headlines this hour an artsy armenia's president agreed to meet opposition leaders at his residence as thousands rally for prime minister nicole passion and to quit the country's divisions deepening after passion and fire the head of the armed forces saying it was part of an attempt to get. both sides of come to come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for front line workers and the head of easy clashes with germany leader angela merkel over her claims that covert passports will have to be used by all member states. that afternoon just gone 3 o'clock am remarks you're watching international cable let's start with those latest developments in armenia them because the opposition

there is holding a mass rally in the capital yet a van they have marched to the presidential residence where the opposition to meet the president they want him to intervene and the people sparked by prime minister nicole passion and firing of the armed forces chief saying that he was part of an attempt to kill you for the march began outside the parliament building where hundreds of cam teva night to stay there 247 until i'm paid to vote on whether to remove passion from office parties constantine has been at the scene since the early morning. but now we're standing in front of the nation's parliament which became the apis center of the current political crisis in armenia there is heavy police presence in the area officers basically cordoned off the parliament building and those in right now they are changing and those police officers in the front row they don't have firearms only but times but the security. behind the fence over

there well they do have automatic automatic fire arms and you know as far as what's going on right now here on the street well you can see people behind me they just kind of wandering around chatting peacefully about the latest news. several dozen opponents of the incumbent prime minister any called question and stayed here overnight demanding his resignation and from you know what we're seeing here there are they are bracing for a prolonged standoff set up tense barricades loading up and supplies and fire was i guess this is another sign that the latest round of the power struggle in armenia could be here to stay and whisper with several people from the crowd some of them were members of the opposition parties and they didn't mince their words when talking about nicole and his policy. issue and you mean you know some of the moans haven't changed we call in the prime minister to step down we will make him quits but only through public press show through the constitution will seeking decision

by force the general stuff simply called him passion and to create it he decided to branded an attempt at military coup that was the last straw was what if it's today we had to get to. here fight to the end this enemy must leave the country to restore home and everything that you see here it came after a turbulent chain of events in the country's capital yesterday the protests were sparked by or mean is top military command calling on the prime minister to step down claim in and i quote that he is an effective management has led the country to the brink of death pasha not immediately fired back accusing those who demanded he's resignation of an attempted coup and called to his supporters to take to the streets you know the opposition that backed the military commanders stage its own rally in year yvonne as fighter jets flew past. the old offices general. rules do your job god borders on the territorial integrity of

armenia this is my order and no one can disobey today we're holding this rally and we'll finish all accidents will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on elections well right now it seems like the prime minister is trying to tone it down a bit he took to his facebook this morning claiming that he has done a lot for the country's military a crease salaries and you know bought plenty of new equipment but it's unlikely that that the masses will resonate among hard core opposition that is present here at the parliament and yesterday we saw that the situation on the ground can ask for reading fast the hour was . right. up right now it's a wait and see approach the opposition has called on

a massive rally in your avant well for us we're going to keep our fingers on the pulse. punches in the reporting that will lead to force their message home opposition supporters brought he had an streets for a time yesterday power lies in traffic and passion on himself i marched through the streets of the capital with his supporters who had this to say. without returning to the square answering the call from our prime minister we stand with him to the end he must put an end to all this there of course fail yes but this form of governmental thrones issues is definitely not acceptable to me the government should be charged to elections in which only the people have the decisive vote we came to see our prime minister of the republic square so the whole world knows that the people support him and an attempt at a military coup in such difficult times seems an acceptable to me for national tensions escalated back in november that was after the signing of

a peace deal between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh armenia's government had vowed victory in the war but the dream was seen as a humiliating defeat back then demonstrators reacted to the trees by storming the government building in yet a van they strongly oppose the prime minister's decision to end the fighting adding that they won't give up the territory ceded under the deal and had agreed to let the pajamas hold on to king parts of the area many armenians there do say that will never forgive him for the loss but we got reaction on the developments with the former prime minister of the going to cut it back. i think that what he's doing he's doing very deliberately it's a mission given to him by someone from the west we all believe that he came to power with one goal to draw russia away from the southern caucasus from armenia to make russia leave the region so that the turkish military can enter the southern caucasus so that nato can gain

a foothold in the region this did not have the support of the military or the people essentially the whole of civil society demands that the prime minister step down i do not believe that he can survive this. well experts told us that the only democratic way out of this crisis is to go for snap elections. should be up to the people to decide their form of government spent certainly the military will want to have their say they're upset you know that they lost the war. they want to make sure that they have a stake in the outcome of the next election you know they really want to force men to position were asked to leave office and we'll just see how the prime minister is able to maneuver and handle such a delicate situation people looking to blame people or contrary to their sickly except a new reality which is to have lost a lot of territory but didn't start the war machine and wasn't to blame for that

it's the military in the buildup for many years of not knowing the military properly and not seeing much as it is we're going to see dr physically remove him. to take care of. in a normal sort of military coup where they would lose to a lot of the judgments he had certain times they were continually pushing him so i think you know action solution is the best for everybody including for 0 and just opposition has a very good chance of winning so if they have certain. because we don't want clashes in the streets was used to shoot demonstrations perhaps. it was the only coming in i'm finding some resistance from us officials sort of elections is the best solution for everybody. in other news today health attorneys have warned against reported u.k. plans to make jobs mandatory for some workers pointing out that it could be illegal england's chief medical officer has already told health staff they're getting you

