we're. used. to it over. hundreds of millions of euros a controversial foreign consultants present macross government coming under heavy fire then for its vaccine distribution campaign. microstate severino turns to rush's covert shot up the e.u. approved vaccines failed to write. the b.b.c. reveals plans to reverse the dominance of american car extreme we have bush's targets for itself to get children watching more british based culture. one of the afternoon here are to international the weekend live from moscow this saturday is kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes with our latest from world news

h.q. for you 1st france has suffered its worst week in the pandemic since november reporting more than 25000 new cases on friday and m.p.'s want to know why foreign consultants with deep ties to president mccrone are pocketing huge contracts for a vaccine rollout plagued by delays and failures shall i do been ski reports. as the vaccine rollout in france gains ground questions being asked about the role of private companies and consulting firms involved they said to be playing a major role in the strategy which to many has been a major disaster several companies were hired by the french government between them they have signed contracts worth millions and millions of euros the lion's share went to american food and the kings see the lucrative contracts signed with mckinsey and not initially disclosed to the public was supposed to help ensure

vaccine doses could be transported across france work you might think is perfectly suited to france's last network of civil servants so the fact that it's been contracted out to us firm is that many with a bitter taste in their mouths. in government as in our hospitals consulting firm serve policing public administration at astronomical cost why such contempt for civil servants what an admission of an effectiveness and helplessness and our whole state apparatus what is it for absolutely amazing what is mckinsey doing there we have a ministry of health a ministry of the interior and a ministry of defense that know how to manage crises if we know how to mobilize them this is decay of the state. because it appears to be a particularly poisoned chalice the firm recently agreed to pay more than half a $1000000000.00 to settle lawsuits brought by u.s. states it was accused of fueling the opioid epidemic for its work bursting with

sales of oxycontin a painkiller not a squeaky clean reputation for a firm helping the vaccine. it's a big scam yes for me it's a scam i don't have much to say personally but it's a scam and i'm not really surprised after all it's the government so it is bizarre it's not spoken about in the newspapers here you've spoken about it and we don't talk about it on television or in the newspapers the things that are said in our country but it can mean nothing but in another country it's a scandal what can we do here in front of you know government wiring consultancy firms. uncommon these days but what has surprised me is just how quickly this appears to be accelerating calls government to sign some 575 contracts with consultancy firm since october 28th covering everything from

economic recovery to. public sector perils of big business to be there for around 10 percent of their overall profits so how do people feel about. this is there was a call for tenders all of that was it from the french firms to the north because i don't understand why would it be a group that would benefit from that's the story you just told me something actually i'm sure the government listen listen. i think these are things to deserve to be thought about we do need a private company to think about how we do transportation we still have the french railways. on getting business. i think we could use the move wisely not courage to do more fronts 1st you don't know for example if he doesn't give enough to give the impression that micron is no longer the president he doesn't that the french

government has played down the role played by groups like mckinsey consultancy firms have been used for several years by multiple governments when the elaborate and implement big projects require all logistical support and advice from what really got people angry here is just how close the consultancy firms like mckinsey are to president with toys going back many years and with such sons lining the pockets of a private american consultancy firm at the same time when the economy here is being laid low by the pandemic many are now asking questions so much even r t s. vaccinating with russia sputnik the covert vaccine after deliveries of e.u. approved alternatives have failed to arrive the microstate surrounded by italy isn't an e.u. members who was excluded from blocked deals with pharmaceutical giant shot supplies it had negotiated getting

a tiny part of each delivery to italy but they're seeing delays the medical director of state hospital said there were no doubts about russian vaccine quality . which was the sputnik vaccine because there is an agreement between us and italy through the european union for the supply of money and pfizer vaccines that unfortunately are delayed at the moment therefore given the excellent diplomatic relations with russia we have chosen to get the sputnik the vaccine faster we saw some excellent reviews from renowned international medical journals like the land set or the sponsor early in rome that have already tested the quality of this vaccine. official say the russian major vaccinate some 15 percent of its population of around $34000.00 some renos labor minister 1st off telling us more about why they made the choice. independence day even within the territory of italy and the european union we have the right to make

