world corrupted you need to descend. to join us with a debt. or a me with a show. russia accuses the e.u. of meddling in its entirety in the files as the bloke imposes sanctions over the jailing of opposition figure aleksei deval ne who suffering time for fraud. infiltrating the russian language media leaked documents suggest the british government sought to boost negative coverage and we couldn't russia. while in england prime minister bars johnson hopes it's time lucky steps around to lifting the latest lockdown starting with schools next month that's despite posts distantly high daily new code infection. and we're now down to italian opera singer gets the

sputnik v one tool and mosco as a russian covert vaccine is registered in the country. probably not a surprise this is our national always good to have you with us. well 1st up this hour moscow sees newly imposed sanctions as an attempt to interfere in russia's entire as the block is demanding the release of kremlin critic alex a to follow me who is in jail time for breaching the tabs of a suspended sentence for fraud. to events around the situation of to not only. we reach a political ribbon to impose grist to give measures against those

responsible for his arrest and sentencing and persecution. and for doing that the 1st time ever really make usual to be in union global human gretsch regime to descend where 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 by the end 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 blinken 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 who unfortunately seems to have decided to act as senator sorry. unfortunately some of those statements from high representative 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 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 to a french cosmetics company we are expecting to find out in about a week's time according to yossi but al exactly who will be the targets of the

sanctions and what those sanctions will directly and tail while we've been sounding out some base political analyst ask whether they think the late to sanctions will either hit the mark will backfire. well of course it's an interference into russian affairs we have to see that. there are other allegations in russia being dealt in court concerning the fraudulent use of money and that had been donated to the organization of need and i think it's hard for the e.u. to determine whether these allegations are wrong or whether they are justified and of course the behavior that the european union is showing at the moment is clearly an interference through sanctions which are illegitimate according to chapter 7 of

the u.n. charter and if they are not based on a u.n. security council decision and this is obviously not the case what we've heard today is nothing resembling a threat to russia's economic or vital interests so the e.u. in talking to of. showing itself as a worthy partner for the united states in a cold war propaganda exercise these are all internal matters in the e.u. just as the whole of russia gate there was an internal u.s. domestic policy issue. the british government appears to be behind a multi-million pound purse to quote weaken the russian state leaked documents allege that the u.k. hopes to boost negative coverage of russia by certain janice and contact us to infiltrate the country's media why does death has the details. 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 that 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 design deliver and evaluate a program of interventions that will enhance 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 our 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 and he 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 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 if 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 regent 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 goes out 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. staying with the u.k. schools in england could reopen as early as next month despite daily new covert cases hope for a now around the $10000.00 mark prime minister boris johnson told m.p.'s that all other restrictions could hopefully be phased out by late june reporting from westminster shot at the start. but according to boris johnson the prime minister this 3rd lockdown is going to be the last he has just announced his returns roadmap out of this lockdown and he says he has described it as

a one way road to freedom and has essentially said that the united kingdom will be cautious but this policy is irreversible the threat remains so stern sure with the numbers in hosting only now beginning to fall below the peak of the 1st wave. but we're able to take the steps because of the resolve of the british public. service of our religious in ventilating more than 70500000 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 the success of the government's vaccination rollout 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 what's being proposed is 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 the. 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 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 nurseries and schools are running high risk well kovac 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. a renowned italian opera singer has been inoculated with the sputnik the covert job while here on torah mosco and i had a proper form of that the bolshoi theatre she told us why. it was that what you

know since i am in moscow to work at the bolshoi theater i had an opportunity to take this politically short term took it in europe's pretty clear 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 so 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 well the vaccine has helped to bring down the number of daily new covert cases here in russia and on saturday a 3rd national shot was registered and scheduled for distribution next month and a maria curie compared the situation with the european union man hope splitting the will get to the block to. and when i'm there when it comes to europe it is a huge problem that it is failing to vaccinate all citizens as quickly as possible should hempfest 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 c.s.s. as well as all the cultural facilities closed i can't understand why there is the slowdown in europe my 10 pm friends are very preoccupied. that it will complicate the postcode recovery i'm in favor of sending sport think the supplies to europe and elsewhere if it helps overcome the problem of vaccine shortages and allows everyone to get vaccinated. while still ahead on the program facebook's been blocking public information on paper to banks in asia the father says it's a mistake we'll tell you why it's pointing the plane in just invites to put out. this is really the beginning of the changing of the guard and now we're now handing the baton off to china as the number one economy in the 21st century the numbers

are there the statistics are there the relationships in your here you are there the relationship with russia and iran is there you know their relationship all over africa is also there. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person of those. things. week here to ask.

