they will think something is out and for those who dig a little bit deeper it's obvious that nothing is the end and there is no e.u. foreign policy. and in terms of precedent here what are your thoughts or concerns there that if something happens politically that doesn't quite chime with whoever's in whatever position in brussels and strasburg that it just means that like that drop of a hat you can start sanctioning individuals. this is cheap it costs the e.u. nothing and it really doesn't do any damage to russia so it is a kind of holding pattern treading water. hoping that there will be better

times sounding like the e.u. has consensus and unanimity when nothing of the sort really exists within the e.u. . as to setting a precedent i think but they took great pride to say we're exercising the powers given to them under the latest kind of magnitsky act of the european sort they don't quite make that speech but it comes to the same idea as a universal power or obligation of the e.u. authorities to defend european values against the rest of the world and their in their present sanctions being considered against russia are sold to us as a demonstration of the application of this new law of course it's entirely hypocritical since the net result of the application of the law will be nil even if this is a somewhat tokenistic castiel often foreign policy and as you say it's already

going to make much of a difference one way or another to people here in moscow what does this bode for the future of already low relations between the in moscow. i think it encourages realism in moscow as to what are the limits of cooperation and productive. exercises with the e.u. these limits are very low the potential for proving to the near future is very low . at the same time there may yet be a reversal within the united states there is a going to be a battle in the next months over the extent to which the united states the removes its threatened sanctions on germany and other european participants in north stream to then here despite his appearing to be the tough man. lincoln is

actually an advocate of moderation having his own personal history involved with involvement in these very questions of russian pipelines and we do about them when the united states is pitted against its european allies who are the access to your 2 russian energy sources blinken has in the past going back 20 years been a moderate and a reasonable person and it's on these matters so it the others within washington are much less reasonable so the u.s. policy on north stream on relations with europe on a coordination of common policy against its its adversaries being united states and being a china and russia these things will be hammered out in the coming months but depending on what happens in the states we may expect a european institutions to fall into line and could busy geopolitical spring ahead have him weigh her half an hour in brussels political analysts go but they'll try

thanks for joining us on r.t. international my pleasure. next the british government appears to be behind a multi-million pound push to quote weaken the russian state the documents allege that the u.k. hopes to boost negative coverage of russia by seeking journalists and contract has to infiltrate the country's media well i guess they have as the story. the plan was or it is simple enough the british government and its agencies recruit independent media sometimes even desired and direct their programming manage them in order to and i quote weaken the russian state it's all in the leaked papers the foreign and commonwealth office is looking for an implementor or consortium to scope a design deliver an evaluative program of interventions that will enhanced the skills and capacity or for us and journalists this project will support a wider regional her majesty's government program to counter the russian

government's narrative and domination of the media and information space so there's even more there since what these papers paint is a picture of the british government perverting independent media twisting their reporting to suit britain's needs and wants there are get involved with we call will or opinions the young and using them to subvert older generations get them to turn on the kremlin or on russian values by capitalizing on close family ties among russian speakers and revoking the spirit of the baltic way we will use young russian speakers as agents of change to influence their parents and grandparents generations and amplify distance you are able to identity through family centers direct outreach events propaganda by air land and sea a number of russian language outlets were mentioned specifically some radically adze

government and whose claim to credibility has been their independence claim that will be now much harder to make if indeed they pocketed british money that came with strings attached and judging by these papers they weren't so much strings as cables. we are currently delivering audience segmentation and targeted support for 2 of russia's lead in independent media outlets medusa and media zona and the range of independent investigative journalists in conjunction with data analysts and kids college london the british government allegedly adjusting the independent media's editorial and commercial strategies imagine russia was caught a devising and directing independent media in britain scandal would have been deafening naturally moscow wants aren't. the foreign office documents leaked to the internet reveal that the british government financial support and directly

manage its various informational outlets as worse created and network of influencers and russian social media there are hundreds of documents revealing the london propaganda machine we are region down and waited for london's reaction maybe it is all lies the documents detail dozens of potential programs and strategies it is impossible to verify how many were brought to life how many journalists were drafted into this propaganda offensive and how deep this corruption girls how much damage has been done what is clear is that combined with other recent revelations linking russian language media outlets to foreign governments hostile governments the title independent media and independent journalist is going to spawn much more skepticism than trust. of staying the k. and schools in england could reopen next month despite daily newco in cases

hovering around the $10000.00 mark right now prime minister boris johnson earlier told m.p.'s all the other restrictions could hopefully be phased out by late june r.t. shaadi edwards daschle has the details. well according to boris johnson the prime minister this 3rd lockdown is going to be the last he's just announced his route and road map out of this lock down and he says he has described it as a one way road to freedom and has essentially said that the united kingdom be cautious but this policy is irreversible the threat remains substantial with numbers and hosting only now beginning to fall below the peak of the 1st wave. but were able to take the steps because of the resolve of the british public. success of origin us in battle 18 more than 17500000 people across the u.k. well the united kingdom has been in this 3rd full scale national lockdown for some

