the case is closed and nobody really can tell the difference between a good confession from one that isn't. in the headlines this hour protesters stormed government buildings in armenia as the heat is turned up on the political unrest in the country. guilty as charged former french president nicolas sarkozy is convicted of corruption and handed a year behind bars it gives him the dubious honor of becoming the 1st former president in the country to get a jail term and also coming up. lashing out at lockdowns of violence erupts in several countries around europe as people fight back against coronavirus kerr. and the

never ending nightmare we investigate the plight of these so-called cold with long haul are people still battling to get there but health back months after the 1st infection. this is r t international coming to you straight from the russian capital where it's just turned 6 pm welcome to the program. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to one year in jail sarkozy was found guilty of bribing a judge in exchange for inside information on an investigation into his presidential campaign finances he's the 1st former president of france ever to have been given a jail term but journalist and political commentator analyst both which doesn't think this is the end of the matter. the 1st president to be condemned to jail this

is a condition that he could have nation that he's already going to feel so i don't think he's jailed yet. but it's the see also has the interesting although having been the 1st president of france to be the object of 17 different court cases 16 of which were dismissed without merit and he expects that his appeal sort of well you know his luck will hold and appeal but it still isn't it's a strong setback to something that in some jurisdictions would have been thrown out of court because it was based on the continuous our phone tapping by magistrates without a specific mandate of the specific object which in french or it is illegal so it's a really interesting case and that really demonstrates that french justice has become quite as has become quite politicized in recent. simmering anger at tightening covered restrictions has boiled over and arlen and denmark

where thousands took to the streets demanding their freedoms back. well those protests in several e.u. countries come as there is an increasing transmission breaks old 19 hearing from the health minister has described the situation as. the epidemic here with tens of thousands of new cases being registered every day now as

a result of that over the weekend several times in france went into new weekend lockdowns and it does look as if that is going to be expanded across the country here in paris the various discussing a mini 3 week lockdown it seems to many that the 50 that's been in place for several months now is more working but that's not the case according to the country's director general of health the situation is obviously very tense the government has taken strong braking measures particularly with the curfew the latter works very well well the e.u. of course is still having problems with its vaccine rollout it's been slow from the start only around 8 percent of adults have beem lated across the book fall behind say that come to parts in the u.k. we're almost 30 percent in the there are still questions particularly over the astra zeneca vaccine the efficacy of which older people have been questions not just by phones but also by germany and as

a result of that many people are refusing in those countries that have not particular vaccine. so much so that some figures suggest up to 85 percent of doses in germany haven't been used and possibly around 90 percent of doses haven't been used in france so much so that there are calls now to give those extra time since teen younger individuals who might accept that vaccine we cannot afford the vaccine sitting around and not being used because some of those entitled to it reject it. well as the e.u. is struggling to get the doses of the vaccines that people actually want to take some countries are now taking matters into their own hands let's take the czech republic for example which is declared a new nationwide state of emergency the number of cases why is there so much so that they've decided that they might reach out and obtain the vaccine from russia there is

a huge interest in the russian vaccine we cannot wait for the european medicines agencies approval the states institute for drug control must examine the documentation and if they approve it the health ministry has to issue an exemption well the czech republic is not the only country that is already doing that hungry has been inoculated people with the sputnik the vaccine for the last month said to happen efficacy rates over around 92 percent but it hasn't yet been given regulatory approval he in europe but it seems as the continues to hold across the bloc countries now deciding to make their own way. now we turn to the growing unrest in armenia where protesters have stormed a number of government buildings in the capital the president and prime minister have already met to discuss the tense political situation the pm said the outcome of that meeting will be announced later today that's in the capital is brace for 2 mass rallies both for and against the prime minister we cannot cross live to the

heart of the action in the armenian capital an artist coming to come so constantine it's been a rapidly changing picture over in armenia bring us up to speed on the latest developments. tension runs high in your mine is 2 major rallies staged by opponents and supporters of prime minister nicola parchin on are happening are has just started and as you can probably hear the call passion is already on the stage giving a pretty passionate speech. and to his supporters another rally held by the opposition is also in full swing in front of the national parliament large crowds are expected in the city center and of course chances are high that this will end up in clashes between groups of protesters that's exactly what happened last week when both prime minister and the opposition called on for people to take to the streets at the same time earlier today the opponents of the prime minister stormed several government buildings demanding the whole question and resigns footage on

