so even if your. son marino becomes the latest european country to start vaccinating its citizens with russia's sputniks shot off to supply delays of the e.u. approved jobs the labor minister explains why they look to moscow for how. independent even within the territory of the european union we have the route to make independent decisions the french government faces flak for its copra to not curation program after it's revealed hundreds of millions of euros 100 to a controversial foreign consultant. armenia's prime minister raises the stakes sending an order to dismiss the country's top general back to the president after he rejected it setting the stage for a constitutional showdown meanwhile crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm

quit. drawing up plans to get children watching more british culture in the cartoons the b.b.c. outlines a vicious target the 2 of us that don't want to of american animation. hello and welcome this is all to international live from the russian capital from the team here a big thanks for joining us. while our 1st story the south is how european microstates on marino has become facts meeting its population with russia sputnik a feat copra chop off to deliveries of alternatives from the e.u. failed to arrive the country which lies totally within it to me is not an e.u. member so was excluded from the blocks deals with pharmaceutical giants however it negotiated getting a tiny part of each to free to italy but the how be delays to those the san marino

state hospital medical director says there be no concerns about using the russian vaccine. we chose 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 spawn sanny in rome that have already tested the quality of this vaccine will sound merino hopes to use the russian vaccine not around 15 percent of its population the labor minister has been explaining why they turned to moscow for help. in 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 e.u. members and countries outside e.u.

borders the moment you are showing an increased interest in the sputnik 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 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 it was angry nose move comes as e.u. states also step up talks to get this but make the job they are in charge that has spoken with president putin about a range of supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approves the faxing well we spoke to in austin for our latest about how the scientific community is

approaching the use of the russian job. no. i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine we have promising data 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. has 2 different viruses it makes the vaccine more effective. 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 might crawl

up pocketing huge contracts for a vaccine rollout plagued by delays manias. 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 sewing contracts worth millions and millions of euros the lion's share went to american firm mckinsey the lucrative contracts signed with mckinsey and not initially disclosed to the public was supposed to help ensure vaccine deuces could be transported across france work he might think is perfectly suited to process 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 and 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 mackenzie 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 boosting the sales of oxycontin a painkiller not a squeaky clean reputation for a firm helping the vaccine roll out. 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 my calls government to sign some 575 contracts with consultancy firm since october 28th covering everything from economic recovery to. public sector accounts of big business. 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 these funds that's the 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. 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 rule played by groups like mckinsey consultancy firms have been used for several years by multiple governments when the elaborate 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 r t s. the armenian president has rejected a controversial order to sack the armed forces chief however the embattled prime minister has recently order forcing the head of state to either side or within 3 days or challenge it in the constitutional court it comes amid ongoing opposition rallies in the capital calling for the pm to quit constantine rushkoff has been following the protests in europe fun. the fact that the president of armenia hasn't signed the order to dismiss army's top commander is deemed as a small victory for the opposition in the ongoing standoff between the prime

minister and a call partially now and the top military command that news was greeted with they allowed a round of applause from the crowd and you know let's hear from the people on the streets who we asked what they think of passion on. today in accordance with the armenian constitution prime minister passion yama and his government a not legitimate there are lots of constitutional acts he violated and therefore violated the legitimacy of his rule the only power that has remained untainted so far in relation to loyal is the president and the fact that our president is making his moves in accordance with the constitution gives us a chance to solve major problems this is a step forward that will lead to victory because our president is a very serious person they've scrutinized the case decided there is a reason not to sign the document and to send it back to the prime minister now people understand they've been lied to we will stand until the end right next to our at the moment protesters are marching around the town and as you can see there

are starting to come back to this area around the national parliament some of the people are going to camp here they're going to stay here overnight similar demonstrations are happening in other cities and so it seems like the. protest against the prime minister partially known is widening out this is definitely not over and the opposition has vowed that they are going to pile on ever more pressure on the call question and demanding him to step down because when the. pressure from the public will rice and we will eventually make a question on resign we have an unprecedented situation in our country a government that has lost it cannot continue to be the government they need to have the courage to think like statesmen enough like adventurous from this tree. and to resign somebody did you do at the time of the 28000 protests people were in a good state and now everyone is depressed everyone is shocked we've lost

a 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 what we were doing in a healthy society let me remind you that the latest round of power struggle in armenia has started after a top army generals accuse nicole question out of being incompetent and called for his resignation he then accuse the army generals and the opposition of an attempted coup and things began to spiral out of control all in all it's currently a dire situation in the country are meeting in 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 to unless. believes that armenia needs to to a full such to figure out the direction it wants to head. the the losing the war the marrying the lost it was obviously in many circumstances you would expect the

political leadership to resign i mean at the beginning will take for example the chain with to resign after the british were defeated novick in norway so you can imagine that the room somebody has to take the blame it isn't going to be the old forces this can have to be the political leadership that presidents under normal circumstances would accept the per the prime minister's recommendation to sack the generals. of the season although not as of that suggests that the within the political class as it were this is all sorts he has been diminished to an equal demonstrators on the streets who are not happy with what's going on and the results of the war the imagine in of whatever changes take place there's going to have to be a big sort of soul searching it all mean here about the general direction of the country and what's still ruled from the courts you hear of the general population but i