know that g.t. and the national health service is reportedly considering making it a pretty good tree for an employee but and h.s. dr but gil told us that some medical workers see it as an attack on their autonomy . the idea of making vaccination compulsory is very shortsighted you need to understand the damn if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession given the government already chaotic and much criticized handling of the endemic we've already lost a 1000 health and social. work force due to the pandemic people have been working exhaustingly long hours have witnessed tragic scenes and to attack their professional judgment and autonomy by making this compulsory i think is another straw to break the camel's back meanwhile he came medical chiefs the say that the number of coronavirus patients has dropped and pressure on the n.h.s.

is easing and officials have suggested to you that the country's coded alert level should now be downgraded now with that in mind bob gill her again says that mandatory not kill ation could actually backfire if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment then what does a doctor do if it erode their risk losing their job and losing their profession that they've studied and worked so hard for or they comply so it's quite a big stick to beat the profession with. i don't think anybody could argue against the evidence for vaccination and what the government should try to do is understand if there is significant reluctance why that is so all those all provide the more information but not to coerce them it was the 3rd early on in the and which showed the vast majority or doctors certainly felt that the government had completely missed. the krona virus and derek and that confidence nothing has really happened

to improve that confidence in government. i mean while a boost for the use flagging travel industry could be just months away and it is likely to come in the form of covert vaccination digital passes or at least that's according to the german chancellor. that's the point with respect to digital vaccination bass all member states agree that when he says a thing the technical preparations were done by the european commission as well as member states in january now when he simple man that's said that there's comfortability among different national passes we in germany have decided that it will develop such a vaccination that the key data that is digital past mass contain had been defined by the european commission and member states. of america there may have jumped the gun because the european commission president has yet to confirm anything solid with more on the story his charlotte dubinsky. that scene certificates of controversial put it does seem after what angle

a local said that this could be completely for the you know germany and france were originally said to be resistant to this idea but the fact that she's now giving it the green light well that is a game changer but while it seems that merkel was saying that face it being approved there was a bit of a different story coming out from the leaders in the official statement it wasn't so sure essentially saying that they would be a common approach and this would be an issue will be visited this is what will delay and say on the vaccine certificates. indeed we discussed this topic as you know there are still a number of open question political question the 1st one is of course what these certificates will be used for but they're also scientific questions that are still open shots of computer. but largely to draw attention to the fact that when i say health pass that cannot depend on one's vaccination because if we manage at some

point in this bring to reopen some of these places we cannot condition their eggs that somewhere the one has been one x. native where we wouldn't have even a bump in the vaccination campaign to the younger should not get a call for a vaccine stupid you originally came from countries like greece and cyprus who are already green lit their own plans to allow travelers from the u.k. and from israel to go there at holiday this year if they can show that they are being and look elated but there's huge criticism of this idea especially given the massive problems there have been rolling up the couvade 900 vaccine in the u. many feel that this would essentially create a 2 tier system it would be unfair a form of discriminations there have also been many major issues surrounding the supply of cope with 900 vaccines have been distribution issues in lower ringback than expected deliveries and. still some european leaders have been pretty sniffy about some of the vaccines particularly the astra zeneca vaccine now the e.u.

leaders following their 1000000000 homefront senses they also clenched quickly for patient all 900 vaccines this is what the joint statement clearly has had to say we need to urgently accelerate that water isolation production and distribution of back since as well as vaccination russia says it's ready to step up and send doses of sputnik to the e.u. to vaccine was recently given a glowing report in the medical journal the lancet which ranked being one of the most effective vaccines against the virus the e.u. has said it would purchase me but of course that will be subject to regulatory approval. and and basically reporting that things don't come cheap this friday afternoon a stray or passes the world's 1st roll forcing google and facebook to pay for news content but have a closer look at that and simple cases and a couple of them. join

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a chemical change in our d.n.a. and this changes the way or genes function. sometimes for generations. hello again has become the 1st country to force tech giants to pay publishers for news content the lower is designed to make facebook and google pay a fair price to the media facebook though had taken the unprecedented step of blocking news posts in a strike here until the government actually made changes to the legislation but the story his trinity chaput us. facebook is refreshing australia after a tumultuous month that saw facebook poll news from its platform and protests the

tech giant will restore news pages in the country following a landmark agreement with the government experts say more countries may follow the internet platforms need to comply with the rule of law or if they are doing business in australia australia officially implementing a law that forces tech titans including google and facebook to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content in news feeds or in search results the whole purpose of the humanitarian crisis has been to give a strong incentive to the digital platforms to do commercial deals with the struggling news media businesses google already striking deals with major australian news businesses in recent weeks including news corp and 7 west media while facebook is promising to pay $1000000000.00 over 3 years to the news industry adding that the social media platform has invested a $600000000.00 since 2018 we're working across the full range of areas where it is important to make sure that the rule of law applies in relation to all of the

