virtual power go to the hospital before i go. away as for middle east revolution will weigh. the headlines in r.t. armenia's president agrees to meet opposition leaders at his residence is friday for prime minister nicole passion and to quit the country's divisions a deepening after passion and fire the head of the armed forces saying that he was part of an attempt to. come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for frontline workers and that the head of the clashes with germany later angle of merkel over her claims that covert passports will have to be used by the states. good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in the russian capital you're watching out

international ok well let's start with those latest developments then in armenia because the opposition there is holding a mass rally in the capital yet a van they've marched to the presidential residence where the opposition is meeting the president they want him to intervene in the up pave all sparked by the prime minister nicole passion firing the armed forces chief saying he was part of an attempted k. the march began outside the parliament building where hundreds have camped overnight they vowed to stay there 247 until pays vote on whether to remove passionate man from office parties constantine rushkoff has been at the scene since only more. right now we're standing in front of the nation's parliament which became the app or 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. ron rowe

they don't have firearms only but tons of the security of behind the fence over there well they do have automatic firearms and you know as far as what's going on right now here on the street well you can see the 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 in supplies and firewood is i guess this is another sign that the latest round of the power struggle in armenia could be here to stay and whispered 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 it was today we had to get to. fight to the end this enemy must leave the country to restore 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 claiming 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 his 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 him and then my old the old

soldiers officers generals 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 increased 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 allays fast. was was . that right now it's

a wait and see approach the opposition has called on a massive rally in year of on while force we're going to keep our fingers on the pulse. reporting the will to force that message home opposition support is blocked yet of on the streets yesterday paralyzing traffic and passion on himself that marched through the streets of the capital with his supporters who had this to say . we go into 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 the government should be challenged through 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 attempted military coup in such difficult times seems an acceptable to me. 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 government had vowed victory in the war but the agreement was seen as a humiliating defeat back then demonstrators reacted to the truce by storming the government building in the head of an 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 had agreed to let as a big hold on to key parts of the area many armenians though say that they'll never forgive him for the loss we got reaction on the developments with the former prime minister of the corner cutting 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. and 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 positional work he 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 it didn't stop 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 of it as it is we're going to try and 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 soon i think you know action solution is the best for everybody including from here on 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 and finding some resistance from us officials sort of elections is the best solution for everybody. because of the news now health attorneys have for and against reported plans to make jobs mandatory the some workers pointing out that it could actually be illegal england's chief medical officer has already told health

stuff that getting you know is that the national health service is reportedly considering making it obligatory and employees but and h.s. talked to top kill to tell us that some medical workers see it as an attack on their autonomy. the idea of making x. a nation compulsory is very shortsighted we need to understand the damn if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession given the governments 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 you came medical chief say that the number of coronavirus patients has dropped and pressure on the n.h.s.

is easing and officials have also suggested to the country's coded alert levels should now be downgraded where with that in mind bob good again bob gilligan does say that mandatory inoculation 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 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 support those will provide the more information but not to coerce them it was the 3rd early on in the pandemic which showed the vast majority or doctors certainly felt that the government had

completely missed. the krona virus. and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve the corporate and government. that would pose for the use flagging travel industry could be just months away and it is likely to come in the form of a covert vaccination digital pass all although that's at least according to the german chancellor. with respect to digital vaccination bass all member states agree that when he says the thing the technical preparations were done by the european commission as well as member states in january now when you temper man that's said that there's comfortability among different ash not passes we in germany have decided that it will develop such vaccinations that the key data that has digital past mass contained have been defined by the european commission and member states . there may have jumped the gun with the european commission president 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 huge germany and france who 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 a call 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 delaying it 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. but let's immediately 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 exit somewhere the one has been one magnitude 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 on 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.k. 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 coke with 900 vaccines have been distribution issues in lower than expected deliveries and. worse still some european leaders have been pretty sniffy

about some of the vaccines particularly the astra zeneca vaccine where the e.u. leaders following their video conference on thursday also clenched quickly for fishing off the coast that 900 vaccines this is what the joint statement from clearly has had to say we need to urgently accelerate that water rise ocean production and distribution of vaccines as well as vaccination when russia says it's ready to step up and send doses of sputnik v. to the e.u. to back senior was recently given a glowing report in the medical journal the lancet which ranked it as being one of the most effective vaccines and against the virus the e.u. has said it would purchase me but of course that will be subject to regulatory approval still adversary passes the world's 1st law forcing google and facebook to pay for news content will have a close look at the story plus its implications just after the break.

