i. headlines this sunday morning from moscow armenia's prime minister raises the stakes this weekend sending an order to dismiss the country's top general back to the president after he rejected it setting the stage now for a constitutional showdown as crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits . and some of the other top stories of the week astra zeneca is coded and used in europe as people refuse vaccination over advocacy concerns at the same time as the world health organization points to drastic shortages in some poor nations. and u.k. doctors come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for frontline workers.

because only for moscow this is r t the weekend i'm kevin owen here with a recap of some of our biggest stories of the last 7 days and what's making the news right now talker which armenia's political crisis has escalated further after the president rejected sacking the country's top general on the prime minister's request setting the stage now than for a constitutional showdown meantime crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of europe for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of nicole and they're angry at his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan which many saw as ending in humiliating defeat the fresh protests which have continued on and off since the war ended in november on thursday when defied a call by the military to resign and accuse the army of an attempted coup is

a quick recap of how the situation has deteriorated over the past week. i. think. both were are. are ready for consistency and to both of them. i'm a sure and just and asked their people in the square to go on the stand being the only the scientific community top politicians parties everyone is against nickel pushing yeah we've made significant progress it has to create he has betrayed the nation has to lead we've never had such a vile leader who treated us so badly we came to the square answering the call from our prime minister we stand with him to the end he must put an end to all this of course failing that this form of governmental transition is definitely not acceptable to me we came to see our prime minister of the republic square so the

whole world knows that the people support him. her. right in the streets of the opposition a teaching of the chance to make camp. because. to stand $24.00 seventh's and also they are preparing for that night bringing firewood for kim fayyad. because. the country's been on edge since november over pay still with us on the disputed region a got a cutback the government had victory in that war but armenians saw the agreement as

a humiliating defeat and protesters reacted to the truce was told me the government building in the arab and he goes down north for some to spade and some part of history to. this whole process it has been brewing for months because it all stems from mean years and well nagorno-karabakh a defeat in last year's war with the armenian government the promise their people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with there by john over the issue of this disputed region over nagorno-karabakh i spent a month there well as the war was breaking out all around me and basically from the very start and all throughout the war everything that we've heard everything that journalists have heard everything that the population the people that heard from the i mean inside it it was we're going to come out victorious yes we are falling back a little bit but that's a tactical retreat and we will regain our positions and don't worry we have it under control so when i was there by john and i mean it signed

a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came poor mean eons for ordinary people as an absolute shock because according to that deal they had to concede 2 thirds of the go in a car back to azerbaijan and that when it sparked that was the ignition that's when the protests started that's when people started to come to the streets and when they started to call on world local trashing and to step down because they blame this on the him and essentially passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and at a certain point it was almost like he was trying to blame the military to blame the soldiers for not doing enough he obviously he retracted that he later he said that he did mean that but that's when the bad blood between him and the military started because i've been there soldiers they did all they could they just they were overpowered militarily they were overpowered they had no response they had no answer to the drone problem because the drones they were just obliterating their

positions which were absolutely not ready for you know their defense systems were not ready for that so that's when it started basically people are heartbroken absolutely. devastated because you're going to care about it's not just some piece of mountain in which it is for you or for me we don't have that feeling it's for that for them it's a matter of honor a matter of national pride so that defeat having to concede to. the territories which are overwhelmingly populated by the ethnically armenian people that was absolutely devastating and through the cause of all these months it seems and while it is obvious now passion and hasn't the prime minister hasn't done enough to to do so back together the divisions in the armenian society just so back together to heal this woman this massive wall and clearly it does have a fair amount of support doesn't it i mean the call for supporters to come on to

the streets and they did how much support does he have exactly and why is that support there given what you've just said judging from what i see right now it very much reminds me as to what was happening there back in october in november when it was still hard when the moon was still bleeding from the last in the war basically i did see thousands of people turn out against nickel passion on a given back then but again every single taxi driver that i would talk to back when he would tell me something along the lines well i don't know i don't know why people are so angry like a lot of people do support the prime minister after all remember he came into power as the man of the streets so to speak he was like he came with the crowd he came as part of a revolution himself so really the streets and the public support is all that he has to legitimize him as the country's leader that's why the his kneejerk reaction to the statement by the military was to call on his supporters to gather in the in

the city center because this is what legitimizes him and that's why the opposition is following the same route because they know if a lot of people come out and if it is. obvious that there is so many people who want him to go that the that the moves in i mean that the mood in armenia has changed because of this war and people world and fewer people now support him after the after the defeat and that they blame that the pin the blame of the defeat on him passion is saying that it's an attempted military coup but again we haven't seen any military in the streets the general chief of staff he signed a letter along with some 40 other top officers generals they have called on him to resign but again they called on everybody to refrain from violence so to me it looks like the last world really the last warning like literally the last warning into passion and it came as a complete surprise to passion and so he's trying to find this balance as to he doesn't want to be more hardcore than he needs to be and he's trying to and it is

