countries of israel deny their dictatorships including cuba patrick kennedy thank you and that's of the show will be back on monday would be speeches of a down from man surge thank you about speaking truth to power julianne join the underground aloso show media in their limited interview this is great. and the headlines this saturday sun marino becomes the latest european country to start vaccinating its citizens with russia sputnik shot to after supply delays of the jabs the country's labor minister explained why they look to moscow for help. being an independent states even within the territory of its early and the european union we have the right to make independent decisions. also this hour the french government is facing flak over its coded an occupational programme after it's revealed hundreds of millions of euros are headed to a controversial foreign consultants. divisions deepen and armenia where the

present rejects the prime minister's order to sack the country's armed forces chief that's crowns demand the pm quits. and drawing up plans to get children watching more british culture at the b.b.c. outlines ambitious targets to reverse the dominance of american cartoons. watching our 2 international bring your live news updates from our studio here and moscow each and every hour welcome to the program. san marino has begun vaccinating its population with russia sputnik job after deliveries of approved alternatives failed to arrive microstates surrounded by italy isn't an e.u. member so it was excluded from the bloc steals the pharmaceutical giants over it had negotiated getting a small portion of each delivery to italy but there have been delays to those the

medical director at san marino state hospital said there have been no concerns about using the russian vaccine. who fucked up with the should we choose the sputnik that scene 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 spawn sonnie in rome that have already tested the quality of this vaccine the country hopes to use the russian vaccine on around 15 percent of its population labor minister explained why they turn to moscow. being an independent 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 sputnik vaccine and we've reached out instead of staying only inside the e.u. market 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 administrative and bureaucratic this is 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 accelerated due to the critical circumstances in the e.u. we simply did not have a vaccine and we had to make a choice. the move comes as certain states also step up talks to get the sputnik jab astern chancellor sebastian kurz has spoken with latimer put about getting supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approves the vaccine we spoke to one austrian viral just about how the scientific community is approaching using the

russian shut. the job is good i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine we have promising data and 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 it would make the 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. he has 2 different safe viruses it makes the back seem more effective. or france has suffered its worst week in the pandemic since november of last year reporting more than 25000 new cases on friday and m.p.'s want to know why foreign consultants with deep ties to present mccrum are pocketing huge contracts for a back plagued by delays and failures. 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 with millions and millions of euros the lion's share went to american for kinsey the lucrative contracts signed with mckinsey and not initially disclosed to the public was supposed to help ensure vaccine duces could be transported across france work you might think is perfectly suited to france's loss 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 that astronomical cost why such contempt for

civil servants what an admission of ineffectiveness 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. mackenzie 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 it can mean nothing but in another country it's a scandal what can we do here in front of no government toying 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 took . public sector accounts of big business to be there for around 10 percent of their overall profits so how do people feel. especially since there was

a call for tenders all of that was it for the french firms to will not because i don't understand why would it be a group that would benefit from things that's a bad story you just told me something actually i trust 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 air france on getting business. i think we could use the more wisely more courage to do more fronts 1st you don't for example he doesn't give enough to front we give the impression that mccrone is no longer president he does nothing french government has played down the role played by groups like mckinsey consultancy firms have been used for several years by multiple governments when we elaborate and implement big projects require all logistical support and advice from what really got people angry is just how close the consultancy firms like mckinsey are

to president with toys going back many years and with such sums lining the pockets of a private american consultancy firm at the same time when the economy here has been laid low by the pandemic many are now asking questions so much even ski otty. a family doctor has reportedly denied treatment to an alternative for germany because of her political views that's according to the f t a politician herself who told our teacher we're shocked when our doctor said he was taking a moral stand. 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 bundestag from the electoral district so

for moral reasons he could no longer continue my treatment then i asked if i fainted now what would you do he replied that then he would have to help me has 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 patient press only every 10 seconds . the doctor in question's clinic has not yet responded to our request for comment or the insurance company involved in the case says it expects patients to get the best possible treatment regardless of their beliefs the incident is far from the only case of alleged discrimination against members and 2019 and a half the m.p. was beaten unconscious in the street a year later the party leaders car was torched a study has found alternative for germany suffers the most attacks of any national party including physical and verbal ones the m.p. who was refused treatment claims the media has been ignoring her case. and. you

know i represent the position of the air of d. and i do not adhere to right wing radical views in the a of d. i feel a liberal conservative 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 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 a complaint with the physicians chambre and i sent a copy to aoki budden rutenberg because this doctor works on the contract with. that insurance company according to the rules such actions suppress it it says he's providing services on the health insurance policy so i decided to fight it and my fight continues. that's all folks for america's cultural dominance as the b.b.c. draws up plans to win over young brits with more homegrown cartoons on that story

after this short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going foundation let it be an arms race based on often spearing dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person of those. who

dares thinks. we dare to ask. him back when it comes to cartoons the b.b.c. wants children and the u.k. to go for homegrown creations rather than american imports the broadcaster has outlined ambitious plans to reverse the dominance of shows like the simpsons shaadi edwards has more. let's face it cartoons shaped all of our childhood the simpsons tom and jerry progress the looney tunes you name it with full respect far too many hours glued to the t.v. . am.