social media showed chaotic scenes as the crowd was smashing through the hallways protestors were shouting through the bullhorn urging government employees to stop taking orders from nicole partially nama and do not comment to the pro pashtun rally and you know that shows you how much tension is in the air right now as the political crisis in armenia falls on the flip side though it looks like the political dialogue is still going on prime minister nicola and president armin sarky son have held a meeting earlier today those 2 have been at odds lately after the president refused to sign prime ministers order to dismiss the had of the general staff of the armed forces on a guess around mystic just around along with other top generals also called on the prime minister to leave the office and for that was accused of staging a trick you standing called question out of ones to get rid of the army's commander who publicly defied him but hasn't succeeded so far which many saw as

a sign that the support from the political institution in the media might be waning for the incumbent prime minister now with that being said that turnout of the rallies will be crucial for both sides as it might show who dominates the streets and winning the hearts of regular people in those ongoing fight for power. parties constantine rock up according life from the. well let's just quickly take you through the recent turmoil in the country the prime minister faced calls to step down by the country's military last week he and turn accuse the military of an attempted coup and sacked the country's top general this sparked mass rallies from both supporters and opponents of the prime minister later the president stepped in and overruled passion and order to fire the chief of staff all this follows last year's conflict with neighboring. which resulted in a peace deal that many are median as a humiliating defeat. c more than

a year since it 1st started to take a crippling hold on the world the pandemic has left a trail of devastation and its wake 2 and a half 1000000 people are dead around 150000000 have been infected but despite this little is still known about the long term effects of the virus known as long. has the latest now in a special covert documentary series. for more than a year now humanity has been dealing with cove it crickey each of us understands what symptoms have been identified but only now do we start to understand that there is also a long covert use names way between 5 and 50 percent of people struggle with this disease for much longer than expected people have been treated at our hospital they are coming back and these situations are becoming even more common than simple i got sick this is very worrying.

just like how same day precisely comprehensible symptoms everything is just like in that series of. the other i thought that i was cured and everything would return to normal but unfortunately this was not the case i started choking of the felt then had to call a doctor again i realized that i couldn't walk more than 100 to 150 meters i was getting tired immediately and i would get a burning feeling in my chest it would be logical if complications off the cuff it cut in the most severe cases of patients who lie like this in intensive care on ventilators but in fact this is not the case the majority of people with the so-called kovi tale along a young people who have never been in intensive care and moreover have not even

consulted doctors about. i did not have any fever a cough at all. then i start to cough up blood and i got a very severe pain in my leg some of the countries some symptoms were ending other were starting headaches and even congestion in my chest despite non damage to my launce. it was just analysts. it is if you are sick with something but of what exactly. it definitely hits the nervous system that this is its main target in which way the. small from both these occur in the vessels of the brain little haemorrhages all this becomes evident via very different symptoms sometimes rather obvious and sometimes not a headache is something understandable and this is not due to intoxication but due to covert micro bleeding and swelling. massive weakness is also what everyone

describes and what is completely unusual for other diseases visual and hearing impairment dreams become weird you know even hallucinogenic and tacky cardia can be terrible and completely inexplicable even young people can have it but the even young people who do not have any hope of ologies they go through an e.c.g. an echo the doctors find nothing. all this made us realize that this is damage to the central nervous system so the brain sends you some kind of a signal by stay sick yes something like this. every day we see more and more patients for whom kovi did not end with them leaving the hospital sometimes the consequences last for months and how long it will last is completely incomprehensible the most important thing here is not to miss the moment and see a doctor in time. use of electronic monitoring tags and israel to make sure people are self isolating

when they arrive and the country isn't getting the warmest of reactions from israel is more on this we can cross now to our teams middle east on a policy where so paula what kind of reaction has there been. well as you can see i'm standing just outside the building in front of the arrivals hall and the security here at ben gurion international airport just outside tel aviv is not letting the media into the building the people you see behind me are journalists and ironic ironically the reason given by the security is that they don't want the media to make this into more of a story than it is and it's it is to jase that the israeli authorities know just how controversial this program that they introducing this often is now the 1st flight will be a flight from frankfurt where passengers will be given the choice to either quarantine at an army hotel and to mention that they have been horrific stories coming out of these hotels we've heard of the alleged rape of a 13 year old girl that there's not enough food that there's not enough

