as for the next 30 years the victims say they still live with the consequences today. the headlines on r.t. international armenia's president agrees to meet opposition leaders at his residence as thousands rally for prime minister nicole passion to quit countries divisions deepening after passion yan fired the head of his armed forces saying that he was part of an hour an attempt to. also. come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for front line workers in the head of the clashes with germany leader angela merkel over her claims that passports will have to be used by all member states.

but i welcome at 7 pm here in moscow you're watching our international must stop with those developments in armenia because the opposition is continuing to hold a mass rally in the capital. they've marched to the presidential residence where the opposition is meeting the president they want him to intervene in the up a vote sparked by the prime minister passion and firing the armed forces chief saying that he was part of an attempted coup when the march began outside the parliament building where hundreds of camp david night and they say to stay there 247 until and pays vote on whether to remove paasschen yann from office. has been at the scene since early morning. right now we're standing in front of the nation's parliament which became the average center of the current political crisis in armenia there is heavy police presence in the area officers basically cordoned off the parliament building in. those in right now they are changing and those

police officers in the front row 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 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 fire wars i guess this is another sign that the latest round of the power struggle in armenia could be here to stay and we're spoke 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 millet's recruit that was the last straw if it's 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 by. the military commanders as stage its own

rallying year yvonne as fighter jets flew past. my old the old soldier's sofa says 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 will 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 hey take 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 was was.

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. but to force that message home opposition supporters brought you out of an streets stay paralyzing traffic there and passion on himself marched through the streets of the capital with his supporters who had this to say. we came 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 failing is that this form of governmental thrones issue is if 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 attempted military coup in such difficult times seems an

acceptable to me while much of the current volatility has been fueled by a top level dispute over army weaponry while the prime minister claimed that russian made to scan the missile systems had failed during the recent war the the russian defense ministry announced that armenia did not use the weapon in the nagorno-karabakh conflict late last year. it was chockablock good record. why that is candor is that fire did not explode or only exploded 10 percent off. i. could tell you that. the prime minister and the governments of all me no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the

current situation of the oem forces of. the resignation of the prime minister and the government. that. was caught. i will national tensions escalated back in november that was after the signing of the peace deal between me and as a fish on over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh government had bad victory in the war but the green was seen as a humiliating defeat back then demonstrators reacted to the storming the government building in yet a van and they strongly oppose the prime institution to end the fighting adding

that they won't give up the territory ceded under the day or had agreed to let has been called on to keep parts of the area many armenians they say they will never forgive him for the law. but we discussed the situation with an armenian army officer and also the vice president of the country's national assembly. but presume you get for 30 years the military has been poorly managed in terms of equipment and maintenance this led to the army becoming weak it isn't the army used to be and pushing and came to power without a team all experience the prime minister was an absolute 0 in military affairs as well as in economics and politics and this management disorganization noncompliance with the mobilization plan the destruction of command and control systems and the dismissal of military officers all this led to the fact that the general staff lost all patience and demanded the supreme commanders resignation as he was destroying the army this destruction resulted in the loss of 5000 soldiers and tens of

thousands of wounded. to communion. its post-war turbulence when the military makes political statements it can only be called a military coup the military must carry out its immediate task of protecting the borders of the republic politics is not a military matter our colleagues from other countries are emphasizing that this is unacceptable the prime minister has problems with a few military officials following the war i must say the authorities and the prime minister are in control of the situation putting the blame on one person is wrong it's not fair and there are millions understand that and we all have our share of the blame for. that other news now and in the u.k. over 200000 people there have signed a petition urging the government not to intrude back scene passports meaning that the issue could now be debated in parliament with travel across europe heavily restricted many are pinning their hopes that they could get things moving again