independent decisions and have excellent relations both with members and countries outside borders at the moment europe showing an increased interest in the vaccine and we've reached out instead of staying only inside the e.u. markets we acted in the interests of our own citizens and i'm sure that over time more states will draw conclusions and make similar decisions for a part we have complete confidence in the russian vaccine we can see that technical of you in the city and bureaucratic decisions taken with regard to the production and distribution of certain products significantly slow down the approval process in different countries so we think these processes should be excel aerated due to the critical circumstances in the e.u. we simply did not have a vaccine and we had to make a choice what the bigger picture it comes as the e.u. states also step up talks to get sputnik v. as well austrian chancellor sebastian kurtzer spoke on the phone with loaded more potent about supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approved russian's

jab we spoke to one top austrian just about how the scientific community is responding to russia's development. the job it is i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine that we have promising data of 91 percent effectiveness which is high demonstrates this this is a vector based vaccine which means it is injected using a virus into our immune system to form immunity the difference between the other vector vaccine since would be is that it uses 2 different viral vectors and this is important as in some cases the immune system can create antibodies to the vector making the 2nd jab less effective whilst putting the has to have different viruses it makes the vaccine more effective. german doctors refused to treat a female politician because of her political views the m.p. for the alternative for germany party the country's 3rd largest told us of the

shock when they probably don't to told her he was taking a quote moral stand. you know they have all. due to a chronic illness had to visit my family doctor i had been seen for the past 2 years the conversation went relatively well and then my doctor told me that he would like to terminate the health care contract i was horrified and asked him why he replied that he had learned from the media that i was a member of the a.v. party and that i had been elected to the blue to start from the electoral district so for moral reasons he could no longer continue my treatment then i asked if i phase in now what would you do he replied that then he would have to help me as a medical emergency case and then i said that if he was alone in the room he could just close the door and you're in there sussed asian press only every 10 seconds. the doctor's clinic has responded to our requests for comment but the insurance company the case told us it expects patients to get the best possible treatment

regardless of their believes and that the legal ramifications should be probed but it's far from the 1st alleged discrimination against members. and they have to pay he was beaten unconscious on the street a year later the party leaders car was set alight a study found alternative for germany suffers the most attacks of any national party including physical verbal and property of souls refused treatment by the doctor again says the mainstream media ignored her case but she's fighting for justice nonetheless. i think. it was it's you know i represent the position of the air of d. and i do not adhere to right wing radical views in the f.d.a. i feel a liberal conservative need so there was no reason to attack me personally or to deny further medical attention i consider this to be absolutely average 3 and cannot understand it my case was covered by the media unfortunately not local but only alternative media were covering the story i actually sent

a statement to the police with my lawyer who filled the complaint with the physicians chambre and i sent a copy to aoki budden written there because this doctor works under contract with that insurance company according to their rules such actions are prohibited since he's providing services under a health insurance policy so i decided to fight it and my fight continues. the b.b.c. is probably strokosch to reverse dependence on american cartoons like the simpsons the broadcasters the extraordinary target of 90 percent bolus of his cartoons being british in just the latest of a very old battle for children's minds daschle reports. let's face it cartoons shaped all of our childhood the simpsons tom and jerry rug rats the looney tunes you name it we've probably spent far too many hours glued to the t.v. . era.

actually to do according to the director of the b.b.c.'s children's department too many cartoons watched here in britain all while not british what i think we can do to set our characters in the british setting or at least european when i'm talking now i'm saying what about roast beef instead of turkey we should be thinking about these things children grow up with these cultures why not infuse more of our culture the drive us to develop homegrown animation series aimed at young says a 7 to 12 but should children be told what to watch in favor of promoting british culture or should kids be left to be kids just kind of shift focus i don't think the british people lack identity because they don't have any culture to speak like that you can't just write learn to write they can step outside make things work and still chat that they need to be understand which coaching isn't have that retail for a young age sometimes kids like to hear something that so many of told them at school