accommodation all people will be given the choice to quarantine at home until now the israeli police know that a lot of people have been breaking that home quarantine so what they're introducing today and what is so controversial is this bracelet that people will be asked to put onto their ankle onto the wrist and it will connect with a cell phone and they'll be a sticker on the wall of the person's home and the minute they leave their home an alert will be given and ultimately the police will be notified that the person has broken home quarantine now the company that designed the technology has said that it's completely safe that there is no privacy laws being breached that they not according information they not taking pictures they say it's comfortable it's easy to wear but certainly as you mentioned it is causing a lot of controversy here in israel and raising eyebrows the rabbis in the country say that it will not be able to be implemented over the weekend because of breaks. and just ordinary people who don't observe shit but have also questioned the holy

shit in the seat of the program. asking travelers to choose between military enforced quarantine motel and an electronic bracelet i don't even know what to stop with it is a nightmare happening at warp speed and child in israel before its global debut is or launches pilot program to track returning passengers using electronic bracelets and the knesset passed the law allowing disclosing identities of unvaccinated to authorities watch how the pandemic continues to erode any semblance of civil rights . since january the country has been in a lockdown or a colt's and all borders have been closed and essentially what this has meant is that israelis who are bored cannot enter the country the question of course is being os what will happen to stranded israelis come the 23rd of march and to the elections and there's no definitive answers being given on that as of yet the

independent watchdog the israeli democracy institute has said that it is increasingly walid about the direction in which this country is headed. the concern is that they arose in of the rights affected is not proportionate but rather extreme even in view of the current health challenge the extreme changes in policy from one of a food open air port to complete closure without warning question unaware citizens who travelled abroad lawfully with the full expectational that they would be able to return and without giving them a chance to prepare accordingly creates intolerable human situations. now the kind of program does see a 100 kids being used but this will eventually be extended to a 1000 at the same time and that of course depends on legislation at the same time we are hearing from the health ministry saying. it is investigating the whole issue and it hasn't ruled out returning to the previous mode of checking people's cell

phones and to determine the movements and see whether or not they passed in on the coronavirus just today a few hours ago the high court of israel gould that they need to be severe limits put on the internal security the shin bet in terms of using this method so 30 with this is a developing story and we are seeing more noise rabies raised concerns as to how the country is purporting to stop the on a virus but at the same time seems to be curbing more most human rights and that certainly is the criticism. artie's policy larry thank you for bringing us that report. israeli government has already passed a law giving authorities access to the personal data of unvaccinated people is expected to remain and for 3 months officials insist it's only meant to encourage vaccination and claims information won't be used for any other purposes we've got reaction on the streets of tel aviv. but i'm concerned that the government wants to

share private medical information with initiatives that are not relevant i see it as a major violation of civil rights i definitely all about it to let this information out in order that as an incentive to people to get like seen and as. taking us one step closer to normal life it's very simple and over for our people because of india vaccinated the only dollars things and basically the corner office and where we let them do it their way they doing are they doing it strikes by these lies are we going to do what it was you ordered brought in the streets and then and demonstrate i really hope that there won't be discrimination between people who've had the vaccine and people who have and everybody should do it and then everything will be opened everybody. little have been seen or heard of donald trump since he walked out of the white house and january that all that changed last night when the former president once again stepped into the political spotlight in his 1st

public speech since leaving office becomes a recent poll suggests he still remains the most popular republican candidate for the next run of the presidency and 2024. was this speech was highly anticipated due to the fact that donald trump is not on social media giving us a piece of his mind any longer now trump did not say whether or not he would run for president in 2024 but he certainly left open the possibility it is far from being over. i've made even decide to beat him for a 3rd time ok was now he started off by making clear he would not be starting his own political party he would remain with the republicans now a poll taken among attendees of the conservative political action conference indicated that a very solid majority said they would vote for him and wow the republican party has