including 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 we need to implement that's so 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 has digital past mass contain had been defined by the european commission and member states. or some southern states like greece and spain which are heavily dependent on tourism are pushing to adopt the inoculation certificates quickly however the idea is facing high level resistance. 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. well meanwhile the use vaccination program has encountered some severe setbacks too including shortages of doses and supply delays so let's talk about all of this now with jordi braver he's a specialist in the merge and see medicine in the u.k. and he joins us now you very welcome thanks for coming on joy what's your view then on the vaccine passports do you think they are a good idea. very mixed feelings about mixing passports actually. because. it is not yet available to everyone and causes problems because it can become someone wants time can access services only used to have a box in passport but you can't hold back seemed so we did create so many unique problem which is very unfair to. call up people who can't get it

asking for example. i suppose the idea would be if you waited for everybody to get a vaccine it could be years away. yes that is true as well. you know the acceleration is going faster in certain countries and slower in the other countries and of course most of the vaccination is happening in the high income countries at this point of time the focus of all government and all organizations should actually be on backs in eating people ask you to use possible at least in the little groups. so that it is protection across the globe which then you start how passports are not quite required but. i think the issue here is not a medical issue here it's more economical it's about whole economy guns and there's resistance from a lot of. students on for example industry or restaurants who would want

some sort of certainty and they are not going to cool it again or have to go to quarantine and of course travel and tourism is a big part of the economy which has been the most affected by. it does seem very harsh though as you mentioned earlier that you know if these countries such as spain want to go on holiday to spain but you can't get on the plane unless you have this app on your phone it seems a bit harsh if you if you are somebody who perhaps got a medical condition that means that you shouldn't get a back saying they mean it it is discriminatory. i think it is more discriminatory not. more must win even if you make conditions where you would not be able to get. actually mission and if you are allergic to one call back soon there would be some water available. for you but i think the problem is start. are not appealable fully and

a young person for example who's probably hard just as difficult a time are someone healthily who is not likely to get seen before the end of that you or me if you learn to can go not only do it because you don't hold back in passport i think that would be really unfair lose young people now i certainly agree teasing their way around this is just to insist that people actually just have a test before they get on planes or go on holiday just showing you how to test within 72 hours as many airlines or countries are insisting and that should do. yes it is more sensible but it has to take into account how the cook the coroner wonders how much interest in the community when the levels are generally little. tests like this will give you some semblance of certainty that you have the little risk of transmitting it to other people. if the community

strand is not controlled then. tests may not be because you could in fact. you know if you always after having a negative test so that in terms of that also not clearly sensible sort of actually . if you want to call them really quickly you want to start transport and everything else the solution is not clear if you actually passports or tests the solution is actually vaccination widespread oxidation possibly some sort of core and he of course solution before and after trouble i think those are the more sensible ways of doing it of course that does not fit. the usual quite you know of taking a short holiday abroad yeah and just the final point there is vaccine hesitancy other nights in his word anthrax is because many people have vaccines but they're not so sure about this one simply because of the short period in which is being tested i mean how would you get around that problem that again would suggest that

you know there's no immediate solution here. yes and i think you know the. back scenes you use in years to get through your struggles and there are certain things that you can clearly see that are beautiful time however i think people should do a huge amount to shorten start more than a quarter of a 1000000000 bucks you. ministered all were absolute one month's time. what we've seen a dramatic drop in getting serious call in people who actually shows that we're not really looks very very well. actually you've seen almost normal people who have been using more you know a mild side effect. i think. strongly suggest these actions are you know you see it not only that you can use it to your extremely effective. you know if you're off of oxygen you must seek it ok good advice we appreciate your time tonight joe

joints are we have to leave it there that is joining gray there specialists in emergency medicine coming to us there from the u.k. bristol i believe thank you you want to. i mean well health attorneys have warned against reported u.k. plans to make jabs mandatory for some workers there pointing out that it could actually be illegal england's chief medical officer has already told health staff that getting inoculated is their duty and the national health service is reportedly considering making it obligatory for certain employees but n.h.s. dr bob gill tell with us that some medical workers think see it as a net attack on their autonomy. idea of making next 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 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 change the say that the number of coronavirus patients has dropped and pressure on the n.h.s. is easing now and officials have suggested to the country's coded alert level should be downgraded with an in mind though popular again says that mandatory inoculation could 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 the 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 or vaccination and what the government should try to do is understand if there is significant reluctance why that is support those be all provide the more information but not to coerce them it was the 3rd early on in that and then me which showed the vast majority all doctors certainly felt that the government had completely missed and old crone a virus and demick and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve that confidence in government. that the personal details of half a 1000000 patients in france have been hacked and posted online it is the latest in a series of cyber attacks to hit medical institutions there child had been reports . france is tapped well did you to leave at least it's been revealed that sensitive medical records of nearly a 1000000 patients have been stolen in the latest major cyber attack to hit the