things that we do online with the internet to be bipolar vices of modern life the so-called news media bargaining code comes just days after the government introduced some last minute amendments to the proposed bill after fierce pushback from both google and facebook we've agreed to make some clarifications to the code when it comes to the designation process by the treasurer of a particular digital platform a one month notice period will be put in place the country's unprecedented new law has been vigorously debated in recent months facebook even shut down news pages in opposition of the legislation last week those actions were completely indefensible after serious back and forth australia's treasurer josh frydenberg and facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg finally came to an agreement for facebook has ready for. astray in return facebook agreed to restore the news pages and lift a ban on australians accessing and sharing news australian officials say this new

law will ensure news media businesses are fairly compensated for content they generate now many are wondering if there will be similar legislation implemented in other countries already facebook is exploring potential news licensing agreements in canada while microsoft is working with european publishers to push big tech platforms to pay for news in new york trinity chavez r.t. already has kerry harrison told us that the new law is fully justified. it's very simple it's as if in the old days you publish a newspaper and then somebody came and stole your newspaper put it in their own stand and then added their own ads to it and made a profit it didn't give you anything back for it well there would be a problem there have been always for many many years and lawsuits because of it so clearly it's that time now when facebook has done enough stealing the already steal our data it's worth billions of dollars where i went who i talk to who my friends

are who my friends are not what do i eat all of that and i get nothing 0 for them to sell and resell and resell that data in the united states right now corporations are much more powerful than government facebook wants to own everything its goals are to own everything does facebook want to do york times to be the newspaper of record no facebook wants facebook to be there's no editor in chief of the internet hello you could publish a blog boy if you make it look good it looks like the new york times that people don't know the difference that's been facebook's conceit ever since 2006 it is the largest news organ other than yahoo in the world it's not going away. quickly to some of the world news and thousands of people have taken to the strange georgian capital tbilisi to oppose the arrest of an opposition leader there he's accused of inciting violence protests back in 2019 the opposition says the u.s. there was politically motivated and is courting thing you treat elections by fight

is a military helicopters in japan have been working to put out a huge mountain fire threatening nearby residence more than 200 households have been asked to leave the area for their safety and authorities in china been skin central russia hey have imposed a state of emergency after heavy snow storms that brought roads to a standstill more than 600 papers have been evacuated and of being hanged in temporary accommodation. viney many small brewis have been hit hard by the closure of bars and restaurants joining the pandemic and many and the warning that they may not survive with more on the story his piece for all of us. was whether its munich's october 1st all colognes carnival plays a leading role in germany's big celebrations has hit those parties hard as the

need to implement coronavirus measures that seemed cancelled and bars and restaurants closed which in turn has had a knock on effect for brewers who really bad this is situation off the smaller breweries because say they're often selling their beers in restaurants shops and see no pops and restaurants are closed since november so there is no real sales at the moment for them beer sales of actually being declining in germany for a while now understood to be due to health concerns but over the last year they have gone off a cliff 17.3 percent down on year on year sales for april 14 point one percent down for november some have looked to diversify to move with the times when it court in bavaria overturned a ruling banning the sale of alcohol in public spaces last month this brewery in munich set up

a bed machine. so we have here the mobile tank which was created with 2 other companies and here you have fresh 10 beer in the you can tap using the up all the have to do is download the top of your credit card and then if you scan secure code you can type directly through the app and also be contact less so that is also entirely covered conformant while a brewery near nuremberg saw a rush on their lock down creation named vaccine the 2000 cans they produced selling out in just over 3 hours cans and bottles they usually the territory of the larger producers the vast majority of germany small brewers sell direct to bars and restaurants all. all of which are closed with no real indication when they'll reopen the german government towers provided financial aid and while it has helped it isn't a solution over 300 brewers of signed an open letter sent to angela merkel's

government warning of an existential crisis in the industry while a lot of the talk has been about getting schools shops and hairdressers open there's no end in sight to covert restrictions on the hospitality industry if i can open i have to take on more debt but i really need an opening date i understand that it's difficult with the situation as it is but if i don't have an opening date i don't know. how much money i will need to until that day and i constantly will need to keep looking for more money somewhere and this is just it's i'm just immense challenge and eventually it will not work any more and eventually water won't make any sense this breweries use the time that they've been closed during the pandemic to upgrade production facilities in order to allow them to sell beer in towns but that's all comes with extra costs and extra costs come with extra risks just by a government support alone it's impossible to survive this so it's just more and

more debt and eventually it's already almost impossible to get money from banks because they're seeing the situation as it is and why would they give businesses that are basically bankrupt at this stage why would they give them money so it shows private investors that you rely on that you hope that they were believe in the business believe that they can come back strong the hope is that scenes like these can be seen again by the summer but fears over variance of covert 19 spreading through germany as many painting a less than rosy image for the remainder of 2021 which will likely lead to a continuation of restrictions in some form all of which will take a serious toll on germany's breweries peter all over. well they're. just coming up to a half past 3 in the afternoon in moscow thanks for watching r.t. international have more few in about half an hour's time don't forget there are always plenty of stories at our website at r.t. dot com.

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