only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. in the day's headlines our media'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 at its crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quit. and some of the top stories of the week astra zeneca has covered job ally on use in europe as people refused vaccination for advocacy concerns at the same time the world health organization points to drastic shortages and poor nations. and u.k. doctors come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for

frontline workers. you're watching the weekly here on our team a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. i mean as political crisis has escalated further after the president rejected sacking the country's top general on the prime minister's request setting the stage for a constitutional showdown meanwhile crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of yerevan for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of the question yeah they're angry at his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan which many saw as and humiliating defeat the fresh protests which have continued on and off since the war ended in november erupted on thursday defied a call by the military to. zine and accuse the army of an attempted coup here's

a quick recap of how the situations deteriorated as of late. ringback prime minister and the government of army are no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the own forces of armenia demand the resignation of the prime minister and the government. but you. might want to also just officers general it's still your job god borders and the territorial integrity of armenia this is my order and no one can disobey today we're holding this rally and was the initial actions will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on the elections both cowher are. already for consistency and they're both of them. i'm

a share 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 nicole and we've made significant progress it has to create he has betrayed the nation has to leave 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 there of course failing but 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. or her the. right in the streets the opposition.

because. this. way they force it all so they are preparing for that. would spoil. the country's been on ad since november of last year over a peace deal without a bias and the disputed region of. the government had found a victory in that war but armenians saw the agreement as a humiliating defeat protesters reacted to the truce by storming government buildings. down i've spent time there at the height of it last year and outline 1st of all power that's led us to what we're witnessing now. this whole process that has been brewing for months because it all stems from mean years and well

nagorno-karabakh defeats in last year's war with the armenian government the problem is the people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with their by john over the issue of this disputed region over the going to come about 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 had everything that journalists have and everything that the population the people that. 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 of like don't worry we have it under control so when i was there by john and i mean i 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 going to care about to azerbaijan and that when that was the ignition . that's when the protests started that's when people started to come to the

streets passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and a certain point it was almost like he was trying to blame the military to blame the saudis for not doing enough he obviously he retracted that he later he said that he didn't mean that but that's when the bad blood between him and the military started because i've been there and 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 heartbroken absolutely devastated because you're going to care about it's not just some piece of mountain 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 with that defeat having to concede 2 of the

territories which are overwhelmingly populated by the ethnically armenian people that was absolutely devastating and through the course 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 the wound this massive wound cleared it does have a fair amount of support doesn't it i mean he called 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 nicol passion and even back then but again every single taxi driver there were. toole too bad 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 a with a 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 as as the country's leader that's why the his knee jerk reaction to this statement by the military was to call in his supporters to gather in the in the city center because this is what legitimizes him call passion and he's 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 in everybody to refrain from violence so to me it looks like the last world really the last warning literally the last warning to

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's not 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 developments with the vice president of the country's national assembly and an armenian lieutenant general a veteran of previous wars in the world occurred about. the provision 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 on came to power without a team experience the prime minister was an absolute 0 in military affairs as well as in economics politics and this management disorganization noncompliance with the

mobilization plan the destruction of command and control systems and the dismissal of military officers all this led to the fact that the general staff lost all patience and demanded the supreme commanders resignation as he was destroying the army took a community post of its post-war turbulence when the military makes political statements that can only be called a military coup the military must carry out its immediate task of protecting the borders of the republic politics is not a military matter our colleagues from other countries are emphasizing that this is unacceptable the prime minister has problems with a few military officials for in the war i must say the authorities and the prime minister are in control of the situation putting the blame on one person is wrong it's not fair and there are millions understand that and we all have our share of the blame thoughts. angle of merkel's at the center of media attention for allegedly refusing to take the astra zeneca covert job herself the german leader

explained that her age was the reason. and 66 years old and i do not belong to the group recommended for us to seneca vaccine so far proved in the country for those under 65 but the chancellor statement has added to the controversy where many in the you are refusing western charts of reports of poor efficacy leaving significant numbers of unused jobs meanwhile the head of the world health organization has warned rich countries against restricting shot supplies to developing nations as a europe correspondent here over 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 in the news 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 there have been reports of vaccine reactions both must continue to be well monitored something might fish out there how can we do it to vaccine and then find out

a couple weeks months later that it's maybe not as efficient as 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 wrong and now it's backfiring of course we see a very small percentage of western europeans getting the vaccine it's angle of 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 save lives 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 job 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 are undermine the deal start callbacks hours in police and reduce the number of those this combine. we've already 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 trees feel safe with these vaccines and they want them to definitely who should and should should have them or sell them or i don't know a good sense of that to the countries who can't have vaccines or staying in it in.

some or as some calls for us to call there's refrigerated areas around the you know while e.u. nations a 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. we discussed the low uptake of astra zeneca shot with the director of health and care at the international federation of the red cross and red crescent he told us the consequences of not using all available doses are dire. it leaves a nasty cold that we have hundreds of thousands of those effective and safe vaccine lying go 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 unethically is 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 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 for you so there's no reason why those people should be at the clearing and not taking a vaccine they're putting themselves and their communities at risk besides creating problems for the rest of the world. the world should prepare for a new post pandemic reality that's what the world health organization special envoy told r.t. david nabarro also warned that we should expect other dangerous strains to spread.