clear that he did not have a plan for this he's just he just reacting on the girl like something happens he reacts it well it's not like he had a he had a contingency plan for that at least it doesn't look like he had one to me. we discussed the latest 2 with the vice president of the country's national assembly and also an armenian left turn a general a veteran of previous wars in the garden. the regime knew that for 30 years the military has been poorly managed in terms of equipment and maintenance this led to the army becoming weak and flushing and came to power without a team experience 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 commander his resignation as he was destroying the army to communion. its post-war turbulence when the military makes political statements that can only be called a military coup in the military must carry out its immediate task of protecting the borders of the republic politics is not a military matter our colleagues from other countries are emphasizing that this is unacceptable the prime minister has problems with a few military officials 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 for what's. ahead of the world health organization has warned rich countries against restricting covert vaccine supplies to developing nations many in the you are fusing western shots over reports of poor ethical leaving a significant numbers of use jabs then as our europe correspondent reported in the

week. germany is facing a touch of cognitive dissonance when it comes to covert 19 vaccinations on the one hand politicians on the population are outraged at how slow the process of giving a vaccine to everyone in germany has been on the other hand vaccination centers like this one here in berlin at the old airport which only gives out the astra zeneca job well they've been struggling to get people to take up the offer that some sorts a line unused because not enough people enrolling or just not turning up for their appointment this is an absurd and unbearable situation as of last friday only 10 percent of the vaccines available had been administered the astra zeneca job is only approved for use in under 60 five's in germany due to a lack of data on its effectiveness and older people it's being made available to health care staff but tales of reactions to the vaccine have seen some german

states suspend its use. astra zeneca has been criticized because on the one hand it seems to be less effective than the messenger r.n.a. vaccines from beyond. and on the other hand you have been reports of vaccine reactions both must continue to be well monitored is something quieter share there how can we do it to vaccine and then find out a couple weeks months later that it's maybe not as efficient it was as it was promised i think this shows that the way the european union has been managing this whole vaccine campaign it was not only by the professionals that were supposed to be making decisions in the 1st place i think this is something which is not normal and now it's backfiring of course we see a very small percentage of western europeans getting the vaccine it's angela merkel spokesperson even had to put out a post on social media encouraging people to take the astra zeneca vaccine because there's a worry that the doses germany has could end up going to. waste. astra zeneca

succeed in. that it prevents many infections and protects against serious illnesses vaccination can see. france has found itself in a similar position to germany when it comes to its citizens being unsure about the astra zeneca jab a general lack of vaccines across the european union added to growing fears about their safety i mean the 2 biggest eurozone economies germany and france vaccinated just 6 percent of their populations but the head of the world health organization wants rich countries to check before ordering more shots and made diet shortages in developing nations if there are no vaccines to buy moneys irrelevant currently some high income countries are into contracts with vaccine manufacturers that undermine the deals that call vioxx hours in police and reduce the number of

those this come by. millions and millions of shares and we don't even know if these vaccines are safe and now that we've got these vaccines people don't want them so what do we do with that and there's no better be over of course if some kind of cheese through say they want to definitely you should and should should have them or sell them or or get it so that to the countries we can have vaccines and staying in. some or as some calls. refrigerated areas around the you know while e.u. nations are did the ring over whether or not to get one of the main vaccines that are on offer poorer nations are running the risk of having no doses of any vaccine at all peter all over r.t. berlin i discussed the low uptake of astra zeneca shop there with the director of health and care at the international federation of the red cross and red crescent he told me the consequences of not using all available doses are dire. it leaves an

ethical that we have hundreds of thousands of those of effective vaccine lying unused in the european countries when we have many else workers in the developing countries that are not getting any vaccine these are not only unethical it's extremely sad because every vaccine that is not injected in the arm of a person is a potential death due to. 1000 so we really need to accelerate the distribution of vaccines and to do that one of the critical point in europe has been means information and mistrust in not only in europe we have a lot of vaccine is around the world and i think there is a lot of work to be done to make sure that people understand that getting a vaccine that has a 60 percent efficacy rate is a great deal everybody should be going for that vaccine as long as the vaccine is safe i think has been demonstrated. so there's no reason why those people should be

the thing and not taking a vaccine they're putting themselves and their communities at risk besides creating problems for the rest of the world. as health attorneys have warned against reported u.k. plans to make over jobs mandatory for some workers pointing out it may be illegal under current legislation includes chief medical officer has already told health staff the getting inoculated is the duty and the national health service n.h.s. is reportedly considering making it a blanket treat for certain employees but n.h.s. dr bob gillis spoke to us he told us some medical workers would see that as an attack on their autonomy. the idea of making an agent compulsory is very shortsighted we need to understand that damn if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession even the government's already chaotic and much criticized handling of the endemic we've already lost

a 1000 health and social. work force due to the pandemic people have been working exhaustingly long hours have witnessed tragic scenes and to attack they have professional judgement and autonomy by making this compulsory i think is another straw to break the camel's back. you can medical to so the backdrop to all this so the number of coronavirus patients has dropped meantime and pressure on the n.h.s. is easing official suggested indeed the country's covert alert level to be downgraded without a my bob dylan again told this man to train occupation could backfire if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment then what does a doctor do if you risk losing their job and losing their profession that they've studied and worked so hard for or they comply so it's quite a big stick to beat the profession with. i don't think anybody could argue against the evidence for vaccination and what the government should try to do is understand

if there is significant reluctance why that is support those will provide them more information but not to coerce them it was a survey early on in that and then me which showed the vast majority all doctors certainly felt that the government had completely missed and or the coronavirus and damage and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve that confidence in government. are to international the weekend thanks for taking the time to be with us still to come a recovered covert patient tells us about getting hundreds of death threats and being blamed for lock down restrictions well we made him again then there's other news that made the headlines from us in the last 7 days right after this break.

seemed wrong. wrong just. to get to shape out just the attic. and in detroit. the trail. went on find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race in. spearing dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down in.