we waste time listening to somebody theory makes any difference since it takes you to see the cultures but i don't think it's very depends on the country comes around they can watch it every couple of it's pretty extraordinary and certainly obviously as broad as possible it's got to be the best answer to anything the b.b.c. is even toying with the idea of recreating british versions of the world's most popular cartoon imagine if we could have a version of the seams since for children and families in the u.k. it would be amazing. but it's not even possible how it's come up with new things i think i'm kind of the age of remakes deceived on a lot and i've had enough for. so i quite like mr best news story to taiwan i think we've been through enough to see it tonight as news stories that could probably come up but i would say that yeah would be great to see that like medium come to the u.k. and be more like british and that type of humor i don't know if that would go abroad don't you see climate change seems to be pretty well maybe the b.b.c.

is on to something here off to rule there have been huge successes like peppa pig in fact it was so popular that kids across the atlantic were hit with the pepper effect and began imitating british accents it's not the 1st time that foreign cartoons have come under fire a few years ago critics lashed out at a russian cartoon musher in the bath accusing of having a more sinister side being wait for it a propaganda tool. kinds of. things . but it really is something here the cartoons are really used to indoctrinate children's minds and promote interests 30 start the better i guess. this is all it's international on a saturday thanks for watching keeping a close eye on what could or could not be i mean armenia later the country bracing for a muscle position rally as it ups the ante in

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led. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depth. already made in the shallows. again afternoon from moscow so now to the latest in the south caucasus this weekend where the armenian president has discussed the national unrest with parliamentary group leaders as the capital here of and sees another day of mass opposition protests calling on prime minister nicola to quit after his controversial sacking a couple of days ago the armed forces chief constantine roscoff spoke to me earlier . situation on the year of on the streets is still volatile in opponents of the

prime minister they're pretty visible around here they camped overnight in front of the national parliament and with tents and barry k.'s it's become the center of a street uprising against the country's leadership right now they're putting up a stage for a mass rally planned for this afternoon and we're expecting thousands of protesters to show up in nearby later on the atmosphere in the country remains tense after prime minister accused the army top command in an attempted coup with the opposition that backed the military has vowed to put even more pressure on prime minister pasha now and remove him from power no matter what. the pressure from the public will rice and we will eventually make on resign a government that has lost cannot continue to be the government they need to have the courage to things like statesman enough like adventurers from the streets and to resign. at the time of the 28000 protests people were in

a good state and now everyone is depressed everyone is shocked we've lost the war we've lost thousands of people we've lost territories in such a climate it's very hard to do something for a healthy society with a prime minister a parson and hasn't showed signs of backsliding either ascii keeps taken out i mean in top military he wants to boot out the head of the general staff if they were meeting or in forces who accused him of being incompetent something that the country's prime minister would have done easily in other circumstances but not at this board the armenian president still hasn't signed off on that order after a meeting with the opposition leaders who are rallying behind disgruntled army generals so what we're seeing now is that the armenian top military and political elite as well as thousands of people on the streets have squared off and anticipation of a fierce battle for power here the country's brain on edge since november for a peace deal with. the disputed region. the goal to cut about the government had

a victory in the war but many in saw the agreement to end it as a humiliating defeat of the day the protestors reacted to the truce by storming the government building in yerevan for a time much of the color of volatility to has been filled by a top level disputes over army weaponry the prime minister earlier claimed that russian made missile systems had failed in the war but countering that very quickly the russian defense ministry saying mania didn't even use that weapon in the conflict. because. chalk it up to the break up with china. why the iskenderun that fired did not explode or only exploded 10 percent off. to. the prime minister and the

governments of all media are no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation in the home forces of the resignation of the prime minister and the government. because of. the outcome. we discussed the latest for the vice president of the country's national assembly and also an armenian left and in general a veteran of previous wars in a corner cut about. the provision 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 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. is 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 and i must say the authorities and the prime minister are in control of the situation put in 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 thoughts. dozens of us democrats have signed a letter asking president joe biden to give up his sole authority for nuclear launches double quarter examines why. donald trump is nuts for the democrats that's just an undisputed fact but it seems like they feel he isn't the only head of state who's lost a few of his marbles. you alone possess the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons this thing one person with this authority entails real risks past presidents threaten to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or exhibited behavior that caused other officials to express concern about the president's