well facebook has by mistake been blocking messages from public authorities promoting vaccination against covert it calling into question the platforms effectiveness and helping awareness campaigns of. the restrictions made it very difficult for the township in our efforts to inform our residents about important information regarding covered 1000 registration and updates this is very unfair when september messages from 110 groups on institutions in the us and europe began being removed from adria taishan and sent to a register of political messages since then facebook has acknowledged a mistake unrestored the posts from a few of those organizations while we have temporarily paused as about social issues and actions to report the takes we continue to allow as about cover the promote vaccine africa see and have made there are going to advertise on how to run

them publicly available we spoke to a specialist in international who believes the issue is a part of a wider problem. there is of course no suggestion that of dislocation this is a liberal act by facebook globally suggesting this however who are we to know facebook by know deliberately be varying certain. certain campaigns in order to suit its own political agenda we know now that facebook is a political player and he could be it could certainly be that one day facebook will decide to promote an agenda that is promoting chaos there are plenty of political groups and ideologies that drive a chaos. did the problem of course now for facebook is that once facebook has

declared itself is a political player once facebook is said a it has got people who are varying a certain political ads were varying so settled political opinions and views we are always going to look at facebook in a very very suspicious ari's. the family of a boy who had taken froze to death in texas are selling power companies for a $100000000.00 tragedy struck after temperatures dropped dramatically last week and the lone star state they live in year old died on tuesday at his family's mobile home he was sharing a bed with his younger brother under several blankets trying to stay warm their home had reportedly been without power for days just like many others amid the snowstorm investigators are still looking into the cause of death but the family ne says the boy died of hypothermia. despite having knowledge of the dial weather

forecast for at least a week in advance and the knowledge that the system was not prepared for more than a decade electric reliability council of texas and to g. failed to take any action that could have averted the crisis and were wholly unprepared to deal with the crisis at hand but even those who do have access to heat or water in the heat and power rather in texas are directing serious questions at energy companies after electricity prices so what i am pretty much $9.00 a kilo what electricity but i was very conservative with my electricity so i have no idea exactly why but it's really so much that early going that i absolutely cannot afford it i'm not exactly sure you know who can bend to the point where some people have totally turned up their power because they can't. they just can't afford it it's a basic necessity for living but you think utilities should not car sprout. over

$4000000.00 power outages were reported as the biz a tour through texas has been an estimated $18000000000.00 worth of damage inflicted throughout the region $15000000.00 people have also reported disruption to the water supply and the 70 have died across the u.s. from the unusually cold conditions meanwhile the governor of texas has pledged to bring the spiraling energy bills under control we're moving quickly to alleviate this problem and we'll continue to work collaboratively through this week and solutions to help texas families and issues they do not get stuck with skyrocketing energy bills while the politicians are also stepping in to help congresswoman sheila jackson lee delivered pizza and water to residents in houston a killer scott imus against ordinary people shouldn't be picking up the tab for the failures of the government and power companies. of course this is a natural disaster for except this because they don't have the infrastructure and they're not ready and prepared for this type of thing but again rather should the

working class where the middle class have to pay for that this needs to be deregulated because the government needs to step in because my way they should be monopolized so that they can charge whatever it is that they want to everyone as far as the employer structure and preparing c they've had time they've known but they chose not to invest in it and so this is what happens it's the perfect storm. well there's been a backlash against coca-cola alternative ploy in her field it's training walkers to be less point equals donal's as 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 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 sum this up 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 q. but i can do in coca-cola products any more emergent cook telling employees to be less black or be less jewish is the except to bill and unethical to tell anyone to be less of their race religion ethnicity 6 you orientation it's the drug i'm ashamed to have coca-cola on my resume however some users pushed back and hailed coca-cola for 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 sematic coca-cola for the less whites training that the only ones who won't even examine what else is there because they send to themselves in white the pity proving the training's very premise the majority of that content looks to be on 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 up literally on the menu and you better watch out

after all you are what you eat. its leaves ambassador to the democratic republic of congo has been killed while traveling in a u.n. convoy in the east of the african country nuka at a nazi it was reportedly heading towards a school as part of the wild food program and this all reports claim the assailants were attempting to kidnap blocked off an italian police officer protecting the cotton for the envoy and the congolese driver who also ok. in the incident. while in haiti antigovernment demonstrators have clashed with police the unrest has you know going for weeks now after the country's president refused to step down claiming his tom answered from 32022 to demonstrate to say president morsi has already overstayed his tom under accusing him of being

a dictator they also want the u.s. ambassador out of the country as washington house support to the president's claim to power. and spain's catalonia region is entering a 7th consecutive night of on grass to riot police off a small for the activists of bossa nova who are protesting the recent j.v. of. arrested last tuesday the musician was found guilty of insulting the spanish world family and brewer find terrorism in his lyrics on tweets protests have been ongoing in boston ever since with people saying the rap is prosecution is that olds with freedom of expression while that's a wrap for this hour up next crosstalk talks joe biden rules. what else should seem wrong. why don't we just don't. let me.

get to she. just did come out to. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't emailed. me from you know. about. me on the bus at us and you know what i'm interested that's in question which we know. of newborn babies were torn from their mothers and given away and forced adoption i don't only want to use the feast the good of my own role but as a fellow mentor to this day mothers still search for grown children while adults look in hope for their birth parents.

hello and welcome to cross that we're all things are considered i'm peter a well there are already strong signs the biden ministration as we turning to the foreign policy of the obama years is this once obama's foreign policies were hardly a success indeed this was the time of endless wars will the biting ministration repeat the mistakes committed under obama.

to discuss these issues in more i'm joined by my guest mark allman in oxford he is the director of the crisis research institute and in budapest we have george 7 well he's a podcast. the gavel which can be found on you too. right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to mark pearse in an oxford continuity in change that's what we always look at when a new administration comes in and we see a lot of continuity and change particularly on the rhetorical side of things we hear we hear that the biden mr asian is essentially going to back away from saudi arabia's genocidal war against yemen but he says it will continue to support the sovereignty of saudi arabia and we we on the 1st day of the biden ministration we have troop movements from iraq into syria so that tells us what's going on here

just a couple days.