20 past the next one of canada's covert victims is one the stigma attached with the disease is stopping many from reporting they could be infected cortland kroenke is his name he received hundreds of death threats after it was revealed that he caught the virus. people attacked me for no reason in new brunswick that's my hometown that's where i'm from there's a video that was on october 31st of me saying that i couldn't taste or smell anything and the background story i kind of the you tube video on this so that you know creates allergies where i can't taste her might and you know my nose gets blocked up and and that's what i was relating it to and that's why the 2nd day i book tasks like weighted still there you know it could be covert i have to go down to the states so i'm just going to double check i'm pretty sure it's not because my spouse days prior tested negative for covert $191.00 of the guys that i was on the

trip with who came home early from calgary he tested also negative for quote 19 which he actually had symptoms so i was like ok there's probably a very slim chance that i have over 1000 and when i was traveling from calgary back to new brunswick i was considered an essential worker so we weren't required to isolate and i didn't have symptoms at that time my symptoms didn't come to 31st and i was coming back to new brunswick on the 24th of october. after being infected in october than people on social media began blaming him for subsequent public restrictions a lot could get told to the dangers of public shaming. a lot of people are so worried about having cobra not because of it's going to harm them but it's because they're worried of what the the population around them will think when you shame somebody and when you have this big stigma on people for having called it a lot of people who are sick you know that might have a sniffle or a sore throat or something they don't bother going to get tested because they they

feel like they're going to be shamed so or shunned and so a lot of people end up hiding their symptoms that's an issue because then you're not getting a true number on cases and and you know you have people going around spreading the virus not knowingly the they have the virus because they're too worried about what people might think that they have the virus. far away from covertly cover this to everything from brand names to work relations even family ties is showing signs of break as u.s. political divides begin to affect practically every section of society there don one quarter this story. if you take joe biden's word at face value you might think political polarization in america is no big deal the nation is not divided it's not nearly as divided as we make it out to be but if you take a look at what's actually going on in the streets well a different picture begins to appear.

and according to the statistics your eyes are not deceiving you i think we're all aware of how political polarization has affected our elections and system of government but the impacts go far beyond the political arena it seems the facts contradict biden's feel good speeches about unity take the family the core structure of american society it's a real example of unity and something more important than political bickering with that in mind check out what one republican senators family had to say about his decision to support trump's impeachment we all thought really just gusted with you it is now most embarrassing to us that we are related to you you've been bearish the kings and family name ok as a politician his family cannot get around political talk at the dinner table but

divorces parents disowning their children this is happening in ordinary american families it's tough my husband is a trump has caused such strife they feel like i want to divorce i'm a registered republican who is now an independent who voted democrat my republican family however has dug in they think i'm the crazy one they were more shocked to find out i hate to d.t. than they were to hear i was also known as none of my family members talk to me i'm so sorry for anyone who's lost family over politics it has. you could see it in the workplace where playing politics can get you fired and the spotlight of national news like the former what a burger employee who wore a black lives matter mask to the job it went ahead but that's the test that i made in the style of clothing that i think everything you say it is that. you probably shouldn't buy the wrong item either unless you want to incur the wrath of those who don't agree with you going to food for example is now being boycotted just because

the boss prays donald trump for a also under boycott because the company dropped its contract with a conservative beauty blogger who claims she was targeted for her political views and the head of my pillow is taking flak since he publicly supports the idea that the last presidential election was fraudulent the keyboard warriors have drawn their swords and retailers have even cut ties with the companies because of it so next time you think about buying a pillow think twice unless of course you want your family to fall apart you know i was just in. the host a latino just threw in so he said it's getting physical. i honestly think that it has to do with the fact that we can interact with each other a lot more we were probably always at our core of this polarized the difference is that now the the barbarian at the gate to use a metaphor is a lot closer in real or than it was when we had cities that lived in liberal

bubbles and red states that lived in their bubbles and everybody kind of believed based on the way that you would go about your life that there was a little bit more of a hamas genius lifestyle now the person that is very very conservative sees the freedom of the liberal city life in the liberal city live sees the 3 of conservative ecosystem they are on top of each other in a digital way that simply didn't exist until this moment. it's now in 26 in the morning here in moscow hope your weekend is going good if you're up bright and early this sunday morning that is the way that some of our top story shapes up over the last 7 days here and say brought to you by may kevin 0 in for me in the whole team have a great rest of the weekend. for

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