divisions deep in armenia where opponents of the prime minister all spending a 2nd night outside parliament to blunting his resignation. a deep classified u.s. intelligence report claims the saudi crown prince approved of john this jamal khashoggi in 2018 and what may become a game changer for u.s. saudi relations on did joe biden. british don't come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations of liquor treat the front line walk has. found the head of the e.u. clashes with germany. over her claims that it possible will have to be used by the states.

around the clock to make sure you never miss a story this is our national a very warm welcome to our programs. well the 1st story is the really the latest developments in the south caucasus the opposition is remaining out in force in the center of the capital opponents of the prime minister car and counted out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building and yet fun they've found to stay there till nicole resigns constantine rushkoff is there for us. the biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition leaders and the country's president now why this meeting is so important well for one there is a pretty intense standoff between the armenian political leader prime minister nicola pasha now and he's top military command army generals called on pashtun to

resign accusing him of being incompetent the prime minister fired back and he was a military in an attempted coup that's a story that's been playing out since yesterday now partially now wanted to give blood to the chief of the general staff of the armenian armed forces for being too political and disloyal and that would have been a show of force for the prime minister but he cannot follow through with this until the president of the country signs off on that order and that's when the latest meeting of the presidential office came into play at 1st it seemed like the opposition has one over there president convincing him to send the order of back to the prime minister's office however those claims weren't officially approved later on and as for now it's more likely that the negotiations are still underway we should not forget though that the prime minister over media still has more political power according to the local constitution and the sacking of the chief of the general staff can still happen even without president's approval is just going

to take more time anyway how bad signaled that the ongoing power struggle in armenia moving from the streets towards big political offices although protesters are still present in the capital and right now where you can see several hundreds of people that are still demonstrating in front of the national parliament put on music putting on some passive mood to boost their spirit as some of them are going to stay here overnight and the opposition a vow that they are not going anywhere from this place until they called pushing down steps down so let's hear from the people we met here earlier so who. you mean your list of the months haven't changed we call on the prime minister to step down we will make him quits but only through public pressure through the constitution we're not seeking decision by force general stuff simply called compassion and to quit yet he decided to be branded an attempt at military coup but that was the last straw so what if it's it was what you want you know today we here

to get rid of a traitor who will fight to the end this enemy must leave our country to restore our homeland. partially dad has faced protest and calls to resign after what his critics say was that is there a serious handling of a bloody 6 week conflict between his service john and ethnic armenian forces over the region of the last year that conflict ended in significant territorial losses for armenian side and as you can see the country is still reeling from that bitter defeat well to force that message home opposition supporters blocked streets and your final day paralyzing traffic passion and himself also marched through the streets of the capital with his supporters but the following 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 of course failure but this form of

governmental thrones issues that is definitely not acceptable to the government should be challenged 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 while much of the current volatility has been fuel won't by top level dispute over army weaponry the prime minister earlier claimed that russian made its condom missile systems had failed during last alton's brief for the us and by john but the russian defense ministry says that armenia did not use that weapon in the conflict over. chuck enough to make a good shot of. why the is can there's that fire he did not explode or only exploded 10 percent off.

i need to. tell you. the prime minister and the governments of all me no longer able to make the quick decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation of the home team says it will mean you did the resignation of the prime minister and the government. there. while national tensions escalated in november after the signing of a peace deal between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed nick warner karabakh

region the armenian government had filed fichter in the war with de grey men was seen in fact as a humiliating defeat back then demonstrators reacted to the truce spice storming the government building in yerevan they strongly oppose the prime minister's decision to end the fighting and said they want willing to give up the territory ceded under the deal passing out how to pretend that azerbaijan hold on to key parts of the area many on mean as those say they'll never forgive him for the loss . while we discuss this issue with the no meaning at all me off some on the vice president of the country's national assembly. the provision that 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 knowledgeable ricks perience 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 home. it's post-war turbulence when the military makes political statements that can only be called a military coup in 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 for in 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