as someone who say we should be striving towards eliminating the virus completely others when i'm in this 2nd group say that we must strive towards being able to live with the virus as a constant threat but putting in place a mix of defenses in our societies that may mean that we hold of our interests at play at the center of that is vaccination which can protect people from getting seriously ill and dying but there's also how we behave there's also how governments create the conditions in which we could behave in a really helpful way with regard to avoiding the virus and as international cooperation. i want to be clear you always need to have traction nations to get so that's good practice or even just for many years i've carried

a little yellow book next to my passport which indicates that i've had yellow fever vaccinations it includes tito's of the daytime received the vaccination who vaccinated me and very importantly will bacha number of vaccine i received i really think that's good practice now how the significance it used as possible as for being able to get on a plane or get into a hotel or go into a building or go to a festival that's a different story and right now i don't think anybody is in a position to start saying to our vaccinations that it's will be used in practice it's early days on that. there's been as as most of your viewers will know 'd a recent investigation into how this virus appeared through an independent scientific group that was set up under the auspices of the world health organization

a joint independent group together with the chinese authorities and they are in the process of producing a report looking for hypotheses about the origins and their report will detail where they got to in relation to each of these hypotheses finding out the origins of any kind of pathogen whether it's the one causing this corona virus and damage or other pathogens for example like it or particular kinds of influenza these investigations that difficult to do and as far as i'm concerned this is a process it's on track. it's very political and a lot of people are watching it and we have to wait until the report appears before any further judgments could be made. still haven't recovered come a patient tells r.t. about getting hundreds of death threats and being blamed for a lockdown restrictions on that story and more after this.

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i. welcome back to the weekly health attorneys have warned against reported u.k. plans to make covert jobs mandatory for some workers pointing out it may be illegal under current legislation england's chief medical officer has already told health staff that getting a knock you laid it is their duty and the national health service the n.h.s. is reportedly considering making it a blanket tory for certain employees but n.h.s. dr bob hill told us that some medical workers see it as an attack on their autonomy

. the idea of making books a nation compulsory is very shortsighted you need to understand the damn if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession given 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 their professional judgment and autonomy by making this compulsory i think is another straw to break the panel's back. you can a medical chief say the number of coronavirus patients has dropped and pressure on the n.h.s. is easing and officials have even suggested that the country's coded alert level should be downgraded but that in mind boggler again says mentor and i tell ation could backfire if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment

then what does a doctor do if you risk losing their job losing the profession that they've studied and worked so hard for or they comply with 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 so all those will provide the more information but not to coerce them it was a survey early on in the pandemic which showed the vast majority or doctors certainly felt that the government had completely missed. the krona virus and their mic and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve that confidence in government. one covered survivor in canada has warned the stigma attached with the disease is stopping many from reporting that they could be infected cortland kronk's received hundreds of death threats after it was revealed 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 can taste or smell anything that you know creates allergies where i can't taste her mind you know my my nose gets blocked up and and that's what i was relaying it to and that's why the 2nd day i booked a task like waited still there you know it might it could be covert i pulled out of the state 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 of the guys i was on the trip with who came home early from calgary he tested also negative for over $1000.00 which he actually had symptoms so i was like ok there's there's probably a very slim chance that i have covered 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

people on social media began blaming him for subsequent public restrictions and lockdowns he told us the dangerous a public shaming. a lot of people are so worried about. 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 the 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 are too worried about what people might think that they have the virus. for some news in brief riders have graffitied and torched a police van the whole project. and damaged banks and stores on

a 2nd week of spanish violence against the challenge of rapper a public cell for insulting the royal family and lyrics and tweets and officers inside the burnt police van escaped unharmed more than a dozen demonstrators were arrested. also 3 officers have been injured as hundreds of anti-lock down an anti-black scene protesters and ireland attacked police with fireworks and police charged the crowds hitting them with batons and made $23.00 arrests. and we can also share with you some stunning footage as russia's space agency ross cosmos launches its 1st ever arctic and satellite to monitor the environment of the frozen territory the rocket carrying the satellite took off from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. everything from brand names to work relations and even family ties are showing signs of breakdown as u.s. political divides begin to affect practically every section of society as artist

alcor explains. 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're related to you you've been bearers the kings and family name ok he's 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. 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 when i had the facts and details that i met inappropriate that's the style of clothing that i think everything you say but if they think you probably shouldn't buy the wrong item either unless you want to incur the wrath of those who don't agree with you go a food for example is now being boycotted just because the boss praised donald trump so 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 that's

a recap of just some of the stories that help shape the world these last 7 days as always thanks for tuning in. when else truths seem wrong. why don't we just don't. let me. get to shape out these days become educated and in games read equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. because those books go. for all.

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