in the day's headlines constitutional clash just a day after armenia's president rejects a controversial order to sack the country's top general and sense of back to the prime minister the pm sends it straight back to the president. continue to demand that the premier steps down. and in some of the top stories of the week stockpiles of the astra zeneca coated vaccine go under used in europe amid questions over its activists but it comes as the world health organization and warns of a lack of jobs in poor nations. and doctors in the u.k. rejected plans to make kobe vaccines up a look at tory frontline workers. here

watching the weekly here on our team for national recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. a constitutional showdown is on the cards in armenia after the president rejected an order by the prime minister to sack the country's top general it comes as crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands took to the streets of iran for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of the coal. are angry at his handling of last year's war with al gore by john which many of you as a humiliating defeat for the country although protests have been on and off since the war and they didn't know who demonstrations are ruptured on thursday and passion defied a call by the military to resign and accuse the army of a coup attempt here's how the situation has unfolded.

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. might want to also officers generals do 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 will finish all actions will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on elections both were are. are ready 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

passion you know 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. her cut. her. right in the streets of the opposition teaching the pm to make camp. because. to stand $24.00 seventh's and also they are preparing.

why. the. anger has been brewing in the country since november about a peace deal struck with azerbaijan over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region armenians are the agreement as an embarrassing defeat and stormed the government building and response artistic us down and reported from there at the height of the crisis when the trouble that's led to what's happening now. 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 their by john over the issue of this disputed region of nagorno-karabakh so when i was there by john and i mean he signed a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came for i 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 it sparked that's when people started to come out to the streets 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 and 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 defeat having to concede 2 thirds of the territories which are overwhelming. really 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 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 clear 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 basically i did see thousands of people turn out against a nickel passion on a given back then but again every single taxi driver that i would talk to back then 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 the country's leader that's why the his kneejerk reaction to this statement by the military was to call on 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 why he doesn't want to be more. core 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 world 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 discuss the developments with the vice president of the country's national assembly along with an armenian lieutenant general is a veteran of previous wars in the article about the regime that for 30 years the military has been poorly managed in terms of equipment and maintenance this led to the army becoming weak and pushing 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 it 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 putting the blame on one person is wrong it's not fair and there are millions understand that we all have our share of the blame. angela merkel's refusal to take the astra zeneca coded vaccine was creating plenty of headlines this week the german later put it down to age and 66 years old and i do not belong to the group recommended for us to seneca. astra zeneca vaccines only approved in germany for the under $65.00 and the chancellor's

statement is fueling more questions about the effectiveness of the jab that's led to reports of stockpiles of the new shots and it all comes as the world health organization warned that poor countries are being left empty handed when it comes to vaccines with more details here's peter all for. 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 shots aligned 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 in 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 tech and moderna and on the other hand there 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 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 normal and

now it's backfiring of course we see a very small percentage of western europeans getting the vaccine it angela merkel spokes person 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 c. and 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 are 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 box ours in place and reduce the number of those come by. 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 in they want them in their family who should and should should have them or sell them or or get into the countries we can't have vaccines staying in. some or as some call spots refrigerated areas around the yours while e.u. nations the 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 the director of health and care at the red cross told us the consequences of doses going unused could be dire. it is an ethical we have hundreds of thousands of those it is effective and safe vaccine line go unused in the european countries when we have many elves 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. being means information and mistrusts there not only in europe we have a lot of vaccine as advances 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 because the rate is a great deal everybody should be going for that vaccine as long as the vaccine is safe i think that's been demonstrated by the 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 the world should prepare for a new post pandemic reality that's not the world health organization special covert envoy told r.t. and he also warned of other dangerous strain spreading. as some who say we should be striving towards eliminating the virus completely others and i'm in this 2nd group say that we must strike towards being able to live with the virus as a constant threat but putting in place a mix of defenses in our societies that mean that we hold the virus at bay

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 have governments create the conditions in which we can behave in a really helpful way but we're going 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 'd indicates that i've had yellow fever vaccinations it includes 15 toes of the data i've received the vaccination who vaccinated me and very importantly will number of vaccine i received i really think that's good practice now how the significance it used as possible for being able to get on a plane or get into a hotel or go into a building or go to

a festival 'd that's a different story and right now i don't think anybody is in a position to start saying the sutta out vaccinations ficus will be used in practice it's early days on that. as as most of your viewers will know a recent investigation into how this virus appeared through an independent scientific group that was set up under the auspices of the world gopher organization a joint independent group together with the chinese authorities and they are in the process of producing a report they're looking for i posses 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

pandemic or other pathogens for example like it or particular kinds of influenza these investigations that are 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 the for the judgments could be made. still had the stigma of covert and all recovered patient reveals we got hundreds of death threats and was blamed for a lockdown restrictions after this infection became known that story and more after that sparked. join me every 1st day on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see that.

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back to the weekly reported plans to make coverage jobs mandatory for frontline health care workers in the u.k. could be a legal that's a claim of industry lawyers and ones chief medical officer has already told health staff it's their duty to get a shot on the national health service is reportedly considering making it a blip atory for certain employees and i just dr bob gill says some of his colleagues see doesn't attack on their autonomy. the idea of making wrecks 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 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 camel's back u.k. medical chiefs say the number of covered patients has dropped and pressure on the health service is easing but with that in mind dr bob bell again believes mandatory and i can lation could backfire if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment then what does a doctor do a 5th you risk losing their job 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 people 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 and on the ground a virus and demick and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve that confidence in government it covered survivor and canada has warned of this stigma attached to getting the virus and claims it could be stopping people from reporting infections crunk 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 couldn't taste or smell anything that you know creates allergies where i can't taste her mind 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 booked a task like waited still there you know it could be covert i put 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 $191.00 of the guys that i was on the trip with who came home early from calgary he tested also negative for over 1000 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 in fact had people on social media began blaming him for subsequent public restrictions and lockdowns in the area he spoke to us about the dangers of public shaming. a lot of people are so worried about having kobe 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 are too worried about what people might think that they have the virus. now for some old news in brief riders have attacked police and damage shops and banks and the 2nd week of violence in spain over the jailing of rapper a public. musician was sentenced for in some. in the royal family and lyrics and tweets and other charges more than a dozen demonstrators were arrested. 3 officers have been injured as hundreds of anti lockdown anti back scene protesters in ireland attacked police with fireworks and other objects police charged the crowds with batons and 23 arrests were made. and lastly russia's space agency ross cosmos has launched its 1st ever satellite to monitor at the frozen

environment of the arctic the rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan that's what you're seeing now. 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 artists all quarter 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 divined it is 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 bearish 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 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 an easy to think i made inappropriate but that's the style of clothing that i think everything you think so here's what it takes things 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 praise donald trump so fora 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 been a recap of just some of the stories that helped shape the world these last 7 days and that's all for me as well today but if you're not my colleague hong brain will be here at the top of the hour with their live news updates. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

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