2 months now so it's a hugely welcome to move than boris johnson says much of it is to do with his success of the government's vaccination grown out scheme of course we're now looking at 17700000 people have been vaccinated up and down the country and that's one of the motivating factors to lifting the lockdown scenario think proposes a 4 step process with 5 weeks in between each process for the government to pause and reflect and analyze the data before moving on to the next step so the 1st key date is march the 8th that's when all schools will reopen and outdoor socialising will also be permitted with one other person depending on how all of that then goes we will move through the other phases as well with non-essential shops pubs bars and restaurants and things like the gym cinemas hair and beauty all of those such things will begin their reopening to step 4 is the final step it won't happen till at least the end of june and that will see

a removal of all limits of social contact as i say no earlier than the end of june but that is basically the goal that is basically the return to normality with people being able to go about their lives as freely as they wish but the united kingdom is not alone in this. it's lockdown measures we only have to look to other countries across europe like germany which is also following suit despite case numbers still being incredibly high despite that grim fact the statistics remain at the high level many regions across the country have begun the process of reopening their schools and it's causing a lot of worry and panic among education and science unions who fear that the process is being rushed through far too soon from my point of view you can't keep the school soap and when it becomes clear that the infection risk is rising considerably the regions that are now opening the cerise and schools are running high risk all covert 19 has gripped the world for the last 12 months or so and

while it is safe to say that everybody is incredibly desperate to see lockdown ending the key question is whether or not it's really safe to end these lockdowns considering case numbers are so high. now to tell you no procedure has been inoculated with the sputnik jab while on tour in moscow and ahead of a performance of the bolshoi theatre she told us why. you knew this would be out there was that what you know since i am in moscow to work at the bolshoi theater had an opportunity to take this politically short term took it in europe's putting 3 is considered one of the most effective it is amazing that russia made its vaccine available to whoever wants to get it as a foreigner i had the opportunity to get inoculated for free but many people even asked me whether they can come to russia and get vaccinated it won well for me i didn't experience any side effects. of vaccines helped to bring down the number of daily new covert cases here in russia on saturday a 3rd national shot was registered and scheduled for distribution next month and

the maria coorey compare the situation with bigger opinion and hopes that sputnik very will get to the block to. where i'm that but when it comes to europe it is a huge problem that it is failing to vaccinate all citizens as quickly as possible it hampers their return to work however here in moscow everything is up and running on quite a regular basis shops theaters everything is open we musicians feel shocks to have all the theatres as well as other cultural facilities closed i can't understand why there is the slowdown in europe mightily in france are very preoccupied b. are afraid that it will complicate the postcode recovery and i'm in favor of sending sputnik the supplies to europe and elsewhere if it helps overcome the problem of vaccine shortages and allows everyone to get vaccinated if. the for the backlash against coca-cola after an employee revealed that training workers to be less white he goes to an office the story. club soda flavors caffeine and ton

of sugar it's a well guarded secret for sure but there can't be much more to bring up an iconic coke but how can we make it even better coca-cola thought well how about we make our white employees a less white but put down your stones at least for now this has nothing to do with blackface but rather a training course for workers the video circulating on social media is from a publicly available learning series and there's not a focus of a company's curriculum better together global learning curriculum is possible learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace in the program and almost step by step guide on how to get the vice of whiteness out of you be less arrogant be less oppressive be more humble well let me something for you real quick just quit

acting like a jerk would jump and generally speaking it's great advice to follow while navigating through life all together but when the public found out some weren't happy that all those negative traits had been dumped on one particular race sadly the irony of confronting racism by telling you to be less of your skin color will be lost on many i don't know about you but i can do in coca-cola products any more emergent cook telling employees to be less black or be less jewish it's all except a bill and unethical to tell anyone to be less of their race religion if in the city 6 you orientation it's the drug i'm ashamed to have coca-cola on my resume however some users push back and hailed coca-cola of its efforts they should have changed this to talk specifically about whiteness and not be less white but good in coca-cola for doing this work only bigots are mad at coca-cola for the less white training that the only ones who won't even examine what else is there. because they

said to themselves in white the pity proving the training's very premise the majority of that content looks to be in point it's that last slight which is an issue because of the rigidity of corporate america coca-cola is just the latest in a host of companies to help on the world bandwagon from changing profile pictures to show support for the black lives matter movement to rebranding the whole product lines deemed to be well behind the times.