judgment nearly 30 democrats signed that letter which outlined 4 different ways to reduce presidential power over the nuclear button congressional oversight creating a special counsel consulting the speaker of the house why the need for all these new rules if the guy they say is bonkers isn't in the white house anymore the dems say they just don't want to repeat of the past 4 years but some republicans think the reason is a bit more senile i mean cynical sleepy joe wasn't just a political nickname it appears to be a governing strategy a growing number of democrats who are not concerned about giving joe biden the codes for the nuclear system it's not just republicans though back in election season one poll said most voters in a number of pivotal swing states felt they had to choose between 2 old guys who were both mentally unfit for the presidency and judging by biden's campaign trail was making things easy for him self when they shoot 370 and i want to print it but

go you know that you know no man has a right to raise a hand tool and. other new self-defense and that's really the word curse and so we have to just change the culture period and keep the punching out of the tone she added intentional oh sure sure valerie and i'm. sure so the democrats might be scared with that guy behind the nuclear button but it's not much different than having biden at the head of their expanding war agenda the very same democrats for example are saying america's longest war in afghanistan should be even longer. to pull out within several months now is a very challenging and destabilizing efforts we've got to be able to assure the world and the american public that afghanistan will not be a source of planning plotting to project terrorist attacks around the globe there's the minimum i'm not sure we can do that without some presence there and there's this year's national defense authorization act which the democrats put forward to the military budget to a total of around 740000000000 dollars today the house and

a strong bipartisan message to the american people are service members and our national security are more important than politics they're clearly not trying to put forward some kind of pacifist agenda so why should biden be at the head of military operations but not have his finger on the nuclear button it could be because mutually assured destruction isn't fun for anyone but in the killing is going on far away anything goes. seems one of the easiest ways these days have multi national salut trendies to make socially progressive changes to classic brands it's an egg story but a much loved mr potato head becomes the latest victim of the social justice craze seems growing numbers appear to be seeing through the marketing to me to report. if you somehow thought there weren't enough corporations using wolk ideology as a marketing strategy well know woke bandwagon is roll when roll and roll and we

have some new passengers 1st off we have hasbro who have announced a huge change so their famous potato head toit. midst of a tape had to you you backstab well actually it's not anymore 2 genders family structure be gone with all of that says hasbro no more mr or mrs potato head no it's just potato head a proper 21st century toy woke and gender neutral now kids of all ages and genders can aspire to be a plastic potato but hasbro isn't actually changing anything about the toy it's just a name change and if you think that this is kind of a lazy and shameless p.r. stunts well you're not alone imagine thinking in the middle of a global pandemic what's really important is dropping the mr from mr potato head

and making him gender neutral in case we upset a few woke ece mrs potato head has also been killed off she will be replaced by an a sexual can of pringles but hasbro isn't the only one jumping on the woak wagon oreo have joined into with a very lazy 3 word tweet. trans people exist seriously guys that's it any more genius observations like i don't know grass is green water is wet sand is coarse and rough and gets everywhere if you're going to virtue signal to promote selling your cookies at least pretend like you actually made an effort because unsurprising really most people saw a right through the shameless p.r. stunt stunning and brave to point out the obvious transfer is a marketing tool for cooper ations i finished the sentence for you look we get it there is no such thing as bad p.r. but this whole war corporations thing is really getting old and quite frankly

annoying we get it you're woke just go broke already. talked up stream of consciousness will leave you for now kevin i was sawing off for me in the morning to great to have you company maybe cut you can tomorrow whatever you do have a great sense of it. since it other than. for them if they pay them is on. the other you might be. a. reckless crock and i put it on the types to use a punishment to be in the next. moment going to have. been. used to feel good in the interview though

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