country dozens of health care labs were targeted with details such as new dresses social security details and personal medical information being stolen now much of the information has since landed online we can find this file in 7 different places on the internet data on 500000 people is already huge and nothing prevents me from thinking that the hackers have a lot more it seems the information was released free of charge on this occasion after water p. is to have a dispute between because their fronts is for digital technology says the mafia is to blame and so just on that concerning the hospitals in all likelihood it's not foreign powers but rather the mafia type organizations situated in eastern countries but not just limited to that who are looking for money the minister went

on to say that this was likely to be a ploy to extract money similar to demands when computer systems have been infected by ransomware so early in february 2 french hospital was were hit in such attacks patients had to be moved in while the situation is now said to be under control some hospital staff are still having to work with paper and pen but it's not just hospitals being attacked from national cybersecurity agency recently released details of another series of attacks this time an organization such as the energy group e.t.f. the defense company owned oil and gas giant to its own all had been using software from french soil to deal with a vulnerability being exploited this campaign mostly effect. information technology providers especially when posting provide this this campaign bears several similarities with previous complaints attributed to intrusion said the name said the worm sound worm has been linked by some to russian military intelligence but

that has been dinoire by the kremlin russia has never had currently does not have and could never have any involvement in cyber crime according to some experts summary for attacks against hospitals in particular have increased in france by 500 percent since the start of the could be pandemic now hospitals are said to be a target because they are in the spotlight and the scene is being lucrative to keep information present mccord has promised to strengthen france's cyber defenses pledging 1000000000 you is because he said that attacks on hospitals make this a priority so much even ski altie paris. but we spoke to a french lawyer about this and he does believe that the country needs to invest heavily in its data security systems. it's not normal that this information can be obtained so weasely by hacking into

a laboratory in france there are many and basically each of them can do whatever it wants there are some rules to be followed in this sphere but these laboratories do not always have the means to fulfill their obligations i know that france is going to develop an information security plan which will require a 1000000000 euros with regard to this issue we have been talking about a so-called sovereign cloud for several years perhaps all these data should be stored in the cloud which would be maintained by the state i think it's better than relying on the discretion of private organizations it would be better to join forces to keep this highly sensitive data safe. now straightly has become the 1st country to force take giants to pay publishes the news content there or is designed to make facebook and google pay a fair price to the media or they facebook had taken the unprecedented step of blocking posts in astray or until the government made changes to the legislation with more details his trinity chabris. 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 the 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 the 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

. a strike in return to facebook agreed to restore the news pages and live to 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. what we also spoke with radio host carrie harrison about this and he does believe 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 and 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 the new 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 can publish a blog and 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. finally germany small bridges have been hit hard by the closures of restaurants

during the pandemic and many and i warning that i might not survive reporting from berlin his paper on the. ah. 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 off selling their bureaus in restaurants and pops and this you know pops and restaurants are closed since november so there is no real sales at the moment for them be a sales of actually been 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 so look 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 here you have fresh 10 beer and the you can tap using there all the have to do is download the app on top of your credit card and then if you scan secure code you can type directly through there and also be contact less so that is also entirely covert conforming while a brewery near nuremberg so wait brochure they're locked down creation banks in the 2000 pounds they produced selling out just over 3 hours. 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 provided financial aid and while it has helped it isn't a solution over 300 brewers of signed an open letter sent to angle of 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 meet 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 want to.