to eat healthy used to be all about carbs fats and proteins not anymore though racism bigotry and intolerance literally on the menu and you better watch out after all you are what you eat. facebook has by mistake been blocking messages from public authorities promoting vaccination against a kind of it calling into question the platforms effectiveness and helping awareness campaigns reach their audience the restrictions made it very difficult for the township in our efforts to inform our residents about important information regarding covered 1000 registration and on dates this is very unfair. in september messages from 110 groups and institutions in the united states and europe began being removed from ad rotation and sent to

a register of political messages since then facebook's acknowledged the mistake and restore the post from a few of those organizations well we have temporarily paused as about social issues selections the ripple effects we continue to allow ads about covered 19 that promote vaccine efficacy and have made our guidance to advertisers on how to run them publicly available we spoke to a specialist in internet law who believes this case is part of a wider problem. through the course no suggestion they had to be so kadian because of liberal asked by 3 of the global usages to be however all are we to know their stories book by no believe. be varying certain i divert a certain outcome brains in order to suit its own political agenda 3 know now they phrase book eve a political player and it could be it could certainly be that one day our facebook

rules the side to promote an agenda is promoting chaos there are plenty of political groups in ideologies to rival kaos. big problem of course now for his book use date one facebook has declared itself is a political player once facebook is that it has got people who are of varying a certain political ads who are very certain political opinions and views we are always going to look at 3 stuck in very very suspicious of these. he states and his ambassador to the democratic republic of congo has been killed while traveling in a u.n. convoy in the east of the african country look at a ton c.-o. was reportedly heading towards the schools as part of the world food programme and its reports claim the assailants were attempting to kidnap diplomatic staff and italian police officer protecting the envoy and also their congolese driver were

also killed in the incident. while in haiti anti-government demonstrators have clashed with police the unrest been ongoing for weeks now after the country's president refused to step down that his term ends in february 2022 the demonstrators say president morsi says already have a stay. under accusing him of being a dictator also while the u.s. ambassador to the country of washington supported the president's claim to power. spain's catalonia region riot police have faced off with activists over nice who were protesting against the recent jailing of cats not rapper problem hostle arrested last tuesday the musician was found guilty of insulting the spanish royal family hand glorifying terrorism and his next and in tweets as well protests a bit ongoing abbas a lot of a sense with people saying that the rappers prosecution is at all swayed freedom of

expression. and that's the way it looks for now from moscow thanks for checking in with out see international i'll have your next update right here in just over an hour c n n. l looking forward to talking to you on. that technology should work for people. must obey the orders given by human beings except where such conflict with the 1st law should your identification for should be very careful about official intelligence at the point of view screen is too great a transfer evidence here. conflicts on various charts and with artificial intelligence will summon the demon.

must protect its own existence with existence. if. it. i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching another lockdown edition of going underground as nato nations are called mainstream media arguably ignores coronavirus vaccine colonialism of the rich benefit from the virus in part 2 will be speaking to a danish minister about how a vaccine wealthy countries building an energy island but 1st guinea is declared in a bowl or epidemic in its 1st outbreak since 216 when over 11000 people died this

after the w.h.o. criticized rich countries for over ordering covert vaccines joining me now from abou jane nigeria's one of the world's top coronavirus health care professionals and senior atlantic fellow for health equity at george washington university dr if we know so for thanks so much athena for coming on i've been a 1st start off i know we're in song about it certainly here in the e.u. how bad is it in guinea in the rest of the west africa the w.h.o. put 6 countries on the ok thanks again option for having me on so i think it's a lot of people i think that again eat that bit of the high standard of a lot but have been fed i think i could be the concrete guinea. africa you know. maybe it could be deal with it but. because up of all the let's be let go but you know i'm a composite of deal i've been i've been i'm exist the box.