marino becomes the latest european country to start vaccinating its citizens with russia sputnik shot off to supply delays of the e.u. approved jobs the labor minister explains why the look to moscow for help. the independent state even within the true true of the european union we have the roots make independent decisions the french government faces flag over its covert inoculation program after its repealed hundreds of millions of here is what hunted to controversial foreign consultant. armenia's prime minister raises the stakes sending in order to dismiss the country's top general bank to the president of the 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 ambitious targets to revive the dominance of american animation. around the clock bringing you the stories others might not this is our national hello. we're jumping right in european microstate san marino has begun vaccinating its population with russia sputnik the coppa job after deliveries of alternatives from the e.u. failed to arrive the country which lies totally within italy is not in the e.u. member so was excluded from the blog deals with pharmaceutical giants however it negotiated getting a tiny part of each delivery to italy bought the have been delays to those the

submarine state hospital medical director says there have been 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 modernity 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 san marino hopes to use the russian vaccine all around 15 percent of its population the labor minister has been explaining why was that they turned to what scope 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 europe 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 in the city of 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 sun merinos move comes hours in new states also step up talks to get this but give each up the austrian chancellor has spoke with president putin about a range of supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approves the faxing we spoke to an austrian varada just about how the scientific community is approaching

the use of the russian jap. 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 whilst putting the has 2 different safe viruses it makes the vaccine more effective. france has suffered its worst week in the pandemic since november reporting more than 25000 new cases of my day and m.p.'s want to know why foreign consultants with

ties to president ma crawl up pocketing it huge contract for a vaccine rollout playing by delays and failing is solid 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 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 was 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. 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 you know government toying consultancy firms. uncommon these days but what does surprise 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 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 for students for example he doesn't give enough to for we give the impression that micron is no longer the 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 and implement big projects require all logistical support and advice probably 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 r t s. the armenian president has rejected a controversial order to sack the armed forces chief however the embattled prime minister has researched the order forcing the head of state to either sign it 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. 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 called 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 relation to law has 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 army 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 go into 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 now that this is definitely not over and the opposition has vowed that they're 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 young 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 think like statesmen enough like adventurous from this tree. 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 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 parchin out of being incompetent and called for his resignation he then accused 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 and anticipation of a fierce battle for power timeless and especially the leaves i mean your needs to do a lot of soul such a to figure out the direction it wants to happen in the losing the war. in the.

obviously in many circumstances you would expect the political leadership to resign i mean at the beginning will. result in loss to the british that nobody can norway and you could imagine somebody has to take the blame but it isn't going to be is this cause us to be the political leadership presidents and in normal circumstances would accept the per the prime minister's recommendation to say in general. this season. suggests that. within the political classes it would this is all sorts he has been diminished interest rates on the streets. of the results of the. you know whatever changes take place this could have to be a big. soul searching it all being here again the general direction of the country the. true moral course you. will see the general solution should imagine the

difficulty is likely to be in the building 'd bullshit question here. joe biden ordered his 1st major military act as u.s. president this week with a strike on a rainy and backed militia groups in syria his 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 a number of senior democrats in congress condemned by tins move they claim the strikes were made without the authorization of lawmakers on was asked for in point of the constitution but the president won the support surprisingly of some opposition republicans biden said the strike sent a clear warning to iran that washington is going to be tough in protecting its own

interests but iran claimed wiping out what it called anti terror a full says would only now encourage more violence in the region former u.n. weapons inspector scott ritter believes spuyten has no interest in diplomacy it's an illegal act i mean 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 to 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 will of 40

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 this is still a thoughtful folks for america as cultural dominance as the beat. see draws up plans to win over young friends with more homegrown cartoons we'll give you the full picture in just a moment. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back now 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 ambitious plans to reverse the dominance of shows like the simpsons to add one stash to give 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 those with. actually doomed us all according to the director of the b.b.c.'s children's department too many cartoons washed here in britain are well not british but i think we can do 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 just reading about london right they can step outside the experience which is filled chat 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 have told them 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 what the budget comes from make up what ever happens if its critics are american it's really obviously as broad as possible is 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 topics 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. i think 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 do you see 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 interests the earlier you start the better i guess. a family doctor has reportedly deny treatment to a german m.p. because of her political views that's according to the politician herself is 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. you know. due to chronic illness had to visit my family doctor who 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 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 substation pressed only every 10 seconds the doctor's clinic has not yet responded to our request for comment however the and surance company involved in the case says it expects patients to get the best possible treatment regardless of their believes the incident as far from merely case of alleged discrimination against f.t. members in 2019 and they have to was beaten unconscious on the street a year later the party leaders car was torched a 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 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 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 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 sole authority for nuclear

launches donald quarter examines 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 370 no i'm a creative by the go and you know this you know thing no man has a right to raise a hand tool and. other than self defense and that's rarely ever occurs and so we have to just change the culture period and keep punching at it and punching out of . this close mr valery and i'm still just. a showman 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 predict 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 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 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

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