actually doomed 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 as a developed 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 out like that in texas running around london right they can step outside make things worse and still chant that they need to be understand which coaching isn't have

that research for a young age sometimes kids like to hear something that so many of told them at school or waste time listening to somebody theory makes a difference so it's good to keep it to them 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 its critics are american and it's really obviously as broad as possible it's going 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 as for children and families in the u.k. it would be amazing. but it's not even possible 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 of. so i quite like mr best new story to town and i think we've been through enough this year 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 do you see climate change it seems pretty well maybe the b.b.c. is on to something here after rule there 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 all the 1st time that foreign cartoons have come under fire a few years ago critics lashed out at a russian cartoon musher in the bag accusing of having a more sinister side being wait for it a propaganda tool. kind. of. what it really is something here the cartoons are really used to indoctrinate children's minds and promote interests 30 start the better i guess. dozens of us democrats have signed a letter asking president joe biden to give up his sole authority for nuclear

launches a 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 3 self-evident. i know i'm a creative but go you know this you know no man has a right to raise a hand tool and. i believe in self defense and that's really good workers and so we have to just change the culture period and keep the punching out of the time she added intentional sure sure valerie and i'm ok. 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 if it's good 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 that is 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 boost 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 when the killing is going on far away anything goes. i mean the president has rejected

a controversal order to sack the country's armed forces chief that is something document back to the under-fire prime minister it comes as huge opposition rallies are underway with crowds calling for the pm to quit r.t. is constant reports from the armenian capital. you know the fact that the president of armenia hasn't signed the order to dismiss army's top commander is deemed daisy's small victory for the opposition in the ongoing standoff between the prime minister nicole fortune and the top military command that news was greeted with the allowed round of applause from the crowd so for now let's have a listen from the protesters about what they think of the ongoing political crisis in the country. we've made significant progress it has to create he who betrayed the nation has to leave we've never had such a vile leader who treated us so badly. the only the scientific community the top

politicians policies everyone is against nicole. i think today's a crucial day so many things have already happened and so many things have been disclosed so everyone who's been following pressure now they realized they were misled and will turn away from him he's a learns. has also reacted to the news saying that the army needs to remain neutral as for meaning and law prime minister can still try to fire the out of the general staff again in 5 days the ball is in his court right now at this moment protesters are marching around the city celebrating what they see as a very important tactical victory as the crowd most forward some people waving them from their balcony some of them some of the protesters will come back here to camp out overnight in front of the national parliament this is definitely not over as the opposition vows to pile on ever more pressure on the call question and

demanding him to step down and you know it seems like the scale of the protest against the country's prime minister is widening similar demonstrators are demonstrations are happening in the border city of come on and to panic aired in a neg war not. just in the. sure from the public will rice and we will eventually make a posh union resign we have an unprecedented situation in our country a government that has lost cannot continue to be the government they need to have the courage to thank like statesman enough like adventurous 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 our prisoners haven't returned so far they're still searching for thousands of people who have gone missing in such a climate it's very hard to do something for

a healthy society. the latest round of power struggle in the media has started after a top generals accuse nichol pushing out of being incompetent and called for his resignation that accused the head of the armed forces of an attempted coup and things began to spiral out of control all in all it's currently a dire situation for the country armenian military and political elites as well as thousands of people on the streets are revealing whose side they are on in anticipation of a fierce battle for power. caucuses and eurasia expert carrion from ohio state university believes even if he holds on for now the prime minister's days are numbered he may try to survive this short term but in the long term the done irreparable damage to his reputation and his ability to control the situation right now the situation is spiraling out of his control and the fact that he's lost

the support of the military is just i mean that's a huge blow to his very very significant blow because to some extent he relied on the army in the security forces to kind of allow him steady so he loses control the situation very fast and i can't imagine him even if you decide even if you are able to stay in the next few days or even weeks in the long term he's not going be able to survive this. lastly we bring you some world news in brief starting in greece. protesters have again clashed with riot police in greece rallies back in jail the far left terror group member on hunger strike tear gas and water cannon were used against the demonstrators the convicted man is serving 11 life sentences for murder and is reportedly in a critical condition after

a month without food. in moscow crowds gathered in tribute to opposition politicians on the 6th anniversary of his murder and busters of the u.s. germany and the u.k. were among those attending himself was shot on the bridge right outside the kremlin sparking international outrage as killers were later caught and jailed. the following a government curfew a large public gatherings hundreds in israel came together for the jewish holiday of perm police disperse the crowds but dozens were turned to continue the celebrations after officers left. and a huge iceberg nearly double the size of new york city has broken free from antarctica falls the 3rd major crack in a decade which happened last year across the broad ice shelf our scientists say it's a natural occurrence and there's no evidence it's linked to climate change. as

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like the one fear is coming in and some like powerful big investors know stuff is about to happen and they start moving suddenly like suddenly there are all these wall streeters and hedge fund guys fleeing manhattan and running to florida right then you see the elite on the beltway media for example they're starting to vibrate and nervousness about the people the people no longer have faith in them we must stop them from communicating with each other we need to shut down web sites we need to start looking at at like a telegram or clubhouse where they're talking to each other without us listening in so you're starting to see actions like that around the edge yeah you know there will be fear and the fear is omnipresent it's all is a situation where there's fear going back to linea to beginning of life on earth because there's always 'd a threat to light.