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when a trauma happens it changes us literally it causes a chemical change in our d.n.a. and this changes the way or genes function. sometimes for generations. welcome back here with r.t. now a stray one has become the 1st country to force tech giants to pay publishes the news content the lore is designed to make facebook and google pay a fair price to the media will buy facebook had taken the precedented step of blocking news posts in a strike until the government made changes to the legislation but when the story is trinity chapel. facebook is refreshing australia after a tumultuous month that's all 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 mandatory cut prices 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 refer . ended a straight up 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 this will be an important week so the whole world will government still around who are struggling have to do with the digital challenge there are a lot of other complications in a not so what's true but what we do have promised is a password for dealing with one problem associated with the digital platform which is the decline of public interest during the same. there is a jewish. specific moment and it's the example of the world.

so well these in brief now thousands of people have taken to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi to oppose the arrest of an opposition leader there he's accused of inciting violence at protests back in 29 taking the opposition says that the arrest there was politically motivated and is calling for new parliamentary elections firefighters and military helicopters in japan have been working to put out a huge mountain fire threatening nearby residents more than 200 households have been asked to leave the area for their safety and authorities in chile have been skin central russia have imposed a state of emergency after heavy snowstorms that brought roads to a standstill more than 600 people have been evacuated and they're being housed in temporary accommodation. by finally germany small bruce have been hit hard by the closure of bars and restaurants during the pandemic and many are now warning that they may not survive this peter oliver reports. i

was whether it's munich's october 1st all colognes carnival plays a role in germany's big celebrations has hit those parties hard as the need to implement coronavirus measures the city council 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 be a 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 a 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 caught in bavaria overturned a ruling banning the sale of alcohol in public spaces last month this brewery in munich set up a machine as i mean 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 their 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 vaccine the 2000 cans they produced selling out in just over 3 hours cans and bottles they usually the territory of the larger produces 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's just 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 someone who fears over the variance of covert 19 spreading through germany as many painting a less than rosy image for the remainder of 2020 war 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.

washington international so what that brings you up to date with have a nice looking safe os they will be back again then at the top of the. other pandemic no certainly no borders just lying to nationalities. the summary. we don't look like seeing the whole world needs to be. judged as commentary crisis like this system things. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is critical to response has been must so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it

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the victims say they still live with the consequences today. greetings and salyut. from pandemics to police violence to murder hornets to the death rattle of rational political thought 2020 will without a doubt go down in history as one of the most difficult and bizarre years in the modern era but just outside the edge of last year's headlines and click bait was another story that silently and steadily rose during the 365 of 2020 and that my friends of murder yes while our eyes were on the pandemic here in the united states of america murder quickly became the epidemic according to the national commission

on code 19 and criminal justice homicides bloomed in 2020 and along with the sharp rise of the rates of aggravated assaults and gun and aggravated assaults and gun assaults rose dramatically as well in fact the commission reports that homicide rates were 30 percent higher than in 2019 and a historic increase representing $1268.00 more deaths in the sample of 34 cities than the year before 30 percent higher wow but what's truly fascinating with this sudden rise in violence was that it was across the board from sea to shining sea according to f.b.i. data journalist rob arthur and jeff asher report in the intercept that quote the change in murders was larger in towns with under 10000 people that was up 31 percent then in cities with over a 1000000 and the murders rose dramatically in big cities like new york and chicago

but smaller cities like lubbock texas and shreveport louisiana also recorded their highest murder counts in decades. now of course the question is what what would cause this terrible rise in violence while some point to the strain of living under the pandemic or the rise of police violence and the national questioning of law enforcement legitimacy as factors others point to the massive surge in gun buying at the beginning of the year when the threat of lockdowns and pandemic was prevalent but thomas abbott director of the national commission on covert 19 and criminal justice bill he observes it lightly it likely takes more than one factor to create a spike of this size that means it wasn't just the pandemic or police violence or more guns it was all of these things happening simultaneously and perhaps more so what does the violence of 2020 mean as we now start the.