a show of the blame was. a long awaited and now declassified us intel report has directly implicated the saudi crown prince over the brutal lot of journalist jamal khashoggi about 20 and what could set the tone for the biting government's relations with what should be a strategic partner a secular state and lincoln has already stated that sales of defense armaments to the kingdom will continue as well close relations. i would say the relationship with with saudi arabia is an important one we have significant ongoing interests we remain committed to the defense of the kingdom. but we also want to make sure and this is what the president said from the outset that the relationship better reflects our interests and our values and so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate well we

now have made public the report from the u.s. intelligence office about the killing of jamal khashoggi the conclusion of this highly redacted report is that the killing was personally approved by the crown prince that he approved some kind of plan to kill or capture jamal khashoggi at the time of the. the crown prince probably and environments in which aides were afraid the failure to complete assigned tasks might result in him firing a resting them suggest that the aides were unlikely to question mamma been summoned soldiers or undertake sensitive actions without his consent now the report cites the control over decision making in the kingdom held by the crown prince as well as the fact that someone from his personal security detail was involved in the killing now there is no concrete evidence in the report it simply says that based on their assessment of the situation in these details it's highly likely that the

assassination was approved and now it's important to note that this report was released after a phone call between joe biden the king of saudi arabia took place and now in the aftermath of the report we have 76 individuals who have been banned from traveling to the united states they have been blocked from getting visas by the u.s. state department because they were accused of being involved in this plot furthermore the u.s. department of treasury has imposed sanctions on 17 individuals also believe. to be associated with the killing now the white house under joe biden has certainly shifted its tone compared to how the troubled ministration dealt with the issue of saudi arabia this killing and other things take a listen but the president's intention as is the intention of this government is to . to recalibrate are engaged with saudi arabia and to have counterparts communicate with counterparts of course this is a crime as i said before shock the conscience i expects. that we

will be in a position. in before long to speak to steps to promote accountability going forward for this horrific crime now at 1st the kingdom of saudi arabia denied involvement but later we had the crown prince coming forward and taking responsibility for the killing certainly interesting to see how the position of different saudi officials have evolved over time.

well the killing of jamal khashoggi in the very brutal way in which it was carried out certainly shocked the world many look at this and say this could be a point that is remembered by historians as a rather negative turning point in the relationship between the united states and its a longtime ally the kingdom of saudi arabia meanwhile president biden has announced he will outline significant changes to u.s. relations that's next monday we spoke to all 3 and onto all right to nicholas day he believes the saudis will continue to be and ted grow to american power in the middle east. really a lot of the headlines from their reporting around the world. noach primarily that there is no record cautions no punishment no sanctions fought in selman and you know this this really seems to replicate many cases in which americans are charged with war crimes saudi arabia spend billions tens of

billions a year on on u.s. weapons. it acts as a proxy for the u.s. in that region. it's a closely aligned with israel. the u.s. has been fostering closer relations between all the gulf shaped arms and years rail to essentially. you know support the u.s. empire in that part of the world still ahead here on our team here upwards to vaccination passports to get the continent back on the move but not everyone thinks they'll kill the trouble was that story and much more in just a moment. when a trauma happens it changes sense literally because it's

a chemical change in our d.n.a. and this changes the way our genes function. sometimes for generations.

now health attorneys have warned against reported u.k. plans to make covert jobs mandatory for some walkers pointing out that it could well be illegal and guns chief medical officer has already told health stalls that getting inoculated is that judy on the state run national health service is reportedly considering making a break up tree for him please but any just talk to bob told us that some medical workers see it as an attack on tony. the idea of making books a nation compulsory is very shortsighted we need to understand the dam if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession given the government's 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 while in a separate about a menu came medical team of save the number of coronavirus patients has dropped and pressure on the n.h.s. is easing officials suggest the country's koeppen a lot level should now be downgraded as a result all that in mind bob dylan dan says that mandatory and occupation could well backfire if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment then what does a doctor do if if you risk losing their job losing the profession that they've studied and worked so hard for or they comply 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 will provide 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 have proved over the government. would also mean u.k. over 200000 people have signed a petition urging the government not to introduce a vaccine passports many of the issue could now be debated in parliament but with travel across europe heavily restricted many are pinning their hopes on this to get things moving again including the german chancellor. let's start 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 we need to implement this so that there is compatibility among different national passes we in germany have decided that it will develop such vaccinations that the key data that has digital passed mass contain had been defined by the european commission and member states some southern states like greece and spain which are heavily dependent on tourism are pushing to adopt the inoculations to quickly but the idea is facing high level resistance to. 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 there are also scientific questions that are still open. meantime the vaccination program has encountered some severe setbacks