should imagine the outcome is likely to be any building 'd built plus a year. joe biden ordered has fussed made to military act as u.s. president this week with a strike on iranian backed militia groups in syria has administration defended the move saying it was both legal and a proportionate military response. the strike was authorized in response to recent attacks against american and coalition personnel in iraq and i think to president biden's order he made clear that the united states will act to protect american and coalition personnel and our security interests in the region well a number of senior democrats in congress are condemned by today's move they claim the strikes were made without the will thrive zation of lawmakers and was therefore in breach of the constitution bob surprisingly the president won support of some opposition republicans by the strike sent a clear warning to iran that washington is going to be tough in protecting its

interests but iran claimed wiping out what it called anti terror forces would only now encourage more violence in the region former u.n. weapons inspector scott ritter believes biden has no interest in diplomacy. it's an illegal act i mean that his administration did not cite any current congressional authorization for use of military force instead relying on the inherent powers of article 2 of the constitution. but when you take a look at the the intelligence and break it down he bombed a foreign country syria that had nothing to do with an attack on american forces in iraq there will be no consequence because congress doesn't want to get involved in the difficult you know decisions of you know the surrounding the use of force because it requires them to ask very tough questions about policies that are indefensible what are we doing in iraq what are we doing in syria when joe biden

says america's back he's talking about america's back asserting its global authority through the use of military force this is not about diplomacy i mean joe biden didn't attempt any meaningful diplomacy to resolve this issue we went straight to the guns still right here on our team and that's all folks for america's cultural tom and that's as the people seem to us up plans to win i think young friends but more home cottons get the full picture off the subway. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only. 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. who dares thinks. we fear to ask. why when it comes to cartoons the b.b.c. wants children in the u.k.

to plump for homegrown creations rather than american imports the broadcaster has outlined on bush's plans to revive the dominance of shows like the simpsons a shot at woodstock 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. and watch janet culturally operation. set. up by. actually to do according to the director of the b.b.c.'s children's department too many cartoons watched here in britain are well not british but 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 youngsters 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 like identity because they don't have any call to speak like that in captivity right london is right they can step outside that means british culture that they need to be understand which coaching resumes have that reach it from a young age sometimes kids like to hear something that so many are told at school which times it isn't but if it really makes a difference it's good to keep it tuned in to the cultures but i don't think this series depends on where the country comes around they're going to watch it because if its critics are american 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 cartoons imagine if we could have a version of the seams as for children and families in the u.k.

it would be amazing but is that 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 upon not so i quite like new stuff and best new stories to tell our. we've been through enough this year to know there's new 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 if you can't change it seems. pretty well maybe the b.b.c. is on to something here after all there's 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 the 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 dealing with the kinds of. things

. but it really is something here the cartoons are really used to indoctrinate children's minds and promote interest early you start the better i guess. a family doctor has reportedly deny treatment twit german m.p. because of her political views according to the politician herself who's a member of the nationalist anti immigrant alternative for germany party she told r.t. of her shock when her doctor said he was taking a moral stand. due to 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 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 for a phase of 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 are such station press only every 10 seconds the doctor's clinic has not yet responded to our request for comment however the insurance company involved in the case says it is expected patients to get the best possible treatment regardless of their beliefs or the incident unfortunate is far from the only case of a lead to discrimination against f.d.a. members the in 2019 and the f.d.a. m.p. was beaten unconscious on the street a year later the party leaders car was torched and the study found alternative for germany suffers the most attacks of any national party including physical and verbal the m.p. who was refused treatment claims the media has been ignoring her case. 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 free 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 rutenberg because this doctor works on the 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. dozens of us democrats have signed a letter asking president joe biden to give up his soul all for

a thief and cure launchers total quarter examples why donald trump is nuts for the democrats that's just an undisputed fact but it seems like they feel here's an 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 go you know this you know thing no man has a right to raise a hand tool and. other than self defense and that's a really good word curse and so we have to just change the culture period and keep the punching out of punching out of. 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 we're going 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 the strong bipartisan message to the american people are service members and the 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 well that's how things are shaping up thanks for sticking

with us and we hope you stop by again enjoy the rest of your weekend. since it other than. pay. thank. you can feel good. during the vietnam war u.s. forces. it was

a secret war. and for years the american people did not know. the. country per capita. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country jordyn wieber. even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the us making amends for the tragedy and. help to the people need in that little land of mines.

i am x. kaiser this is the kaiser report i just read somewhere there will be fear or what this means stacy what does this mean there will be fear well we've been of course talking about this for a while saying that the said the signs were there that it was coming and now kathy would the c.e.o. of arc invest is saying the same thing she said this on c.m. b.c. but you know she's talking about the fear coming as rates rise that the rates are going to start rising and fear will descend and you know as human beings are organisms and in a group a collective together operating in society you can see it in their sort of actions 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 in 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 websites we need to start looking at at like 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 life and then you have institutions that evolve to mitigate that fear like political institutions or social and.