many elements within it that do not approve of donald trump among rank and file republican voters trump remains wildly popular where in the middle of a historic struggle for america's future america's culture and america's institutions borders and most cherished principles our security our prosperity had our very identity as americans is at stake like perhaps at no other time. so no matter how much the washington establishment of the powerful special interests may want to silence us let there be no doubt we will be victorious and america will be stronger and greater than ever before he also spoke about the issue of immigration he criticized the handling of the pandemic and gave a very harsh critique of the new administration so at this point people are looking on and saying that while democrats and others are saying that the country is

healing and reunifying that doesn't really seem to be the case donald trump remains the center of republican party politics and the partisanship and division that gave birth to donald trump remains intact the last 4 years things have become more and more intense that even though donald trump is out of office the polarization of the country but certainly ask elated during his presidency is not going away the country remains intensely divided we got reaction to trump speech from conservative commentator death charles and former libertarian party vice chair arvin barbara. if you chooses to run he's getting the nomination in 2024 the huge base of trump supporters is is it's young it's growing i mean it's just a larger and a more growing baze than the old guard that's kind of fading out all the people who are being you know silent through say face safe spaces or canceled or whatever all of those people are going to want a social group and

a political group that speaks of their to their values right now the united states has become a divided cultural where political disagreements have shifted into the social sphere into the entertainment fear etc and now if you're a public figure of any kind or in many cases even if you're just a private citizen your political views put you at risk to all kinds of non political attacks because the political sphere has shifted out of the political arena we're seeing it as being more problematic division rather the kind of than the good and the healthy political debate that has shaved american culture since the beginning who was on this track even before trump and so would trump on the scene and even. when he's outside of office i mean this divided is still going to remain and i'm not sure when it will happen when when people will finally reconcile as hard as fighting goes i mean that the media is going to protect them as much as possible but donald trump is going to be one of his most vocal detractors and i think we saw that tonight at the speech here noland orlando at sea so yeah he is

going to be a constant thorn in biden side biden won't be able to sneeze wrong without trump saying something about 4 years is not a short amount of time i think a lot can change between now and then maybe he'll decide that he doesn't want to run and that you'd rather support somebody to succeed him and maybe be become more of the kingmaker role but i do think that even if in 2024 if he does decide to run he does stand a very good chance of securing the nomination as long as he has still has the same energy that he asked today. here's a controversial security bill which would stop people sharing images of police officers online is back up for debate in france this time in the senate it comes after the country's interior ministry revealed that attacks on officers have more than doubled in the past 2 decades with recent yellow vest and anti lockdown protests only exacerbating the situation.

room no no no no no no no we're here are for. the country sees around 85 incidents of violence against officers recorded every day and january alone more than 2200 cases were registered and on thursday last week a police station near paris was attacked with projectiles and fireworks by around 30 people for suspects were arrested after that incident one officer revealed what he thinks is behind the violence. what we need to do is to try to resolve the problem upstream and try to find solutions to the tensions that are undermining the climate between the police and part of the population especially the youth and we have to focus on the background for example if we're talking about

the soft sell police station attack now journalists wrote a little less than a month ago about a pregnant woman who had been stopped by a police patrol from sars cell a veiled woman who was 4 and a half months pregnant was pushed to the wall by a policewoman and lost her baby following this even if the media doesn't talk about it people don't forget i'm not sure there is a link between the 2 cases but this kind of information circulates in the press but also circulates by word of mouth so that doesn't help to ease tensions this is not a problem that appeared suddenly it has an origin. the proposed security bill would curb people's ability to share images in the media and online which identify officers as found guilty of violating the law could face jail and march fines the critics claim it will prevent people exposing any police brutality there's no man of war again on that. goes to. what really has exploded these

last few years is police violence today's police violence is no longer the same as it was 10 or 20 years ago today people film these kind of violations and put them on the internet only the day before yesterday there was another case of police violence that was filmed in paris on the video we can see 2 police officers who insult and handle a black man quite roughly so we have to read between the lines and understand that this is a defense strategy developed by the ministry of the interior and in particular by the police force which ultimately puts on an equal footing police violence and violence committed against the police which is also real today we have to completely change our strategy but i think that during the term of a manual micron it's already a little bit late to make changes because the presidential campaign will start in a few months and it's late to make decisions that have not been made in the last 4 years at the wrap up of the day's top news for now don't forget you can always find

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