including shortages of doses supply delays to all we heard about some of the possible jewel box of vaccines to kurds from a member of the germany's left party under specialist in a much unseen medicine from the u.k. . solution is not a little clip on and causes problems because it can become someone loss of oxygen. source is only used to hold up to passport but you can't actually do really unique problem. of people who can't get a taxi or young person for example who's probably just difficult to time or someone totally who is not likely to get work seen before the end of that your issue learn to go on going on to do because you don't hold works in passport. would be pretty unfair to those young people everyone can decide on their all whether they want a vaccination and everyone has to decide on their own which of the vaccinations

they want we need vaccine charts because there said turly stands in many european countries we do not have that charts in germany for example we only have western maxine's young people younger than 6 years of age cannot get any kind of explanation at the moment so the discrimination there would follow if your born us only poor people who have chosen to get vaccinated would be immense it would be the kind of the kind of discrimination that we haven't seen for over 70 years in europe . as a buzz phrase doing the rounds in the white house once again joe biden has revived critical race theory a concept which aims to highlight and address racism on equality in inequality rather in u.s. institutions for president donald trump had described it as racist and toxic propaganda and banned it with an executive order which some communities are acquainted with. critical race theory is

a hateful divisive manipulative fraud hate groups with allies in politics the press and education past critical race theory of as and see racism and diversity equity and inclusion but critical race theory is exactly the opposite 103000 take crimes directed against asian americans have been reported since the covert pandemic hit some lay the blame with the former u.s. president who called covert 1000 the china virus the president of the chinese american since the alliance says racial discrimination is endemic in society it is in our schools is in colleges and universities it is in our jobs and our days that people are judged by their race and only by the race regards to biden there were several discrimination lawsuits filed this is leading to a lot of a lot of our society's getting destroyed publications take you know with joy on.

college admissions reese in our online presence wiped out people's jobs get terminated business relationships gets in the wall or this because of race this is not just about blacks and whites we have like us asians you have latinos and then yes you have people doubts that born from a interracial marriages they were conveniently excluding from this battle or from this movement. i'm fine for this hour astray here has become the 1st country to force tech giants to pay papa says the news content the law is designed to make the likes of facebook and google pay a price to me to outlets facebook had taken me on precedent step of blocking posts and astray until the government made changes to the legislation trying to charges

reports. 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 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 and the hypo 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

. astray in return facebook agreed to restore the news pages and live to ban only 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. little from us for this hour remember the auto call has plenty more stories with many more details to check it out and have a great day. we're more politicized than ever we're more polarized than ever the 21st century when

speed is measured in megabytes per 2nd. him electronic mail electronic money electronic media infinite possibilities for exchanging information i mean me and my misery nationalized freedom of speech and social media bends censorship and double standards who should judge what can be said online. the internet audience now totals almost 4500000000 almost all of them are active social network users put one wrong move on their pages deleted digital annihilation don't exist anymore. not who runs the show on the web how can anyone stand up to the tech giants if even heads of state face the threat of being banned is there any limits to hold that virtual.

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a lot to get serious let's get started. the house of representatives is finally set to passed out wong a weighted $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package labeled by democrats as the american rescue plan and a virtual meeting with the nation's governors president biden said the goal for the package is to provide some much needed relief the economic toll this pandemic continues to tear through our country as brutally as the virus itself. and so we need to comfort the economic you know we we just have to step up the economic toll we have to address with the same aggressiveness and seriousness of purpose as we do the virus and that's what the american rescue plan does and instead of chasing covert 19 allows us to get ahead of it. the current.